Lake Hamilton High School - Wolf Howl Yearbook (Pearcy, AR)

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...for the ' ' Rear World m phy; 1-Mrs. Walston sends her Typing II class through a timing. 2-Kay Dorris and Connie Mitzel work on their typing. 3-Melinda Brown ponders on her office practice problems. 4-Kissa Wise works diligently on her assignments. Peggy Walston explores with her office practice class the many facets of the business world. Office practice is scheduled as a two-hour block class. Its primary purpose is to simulate actual work situations and exper- iences as much as possible within the school setting. Units included are: personal appearance, office etiquette, producing mailable letters, copying and duplicating, telephones, office simulation, adding machines, dicta- phones, filing, mailing services, processing data and careers. Mrs. Walston also teaches Typing I and Typing II and Personal Typing. Typing II is designed to prepare highly skilled typists for work in offices by developing higher speed type-writing with appropriate accur- acy. Production work and mailability are stressed with actual business standards used to evaluate work. Personal Typing, a new course to Lake Hamilton, is a one semester course for college bound students to learn to type letters and reports for their personal use. It is offered as credit non-credit. .- ■• Business 105

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Business Classes Prepare... Paula Shiver takes her Typing I class through the stages of locating the keys, margin setting, and learn- ing to type many forms of letters. She also teaches accounting which provides students with an overall picture of the total process of business systems and is a good base for further study and career advancement in the business world. Although there are many career opportunities available in accounting and related fields, accounting is for all persons who need to understand financial records so that improved economics decisions can be made - and that means everyone. Accounting I includes learning how to organize and summarize financial facts and how to interpret the economic message those facts convey. Students start with a begin- ning balance sheet; learn the princi- ples of debiting and crediting, journalizing, and posting; and finally, learn to prepare the financial state- ments. l-Mrs. Shiver ' s famous words are, ' Hands on home keys? Typel 2-The Typing I class works on the production assignment for the week. 3-Cheryl Gattis works intently on her accounting. 4-Willie Ennis studies dividends as David Davis daydreams. i. , ' 104 Business

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Home-Ec What ' s Cookin ' ? Mrs. McCIard and Mrs. Wil- liams teach Adult Living Consumer Education classes. Mrs. Williams also teaches the remaining Home Econ- omic classes. Adult Living and Consumer Education classes discuss marriage, divorce, planning and the cost of the wedding, and a little sex education. Food and Nutrition plans a complete meal prepared by the entire class. They prepare food in labs each week. Clothing classes learn selection of patterns and fabric to fit individual needs. Practice problems are done to help review students ' basic needs. The Child Development class 3 studies the areas of development- physical, emotional, social, and intellectual. Housing and Design students learn to choose a house plan, read blue prints draw room to scale, and decorate the various rooms in a house. » ,,1 106-Home Economics