Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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Students learn business skills Business classes were to give students skills that will help them after they get out of high school. The business classes that Coquille offered were bookkeeping, briefhand, BOSC, personal finance I and II, record keeping, typing I and II, computers, and work experience. Bookkeeping was a full-year class that taught students how to keep journals, ledgers, and records for a small business. Record keeping was a one semester class covering payroll, taxes, and sales records. Alison Knutson and Trina Hagen said that they liked record keeping because it taught them to write checks and keep a check register. BOSC, also known as Business Occupational Skills Center, was a lab for students to learn the use of business machines. Michelle Kirk said she took BOSC because she wanted to major in business and she knows this will help her. The personal finance classes were one -semester courses required for juniors and seniors to learn how to manage their personal income. They worked with credit ratings, insurance, taxes, and investments. Computer class gave students skills they can use at college or on a job. After the students did word processing, data base, and spread sheet, they did graphics and learned to fly with the ffight simulator program. The typing classes were introduced to teach students the typewriter keyboard and how to type business letters, tables, and manuscripts. The object was to be able to do these as fast as possible with no mistakes. The work experience program was designed to give seniors and juniors on the job training that should make them more employable after they graduated. Holly Marshall worked at the hospital and said she found the job fun and challenging because they gave her jobs with responsibility. Page editor: Melissa Diamond Working on their income statements in bookkeeping ore Stefoni Nichols and Melissa Bue. Income statements are one of the many forms they worked on. Kevin Miller and Robyn Hunt keep themselves busy practicing their typing skills. Business letters took up a lot of their time. Gaining work experience at Judy's Head Shed is Jeri Foster. One of her main duties was making appointments for suntan sessions and hair cuts. Business classes

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Class of 87 Cotner, Janet Cotrell. Gregory Crlm, Michael Diamond, Melissa Domenighini, Robert Michelle Kirk works on the dictaphone in BOSC class. The dictaphone is a machine that records and reproduces dictation. Writing a letter on the computer is Jodi Brugh. To write the letter, she used the Apple Writer Program. Brenda Goble works hard in personal finance class. Brenda is typing her resume. Concentrating on her record keeping is Pam Cordova. She is busy balancing her check register. 24

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Clots of 87 Freeman, Susan Gage, Loren Galusha, Brian Gant, Barbie Gardner, Trevor Tammy Breault, Richard Herold, Robert Reyna, Dan Cordova, April Leri, Michelle Dimit, and Kirsta Crawford wait intensely for their part to come up. The choir had a fall concert and a winter concert which was with the band. Caroling around the gym in the dark are Leslie Durrell, Eva Thornberry, and Kami Henderson. In the opening song, it is a tradition for the choir to carol in front of the audience. Putting on robes before the concert are Cammy Edick, Chris Wolfe, and Megan Danielson. Before concerts, everyone relaxed and had a good time, but that changed when it was time to go on. Strange things can happen Everyone had a lot of fun In choir. In class they mostly sang to be ready for their concerts, but sometimes it was a little strange in class. Kelly Burg laughed as she explained, Everyone liked 'Fiddler on the Roof' because it was a dumb song and everyone went outrageous which made it fun. One of the best times was when the class went caroling to all the schools in the district. They sang all the favorite Christmas songs like Silent Night, Up on the House Top, and The First Noel. Before concerts was remembered as a time of nervousness and excitement. When asked what made her nervous, Trina Means said, Before concerts I was relaxed, but when we walked up on the risers in front of everyone, I got really nervous. During the first concert, Becky Lucero fell off the back of the risers and stayed behind everyone until the song ended. My foot just got caught in the risers and I lost my balance, I was so embarrassed explained Becky. In the Christmas concert, Kelly Burg, Michelle Dimit, Steve Kilmer and Richard Herold sang a quartet called Carol of the Bells. Also, Michelle Kirk and Jenny Haldiman played a flute duet to the Coventry Carol. The best song of the night was when the alumni joined with the choir and sang Hallelujah Chorus. Page editor: Ken Jerin 26