Ms.Teri Davidson, the Activities

Coordinator at Golden Age Home,  asked us to sponsor a birthday party. We celebrated the birthdays of the four residents who were born in

December. We had door prizes for lots of residents. We shopped for

presents, baked a cake and bought a sugarless cake at Wal-Mart. Then we sang Christmas Carols. We Volunteer there every Tuesday.

To prepare for the party we will purchase purchase gifts.

 

 

Ms. Shelton, a Personnel Manager from Wal-Mart, visited our  class. We asked her a lot of questions. We  found out that 146  people work at Wal-Mart in Lockhart. There are four Wal-Mart stores in Austin.  All  employees  must know how to work  in every department. 

 

William   asked   when   the   new   XBOX   would arrive.  Ms. Shelton told us they were expected on November 22^nd.  Someone asked  about employee discounts. Wal-Mart has 10% employee discounts.  At Christmas time, employees get an extra 10% discount.

We asked how many  Wal-Marts there are worldwide.  She said there are about 5,000 stores in 15 different countries. They employ about 400,000 people.

 

Ms. Shelton told us that her main job was taking care of the needs of the employees. She told us about other jobs she had before working at Wal-Mart. We found out she has a desire to return to school and possibly become an elementary school teacher.

· We took this picture on our first trip using CARTS”. This is an acronym for Capitol Area Rural Transportation System.

Thanks you

GLAMOUR SHOTS

At Barton Creek Mall

for the class picture, above. We collected clothing and other items for Katrina victims, and received this picture!

Graphic design and layout-

Christine A. and Gabrielle B.

Staff Supervisor- Mr. Bell

Contributing Writers– Kathy B., Alicia C., Juan T., Merleen  F., John J., William T., Timothy W., Kristen S., Christina F., John A. L., Patrick H., Brittenea F, Chad G., Crystal G., Melissa G.

We had a guest speaker  in November.  Her name was Cyndi. She told us that her job title was hairdresser or beautician. She told us  about her job, and how to find her place of employment in San Marcos. It was called  TGF HAIR  SALON. We listened first, and  then she styled our hair! She made braids called invisible French braids.

Cuts hair with scissors that cost 285.00.she told us about how she appled color to people’s

 

Yeah! Chad Gaddis got a job at his favorite restaurant, Whataburger!

He starts on January 17th. He will be riding CARTS to work. We owe the folks at Whataburger a big THANK_ YOU!

We went to The Salvation Army store on December 7th. Everything in the store was 50% off .We studied in class how to determine the price of items that have been discounted by 50%  before the trip. We also studied how to round prices to  the nearest dollar. We just finished studying about Martin Luther King, JR.

On Jan 20th, we went to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.