Pulaski High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pulaski, VA)

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Bobby Eastep awaiting the results. 19

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Moods of Testing Semester exams were not a worry to struggling student for the first time in the history of P.H.S. The Pulaski County School Board officially eliminated exams and put all schools on a new nine-weeks grading system. The principal’s opening address emphasized the fact that every day of academic achievement would be significant, for there would be no last chance to pull a failing grade up to a passing one. A majority of students favored the importance of day-to-day work even though it required more effort. Opposition to the plan held that exams were good experience for college and for letting teachers know if a student really understood a course. Students were still not exempt from tests. On December 4, juniors and seniors were given S.A.T. and achievement tests. The entire test required ten hours and covered math, history, government, Chemistry, English and Physics. Ninth graders and juniors took a standarized state test to evaluate their knowledge in relation to students all over the state. The Betty Crocker Test, given on December 7, covered ho me making and cooking. The real test was still to come to see if students could accept responsibility and face life on their own. Without interruption

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Few Attend P.T.A. A drenching rain hindered attendance at the first P.T.A. meeting. Mrs. Mode explained her classes to parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gates discussed their son’s classes with teachers. 20