New Boston High School - Pine Cone Yearbook (New Boston, TX)

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The Social Science Department Keeps A Pace With The Times American History is presented so that the study of our nations’ heritage is as vital, challenging, and effective as possible. Knowledge and skills are part of the intellectual equipment of the educated mind. History provides one of the best opportunities for students to practice and gain increasing mastery of these essential intellectual tools. Understanding of the past can make the present intelligible. Students will seek in the history of their country a background which can be relevant to America today. JUANELL CAGLE - A. Hist. JAMES WESTFALL - Civics WAYLON BUCHANAN - W. Hist. Civics classes gave the students the opportunity to become acquainted with their government and its backbone - the constitution. Current events helped them to keep abreast of what’s happening in today’s world. New Boston High School Athletic Department WAYLON BUCHANAN Head Coach i r JAMES WESTFALL MILTON WINTER Head Basketball Coach Ass t Coach 13

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Science And Math Departments ■ The science department provides the means of broadening the student’s perspective to a range which allows him to progress even further in the search for the unknown. The math department of New Boston High School provides the ways to enrich the mind about math, algebra, and geometry, and for those who want to continue the enrichment of the broader forms of mathmatics. THOMAS HAWKINS Physics; Trig; Algebra MERIKAY HAWKINS Math JOHN DEMPSEY Biology, Chemistry

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New Programs Add To The J. P. VINSON Counselor OTTIS FOX Vocational Counselor ROY CAGLE ICT The Counseling Department gives achievement and aptitude tests and interprets these to the students. Information concerning colleges, universities, and careers are provided, especially with senior students in mind. The Industrial Cooperative Training is a cooperative effort between the school and industry to train our in-school youth, for gainful employment in a skilled occupation. The Co-ordinated Vocational-Academic Education has two units: one for girls and one for boys. The students spend two hours each day in a shop or work laboratory. The boys are taught skills in the general construction trades of carpentry, electricity, plumbing, painting, cement finishing and masonry. The girls receive training in the homemaking related field of Home and Community Services. This year the Distributive Education and the Mechanical Repair Shop was begun. In D E students train on the job for one half day in the areas of selling, marketing and distribution. In the lab phase of D E the students learn the areas of selling, marketing, and distribution in the classroom. In General Mechanical Repair Shop the boys train in the areas of small engine repair, welding, automotive repair and appliance repair. 14