Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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Reading — Newest Course English 123 — Reading Improvement was the newest addition to the HHS curriculum. The course, according to Mrs. Bonnie Ghee, was a ‘‘laboratory approach to secondary reading instruction for ninth grade students. The main purpose is to upgrade the students’ reading levels.” The present program, supported solely by the Emergency School Assistance Program, consisted of 40 lesson tapes of various current, practical stories within a wide range of reading levels. With a home in Petersburg and a husband at UVA completing his doctorate, Mrs. Ghee’s time was hardly her own as she organized the new program. Her belief in her work was evident as she remarked, ‘‘Reading should get top priority in education.” Top left: After school on Friday, Mrs. Bonnie Ghee hurries to put away the earphones in the reading lab so she can go home Top right: Mrs. Maria Harrison, reading aide, adds a little color to the lab with a bright Thanksgiving bulletin board Center: Jason Miles finds some amusement in the listening drills. Tom Kennedy, Bobby Robinson, Joanne Haslick, and Kathy Powers read each word as they listen to the tapes. Bottom left: As Mrs. Ghee looks on, Tom Kennedy reads “Skier ' s Choice aloud while Bobby Robinson and Jason Miles wait their turn. 23 Directors

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Sandor Aids ' K ' During Summer John Donne’s ‘‘No man is an island” defined Mrs. Barbara Sandor’s philosophy of life. Tenth grade English teacher, Mrs. Sandor believed that ‘‘everybody should help each other out.” Dividing sophomore English into two categories — grammar and literature, she stated that ‘‘grammar involves basic communication whereas literature reflects life itself and provides a student with the enjoyment and escape that everyone needs.” Mrs. Sandor wished for more time to relate to students on a personal basis and for a school with no bells. In the summer, Mrs. Sandor chaperoned the Kaleidoscope staff to the Taylor Publishing Company workshop at VCU. She also advised staff members on copy editing. Having lived in New Jersey, Ohio, California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, and Virginia provided Mrs. Sandor with much subject matter for her favorite hobbies, oil and acrylic painting. Top left: English Department head, Mrs. Donna Orr finds a comfortable spot to complete one of the evils of being a teacher — grading papers. Top right: “Something smells funny,” thinks Mrs. Brenda Pleasants, a young housewife who is a little unsure of her recipe for Hollandaise sauce. Center: Mrs. Rebecca Pullig finds that playing the piano can help to ease the tensions of a nerve-racking day of teaching. Center right: Mrs. Dorothy Minchew, Tri-Hi-Y Sponsor, buys a doughnut from Susan Garfinkel in order to help out her girls. Mrs. Minchew takes an active part in the club ' s activities. Bottom: Trying to ignore all the after school work that she has to do when she gets home, Mrs. Barbara Sandor prepares to leave the faculty parking lot for the hectic daily drive to Richmond. Directors 22

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, IPwk m Hid omVt nut . LrT‘- . r 1; ■ -A 1t( x 1 Airy . ' ($»» ' ' • ...iB gfi® • Isl; mum: . Sober Looks Jo Each Day Jerrell Sober, government teacher, salesman and decorator, soloist at Temple B’rith A’chim and St. Paul ' s Episcopal Church, and Progress-Index theatre critic, listed work as his hobby. Mr. Sober compared teaching to missionary work in that you have to love and believe in it to “put up with” the long hours and little pay. Government classes, according to Mr. Sober, serve as a basis for good citizenship. Summarizing his feeling toward the teaching profession, Mr. Sober said, “There has not been a single day in my twenty years of teaching that did not have its unusual aspects. The one characteristic of teaching which keeps so many teachers in the profession is the excitement of each day’s differences — its challenges and its failures. I think I look forward to each day in the classroom as an opportunity to correct yesterday’s failings, or to repeat yesterday’s successes.” Top left: After a morning of fighting the American Revolution in history class, Mrs. Evelyn Nye takes a coke break in the lounge. Top center: “Just one more class, thinks world geography teacher, Earl Kennedy, as he climbs toward sixth period. Top right: Miss Gayle Nowell participates in a government class discussion on the presidential election. Bottom left: At the podium, government teacher, Jerrell Sober, introduces the guest speaker, Mrs. Ludmila Jolley, from Bulgaria at a special assembly for history classes. Bottom right: By the fireside in her new home, Mrs. Rebecca Slagle embroiders an Early American sampler. Directors 24