Pulaski County High School - Cougar Pinnacle Yearbook (Dublin, VA)

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(ABOVE) Involvement provides the courage to overcome one’s inhibitions. Lindy Harless practices for F.F.A. public speaking contest. (TOP RIGHT) Sometimes togetherness reverses the student-teacher roles — Cindy Bedsaul styles Mrs. Lyndall Mason’s hair as Cindy practices for her state boards. (RIGHT) They walk alike and talk alike, and their friends say they think alike — Ms. Suzanne Steele critiques Tal Stanley’s forensics selection. 4 Prologue

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(OPPOSITE PAGE): (ABOVE) Discovering within the cycles the principles of accounting, Cougar Din co-editor Marcia Archer prepares her classwork. (BELOW) Having discovered the effectiveness of a grinder, Jimmy Moore polishes a hitch. (THIS PAGE): (LEFT) Tradi¬ tion within the cycles — Diane Hoosier gets help with her homework from Mrs. Maureen Smith. (BOTTOM LEFT) After three years at Dublin Middle School, Mr. John Duncan enjoys his position on the P.C.H.S. faculty. Last “Transfer” Class Seniors Life at Pulaski County High School moved in cycles. Students and school personnel were joined in a rhythmic journey, a cyclical procession from discovery to exploration to expansion to divergence back to discovery. This pattern most clearly affected those who recognized it least — the fresh¬ men. They were the true discoverers of life at P.C.H.S. Yet the pattern held as much grip over the older students and faculty as over the ninth graders. All discovered many things. Mr. Dennis Folsom and his students discovered ethnic studies in a new English course. Mr. Bob McGinley helped seniors in his ad¬ vanced biology course discover and explore higher levels of scientific inquiry. Joining the staff, new teachers such as Mr. John Duncan and Ms. Maureen Smith discovered the school in much the same way as did fresh¬ men. Other staff members moved through different parts of the cycle. Mr. Dale Conrad went back to “square one” second semester as he rediscovered the life of a student while working on his doctoral degree. Moreover, others found themselves ending the cycle. Seniors were gradu¬ ated and moved on from divergence to discovery as they learned to adjust to the new worlds of college or work. It was a busy, sometimes fruitless, often productive year at P.C.H.S. 1977-’78 was the year that the first class to be at P.C.H.S. through four years was graduated. And so the cycle continued as the last of those who had attended either Dublin or Pulaski High left, and a class formed solely of P.C.H.S. students would become seniors. Prologue 3

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Involvement: Classrooms, Clubs, Publications, Contests Beckon “Involvement” was a key word at P.C.H.S. in 1977-’78. Students became involved in activities and clubs which kept many of them busy all year. With more than thirty clubs offered this year, students were able to choose many ways to expand and explore their interests. Involving themselves in their class¬ es, students and faculty joined to¬ gether to gain knowledge in ’77-’78. They worked together in the explora¬ tion of new courses, developing them as the year progressed. They learned together, covering familiar ground in courses long standardized by tradi¬ tion. It was a year for quality educa¬ tion as well as one for unprepared teachers and inattentive students. In short, it was a year like most at P.C.H.S. Developing skills in writing and journalism, students and faculty worked to produce the three publica¬ tions in P.C.H.S.: the Cougar Din newspaper, the Cougar Pinnacle year¬ book, and Inklings ’78, the literary magazine. These served both to record the events of the year and to provide a showplace for the talents of student writers, publishers, and photog¬ raphers. For those who liked competition, P.C.H.S. offered opportunities besides solely athletic contests. F.F.A. mem¬ bers and those belonging to all voca¬ tional clubs took part in contests on local, district, and regional levels. Some students contributed their speaking and writing skills in foren¬ sic competition. Keeping busy was no problem for most students at P.C.H.S. In addition to spending time on homework assign¬ ments, they joined clubs and spent hours socializing and working to¬ gether on projects. More than any¬ thing else, they had fun. (TOP LEFT) One reward of involvement is F.B.L.A. banquet. (ABOVE) Upstaging Pam success — Jim Rorrer displays his D.E.C.A. Lewis, Gary Cox interrupts his independent trophy. (LEFT) Involvement often leads to study to make calculations for his science dedication — Cindy Tice presides at the spring project, an outgrowth of his electronics class. Prologue 5