Warwick High School - Warwick Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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These boys are working in the new electronics course set up this year. Industrial Education Through the new I. C.T. program, Judy Drewey assists Dr. Simpson during the afternoon school hours. This year progress at Warwick is very evident in the new In- dustrial Education Department. Many changes have affected the former Industrial Arts Department. The teaching personnel has been increased to a total of five. Four years of drafting, wood work, and metal work are provided under the instruction of Mr. William E. Jones, Mr. Albert F. Pinkham, and Mr. Ted C. Smith, respectively. Franklin G. Hardison, head of the department, is the in- dustrial C o op e r a t i v e Training Coordinator. I. C. T. , as this program is called, is a form of cooperative part-time education, designed to provide vocational training opportunities for high school juniors and seniors. It is a cooperative enterprise between business and industrial establishments in the community and the public high school. Through their employment, the students learn the manipulative part of their jobs under actual working conditions. Simultaneously, the school furnishes the technical subject material related to the job being learned. Mr. Hardison serves as a qualified teacher-coordinator who directs the students in their study of related technical information and visits them periodically on the job. There are over two hundred and fifty different occupations at which the student may work in this program. Mr. Charles A. Brown teaches the new courses in electronics and electricity. Through class discussions, demonstrations, laboratory experimentation, and home assignments, an intro- duction to electronics is provided in the first year of the course. A complete line of test instruments is introduced to the students through use and practice. In the second year course of electronics, students acquire extensive knowledge and skills using tools, instruments, and machines. Through the construction and oper- ation of electrical-electronic devices, wiring and repairing of electrical circuits, and use of test equipmentthe students further their knowledge. The course in electricity provides a basis for any further studies in this field. Technical, general, and occu- pational material is provided.

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Distributive Education The high school Distributive Education Training Program, which involves thirty students this year, derives its name from the cooperative working arrangement between the school and distributive businesses in the community. Students were selected for the D.E. program only after careful study of standardized test results, school records, attendance records, and recommen- dations of school counselors and subject teachers. Early in the school year there was a joint banquet of students and coordinators for the purpose of installing officers for the seven district schools. Classes were taught before Christmas by the D. E. coordinators with approximately one hundred students participating for the purpose of placing them in part-time jobs over the Christmas holidays. In the early spring there was an- othe r banquet to express appreciation to the employers for the training they gave the students. At this time awards were given to any student who had shown unusual ability or accomplishment. Distributive Education students, Wayne Davis, Sandra Crisp, and Dick Osborne open the bookstore where students may pur- chase supplies before school. Business Business Students obtain skill in working with complicated machines such as these. In VOT the girls practice office skills in the classroom. The Business Department, headed by Mrs. Burcher, has at- tempted to teach interested students the fundamentals of business, as well as specialized courses for those who plan their future in business. A new book 20th Century has been used in the typing classes and two new electric typewriters have been added for ad- vanced typing. This year Clerical Practice was combined with Vocational Office Training, better known as VOT. Warwick High was the fi rst school to offer VOT for business seniors, in 1948. Since that time the program has grown, not only at Warwick, but in five other area high schools. VOT is a terminal course for seniors who are planning to enter the business field upon graduation. A student must have had two years of typing, one year of shorthand, and it is recommended that they have general business, record keeping, or bookkeeping as prerequisites. The course is divided into three parts: office procedures, business machines, and work experience. This year students are working in banks, doctors ' , lawyers ' , and insurance offices. They are also working for the school board, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Credit Union, and for local merchants. This course offers an opportunity for the student to become a full-time employee upon graduation. 23

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Library The library contained approximately 14,000 volumes and received 85 current periodicals. The book collection has been carefully selected to provide books necessary to supplement the studies of all students and to permit students to read widely in subjects not covered by formal classes. A staff of two trained librarians and 48 student assistants was available to help students and teachers make effective use of library resources. The library alsohandles the audio visual materials from the city and state. Therefore films, film strips, records, and equipment were made available for teachers ' and students ' use. Library assistant Hope Tatum uses the automatic stamper to check books out for a student. Social Studies The Social Studies Department, headed by Mrs. Biggins, has worked hard to further itself in various fields which include World History, U. S. History, World Geography, Sociology, Economics, and Virginia and U. S. Government. There have been many films which were of great value to the classes, such as the film from Williamsburg, The Patriot, which was shown at the beginning of the year in history classes. One of the new books this year is The Meaning of Communism which is used in the government classes ' study of Communist governments. The Sociology class, which has been offered only two years at Warwick, was very active this year. They had field trips, discussion groups, films, and lectures, which included such speakers as a social worker, a marriage counselor, a police officer, a traffic engineer, and a school superintendent. The purpose of this class was to give the students a better understanding of their society and other cultures. The U. S. History and Government classes also used this method with lectures, films, surveys, and oral reports. Social Studies students make use of the bulletin board for visual aids to study.