Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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Mr. Philip Redman Mrs. Jane Chandler Venturers Vocational Mr. Albert Ride Sophomores wrack their brains to complete an assignment in mechanical drawing. pron Industrial Arts classes help build sets for ‘‘Hobbit’’ production. 24 Academics

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Poet os pital, 1. : The Social Studies department stepped up its existing Kore me 4 : : program and added two new courses in an attempt to meet ” % the tremendously important needs of the students in this area. The addition of Contemporary Global Perspectives, a course dealing with current world problems, and a course entitled Minority Groups in America should enhance the program greatly. Major objectives of the Social Studies department include helping the student understand past and current world situations and problems, giving him the basic social skills needed in later life and helping him to recognize cultures different from his own. Mr. Smith, Social Studies department head, had the good fortune to view a different culture first-hand when he and several department leaders from other Chesterfield County schools visited Tangier Island. This experience should be most helpful in the execution of the department's objectives. fs sg 0D F Od) 6 ae +, d, a Wake up, Mrs. Sloan; government isn’t that boring! sieuyiids SeIPMS 121005 % 3 : Mrs. Ellen Conyers Mr. Tom Davies Mrs. Heather Sloan Mr. Gene Brown Academics 23

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a Helping interested students is an important part of Mr. Stacy’s job. Mr. Chris Seaton Mr. Alex Heggie Mr. J. C. Lawson Mrs. Judy Greene Most of the courses which fall under the vocational category are electives so their success or failure depends directly upon student participation. Participation has been tremendous and all the departments are booming. Another mechanical drawing course was added bringing the total to six. Mr. Heggie will be applying his services in this area as well as in printing. Mr. Wallace, a new teacher from Dinwiddie, will be handling the industrial arts duties. The acquisition of three new Honda motors for the Power Mechanics class should provide ample work for student repairmen. The use of the metric system in cooking recipes will be emphasized in Home Economics as will the importance of consumer awareness. The multitude of initialed courses at T.D. such as D.E., |.C.T., |.W.E., and C.O.E. are all designed with a similar purpose, which interests mainly those students who wish to jump straight into a career after high school. Students attend classes for part of the day and then put their skills to work in secretarial, printing and other related jobs around the community. The actual appliance of learned skills tremendously helps learning processes and also gives vocational students a jump on the business world. Mrs. Jane Kramek Mr. Bobby Stacy Mr. Walton Wallace Academics 25 JEUOIJEDOA SIOIN] USA