Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Something for Everybod lilse my classes ro be challenging and lseep me occupied, said Sr. Lisa Thomas. The business and social srudies deparrmenrs were lsepr busy frying ro lseep lsids inreresred. There vvere many classes ro choose from. Business classes ranged from typing and inrroe ducrion ro business ro accounring and office education. Social srudies courses included Wesr' ern and Non-Wesrern Civilizarion, American l-lisf rory, and American Governmenr. We rry TO range our classes for all rypes of people, said social srudies deparrmenr head Jim Bond. Business deparrmenr coordinator Al- ice Hinfon said, Usually we have a fevv more classes than we do rhis year, bur rhe ones we do have help ro prepare lsids for rhe fururef' Businessvvise, rhere were differenr rypes of classes ro false, ln rhe marlsering deparrmenr rhere vvere lvlarlsering Educarion l and ll classes. ln rhe office educarion deparrmenr rhere were business English classes, accounring classes, and Office Educarion l and ll. General business classes were Typing l and ll, lnrroducrion ro Business, Career Explorarion, and Noreralsing. I really enjoy business, and The facr rhar we ger 'hands on' experience, lilse vvirh rhe com- purers, helps, said Sr. Candace Harris. Business vvas an imporranr parr of school life and rhe furure. As Mrs. Hinton said, You can'r avoid rhe business world. According ra Mr. Bond, Social Srudies is gen- erally accepred vvirhin school. Abour 882 of rhe lsids raise social srudies for all four years of school. A fevv of The harder classes ro false were AP. American l-lisrory and Contemporary Issues. Mr. Coble and Mr. Ellis are borh very de- manding, bur you learn a lor because rhey expecr a lor, said Sr. Colleen O'Brien. Q . x sf w T X SX ,, Lew Q Ser: s Soph. Theresa Seaman rrles ro fix her rypevvrlrer as Mrs. Lourette Purfurst heads ro help her, Typing vvos one of rhe mosr popular business classes ro raise ,fc To ger rhe answer, sing rhe guesrlon Mr. Jim Bond dressed up as o bill and song ro his American Governmenr class abour hovv a bill becomes a lavv w M,-,Q l4'j..fi.rsn li 222

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Making th Grade he easy A. Ar some poinr in several srudenfs' academic careers rhey loole for a class which will oe efforrless ro rhem. The classes which usually seemed io fall info This cafegory were many of rhe indusrrial arrs, performing arrs, arf and gym classes. Phoro reacher Mr. Jim Neiberger felf rhar many of his srudenrs were lazy and expect- ed rhe easy A credir ro be handed ro rhem, l-lowever, fhis was nor rhe case. Many sfudenrs soon found our rhar rhese assumed easy A classes were nor so easy and required parience, discipline, and many hours of worls. lndusrrial arfs reacher Mr. Gordon Young explained rhar mosr srudenrs are afraid ro false rhese srereoryped classes because llrhey don'r l-:now whar ro expecr and are afraid rhey may be loolsed down upon because rhey are non academic classes. Young added lndusrry is leaning in more of a rechnical direcrion, so rhe easy A srereorype is fading, Gym classes were rhe assumed easiesr way TO ger an A. Wrong, commenred Jr. Jenni- fer Kueh ner, whose gym class wasjusr lilse any orher class, wirh boolss, auizzes, resrs, and lirrle physical acfivify. To gef an A you have TO srudy for rhe resrs, commenred Jr. Jennifer Kuehner. For many srudenrs arf classes were rhe easi- esf way ro ger an A. The only requiremenr was a lifrle bir of ralenf and a whole lor of worls, Wirh such classes asjewelry, ceramics, phorography, and various drawing classes, somefhing was offered ro supporr rhe ralenrs of all, Many srudenfs found our rhar easy A's were nor always easy ro ger, Yer mosr came our wifh a new ourlools abour rhe rype of classes ralsen, They also ended up wirh somerhing rhey had creared as well as fhe grade rhey had earned. Dllrgenrly vvorlsing in mechani co' drawing, Sr. Thad McGowen malses all rhe proper adlusrmenrs Parrence, discr plrne, plus exrra hours of worls were required for many of hose assumed easy A classes z ,-gg.fl s ' 5. -A A Academic