Indiana School for the Deaf - Oriole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Michael Jeffers sews a tissue box holder to raise money for the Living Skills class, a good lesson for a work-study program. They Help Us Cope Daily Daily living skills and speech classes help students learn how to cope, where to go, how to live, and how to be informed. These classes prepare them for their future. They need to know and learn about daily living. Speech is important because it prepares students for communicating with people and families outside of school. Students are learning speech skills to talk with people who don ' t know sign, replies Miss Baker who teaches speech. Ms. Hakes, in survival skills, plans situations for her students to role play and brings in things from the outside world trying to include the students in learning about living. That way they understand easier things about living. During Speech class Dallas Felty works on the fonator listening to Miss Baker ' s voice. 17

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Compare Past With Present Although these classes are not required for the student ' s future career, Civics gives students the knowledge of how to live in the world. It teaches them about their government. All Americans need to study and understand their government. says social studies teacher, Tim Harrold. Students should be motivated to learn history and civics. They learn to compare the past with the present. A student cannot understand things that are happening now if they do not know some background. One of the best field trips Mr. Grubb, Mr. Backus, and Mr. Harrold take their students on is to the Indiana State House to see how the government really works. Experience always teaches better than books and classrooms. Richard McGuire and Denise Stiles listen to Ms. Summerlin, history teacher. 16 Civics teacher, Mr. Grubb, explains legal rights of government to Tony Brooks, Richard Kite, Yvette Turner and Kay Lawson, who listen carefully.

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Mr. Stroud, as Co-op Ed coordinator, explains to John Ray about getting a job and other aspects of working. During a race Gigi Bartholomew swiftly writes deb its and credits on her ledger sheet; then passes it on to Scott Voltz, Regina Kyle, and Andy Taylor in accounting class. Michelle Simpson and Mike Penn learn typing skills to use in the future. In Trowel Trades class students learn basic skills for laying brick and block. Michael Jeffers and Bertie Spencer actually build a wall in their classroom.