Sahuaro High School - Viva Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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l FAR LEFT: Judy Bentley tastes her concoction as Carolee Bu rns prepares to add more ingredients. I TO P MIDDLE: Monique Beauchamp watches intently as Joan Mondeau pins the hem in her dress. Girls have the use of a dressing room where they can try on their new creations. I TO P RIGHT: Using the sewing room during their free time, Sue Wiedenbauer and Izzie Bray- brook work on home economics projects. l BOTTOM RIGHT: Paul Chouinard investigates school equipment. Many small children were seen in the halls this year due to the new child care class. .BOTTOM MIDDLE: Dusting in the home ec. living room, Pam Allgood works during free class time. ACADEMICS: CURRICU LUM 105

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HOME ECONOMICS New child care course offers instruction, training Child care is really interesting be- cause it helps you formulate your ideas about how you are going to raise your own children, commented Junior Sara Levin about the new course. Child care was offered to juniors and seniors who were interested in becoming aides in kindergartens after graduation. Home living was a co-ed class that dealt with family life, child develop- ment, consumer education, housing, in- terior design, family finance, food preparation, and meal management. lt was only in its second year ot exist- ence but it grew in popularity. The class is very informative and you learn a lot about family life and how to improve your own family relations, saidaseniorgirl. Said a freshman girl about her foods class, I think it's fun-I enjoy the cooking and everything, but I didn't realize there was so much that went into planning and cooking an entire 104 ACADEMICS: CURRI CU LUM meal. Home ec. 1 involved one semes- ter each of cooking and sewing. Foods and sewing were the two classes with the heaviest enrollment in the home economics department. Sewing is really great: I've learned so much already. I don't know how I got by sewing like I did before, a sopho- more girl commented. Mrs. Nancy Lynch, home economics de- partment head, stressed her desire for the students to get a better under- standing of their responsibilities in family living so they can live most successfully today and in the future. Mrs. Lynch commented that the courses were geared to the students-what they wanted to do. She stated that at the end of the year the students were asked to evaluate the courses, and state what they wanted most from the classes. In this way, the student's goal was truly being met.

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BUSINESS EDUCATION Over 600 students involved in Business Department Program Most students who have searched for a job have found that the star in their crown was a business background in typing and shorthand, according to Mrs. Barbara Daven port, the department head. Although many businesses do not use this training, she said, it's a good thing to have when seeking employment. Notehand, for the most part, was one course that was utilized mainly by college bound students. This technique maintains a more outlined form of writing that helped the student to 106 ACADEMICS: CURRICULUM take faster and more efficient notes. ln model office, the students had the experience of working in a business situation though not in a real office. Each student had a particular depart- ment to work in within the business, which helped to promote the efficiency ofthesystem. Some students had the opportunity of working half a day in the afternoon at a job off campus set up through the cooperative office program. Others helped in offices around the school.