Douglas County High School - Huskie Highlights Yearbook (Castle Rock, CO)

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th' we va, fe vi g '55 Q aw X 'Q affix! s l W K fy wife g.. . P Junior Randi Clark prepares a sauce for Foods. The class, taught by Mrs. Karen Bryan, allows students to experiement with various foods. Sophomores Wendy Newby, Paula Schaefer, and Rachael Mackey prepare a delectible delight for their Food's class. Food's classes allowed students to experiment with a range of recipes including simple meals to gourmet haute cuisine. Living on Your Own students gather around the central piece of classroon ture for a group project. The class allowed them to learn many of the es: pertinent to living on your own. Q X. sf S, S 6 Mrs. .lan Bachman, discusses employment with her Living on Your Own class emphasized necessary knowledge about making it on your own, and Bachman considered a fun class where you learn lots.

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Computer dep't predicts change We want to meet the individual needs of computer udents, described Mr. Marty Bowen, computer teacher, of le computer department's objective. The computer classes offered at DC for the '85-'86 school Ear included Computer Literacy, BASIC Programming I and , and PASCAL. The Literacy class was a class with iiphasis on user knowledge, while the BASIC and PASCAL asses involved the thought process and the mechanics of mmputers. According to Mr. Bowen, the average enrollment for imputer classes was 190 students per semester. These figures, lr. Bowen believed, were going to rise in the next three to tur years. However, Mr. Bowen added that after the crease, most enrollments will once again decrease due to the iilding of the new juniorfsenior high school. As far as the Lpansion of the curriculum, Mr. Bowen felt that the only rection for curriculum additions was up, with advanced asses in various other computer languages. Mr. Bowen 'edicted this belief due to the already expanding curriculum 'the Junior High, as they expand, the only way is for us to Lpand as well, described Mr. Bowen. For the present, students were happy with the curriculum id looked forward to the expansion casually. Described one Iudent, they have everything I want and I really don't have rely on the expansion to get what I want from the zpartmentf' renda Mesa, junior, refines her typing skills in an advanced business class. derical accuracy is the objective for students who decide to extend their business ckgrounds through advanced classes. Sharon Bass Marty Bowen Laura Everitt Steve Folven 'Q' Larry Gearke Lynn Johnson Bonnie Rickel Revising as she types. junior Michelle Kartman verilies a word's spelling before proceeding with her final copy. 27

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Class offers p preparation lo prepare students for life after high school was the focus a unique class at DC. The class was Living on Your 'nf' The teacher was Mrs. Jan Bachman. The curriculum of the class included individual living skills, study of apartment living, renting housing, roommates, dit, basic food, clothing care and repair and budgeting. e students learned these skills through lecture, hands-on verience and reading. l'his effective class had an enrollment of 40 students broken n into two classes. hough a good class, Mrs. Bachman expressed her opinion the class's enrollment, I would like to see more kids take 't's so valuablef' tudents enrolled in the class found it very beneficial. mented junior Benji Martinez, I am going to feel a lot re confident about living on my own after I finish the ss ' man Schryver, junior, sets up his saw for a rip cut in his wood shop class. lllman was one of the many students who participated in Industrial Arts classes Jan Bachman Karen Bryan Eugene Noble Dave Ocken Paul Schoffner Mike Varone Ray Waterman Q in Stephen Williams Gil? .. ...KM y nz N535 Y at 'ta' ii. A chance to apply learned skill, .Iimmey Wenner and Mark Gedde work on a house in a nearby subdivision for their Carpentry l class. The class allowed on-the-spot training for students who were interested in the field of construction. 29