Alvarado High School - Warrior Yearbook (Alvarado, TX)

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.. V New Bill Omits Weekend working While athletic departments were encouraged to shift their program toward weekends, workstudy classes were given just opposite Austin advice. Weekend work was eliminated from Distributive Education and Home Economics Cooperative Education pro- grams. The Texas Education Agency felt that last year too many students were working Saturday and Sunday only, stated Mrs. Shirley Secchio. That's the reason for the hour change. Shifting work hours was accompanied by a change in leadership. After serving five years as the D.E. instructor, Mr. Danny Phillips was promoted to dean of students passing the position on to Mr. Charlie Biles. Undergoing only a name change, Miss Fisher married becoming Mrs. Shirley Secchio. Senior Doug Marbut carefully picks up the needed screws in order to put the t'Ftadio FIyer in to working condition at Whites Auto in Alvarado. 34 D.E. and H.E.C.E. Merging opinions over class grades, Mr. Danny Phillips and Mr. Charlie Biles make the transfer of instructors for Distributive Education as well as physical science classes. Ringing up.a customer's ticket, senior Jana Barr puts in her required 15 hours a week at the

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Computer infiltrating Electives, Core While more math will be required in the future, thetie between math and business classes will become closer. The education reform packet slapped another year of math on juniors requiring them to complete three years of math. Freshmen were hit twice as hard because Cinda Ezell looks up at the board to get instructions while punching in her math program. Classes now they must have four math credits to graduate. With computers already having infiltrated Typing ll, a computer math for daily living was created which expanded the math offerings beyond algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. I, Juniors Kim Walker, Heath Shipman, Perry Ftaby, and Byron Lawson receive assitance from Mr. Dennis Loofburrow, math instructor, during their math class. Math, Business 33

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fully making room for all the needed jugs nlk senior Lawarence Smajstrla works on ekday at Jaokson's Grocery. During his lunch period, senior Scott Fullager peruses the items that the D.E. students are selling ranging from stationary to pencil sharpeners. The class made approximately S100 in profits from the sale rather than selling the traditional Christmas paper. D.E. and H.E.C E 35