Saddleback High School - Caparral Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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Arlene Leonard, Clerk Typist Bob Leonard. Math Jean Lespier. Spanish David Lindahl, Science Nyema Lmdblade, Senior Counselor Ann Linder, Art Richard Lindner, Science Barbara Liner. RSP Gordon Linn, Science Shan Lockman. RSP Jan Lopez, Attendance Clerk Wayne Lubke, History Lisa Luebben, English Dick Mahoney. Assistant Principal, Control Bobby Mangram, Physical Education Business on the rise Having difficulty transcribing a word in her shorthand assignment. Nancy Iran receives assistance from Ms Razor, the Business Department Chairperson. by Cindy McDaniel From a clerical job to a managerial administrative position, the business field is comprised of a variety of occu- pations and professions. The require- ments needed for the field vary from four-year degrees to sundry levels of ability, skill, and education. Helping students enter the world of business is the Business Department, headed by Ms. Glenda Razor. The Business Department is a model office site and the only one of its kind in Or- ange County. The main goal of this de- partment, accordingto Ms. Razor is to train students so that they meet the needs of industry. Helping the Business Department teachers, is an advisory committee which consists of people in industries who help make recommendations as to the best equipment and latest ad- vances in technology to work with. To help prepare the students for working in the business field there are a total of thirteen courses in four pro- grams. Accounting Data Processing is the first program. It is made up of nine courses ranging from Typing One to Computer Applications (ROP). The second program, General Of- fice Procedures, consists of nine courses ranging from Typing One to Business Skills (ROP). The third program is Secretarial Sci- ence and the final is Word Processing. Both consist of courses ranging from typing one to business skills (ROP). With the completion of a program, the student is presented with a Certifi- cate of Achievement and Completion, along with a list of skills developed and competencies reached. Ms. Razor feels that if a student goes through these courses, students are well pre- pared to go out and do simple things. V Academics 233

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Business English teaches tran- scription skills needed for an of- fice career. — Mrs. Sondra Smartt i Todd Maxwell and Ken Dunn listen attentively to Mrs. Money as she explains a command on the com- puter. ♦ Mrs. Smartt looks on encouragingly as Business English student Lonya Dufour successfully executes the transcription skills she has recently learned. Thomas Kelly, Campus Security Of- ficer Bonnie Key-Kavaya, English, Pep Drill Advisor Jim Knapp, Physical Education Pat Knutson. HIP Speech and Lan- guage Specialist Hartley Koch, HIP Program Psy- chologist Will Koehn, Director of Guidance Jean Kraemer, HIP Teacher Christine Lammers. English Dottie Large, HIP Interpreter Robert Larson, Science 232 Kelly Mangram

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Elizabeth Martinez, English Celia Mendez, Instructional Assis- tant Mary Merdith, History Karen Mesenhimer, School Ac- countant Clerk Tim Mesenhimer, English Jill Money, Business Gloria Montes, Campus Security Officer Mark Morrill, Science Charles Murrel, Junior Counselor Renan Musick, Physical Education Benita McCord, ESL Dominick McGrail, History Edward McGuckin, History Katherine McGuire, History Gerard McManus, Resource Officer A move back to basics by Mikel Healey There is a movement in American education that has covered the na- tion. It focuses on drilling what is known as the 3 Rs (reading, writing and arithmetic) and includes a wide range of aims. It ' s the back to ba- sics movement. A general view of this movement shows, in part, a return to traditional teaching methods such as drill, recita- tion, daily homework and frequent testing. It also calls for the cutting out of frill subjects (clay modeling, dress designing, flute practice) and social service-type courses (driver education, health education, physical education) in order to devote most of the day to English, science, math and history. Promotion to higher grade levels and graduation can be attained only by the student first demonstrat- ing a mastery of skills and passing competency tests. Discipline should be strict, corporal punishment should be accepted and dress codes should regulate student clothing and hair- styles. Many people are enthusiastic about the possible beneficial effects of back to basics. There ' s a chance that our schools will be able to pro- duce better readers, writers and youth who are better skilled in compu- tation. Principal O ' Connor advocates back to basics. First you have to have a basic education, then with that you can perform well in extracurricu- lar activities. Many believe that by stressing the fundamentals a student could obtain a more in depth education off of which they could draw for creativity an in- ventiveness. However, others believe that over stressing these fundamentals and cut- ting classes such as art and drama could cause our nation to suffer. As John Wright stated, The basics are important but not at the sacrifice of the joy of learning. V Shan Heatherly listens intently in her Eng- lish class. Teaching critical writing and think- ing skills became an important concern in the 3 Rs movement, too. 234 Mornnez Ollesrod