Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Fireman Rich to the rescue. As part of a demonstration speech for English class, Senior and Volunteer Fireman, Richard Nash, points out the location of a hose hook-up to his class- mates. NOTHING WENT UNNOTICED Academics Contents Sl ASSTOOMIMACEIVILICS ett eat. sectercoeine enna, 8 BattierOimboes blalnscse en ee eee ieee 12 IW OLKR EOS TAINS eamee cytes oheasaare. he sontant aeske. 14 ULOStIMLCmL CaCNClSten ete tu tet ene nese: 18 Bl Neel IMae NEL Val NValiG taecstarcteestcs-ce-ccstecsteses 20 ‘““American Dream and other Delusions” ...... 22 EXCIOML Ci pstee re ecseecy,c eer tia wr et-neeancivetrcene ons 24 BASTION SNOW ete, tees cee tite tc ecitae 26 Petsuiselintertainey Olives ete cre cece: 30 BER: Teme eercvatnccamectt ences tt eed ivens ace ondens cies 32 ChesterficidelLechnical Genterae. o7..,.2.0-00. 34 Academic Divider 7

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“All in a Day’s Work” he bell rings and ev- eryone runs to class to find teachers waiting with a deten- tion pad in their hands. The classroom grows quiet as con- versations come to a halt. The teachers check the roll and be- gin their planned lessons. Not all students are con- sumed with being attentive. Some take notes. Others write letters to friends, do other homework, daydream or go to sleep. These things are all part of an average school day. To avoid the day to day rou- tine, teachers brought in guest speakers or varied activities to give students a different look. The Family Living class under the guidance of Mrs. Donna Taylor, prepared a Mock Wed- ding. It included invitations, a ceremony and the reception. The Food Management class learned the art of cake decorat- ing and supplied the cake for the Mock Wedding. The Architectural Drawing and Engineering classes com- pleted projects such as building houses and constructing bridges out of toothpicks, being careful not to use over 150 toothpicks and Elmer’s glue. Students also chose classes that emphasized creativity such as art, shop, computer and music. Outside speakers not only educated students but drew from their interests. A disc jockey from XL-102, Rick Maybe talked to the Work Pro- gram Students on a career in i] broadcasting. The English Department in- vited several speakers to talk to their classes. Mrs. Dolly Apes- sos invited Michael Parent, a professional storyteller, who amused as well as informed stu- dents about the trauma of being a teenager. Mrs. Alice Harding invited a sports writer, Tim Pearrell, from the Richmond News Leader who talked to her English classes and to the Sceptre staff about effective sports writing. The Social Studies Depart- ment invited many speakers from other countries. Mrs. Bar- bara Winston invited speakers from Bolivia, Australia, Africa, Israel, a dancer from Poland, and a member of “Sing Out South’, Mrs. Thurston, who “See this” Mrs. Ruth Hodge, from Commonwealth College, shows Donna Massengill a work sheet on how people’s perceptions differ. Cheers! Before cutting the cake, Deron Jackson and Melinda Harvey drinks a toast to each others good health. Final touchs. Maria Thompson does some touch up work on the landscape before proceeding with the rest of her painting. Classroom Activities 9