Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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CADET TEACHING The Other Side of the Desk A number of seniors tested their ability to relate to youth through active participation in the cadet teaching program. Handling themselves in different learning situations, getting along with the students, assisting the supervising teachers, and even conducting classes, were all parts of the experience. Advising the cadets and coordinating the program was Mrs. Nancy Rosenbalm, who required those enrolled to keep a notebook on their successes, failures and the overall impressions they received. Cadet teachers taught at Academy and LaCreole Junior Highs, as well as Whitworth and Morrison Grade Schools. Many interesting moments occurred during the first experience of teaching a class. Embarrassment, lack of confidence and the feeling that some smart kid would come up with a wise crack, were common to the cadets. According to Mike Jenkins, a first semester cadet, Being on the opposite side of the classroom, as a teacher, allowed the cadet to appreciate the role of the high school teacher. Of those enrolled, six cadets came out of the experience with the feeling that they would like to become full-fledged teachers. Using a T square and triangle, Cadet Teacher, Kevin Smith in structs a Junior High Shop student on isometric drawings. Junior High students, Joni Carpentar and Pam Johnson assist their Cadet Teacher, Sandy Singleton in construction of a clothing bulletin board for Mrs. Rodgaleen Jackets Home Economics class.

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Writing shorthand may not be too difficult, but junior steno student, Becky Sapp gives the job all of her attention. With the help of some special effects and Ray Smith's good aim, throwing a piece of paper away in Typing I becomes a novel experience. CAREER EDUCATION Outstanding Girls Occupational cluster courses such as Typing I and II, Office Practice, Stenography, and Bookkeeping were offered to increasing numbers of interested students at Dallas High. These classes and instructors, Mrs. Nancy Warner, Mrs. Sally Stouder, and Mr. Shawn Mosley helped the students in understanding and developing their skills in typing, stenography and on the many different office machines. A trip to Western Business University in the spring of '73 gave the girls an idea of what college education in the business field is like. The girls toured the various classes and were shown some of the university’s technique in teaching the business arts. Another trip through the state capitol buildings gave the girls some ideas on what kind of work is done in the different offices. Outstanding business students were chosen as girls of the month, starting with Becky Domaschofsky for February, then from these the most outstanding girl was awarded a trophy for the girl of the year. The classes often had interesting units of instruction reflecting the individual personalities of the instructors. Some of these were learning the techniques of fill-As her fingers fly over the keys of her IBM, sophomore typist, Denise inS out applications, applying for jobs and taking coffee Strange glues her eyes to the accuracy exercise in her test. breaks.

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Senior Debbie Zahnle, an advanced French pupil in Mrs. Margaret Kelly's sixth period class, aids Molly Sundsten in making grammatical translations. Solo practicing in the native language and assuming an authora-tive teaching role are stressed in Mr. James Johnston's Spanish classes, as shown here by junior Luanne Zirkle. FOREIGN LANGUAGE Fine Arts Applied Junior classmates, Celeste Lyman and Lisa Bevens ponder a difficult Spanish IV pronunciation drill. Through our Foreign Language classes, students learned to communicate with our French amis” and Spanish amigos (friends). With the aid of Mrs. Margaret Kelley in French I, II, III and IV and Mr. James Johnston in the four levels of Spanish plus a conversational Spanish, students enjoyed learning songs such as La Chaparita, and poems, like The Priviliges of the Poor. French fun included arousing games of Je l’ai (I Have It) and a French version of the song 500 Miles.” Through stressing learning by speaking, vocabularies were increased rapidly to make the translation of simple conversations and stories easier. The classes were conducted completely in their native languages as soon as was possible. Through a study of language and culture, a small but highly motivated group of students acquired new skills and greater awareness.