Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Business Miss Noncy C. Sides B.S., M.A., Appalachian State Teachers College Advanced Typing, Shorthand Sponsor: FBLA Miss Delores J. Burchett B.S., Concord College General Business, Typing Sponsor: YFC Mrs. Virginia C. Johnson A.B., Duke University Distributive Education Sponsor: DE Club Miss Pauline M. Lane B.S., Longwood College Typing, Shorthand, General Business Miss Nancy L. Forrest B.S., Longwood College Shorthand, General Business Several students polish their typing skills by prepar- ing materials for various school publications. Kecoughtan ' s Business Education program covers many different areas of the business world. This wide variety enables the students to receive a solid background for a business career or a few college-bound essentials such as typing and shorthand. The courses offered include typing, short- hand, general business, record keeping, office practice, vocational office training, and book- keeping, as well as distributive education. A novel addition this year was the student store operated by the distributive education stu- dents. The store provides KHS students with a chance to see and buy the latest in clothes, and gives the distributive education students practice in selling and experience in display- ing stock. The vocational office training students type the class newspapers written by the first-year journalism students. Second-year typing stu- dents assist in typing material for the TOMA- HAWK. Kecoughtan ' s business program was qualified this year to administer the National Business Education Entrance Test. Business courses at KHS are co-ordinated to provide the students with a complete, bal- anced business education. An overflowing trash can, a desk that seems much too small, and one busy teacher go into the forma- tion of a department such as Business Education. 26

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Inquiry Physics students study the relationship of matter and energy. Their work includes magnetism and electricity. Dissecting, the bane of sophomore girls, is introduced in biology. Other media including the use of the micro- scope, charts, films, and slides help the students to re- ceive a better understanding of their work. There is no substitut e for actual experience and the physiology students are given plenty of opportunities to gain this experience. Emphasis is placed on personal re- search, dissection, and experimentation. Students receive a first-hand knowledge of physiology through these means of exploration and investigation. Accurate scientific work calls for clean supplies and scrupulous handling. Success in using the microscope provides pleasure for the novice biology student. Physiology class is stimulated through demonstrations such as frog muscle twitch preparations recorded on a kymograph. Mr. Arlen W. Hensley B.S., East Tennessee State University Biology, Physical Education Coach: Varsity Football, JV Baseball Miss Martha A. Mitchell B.S., Mary Washington College Biology Mr. Peter G. Trover A.B., M.S., University of Illinois Biology, Physiology Mrs. Martha P. Woods BA., Westhampton College Biology Sponsor: Keyette Club 25

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Education Mrs. Glenda B. Mayhew B.S., Radford College Typing, Record Keeping Miss Karen K. Pearce B.S., Madison College Shorthand, Typing Sponsor: FBLA Miss Joyce Rollins B.S., Madison College VOT, Typing Sponsor: VOT Club, FBLA Mr. Albert H. Smith B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Bookkeeping, Record Keeping, Personal Finance Sponsor: TOMAHAWK, Photography Staff, FBLA, SCA Personal typing classes offer an opportunity for college bound students to gain an essential skill for the days ahead. Reproducing common business forms and procedures becomes a daily part of class for business education students. Mr. Smith, in conferring with SCA President John Curtis, demonstrates the spirit of co-operation that is characteristic of all teachers at KHS. 27