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

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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

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Below: Students are working hard in case they may have to use CPR sometime in the future. Right: Mr. Maxwell explains the technique for CPR and answers any questions that students might have. Right: Mr. Cline is always willing to assist a student with any problem that may arise during his class. New dimensions 12 Math, science and phys. ed.