Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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Social Studies Courses Link the Past with The Future A wide range of courses are offered to students interested in the field of social studies, with a credit in American history being mandatory for a diploma. After many trials and errors found in a medieval history class during the freshman year, a student can choose to take courses in other fields of social studies, such as economics, world history, or some other course which appeals to his liking. With the start of the Frosh-Soph school this fall, freshmen no longer are required to take a semester of civics. Instead, a new course dealing with the different cultures of the world has taken its place. Mr. Heard watches intently as two members of his freshman world culture class point out an African country. An American history class, under the watchful eye of Mr. Alvin Andersen, takes advantage of one of the many films available to the students throughout the year. 15

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iimiwiii Business Department Provides Students with Experience for Tomorrow’s Jobs Students enrolled in Bloom’s business department classes are given the chance to receive an education toward a career in business through the use of the finest equipment available to high school students. With these machines, the business students are able to improve their skills so that they will be able to compete in the business world of tomorrow. Aiding the students toward this goal is the Distributive Education program. Through this system, students attend classes in the morning and work in the afternoon— thus giving them a taste of what is in store for them in the coming years. Mr. Roger Behling points out an important figure to remember during one of his lectures in bookkeeping class. Like everyone else, Mr. Ray Gilbert finds that he, too, must follow the old saying that “practice makes perfect”.

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Industrial Education Students Strive for Perfection of Their Individual Skills Mr. Paul Cosenza points out some of the more important parts of a radio to an interested freshman in one of his electronics classes. Being enrolled in industrial education classes everyday means more than just a hike across the street to a different building. It provides students with a chance to develop skills needed for the improvement of our industries. Through the varied curriculum offered, which ranges from electricity to mechanical drawing, the students are able to lean toward the courses most interesting to them and practice what might someday become their livelihoods. us