Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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12 English READIN' WRITIN' AND ? English. How many students cringed at the thought of research papers, clas- sical novels, poetry, and numerous oth- er projects English teachers assigned? But because of the wide variety of classes available to students, English was probably one of the most interest- ing areas of study at Kecoughtan. Leading the English department through another year, Mr. Garland Wesson handled all of the responsibil- ities that accompanied that position. In addition to teaching his own classes, he assigned other English teachers their classes, helped arrange schedules, and acted as an instructional aid to the staff. Students needing extra help with their English skills found it in Mrs. Jeanette Johnson's special education classes. This was Mrs. Johnson's first year back at Kecoughtan after an ab- sence of twelve years, during which she taught at Phoebus and Pembroke High Schools. She quickly involved herself with the school community by extending a helping hand to other new- comers, the sophomores which she aid- ed in getting organized. Reading one of his student's essays, Mr. Wesson is im- pressed by the writing style. Disappointed by his students test grades, Mr. Vandervort encourages them to do better next time. Mrs. Betty Bragg lis- tens to a student read an original poem. Mrs. P. Ray Mrs. E. Oliver rx AK' lx! 4 . Mrs. B. Ferguson .,,, wi mr I i ,ai Q ' if' 2, ,: .7 V, M7 I ,W I - Q ,ff , Mrs. P. Butler Mrs. J. Grimm Mrs. A. Gant l Mrs. S. Wingfield X -. . -fl Mrs. C. Ervin Mrs. G. Lemmond Mrs. M. Lair

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UNSUNG I-IERGES king time out from their busy day to pose for a TOMAHAWK Photographer are Mrs. Helen Pluto, Mrs. Lry Watson, Mrs. Madge Odom and Mrs. Jean Carter. r. James Gray, head custodian, and Mr. Willie Jones discuss the day's work plan. Kecoughtan is a large school with ap- proximately 1600 students and 100 facul- ty and staff. These people need to be fed every noon and cleaned up after every day. Such jobs fell to hard-working staffs of cafeteria workers guided by Mrs. Wat- son and custodians headed by Mr. James Gray. Ladies of the cafeteria staff devoted long hours in the kitchen preparing varied and nutritional hot lunches, bag lunches and the ingredients for the always popu- lar salad bar. Roast turkey, fried chicken and pizza were favorites of students and faculty alike. Custodians were on the job all day and part of the night sweeping, dusting, clean- ing blackboards and washing windows. The outside of the school also demanded their attention as trash and litter were picked up each day. Kecoughtan was fortunate in having hard-working men and women who were dedicated to keeping the school and grounds clean and the students and facul- ty well-fed. Mr. David Hayes looks down the hall to see which mess to clean up first. Custodians and Cafeteria Workers 11

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r. Victor Taylor grades a student's composition with the aid his wide knowledge of English literature. if ! qs- - is l While her students take a test, Mrs. Jeanette Johnson revises her lesson plans. f V W, 4, n,,4'.- ' e....,,.,.. Us I ,,.4 ?,.---v' -...'-'-f ,f,,,-k,.-.-- ..- W,-. L, r wL. f -A , 2, mx ,if-- ,,f My -,N - I 1........ - N-S f '....'.'l- 'f ',-1'-'- 1-' 351-fr-N Involving herself in a class discussion, Mrs. Sophia Romano forces her students to support their answers. Mrs. Evelyn Dawkins listens attentively to one of her stu- dents remarks. Mrs. Alberta Boyd carefully instructs her class on the correct menthod of writing a term paper. English 13