Grosse Pointe South High School - Viewpointe Yearbook (Grosse Pointe, MI)

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QSM -1. Above: Bob Rosenbusch makes a shoe sale in Jacobson's second fioor shoe department. Right Sally Hoben uses the adding machine in one of Jacobson's offices. 114 Y-Sei S: Q 2 -sz '- W Q if WN R ss Eg gs 5 E' is 3 fs us r : -:.

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Brian Rutledge and David Kerkmaz check work Students learn machine operation in 4th hour Ofhce Practice sheets with adding machines. Business adds 3 new courses This year the business education depart- ment introduced three new courses of study. One of these was Data Processing. The ob- jective of this course is to have the student gain an interest in the field and think of it as a possible career. Many field trips are taken to see the different types of equipment. Two courses available to ninth graders are Introduction to Business and Combination Personal Typing and Notehand. Introduction to Business gives an overview of the world of business stressing basic business opportunities, primnciples, and practices. Cobination Per- sonal Typing and Notehand is set up for the college-bound student with the purpose of having a usable skill. The other major courses in the curriculum include several typing courses, bookkeeping, shorthand, notehand, and office practice. .r , . - Ns-wr.:... ,,,,, - - V t s 4 nu. Mike Monahan, Louis O'G0rman, and Bruce Robb study fundamentals of bookkeeping.

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Na Above: The doctor explains to Joan Kunath how to fill out a patient's record. Below: Stephane Burton learns how to take inventory. Students work, learn, and earn The Business Co-op program provided a re- alistic way of bridging the gap from school to work for many students. It gave students the opportunity to learn the business and indus- trial world while earning high school credit. In their junior year, students interested in the Co-op program took required classes, had two teacher recommendations, and were ac- cepted by either Mr. Leigh, for distributive education, or Mrs. Holcomb, for office educa- tion. The 69 students accepted, continued tak- ing classes related to their field in their senior year and worked half days in businesses such as Jacobson's, Kay Baum, Johnstone and Johnstone, and doctors' offices. The employers evaluated the students' work, while paying them a regular salary. There are two clubs associated with the Co- op program. They are OEA, Office Education Association, and DECA, Distributive Educa- tion Co-op Association. DECA sold sweaters and OEA typed student papers to pay for the employee-employer dinner they put on. 115