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The LHS Classes everyone should know about Andrew Brooks Course Selection is right around the corner! In a matter of weeks, all juniors, sophomores and freshmen will be choosing the classes that will make up their schedules for the 2022-2023 school year. Most students’ schedules consist of an English class, joined by Math, Science, Social Studies, Foriegn Language, Physical Education, and Lunch.
Automotive Technology I LHS has its very own Auto Shop which houses both the Auto I and Auto II courses. Robert Kelch teaches both, and says that while emphasizing safety, students will “operate every large piece of machinery in the shop. They will use a drill press, grinders, welders, and hand power tools. They’ll take a small engine apart, put it back together, and do some basic car maintenance.” Senior Carson Agee took Auto I his sophomore year. Agee “really liked welding and learned a lot when we took apart and reassembled the engines.” Mr. Kelch stressed that no prior experience with cars or maintenance is required to sign up for the course. “People feel or have the perception initially that if I take that class, I need to know something. And you don’t. Everybody in this room doesn’t know anything at the start.” Mr. Kelch is also very open to student input in the projects. “I’m all for doing different things, if it’s mechanical, requires some fabrication, and gets your juices flowing, then let’s do it. Learning how to do something with your hands, there’s a certain amount of satisfaction that you can’t can’t replicate,” he said. “Auto put me in a good mood while teaching me valuable information about my future,” Agee concluded. Auto II is available as a year-long course that students can repeat if they enjoy Auto I.
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However, that only makes up seven of the eight periods in a school day. An elective course is available, and LHS has an abundance of classes to offer. With that in mind, Drops of Ink presents a variety of elective courses that all students should know about before they choose their classes for next year.
Sports and Entertainment Marketing This semester long class looks at Marketing Principles through the lens of a sports or entertainment medium. After learning marketing techniques such as ‘The Four P’s’: Product, Place, Price and Promotion, the students will create their own sports or entertainment entity. “We create a team, a logo, a slogan, a venue with ticket pricing, advertising, a website, promotional materials, hats, shirts, all those types of things,” says Bill Reichert, who teaches the course at LHS. He enjoys teaching it because it “gives students an opportunity to explore something that they’re interested in.” Junior Chris Bennett took Sports and Entertainment Marketing his sophomore year and created his own NHL team for this project. “We looked at the NHL salary cap and signed famous players to contracts that were all within the salary cap. It was very cool,” Bennett said. Mr. Reichert elaborated on the skills taking this class can give. “We don’t take tests, we don’t do book work or homework. We develop presentations, we make all kinds of artifacts, we use different web based software. You’re really learning a meaningful business curriculum while combining all those soft skills. It’s really awesome.”
Students in Auto I and Auto II will get to learn valuable car maintenance skills as well as learn how to build an engine and operate the machinery within the shop.
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