School of Practical Nursing - White Caps Yearbook (Nassawadox, VA)

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Cindy Ann Snyder Silver Beach, Virginia Kathleen Margaret Wallace Nassawadox, Virginia mm Jacqueline Corleen Warren Exmore, Virginia Leigh Weaver Young Onley, Virginia 13

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Mary Virginia Parks Keller, Virginia Margaret Beatrice Price Snow Hill, Virginia Patricia Louise Smith Pocomoke, Maryland Tara Rebecca Smith Pocomoke, Maryland 12

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i ' l ' ■ ■ j=. A- ' . - ' A ' v ' . • V ' ' W- September — We began our year on Monday, the 15th, with 28 students.. Everything was so new those first few days, no one seemed to worry about the long stretch ahead of us. There was a distinct smell of school days in the air and — . everyone was ready to meet the challenge full force. 33 - October — We held class elections and began our birthday parties — one for each month. We lost 1 student. On the 24th, we got our first report card. Everyone began striving for those 90 average days off. ’ November — on the 7th, we learned to fold our caps, and started wearing our un- - iforms on the 10th. Work on our bazaar and annual was started. Our class pic- ' Tures were taken. On the 26th, we had a covered dish Thanksgiving party ©ecember — We had our big money-making project, the bazaar. The main events of this were Raggedy Ann and Andy, and the stuffed monkey. By thissv time, everyone was definitely ready for our Christmas break. January — This was a big month. We returned to school with what felTIike a fresh start for the new year. The big clencher was our pre-clinical evaluation On ; the 15th, which left us with 19 students. Our anticipation rose for our first diit ? ' day on Thursday, the 22nd. February — This was our injection month. Needles, needles everywhere. And no . sb- one passed out. We felt right proud when the teachers said how pleased they were that there had been no fist fights so far this year. On the 21st, the D.A. came to visit the class on a suspected drug bust. You would have thought it was an.r f ' alcohol bust. March — We spent some wonderful days at the Nursing Home. We also had a Y aghetti dinner to make money. V iV-V ' ' . ' ' , April — Mrs. Guy gave us our phone number where we could be reached at the convention. It was passed on to all the necessary people by midnight. We par- : feipated at the Health Fair on April 4th. We attended the Convention in Roanoke. We elected Mrs. Parks to write 4 AdVIay -asummary on the day’s agenda. Our T-shirts arrived. ' TJhne — Mrs. Tilghman and Mrs. Lambert were given a farewell party. We were N eally sorry to see our clinical instructors leave us. , 3Muly — Our experience to Eastern State made a big impression. Some of us fill g out our applications on the way home. Our day at Assateague was a relaxing -Miss Clayton and Mrs, Holland had a race riding one of the biggest waves. realf; , egan counting the days and sometimes the hours — minutes. We i Vxious to take tests because we were using these for a count down and really felC Teli N after the-Nursing Skills exam. This left us with just two subjects — but tlrtiix ' again it was ' abPhf kne. .N U Str- N. for jts . Looks like we r ' if,-, made it? a 14