Tekonsha High School - Indian Yearbook (Tekonsha, MI)

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(Top) Two seventh grade students are busy working on their mobile projects for Mr. Duane Richardson's social studies class. (Above) Students are pondering their scores from a test in Mrs. Polly DeVries' U.S. history class. (Right) Shirley Jordon expresses her opinion in a class discussion in a social studies mini course. 16

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HOMF FCONOMICS. INDUSTRIAL ARTS (Top) Floyd Hinspeter works on one of his projects in the small engines mini course. (Bottom) Alice and Brenda Kelly concentrate on their drawings in mechanical drawing class. Students Gain Practical Skills Miss Rinette Griffiths, home economics instructor, helps eighth and ninth grade students learn a few of the basic needs of being a homemaker, such as cooking, sewing, and the basics of child care. Miss Griffiths also teaches the mini courses open to grades ten through twelve. The mini courses include home management, food and nutrition, men’s clothing and child care. In the Industrial Arts Department, under the direction of Mr. James Messacar, students learn the correct and safe way to use shop tools. Shop classes are offered to seventh and ninth grades, and various mini courses which include small engines, electronics, and welding. Mr. Messacar also teaches mechanical drawing where students learn to make accurate drawings using mechanical equipment and drafting techniques.

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SOCIAL STUDIES. BUSINESS An Active Year for Classes (Above) Floyd Hinspeter is working on one of the office machines in the advanced typing and office machines class. (Below) Students are busy typing in the second hour Typing I class. The social studies classes, this year had many things to offer. Guest speakers such as lawyers and policemen spoke about their careers in government and discussion classes. The classes offered are government, state and local civics, seventh and eighth grade history, taught by Mr. Duane Richardson; world history taught by Mr. Larry Stout; economics and consumer economics taught by Mr. James Mes-sacar; and U.S. history and social studies minicourses taught by Mrs. Polly DeVries, who replaced Mrs. Cathy Slade for the second semester. In the Business Department, under the direction of Mrs. Sally Hammond, there are several classes offered to the students. These classes are designed to prepare students for the business world. The classes being offered are beginning typing, advanced typing and office machines, accounting I, shorthand I and a new class of junior high general business. During the year, the advanced business classes got a look at the real thing, when they took field trips to area businesses and colleges. Also in the business area, is business math taught by Mr. Steven Schrock. For the second year in a row, the Business Department chose an outstanding senior business student. This year Lois Reese was chosen for her outstanding achievement in the business area. She was honored in April along with other area business students at a dinner given by the Administrative Management Society.