Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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M A ,A-- .W .Q l 4' l i l Skills prepare kids for life Sewing a button, cooking dinner, and being a smart shopper may not seem like important skills, but if one lacks these basics, life can be one long hassle. That's where home economics steps in. According to Kay Linberger. consumer and home economics teacher, learning these fundamentals was useful for everyday living. These classes teach people everyday living skills that relate to their life, she explains. They see that right away while they learn consumer skills and homemaking skills. The classes, which enrolled an average of 1,000 students in 32 sections, taught students everything from parenting and singles living to fashions and cooking. These classes also had a club, Future Home- makers of America, who compete in state meet- ings. Some of the competition includes story telling, interior design, fashions, and community service displays. Among the other projects in home economic classes were play school and egg adoptions. Play school was where little children came to the classes and students learned how to interact and commu- nicate with them. Egg adoption was the most popular among the students, however messy it might become. ln this project the students adopted an egg as if it was a real child and they must care for it as they would a baby to see that it didn't break. The kids really get into that, said Mrs. Linberger. They got the chance to see how vulnerable babies really were. Through these projects and these classes, the goal was for students to learn how to manage their lives when they're on their own. Everybody's a homemaker and a consumer, said Mrs. Linberger. These classes taught them those skills. by Lea Munoz 4. Refuting the saying a woman's place is in the kit- chen is freshman Thang Le. photo by Matthew Silber 5. Senior Gary Haxby and junior Michelle Douglas ex- perience the responsibility of children in a parenting class. photo by Leroy Lambert Home Economics 93

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l. Juniors Corine Hopkins and Kim Berry enjoy an al- ' . . . ernoon stroll with their young friends. photo by Leroy Lambert 2. Pressing the issue, senior Kim Hoang irons her patterns in a sewing class. photo by Eric Johnston 3. Learning the techniques of using a sewing machine are juniors Pamela White and Gina Andersen. photo by Eric Johnston 0 R. , , Na 1 wt ,.,. e tgigf qv ,V ,, . , lg is-sg, I A ar- W: ,A

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U 1 Students like driver class In Driver's Education!Health and Safety, the somewhat reduced classes found Driver's Educa- tion the most enjoyable. Ken Israel, Driver's Education!HeaIth and Safety instructor, commented that about six or seven students of each class are not freshmen. l'However, we fLUSDi is the only district that offers the course to freshmen, so it's not as though the non- freshmen students are repeats, said Mr. Israel. Freshman Marcos Amezcua said his favorite part of Driver's Education was the films, which include such popular names as Red Asphalt and the like. Referring to his instructor, Robert Cline, Amez- cua said he's not so serious. He makes the class fun and kick-back. He presses us a lot, but is funny, and I like that. With changing times, the teachers found AIDS the big topic not mentioned in their Health notes. We did have to touch on that a little, commented Israel. Mr. Israel also said that students found the Driver's Education course the most preferred in relation to Health and Safety because people are anxious to drive. They observe their parents' driving habits, and want to get their driver's liscense by the time they reach l6. Students studied booklets distributed by the Department of Motor Vehicles detailing every law student drivers need to know when driving, preparing them for their permit test at the DMV. But for David Hampton, Health did not look too fun, but decided it would help him in the future. I think that it fthe classi helped me prepare for emergencies in the future. by C. Todd Barnes photos by Steven Chesley I. Ken Israel stresses the importance of safe driv- ing. 2. Robert Cline illustrates the do's and don't's with safe driving techniques. 3. Students copy notes from the overhead pro- jector on traffic-related deaths.