I C Norcom High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Interior-Exterior Design Interior-Exterior Design is being taught for the first time in a Portsmouth high school. This course is de- signed to broaden concepts of functional and creative design (two and three dimensional) environmental planning. Students should prepare themselves for this program by taking Art I and Art II. After being ac- cepted into the program, a student takes Interior-Exterior Design I and II. Located on the first floor, this department is specially equipped with materials from Tidewater Corpora- tions. Carpet, fabric, and plexiglas have been obtained. Students have access to sculpture tools, woodwork- ing tools and art-related equipment from other departments. Twelve students were enrolled in the 1972-73 program, taught by Mrs. Andrea Peck. The 1973-74 [)rogram will include a course in extended work in three dimensional design.

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Communication Arts And Design Ms. Sylvia Stephenson, aided by Mr. Karl Saunders, teaches the eighty students enrolled in this year’s Communication Arts and Design program. The goal of this department is to give the student the mechanical and technical training necessary for him or hnr to develop a marketable skill. This department has acquired some new equipment: an offset printing press, a plate maker, and 3 pho- tographic enlargers. Mr. Saunders explains and teaches the use of this equipment. The department also has a fully equipped dark room. A group of twenty-two students studied photography during the spring semester. No plans have been made for new courses. However, Ms. Stephenson would like to see some changes. She hopes to have students doing field work in advertising, reproducing, and publishing agencies. 10

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Is Practical Nursing The Career For You? Mrs. Katherine Decker, R.N., Mrs. Dorothy DeSue, R.N., and Mrs. Judith Cameron, R.N., teach the career study known as the Portsmouth School of Practical Nursing. Mrs. Decker is the director of the program. Students in this career study are practical nurses when they graduate from high school. They study a wide range of subjects — from nutrition and diet to pediatric, psychiatric, and medical surgical nursing. The department has the supplies and equipment that are used in hospitals for patient care, plus a medi- cal and nursing library. In 1972-73, twenty students were enrolled in the pre-clinical phase; ten students, in the clinical phase. Besides their nursing studies, these students were involved in role playing and independent study. They also helped the Science Department present a fine assembly. 12