William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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wg. Anticipating college demands, Mitchell students master useful notetaking techniques in business education departments notehand class. Loretta Collins practices operating a new kind of adding machine during unscheduled mods. 1 ln distributive education class, Kyle Peterson helps Kenna Stull record purchases on the cash register.

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Business Department Alters Course Structures To cope with the increased enrollment of the school and to more effectively utilize modular sched- uling, the Mitchell business department changed the structuring of courses to decrease the amount of time spent in formal classes. This arrangement placed greater responsibility on the individual stu- dent, while at the same time it allowed him to work at his own pace. Instruction by contract was another method used by the business department to encourage individual progress. The student, in conference with a teacher, plotted a unique course of study beneficial to himself and geared to his own level of progress. Another new program entered into by contract between the student and the teacher gave exceptional students or those with a particular interest an oppor- tunity for learning through individual research pro- jects. These students were expected to keep up with the regular class work, and, in addition, they pre- pared on their own time papers and reports on sub- jects of special interest. Sam Froggatte and Wallace Sticklamb gain speed and accuracy doing typing exercises, Researching her individual project, Debbie Schneider finds new information in the business resource center facilities.

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Auto shop students Duane Holiday and Jim Martin cautiously lower an automobile engine into place after testing and repairing the engine during lab Charlie Hayhurst learns graphic arts principles by printing calling cards. Y