Savannah High School - Savannual Yearbook (Savannah, MO)

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Chris Hendrix '86 removes a flywheel during Small Gas Engines. 14 $,Practical Arts '! Darlene Shelton looks over typing papers. There are m: in the Business nomics departmt High School that beneficial in the According t Shelton, chairper: department, the serve two purpos personal use as x Vocational means get a job - trainim are qualified to v stated Shelton. t level, it gives yt track of persona taxes? Chrystal C01 the business c1 students the opp they want to go world after schm Mrs. Shirl Noah Jones '88, their projects d

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lres her American David Gay l87, asks Mrs. Kim Davis for help on his English paper while Carla Slaybough 787 waits for assistance. There were many new pro- grams introduced to the SHS this year. One, the Implementation of Literature Curriculum tILCl, was designed to help both the students and teachers, according to Mrs. Sandy Messner, chairman of the English department. ttThe long range plan tof the ILCl is to help improve the studentst English skills? comment- ed Messner. Mrs. Kay Tucker, English teacher, stated that the new pro- gram will help the high school because ttwetve got new books to help the students and their know- ledge. ttI hope it will improve rela- tions between the students and teachers also, not just the studentsl knowledge of the English field? stated Mrs. Kim Davis, English teacher. According to Mr. Bill Luce, chairman of the Social Studies department, the Carnegie Listening Experience tCLEl, experimental eXercises used by the Social Studies department, will help the students with their listening and learning skills. Mr. Craig Hill, Social Studies teacher, stated that the new pro- gram tCLEl will help the Social Studies department in many areas. ttThe new program will give Mr. Bill Burns, Librarian, helps Jeff Majerus l88 with his English assignment. new ideas to the teachers to make. their classes more interesting? commented Miss Debe Barnhart, Social Studies teacher. Hill plans to use cassette tapes to help him improve the programs and his classes. The English and Social Studies departments at Savannah will try to improve the skills of the students and teachers, but it will take a lot of hard work to make these programs successful. ; Cindy Fun- - derburg while Sherri Wilson 87 observes. Lori Were '87 is assisted by Mr. Bill Luce Social StudiestEnglish J13

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vet typing papers There are many classes offered in the Business and Home Eco- nomics departments at Savannah High School that may prove to be beneficial in the students futures. According to Mrs. Darlene Shelton, chairperson of the business department, the business classes serve two purposes. ttThey have a personal use as well as vocational. Vocational means you can use it to get a job - training a student so they are qualified to work in an office, stated Shelton. llOn the personal level, it gives you skills to keep track of personal affairs such as taxes? Chrystal Cole l86 stated that the business classes will llgive students the opportunity to see if they want to go into the business world after school? Mrs. Shirley Twombly, a their projects during wood class. Noah Jones 88, Bill Mooney l86 and Tom Grippando l88 work on teacher in the Home Economics department, commented that students taking the Home Ec classes will also benefit in the future. llThey will have a better knowledge of what Home Eco- nomics is all about? ' According to Kelly Lock ,86, llThe Home Ec classes have taught me how to distinguish between certain cooking instruments. I also learned how to do some sewing. This will definitely help me when I get married and have children? Two other departments that offer a wide variety of classes for the students are the Art and Shop departments. According to Mrs. Laura Beat- tie, Art instructor, ttArt involves a basic overview of the use of artistic materials and the study of design as it applies to art of the past and present? Michelle Morgan ,86 stated that the art classes will help itonly if youlre planning on going into the art, field? , Mr. Bill Meyers, Drafting teacher, stated that the students flobviously feel the classes are important they wouldnlt be taking them in the first place. Besides, they have to learn it sometime? C Logan Walker ,86 commented that these classes will help him in illearning a skill to get a job in the future. These four departments, with the wide variety of classes that they have to offer, will help the students in their future by both preparing them for a job in the working world and also for their own home life. - Kelly Limle Angela Schottell l87 and Audrey Wolfing '85 glue down pictures of the latest fashions in Home Economics. Practical Arts V15 Shelly Decker l86, Mrs. Laura Beattie and Jenny Williams ,86 observe art magazines.