Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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One of the rewards of foods class is getting to eat what you prepare. Sophomore Oneouma Khamvongsa enjoys her assignment. Mrs. Fanning's first period typing class has the Kimo watching over them as they do their assignment Homecoming week. College Prep class learns how to party. Seniors Melinda White and Quay Townsend are the best pupils. Electives 1 1 7

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Choices open doors Feel free to learn what you want to learn Reading, writing and arithmetic weren't the only courses offered. Things have changed since the little red schoolhouse days, with the hand-rung bell and the white picket fence. In the modern situation that has evolved over the years, courses which are optional in our school's curriculum have been created. Courses such as journalism, homemaking, photojournalism and other career-oriented subjects were offered this year, as well as foreign languages and Outdoor Ed. Although some of these courses, such as photography, cost parents extra money, Lisa Estill still claimed, lt was all worth it because I was enjoying what I learnedf' i.... ss. Q isis Electives make the student a well-rounded person,', Mrs. lla Osborne, typing teacher, said. if tit. f 5 5 if ,Q Qin. it Junior Teresa Simmons looks for decoration ideas in a Christmas catalog for a home project. Seniors Tony Brown and Susan Stringfe1low read for a part in The Mouse Trap , the Drama Departmenfs first production. Electives v ig

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Earning a living Business classes teach students to cope with economic system. Accounting, shorthand and typing classes - what did these classes have in common? They all required a lot of hard work. They all also were helpful if your plans included a career in business. Mrs. Caroline Cauthern, typing and accounting teacher, felt that for anyone who had an interest in business, accounting and typing classes would be essential. Ulf you're preparing for a career in business, typing would be an excellent choice for a class. Even if you were not interested in this sort of career, typing would be a very good class to take because before you graduate you will probably have to type at least one paper, Mrs. Lou Fanning, typing teacher, said. 'tl am really grateful l took typing because when it came time for the juniors to do their research papers I made a little money by typ- ing for those who did not know how, Laura Yanes, junior, said. Lynette Greenfield, a junior in Mrs. Caroline Cauthern's Accounting I class, looks over her ledgers. Betsy Kerr, sophomore typist, inserts her paper in preparation for a timed test. 1 18 Accounting f Shorthand f Typing 53 5 Fl iris L is X Q s X Y i s 'i ' we-I xi' XX ss lv a