Dupo Community High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Dupo, IL)

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Beck Our high school offers a program for our Juniors and Seniors. If a Junior or Senior student chooses he may attend Beck Area Vocational School half of each school day for 2 credits each year. “I like going to Beck because it breaks the monotony of six straight classes a day,” said Junior Melissa Schanuel. There the students can choose from a variety of classes in which they get hands-on-training. There are a large number of our Juniors and Seniors who attend Beck and they seem to get a lot out of the training. It is an excellent way for our students to get an education. Corey and Dave attend the Electronics (TV and Radio Repair) class. Here they are changing the tubes on a portable TV. Kim works hard trying to improve skills to become a good secretary. John and Gene learn how to weld using the right safety equipment. 12 Academics

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French IV The students in the French IV class. Back: Miss Parnell. Middle: Mitzi Miller. Lisa Buatte, JoAnne Hotto, Mike Arthur. Front: Rahdi Gunn, Ruth Ann Bertram, Lisa Williams, Traci Woods, Carol Stanberry, Cyndi Walsh, and Cheryl Gilliam. Belleville Area College offered an “Early Bird Program” for top level high school courses, so that the student could get high school and college credit at the same time. This was a new area for Dupo and BAC, so many problems had to be ironed out before it was possible to get it started this year. Ms. Parnell taught the French IV class and here is what she said about it, “I made more demands and moved at a much faster pace than a regular high school course, but most students were able to adapt quickly. I feel that this advanced course is a natural extension of the travel program that was instituted by Mr. Malone, the Spanish teacher, and I, when we were hired ten years ago. Eight of the eleven students in my French IV class traveled to Europe for ten days during Easter vacation in 1980. Once the students get a feel for the language and culture of a country it makes class room learning more meaningful. It has been a great experience and I hope to continue similar courses if the interest is shown by the students.” 2 New “Apples” For Our Teachers We had an interesting addition to our Business department here at DCHS. We purchased two word-processing computers. These computers can do such things as office inventories and many educational games. Since most businesses use machines of this type today, our business students are better prepared for future jobs. Seven students have learned to program on an independent study basis. Randi Gunn and Miss Solomon demonstrate the use of the computer. Academics ll

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Ed smiles at a plant. Terry feeds his plant with the proper nutrients and water. Barbie looks sad because one of her plants just died. Academics 13 Kathy perfects her I typing skills so she can get a good job after she graduates.