Pulaski High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pulaski, VA)

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The first P.T.A. meeting was entitled “Back to School Night.” The meeting was well planned, helpful and informative but attendance was very poor on the part of the parents. Each parent followed his or her child’s daily schedule. The second P.T.A. meeting was a panel discussion on how to finance a student’s college education. Two years of an extensive evaluation came to an end in early November. For the past year the teachers conducted a self- evaulation. The second year a state-evau- lation committee came and analyzed school functions, academic programs and vocational programs. The group recommended changes but gave the school credit for its good points. Gary Graham had to have a library pass to do research. The pass system was considered unfair by the committee. Discussions and paperwork concluded each day’s session. 21 The committee observed teaching techniques. Here Mr. Audas demonstrates the law of velocity using a stopper (the blurred spot on his face) attached to a string.

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Students and faculty wait outside the evacuated building, watching, waiting. A Bomb Threat Monday, December 6, 1971 The School doors opened at 8:30 a.m. for students to enter. The seniors played their music in the cafeteria, under- classmen gathered in the halls to talk and by 8:50 a.m. everyone was going to class on what seemed to be a normal rainy day. Then at 8:55 a.m., the office phone rang. The voice said there was a bomb located somewhere in the school. A quick search indicated there was no bomb. The morning an- nouncements were given and devotions were held. Then the principal told everyone to get their coat. After returning to class, the fire bell sounded. Suspicion among the students was aroused. Fire drills were never held in the rain. “Could it be a real fire; or, a bomb!” some exclaimed. The drill lasted only ten minutes, but still long enough for a search of the building. The police and faculty found nothing. The students returned to class, but they still kept their coats. The principal, Mr. JDewey Wilson, announced that there was too much time involved in getting out of the building. To remedy this another drill was to be held. The second drill lasted for fifteen minutes as officials once again searched the building, as a safety check. At 10:00 a.m. students returned their coats to their lockers and resumed a normal day. 23