North Mecklenburg High School - Viking Yearbook (Huntersville, NC)

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.........-1,....,.,..,.... . .,!y,A.W!5,,ei1! Tail Guiding a student to choose the college which best fits his needs is one of the important responsibilities of the guidance de- partment. Here Mrs. Holbrook shows a directory of colleges to Ierry Neal. Counselers Help Students Beginning this year guidance counseling has become a full-time department at North. Working With stu- dents through such tests as NEDT, PSAT, and SAT is a part of the work of Mrs. Holbrook and Mr. jones, who make up the Guidance Department. They not only guide and counsel students, but also fill in application forms for college, interpret test scores, and provide all MR. TARON S. JONES Commuting trom Polkton, N. C., where he makes his home, Mr. Jones is completing his first full year of counseling at North. He received his B.S. at N.C. State and his Masters from from Appalachian State Teachers College. He is a full-time guidance counselor and sponsor for the Student Council at North. MRS. CHRISTINE HOLBROOK Residing at Huntersville, Mrs. Holbrook spends her leisure time reading and doing needlepoint. A member of the first faculty at North after its opening, she has continued to teach at North, where she now teaches one class of Latin I and is a guidance counselor. In the summer she keeps house and visits antique shops in the surrounding counties. Mrs. Holbrook received her A.B. degree from VV.C.U.N.C. necessary information about colleges. All of the scholarships are handled by this depart- ment, and the counselors are always alert to help any student apply for them and give tests to determine whether the student is eligible for one. The counseloris job is to help wherever he can and no other work can be so satisfying. After students have taken College Boardis tests and the scores have been received, the counselors go over the scores with the students so that they may know just what they did on the test. Here Mr. Jones explains Vera Stephens' score to her. 22 P'!FFRUlivlt-'flillylbllntwii-rswlwvaish-lW1n'H.'v'--Q4l1.1 I w

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i I I ! I l 1 I I I I I r i l l I l l l j ffm Q 'W-fax XWHWAX .iv?,1'N 4 V , .. . I .4f' 'M 51,1 MRS. DONNA HELTON Teacher of distributive education, Mrs. Helton sponsors the D.E. Club. She received her B.S. in business administration at High Point College. Her main hobby is her new husband, Ioel E. Helton. She will spend this summer earning her Mas- ters at the University of North Carolina. MRS. SUE JONES Mrs. Ioncs teaches bookkeeping, office practice, and typing. She received her B.S. degree at Vylinthrop. Now residing in Charlotte with her husband, she enjoys working in the yard and caring for her pet dog. She drives a Renault, which is about the first car one sees parked at school early in the mornings. MRS. MARY ALICE MILLER Having received her B.S. degree at XVestern Carolina, Mrs. Miller teaches Shorthand I and Typing I and II at North. She, her husband, and their daughter, Marsha, are now settled down in their new home in Allen Hills, however, they spend much time in the mountains during the summer. MRS. ANNIE SUE PHIFER Spending most of the summer at their cabin on the river, Mrs. Phifer and her husband enjoy swimming and fishing. During the school year, Mrs. Phifer teaches Typing and Shorthand II. She is a member of the Business and Professional VVomen's Club and the Derita NVoman,s Club. She received her B.S. degree in Business at NVestcrn Carolina College. Courses In Business Education Offered To Many Most girls who are not planning to go to college do plan to work. This is the student who gets the most benefit from the commercial courses. Several subjects are offered and many students take most of them either in the junior or the senior year. Typing I and II are offered. Typing courses are popular among college- bound students also, for they know there is a need for typing in college. Shorthand I and II are also offered. For those who wish to go even further, there is book- keeping, office machines and filing, and secretarial prac- tice. Students should keep in mind that an average of at least 80 in English is required before a student may take Shorthand I. Before taking Shorthand II, a student must have an average of at least 80 on English and Shorthand I. No student can successfully pass either of these courses unless he has a good foundation in English, and success in Shorthand II naturally depends on a good foundation in the subject. Mrs. jones showed Lynn XVally how to use the transcribing machine. 21

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MRS. MARY LOU DAGGY Sponsoring the North Star, Mrs. Daggy also teaches Algebra I, English II, and public speaking. Her hobbies are music, sew- ing, and spectator sports. Mrs. Daggy attends a Mathematics Institute during the summer, where she studies the modern approach to mathematics. Her residence is in Davidson, and she attends the Davidson College Presbyterian Church. MRS. CHRISTA GRIFFIN Sewing and her grandchildren are the hobbies of Mrs. Griffin. She teaches business math at North. She received her B.S. and her. M.A. at McMurray College, Georgetown College, and Co- lumbia University. She makes her residence in Davidson. MR. RONALD MARSHALL After receiving his B.S. at Appalachian, Mr. Marshall recently received his masters from the University of North Carolina. He teaches geometry, algebra and trigonometry, Matrix Algebra and Elementary Functions, and sponsors the Math Club. MR. MARTIN PETERSON Teacher of algebra and sponsor of the Hi-Y, Mr. Peterson was graduated from Atlantic Christian College, where he received his B.S. degree. In the summer he manages a private swimming club. He lives in Charlotte with his wife Jacqueline and his daughter, Mary Jacque. I, 2 ' .. fir Iv V ...... jfgigzgsa Wm .. gtk- K ,. rg 5' Modern Approach Taken By Mathematics Students Judi Powell and Judy Stancil discuss a truth table in Symbolic Logic. A Mathematics does much to develop the mind. Real- izing this fact, Nortlfs math department has this year taken a new and more modern approach to the subject. Beginning with Algebra I, the student becomes familiar with the use of unknown quantitiesg Algebra II continues this. College Algebra and trigonometry is offered for the interested college preparatory classes. A new com- bination of plane and solid geometry prepared by the School Mathematics Study Group is offered too. In the senior year a qualified student may take a relatively new course, Elementary Functions and Matrix Algebra. Business Math is offered to those students who plan to enter the field of commercial vocations immediately after high school. 23