Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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Librarians assist students with new facilities After quieting students in the library, Mrs. Dal¬ ton grins with pleasure. Mrs. Madeline Buries Dalton Mrs. Nannie W. Puckett The library serves as reading, ref¬ erence, magazine and or study room for students and teachers, and is opened be¬ fore and after school. There are seats for 121 persons and no restrictions are put on the number of students who may use it at any one time. There are 12 student carols where in¬ dividual work may be done. A room for conferences; audio-visual material and equipment may be used by students or teachers; and a magazine room where back issues of magazines and newspapers are available for students and teachers use. School secretaries perform many tasks Mrs. Cindy M. Griffith Mrs. Jennie S. Rea Miss Sharon Tatum L The telephone, typewriter, and adding machine are tools which help the school secretaries at their jobs. Mrs. Rea (left), clerical secretary, prepares the textbook rental report while Mrs. Griffith (right), administrative secretary, answers the tele¬ phone as one of her many duties. Miss Tatum, attendance secretary, takes care of the attendance records and helps the guidance counselors at PCHS.

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Guidance counselors help students solve many problems Mrs. Anna S. Hanby Mr. Conrad M. George Mrs. Mildred R. Hopkins Brenda, you know you don ' t have a problem, 1 replies Mrs. Hanby. The services rendered by the Guidance Department of PCHS are for all students. Students are encouraged to use these ser¬ vices whenever a need or problem arises. The guidance personnel believes that through counseling, students can be happier, do better work, understand bet¬ ter and appreciate more fully the values of school. Mrs. Hopkins helps the eleventh and twelfth grade students plan a specific pro¬ gram for a vocation or for college en¬ trance. Mrs. Hanby counsels the eighth, ninth, and tenth grade girls while Mr. George counsels the eighth, ninth, and tenth grade boys. Mr. George takes his job of helping others seriously. Guidance 15

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Squares, circles, and equations keep math students Mrs. Gertrude H. Hopkins Mrs. Phyllis B. Kodenski curiosity at PCHS Mrs. Jane H. Akers Mrs. Evelyn M. Hazelwood Mrs. Nancy T. Pilson Mrs. Francis P. Underwood If the Hypotenuse and leg of one right triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and leg of another right triangle they are congruent. This is one of the problems raised in the many math classes at PCHS. Mrs. Underwood and Mrs. Hopkins work with the students in hopes of a better understanding towards the problems raised in Geometry Classes. The key word in understanding any math is concentra¬ tion. Mrs. Underwood stresses the fact that math is a precise science. Math 17