Groveton High School - Tigerama Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Ring around the language tree; here at Groveton there are three. The fun and practi¬ cality of speaking a language other than your own has been discovered by over 479 students in Groveton’s Language Department. They study a variety of subjects from four years of Latin, French or Spanish down to a General Language Course in the 8th Grade containing a basis in each of the three. Students cover grammar, vo¬ cabulary and, in the modern languages, such every day necessities as the form of a letter, the numbers and pronounciation. Anne Marie Hiebol, Gil Lorenz, Violet Olson, Louisa Frank, Bobbie Robbins and Earnest Williams meet at Gil’s car for their trip to the Moray Fren ch Opportunities in Three Bill Taylor seems to be amused by B. J. Knight’s Spanish exercises. Fagc Twenty-One

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Wanda Becker, Carol Cate, and June Ellsworth learn the art of graceful serving. Every girl needs a course in homemaking— just in case. At Groveton 177 girls take part in this program where potential homemakers gather skills for their hope chests. To the eighth grade girls an exploratory course is offered which lasts nine weeks. Other classes participate in Home Ec. I, II, and a com¬ bined group of third and fourth year students. By using the most modern electrical equip¬ ment available the girls practice the essential skills for every homemaker—sewing and cook¬ ing. Aromas in our halls confirm this! In preparation for vocations after gradua¬ tion, girls touch on such varied subjects as nu¬ trition and dietetics, child care, and interior decorating. The Home Economics Department is also a service to the school in that it is a place where groups of a professional or social nature can be entertained. For study purposes, the department includes a living room, bedroom, and two large kitchens. Diana Dewey, Pat Banigan and Barbara Callahan enjoy their cooking class. Eating what they prepare makes it twice as nice. Carol Ernst and Diane Lyons spruce up the Home Economics Depart¬ ment living room. Girls Gain Practical Experience in Home Economics Miss Caricofe lends a hand with the fitting of Margaret Munson s dress which she made in Home Ec. Page Twenty

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Eighth Graders Acquire a Basis for High School When an eighth grader enters Groveton, he is kept busy with a full schedule of sub¬ jects, as each of our three hundred thirty- four members of that class is discovering. Half his school day is spent in Esso—English, Social Studies and Orientation—in which he is introduced into the high school environ¬ ment. The other half day is spent with a selection of subjects including science, general lan¬ guage, a nine-week course including three weeks each of Latin, Spanish, and French; art; Industrial Arts; Home Economics; and General Math. This year ninety members, chosen by recommendation of their seventh grade teachers, are substituting ninth grade Algebra I for the regular General Mathe¬ matics course. Wesley Pryce, Doug Megenity, Mike Stith and Nancy Mayol sing in their eighth grade music class as Mrs. Ring plays. Sandra Legge and Sandra Sanford locate State Capitals during their Esso class. Completing his map of the United States is Bobby Howes. An eighth grade class learns to think and to form good study habits. Page Twenty-Two