Round Rock High School - Dragon Yearbook (Round Rock, TX)

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Business classes give experience Business is a major part of tion to Business, taught by today's world and has Jane Nelsong Typing, taught become a major part of the by Sandra Millegan and Bar- curriculum at Round Rock bara Johnsong Economics, High School, especially since taught by Barbara Johnson ten new IBM computers were and Accounting, taught by recently added to the Cindy Pittman. business department. This The Introduction to year found only one class us- Business class worked out of ing the computers, but an ex- a book that informed the pansion of the program to in- students how business serves clude three additional classes the economy, what types of ' I I H- ' using the computers was pro- jobs are available in the work jected for next year. field and what the advan- The business classes are tages are to being a wise of value to all students in- consumer. terested in business and of- According to Nelson, fice skills and careers in this Every student should take a area, said Jane Nelson, business class during their business teacher. high school career to prepare Business classes offered themselves for the world of this year included Introduc- workf' Gil Dean, sophomore, and Lorne Dornak, freshman, listen to Mrs. Jane Nelson explain an assignment during class. Nelson teaches Introduction to Business and Recordkeeping. ra Jennifer Prater, sophomoreg Michelle Stuckey, juniorg Lee Liedecke, sophomore, and Geneva Valdez, sophomore, work diligently on a timed typ- ing assignment. Shelly O'Neal and Lisa Larson, sophomores, work out a problem during their typing class. Typing students work to develop both their speed and their accuracy. Business 49

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48 Whispers Larger staff has no less Work The Whispers staff published the 24-page school literary magazine which sold for one dollar. It's not as big as last year's but just as much work went into it, said Chip Hadley, editor. We had a big problem at the beginning of the year because a number of people quit the staff. However, we still had a slightly larger staff than last year, said Hadley. Because there was no class period set aside for the magazine production, the staff had to put together Whispers on their own time. Meetings were held every Wednesday morning before school, then, around deadline time, the staff met every possible morning, after school and on weekends. Laying out the pages worked better this year because there were a lot of people working on it. Last year it was a small group that did everything whereas this year several different people did different tasksf' said Hadley. To help find material for publication the staff judged 3 l 'S Stacey Sanders looks on while Tammy Pfluger, senior, and Editor Chip Hadley, senior, look over one of the exchange magazines to get some ideas the poetry notebooks from Joan Hall's sophomore English classes. The staff chose a first, second and third place notebook from Hall's talented and gifted class and an overall first, se- cond and third place from Ha1l's regular English classes. In exchange for judg- ing, the staff was able to choose material from the notebooks as submissions for the magazine. This year's magazine has a developing theme. There are no divisions and the en- tire book is a progression of ideas going from dreams and fantasies, dropping to a low point which is war and death and going back up to realities and life, said Hadley. Staff members included Hadley and senior John De- ment, art editor. Other staff members were Noel Eickbusch, senior, Brenda Evans, senior, Erica Eynouf, senior, Jenny Ford, senior, Bobby Garcia, sophomore, Stefan Knight, sophomore, Ann Lesko, senior, Tammy Pfluger, senior, Dan Schulke, junior, and artist Brian Bucher, senior. . swf M rf? ii. for their own Whispers magazine. The group did during lunch and after school in order to finish not meet as a class, but. instead had to do all the magazine before school let out. The staff production work on their own time before school, found themselves working weekends in the WHISPERS: QBOtt0m Row, Chip Hadley, Yvonne Schuette, John Dernentg iSecond Rowl Stacey Sanders fsponsorj, Ford, Tammy Pfluger, Erica Eynouf, Becky Johnson, Brenda Evans, Ledbetter, tTop Rowl Bobby Garcia, Carolyn Carey, Dan Schulke, Hawkins, Stefan Knight. 5. Stacey Sanders, advisor of Whispers, reviews one of the poetry notebooks from Mrs. Joan Hall's English class. The Whispers staff graded th notebooks on creativity and individuality. ,W .1

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FBLA sales raise money for blazers Future Business Leaders of America CFBLAJ gives students a better view of business and eases their transition into the business world, according to Jane Nelson, co-sponsor of the organization. This group met twice a month and for special called committee meetings. Of- ficers were President Kim Rodriguez, seniorg Vice president Stephanie Stromberg, junior, Secretary Phyllis Jacobson, sophomore, Treasurer Leigh Robinson, sophomore, Reporter Yvonne Howard, senior, Parliamentarian Manoj Topiwala, sophomoreg Historian Sharon Cannady, senior, and Student Council representatives Yvonne Brooks and Michelle Day, senior. The major fundraiser for the group was a Bookfair held in conjunction with the Corner Book Store. The group also sold Reese's candy to raise money. Pro- ceeds from the sales were used for con- ference expenses and to provide entry fees for a business practices competition held in New Braunfels. Funds were also used to pay for decorations for the ban- quet and to purchase FBLA blazers. Sponsors for this year's group were business teachers Barbara Johnson, Sandra Millegan, Cindy Pittman and Nelson. Kim Rodriguez, senior, works her shift at the an- nual FBLA Bookfair. The Bookfair is one of the group's fundraising projects. FBLA: fBottom Rowl Kim Rodriguez, Stephanie Stromberg, Phyllis Jacobson, Leigh Robinson, Yvonne Howard, Manoj Topiwala, Yvonne Brooks, Barbara Johnson fsponsorjg fSecond rowl Staci Kropp, Shelley Kruemcke, Becki Murphy, Susan Sledge, Serita Childs, Karen Cannady, Cin- dy Mueller, fTop rowl Sandra Millegan fsponsorlg Veronica Buckles, Monica Hernandez, Sharon Cannady, Gilbert Renaud, James Fisher, Jay French, Jane Nelson fsponsorl. Becki Murphy, senior, sorts the merchandise at the FBLA Bookfair while students browse through the book selection. The Bookfair was set up in the student center and lasted several days.