James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Distributing DECA DECA — Distributive Education Clubs of America. What exactly is ‘‘distributive education?”’ It is training for businesses that deal with distribution — marketing, retail wholesale, finance, etc. How Is one trained? Aside from class- room instruction and on the job training, Jayem’s DECA members operated a school store, took over Leggett’s Depart- ment Store for a day, entered District Competition (congrats to Ricky Rouse THE INSTALLATION of D.E. students was a proud moment for Connie Crump, Penny Cannon, Ronnie Martin, Gerard Thompson, Tim Sutherland, Charles Jackson, Ricky Rouse, and Debbie Rakes. TOM WARE and Gary Carr learn the behind-the- scenes jobs at Leggett JANE SHEPHERD, Connie Crump, and Debbie Rakes prepare for a homecoming float 26 DECA and Ray Young), participated in a Leader- ship Development Seminar, and coordi- nated a Mini Fashion Show. To develop a sense of social responsibility, DECA mem- bers held a covered dish supper for their parents, sent Christmas Goody Bags to all faculty members, and organized a ‘‘Fall Fling’ for senior citizens at the Communi- ty Center. DECA was indeed about DISTRIBU- TION. Action was the name of the game. TIM SUTHERLAND participated in Leggett take- over day it i 4 u F « ate

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PATRICIA PALUMBO (captain of teen counseling) explains methods of conducting a session during an inservice meeting. Teen Counseling is a program that allows Juniors and Seniors who have a C grade average or better to conduct strategies for the 5th and 6th graders at Walker-Grant Mid- dle School. These strategies help the young students to communicate with each other and understand their feelings. Two or three Teen Counselors are assigned to a class by the sponsor and they go to that class once each month beginning in October and con- tinuing throughout the whole school year. The Teen Counselors meet with their spon- sor once a month at James Monroe to dis- cuss how each of their sessions went. The Teen Counseling Program not only benefits the students at Walker-Grant, but it also benefits the Teen Counselors. special Teens TEEN COUNSELORS STUDY sheets which outline procedures for conducting sessions BROOKE THOMPSON, Helen Poole and Sally Chap- man pose for the camera during a Teen Counseling meeting. WHILE MAGDELAENA MANOLIS and Lindsay Thompson watch, Brooke Thompson and Helen Poole compare worksheets. Teen Counselors 27