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

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MAKIN' IT W Geaeral s,,E -k ' UQ! AAU Mills The Consumer Education class was busy again this year, filling out tax forms under the guid- ance of Riverdale's Con- sumer Education teacher Mrs. Kertz. The course is designed to teach stu- dents how to manage on their own by shopping wisely and being a smart consumer. Students are required to get married to teach them about bud- geting. ,N V Q was Q F t I. Traci Daniels, Ken Burkett. 2. Jodie Beert, Lisa Bass, Randy Bottorff, Dave Mill er, Barry Voltz, Andy Fish, Kathy Mumma 3. Mrs. Kertz. 4. Shonna Scheff. 5. Gary Doyle, Kathy Mumma, Andy Fish, David DeB laey, Dave Miller, Doug Smith.

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OF BUSINESS ACCOUNTING I AND II A lot of students who take business classes don't go on to college. They find jobs straight out of high school. Typing III and IV are independent classes to give the students experience. Ms. Mar- tin gives the students a certain amount of jobs to have finished by the end of the week. This helps the students to learn how to space their time. This year Mrs. Seevers substituted for Mrs. Tad- lock while she took leave. Mrs. Seevers said that she liked teaching Accounting and that it was very interesting. Besides Accounting I and II, Mrs. Tadlock teaches Algebra II and Trigonometry. There are two other business teachers also. Ms. Martin teaches Office Practice, Typing I, Il, III, and IV. Shorthand I, Il, and III Mr. Simmons teaches Introduction to Business. Introduction to Data Processing, and Typing I and

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This year's Drivers Education students were introduced to the thrill of driving by their brave instructor Mr. Wayne Brink- meier. Mr. Brinkmeier said that there is basically two parts to the course lab and classroom. The division called lab con- sists of different skills that the students were required to learn. A few of these skills are starting the car, stopping the car, up and down hill parking, near and far lane turn-abouts, and what to do in skids. The classroom consists of other skills such as knowing which insurance to buy, buying a car and financing it, and the rules of the road.