Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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ic enigma. Tammy Wilson her artistic talent on the R2D2 wants a cracker! Shon Daughtery shows off his robot to his Geography class. Hola! Jay Ammons waits on Jimi Carr during a Spanish Culture Day. ‘4

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Precise Calculations. In science, John Parish and Ben Deeter stretch to measure and check notes on their work. Big Brother’s watching you! Debbie Cheek and Vanessa Von Schrader are dwarfed by a sone work of art in Washington, D.C. 40. Classroom Activities biology class with the topic of DNA and George Hastings who talked to various east- ern science classes on the Solar System. Department Chairperson, Ms. Joyce Gas- ton said, “Success is based upon willingness and deter- mination; | am proud to say we have had a successful year.” In the Social Studies de- partment, the goal for in- creased cooperation was achieved. Field trips in the social science scope includ- ed Ms. Winston's trip to Washington D.C. and Mr. Dexter's trip to the Museum To view art works of the past. Teaching techniques for this department were basically the same, mostly lecture as noted by Mr. Brian Kane, De- partment head. It was also a successful year for the Business Depart- ment. Julie Deeter won first place in the executive wom- an intermation competition and Donna Mason won third place for clerk-typist in the FBLA competition. A goal met by the business depart- ment was increased enroll- ment. The Home Ec. department had several guest speakers Making the grade. Proud of her achievement, Karen Nelson ac- cepts her award for honor roll from Mr. Jones. Et tu Brute. Kevin Stuart, Ron orton. and Richard Yu dress as historical characters in Frern from Dr. Charlene Johnson on teen suicide to Bubba Burgess of the Chesterfield department fo talk on drug abuse. They also had 13, four year olds from Small World Day Care Center visit the family living class. - The Math Department sent two teams of Math- ematicians to the VCU Math contest and placed 4th and ‘1th. They also developed a new club, Me 2, to conduct inner school math contests Most wins were claimed by Kevin Stewart, In the Fine Arts Depart ment, several winners in the Women’s Club State com petition. Winners in ( Sindy Chavez, Anil Roy, Mike — Steger and Regina Spain for art. The Art Department and the creative writing clas published the annual Literan Magazine entitled, “The Identity Factor S highly acclaimed. Achieving success was” what academics was all about. From the individual — achievements of making good grades to the group pride of winning trophies i the community, academi pursuits added up to an A+ year. UY

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Earning money while getting an education — some students’ ticket to ride. t 14:30 a.m., the IN end of 4th period, if some students ex- changed work places. Some left their desks in the classroom for a desk in an office, a counter at 7- eleven, and a truck load of building materials. Skills they learned in the morning at school were put to the fest in the afternoon at their job sites. Mr. Howard Lewis and Mrs. Margaret Johnson ran the IWE (Industrial Work Exper- ience) program. Mr. Lewis had 41 IWE students with wages ranging from $3.35 to $5.00. They worked an aver- age of 25 hours per week with a combined total of N A igKOWlES fin) lll, Wlnis amounted to a combined total income of $42,670.83. Mrs. Johnson had 35 students with wages ranging from $3.35 to $6.25 per hour. Her students worked an aver- age of 10-35 hours per week with a combined total in- come was 6,748.05. Awards went to: Shea Layne for IWE vocational student of the year, Teresa Clark for IWE Superior Job Performance Award, and Darrin Willis received the special Vocational Com- mendation Award. Ms. Gayle Babcock head- ed the ICT (Industrial Coop- erative Training) program and had 41 students, 12 of whom were taught by Mr. Phil Redman who was a part time ICT coordinator. ICT 42 Work Program