Brewer High School - Patrian Yearbook (Somerville, AL)

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One of the classrooms in the new T.A.G. Students who participate in the T.A.G. class are not there for the game of tag but are forty students who qualify as the Talented and Gifted members of the school. To get in the program students must have good grades and score in the top five percent of students in the United States on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The students are then referred to a screening committee who decides if they should be tested. The tests that are used are the Stan- ford Binet and the WISC-R, which are given orally. The students must successfully complete these tests to be accepted into the program. Enrichment units that stimulate the student's own ideas about dif- ferent subjects are taught. The courses are not usually taught in a normal classroom. Mrs. Slaby, the T.A.G. teacher, says her job is not run of the mill teaching but rather unusual, and adds that Gifted Education should be unusual. wing is being used as a computer lab. The Morgan County Board of Educa- tion purchased the twenty Apple II computers. Teachers use the com- puters for keeping records and l grades, as teaching aides, and to teach computer skills. Because the computer lab is considered a part of the math department, the class use is scheduled through Ms. Iester, chair- man of the department. Rf . Computer Lab T.A.G. 127

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Media Center V First Row, Left to Right: Cathy Oden, Tammy Braswell Michelle Latham Second Row Ieff Cavender Lisa Coker Sharon Hamby Mary Carr Io Edwards, Randall Stinson, Michael Oden. Standing Row Mrs McAnally jimmy johnson Missy Johnson Iim Childers Andrea Gilchrist Phillip Rhonda Hayes, Kathy Terry, Chandra Crow, Toby Chambers Carl Garner Chris Landers james Oakes Iay Vest Media Center assistants are responsi- ble for checking and shelving books, checking out magazines, using auido- visual equipment, and running er- rands. They are chosen on the basis of their application and grades. They also get minor credits, as it is a learning ex- perience for students. Assistants get on-the-job experience in dealing with people. Of late, the Media Center has undergone computerization. No longer do they stamp cards and such. Today, they simply skim a light pen over a bar-code label and your name is im- mediately on record as having that book out. Our students and teachers have access to a computer, the video room, magazines, and a host of books and records. 126 Media Center

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Business Gffice Business office education is a two hour class in which students learn skills to prepare them for office jobs. There are three programs that make up BOE: accounting, stenographic, and clerical. Each program consists of five courses. The accounting program is for those interested in jobs such as bookeeping, junior accountant, or bank teller. The stenographic program prepares for a career involving secretarial skills. The clerical program is for students interested in jobs such as that of file clerk, general clerk, etc. BOE l is also a stepping-stone towards a col- lege degree in Business Administration. ,gi Top Photo: Anna Thompson, Tonya Starling, Susan Dunaway and Donna Yohe prepare for a test. To the Right: Iami Watson and Mary-Io Evans read over notes. 128 B.O.E. vii 1-