Franklin Community High School - Kite Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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Central 9 Adds to Education A recent addition to the curriculum of regional schools is the Area Nine Voca- tional School located in Greenwood. Stu- dents travel to the school to spend a concentrated three hours in their selected subject. Local high school students may enroll at Central Nine as either tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade students. Most courses are oriented to a two-year, four semester span and are coordinated to give the maximum time in a learning situation. The general feeling about the program can be summed up in one student ' s com- ment, It ' s a lot of fun but you learn a lot! Below left: Senior Richard Hass concentrates on spacing a line of printing preparatory to making a stencil. Right: Robert Daugherty, Charles Hicks, and Don- ald Gilbert show that team work is important when learning to use complicated kitchen machinery. 21

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A Head Start on Tomorrow Through the wide selection of business courses offered, many FCHS students were able to develop proficient skills that will be of great value to them in what- ever field they enter. The Business Department included the classes of typing, shorthand, bookkeep- ing, office machines, and clerical prac- tice. An intensive office laboratory was offered to seniors only. Also included within the realms of the department was the Student Supply Office where every- day business know-how was practiced by students. A newcomer to the business staff was Mrs. Cummings, whose teaching assign- ment included Typing I and Shorthand II. Special recognition was given to Mr. Church, who after thirty-five years of service to the school, retired from the teaching profession. Above right: Using a ten-key adding machine, Janet Hommel adds figures in office machines class. Below: Displaying their new knowledge of short- hand, Gwen Wolfarth and Thea Glendenning explain a symbol. Below right: Concentration, as shown by Rene Olivo and Diane Crockett, is an important part of typing. 20

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Tomorrow ' s Leadership Taught Today Members of FBLA were afforded many opportunities to develop their leadership potentials in business. They were rewarded on a point system for aid- ing teachers, selling money-making pro- jects, attending meetings, achieving the A or B honor roll, or for helping to maintain an informative display case in the north end of the main hall. All club members who had earned 25 service points during the year were then eligible to attend the annual FBLA convention at Ball State University. The money necessary to send club members to the convention and for the maintenance of the club was raised through a jewelry sale which profited $600. The sale of FBLA letter jackets, another fund-raising project, encouraged leadership by awarding a free jacket to top salesman. Mrs. Sturgeon and the new sponsor, Mrs. Cummings, supervised the monthly meetings at which various guests kept the students informed of the current trends and the many opportunities avail- able in the business world. Above right: Sophomore, Debbie Brown, officially becomes a member of FBLA when she receives her pin from President Debbie Ford. Right: The new officers sworn in by the sponsors are from left to right: Freda Eldridge, secretary; Charita Jones, treasurer; Debbie Ford, president; Cheryl Doss, vice president; and Judy Robinette, reporter. Row 1: J. Robinette, C. Jones, C. Doss, K. Beard, D. Ford. Row 2: D. Brown, R. Bills, D. Mowery, D. Crockett, Y. Brown, Lou A. Blackwell, T. Black, K. Wilson, P. Price, H. Browning. Row 3: S. Gentry, S. Fewell, J. Briggs, M. Deem, K. Burton, T. Wilham, G. Wolfarthe, G. Hupp, J. Bray. Row 4: C. Goad, R. Jones, J. Hodson, D. McGowin, J. Wall, C. VanCleave, G. Stevens, D. Kowitz, M. Inlow, J. Haggard. Row 5: J. Drake, N. Pogue, Leah A. Black- well, C. Stevens, B. Beaty, P. Lawson, D. Crafton, S. Hazelwood. 22