Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Girls interested in business or secretarial careers were given the chance to pany. Students were acquainted with office forms, procedures machines and work in an office atmosphere at the model Titan Missile Manufacturing Com- etiquette. The company was set up in a business education classroom MADGELENE WANDA L. SUSAN CALVIN WALDEN VIRGINIA ALFRED ZAMMIT MORRIS RODGERS SHOEMAKER Bookkeeping WILSON DeP0f'm9nl Secretarial Cooperative Exploratory Busi- Record Keeping Shorthand Chairman Practice Office ness Training Personal Typing Typing Shorthand Typing Education Typing General Business Typing Notehand TYPLHSJ School Work Shorthand Experience A ,U se ff fl L ? M J ' TQ? 3' ymf, gn ',-- A H K- I 'YQ l K l v i 'P' , .,. is 4+ C ' i P SM ' + YT? , 4. trys ,rk, 'K'-Arif? -1-.,.,,, L2 ' N 9,5 ,E ,gl :H iz , 'V I A 3 J- K 4. 3, V, , , J,f , - .,J :I I 3 '- ,'l,lrf'V: W, . - ' , ff fl . 2 AEG! 5 . A c,c, -'A We Ml Gutside Was Qffered ' Bus' Ed t' Senior Barb Baker worked after school at Roy Long Realty typing and an- swering the telephone. She obtained her iob through Cooperative Education. ,A 4,1 xf 'i Personal typing was a one semester course teaching the basic skills of typ ing. Florence Pratt did practice drills in class to improve her technique.

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' A L 21 T v , 'ft-f.-is 'Ns W7 gs if 8 . .tw rssrs ,, 5214 - Q. ,us ,,,.,k..,h 7 i if 1. RICHARD C. BERRY Marketing Merchandising Cooperative- Merchandising DECA -.1 . , Q, ,,kV S fy-21.mv. .i.-. '- . i:'- n a n s . V .s ii , ' 1f..,t- in - V ,M ,,,.i- .Ll 1'i:1afsgi,Q,g,...-' 4, , A Ul-A MAE MARION J. WM. A. MCBRIDE JOHN T. GLOVER DAVENPQRT HUDSON Typing Clerical Practice GeI19fGl Business Marketing General Business Office Machines Business Law DECA Chess Club Shorthand Personal Typing Typing Students in business education classes were intro- skills. Typing, bookkeeping, accounting, shorthand duced to a variety of office machines and clerical and office machines classes were in the curriculum. Supplying students with a knowledge of the business world was the main ob- iective of the Business Education Depart- ment. lntroductory courses such as explora- tory business and general business were offered to students wishing to secure more information about business educa- tion. Students could take more advanced courses in marketing and merchandising. These courses provided students with knowledge in basic occupational skills. Supervised on-the-iob experience in local businesses were made available to students enrolled in cooperative mer- chandising. In this way students could receive training for future references. Office machines, clerical practice, shorthand 1 and 2, secretarial practice and typing 1 and 2 were classes offered to students wishing to enter the secre- tarial line of work. Students could also receive on-the-iob training as a secre- tary, through cooperative office educa- tion. In bookkeeping, students received ex- perience in keeping formal business rec- ords. Record keeping was for the stu- dents who wanted the information for their personal lives. Lab assistants, Chuck Gearhart and Bob DeYoung, repaired a camera in a Experience for Work Mr. Alfred Zammit used a Steno Lab machine in his shorthand class as a training aid. The machine dictated to the students at four different speeds. photography class. The lab program was headed by Business Education.

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urse and Secretaries Aided Students Mrs. Anna Nord was the school's nurse for the '68-'69 school year. She cared for students who became ill or hurt during school hours. The girls in the nurse's office worked one class period a day assisting the nurse. They tiled cards, checked stu- dents in and out and answered the tele- phone. At the beginning of the year the nurse gave them a schedule to fol- low while working in her office. Secretaries in the attendance office were kept busy recording and averaging daily attendance records. They supplied the answering service when parents called in to report the absence of their child. They also took care of students' class admit slips making sure the stu- dent had obtained a signed note stating the reason of absence. The admits were classified A, B or C depending on the validity of the students' excuses. To be excused for absences, students were required blue slip which was checked and stamped by the to bring a note from their parents and fill out a secretaries in the attendance office. The school nurse, Mrs. Anna Nord, required the assistance of student helper Judy Moore to keep accurate records of students leaving or entering the office. .Qs is 5. 1' . Attendance secretary Mrs. McCalIey answered calls from parents notifying the school of their child's absence. She recorded and averaged all absences. Mrs. Huisinga, along with other secretaries in the main office, handled pro- blems of registering students into the school and taking care of absentee slips.