Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

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AGRICULTURISTS AT WORK In agriculture class students study many topics such as tractor safety, Parliamentary Procedure and animal management. Each class has a unit where the students go into the shop and get hands on experience in woodworking, putting small pieces of machinery together and welding. As a outside activity every student is required to pick out a project such as a calf or any other thing that they are interested in and can keep records of feed time and cost of equipment needed. Since classes are small each individual gets to participate in every activity. A computer is available in the agriculture department that can be used by all the students. During the year the agriculture department will have guest speakers come into the class rooms and tell about what the agriculture business looks like for a career in the future. In the spring the agriculture classes go on a field trip that has to do with agriculture such as going to American Breeders Association or else we go to a feed mill that will show us how feed is mixed up for our dairy animals to eat so they don't go hungry. Mrs. Retzleff 14 Learning can be very interesting in agriculture class. Watching a filmstrip can be very relaxing.

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YOU NEED IT! B. Weber typing in typing class. This year computers and other practice materials are giving our business students a taste of the real world of business. Shorthand students are learning to take dictation of business letters at varied speeds. Their final product is a mailable letter in proper format. The Accounting students are recording transactions and making financial reports on the computer, and they are learning to do income tax returns. General Business students are using on the computer a Financial Cookbook designed to aid people with such things as investments, owning a house or buying a car. The students will also practice being part of a community, where each student will manage a business of their own. The Business Machines class is doing a simulation of real office typing jobs, and working in a office environment. The Merchandising students are each doing a project as a manager of a retail store of their choice. The Business Computers class is in its third year of teaching students to use basic business programs. Mrs. Eschenbauch teaches students in her basic computer class. J. Trewin listening attentively in accounting class. Working at the computers. Mrs. Eschenbauch Mr. McLean 13

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Mr. Gruenwald Mrs. Thompson Students doing a panel in Social Problems. Social Problems class listens attentively. Social Sciences are the sciences that deal with human society and its elements, as family, state, or race, and with man's relations and institutions as a member of an organized community, this is the formal definition according to Webster's dictionary. Social Science classes consist of three classes: World History and Social Problems which are taught by Mr. Gruenwald, and U.S. History which is taught by Mrs. Thompson. In Social Problems some of the topics involved are the study of personal problems, foreign policy and many others. Significant time is spent with current news events that happen every day. In World History the students study many topics such as World War II, Imperialism, and The Industrial Revolution. This course also deals with modern European History, Economics, and social institutions which are all stressed topics throughout the year. In U.S. History the students study American History, from 1500 to the present. Some of the major units studied are The Declaration of Independence. The Depression and many more. Every quarter the students are assigned to do a book review. A book review is where a student picks out a book and summerizes it for a grade. IN DEPTH THOUGHT W. LeClaire hurrying in at the bell.