Marion High School - Warrior Yearbook (Marion, KS)

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Business applies technical skills Mrs. Helen Reznicek, in her thir- teenth year as business teacher at MHS, said there would be a greater use of computers in the business field. Reznicek taught Accounting, Shorthand, Consumer Decision Making, and Business Math. Her special interests were camp- ing and working on her new home. “Computer has really been fun and a challenge for me. I have learned a lot and have some idea of how they work. Margi Dyck — Senior Mr. Bill Pickering (Pick) com- posed the second business teacher. This marked his tenth year of teaching and coaching at MHS. Pickering taught the computer classes which were added in the 1981-82 year, as well as Typing I, General Business, Consumer Deci- sion Making and Physical Educa- tion. In Computer Programming, students learned how to operate the computer: the second nine weeks they learned how to write programs and later used it to help with the business classes. What was Pick's first love, business teacher or coach? “Coaching, he said with a grin. In his off moments from coaching or teaching, Pickering liked to fish and enjoyed hunting with his hunting dog Sparkey. Reznicek said that the enroll- ment in business was “up just a little bit because they added a business math class. Pickering said that enrollment was up in his area of business, also. LEFT: Junior Doug Schmidt along with Seniors Jeff Harris and Rick Siefcert use the new computer during their free time. ABOVE LEFT: Mr Bill Pickering takes time to sign a pass for a student. ABOVE: Mrs. Helen Reznicek shows her spirit by wearing a red and blue shirt on a game day. 15

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Social Science Learning through envolvement TOP: Mary Medina works on her Government report over Nicaragua. Representing this country, she attended the Kansas State High School Model United Nations at Emporia. ABOVE: History student Sheri Grentz and Government student Julia Carr seek Mrs. Pat Jackson's help during her seventh hour. RIGHT: Mrs. Pat Jackson teaches History and Government to Juniors and Seniors. To understand our government and to become active participants in government are Mrs. Pat Jackson’s goals in her Social Studies classes. After students learn the process of government, they are assigned to observe local government in ac- tion. such as the County Commis- sioners. and City Council. This year the Social Science of ferings have been cut from six courses to three with Mrs. Jackson as the government and history teacher and Mrs. Polly Ferrell, who teaches Psychology. Whenever there is a cutback in course offering, Jackson said, the students lose. “However, this was an economic necessity.” 14

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A.V. equipment popular in media center “Students with overdue books and magazines.” are the biggest headache of librarian Ms. Monta Saker. Saker, who has been librarian at MHS for seven years, said that teachers make a lot of use of the new A.V. equipment which in- cludes two television monitors on which films can be viewed. The fact that there are now over 300 paper and hardback books in the library and the newness of the rooms is what Saker is most proud of. She said, however, that she would like the library to be more centrally located and convenient to use. The school faculty is only human as Ms. Saker proves when she talked about one of her embar- rassing moments. She thought she had something video taped but did not check it before the class came in, and it turned out to be the wrong tape. Ms. Saker has six student librarian aids this year, five girls and one bov. Right: Freshman Jerry Stika uses his few extra minutes after a film to read a magazine. Above Right: Junior Fatty Medina and Freshman Richard Genandt research their subject thoroughly Above Top: Ms Monta Saker does some typing in her office. Above: Library T.A.'s — Front Row: Loreen Wiens. Rod Barnett. Marie Druse. Back Row: Cindy Stevens. Darla Vogel. Brenda O’Dell. 16