Groveton High School - Tigerama Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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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.

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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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Librarians Improve Materials Available for Student Research Do you have a copy of Chaucer ' s Canterbury Tales?” How many times have you asked a similar question of a librarian? Supervising one of the school’s best sources of knowledge, the library, Mrs. Williamson and her new assistant, Mrs. Ryan, expanded this important information center by adding 800 new books dealing chiefly with junior and senior English requirements. In addition to their regular duties, the librarians were in charge of all audio-visual equipment. With the assistance of 18 student helpers, hundreds of films were procured to supplement regular classroom materials. As an invaluable aid to students doing research work, the library extended its day one hour and a quarter in addition to regular school hours, a half hour in the morning and 45 minutes in the afternoon. Circulation expanded extensively as the library has grown in size and scope, seeking to provide for the demands and needs of every student. John Raines, Butch Arebaugh, Barry Lippard browse through books by and about Shakespeare, researching topics for their sophomore English class. MRS. MARION D. WILLIAMSON B.A., University of Iowa M.S.L.S., University of Southern California Librarian F.E.A., V.E.A. MRS. RUTH G. RYAN A.B., A.M., Boston University M.S.L.S. State University of New York Assistant Librarian F.E.A. Aiding the librarians in keeping the library books in order are: Elaine Cohen, Judy Markley, Julie Noble, Pat Coletti, Linda Kyles, Libby Lawhorne, Ann Basley, Carol Hemp, Pat Ellis, Frank Gross, Sandy Kyles. 21