Moore High School - Timekeeper Yearbook (Moore, OK)

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J-1 look ' ' '. . . every young student needs to know how to be a citizen.' Following is an interview with Ms. Phyllis Davis, head of the Social Studies department. Q. Why do you feel that your de- partment is important to the school's curriculum? A. Every student needs to have an awareness ofthe history around him and the workings of his gov- ernment. I think that every young student needs to know how to be a citizen, and that's probably the most important thing you learn in government. lf we dontt know Q. A. what our rights are and how we've struggled to get where we are,then we will not remain the free country that we are now. Have any new courses been added to the department this year? We took our World History and split it into semesters, with an Early Civilizations and a Modern History. We added Oklahoma Government as a new mini- course, and also Woman in the Law If . X X X 232 FOUR HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Working in groups makes as- signments a little less difficult in Mr. McCharen's American History class. '.sLE W egg. I if um suv L-.

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QUALIFICATION for FBLA membership can be simply tak The ing a course in Typing I or can be involvement in many and ' Any student enrolled in a business course may belong to the Future Business Leaders of America IFBLAJ. The business department is a large department, with an enroll- ment of around 1300, and so its club is justifiably one ofthe largest in the school. FBLA was established in order to train business students in leadership and also as a service organization. Among the chapter's activities were a picnic at Golf Acres, and a Christ- mas party. Many members also at- tended the state convention in Tulsa. Fund-raising for FBLA lies primar- ily in the publishing of the Student Directory, which were sold for one dollar apiece. A mini-float built by FBLA members won first place in it's division during Homecoming Week. Buying Christmas gifts. for St. Joseph's orphanage was their main service project. The 131 members of FBLA are led by Bill Thomason, presidentg Stephanie Banker, vice-presidentg Linda Pennington, secretaryg Conni Allen, treasurerg Jackie Henson, his- toriang Beverly Jones, reporterg Scott Logan, parliamentarianq and John Burruss, sergeant-at-arms. The club sponsors are Ms. Mary Morse and Ms. Jennifer Chapman. I 1 P L 1. J 1 i I M- ' .. f -L, lf. . .X .

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I I I I firm 3 I 3 8, , if K , , ss COMING TO THE AID of Mr. Phil War- ford's Politcal Parties class is Marsha Maxwell, teacher's aide. GRIN AND I'BAFIFtETT. Ms. Gayle Barrett makes a point concerning the fine aspectsrof Iaw in her Crime and Punishment mini-course.