Marion High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Marion, VA)

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the administration principal ' s message Marion 11 i” 1 1 School now offers three courses of study : College Preparatory, Commercial, and General. Marion High School offers twenty-one units ol work in the academic field, including four units in English, five units in mathematics, four units in sci¬ ence, three units in history, world geography, and two units each in Latin and Spanish; nine units ol work in fine arts including two units in art, two units in chorus, two units in hand, and one unit in music appreciation; twenty-one units in practical arts including two unit- in industrial arts, four units in agriculture, three units in home economics, seven units in business education, and two units in distributive education. Within the framework of our offering the administration has planned and worked during the past year to make Marion High School a better school in the following ways: I It 1 he Principal attended the National Education Association Annual Convention in Los Angeles, California in June, 1960, the Virginia Education Association Annual Convention in Richmond, Virginia in October, 1960, and many other similar conferences of a local or regional nature. These conventions helped the administration keep up with current happenings in educa¬ tion on nationwide, statewide and local levels. (21 The administration has made many appear¬ ances Indore civic clubs, P.T.A. groups, church groups, Chamber of Commerce groups, and other groups telling about various school activities. (31 The accelerated program for a group of eighth grade students has been continued. There are three groups of accelerated students. Twentv- four tenth grade students are enrolled in two eleventh grade subjects, twenty-seven ninth grade students are enrolled in two tenth grade subjects, and thirty eighth grade students are enrolled in ninth grade algebra and ninth grade general science. |4) A special effort was made to help all students work out an individualized study program for the year. This was done during home¬ room periods and in some regular class periods. (5) A complete study of failures in the school during first semester was made by parents, students, and teachers. The standard of work through¬ out the school was raised as a result of this study. I 6) An exceptionally well planned preregistra¬ tion procedure helped the students, parents and teachers, and administration planned the school program for the approaching year. I 7) A new Senior High School building will he completed May , 1961. The school will he divided into a Junior High School and a Senior High School. This will make it possible for the schools to serve the students and community in a very effective manner. Mr. J. Leonard Mauck B.S. Emory and Henry M.A. University of Virginia Superintendent of Smyth County Schools Mr. Francis J Copenhaver Chairman of Smyth County Schools Mr. Howard W. Williams B.A. Milligan College M.A. University of Tenn. Principal Mr. Fred D. McDonald B.A. Emory and Henry Assistant Principal

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