Lakeside High School - Ram Yearbook (Hot Springs, AR)

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SOCIAL SCIENCES-Courses in the social sciences include Civics, World History, American History, Consumer Economics American Government, and Economics. The Civics classes took field trips to City Hall and Garland County Court. American History classes saw films pertaining to history, and Mr. Wenner came and showed a film on Mt. View, Arkansas. Also, Mrs. Inez Cline, Garland County Historian, was a guest speaker. jim Bledsoe teaches world history and consumer economics, Richard Payton teaches American History and American Government, Phil Arman teaches American Govern- ment, lim Wasson and Lee Alexander teach Civics. FOREIGH LANGUAGE-The Foreign Language Department offers French I and II, and Spanish I and Il. French classes participated in the state contest and festival this year. Thirteen students entered the declamation andlor skit competition on levels I and II. Mrs. Alexander teaches Frenchl and II, Mrs. Markell teaches Spanish I and II. BUSINESS EDUCATION-The Business Department is grow- 3 ing with three bookkeeping classes and four typing classes. The general business class has seen lots of films, both on business and on careers. The first semester they started a career unit which is finished the secon semester. This enables stu- dents to study about a career in which they are interested utilizing the career files in the counseling center and in the library. First thing injanuary general business and bookkeeping students spend about two weeks on income tax learning about tax laws and how to fill out the short and long forms. Short- hand students are lucky to have the use of the language lab second semester to practice dictation at various rates enabling them to work at their own individual speeds. The personal typing class allows students to learn to type for their own use ' and many students from all typing classes typed their junior and Senior themes and other reports in the typing room and on their own typewriters. Sue Grant teaches personal typing and Typing I and Sara Irwin teaches general business, bookkeeping and shorthand. . 1- W in -u V , l .1 V, ,Y I Mafillm Mafkeu f Rebecca McDaniel Delores Muammar zz, ,meats Doris Parnell ss' so Nh: e h K ., . 1 n T , A V tsfki? , g .p ' ' ' ii , . AY. A Sf, Terry Qu ast Kathy Roberts 2 nf' Richard Payton . - , ni i , f ' ffm A f Q 2 ,ir , .4-1' , ,af Lou Skrodenis Charlene Shehane

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and II, Algebra I and II, Geometry, and Advanced Math. Representatives from schools of engineering and technical in- stitutes talked to advanced math students about careers. Mrs. McDaniel's general math classes worked on income tax pre- paration for both the long and short forms. In the spring all the math teachers attended a metric workshop along with middle school and elementary teachers. Objectives of the math de- partment are: To help each student comprehend the structure of math, its laws and principlesg to provide an opportunity for developing computational skills and an understanding of math conceptsg to create a desire for further study in the field of math. Willie Hooks teaches Algebra II, Plane Geometry, and Advanced Mathg Rebecca McDaniel teaches General Math Il and Plane Geometryg Lou Slcrodenis teaches Algebra I5 Mark Smith teaches General Math I. SCIENCES-Offered in this section are General Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. The science department is still slowly working on the Environmental Classroom and hope by late spring to have the first section completed with two bridges constructed by the industrial arts department and two classrooms. They hope to continue the project with completion of the dam to create a water study area and the continuation of trails to incorporate a larger forested area. The Science Club is being formed to facilitate the completion of the environmental classroom and create interest anew in the sci- ence fair. Mrs. Grissom and Kathy Roberts teach general science, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Roberts teach Biology and Mrs. Hunt teaches Physics and Chemistry. ift Q ' K.. . .,, X- Zfc rw, 1' '-.., .,.. Sue Goodwin Mildred Grissom Sue Grant SN Va llee Heck Kenneth Helms Willie I-looks Virginia Hunt Larry King Sara Irwin '

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I-IOME ECONOMICS-Home Ec is offered to grades 9-12. A student may take Home Ec I, II, and III. Mrs. Bobbie Thompson teaches all of the classes. Home Ec units include: Clothing construction, basic foods, meal plnning, table service, child development, home management, how to be a wise consumer, marriage and family, relationships, personal and family living, food preservation, interior decorating, and careers in home economics, Labs are conducted in food and clothing, films are shown throughout the year, a two-week kindergarten is held for ages 2 through 5 in conjunction with the study of child development, field trips to observe the actual construction of housing projects from the beginning to the finished project, demonstrations by outsiders on various topics, and speakers. VOCATIONAL-The vocational program at Lakeside in- cludes: Shop I and II, Mechanical Drawing, Vo-Tech, and C. C. E. Students who attend Quapaw Vo-Tech take three courses here at school and then are transported to town to take courses at Vo-Tech. Through the Coordinated Careers Education classes, we hope that each student will be more informed and better prepared for the world of work. Goals of the technical drawing program are: To develop the ability to communicate the language of industry, science and technology, to provide for creative thinking in problem solving, to learn and practice good drawing techniques and good design. Goals of the wood shop are: To develop pro- ficiency in the use of wood tools, to devleop safe working habits, to provide for both vocational and avocational in- terests. Mr. Helms teaches Shop I and II and Mechanical Drawing and Ms. Parnell teaches Career Education. ART-Artl is offered to grades 8- 12. Lakeside had Art II for the first time this year. This year students have exhibited their work at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Southern Artist Association, Central Regional Art Show and the ASU Art Exhibit. The Art Department brought the Arkansas Art Mobile to our campus in April. Kathy Tweedle teaches both Art I and II. ,gf .i sm lr RM . r My .4-J' . ,, 2 Mark Smith Bobbie Thompson , v Mary Treadway Kathy Tweedle Sandra Wasson Y Kathy White jim Wasson .-., , r 'W 1 J I. ice I if ., v,' ,.,, 'i q ,L Annette Wilson Alfred Williams