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

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'V ll lily 'QV ACADEMICS The pulse of Academics-a sfeady, meaningful beaf, fouching each and every person af Warwick High School. The main purpose of any insfifufion of learning is fo promofe educafion in fhe various fields of sfudy. Each academic course provides a basis for increasing knowledge in fhese fields and creafes unify in fhe fhriving body of Wl-IS. Whefher concerned wifh Macbefh, American local color, Julius Caesar, Greaf Expecfafions, or fhose im- possible parficiples, fhe English Deparfmenf never failed fo increase knowledge and inferesf among sfudenfs . . . The Mafh and Science Deparfmenfs bofh seemed mainly inferesfed in a logical and scienfific approach fo any problem, no maffer whafl . . . Every social sfuolies sfudenf has his nose buried in a newspaper af some fime or ofher looking for any fype of currenf evenfs . . . Coniugafing irregular verbs fakes much of fhe lan- guage sfudenfs' fime and pafience . . . Disfribufive Ed- ucafion, lndusfrial Educafion, and Business enfhusiasfs learn fhe skills of fheir frades before venfuring ouf info fhe business world, proving fhaf pracfical exper- ience is invaluable . . . The sfars of fhe fufure find fheir beginnings in fhe drama class . . . The Arf and Music Deparfmenfs work af producing greaf painfers and singers while fhe l-lome-Economics Deparfmenf pro- vides useful fraining in cooking, sewing and house care . . . I-lealfh and exercise are nof neglecfed af WHS: fhe acfive Physical Educafion Deparfmenf sfrives fo build sfrong bodies . . . Lasf buf never leasf fhe library where anyone from any of fhe ofher deparfmenfs goes when in search of informafion on any subiecf.

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l l i -ea ,1 -lpn -,.,,.. - ::::::a1 ,,,,..-ll---..fjf y T . T in T of Miss Simmons makes English enioyable Tor her sTudenTs. World Literature Course Is Added to English Curriculum While English courses This year weren'T doub double Toil and Trouble They were quiTe a challen Tor many WHS English sTudenTs. w ChrisTine Williard and Linda Branch concenTraTe on an English as- signmenT. The upperclassmen were mainly conTronTed T y Y A sTudies in liTeraTure--compleTe, deTailed and really pc ' r'gg ular wiTh everyone involved. I An added liTerar o orTuniT Tor 'uniors a To insTrucTor. lvliss Callahan. The purpose OT The cou is To Tamiliarize The sTudenTs, exTensively and inT sively, wiTh The greaT liTerary works oT each coun and wiTh The represenTaTive auThors oT each coun.Tr Numerous reporTs and research papers were requi Trom The class members, who Tound The course bm rewarding and inTeresTing. x c , Y rp Y I seniors was The world liTeraTure course. Accordi I For The 8Th and 9'Th graders a special course oTTered To Those who needed improvemenT in read and basic language abiliTy. The SRA Reading Lab Tory, Nile BlanTon SmiTh's Be a BeTTer Reader Ser new library books, and supp'emenTary reading bo all aided sTudenTs' reading habiTs. Workbooks supg menTed The regular TexTbook-The combinaTion gree increasing comprehension in basic mechanics, spelli word skills and The TundamenTal grammar necessary eTTecTive speaking and wriTing. The oleparTmenT's sTeady progress in Teaching varied phases oT The English language and works c cerning iT deTiniTely proved The value OT organ: Teaching meThods. STudenTs and Teachers alike beneTi greaTly Trom such skilled Techniques.