Rogers High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Domestic Skills Gained Through Experience . . . Home economics classes are now offered on a one semester basis, except for freshman classes which are still two semester courses. Besides the basic sewing and cooking classes there are a variety of other electives. Consumer Economics teaches sensible money management for the present and future, and is now co-educational. Social Relations, concerning family roles, has also been changed to co-educational. A one semester course of Child Development is now being offered above the freshman level instead of being combined with other home economics courses. The Boys Foods class continued this year, and was reported as very successful. ABOVE: Home Economics students busily complete next week ' s racing forms. 26

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ABOVE: Special classes are conducted on the Universal Gym. PE Breaks Daily Routine . . . The Physical Education department at Rogers provides students with adequate training to lead a normal healthy life. PE time is used to educate boys and girls about such things as: Cigarettes, drugs, and other social problems. The boys participate in various sports; some of which include: Volleyball, use of the universal gym, dodgeball, crab soccer, and boxing. Girls ' PE is required during the freshman, sophomore, and junior years. Team sports include: Soccer, volleyball, basketball, and softball. Other activities vary from track, archery, bowling, shuffleboard, and modern dance, to such life time sports as golf and tennis. A new activity during the first semester was performing rhythmics using balls and hula hoops. ABOVE: Wrestling takes lots of practice and body building.