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Junior Mindy Schoemann spends part of her fashion In pI ann ng -.
II
Junior Garron Carter works on his typing. He is learning merchandising class taking notes. She is learning ad- . I
to center vertically and horizontally. (D . Louden) vertising and personal selling . (D . Louden)
Junior Loren Larson learns how computers apply to
business . They learn about such things as spread- t seemed that everybody was in a state
sheets, data base. and word processing. (D. Louden)
of planning in the business department.
Teachers planned a reconstruction of the
office program, and students planned their
stock portfolios. I
Because more students were studying
partment developed several changes for I
business administration in college, the col-
leges requested that the students be given
an opportunity to learn the basics in high
school. In order to meet this need, the de-
the following year.
One key step was the elimination of a I
full year of typing as a prerequisite for office
classes . The reason for this was best de-
scribed by department head Traci Ross I
when she said, "We want more kids to be
able to take advantage of the program so
we've eliminated some of the prerequi-
sites ." Before, students had to go through
several office classes to qualify to take the
one class that they had wanted.
In addition to easier access to classes,
the department planned two new classes
to be offered. They were business
communications and word processing.
With the aid of their teacher Dallas
Schnable, some Acounting II students were
given the opportunity to purchase some
stock.
The volunteer program was designed to
teach students about corporate owner-
ship . According to Schnable, the fact that
the students were using real money greatly
raised the students interest.
They used the $700 that they collect-
ed from students and a few teachers to
purchase shares of stock in Pepsi, Baxter,
ConAgra. and Louisiana. At the close of '87
they were ahead $4, but whether or not
they made money didn't matter, as long as
the students learned about the market j
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