Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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Math meets some of modern life’s demands Algebra I students explain their homework problems on the board for the class. Cathy Falls explains a problem for a general math class. Eighth grade math, general math, trigonometry, Algebra I, Algebra II, plane geometry and solid geometry are the seven courses offered by the Math Department. Two credits of math are required for graduation. The teachers in the Math Department are Mr. Bob Statzer, Mrs. Virginia Altizer, Mrs. Alice Howard, Mr. William Davis, and Mrs. Lynda Leedy. I Si nil The general math class uses the black- board often in explaining problems. Roger Bower proves a problem by use of a geometrical figure. 22

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Foreign affairs attract language study Randy Hallman uses flash technique in testing students in Spanish vocabulary during a Spanish I class. Latin II students write letters to the Great Pumpkin and then post them on the bulletin board. Foreign language at Floyd County High School includes Latin I, Latin II, Spanish I and Spanish II. These are college preparatory sub- jects but are not required for graduation. Miss Catherine Dobyns teaches Latin and Mrs. Ruth Harman teaches Spanish. Journalism students prepare and edit the newspaper, THE COUNTY CRIER. Mrs. Ruth Hallman, sponsor of the newspaper, teaches journalism. Speech, an elective course, is taught by Miss Marie Boothe. Interpretation and poise are goals for speech scholars. Nancy Mitchell and Kay Simpson proofread the COUNTY CRIER, the school ' s newspaper. Members of speech class find that experience is the easiest way to learn the points of debating. 21

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Advanced apparatus animates ancient laws The Science Department includes General Science I, II, III, which approach the problem of science education from the point of view of environment, and introduce the laboratory science courses: biology, which is a study of living things; chemistry, which develops the power of observation of the student, trains him to solve problems in a logical manner, acquaints him with the basic principles of chem- istry; physics, which encourages creativeness, initiative, scientific curiosity; human anatomy, which is a study of the human body. Expensive laboratories and equipment enable students to make more specific studies and individual experiments. Two credits in science are required for graduation. Teachers in this department are Mrs. Rakes, Mrs. Rutrough, Mr. Thomas, and Mrs. Turman. Biology students use microscopes to detect germs. They also dissect small animals, such as frogs. General Science students use the bulletin board to present their experiments and discoveries. Edward Weeks, Kay Simpson, Betty Wimmer, Roger Vest perform Brenda Roberson names the different bones an experiment to discover the amount of liters found in a substance. of the skeleton for the human anatomy class. 23