Riverdale High School - Rambler Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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Mr.BeW Bob Day John Urban All classes in the Industrial Arts Department were taught by lVlr. Bell. He taught drafting .. , ,ei , -elm-: - M I Mr,BeH classes, an auto diagnosis, and tune up class, elec- tronics classes, and metals classes. Due to budget cuts, the classes sufTered at times with little or no materials to work with. BUDGETS CUTS FORCE REVISIONS

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Mark Miller, Miss McFadden Ann Short There was a new Independent class being taught by Miss McFadden this year in the Home Econom- ics Department. There were only three students in the class, Denise Johnson, Todd Irwin, Alair Wal- grave. They went over to the elementary school for two hours every day to help the teachers with their students. They did this for a full year and received a full credit. There were also sewing classes, food classes, a interior decoration class, and child care classes to chose from. Some popular classes stu- dents liked to take were Single Survival, Married Life and Parenting. Miss McFadden uMm Mm GOOD 18

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Jeff Plavak, Paige McCord, Len I-aU '9 Jacks KYIS NeY lnCk Pegg' Hannabarger WESt J0hI'1 Ul'bal'I ARE YOU BEING GYPED? Consumer Education class taught students the basics of economics. During the semester the stu- dents undertook a Family Management packet in which the student learned how to set up a budget. In Consumer Ed. students saw many films and Hlmstrips on such subjects as credit, gyps and frauds, tax filing, balancing checkbooks, budgeting, llsmart buying procedures, as well as other basic economic topics. The students were also respon- sible for writing a book report which dealt with some aspect of consumer education. This year Mrs. Kertz invited Mr. Michael Eidson, President of the Port Byron State Bank, to speak on banking procedures and services while the class was on the banking unit. The students also covered unit pricing where Mrs. Kertz borrowed groceries from Winter's Red Fox so that the students could visually learn to calculate the price per measure. The class was very helpful in preparing students for their future role as a consumer. 20