Neelyville High School - Tiger Yearbook (Neelyville, MO)

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BUSINESS ED. NORMA FOSTER Interest: reading, working outside KARON SKAGGS Interest: reading, sewing, crafts The business and office education department provides the opportunity for students to explore career opportunities, to develop occupational intelli- gence. to choose discriminatingly and use wisely goods and services of business, to acquire economic competencies, to receive occupational train- ing. to prepare for further advanced study, and to acquire skills and knowledge for personal use. Over the years the business and office education department has im- proved due to the purchase of equipment such as computers, calculators and typewriters, and with the addition of one semester classes. However, even with the new equipment, there is room for greater improvement, namely — additional classroom space, an improved electrical system and greater storage facilities. Eighty to ninty percent of the data processed is business data. 12

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ALLEN BATES Interests: reading, gardening VIRGINIA BRANNON Interests: trail riding, camping, reading PATRICIA TYLER Interests: reading, weaving. Writers' Guild ENGLISH All of us use communication skills when we talk, write, listen, read or send body language signals. The English department aims to help students to refine these communication skills by teaching the usage of grammar and writing skills, development of accurate observations and awareness of logical thinking and clear organi- zation. Spelling programs provide a basic core of instantly usable words which make writing tasks easier. Literature studies help students to develop appreciation and understanding of literary forms and extend awareness of the range of subjects and themes reflected in each form. SPEECH Only the lionhearted step through the portals to take speech on the first day of school. They know the importance of what they are doing though, for there is no way to escape having to converse with a group at some point in their lives, and they want to be prepared! Class begins with the least threatening assignments of con- versing in a circle, to skits of in- troduction, to the big moment of speaking in front of a group, but it all happens quite painlessly. Students Find that they not only learn how to conquer their fear of speaking but have enjoyed seeing the improvement of others. II

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VO-AG HOME EC. ORVILLE ALLEN Interest: hunting and collecting arrow heads MARY BEAIRD Interest: sewing, crafts The major objective of our vocational agriculture program is to provide an educa- tional program complimentary to the student’s academic studies that would prepare the student for entry into an occupation in agri-business and allied industries of agri- culture. The most efficient way to accomplish this educational objective is to use the school classroom as a place to provide guidance, information and occupational skill instruc- tions; and. in addition, to use the student’s home farm as a learning laboratory — a place where the student could apply what he has learned in the classroom. Using both the school classroom and the home farm, the students can be taught the necessary production and management actually apply these skills on his home farm intcrprisc. This approach to learning is found in the future farmers’ motto which states; • LEARNING TO DO. DOING TO LEARN. EARNING TO LIVE. LIVING TO SERVE.” In the home economics department this year, the following classes were offered: Home Economics I. contemporary living, advanced foods and clothing, home nursing and management. Our foods classes have been greatly enhanced this year with the addition of a GE microwave oven. In the clothing sections offered, our main purpose is to be in excellent competition for sew with cotton. The home nursing course is designed for the pur- pose of assisting in medical emergencies and directed toward future career plans. Home management helps teach the students how to operate their homes in the most efficient ways considering time, energy, and money. 13