Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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business L. to R.: Marva Barrett, Robert Miller, George Ham, and Nancy Reyes. has witnessed the tremendous value of this on-the-job course as the girls trained in Lowell High School ' s Inten¬ sive Lab are getting well-paying jobs as secretaries. Team teaching allows the business department to teach more peo¬ ple, and recorded lessons allow the teachers to give each student more in¬ dividual help. The office machines course use reproducing machines such as mimeograph, spirit duplication, colla¬ tors, joggers, and other machines used for preparing tests. The Business depart¬ ment is an important part of any high school because it trains students in many of the fundamentals of the busi¬ ness area. 28 1 AM ACADEMIC The Business Department has vastly grown since moving to the new high school. Through the use of many new machines and new teaching methods, the students have been given a better opportunity to learn business courses that will aid them in the business field. The students may take a course such as personal typing in which they learn the fundamentals of typing for their per¬ sonal use, or the students may take a course that will prepare them for a job in the business area. Last year a new concept in teaching was developed in the Business department—the Intensive Lab—which trains girls in actual se¬ cretarial work. This year the department

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fine arts L. to R.: lames Crane, Wendall Frederick, Robert Ray, and Claudine Paluzzi. Expressing one ' s individuality is one of the most important achievements of the Fine Arts Department. A student is able to find the area in which he is most in¬ terested and talented in through the fine art ' s courses that are offered. The choir, band, and art classes ' main objective is to develop an appreciation of fine arts in each individual student. This year Low¬ ell High School had the privilege of be¬ ing one of two schools in the state to have an artist-in-residence. The art stu¬ dents had the opportunity of observing the artist, Mrs. Claudine Paluzzi, at work in the art room. The needs of each student in art are met through open labs, sketchbook assignments, or class pro¬ jects. The choir and band keep them¬ selves busy with such extracurricular activities as school musicals and con¬ certs. The band, and our new band di¬ rector, Mr. Crane, are to be commended on their fine job this past year. Under Mr. Crane ' s direction many students have placed very well in the many band contests that have been en¬ tered. The personal pride and en¬ thusiasm that the Fine Art ' s Department develops in the student prepares him for entrance into the adult world. I AM ACADEMIC 27

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industrial education When Mr. Kalbac was asked about the Industrial Education Department, that he chairmans, he replied; In great con¬ trast to the meager industrial arts facility of yesterday, today, we are equipped and organized with shops that were uniquely planned for Lowell. Each week has shown evidence of new growth and dimension in the program; we are in¬ creasingly more positive that our vision for the future was well founded. Moti¬ vation , which use to be a lecture by the instructor, is now the word for what happens to a student as he begins to recognize the potential of the shop equipment, the staff, and his own inter¬ ests, abilities, and attitudes. The Industrial Education staff has favor¬ ite, and accurate descriptions of our shop program. We believe it to be com¬ prehensive, and we encourage a cross- section of students. We endorse activities that are real; we are not im¬ pressed with pretend kinds of assign¬ ments. We believe in assignments which vary in depth as determined by the student. We make a very conscien¬ tious effort to match the activities of the courses with the personality, interest, and ability of each student. I AM ACADEMIC 29