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

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4 a 4 a | ia 3 a While Lisa Beck finishes her essay, Mr. Ram- sier looks on with amused interest. Showing Kenny where Spain is Mrs. Downey stresses the point that all students should know a little about world geography. It is anew experience for Miss Harvey to be in front of the class instead of seated. She re- turns to T.D. as anew half-day typing teacher. Miss Kirk who is here only half of a day, dem- onstrates a point about geology to her eath science students. Finishing his math quiz, Mike Trent wonders what else Mr. Davis has in mind to do. Explaining how the problem is done Mr. Neier smiles, seeing that his student is catching on. New Teachers 13

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New Faces Appear on TD Faculty pon entering the lobby of Thomas Dale before school began this year, the first sight would have alist of all the new teachers appearing across the screen of the computer board. Many names ran across this new ad- dition to our lobby, including that of Mr. Paul Damaglaski, our new assis- tant principal. Many students have noticed some new faces on our Thomas Dale staff. We have quite a large number of new teachers as well as a new assistant principal. Almost all departments added at least one new teacher to their ranks. We have two additions to our sci- ence department, Miss Linda Good- win and Miss Suzanne Kirk. Miss Goodwin is one of our chemistry teachers, who moved away from Chesterfield but has now returned home. As a music lover, Miss Good- win plays the piano, sings, and dances. She also is a collector of music boxes. Thomas Dale also has a new Span- ish teacher, Mrs. ‘‘B’’ Clayman. She The interest in drama can be illustrated by the number of students who stay after class to help Mr. Alis. | a ES Feeling relieved that her students understand Spanish, Ms. Clayman says ‘“‘Muy Bien’ to a reply she received from the class. —— aad Laughing at a student’s answer Ms. Walli counts the answer correct and the student receives an “‘A.” 12 New Teachers was born in Cuba but came to the United States when she was four- teen. Mrs. Clayman loves to read Spanish literature and listen to Latin- American music. She also enjoys wild birds and is learning how to play the guitar. Two other fans of literature are Ms. Carol Moore and Mrs. Audrey Stafford. Ms. Moore teaches 11th and 12th grade English. She likes to read horror books, especially Ste- phen King novels. She also lifts weights and she collects cats. Another new English teacher is Mrs. Stafford. She has taught at the high school level for 18 years. She likes to read, sew, and garden. She also likes to play bridge in her spare time. She says that the administra- tion is nice to work with and that Thomas Dale is a friendly school. Mrs. Nancy Downey is a teacher who likes to travel. She also likes to read and enjoys working with youth groups. She has been a teacher for 20 years and is currently teaching world geography and U.S. and Vir- ginia history. Cliff Johnson receives writing instructions from Ms. Moore who comes to TD as a new English teacher. Miss Mary Beth Harvey is also a new teacher, joining the business department. A graduate of Thomas Dale, she is now teaching keyboard- ing. She says that she enjoys being back at Thomas Dale. Mrs. Michele Matthew is a teacher of physics. She loves to go to the beach, but most of her time is devot- ed to her little girl. Two additions to the math depart- ment are Mrs. Lisa Walli and Mr. Lew- is Davis. Mrs. Walli, who has taught for two years, is teaching geometry and general math. Another teacher of general mathis Mr. Lewis Davis. Not only has he been a teacher for many years, he has also been a guidance counselor and a high school principal. Our new assistant principal is Mr. Paul Damaglaski. Mr. ‘D.’ comes to us from Manchester High School where he was also assistant princi- pal. We hope all the new teachers and staff enjoy teaching at Thomas Dale and will stay with us for a long time to come.

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Project TEE Commands n Tuesday, August 20th, cars began pulling into the parking lot of Thomas Dale for the first day of school. Yes, school did officially begin on August twenty-sixth but not for the teachers. Their day began bright and early at seven-thirty a.m., Au- gust twentieth. Mr. Sublett welcomed everyone with a leisurely facutly breakfast which was followed by introductions to members of the school board and all new teachers. That afternoon, the faculty met to discuss the goals for this school year and to make plans for the rest of the week. The following days were busy with TEE meetings and clean-up. On Wednesday, all teach- ers went to their different depart- mental meetings while on Thursday all the secondary schools met to dis- cuss Project TEE (Toward Educa- tional Excellence). On Friday morn- ing, the teachers were in their rooms preparing for the classes they would have to teach on Monday. The project that took up a lot of the time of the teachers that week was Project TEE. Project TEE has been in the planning for two years. Throughout the entire county, ad- ministrators have already taken part in this new program. All teachers are now becoming active in this new at- titude toward excellence. A six-hour meeting was held with refreshments and lunch provided. All in all, the meeting was very fes- tive and even included balloons. The basis of this new attitude is the add- ed dimension of coaching. Every teacher has a coach and certain Janitor, Mr. Harris, realizes he has his hands full with the coming of a new school year. Discussing rules for their department, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Smith run down requirements for each course. Looking over their new textbooks before the start of school, the Spanish teachers Mr. Seal, Mrs. Liner, and Mrs. Clayman discuss the quality of their books. 14 Teachers’ Return