Stuarts Draft High School - Legacy Yearbook (Stuarts Draft, VA)

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ternating year basis. The computer department was fortu- nate enough to receive printers from Genicom corporation. Genicom made the donation through the Charlottes- ville Computer Land store, who in turn also donated $1800 worth of computer software. Genicom also donated an os- cilloscope, used in determining electri- cal phenomenon. The science department needed to up- grade the laboratory and after hearing of the need the DuPont Company don- ated to some of the need in distillation equipment, a vacuum pump, and nu- merous other items. Hollister, a company who prefers to spread its donations through all as- pects of the school, supported academ- ics by hiring the Sportsman's Club to cater its annual family picnic. Through the money the club made, the club helped out where there academic needs in the school. Hollister also sup- ported football and student yearbooks last year. Students, teachers, parents and every- one else in the community benefited by the overwhelming generosity of these corporations. It was a free country and it was their choice to put their money into what- ever organizations they pleased. We were glad that they chose to give some donations to our school. They deserved a hand of applause and we were proud to give it to them. by Joyce Lindner Heather Williams Above: Coach Ball is grateful to the Sportsmans Club for donating a portion of the new football bleachers. Community 9

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Free to learn... At SDHS, students met the academic challenge head-on as new demands were put on them to become better. As the students soon found out, English classes placed a greater emphasis on vocabulary, word analogies, relation- ships of words with sentences, read- ing, comprehension, and writing, while math classes stressed logical thinking and problem solving. SDHS students were given the freedom to choose what classes and testing to take in preparation for college or the job market. One of the tests given to SDHS students was the SAT’s. Scores on the SAT tests had risen over the past ten years: verbal had risen 62 points and math 27 points. In years past, the SDHS seniors were 27 points above the national on the verbal and 7 points above in math. At that time it was found that SDHS males scored higher than females in both the math Opposite page: Jorena Maxwell seems more interested in the camera, while Leslie Warren has her interest focused elsewhere. Left: Heather Williams takes her time at her locker between classes. Above: Mrs. Banks wonders if her students will ever get the hang of US History. Right: Kim Walters and Tammi Rogers discuss plans for their class project. and verbal parts of the tests. Students at SDHS chose to accept the challenges given to them and conquer them to finish up another academic year at SDHS. by Mary Dean Academic divider