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

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WUBBY SEEKS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM” HERE AT JUNIOR HIGH As Dick and Wubby became more acquainted, Dick learned that, officially”, Wubby wasn ' t Wubby at all. He was WUXXX IV. But Dick, being a neighborly sort of earthling, agreed to call his visitor Wubby - for short. Wubby wanted to see the school, he said. He wanted to find out what was being done here, and why. So Dick explained some things for Wubby. The whole idea, he told Wubby, is that in our country, here on this planet, we believe that every man should be able to live a happy, useful life, guided by decisions he himself makes. Now being able means, first, that every man should have opportunities, and, second, that every man should have the training and experience necessary to make a good life for himself. So for 12 earth-years, while people are still young, we have schools, so that when boys and girls are ready for adult life, they are able ; able to earn a living, able to make wise choices, able to live at peace with themselves and with other people, able to contribute to the progress and development of society, able to continue work in colleges and universities - all according to individual wishes and abilities. Junior High, said Dick, covers just two school years, the eighth and the nineth. This year 725 eighth graders and 700 nineth graders enrolled in the school. ' Til tell you what, Dick suggested. Come with me and take a good long look at our school. Before anyone can really appreciate it, he has to understand what we are trying to do and how we go about getting the job done. Only when one begins to understand can he begin to appreciate. Let me take you to our leader, Dick said. So they went to the office to meet the principal. i

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One day, in journalism class, while Dick was try- ing to figure out just how to get started with the annual, Wubby suddenly appeared, and tapped the editor-in-chief on the shoulder. Dick was so surprised when he turned and saw Wubby that he threw his hands up and, for a minute, just stood there staring. Then all the members of the journalism class crowded around Wubby and began to ask all kinds of questions. But first Wubby said that he had come to find out all he could about the school. A little later, Wubby and Dick got to talking. Communication was a problem at first, but when they learned the trick they had no trouble at all. Wubby wanted to know all about Junior High. 6

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Mr. Joseph D. Amott This is our Principal. We are very proud of our faculty, and we believe that no school, anywhere, can boast of better supervision, or better instruction, than Warwick Junior High. Everybody knows that the principal must set the pace for the entire faculty of a given school. Through his leadership, the teachers are bonded into an effective team - if the principal is to get the best results. And Mr. Amott has succeeded in that. He came to Junior High when the school was established in September, 1956, and with no assistant, proceeded to set the course for a large, new school. From all sides, the compliments have come. Smoothly and surely the school has made the kind of reputation that lets all concerned feel proud. Students at Junior High behave well, stick to the business of academic accom- plishment, and when they play they play with the honest enjoyment that only the happy youth can know. The school, and its accomplishments, the attitudes of the students, and the quality of instruction, speak volumes in favor of Mr. Amott. And here is what he has to say about the school.