Agoura High School - Quixotian Yearbook (Agoura Hills, CA)

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other, Father, Daughter, and Son all oversleep. ln her fran- tic rush to get dressed, Moth- er rips a button off her blouse and has to wear a Hane's tee shirt to the office, Father burns his breakfast and resorts to Fruit Loops, and both parents can't control the fighting children who have just smeared the walls with Quaker Oats and Tang. They wistfully reflect on the home ec courses they could have taken in high school. The Home Economics Department, headed by Barbara Mona and Mary El- len Kirk, consisted of classes in sewing, foods, and child development. It might surprise some students that the first four weeks or so of sewing were devot- ed to lectures on how to choose a pat- tern, take measurements, purchase fab- ric, cut out patterns, and make basic alterations. After the first month, stu- dents began their own sewing projects. The type of clothes sewn was up to the students to choose as long as it was within the students' range of ability. When asked why she took sewing Kim Ames said, l want to make my own clothes and merchandise them for a liv- ing. This interest in fashion merchan- dising sparked a fashion merchandising club on campus. It covered topics such as designing and merchandising. Fash- ion and students' interest inspired oth- er topics. Lastly, the sewing classes mo- deled their clothes in a fashion show at the end of the year. According to jenny Welchel, coed foods was not just learning how to crack'eggs and mix cookies. Besides nutrition and cooking skills, Welchel said she learned to work with people. There were five students per kitchen group and partners switched cooking and cleaning responsibilities daily. They made meringue, pretzels, omelets, and breads. The two-period Child development class rounded out the home economics department. Students studied several aspects of parenting including preg- nancy, birth, and child abuse. Besides observing children at local nusery schools, students cared for an eggby ian eggl for a week as if it were a new- born. There was even an eggby named Max who got kidnapped. Max was re- turned only after the ransom of Xe- roxed money was paid. Because child development provided extensive work experience, students who were over eighteen could take six units of child development at a college and then im- mediatley become nursery school teachers. All the home ec courses pro- vided the practical skills needed in everyday life. Home ec students learned what to wear and how to make it, what to replace those sugar cereals with, and how to control the little ones as well. l- Andrew Brosnan 55 35? t -.-i 'iltifE ijilli 555.25 gil fl El-llfffijUEllE KUIQUID Efbl-fIJLl.E mmttrtume mme stntmntatf EEUIEUIULE EUIQUE EUIECLLLJ ' ., 1 ,NV 3?,,,,s.,,.,.x . - .1 .. I A 55 I ,,,,l ,. ss' L? The smile on Melissa lones' face shows that even potty training can be fun. Helping at local pre- schools certainly prepared child development students for future parenting. Home Economics 203

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fi Deborah Weitz crouches next to a couple of pre-school 3 children. Weitz received her child care experience at Montessori School. 1 Liz Ashton diligently mixes cookie batter. Cooking students not only learned the finer points of cooking, but also of nutrition. Kim Ames sews a button on a jacket she is making, Besides sewing, students also had to identify fibers and fabrics. yi darrah l Alan Maitland, English Y ,,N H ,Q Richard McLeish, P.E. Curtis Miller, social studies 3Q. V' Barbara Mona, home economics xi.t 5 3' Michael Morrow, math ith, - ' V t lohn Mosley, music, math ' sf Ken Neely, photo Q t . .,,. , If ' '. Alan Perry, English Pete Petersons, social studies loyce Petersons, English, music Andrea Plets, science Dennis Ritterbush, science, P.E. Robert Rizzardi, math, social studies james Smith, math ff 202 Home Economics

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Erica West leads a group of smil- ing students in running laps around the bleachers. After warming up, the students were ready to kick, punt, run, or vol- ley. Kristy Gluck practices a routine with her classmates in Dance I. Even this beginning dance class showed progress, after months of hard work on different dance combinations. Remarkably, Elizabeth Ashton and Marcy Gilbert master the art of soccer and the do-si-do at the same time. Behind them, friends stared in utter amazement at the 92-Al' ,f spectacle. 1 .ii ' ,. ,.r 9. if .1-Ftirfiai . C., nf' -'U Ma aa -,xt I s -1 -v-wr .i .Q ,A V Q . . Peggy Smith, English, special ed. Carolyn Stewart, English ' Troy Strawn, art R -A Vicki sveda, P.E. b 5 Diana Thompson, social studies, . 'f- M science l 3' Fred Williams, P.E. f . . - Classified: 'T ' Ioan Bensinger, noon aid ...F Linda Boyce, Counseling office lane Calcante, classroom aid Bev DiSimone, noon aid Deborah Fraisse, student SIOYG Julie Gross, secretary loan Holmes, secretary Marilyn King, student store 704 Dance I lc, lr . 'tp K, A fn, s t'l. .3-.61 'fn Wwwww WMM Wm ...N ,I ...H .1 , ii , Ig 1 , ,a , zz' 2 . ff F5 MMM , ,, I A If dwffwp f, f . ji Wi l ,, ff yr if W-W P I ' '-W,,W Wm., AMW W ,Mm it , -G v '