Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Treva Carroll, Department Head Theresa Calhan Rita Gaither Shirley Hembd Nancy Ratner Bonita L. Rice Maria Adams, not pictured Top: Sampling the fi nished products is probably the high- light of a cooking class. Obviously, Brian Watts agrees, as he goes for thirds. Above: Jamika Hale recreates an old tradition by passing the time sewing and chatting. Bottom right: Teamwork is the spirit in the Home Eco- nomics Department as Tracy Evans and Darvina McVea confer on a project. Keiowa Arnold listens in to benefit from the conversation also. Home Economics 25

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Home Economics Cooks Up Recipe For Homemaking Have you ever walked down the first floor hallway and smelled something really great? Your mouth started to wa- ter and your nose wanted to lead you to the Home Economics Department. When you walk in you will probably hear sewing machines running and lots of people talking. You will be able to find out just what it was that smelled so won- derful out in the hallway. This is the place where anybody can take a Foods class and learn what's good to eat, how to fix it, and even how to set the table. You can learn other things too!! For example, you could take Child Development to learn how a child devel- ops and how to handle each of those stages as they come along. You could learn to sew or maybe just to get along better with people. Come down and check out what goes on in Home Economics. There is always something interesting going on. Amy Cook Below: Cheryl Harmon dreams of being the belle of the ball as she works on a prom dress. Bottom: Onlookers watch as Laquita Alsum pins her pattern to the fabric.

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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY New Classes Highlight The Industrial Technology Department The Industrial Technology Depart- ment seems to have been zapped over the summer. This year when the school year started, the teachers were faced with to- tally new courses — Graphic Communi- cation Systems, Electronic Communica- tions Systems, Constructing Structures, Construction Planning and Design, Transportation Systems, Energy Sys- tems, Community Planning, Designing and evaluating Transportation Systems, Manufacturing Materials and processes and Product and Manufacturing System Design. If you like to print products, work with computers, make things and work with your hands, then maybe you should consider signing up for one of these courses next year. Department Head Mr. Wayne Wel- lington says, The courses are now more working with your hands. You hardly ever do book work. The teachers are adapting well to the newness of the courses. The department is still working collectively trying to integrate the old with the new curriculum while they are waiting to see how the students like the new courses. The change was inevitable, with the world of technology shifting so rapidly in the real world , the school must change to prepare the students for a more realis- tic situation in the job market. And with the reality of job skills for today's mar- ket, Industrial Technology meets the needs of students to prepare them for today's world. Jennifer Hardy Top: Future architect, Nichole Wilson, isn't going to let her Wilson Bridge fall down as she double checks her measurements. Above: No, it's not knight school. Mr. Hester dem- onstrates a lathe to his students as he faces off the end of a metal shaft. 26 Industrial Technology