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

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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.

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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: Mr. Alenander keeps busy teaching his students the many equations needed for Algebra. i Last year Mr. Maxwell kept everyone out of breath, even in the classroom. The ninth grade physical education class was required to take a three week cardiopulmonary resuscitation course. Over those three weeks students were taught one man CPR for adult and in- fant, and the procedure used to help a choking victim. Near the end of the course students took a practical exam and were asked questions about what to do if certain changes occurred; if the students were able to do this they passed the course. The mathematics department came out on top last year with two wins in area competition. At the James Madi- son University Math Competition, the SDHS team of Bobby Calder, Jay Bur- ton, and Eric Oiesen brought back a first, fifth, and fourteenth place from among 36 students from |I2 high schools. Adam Funk also brought back a first place from a competition at Blue Ridge Community College. In the class- room students were busy trying to un- derstand algebra and geometry, a world of proofs and equations. Disecting was the word in the science department. From Mr. Patterson to Mr. Cline to Doc Miller students were kept busy with labs. In earth science and bi- ology frogs and pigs were found being explored by the students. Doc went a few steps further with his disecting and presented the students with the mystery of the atom. From phys. ed. to math to science stu- dents kept busy with the challenges of life. by Mary Dean Math, science and phys. ed. 13