Red Oak High School - Hawk Yearbook (Red Oak, TX)

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Subjects pave way to careers Business, history classes play dual roles e finds himself balancing a jour- nal, taking notes in shorthand and figuring the ef- fect of economic demand on the production of his product. He may have learned these skills in high school business and history departments. Shorthand, typing, Personal Busi- ness Management, Accounting and word processing are offered in the business department. The history de- partment offers world geography, world history, American History and ECONOMIC CLASS AUCTION Looking at the goods and services sold at the eco- nomic class auction, Pat Hammit, coun- selor and Don Powers, science, teacher, talk it over. They both bought a good. governmentf economics. Our business department is a rapidly growing part of our school. I feel it is best to take a business course to prepare for the future, Jan Kavanaugh, typing teacher, said. In Judy Roy's government classes students dressed up to prove a point. She decided to use a different approach to a lesson. Students dressed as characters from history. They really enjoyed it and l think they even learned some- thing from itf' Mrs. Roy said. Business courses are useful 'Business courses are useful to a student if he or she plans a career in business.' to a student if he or she plans a career in business. It can give them a general idea of what might be involved in this type of careerf' Cheryl Hughes, business teacher, said. These business courses are made to help the persons interested in the business field. Business courses can be very LEARNING THE BUSINESS Listening at- tentively to Cheryl Hughes, business teacher, David McDowell, senior, pre- pares for his business simulation. She explains which ledger he should use. useful and interesting because the information that is taught in these classes can be applied to everyday lifeg such as, checking accounts, how to get a loan and personal record keeping, Miss Hughes said. Though seemingly unrelated the business and social studies department work together to prepare students for their careers and their everyday chal- lenges. TYPING EXPERIENCE Typing vigor' ously, Kim Harris, senior, Nikki LeDoux, junior, Charlene Kostak, senior and Ann Kostak, freshman, keep busy. They are learning to type letters. A t 1 a. . is W .I tr rgllalfll 1, .ar XS'-W5 ., 4655-n-1 'X M059 ,,, ,. . -- if , Lu:- , , f 'i f nh it gg l ,xx x . . 'Ln-'W 55.1 a s.. I XR- 3 is academics 17