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

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Comprehensive Musicianship Mr. Bruce Frazier, Mr. Melvin Lewis, and Miss Wanda Rickets are the teachers in the Comprehensive Musicianship program. The goal of this program is to prepare the student to enter college as a music major. Courses in piano, music literature, harmony and ear training are presently being offered. Thirty-six students were enrolled in the program this year. They were able to take advantage of the de- partment’s special equipment — a piano laboratory, an electronic music studio, and a music library. Plans are now in Drogress for a course in electronic music and a course in Black music in America. 21

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Radio and T.V. Broadcasting What goes on in that soundproof room on the second floor of Norcom? The answer is, “Plenty.” The Radio and TV Broadcasting Career has a fully equipped radio station studio. Students have spent a fruitful nine months learning about what is involved in this method of communication. In the spring, Norcom’s own radio station was born. WNHS was manned by Broadcasting students. Students in this program also gained knowl- edge about their career by taking numerous field trips to local broadcasting stations. Mr. Joe Cyrus Phibbs, the instructor, explained the goal of this career study. “Students will get personal experience in the field of broadcasting and become familiar with career opportunities.” 20

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Medical and Legal Office Procedures Is a business career for you? If so, maybe you want to specialize. Norcom’s new program makes this possible. Enrolling in Legal Office Procedures will enable you to receive training for the execu- tive secretarial position of legal secretary. In its first year, the program trained eleven stu- dents on the junior level and five on the senior level. The department is equipped as an office would be. Each student has her own desk in the modern newly decorated office. Mrs. Lynn Williams is the instructor of this career study. Mrs. Helen Williams teaches Medical Office Procedures. Perhaps you feel that you could be performing a worthwhile service in your commu- nity if you worked in a medicine-related area. Medical Office Procedures prepares a person to work in a doctor’s office or in a hospital doing secretarial work. Similar work would be available in insurance companies. Students enrolled in this program also work in a simulated office, including the luxury of air conditioning.