North Scott High School - Silver Shield Yearbook (Eldridge, IA)

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business update We Mean Business was the theme tor the business department this year as proclaimed on their red and gray homecoming shirts. Chaired by Mrs. Carmene Granger, the department was active in l'lOOl odds-and-ends jobs. Preparation for the year had an unusual start in the Lake ot the Gzarks as Mrs. Granger and Mrs. Connie l-lanssen attended a luly mini-methods seminar spon- sored by GreggfMcGraw-l-lill, pub- lishers ot our texts. ln Gctober Mrs. Granger and Mrs. Tori Slotterback attended a two-day conference ot the lowa Business Edu- cation Association in Newton looking at current trends in business ed. especial- ly in the areas ot word processing and accounting. The department sponsored Emily Birtell in the Administration Manage- ment Society's annual competition honoring area high school seniors tor their work in the area ot business. Emily advanced to the business show held in Moline in March. Second semester Mrs. l-lanssen de- parted tor Colorado and Mrs. Pat Schrage took her classes. 28 ACADEMKTS At the keyboard, Shelly Breeden types an assignment. Taking time after school, Mrs. Tori Slotterback cuts out letters tor a new bulletin board. d Tl mr. benjamin was receptive of all personalities, not only a teacher, but a friend. deborrah jo treund 68 t Mrs. Connie Hanssen goes trom North Scott High to a Rocky Mountain high with the help ot her husband Ed and Mrs. Slotterback.

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Taking time out ot a grueling day, Mr. Ron Brown smiles. lm, .. M .,.. Studying the problem, Mr. Bob Voelkel recognizes his error. NX apples ripen The excitement ot computers seemed to pre- val over the North Scott math department this year. lnquisitive students could be found testing their newly-learned skills on the new Apple ll's. Both Algebra and Computer Programming stu- dents swarmed into the recently created com- puter lab. Mr. Galen Howsare, dept. head, and Mrs. lulie Graham authored l'Computer Activities, Algebra and Trigonometry Structure and Meth- od Book , a textbook tor Algebra classes pub- lished by I-loughtonfMittlin Co. They also in- structed computer courses available to interest- ed teachers once a week during a academic year. Mrs. Cindy Miller joined the math depart- ment this year, along with many more interested students expanding our math program and their math background. An eye-opener for a few advanced students was early-morning Calculus taught by Mr. Rob- ert Voelkel, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri- days all school year. MATH 27

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