Urbandale High School - Echo Yearbook (Urbanville, IA)

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Future preparations featured in Business Over 16 course choices were available to students in Business Education plus vocational on-the- job training in Distrlbutive Education, Office Education, and Trades and lndustry. Through the Heartland Area Education Agency, the IBM Memory Typewriter was a working member of the department during October. Office Education instructor Wayne Larson explained that the department paid S50 to use the typewriter. instructors Kay Griffin and Una Knauer also assigned advanced students to use the machine. In all, 75 students learned to operate the typewriter. Its memory storage consisted of 50 file locations, the equivalent of 50 typed pages. Awards were given at the end of the year in Accounting ll for outstanding performances. Kelley Dixon was presented the Gold Award, Dina Hawkins the Silver Award, and Rita Hanson the Bronze Award. For independent projects Kirk Simmons, Shirley Hoifeldt, Tom George, and Annette Swardt received certificates. The Outstanding Business Student during the year was Kelly Brown. Kelley Dixon received the year-end Business Award. 1 Cadet teacher Karen Anderson prepares materials for the Business Department. 2 Kay Griffin 3 Sue Harvey 4 Una Knauer 5 Gerry Kraus 6 Wayne Larson 7 Business Department chairman Kay Griffin talks with Bob Mann vice-president and cashier at Brenton Bank. Mr. Mann discussed techniques of job interviews with the Office Education classes. 8 On-the-job filing, Leslie Curtis is a member of Office Education. 9 Typing I students Bruce Dvorak, Cris Toney, Christine Christner, and Susan Higgins make ready for a speed test. 10 Dina Hawkins, Linda Snyder, and Rita Hanson check their books in Accounting. .L 3 'fd O Q fly.-5, Q.. W PL :atv Business Education 0 97

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Sound, film festival by mass media class New to the Language Arts depart- ment was Miss Ronda Harwood. Miss Harwood graduated from the Universi- ty of Northern Iowa then taught for three years at Dowling High School be- fore coming to Urbandale. Here she taught Creative Writing, Basic Commu- nications, and Popular Literature. She was also the assistant drama coach. Myriads of electives were available to students within the department. Be- ginning with lntroduction to Language Arts at the freshmen level, sampling in the realm of literature, composition, and speech continued with a large number of course offerings. Small Group Discussion was a favorite class in human relations. Journalism stu- dents published the school newspaper, the Jayhawker. Mass Media classes produced the Third Annual Sound and Film Festival in May. The festival was held at night to allow 300 people the chance to view media projects created by the classes. Jim Vogelaar and Gary Stevens from KIOA discussed jobs in broadcasting with the classes in October. Brian Hokanson won the Writer's Workshop's contest to rename the school collection of creative writings. . . . And So It Was Written replaced last year's Depot Close to 400 opies of the literary magazine were old by the class. 1 Julius Caesar is alive and well in anguage Arts 2. Students performed act Ill. 2 Karen Hartigan 3 Ronda Harwood 4 Delores Lein 5 Deana Lerner 6 Carolyn O'Hara 7 Mrs. Ruth Simon and Jim White discuss a ook during Individualized Reading. 8 Freshmen read novels in small groups uring Language Arts 1. 9 KIOA News Director Jim Vogelaar tells Mrs. olores Lein's Mass Media class about pportunities in broadcasting. 0 Senior Joan Thompson compiles a coupon ooklet during a busy day in yearbook. 1 Robert Prigge 2 Ruth Simon 3 Lana Sorensen 4 Pat Stohlmann li' 4? -1 9 dn, .L . i x .iii - v - ar , ! Q13 I Language Arts ' 99