Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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1. Trying to find his gradebook on his “neat desk is Mr. Shawn Mosely. 2. Mrs. Susan Spain takes time out of her class to show a little sense of humor. 3. Ms. Barbara Benson waiting patiently for her students to pay attention. 4. Mr. Dennis Fritz shows his class how to fill out a tax form. Business Education • 17

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Business Education Benson Handles Career Ed. An expanded program in the business area was developed to accept the increased enrollment of a freshman class. Using the talents of a returning instructors Jim Walker in Marketing and Diversified Occupations, Nancy Povey in Business Ed., Susan Spain in Business Ed. and Typing and Mr. Dennis Fritz in Personal Finance, LaCreole transfer Barbara Benson added classes in Career Exploration and Business Education, mostly to ninth and tenth graders. The depth and versatility of the staff allowed for easier scheduling of students. Popular classes included Distributive Education and Marketing, which were generally required for work release, and personal typing which continued to gain in enrollment. As the department members adjusted to changes, they found themselves experiencing the obvious benefits of more staff and greater flexibility. As more students showed an interest in the business courses, the department ably met their needs. 1. Mr Jim Walker helps Alyson Tompkins on a marketing problem. 2. Mrs. Nancy Povey explains a typing assignment to her Office Practice class. 3. Students in a typing class brushing up on their skills. 16 • Business Education

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Vocal Music Swing Choir Introduced Working hard to accomplish their goals, performing concerts, competing at jazz festivals and working as a group in the vocal department, were among some of the activities that the choir classes were involved in. There were three vocal music classes. The chorus class was made up of freshman and sophomores. They worked hard on breathing and improving tone quality while performing three concerts. The choir was comprised of juniors and seniors who polished tone and worked on music concepts. They were part of three evening concerts plus two festivals, one at McMinnville and the other at Univ. of Portland. Vocal director, Nancy Rosenbalm commented, “This was an outstanding choir and it was a joy to work with them.” New this year was a swing choir that involved a beginning vocal jazz group which worked on concepts like tempo and rhythmn. They performed at LaCreole Junior High, went to the Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival and the Mt. Hood Music meet. When asked how she felt about teaching, Rosenbalm commented, “They are a great bunch of kids. I loved working with them and their positive attitudes.” 1. Choir members at the Christmas concert include: Row 1. Tricia Glavine, Shel Riemer, Colleen Bahler. Row 2: Vicki Rhodes, Barb Fecker, Lisa Staple-ton, Row 3: Paula Masalta, Mike Bogdan, Gene Pyle. Row 4. Candi Ford, Jim Steele. Greg Kenyon, Dan Hallberg. 2. A choral solo is presented by Jon Friesen. 3. Soloist Judy Emigh is assisted by chorus members (row 1) Donna Christensen, Marie Bechtold, Dawn Mendenhall, (row 2) Vicki Fry, LoDice Waldner, Autumn Johnson, Jodi Walker, Linda Zinzer. (row 3) Stacy Peterson. Bob Cox, Tim Keeton and Andy Brandt. 4. Director Nancy Fosenbalam leads her choir members in Greensleeves” at the Christmas concert.