Jefferson Forest High School - Selvetta Yearbook (Forest, VA)

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Girl's Track An obvious problem with this year's girl's track team was the lack of team members. Not having but one meet discouraged many potential partici¬ pants from joining the team. All three members of the team also played girl's softball and were coached by the same coach. Miss Seymour, follow- Girl's Track: N. Evans, C. Camden, B. Calloway, ing softball practice, without uniforms. In the Western Sectional Meet held at Salem College in Roanoke, Bernadine Calloway ran the 50 and the 100 yard dashes, but did not place. Nancy Evans placed sixth in the shot put. Throw¬ ing the discus, Cathy Camden placed third and qualified for the state meet, held in Fairfax, with 67 representatives. There, she placed sixth in the state with a throw of 95 feet. All The Sports' Teams At JFHS Owe A Debt To The School's Clubs And Students For Their Support 133

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Steve Goff circles the track in the two mile run. 132 Fans and opposing players watch Steve Callaham in the triple jump.

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ORGANIZATIONS David Michael Bryant Executive Council Student Robin Claire Garner Executive Council Cooperative Association Every school in the state of Virginia is required by law to have some type of organization of the student body to work with the faculty and administration. However, the quality of that organiza¬ tion is not considered important. This year, one thing this school needed as soon as possible was a functional student body organiza¬ tion. To achieve this end, a general election of officers was out of the picture. Too much time would be expended in the process of campaigning. Instead, each senior home room elected one student from that home room to serve on the newly formed Student Cooperative Association's executive council. These four immediately worked out plans to draw up an SCA constitution, to organize the election of class officers and home room representatives, and to find order in the chaos which was ours in the opening days of school. A list of grievances was presented to the administration, and work was begun to remedy the situation. Once class officers had been elected, executive council meetings could be broadened to include plans to implement student privileges, such as drink machines in the student lounges, an improved system of lunch scheduling, and the sale of additional supplies in the SCA book store. A delegation of students presented their case to the School Board, and subsequently learned that drink machines would be allowed. Also, following discussions with the administration, their opinions on issues were relayed to the students, in an effort to prevent student unrest. With the resignation of our principal due to personal reasons, the SCA and senior class raised money to buy a gift, which was pre¬ sented to him at his last faculty meeting. Time now had to be spent adjusting to the change in administration personnel. A delegation of students went to the district SCA meeting held at Rustburg High School, observing how other schools handled their problems, and telling how our SCA handled those we had con¬ fronted. Work now began, in conjunction with the work of the two other county schools, on drawing up a plan where exam exemptions could be granted to certain students. This was presented to the School Board, with action on the issue to be taken later. Also at this time, JFHS was represented at the Bedford Christmas Parade by an SCA float, and another project called for the giving of an SCA Christmas Dance. Activity slackened during the second semester, with attention being focused on the issue of exam exemptions for seniors, its implementation, and the organization of elections for next year's officers so that this year's period of hysteria would not be repeated. Once this was done, and the School Board's okay of exam exemp¬ tions had been received, all work was directed at what would be done next year. When one considers what they were up against, the achievements of this year's SCA can be considered remarkable, and one can only hope that a tradition of effort has been established.