Kickapoo High School - Legend Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Mr. Edward Howard teaches Becky Phillips how to properly fill out deposit and withdrawal slips. Freshman Phil Cireathouse triggers the eruption of a model volcano in Mrs. Freda C'urd's earth science class. at 'wp f ' J I Science club president Gary Perkins shows members how to opera te a telescope for a star watch at the SMSU observatory. Freshman Tammy Carroll collects data as she examines a rat in biology l. Frogs, bacteria, and other organisms were also classified.

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Working to Learn Cooperative Occupa- tional Education, CCOEJ, is a full year program design- ed to allow senior students to apply knowledge learn- ed in class to on-the-job training. Some. of these jobs consisted of carpen- try, cosmetology, and many more. Students received valuable training in the field they chose along with hourly wages. Those enrolled in COE came to school for a half of a day and went to work the other half. Two clubs that par- ticipated in COE were COE students Diane Archibald and Cin- dy Russel prepare to ice the salad bar quickly before Wendy 's noon rush. -gl' ' -1-Af 'Emi ' I 1 1 I +5 'f-4 x f it f A el. T ,: 1215, Senior Chris Schaefer works on his combination journal, hoping to get his Accounting lin on time. Sophomore Phil Aldrich fights hard not to look at his hands while typ- ing letters in his business typing class. Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, QVICAJ, and Distributive Education Clubs of America, QDECAJ. VICA provided instruc- tion for a specific trade or industrial career, where DECA involved a voca- tional program for marketing, merchandising, and business manage- ment. Students that par- ticipated in DECA, spon- sored by Mrs. Audrie Bridges, held shoplifting prevention campaigns and sponsored the Toys for Tots campaign. In the business depart- ment, courses that were necessities for various kinds of careers were studied. r 'iff VICA, DECA, COE, Business 1 133

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Working It Out ln 1978, physics students were introduced to the school's first com- puter a TRS-80 Level ll that is still in use today. Second semester of 1981, the math depart- ment bought one Apple computer. The math department then had four Apple computers - two purchased by the Parent Teacher Student Associa- tion QPTSAJ and one by the R-12 school district. There were five micro math classes which taught computer skills, plus four micro ll classes for advanc- ed students. Mr. Gerald Bonham, department head, said, lf classesl would like for the school board to provide one micro computer for each pair of students enrolled. Instead of computers, earth science students worked with nature. They took the Highway 65 field trip to Branson. According to Mrs. Freda Curd, earth science teacher, Geology departments from many Mid-America colleges and universities bring their students here to see faults, rock formations, and fossils. We feel it is very important that our students see and recognize the geologic features in our area. , twwff' ' f finances permit, we fmath I - .. Q 'fi-. Students such as Scott McDaniel and John Seaton are now able to learn com- puter skills with 54,000 worth of addi- tional equipment purchased by PTSA. Mr. Gerald Bonham, mathematics teacher, assists junior Curt Cunn- ingham with data in micro computer math class. ak Math, Science! 135