Groveton High School - Tigerama Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Until Ann (lorclon, SuikU- Lippucci, Liz Odoroff, and Chuck Moore help Katliy Fowler j ather her books after she fell in After patronizing Bn akfast Club, Freshmen congrejjate in cafeteria the snow while runninu; for her bus. before school for much talk, little study. election greatly influences curriculum, school life. Miss Watkins is indicative of the way most students {see Dick Smart above) and faculty felt on day after election. However, .Miss Watkins’ case was a bit different in that she stayed up hopinjt to see her fiance, a Secret Service a tent, guard Uresident-elcct John F ' . Kennedy.

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I f I I I I I I I I jf(w •‘ji estalilishing C’.roxeton as an accroditod in¬ stitution of learning, the entire administration has pro¬ moted progressi e ideas and atlxoeated a tliorough baek- groimd in all subjects. Concepts such as these have re- inforeed (iroveton’s growing roots, as teachers have fivcjuently generated the igor behind .studcmt energic ' S. j . s guides of student development, teachers and ad- J ministrators progressc ' d with studcmts, some rc ' maining all five years. Of the 50 original faculty members, 21 have remained. Expanding each xt ' ar the sehool’s curriculum has gaiiu ' d various counsc ' s not offered the first term. The fourth )ear of language was introducc ' d in Latin, Frcmch, and Spanish in the sc ' cond year. Trigonoinc ' try and . merican Ciovernment were added wlu n the first senior class evolved in 1957-58. During this 1960-61 sc ' ssion, students were able to choose from the widest variety of electives in the school’s history. . general Ilomemaking course introduced by the Home PT-onomics Department was available to both boys and girls. Sociology-Economics was introduced as a study of man in his society, w ' hile students’ creative abilities developed through a course in creative writing. For those w ' ho washed to improx ' e in reading comprehen¬ sion, a speed-reading course was offered after school during the sc ' cond semc ' ster. Juniors profited from a ariety of teachers’ view ' points in the U.S.-Va. History system of team-teaching. As four class representatives view the class Honor Rolls with Guidance Director, Mrs. Keesec, the challenge to achieve and excel has constantly increased in im¬ portance, even during the short period of time during which Groveton has been developing firm roots. j ' i i ,1 M u ■ 0--NL ' -fv AJ U -sd 13