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

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With ttie help of Mrs. Merriline Hole, Senior Laura Plummer works on the computer during Data Processing. In Office Procedures, students work as they would in real office as shown by Junior Sherri Eastes. O.E.A. Row 1 — Kim Essex, Tracy Meyer, Tonia Purvis. Row 2 — Lisa Frank, Jennifer Blond, Patti Carruthers, Kari H} . Row 3 — Angee Jackson, Constance Russell, Shondra Brodley, Peggy Taylor. Row 4 — Mrs. Janet Lambert, Tracey Neff, Tina McGlothlin, Tommy Reid, Annette Garnett. Vocational 41

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Making Your Future Our Business Vocational Activities Help Students Follow Dreams At DC business classes were both ed- ucational and fun. Students were taught skills which could help in everyday life and open doors to the future. Typing could be taken for two years. First year was done on typewriters. Students practiced typing reports, letters, and taking timed writings. Second-year class was spent doing similar things on computers. There were other business classes avail- able, too. Intensive Office Lab let students do the work in surroundings similar to a real office. In Data Processing, students learned to work with computers for competing in the business world. Besides classes, DC offered business clubs so students could be with other students having similar interests. O.E.A. (Office Ed- ucation Association) was offered to students currently taking any business class. Among the activities planned were fundraisers, out- ings, and helping with local charities. Mrs. Janet Lambert commented, I enjoy being sponsor; it ' s a good group of people. The largest club at DC, with 99 members, was D.E.C.A. (Distributive Educational Clubs of America). It was made up of only students taking marketing. All year the members of D.E.C.A. were competing in local, state, and even national championships. Members could also win scholarships to certain business colleges. Sponsor Mr. Larry Brich felt D.E.C.A. was very beneficial in learning and fun. Business classes and clubs at DC helped students prepare for the future and showed i how DC was still rising above the rest. D.E.C.A. Row I — Aimee Gunn, Brian Byrd, Teresa Ferguson, Motl Wallace, Michael Mills, Gill Cuadrado, Stacey Williams, Rhonda Barnett, Sherri Eastes, Tammy Reid, Regina Eastes. Row 2 — Heather Wiese, Monica Deakin, Angie Harshborger, Tracy Brault, Marty Scruggs, Alisa Woodson, Tonya Cannon, Shonna Scrougham, Shawna Hickman, Sharon Sebastian, Shannon Reed, Ellen Beldon, Lisa Votes, Mr. Larry Brich. Row 3 — Mark Curl, Marilyn Miles, Ginger Barr, Tiffany Carter, Showno Wise, Andre Lowery, Julie Starnes, Lori Langley, Lori Everling, Tim Sims, Treso Camp, Down Reuter, Johnnie Wolfe, Tina Rakestraw, Amy Crowford. Row 4 — John Moses, Tina Bee, Donallyn Shirley, Joni Ferguson, Tina Lewis, Wanda Griffey, Tommy Calvert, Mary McMillan, Down Ballard, Jeff Starnes, Kevin Benge, Robbie Bonds, Troy Morton, Jerry Thornton, Tim Fletcher, Bob Hill, Tuan Wright, Lance Givens. Row 3 — Down Goodbor, Deono Williams, Brent Hortill, Bryan Bowling, Shannon Cooper, Jeff Smith, Janette Johnson, Jason Gray, Jessie Spears, Brian TIpmore, Billie Kingery, Willard Johnson, Todd Eastes, Aoron Saxton, Tabitha Shepord, Kristo Harvey, Chris Hall Junior Sharon Sebastian practices typing a letter while in Mrs. Janet Lambert ' s second-year typ- ing class. Vocational

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There are many publication classes offered at Decatur which included the newspaper, yearbook, and D.C. mag- azine. All have been improving greatly over the years. The school newspaper, better known as the Outlook, sent many staff mem- bers to I.U. for a two-week camp which helped them in writing and page de- signing. Terry Obermeyer said, The quality of our publication has improved greatly. One big reason for this is the new Macintosh computers. They made Growing Stronger! my job as business manager easier and the ads more professional looking. The Hawkeye, which is the school yearbook, had many big problems to overcome, according to editor J ' Lynn Mayes. The staff was very young and inexperienced, but with lots of help from me and other returning staff members, the year went very well. D.C. Magazine is a show produced by students from the high school. This year it was shown in both itie North district and Decatur Township for the first time. Many of the north district students said that was nice to finally get to see one of the shows. Stephanie Quinn, a member oi D.C. magazine staff for two years, said This year has really been successful foi; our group. There are now two channel: airing our show so that the north distric can also view it. The group is enthusiastii. and the quality improved greatly. I In all, the publication staffs at Decatu are improving and are definitely helpint Decatur Rise Above The Rest! Sophomore Tracy Clevenger and Senior Shannon llich help label envelopes for yearbook orders. Senior Kelly Cole debates over how to film the next segment of the show. Kelly has been a memb( of the show staff for two years. 42 Publications