Allen Park High School - Imprint Yearbook (Allen Park, MI)

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Business Playing an important in the curriculum at Allen Park High is the Business Department which begins now, developing the skills for the secretaries and business executives of tomorrow. Whether the student plans to further his study in business, or intends to go directly into the field after his graduation from high school, A.P. offers a wide and comprehensive program ranging from beginning typing to more advanced business machines, business mathematics to bookkeeping, business law, and sales. Many of these courses, especially typing and shorthand, are taken by college prep students to aid them later in college. A cooperative training program is available to many interested business students which provides them with practical experience in their chosen fields. 21

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Counseling Although education is a personal venture, it many times needs the guidance of a counselor to steer it on the course proper to the interests of the individual. From the student’s last few weeks in junior high to that Tuesday night in June when he exchanges his cap and gown for his diploma, he has at least one person in that office upstairs devoted to keeping his schedule running smoothly and in accordance with his wishes. But just because the counselor’s job ends with the student’s graduation, it does not mean that he has no concern about the student’s future. By supplying information on various colleges, scholarships, and vocations, he helps the student set a goal for himself after his studies at A.P.H.S. have ended. 20

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The key to the future The key to the future lies within the understanding of the past and of the present. In order to develop A.P. students for the future that awaits them, the Social Studies Department stresses the need for historical background. From the World History classes, where the student gains a general knowledge of social concepts which have been the basics for the formulation of our modern society to the United States History classes, where the scope is narrowed to the tenets of a working democracy, the student gains insight into his heritage. With this information, the student then becomes aware of his daily life in American Government, and is given a chance to recognize the role he will play in it. He then has a choice of several electives: Economics, Home and Family Living, Sociology, or World Problems—each designed to supplement his knowledge of the machinery of his country’s government with an understanding of the social, financial, or international problems which are complicating his future. 22