Topeka West High School - Chevalier Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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'1 '5 ,riders TOP LEFT: Taking shorthand notes is Michelle Lopez, '8l. TOP RIGHT: Don Schneider, '80 ex- amines business records in accounting class. ABOVE: Improving her shorthand through prac- tice is Wanda Dammann, '8l. RIGHT: The calcu- lator comes in handy lor Mark Smith, '80, as he checks records in accounting. 96! People X Business

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'f T' Q. L' 'f' , ,gk ,P 'fs l I , , V A QQ ' h--uni Y 'Q v Teachers Join Math Staff New teachers, a new course and preparations for the incoming fresh- men highlighted the Mathematics De- partment staff's activities. A team of Chargers entered the an- nual Math Day contest at Washburn University, where they competed for top honors in the city. Thousands of students competed for national honors. Four new teachers joined the staff of 3 -Q2 8 ,I gl .41 , 1 ' ' . .., ' 5 fly. Jfifi' 'A ' Q. -i' QA , , wif g , N -. .gp gat 'f' ' ez Mrs. Sarah Collyar, Mrs. Ruth Lichten- stern and Robert Parks, department chairman. Larry Carpenter gave up his popularity at Landon Middle School to teach business math and council stu- dents in E School. Miss Meredith Heinen, student teacher here last year, was graduated from the University of Kansas last year and began her first teaching assignment last fall. Mrs. Mary Vincent, formerly at Roosevelt Iunior High, taught algebra and trigonometry. A graduate of Colorado State Universi- ty, Rob Dennison could be found on the football field as assistant coach as well as in the classroom teaching alge- bra and geometry. Mrs. Doris Watkins, from French Middle School, taught computational skills and geometry. Ang --- -,ls ABOVE: Working on her assignment is lamie Osborne, '81. TOP RIGHT: Finding his metric height during class is lames Monk, '8O. LEFT: Seeking help from Sarah Collyar are several stu- dents. People X Mathematics X 95

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41 Business Department Offers Practical Career Education Students who took advantage of the offerings of the Business Department gained practical experiences and train- ing which helped them to prepare for initial employment, For some, their first job in business would be part-time of- fice work, for others it would be sum- mer employment as a secretary or a typist. The three teachers in the department also attempted to help students devel- op an understanding of business and economicsand offer them extensive career education in business, accord- ing to Charles Conklin, department chairman. The Houston House offered students in Mrs. Susan DeAngelis' recordkeep- ing class training in a simulated busi- ness, and the Lester Hill Corporation simulation gave Mr. Conklin's office practice students a chance to perform all functions of a large business, from management to processing authentic business data. Keeping records, gain- ing a knowledge of business terms and learning to interpret records were the tasks of accounting students with Ron Shaffer. Even though they may never be in- volved in Small Claims Court, business law students studied its functions and those of other consumer protection agencies. They also became more aware of their contractual responsibil- ities and their legal rights. CHARLES CONKLIN- Typing l-2-3-4, Office Practice, Shorthand l-Q SUSAN DEANGELIS- Consumer Ed, Record- keeping l-2 RON SHAFFER- Accounting l-2-3, Typing 1, Business Law, Recordkeeping 1 People X Business X 97