Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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MindU 9+npAaaed lAiitlt McMt grade general math. Upon completion of these required courses, students may elect to study advanced general math and algebra, solid or plain geometry, or trig- onometry. After all these courses, Uncle Sam, we are certain to supply you with some good mathematicians and statisticians. Probably math is taught and studied the same way in Newport High as it is in other schools, Uncle Sam, but we do offer a wide variety of courses for both beginners and advanced stu- dents. Any student can find a math course to fit his need. The eighth graders study gen- eral mathematics, and if their average in general math is high enough, they go on to take al- gebra. If their average is on the low side, they advance to ninth IF YOU ASKED THEM, our solid geometry students could prove that the figure on the board is composed of arcs AB, BC, and CA, and that it is a spherical triangle. IT SEEMS THAT THERE is more than just one way to measure height. These plane geometry students are determin- ing their heights by triangulation. 30

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l u£ Oust £motia vi 9ft Mfuiic OUR CHORAL GROUPS are made, not just put together, and rehearsed for hours at a time. Their training began in re- quired classes for the eighth graders. Long hours of work and practice have cer- tainly reaped well-earned rewards for both our chorus and our band, and we ' re proud of them. These two organizations received su- perior ratings in the District Two Music Con- test, held in the high school this spring. You should have heard them in action! Uncle Sam, the required vocal music classes, and a band group, combined forces and pro- duced the cantata, The Legend of Sleepy Hol- low, which was based on Washington Irving ' s famous folk-legend. The month of May was a busy one for the PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, as this young flutist will tell you, Uncle Sam. In the near future, if she meets the re- quirements, she may become a member of our fine band. music department, full of the spring concert, the junior and senior band concert with the elementary school groups, and a trip to the state band contest in Charlottesville. Because they have studied hard and prac- ticed even harder, the music students have provided enjoyable entertainment for all their audiences. 29

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Qua feo-di L With Physical Education, TWENTY-FIVE DEEP KNEE-BENDS are no trouble at all for our athletic damsels, who have to take gym five days a week. FUTURE ATHLETES AND OLYMPIC WINNERS may, quite possibly, be found in our boys ' gym classes, Uncle Sam. This group is practicing sit-ups. No longer will you find anyone trying to loaf in gym class! Beginning this sem- ester, an eighth of a credit was given for gym. Although we still see the boys smug- gling out on the track and in the gym with calisthenics, they have another phase added to their physical education program. The boys now take hygiene, which includes both physical health and the fundamentals of various sports. Our energetic coaches were found out on the track, in the gym, and in classrooms helping to make future athletes for the country. Girls, as well as the boys, are now receiving credit for gym. During the cold months the girls kept fit in their back-stage gym, and when warm weather began, they took to the outdoors. While in the gym or out on the field, the girls kept busy with their calis- thenics, dancing, soccer, softball, and basketball. The health pro- gram did not leave out classwork, and first aid and personality were only two of the subjects the girls studied in hygiene classes. 31