Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Roles developed One of rhe more diversified oreos or Lincoln High is Home Economics. According ro Department Head Kay Sayre. The purpose of rhe deporrmenr is ro help srudents develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for rhe role of homemoker-family member, consumer, and wage-earner, ond for combining rhese roles. To achieve rhese goals, courses ore offered in rhe oreos of human development, monogemenr, nutrition ond foods, clothing, ond housing. Additions ond improvements increased oppor- tunities in several of rhe course oreos this year. A new doss offered in rhe Human Development division was Daycore Training. The students learned ro work wirh children in o Doycore Cenrer ond gained practical experience by establishing o nursery school. In Foods, a new attraction was Hospitality and Food Service This course developed entry level skills in rhe food service area. The deportment was equipped wirh resrouranr size appliances such as a grill and french fryer ro provide excellent job Training for indi- viduals interested in rhis course. The clothing deportment offered on individual- ized program so rhor students could work on their choice of sewing, knitting, aochefing or fabric design. Mrs. Sayre felt rhar interest in Home Economics here is high, mainly because many of rhe LHS srudenrs ore on rheir own ond need rhe basic skills in nutrition ond other areas. This of course applies ro rhe mole srudenrs also, as many of them were enrolled in quar- ter long foods classes such as Barbequeing ond Baking. 102—Academics Gay Schenomon keeps busy sewing costumes fa the Modrigol dmnet Above: Mrs Sayre instructs Kelly Davila on the consttucflon of o granny squae Below: Vicki Kuehn ond Kate Szalawigo hove fun whipping up Things to eor

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Top: Keith Run reproduces o mechonicol drawing Above: When Mr Gory Corneer is watching Jeff Horocek ond Rocky Chodd hove no problem running the prmnng mochine Below left: Auto shop students leom from experience not from books Below right: Operating the bondsaw con be fun, but it is also dangerous Skills for sale The Industriol-Vocationol-Agriculturol Deport- ment is the largest in Lincoln, having several more shops rhon ony orher school. Northeast is the only other school with o mochine shop or ogriculrure- relorect dosses, ond Lincoln High is the only city school with o Graphic Communications, or FVinr Shop. The deportment consists of ten teachers, oil of whom hove been here or least four years, ond in some coses much longer Drafting Teacher Wayne Osborn has taught or Lincoln High for 24 years ond right behind him ore Deon Clawson, deportment chairman, with 23 years and Paul Adorns, Wood- works and Crofts, with 18. The major objective of the Industrial Arts Deportment is to reach each student o soleoble skill, to enable students to secure o job or continue on in education after high school. Students ore encouraged to use this basic background to go on to college. The primary method used to reach these goals is the Vocational Trades Rogram. Senior trades courses (double-period, yeor-long dosses) ore offered to seniors interested in Auto Mechan- ics, Woodworking, Mochine Shop, Electronics, Graphic Communications, Small Engine ond Motorcyde Repair, or Agriculture. All Industrial Arts dosses ore, ond always hove been, open to students of both sexes, ond recent years hove seen on increase in the number of girls enrolling in oil of the deportment's courses. Academics—131

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Wider horizons Why is ir a good ideo for students to leorn o foreign longuoge? Mrs. Jill Honshew. Foreign Longuoge Depart- ment Chairperson, believes that knowing o foreign lan- guage opens up job opportunities. She explained that many companies hove offices in other countries This gives those employees with o knowledge of o foreign longuoge o chance for travel ond advancement in their professions Another reason for knowing o foreign lon- guoge is that people travel more now than ever before increasing contact with people from other backgrounds ond cultures who speak o different longuoge. Three languages ore taught of Lincoln High. They ore: German. Spanish ond French Enrollment in oil three languages is fairly equol even though German is thought to be more difficult by some students, said Mrs Honshew The main goal of the Foreign Longuoge Deport- ment is to teach students to communicate in o lon- guoge other than their own. But learning the culture ond history of the countries that speok the longuoge is olso stressed. During the year most dosses hold potties to celebrate the holidays of these countries. Food is sampled ond sometimes songs ore sung, depending on the customs of the country. An important port of this education is the Foreign Longuoge Lob. The Lob is designed to help students in learning o longuoge by listening to native speakers of that longuoge. Students use head sets with micro- phones to listen to the speakers. They then repeat what they hove heard The microphones allow students to listen to themselves, helping them to determine how well they ore pronouncing the words ond whor is needed to improve. The reocher olso listens to oil the students or one time or listens to each student individ- ually through the head sets Mr Honshew takes otrendonce in his German doss Amy Ellenwood and Jetty Gray work diligently on the blackboard Foreign Language Staff members ger some time to chat ot the LH5 Open House Academics—133