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

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Environmental Education Students enrolled in Environmental Education have access to a social studies laboratory. This provides opportunity for independent study. The course has proved to be both interesting and profitable, for every- one is being affected by the problems in our environment. The course attempts to teach student s methods of improving our conditions. This program is taught by a team of teachers: Mr. Sorrell, Mr. MacPhail, and Mrs. Jones. Each of the teachers brings the knowledge of his or her special field. Mr. Sorrell contributes biological and ecological insights: Mr. MacPhail shares his knowledge of government and Black history: Mrs. Jones provides a socio- logical viewpoint. Part two of Environmental Education will be offered next year. Anatomy and Physiology Twenty students chose the career study of Anatomy and Physiology. Instructors Ron Sorrell and Alexandria Hobbs stated that their goal was to teach the students the basic function and structure of the human body. Is Mr. Sorrell sometimes (jiieasy when he talks about the mysteries of the human body? 27

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Medical Science — A Rewarding Career Marine and Oceanographic Sciences The goal of the Med- ical Science Career Study is to orient and prepare students in- terested in health related fields. By the twelfth grade, the student has a solid background of science courses. In the elev- enth grade, the student takes Medical Chemis- try, and in the twelfth grade, he takes Lab- oratory Chemistry. This is an advanced study of analytical techniques. A work study program at Vir- ginia Chemicals, Inc. is available for the student. I 5 Where else can a student have his own plankton nets, seine nets, and an aquarium? This is possible in Nor- com’s Marine and Oceanographic Sciences Career Study. Students are introduced to the vast scope of scien- tific problems facing man in the oceans, when they choose this career. They also develop an awareness of career possibilities in the field. Mr. Philip E. Lamberton taught the eleven ’Indents enrolled in 1973. 26

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Norcom Education = Academic + Career Study Norcom has pro ven once again that it is Number One. It has done what no other school in the state has attempted. Our school has combined a career [irogram with a regular academic program. And to the sur[)rise of many, it worked! Combining a career program with an academic one is not easy. It takes a special type of student and a s[)ecial tyj)e of teacher. We have been lucky to have both. Students carry the standard academic load con- sisting of English, math, science, and history. With it, they take a career program which is designed to prepare the student for a job as soon as he leaves high school. This program also prepares him for his college major. The teachers who teach the career courses are people who had been or still were specializing in that area. Teachers who taught academic subjects were naturally the best to be found. Both students and teachers requested to be at Norcom: they wanted to be here. This year is over; Norcom has once more made history. Mr. Joe Phibhs, Broadcasting teacher, helped WNHS become a reality. Walter Harrell is as surprised as his friend the frog. 28