Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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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

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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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Top left: Back stage in the auditorium, the photographer catches world history instructor, Haney Fayed, demonstrating a dance routine which he performed in the musical “Sweet Charity” at Fort Lee. Top right: Mrs. Earlene Lampman, a nut about mushrooms, displays her miniature collection. In addition to teaching history, Mrs. Lampman also advises the Kaleidoscope staft. Center left: While waiting for a student to turn off the lights in her classroom, Mrs. Kathren Leadbetter turns on the movie projector to show a film entitled “1776” to her U.S. History class. Center: Stuart Driscoll remembers victories and defeats experienced on the baseball diamond. Center right: Geography teacher, Mrs. Brenda Thomas, who bowls frequently, admires her bowling ball which she plans to try out as soon as possible. Bottom left: “That makes twice I’ve told you to stop talking,” warns Stuart Morefield as one of his world history students persists in disobeying him. Directors