Hauser Junior Senior High School - Jetstream Yearbook (Hope, IN)

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Stacy Buckler, dressed up for nerd day, Toby Everroad, and John Caldwell are ready to begin a modified block style letter in seventh period Typing I. This course teaches students the fundamentals of typing The Real Thing We bring real life into the classroom, explained business teacher Mrs. Donna Sanders. Our courses deal with situations that everyone will encounter once they enter the real world. In Mrs. Sanders' general business class everything from writing your own resume and learning the etiquette of going for a job interview to managing money, balancing a checkbook and filling an Income Tax Return were covered. For the student's first semester final exam they completed a simulated two month check writing packet instead of the usual standardized tests. They had to write each check, record them, and balance their checkbook for each month. Typing I II are taught by Mrs. Denise Ollestead. The course taught students the entire keyboard and built accuracy and speed. They learned how to type simple form letter styles, tables, and reports. I feel that typing is an essential course that everyone should take. With what I have learned, I could now type my own resume and reports, stated Amy Martin. Typing II is geared for sfudents that are considering a secretarial position after they have finished high school. This class was much more computer oriented than first year typing. Grading of all letters, tables, and reports was based on a mailable, unmailable system. Students typed in their classroom assignment, proofread it, saved it, and turned it in. If there were typographical errors or major structural errors it is unmailable and must be redone until it is mailable. I try to get my students as ready for an office situation as I can. The best way to accomplish this is to actually do what would be expected of them on the job, stated Mrs. Ollestead. I want to be a secretary and after the classes that I have taken here, I feel I am fairly well prepared for what is ahead, stated Lisa Ray. Tracy Day is preparing for a one munute timed writing in sixth period keyboarding This class was a nine week course designed to prepare seventh graders for computer Literacy which is taken the following year. Business 11

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In Accounting II Mika Henderson works on a problem relating to depreciation. Accounting II applies what students learned in first year accounting and relates it to computers. ■V ' Tim Fields is helping Eric Miller with his practice set in second period Office Machines These practice sets were used to apply what they had learned in the 18 week course. Aprill Wisdom is preparing for an upcoming test by answering review questions in her workbook. General Business provides students with the general knowledge needed to run a household in real life. 10 Business

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Practical Wonders Reading textbooks, taking notes, and listening to lectures are not the extent of science classes. Experimentation was a key element in studying scientific procedures. The science department offered many opportunities for hands on application of the materials digested. Life science experiments allowed students to become surgeons while dissecting various organisms. During the carving process, students were able to identify, as well as gain an understanding of, the reproductive, nervous, and digestive systems. Much of what was learned is applicable to the systems in the human body. Students experiement to discover reasons why the heavens do not run out of water to rain with. They also explore the various organisms floating in a cool refreshing glass of water. Through the use of microscopes, sealed aquariums, and close observation, students may seek answers to general yet complicated questions. Physical sciences exclude life forms and study anything from the components of table salt to the reason why a top spins. Devices for experimentation may include strings, weights, spinning objects, and fire. Science shows us why there is more gas in the tank of a car when it is filled on a cold day rather than a hot day. Also, why the principles of momentum may be beneficial in hustling a game of pool. Students often jump into their lab coats, situate their goggles, and start swinging pendulums to find out why the Earth spins, why the temperature changes, and other practicle applications. Experiments through the science departments postively transfer to our perception of daily experiences. Understanding why it is necessary to breathe, why a bowling ball rolls, and how to separate oil from water can help people understand situations that they may encounter everyday, said Mr. Cooksey. Mr. Fiesbeck explains to Eric Ellison what they hove seen in the microscope Microscopes were often used in zoology while studying different types of organisms. Freshman Shelly Tallent observes a slide which she has carefully prepared in biology class. Her topic of study was plant and animal life in pond water 12 Science