Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Students in social study classes participated in everything from designing African masks to holding an open market . THAN BASICS From enrrepreneurship to family trees, they ' re both o port of history Students encountered more rhon just the basic worksheets and book work in social study courses Students in world history. American history and govern- ment did moke something of their two-semester course, from African masks to becoming on entrepreneur for o day. Besides the regulor worksheets and book questions, students in Wiliistine Criners world history classes designed their own African Masks with symbolic morkings on them. I enjoyed making the mask ... if wos more creorive rhon just writing o paper. Beth Hungote sold. World History students also hod to prepare a report on a dif- ferent phase of the R,enoissonce Her class was difficult but we leorned a lor. Mark Watson sold. Keeping up with the Times. For o government project Mark Fuhrmon looks for o job through the classified on of the Chronicle Fuhrmon has government first period F. Teixeiro. In American history, students were assigned o project in which they hod to interview o person 65 years or older obout the Depression. They also hod o family tree assignment in which they traced their oncesfors as for back in time as possible Other projects ronged from reports on the wars to one on inventions. In government, the seniors hod to moke o product or buy one under $3 50, with ten items per person. The students were given six dollors ploy money to spend at o market where they sold their products. Whether the class wos American history, world history or government, the student could always look forward to do- ing something besides book work. After high school history, if one ' s mind aches for more knowledge of the post, there ' s olways college courses thot con be token. BY MICHELLE RIDDELL Listen to Me. With pen in hond. Greg Hommond takes notes on the Isms lec- ture given by Virginia Westbrook to her first period doss It s fun to leorn oboui, Hammond sold obout World History G. Dorone, Another Project. We were work- j on onorher project — we hod to ' J a job. on oportmenr. figure o .budget, buy the necessities for living. I ere Eve McForland said about Goil jHookes first period government doss. F Teixeiro. than we bargained for 153

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A Students in business, career center and Special Education learned skills to help them out of high school. fnw? I On The Air. At the Coreer Center, Dovi McGee leorns obout rhe production c Wide, video ond oudio presentotions i the medio technology lob G. Borone. Time Tobies. Trying to combine oc- curocy ond speed. Typing I students toke o speed test ot the beginning of class K. Byrn Prepororions for ofrer high school study and work poid off for business. Coreer Center, ond speciol education students. Typing I is o necessory cioss for olmost ony student atten- ding college. Students worked on typing speed and accuracy ond learned the bosic typing forms for tobies, reports, and letters. The office procedures cioss was ideal for the person looking for o job in the secretoriol life. For personal monogement, business teacher Mory Jackson recommended the personal business management class for oil students. It ' s the besB thing to toke whether you ' re going to be a doctor or not — at leost you con bolonce your checkbook, she said. Occupotionol educotion ot the Coreer Center gave students the opportunity to develop skills ond good ot- titudes in their career endeavor. Students could toke classes ranging from small engine repair to horticulture to graphic orts The facilities ot the center were conducive for lear- ning on rhe job and included Q movie theater, on auto mechonlcs goroge, ond o beauty salon. Speciol education wos of- fered to students who hod learning disabilities. Three teachers and two aids served forty-six students in English, moth, reading, ond study skills dosses. They ' re normal kids, they just learn differently, Martha Westbrook sold. BY LAURIE ROGERS. In Style. With the skills she hos developed in cosmetology, Leticio Restrepo hos the knowledge required to poss the stote cosmetology licensing K. Dyin. than we bargained for 155