Groveton High School - Tigerama Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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“Quality Education for our Changing World ” MEMO TO: Students and Faculty FROM: Administrative Staff THEME: Quality Education for our Changing World” To meet the ever-increasing demands of our rapidly changing world, the quality of education must be advanced. To improve each subject, teachers cooperatively designed courses of study to meet the specific needs and interests of our students. Coordination, correlation, and continuity of subjects were developed through departmental planning. The total curriculum design was the responsibility of depart¬ mental chairmen working with the administrative staff and county supervisory personnel. Identification of students was the most pressing need. We not only knew their intelligence quotients, reading abilities, test scores, and academic achievements, but recognized them as human beings with different interests, creative talents, and learning capacities. May we never accept satisfactory results when superior achievements can be realized. Giving awards to deserving students throughout the year is only one of the many duties of our principal, Mr. George Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs received his B.S. from the College of William and Mary, and his M.Ed. from the University of Virginia. Mr. Taylor, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Davis eagerly await the arrival of Santa by the fireplace, constructed for them by office workers. Mr. Davis and Mr. Taylor listen avidly to progress reports on the Project Mercury orbital flight. Mr. Taylor, Assistant Principal of Instruction, received his A.B. and M.Ed. from the University of North Carolina. Mr. Davis, Assistant Principal of Administration, received his B.S. from Gorham State Teacher’s College, and his M.A. from Colorado State College. 19

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New Superintendent Enriches and Expands County Education Superintendent of Schools, Earl C. Funderburk; leaves the new school board building at the close of a busy day. Fairfax County School Board members for 1961-62 are Mrs. Joan Butler, Dranes- ville District; Dr. Hillis Lory, Lee District; Col. Waldron E. Leonard, Mt. Vernon District; Mr. Berge Thomasian, Falls Church District; Mr. F. Merritt Ruhlen, Mason District; Chairman Theodore S. Heriot, Centreville District; and Dr. Merton S. Parsons, Providence District. Many changes were instituted by the Fairfax County School Board, whose duty was providing adequate facilities for the ever-growing number of school children. Among these changes was the erection of a new administration building completed in January, I960, which was capable of housing 141 personnel. The representatives, including this district’s delegate, Col. Waldron E. Leonard, serving for his third term, met the first Tuesday of each month. (The chairman had the power, however, to call additional meetings on any Tuesday when there was a specific need as was the case this last spring.) Finding a replacement for a job is always a delicate task, but the Board displayed wisdom in its choice of Earl C. Funderburk to succeed Mr. Woodson as Superintendent of Schools. Born in Ansonville, North Carolina, Mr. Funderburk received his Bachelor of Arts and Master degrees from the university of his home state and then served in North Carolina schools as teacher, coach, principal, and superintendent before coming to Virginia in 1961. Active in church and civic affairs, he is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the National Education Association. Mr. Funderburk’s promotion of expansion and enrichment of county education is a definite asset to the school system.

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New Offices Provide Excellent Facilities for Guidance Have my transcripts been sent yet? inquires a harried MRS. MOLLIE KEESEE B.S., Madison College M.Ed., University of North Carolina Director of Guidance F.E.A., V.E.A., N.E.A. MRS. HALLEEN S. PINKSTON B.S., Tennessee State Teacher’s College Visiting Teacher F.E.A., V.E.A. Pausing to read some of the many college catalogues available to students are guidance helpers, Standing: Gail Raines, Jean Foley, Susan Bradley, John Crouch, Arthur Pelkey, Billye Rosser, Mary Jo Durkin, Jim Keppel, Sue Reller. Seated: Susan Brown, Toni George, Betty Crane, Tommy Harris, Alexis Krumm. 20 senior while a freshman asks timidly, May I please see a counselor? The Guidance Department sought to help each student according to individual needs. In addition to discussing students’s future plans and rearranging their schedules, Guidance performed many other duties. These included providing information concerning colleges and careers, issuing bulletins, arranging meetings between parents and teachers, and supervising a variety of tests. Among the tests given were the SCAT and STEP Tests, the College Board Listening Test, and the Kuder Voca¬ tional Preference Test. Instituted by the Guidance Department this year was a questionnaire sent to last year’s seniors which sought to discover which aspects of high school had proved most beneficial to them. The Director and the four counselors exerted much effort toward channeling students in the direction to which they were best suited, and aided in making decisions which may have great bearing on every individual’s future. MISS BETH L. DRAKE B.A., American University M.A., Columbia University Eleventh Grade Counselor National Honor Society MRS. GLORIA EPPERSON B.S., Miami University Tenth Grade Counselor MISS BARBARA J. HECK B.S., Longwood College Freshman Counselor F.E.A., V.E.A. MISS MILDRED R. OWEN B.S., Longwood College Senior Counselor F.E.A.