James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Forensic winners endure predawn trip to Charlottesville Seated: Jon Raymond (Boys’ Extemporaneous 1st, Commonwealth District 3rd), Nancy Smith (Girls’ Poetry 1st), Ira Weston (Boys ' Poe¬ try 1st), Raylene Decatur (Girls ' Extemporaneous 1st). 2nd row: Doug Kisamore (Boys ' poetry 3rd), Laurie Huntsman (Girls’ Prose 2nd), Susan Milstead (Girls ' Prose and Extemporaneous), Thomas Gray (Boys’ Extemporaneous 3rd), Brenda Rhea (Girls ' Extemporaneous 3rd, Poetry), Becky Duffy (Girls ' Poetry 2nd), Mary Beth Proctor (Spelling 2nd). 3rd row: Tony Harmon (Boys ' Extemporaneous 2nd), Mary Daley (Girls ' Extemporaneous 2nd), Earnhardt Byrd (Girls ' Poetry), David Elliott (Spelling 3rd). Latin Forensics: Seated: David Kelly, Anne Beckwith. Standing: Tanya Rollins, Joyce White, Annette O ' Conner, Tommy Cocke, Dennis Sacrey. JM was fortunate to have two students win in the Latin Essay Contest of the Classical Association of Virginia. Anne Beckwith received first place as a first year student, and David Kelly won first place as a third year student. Anne Beckwith also placed second in the 1974 Latin Tournament of the Virginia Classical Associa¬ tion. Nine students from JM competed in the contest for schools of under 1000 students. 23

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i Tina Egge’s fifth period English class joins Sandy Sykes ' first graders to listen to Christy Phillips read an original story called After the Lights Go Out. The story explains the dark is nothing to be scared of. 1st and 10th graders learn through storie s “Dick and Jane and Tom and Betty and Susan were boring! As an outgrowth of this student comment, a tenth grade English class wrote their own narratives and read them to a group of elementary students. The tenth graders, remembering the stories they had read as first and second graders felt that they had gotten a fairy tale image of the way people really lived. “Kids today have the right to read about people who are not bound by typical roles. At the suggestion of teacher Tina Egge, the students decided that they would like to try to do stories which would be exciting because they dealt with the world which is real and in which girls as well as boys are heroes. They based their attempt on the “Stories for Free Children that appears in Ms. Magazine. The first task was to discuss which typical roles, stereotypes and attitudes the class wanted to eli¬ minate and what positive statements about the relationships between people the stories should make. The results were “Zelda in Real Life and “After the Lights Went Out. By this time the decision to illustrate the stories had been made, and the class worked hard on including local scenes that the elementary children would recognize and identify with. Business sponsor of the Spotlight, F. Christine Egge is always busy. A tenth grade English teacher, she is also sponsor of the new JM chapter of Quill and Scroll Literary Fraternity. A tenth grade English teacher, Jeanette C. Bickings made some rather early morning trips to district and regional Forensics contests as sponsor. She likes to read and travel in her spare time. 22

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Showcase mirrors ideas of Black Studies Club Education of the students, faculty, and the staff of various aspects of the Black Culture and history was the primary goal of the Black Studies Club. Its other goals included serving as a source of assistance to deserving individuals; also serving as an organiza¬ tion where grievances could be logically and ration¬ ally aired and solutions suggested and resolved. The club also tried to broaden and enhance the educational perspectives of its members. The Black Studies Club contributed to the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, gave food baskets to the needy at Thanksgiving and Christmas. To express and widen the view to the school on Black Culture, the club kept the showcase in the new wing up to date on black life styles and culture. Adding finishing touches to the wheel, Wilbur Brown joins other Black Studies Club members during the final frantic hours before the homecoming parade. Study halls were empty that Friday. 1st row; Wilbur Chance. Karla Myers, Xavier Richardson, James Wise; 2nd row: Jackie Coleman, Tony Walker, Susan Kidd, Ira Weston, Wilbur Brown. Lewis Fox. FayeTaylor. 24