Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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DE, OE Takin life a little ea ier A Out-of-schoolwork provides badly needed experience VOE ocational Office Education was a course offered to seniors inter- ested in majoring in business. Students were taught business techniques, budg- eting, clerical practices, personality development, how to use adding machines, calculators, typewriters, and answering the telephone efficiently. VOE taught you how business func- tions, and helped you gain working experience that would enable you to get jobs during college between semes- ters, sumrner, and after college, said VOE Coordinator Mrs. Shirley Coco. The students went to VOE one period a day where Mrs. Coco played the role of a job cordinator and super- visor. Mrs. Coco said that the students didnit use textbooks and much empha- sis was put on learning budgeting. The atmosphere was casual and business- like. Mrs, Coco wasn't like a teacher, she was like a supervisor. It was just like an office atmosphere and adults in an office areri't always getting after you,'i said Senior Suzanne Dixon. At 12:30 the students went to their jobs which Mrs. Coco had located and for which the students had interviewed. The students got paid, course credit, and on the job experience. The employers hired the VOE students knowing that they were going to be training us to work in their compa- nies, said Senior Stephanie Borden. Some of the types of jobs the stu- dents had were typing, key operating, 148 Office Education filing, secretarial work, xeroxing, and management. They worked for Shell, Exxon, Stewart Title, G. L. Baker, Computer System, and Houston Home and Garden, magazine. All of these jobs were office jobs which only could be acquired through the recommenda- tion of the VOE program, said Senior Susie McKee. Susie added that some- times the VOE students didn't go to college, but they raised their position in the company they worked for. Mrs. Coco said VOE helped the stu- dents prepare for the business world and helped lead them to maturity. It prepares you to go out into the world, said Borden. It's a real good course to take in your senior year if you have the credits. You get out at 12:30, earn money and get good experience on the side, she said. DE For many students, Distributive Education was more than a class, it was a way to make money and survive. For- mer DE student, Senior Suzanne Dixon said, I took DE because I could get credit hours and money at the same time. Mrs. Yvonne Sparks taught all three periods of DE. First period was for people who were in first year selling, second period was for second year stu- dents, and third period was a new course geared toward merchandising. It was an important course because the administration was curious to see how it benefited the students, -said DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION TEACHER EVONNE SPARKS teaches a fashion retailing class in her third period. On the overhead pro- jector, Mrs. Sparks gives a demonstration on the principles of display designing. Photo by Cam Hewell. RELAXING IN THE VOCATIONAL OFFICE EDU- CATION CVOE7 CLASS, Seniors Sherri Weaver, Sally Rae, Lisa Collier and Karen Carter prepare for their jobs. Photo by Bill Montgomery. Suzanne. 'iMrs. Sparks helped us prepare for our interviews, said Senior Brad Smith. She gave pep talks and helpful hints, he added. To have a job and go to school was too much for many people. But Suzanne said, Sure, it was hard at first to get adjusted to working during the day at school and then going straight to work at a job. But as soon as you got used to it, it was fun. Brad Smith wrapped it up: I dor1't know what I would do without DE. Besides, he said jokingly, it was a way to get out of school early. - 30 Freddie H erber! and Jonathan Lack

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VOCATIONAL OFFICE EDUCATION STUDENTS TOOK TIME OFF from their regular class period to celebrate Christmas by decorating their Christmas tree. Clockwise around the tree is Lisa Collier, Susan Muniza, Joni Ballard, Joan Cassio, Laura Hugley, Karen Carter, Sheri Vrlgaver and Sally Reagal. Photo by Trent Rosen- t . DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE, TOP ROW: John Frisby, Guy Robertson, Tim Winslett, Doug Heinen, Russell Cody, Brad Smith, Dale Spencer, Jim Sommers, Colleen Hornsby, Krissy Koller. THIRD ROW: Teri Hornsby, Sharon Pampell, Diane Buckley, Suzanne Dixon, Cathy Morse, Susan Calkins, Alisa Elliott, Mrs. Evonne Sparks. SECOND ROW: Karen Scalora, Carol Harris, Tracy Samu- els, Gwen Grossman, Katy Sommers, Katy Lind- sey, Russel Hankins. BOTTOM ROW: Rob Der- ick, Kevin Gugenhiem, Cherie Chapman, Kellie Kurtin, Tammy Inglehart, and Dennis Snook. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. A SENIOR . SUSAN . 3 MUNIZA I ' was one of a , class of about ' in ,' , 10 to I2 girls ' ' . who some- - times spent 3 or 4 periods a day learning how to be secretar- ies, receptionists, or fill other skilled jobs. Her main reason for taking Vocational Office Educa- tion CVOEJ was to help earn money for college by working after school in an office and receiving on-the-job training. Your job counts as thigh schoolj credit, she said. VOE came in handy for Susan's office work because it improved her clerical skills. It lets you use all the skills I've used until my senior year, like typing and bookkeeping, she said. Typing skills and bookkeeping were not the only things Susan learned through the class. We studied personalities and how to get along with other peo- ple in an office atmosphere, and also how to go for an interview and what to expect, she stated, and then added, We.really study self-improvement a lot. Susan found VOE beneficial to her because, It lets you see how an office really works. - 30 - - Debbie Lansdowne VOE SPONSOR Mrs. Shirley Coco, Rebecca Duke, Suzanne Dixon, Susan McKee, Stephanie Bordan, Carolyn Dowdy, Susan Kaplan, and Patricia Black. Photo by Trent Rosenthal. VOE STUDENT JENNIFER RASCO TYPES OUT YET ANOTHER PROJECT while protecting her- self from icy weather in the room. Photo by Bill Montgomery. Office Education l 49