Decatur Central High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Look What ' s C ooking in Home Ec. Child Care is a really interesting class, especially when you learn about parenting and the care of newborns, commented Sophomore Michelle Burns. Home Economics offered thirteen dif- ferent classes this year. They included four levels of Food and Nutrition, three levels of Clothing, two levels of Child Care, Housing, Family Relations, Con- sumer Foundations, and Interpersonal Re- lations. These classes taught a variety of things important to life, such as parent- ing, caring for children, good nutrition, communicating and relating to others, manners, recipes, single and married life, food preservation, foreign foods, and menu and party planning. I hope the students in Home Economics learn to be well rounded individuals who make a contribution to society, with emphasis on family structure, said Mrs. Phyllis Farley Home Economics department head. 36 Getting their hands in everything, two students prepare a mouth watering dish. Cooking was only one of the many areas taught in Home Economics. Senior Meki Baldwin toasts bread for a Home Economics class. Offering thirteen classes, this year Home Economics is a very popular course of study. In Foods class Junior Julie Criso works on an assignment. Many girls as well as boys chose this course. Home Economics

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Senior Michelle Neu paints her pottery in Ce- ramics class. The pottery was formed, dried, painted and put back in the kiln. Art Club Row 1 — Laura Redman, Ryan Harper; Row 2 — Angle Harshbarger, Mike Berry; Row 3 — Mrs. Rhonda Davis-Kelsay enlor Paula Brown works on her painting in fatercolor doss. The future artists painted many lings for their grades. 3veral types of pottery are displayed in Ce- imics doss. Items ranged from pots to trays id pictures. Art 35

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Preparing for the Future We are no longer teaching pre- vocational skills. We are now teaching the concepts of four areas: Transportation, Communication, Construction, and Man- ufacturing, commented Mr. Frank Ell- shoff. Industrial Technology department chairman. Although the Industrial Tech- nology department did not teach pre- vocational skills anymore, the four areas covered a variety of skills. Transportation taught students about guidance and pro- Junior Hugh Marbach uses a computer. Computers were used for a variety of things in Communication class. Junior Jeff Dove works in Manufacturing class. Designing was one of the many skills students practiced. pulsion systems. To learn about com- municating ideas and messages by the use of graphics, videos and electronics, students could have taken Communica- tion. Construction taught students the con- cepts of building and its influence on society and man and his work. Man- ufacturing students studied the proce- dures ond processes in modern man- ufacturing and the systems needed to produce products. Computers were also used by Industrial Technology students; the computers were mainly used for designing things. So it seems that In- dustrial Technology taught students the concepts of modern industry and the world of work. Senior Sean Walton works on a drawing. In- dustrial Technology taught four basic areas: Communication, Transportation, Construction, and Manufacturing. Industrial Technology 37