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Business teac her Judy Ivy helps junior Kri sty Pohl during
ffiM Comput er Appli cati ons. Typin g taught stud ent s how to - , J , , !' I
type properl y and balance speed with accuracy. 1 i
{Kristen Weisse ) tlf
Janis Mullin s, head of the business departm ent, spends her
plannin g hour preparin g for upcomin g days. She is also the
coordinator of the busin ess cooperati ve work program.
(Kristen Weisse )
Seniors Lyle Jones, Pat Larkin , and Jess ica Kro hn work during .,..
their Accountin g II class. Accounting II teacher Dallas ..
Schnabel looks on. (Kristen Weisse)

Classes Prepare Students

From Typing I to the business coopera- filing skills, and customer service skills. In the
tive work program, the business department taught business cooperative work course a student must
skills which could be applied today or in the work for a business at least ten hours a week. Then
future. "The business courses here teach basic in Business Systems, (a required class when
skills, which almost everyone needs to know, no taking business co-op) the students share skills and
matter what job they have," said business teacher ideas they obtain at their jobs," said business
Lori Scolaro. teacher Janis Mullins. "Marketing has taught me
The business department made sure that to look for deals, and accounting has taught me to
they stayed on top of all the new technology and manage my money," said junior Jeff Slobotski.
programs, so the skills students learned could be The business courses also prepared stu-
directly applied to the business environment. dents for the business world. "We use the same
"When it comes to the technology in the business computer programs which are currently being used
department, we are second to no one. We are one in businesses," said Scolaro. "Teachers give
of the only schools brave enough to stay on top of background on how the financial world works,
all the technology, and we have to be risk takers and how to distribute your money in invest-
to stay on the cutting edge of things," said business ments," said Senior Chris Suski. "I want to
teacher Judy Ivy. broaden my fields in business and the business
The basic skill s learned in these courses classes give me an idea of what I want to do," said
could apply to life as a high school student. Slobotski.
"Keyboarding skills are something everyone must "Whether looking at business as a future
know. We now see computers at every level of profession or a way to hold a job, students needed
employment. We teach basic job skills such as to consider enrolling in one of the business courses,"
phone answering skills, ten key calculator skills, said Senior Brian Trauernicht. · 0
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