Tekonsha High School - Indian Yearbook (Tekonsha, MI)

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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.

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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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ENGLISH Speech Class Use Video Tape In the English Department, Mr. Robert Currie teaches American lit, speech and sophomore English. American lit consists of studying American authors and poets with emphasis on them as well as their work. In speech class students participate by presenting speeches, acting, radio and television broadcasting skits while being video taped. They also perform acts for the Cabaret. In English a study is made of both lit and grammar. Mr. Paul Sweet is the English teacher for grades seventh to ninth. Speeches and reports are made by the students in front of the class and reading is done for comprehension and enjoyment. Mrs. Polly DeVries is also a teacher of a freshman English class. Mrs. Carlene Zollner, the new reading consultant, teaches reading classes which concentrate on reading fundamentals of comprehension, work attack skills and sight vocabulary. (Above, Left) Mr. Robert Currie assists a student, Glenda Williams. (Middle) Mr. Paul Sweet teaches an English class. (Below) Mr. Currie prepares to play records as a means of studying poetry in American lit class. 18