Brewer High School - Patrian Yearbook (Somerville, AL)

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Distribution ,al Steven Childers experiments with the D.E. computer. jack Fields purchases a folder from Theresa Holmes Plan The plan of excellence initiated by State Superintendent Wayne Teague for Alabama public schools has brought about changes at Brewer High School. These changes came about because the plan specifies that all Alabama public schools must have 360 minutes of instructional time per day. Because students are bused to and from six feeder schools, the Brewer school day could not be extended without adding extra time to the schedule at these feeder of Excellence schools. This created a scheduling problem: how to get the required amount of instructional time in the existing school time. To increase in- structional time, Mr. Tucker cut the amount of time alloted for homeroom, for lunch break, and for time between classes, and added this time to the existing class time. Another change affecting Brewer included the section of the plan which requires students to attend school for 175 days per school year. Because of this part of the plan, students are no longer allowed to ex- empt mid-term and final exams. The previous exemption policy was bas- ed on academic average, attendance and conduct. Even though Mr. Tucker and the faculty voted to keep the exemption policy, the plan, as it was approved, does not provide for exemptions. The plan has just been initiated in- to the school system.NMore changes may develop in the future. Marketing and Distribution 155

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Mark Mims and jeff Pritchett check If a Brewer student wants to learn job skills while working and making money, he should enroll in the Marketing and Distributive Educa- tion Class. To enroll a person must pass all the subjects he takes during his first two years at Brewer, and he must have an interview with Mr. Latham, the instructor, but a previous job is not required. Mr. Latham explained that his biggest problem is having too few names of interested students to give to employers in order for interviews to be scheduled. Mr. Latham said, I make personal visits to the employers to discuss their employee arketing and needs and then I set up interviews for the students with the employers. Not only does Mr. Latham help the students get jobs, but he teaches them skills in marketing, salesmanship, customer service, and business administration. The students also learn how a business operates in order to both satisfy customers and make a profit. The job a student gets depends on how well he learns the skills and uses his abilities. The student's jobs include those of cashiers, stockers, cooks, and other such marketing jobs. Some students work in the school store, which operates on the same principles as a real store. Mr. Latham said observing students in the school store is his way of being sure that students have mastered the marketing skills before going to work. Brewer students also go to com- petitions that deal with their jobs. These include Grocery Stores CFood Marketingj, Restaurant Marketing, Service Stations and General Mer- chandising CWalmart and K-martj. This year three students represented Brewer in state competition: Rachel Poole and Katherine Wilson in Restaurant Marketing and Pat Graveman in Food Store Marketing. out the merchandise. 154 Marketing and Distribution

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156 T.M.H. 1 l , l i M, W ,Q ,V 2 I 2 l Top Photo: Darryl Light uses a drill press to drill holes. To m the Right: Matt McNutt cuts if -P liii A drain holes in a bird house.