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· spirit week, seni or Dan Traynor and teacher Di ane
di sc ussed appropriate responses to toddlers.
Lewis )
Lisa Gonza les helps to hold a toddler up so he can see
show, The Three Little Pi gs, narrated by junior
Medders. (Michelle Lee)
Gin ger Hansen lectures on gri eving techniques to her
hour everyday liv ing class. (Andrea Wagaman)

Classes Teach Practical Skills

Learning about the practical side of life got a chance to be creative, but it was a lot of hard
was a major concern of home economics classes. work," said Jones. According to sophomore Shan-
"Home economics teaches you things non Rother, the worst thing about home econom-
that when you move out and don't have mom ics was the homework and worksheets.
there anymore, you can still do things, without The child development classes had days
having to depend on someone," said sophomore where it was "optional for students and teachers to
Melissa Jones. For example these classes help bring toddlers or preschoolers to school where
students with communication, family relatiorfS, students planned organized activities," Diane
economics and healthy living. In foods classes Hausler said.
students learned about everyday and gourmet To help graduating students, a boutique
cooking. Some even prepared a chicken dinner was held which brought in enough money for one
and served it to a teacher. scholarship, Hansler said.
The foods, clothing, and interior design The department's biggest challenge was
classes al so have given advanced students a chance with the prerequisites for students. It was hard for
to study on their own. Independent study was a students to achieve the advanced level that they
practical class where students selected what they wanted if they had not taken them as a freshman.
wanted to design or make, teacher Robin Nelson With the usual achievements of the year
said. also came plans for improvement. "We have big
Some students may have thought that plans to expand the classrooms, and hopefully
home economics was an easy class to take, but double the size of the department," Nelson
according to Jones, that definitely wasn't so. "I said. 0 --t?en.cie ft/em.

1 was cookin9 a home mea( 11 1 cooked a very rornantic seven "My best friend" and" I were
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for my future parent in-Caws, course cand:CeCi9fit d"inner for makin9 cookic.s 1 and somehow
and" it wasn't d"one wfien I my boyfriend" on fiis 6irtfid"ay." tliey end"ed" up on a pk~a pan
served it." witli 6Cue ana 9reen poCka d"ots ."
- junior Erin Rin9 -- sophomore
)uCie Wi((soll
--home. ecortomics
teacfier Diane Hans(er