Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Exploring the Unknown A, aboard for a world wide tour of knowledge. The trip could be rough and filled with academic anxieties of pos- sible failure. The course of this trip took turns down unexplored avenues of information. The tour guides on his trip ranged from practical veterans to ener- getic newcomers. What do teachers like to do most of the time ... talk! Lec- turing was a main teaching technique for 80% of the facul- ty. Mr. Brian Kane, Govern- ment teacher, stated that he ex- emplified the Socratic Method of asking questions to make his students think. In teaching French, Mrs. Linda Davidson also used “a lot of questions to stimulate conversations’, and she encouraged her students to express their ideas in French, of course. Teachers’ creative styles were reflected in projects as- had “Is this right?” Bobby Barker and class- mate, Homer Garr, work on wood carv- ing in Industrial Arts class. 8 Classroom Activities signed to their students. Miss Priscilla Barth’s English classes watched shows dealing with adolescent problems and stu- dents supplied an ending from their imaginations. Foreign lan- guage students had various cul- tural differences to discover. Spanish teacher, Mrs. Liz Sum- ner had her students prepare foods and observe Spanish holi- days for an ethnic treat. Learning went beyond books and ordinary writing assign- ments. In Mrs. Irene Peters AP History class, Seniors Stu Brumfield and Bruce Sadler presented a slide sound show displaying the horrors of Viet- nam. In addition, they role- played an interview between a State Department agent and a Vietnam Veteran. This was cablecasted on local cable TV. The words “‘term paper” struck panic into the hearts of most students. 68% of all teach- “Wake up Annie!”? Dennis Updegrove and Todd Guidt follow first aid proce- dures while James Lundberg looks on. ers “tortured” their classes with this exercise of long-winded writing, but students got their revenge when the teachers had to spend weeks grading them. More than half of the teachers surveyed felt that oral reports were more beneficial than writ- ten, because they gave the stu- dents a chance to speak in front of others. 72% of the faculty felt that through audio-visual aides, students more fully understood their point. Learning took many differ- ent formats such as participa- tion in mixed choir and vocal ensembles. Mr. Earl Binns, Fine Arts Chairman, stated that these courses were “active classes rather than passive be- cause each student participated for a grade”. Guest speakers were abun- dant. Mrs. Donna Lythgoe of Family Living had many visi- tors pertaining to the Mock Will it explode? Alan Berry and Bud Smith carefully prepare their Chemis- try Lab experiment. 7