Satanta High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Satanta, KS)

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Running a small business, this requires skills that range from secretarial duties to accounting skills. These skills are taught to students by Mrs. Mary McGowan. It was hard at first to remember to set the margins and which letter style was which, said Typing I student Shari Honsby. The typing classes learned how to type the three different kinds of business letters and how to type unbound and bound reports. My favorite part of typing is the composing of a story. We type for three minutes then pass it to the next person. You never know how your story will turn out, said Typing I student Rachel Middlebrooks. My favorite part of Accounting was when we did the business books. It was like we were real accountants, said senior Kay Lopez. How to do a payroll, income tax forms and run a business were just some of the things learned. A representative from Brown Mackey College gave a lecture to the class on the many opportunities for an accountant. Although everyone worked hard at learning these skills, no one forgot to have fun They laughed at things like Marc Anton's sneeze that left his gum on his typewriter and Casey Apsley's constant teasing of Mrs. McGowan. Type. Erase. Type. Erase. Thai's the way it is in Typing t for Daniel Jones, Lisa Doerfler, John Longona. Charles Stapp and John Rangle. j4ne you sure that's ttS nqht margin setting? says Jenni Reed to Michelle Hughan in their Typing I class. Skills ... It was like we were real accountants. Business 27

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Expectations Variety Sparks Interest Expectations. Everyone has their ex- pectations of their classes before they actually begin, and freshmen were no ex- ception. 1 thought speech class was going to be noth- ing but giving speeches and no fun, said Darcy Mclver, but after I had speech it wasn't like that at all. It was fun! Most of the freshmen agreed with Darcy that it was fun but they still learned something about giving speeches. Lisa Oli- ver said, My favorite speech was the demonstra- tion because we got to eat. Besides demonstrations, the freshmen had to give an informative speech, a per- suasive speech and an en- tertaining speech. The en- tertaining speech was fun but it was the hardest to do because the jokes wouldn't go with the topic you were trying to talk about, said Andy Clawson. Panel discussions were also used in speech class. First a topic was chosen for discussion, then a group of students offered their opin- ions about that subject. On most of the speeches students were graded on the content of the speech and also how well they pre- sented it. Although speech class wasn't quite what the fresh- men had expected, they all agreed that they had fun and learned about public speaking. Step into my kitchen says Mike Zizza as he demonstrates how to make breaded veal cutlets. Coming to the rescue. Cookie Monster helps Tory Ramsey make chocolate chip cookies, as she demonstrates this to the speech class. 26 Speech

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Coach Bill Stevens displays that famous “Mildcat'' smile. Variety Adds Spice Completing tomorrow's assignment Kelly Anthony, Derek Stevens, Karla Feezor and Lisa McLeland work on their history. Various ways to teach American History exist, and Mr. Bill Stevens has used several of them. Showing films on the VCR, doing map studies and playing the current events game are just a few. All of these things tend to help students understand history better. Current events is my favorite activity because you learn some- thing and have fun at the same time, said Stephanie Myrick. When the history class studied slavery and the Civil War, they had a slave auction. This helped the students have a better understanding of what slaves had to go through and how they were treated. When the history class studied the Pilgrims they held a mock town meeting. Each student was given a character such as the town crier, the parson, the town tax collector or the keeper of pigs. The students had a chance to express their opinions on town policy and town rules. This helped the students to understand more about the Pilgrims who founded our country. A new addition was ad- ded to the social studies program. This course is ge- ography. It was added be- cause of the new credit re- quirement in the social studies area. Students must now have three years of so- cial studies instead of two. In geography students not only learned where countries were but they also learned how to use a map and how to find places on a map. 28 History