Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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MR. EWSPAPER EDITOR fi 2 f if .. .2 3, if 1 ,V ,K ,M M Y 1 i A- ff Raymond is presenting his article. Raymond, A Man For All Seasons Raymond Theophilus Graves, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie King of Slagle Avenue, has earned a Semifinalist ranking in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation's CNMSCD Merit Program. Graves is a senior at Peters- burg High School. More than one million juniors attending some 19,000 U.S. secondary schools attend- ed the competition by taking a qualifying test, the PSATXNMSQT, in October 1984. As a result, some 15,000 high school sen- iors, representing outstanding young men and women in all fifty states have been named as Semifinalist in the 31st annual Merit Program. To advance in the Merit Scholarship compe- tition, a Semifinalist must qualify as a Finalist by documenting high academic perfor- mance, being recommended by the high school principal, confirming qualifying test performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, and submitting information about school and community activities, personal interests, and goals. Graves credits include: Jr. National Honor 14fStudent Life The initiation of the future Chronicle Staff. Www A L, ...- Mrs. Jones gives her suggestion. Society, Young Author's Contest, Interna- tional Foreign Language Award, Spanish Club, Student Council Association, Gover- nor's School Interest Center, National Hon- or Society, Latin Honor Society, Virginia Leadership Conference, 1985 Airforce Academy's Scientific Seminar, Governor's School for the Gifted, Society of Distin- guished American High School Students, Who's Who Among American High School Students, and United States Military Acade- my's Invitational Academic Workshop at West Point. Graves is currently the editor of his school paper. He plans to attend either the Univer- sity of Virginia, the College of William and Mary or Howard University. He plans to be a corporate lawyer.

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OF PI-IS yy 5 SE Students planning their future career. We Take Our Work Seriously Yes, we do get serious when it comes to work. You must admit, students at PHS know when its time to work and when its time to play. As you can plainly see in these pictures, it is time to work. Students forget about all social life and extra-curricular ac- tivities and get to the subject at hand, our school work. Our dedication to our work can be seen by our academic records. Much of the student body manages to achieve the honor roll list. , -- f 1...-. f 3 i as N, . :. ... . . 1 S X N bl K 5 X K 3 'f X t Timothy Batts does some extra studying. 13fStudent Life

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A MAN CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENT LIFE . . . gunning '90 .v 5 K 5 A A I My - A f, K I Dr. Shlrl E. Gllbert, Il, Supermtendent . . . ALL PI-IASES Welcome To Une Of Your Schools X