Pembroke High School - Corsair Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Crafts And Trades Learned Kris Kiels works hard to take down what she put up as a Christmas art project. Majorettes present Mr. Kenneth Deans with an award during an assembly. 30

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Offers Creative Electives That pointing finger and unsmiling expression say that Mr. Kenneth Deans really means what he says. Leon Canady is not quite sure that Mr. Ruben Daniels is really amused. Fine Art students provided the school with “A Christmas Joy” scene last year. Interested art students were responsible for painting a tradi- tional Christmas setting on the front school win- dows in water colors. The effect was one of a school turned into a Christmas card. Improvement in one’s looks is a goal of the correct use of cosmetics as Kathy Iverson’s finding out. 29

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In Fine Arts Department Mr. Woodrow West explains the correct placement of boards. Steve Hobbs saws a board to the correct measurements. Conventional classroom teaching is also a part of teaching woodworking, as Mr. James Grant shows here. Mr. James Grant demonstrates sanding methods as Ronald Corbin and Mik e Yarrington watch. Under the direction of Mr. James Grant and Mr. Woodrow West, the Industrial Arts depart- ment offers students courses in drafting, mason- ry, woodworking and building trades. These courses are designed to equip students with use- ful skills. Affiliation with the Vocational Techni- cal School enables students to develop greater skill in these subjects. After school jobs in their chosen vocational trades provide financial re- wards. 31