Robert E Lee High School - Leeway / Record Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Captured in a moment of bewilderment, Wanda Higgs listens to an intriguing comment from one of her students. spaces If you think Mr. C. was born on a BANANA boat. Determining the volume of one of his toilsome Using the overhead to teach his Chemistry class isone Preparing to label the parts of his latest biological dis- problems, Gene Blackmer shows his Physic students of many methods that Wayne La Montagne finds the procedure in calculating the answer. section, Mr. C hesitates trying to figure out where he useful in explaining chemical equations. has seen this face before. 28—Officials

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Still amused and a bit confused by daily life at Lee, Coach Dennis Webb gradually is settling down as a “regular” in the halls. As the head baseball coach, Warren Tetley has an ob- vious edge over his P.E. class in a hot game of softball. Showing her expertise, Toni Roby explains the impor- tance of setting the height of the net accurately. Athletic Department Strengthens With Addition of Coach Webb Lee had a strong athletic department to start off the new decade. In his thirteenth year in the Staunton school system, Joe Cochran coached the boys’ J.V. basketball team and areas in track, including hurdles and sprints. Also busy with his phys. ed. classes he instructed driver education. Sharon Metcalfe carried her load during the year as volleyball coach, the new girls’ tennis coach, and sponsor of the F.C.A. Splitting his time between two schools, Warren Tetley served as coach for John Lewis and head baseball coach, as well as football assistant, for Lee. Toni Roby also had her hands full with the Varsity girls’ basketball team and a full day of sophomore P.E. classes. Varsity basketball coach, Paul Hatcher, also driver ed. in- structor, earned a reputation as a result of coaching many winning teams throughout the ’70’s. With millions of game strategies running through the channels of his mind, Coach Paul Hatcher forgets where he is supposed to be. Layout by Cynthia Peeler-27

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SS Brightening up her Biology class, Marietta Beverage can always spare a few minutes from giving notes to enjoy the lighter side of school. LaMontagne and Moore Welcomed by Lee Faculty There were two new faces among the science teachers this past year as Lee High welcomed Wayne La Montagne and Stephen Moore into the faculty. Mr. La Montagne spent an interesting summer hiking in the Adirondacks and White Mountains and also preparing for his new Chemistry classes. Mr. Moore worked with the Youth Conservation Corps for the U.S. Forest Service and played in area tennis tournaments this past sum- mer. Senior class co-sponsor, Wanda Higgs kept busy teaching the fundamentals of Biology. Gene Blackmer had a full schedule this past year sponsoring the chess, guitar, and science clubs while also teaching Physics, Analysis, and Consumer Math. Marietta Beverage, a JMU graduate, taught summer school and prepared for her new Biology classes. While in his 11th year in this school system, Angelo Cacciapaglia continued to teach and entertain his Biology students. “ Could Gene Blackmer be explaining the art of hitch- | Checking out books to new students seems tobe one For a few lucky sophomores, Biology is a lesson in life hiking and sleeping at the same time to one of his of the many jobs Mr. C must do on the first day of as well as in Science when they find themselves under Physics classes? school. the tutorship of Steve Moore. Layout by Karen Hamrick—29