J H Rose High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Don ' t push so hard Mona, it ' s pooching out the side! Veronica Barnes and Mona Green are preparing a cheese ball for an upcoming East Carolina University function. FHAers gain much experience as they learn about home- making, cooking, and catering. Mot only are these Rampants, preparing themselves for the future, but they are having fun doing it. Janice Barrett, Stacey Heath, and Tiffany Strouse listen attentively as a representative informs them about his university. College Day is sponsored by Student Services each year to enabEe juniors and seniors to become better aware of what North Carolina colleges and uni- versities have to offer. Senior Keith Scott and Mrs. Elaine Tschetter are served by FBLA Club members at this year ' s College Day. This active club provided refresh- ments at this annual popular Rose High event. Senior Elizabeth Freeman address- es the Future Teachers of America Club and reviews with the members the goals and projects for the year. Elizabeth serves as president. 31

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FHA, FTA, And FBLA Are Doing It RAMPANT STYLE The Future Business Leaders of America is a club that promotes tomorrow ' s business leaders while helping the community today. This year, the FBLA club has achieved many goals. They have collected food for Thanksgiving for a needy family. They have provided refresh- ments on College Day and have held bake sales all year long. This year ' s business leaders topped off a great first semester by winning first place in the Homecoming parade. During second semester, the club plans on doing a fund raiser and helping the Ronald McDonald House. The 1988-89 FBLA officers are: Kay Tetterton, President; Tonya Mills, Vice-President; Valerie Tucker, Secretary; Amy Artis, Re- corder. The club ' s advisor is Mrs. Judy Cox. The Future Teachers of America Club is a club that is open to any- one who is interested in teaching as a career. This year, the FTA honors the Rose High teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day. Honoring the teachers is very important because, after all, teachers are stepping stones on whom each student builds and molds his future. The 1988-89 FTA officers are: Elizabeth Freeman, President; Amy Tomlin- son and Natalie Tucker, Vice-Presi- dents; Kelly Eakes, Secretary; Ja- lyn Parsley, Treasurer; Anji Kataria, Historian; Kia Hardy and Clarice Blount, Publicity Chairmen. The Future Homemakers of America is advised by Mrs. Marion Wilkes. This club encourages indi- vidual leadership in its members and is open to anyone who is inter- ested in being a homemaker. FFA holds several fundraisers during the year and participates in Future Homemakers of America Week. This allows the students the chance to explore different careers. 30 Members of FHA are: First row — Shontell Clark, Chris Brown, Tiffa ny Harper, Tissa White. 2nd row — D ' tri Filmore, Denise Williams, An- gela Whitehead, Tilda INewsome. 3rd row — Regina Reddick, Alisha Brown, Wanda Lodge, Angela Coun- cil, Ricky Dixon. Back row — Keith Wainwright, Billy Carr, Chris Kegel, Jeffery House. Hold on to the rim of the bowl! Lin- da Green and Mona Green learn much about the preparation and cooking of all types of foods. They must also know how to operate the many different machines used in the foods ' lab.

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VICA and DECA provide challenging opportunities in the vocational world for America ' s Future Leaders Distributive Education Clubs of America, DECA, is a vocational student organi- zation designed for students enrolled in a Marketing Edu- cation course — Marketing, Cooperative Marketing, Fashion Merchandising, Sales Fundamentals and Ad- vertising, or Marketing and Merchandising. DECA chap- ter members have an oppor- tunity to participate in a va- riety of activities at leadership and career devel- opment conferences on the local, district, state, region- al, and national levels. These activities include workshops, competitive events, social events, and service projects designed to promote civic conscious- ness, vocational understand- ing, leadership develop- ment, and social intel- ligence. The J.H. Rose High School DECA Chapter con- ducts one major fund-raiser each year. The proceeds are used to help pay expenses to DECA conferences, to pay for the annual employer- employee banquet, and to sponsor some local teacher apprecation activities. Active DECA members Tina Allen, Angela Austin, Lori Halsey, Stacey Heath, Laura Jones, Tonya Moore, Tiffany Strouse, Elizabeth Ward, and Heather Wor- thington participated in the District I Marketing Compet- itive Events Conference held at East Carolina University on January 5, 1989. The competitive event partici- pants were involved in a written test of fifty multiple questions and also in a job interview role play situation one on one with a judge. The judges for the role play were area business men and wom- en. Students who place in the top three of their event and students who reach pro- ficiency are eligible to com- pete at the NC-DECA Career Development Conference in Winston-Salem. Event win- ners and proficiency win- ners at the state conference advance to the National Ca- reer Development Confer- ence in Orlando, Florida. Vocational Industrial Clubs of America exist for the purpose of training stu- dents in leadership skills. It holds competitions in both the technical skill areas and the leadership areas. It seeks to provide opportunities foi all vocational and technical students to work together to develop those skills that are necessary for success in to- day ' s world. The true test of? all VICA members comes t during regional, state, na tional, and international con-, ventions. The local VICA chapter welcomes all sti ' dents enrolled in T and courses to become part of its activities. ' IiL-mlii Members of DECA who participat- ed in local competition earlier this year are: Lori Halsey, Laura Jones, Tina Allen, Stacey Heath, Angela Austin, and Tonya Moore. Mrs. Lynn Garner, a very active teacher here at Rose, teaches Mar- keting and Fashion Merchandising. She is the advisor for the local DECA club and spends many hours preparing her members for compe- tition. 32