Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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How ya doin’. Kim Moss and Jerry Fortunato greet their Un- Bad Plumbing. Jerry Fortun- cle Stanley played by Wyche atodiscusses his house's lack of Robinson. water with Blair Maury. 7 B Sees i nga ge te Dimon, A Nun’s Advice. The bride to be gets advice from mother superior as two members of her order look on. Before. Jill Sheppard makes up After. Wyche Robinson shows Wyche Robinson. his make-up job off. 18 Drama

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Creative Curl. In cosmetology, Billie Jo Jackson learns to style Butterfly Valve. Sokha Ran re- builds a carbeurator in his auto mechanics class. | ome students were able to further their education outside of the school. These students were able to travel to the Chesterfield Technical Center. There they took courses in which they learned skills that would be beneficial in later life. Students attended the Tech center in both morning and afternoon sessions every day. At the Tech Center, cosmetology, data processing, food services, carpen- try, comercial photography, and auto body and paint were taught. Most Tech students like their instructors, but a few felt that some improvement was necessary. One stu- dent commented about his teachers, ‘‘some are O.K., some need an attitude adjustment.’’ Some students felt hampered by their teachers. Latonia Foxworth, a cos- metology II student, simply stated, ‘‘Every time we the BRERA Re GTULOE Students trav- eled to the Chesterfield Tech Center each day to prepare for their future. Hot Off The Presses. James O'Conner uses the skills he has learned at the Chesterfield Technical Center. Skills such as computer programming and keyboarding are beneficial to James in the market: place. students feel we want to do something, the teacher will make up a rule so you can't do it.”’ Forty percent of the Tech students felt that they are being well trained for the future. When asked, one stu- dent responded, ‘‘Yes, | have a well trained teacher.”’ However, the other 60% of the students believed, ‘“‘No, basically the only thing you learn is what you learn on your own.”’ Of the two sessions of Tech, 75% of those surveyed preferred the afternoon. Even though when at after- noon Tech the students missed afternoon activities at school. They felt that Tech was an activity in itself. The fact that Tech students led a double life between school and the Center made students feel that they had double the opportunities to prepare them for the future. Tech 17

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e Do, Ra, Me, Fa ... The children’s cast of The Sound of Music ‘including Katie Newman, Eddie Dooley and Sara Murry sing. talent. The Department was brought back to life with the return of Mrs. Priscilla Bareford. The Department staged two major productions this year. In the Fall the Broadway Comedy “‘George Wash- ington Slept Here,’’ follows the escapades of a couple who purchases a so called historical house that in the end is doomed. The cast of the show was made up with a cross-section of the classes, seniors through fresh- men. Dee Hensley who played Hester the maid had this to say, ‘‘Being a part of George Washington was a little frightening at first because we were doing the first ‘major production in years, we wanted it to be special.” This was a year of beginnings for the Drama Depart- ‘ment. Not only was there a fall production but they also produced the musical ‘‘The Sound of Music” in the spring. Combining the talents of the Music and Drama departments for the first time in seven years brought 1 he Drama Department was alive with energy and RUA te Lat LUE LE The Drama de- partment brought Broadway to the school in the form of a play and musi- cal. Old Habits. Leigh Hester plays a nun during the musical The Sound of music. Drama 19