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

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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.

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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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fir! The Art Department at Warwick could have best been appreciated by visiting the classroom. This department, headed by Mr. Sheaks, was well equipped and the enthusiasm on the part of the students and teachers could not be equaled. An enlarged staff of four, including Mr. Briton, Mrs. Carson, Miss Perrin, and Mr. Sheaks, introduced several new methods of developing creativity in the student. Besides the usual courses of drawing, painting, ceramics, metal work, wood carving, and printing, more emphasis was placed on weaving as well as creative stitchery. In some advanced classes a new course, Drawing in Various Media, was introduced. Team teaching was also employed in con- junction with this. The program encouraged individuality on the part of the student, and team teaching was an ef- fective means of accomplishing this. These students are busy painting in art. Home Economics The Homemaking Department has enlarged its stock with three new textbooks. How to Plan and Prepare Meals and Woman ' s Home Companion Cook Book were used in teaching the course on cooking. Homes with Character was very beneficial while studying interior decorating. Some of the projects undertaken this year by the more advanced home economics students were slip covers and prom gowns. The beginning students made skirts and dresses. This year there were three girls in their fifth year of homemaking. These students were given the opportunity to observe the children at the Happy Hours Kindergarten in order to further their knowledge of behavior, growth, and social response. On several occasions they also had the ad- vantage of teaching the new home making students. By means of this arrangement the underclassmen and the seniors gained much knowledge and experience. The Special Education classes also used the homemaking classrooms as they learned the techniques of sewing and hand work. Girls in Home Ec. learn every facit of preparing a meal. 26