Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Z9 Nnaiw X . Q ..,... 5:1 'B ,pf 55 Business Department Start Careers Write it out in shorthand or type it with speed, any way look at it, it all adds up to business education. At Seaholm there are many courses that will lead to a success- ful career in business related fields. The Business Education Department strives to give thorough job training with an emphasis on interpersonal behaviors as Well as giving general education in the business world. 1-111 .-.W nf wfnw This year the department has gone through some great changes. Because of lack of enrollment, distributive Education Block was dropped from the curriculum. There were also no advanced courses offered. Unfortunately, the business education department has lost some of their personnel. Mrs. Nancy Ufford has gone to Groves and Mrs. Iudy Best shares her time with the Talented and Gifted Program. ss

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x. N. so ...ma-auamz1lHQ'9 ?Ke .f t....uAf 'FT. '5- E:s.,. A it 1. Scott Thompson and his trusty calculator go for the high grades in business education, twentyfour hours a day. 2. Pat O'Toole listens intently to the class discussion, while lulie Yeska listens to other conversations during class. 3. Chris Schmid reads to Andrea Covey while she follows along on her paper. 4. Kim Shaw tries to frase her sentence properly, before she types it for class. 5. Dave Morgon types furiously to finish his paper in timefor the due date. 6. Each student in Business Education seem to have the same neck problem, it's continually tilted downward. and toward the right. 7. Andy Kerr practices his penmenship for Business Education. 8. Mr. Wadsten 9. Mrs. Gruscrow 10. Mr. Schachern tl. Mrs. Best tNot pictured Mr. Bostwickj

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The goal of the Home Economics Department is to provide students with skills for living. The department is geared toward showing the importance of the family, and to offer experiences that will strengthen family life. Mrs. Fleming, the teacher in charge, incorporates com- munity service learning into the present curriculum. Many student volunteers have done service projects for credit which focus on the community, such as assisting Learning How to Live children with learning disorders, and providing meals I on wheels for the home bound elderly. Many senior citizens have come in as speakers for human development. Mrs. Fleming also teaches sewing. The Clothing I and II students work with different fabrics and develop their sewing and tailoring techniques. The Clothing III student design their own patterns and clothes. The skills Mrs. Fleming teaches are both practical and creative. -.1 -ffsii 5 I m at if I 1 .,-1' 84 .w Q.