Waynesboro High School - Skyline Yearbook (Waynesboro, VA)

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One question! in English The English department aims to build a strong unified program of studies so that during the five years spent in Waynesboro High School each student will have the op¬ portunity to develop his potential ability to use the English language in writing, speak¬ ing, reading, and listening. In order to make sure that each student has an op¬ portunity to learn all skills, attitudes, facts and appreciations which he will need either as he goes to college or as he goes into employment from high school, students are given college preparatory, general, or business English. A special effort is made to give each student the type of Eng¬ lish skills he will need in his chosen fu¬ ture career. Each teacher is asked to stress specific things on each grade level in order to develop sequence in the five- year program. Yeeps! Only five more minutes to finish this term paper.

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Physical Education The physical education program in high school aims to teach the student to understand and use the body as a means of experiencing ideas, attitudes, and emotions through sports, dances, stunts and games. It strives to develop and maintain in the student the highest level of physical fitness and efficiency for meet¬ ing the demands of wholesome living. The department also wants to develop the student as an individual and as a member of a group. By promoting interest in worthwhile recreational activities, the student is taught to become proficient in using the skills essential to successful participation in these activities. These aims are carried out in Waynesboro High School by the use of team sports, individual and dual sports, folk games, physical fitness exercises, track and field, and stunts and tumbling. Personal care and safety is taught through the First Aid and Driver Training classes.

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Parlez-vous francais, Madame? Languages The primary objective of the foreign language department is to provide meaningful language learning experiences for those pupils elect¬ ing to study foreign languages. In order to realize this objective, each pupil is given the opportunity to study a language longer than the traditional two year sequence, thus providing him the means to work in a particular language which allows for depth of study. Within these years of study, experiences are pro¬ vided in listening and speaking as¬ pects of language learning. As yet, we have no definite statistics to demonstrate the effectiveness of a laboratory except the ease with which pupils accept spoken language and the aid it gives a teacher in pre senting new material. And they call this the romance language. Ugh! 29