Petersburg High School - Petro Schola Yearbook (Petersburg, WV)

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Bookkeeping Class Finishing the set The Commercial Department of P. H. S. offers Typing I, Typing II, Business English, Business Math, and Bookkeeping, taught by Miss Morton and Mrs. Wetsel. The commercial department recognizes that it has three primary purposes: 1. To contribute to the student’s social- civic adjustment through the development of desirable character traits, personality facets, and work habits. 2. To develop skills of commercial busi- ness for those who do not wish to attend college. 3. To teach skills and abilities which the student may employ to enrich his personal life and community life, and as a basis for further learning. At right , the typingllclass.Notice the attractive bulletin board. Mrs. Wetsel and her business English class.

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Eddie Hartman and Mr. Snyder Driver Training Car. Forty students were given the opportunity to take the driver training course during the two semesters. In the Driver Education program, students who have reached the legal age to be certified as drivers are accepted in classes. Actual practice of behind-the-wheel training is exercised on the highway until the individual is taught to drive prudently and to know his or her responsibility as a driver. The training cars are furnished by semesters by the Ours Chevrolet, Inc. and the Roby Ford Company. The two clothing groups shown in the accompanying pictures represent one area of the vocational homemaking program. Other re- commended areas included in a three year course are consumer education, personal and family re- lationships, food for the family, housing.health and home safety, management of the home, child care and recreational and emotional experiences for the family. The program is centered on the family and is planned to meet the physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs of families.

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Biology class studying crayfish and parasites. The biological phase of education must help the individual to develop a clear understanding of the living things around him and aid him to achieve clear, independent thinking unswayed by propaganda, emotionalism, and superstition. Biology classes make the best of a crowded situation in a regular classroom serving as a laboratory, but how much more could be accomplished with the proper equipment and type of classroom! Lowell Alt and Tom Strawderman are pictured above as they received the first- place awards from A. K. Van Scoy of the Keyser Kiwanis Club, during the climax of the Regional Science Fair held at Potomac State College, 1959. In the field of science we believe the student will make applicationofbasic scientific principles only if he has the interest and eagerness to explore new horizons. We have, therefore, concluded that it is necessary to challenge students scientific think- ing to the very limit of his or her ability,using mathematics in every unit in detail, as math is not separable from science. If we can inte- grate math with science as it is being used to- day, we will have prepared each pupil to exist in a scientific world and be prepared for college or for entering the field of his choice. We begin the math in the junior high school in such classes as the one on the left taught by Mr. Andrick, andproceed on through geometry, with Mr. Bosley teaching the advanced classes.