Menchville High School - Crown Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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CAYWOOD — King of the Monarchs Mr. John Caywood first began his twenty-one years of administrative experience as a Physics and advanced Math teacher at several different high schools, not in the Newport News system. He received his training for the job by getting his Bachelor of Arts at Lincoln Memorial University, and his Masters of Education in School Administration at the University 1 of Virginia. Before he came to Newport News, he had served in various administrative positions. He had been principal of Warwick High School in the city before coming to Menchville. Mr. Caywood compared Menchville to other schools by saying, From the standpoint of pure quality, Menchville is superior to l any other high school I have been associated with. There arm many reasons for this — for ex- f ample, the higher quality of students and personnel. The principal said that his job was to determine, with the aid of the students, teachers and the public, the general educational goals of the community. He continued, I try to take an active part in everything at the school. I want to get to know the students and how they feel, and to get to see the school as something that lives every day. He added. This year people ' s t attitudes have changed; therefore, the school has chang- ed. The students who are retur- ning have had at least one year at Menchville so they have had the opportunity of making a new Ilfs for themselves. He stated that our school still had problems but that these problems wars diminishing because of the mors positive attitude that its students were displaying. Mr. Caywood mentioned that the faculty was involved with a self-study to determine officially what the school wants to accomplish. i

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Administrators, teachers, custodians, staff aides, secretaries, cafeteria staff, librarians and counsellors were all a part of Menchville ' s bustling year. They reprimanded, com- manded, commended, counsell- ed, taught, cooked, danced, aid- ed, entertained, typed, shelved, recorded, laughed and complain- ed. Contributions? Collectively and individually, they also gave of themselves, as they spon- sored clubs, directed music, gave advice, held banquets and ate spaghetti with chopsticks. Quite a versatile group, to say the least. Could we have survived without them? Not likely. FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION

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Assistant Principal for Stu- dent Affairs was Mr. Stanley Lovett, Jr., a graduate of Hampton Institute with a B.S. and a M.A. He had worked in the public school system for four- teen years. He was a Science teacher at Carver and Activities Director at Warwick before com- ing to Menchville. Mr. Lovett ' s major activity this year was the evaluation of the activities program here at Menchville. He did a research paper on high school activities and made several recommen- dations to the school. One, he said, would be that the entire student activity program should be financially supported by the school board. The student ac- tivities program is part of developing the whole child and just as important as bookwork. So, if the school board is respon- sible for educating the child, then why give money only to the in- structional phase. Mr. Lovett ' s job included everything concerning student activities, except instruction and building maintenance. He was in charge of all special services and calendar events. Mr. Clarence C. Johnson was Assistant Principal in charge of building maintenance. Prior to coming to Menchville, he was a science teacher, athletic director for nineteen years, and Assistant Principal for nine years. He has taught thirty-nine years. Mr. Johnson praised Menchville highly. Menchville, he stated, is by far the best school I have worked in. I am do- ing exactly the kind of work I like best. Menchville has ultimate possibilities. I would like to see us develop a broader program in Industrial Arts so that more children will be prepared to go directly into the world of work. Mr. Edward W. Carr, Assis- tant Principal in charge of Instruction, began his first year at Menchville in 1972. He graduated from the College of William and Mary with an A.B. degree and a M.Ed. He had five years teaching experience. Mr. Carr ' s job included such things as student schedules, teacher evaluation, discipline, in- structional problems, getting substitutes, and teacher and pupil accounting. Mr. Carr ex- plained the evaluation process to Annual Staff interviewers. He said that this procedure has been followed for a long time within the state of Virginia. It ' s not a new process. The impor- tant thing to remember is that we are rated in relation to other high schools. The other high schools are asked the same questions and are viewed from the same standpoint. He stated that the evaluation was fairly ac- curate and that the results will help with determining the curriculum for coming years. Anytime you sit down and look at yourselves and other teachers and evaluate your program, I think there are some real things to be gained from it. So I think it ' s been a good experience for the whole school.” administration seventeen