The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 March 1969 — Page 11

Occupational Training Reality At Wawasee

As a result of vocational educar tion being initiated at Wawasee high school, Lakeland students are able to benefit from many occupational programs that were not previously available to them. Many of these programs require costly equipment which would have been prohibitive in a smaller school unit. Not only is the cost of these new programs shared by the three communities, but the State Department of Vocational Education is also reimbursing the school. Therefore, Wawasee is able to meet the needs of the student in terms of his occupational goal. This was not always true in the past because of prohibitive costs. Currently, seven occupational programs are available to WHS students. They are farm mechanics, business and office occupations, food services, clothing, distributive education, drafting, and auto mechanics. There are nine staff members serving the needs of students enrolled in these programs. A student may begin work towards an occupational program when he enrolls as a freshman in high school. Each area has classes that are required and/or highly recommended at the freshman and sophomore levels. In order to be eligible for a drafting or auto mechanics program the student is required to take industrial education 9 his freshman year and industrial education 10 his sophomore year. During his junior year he would then be enrolled in a three period laboratory experience of either drafting or auto mechanics depending on his specific interests. At the senior level he would again have a three period block of time set aside for either an advanced laboratory experience or on-the-job training. Students interested in an occupation in terms of food services or clothing would be required to have a background in vocational home economics I, 11, 111. Their senior year they would enroll in a threeperiod block of time for specialised training in one of the two areas > — depending on their interests. These three periods may come in the area of either a laboratory experience or on-the job training. Distributive Education Distributive education is another program at Wawasee. This area is concerned with those occupations that help to place goods and services into the hands of the consumer. It is highly recommended that students get a background in general business as a freshman and business mathematics as a sophomore. A course in sales and merchandising is required at the junior level with three periods set aside at the senior level for on-the-job experiences. The business and office occupations program would suggest that a broad background in the business department is highly recommended. The specific subjects would depend on the student’s occupational interests. A *hree-period block of time is set aside during the senior year for a laboratory experience or job training. The program in farm mechanics would imply a background in vocational agriculture I, 11, 111. Seniors may then enroll in a threeperiod laboratory experience or on-thejob training. The Wawasee high school vocational staff consists of the following personnel: Industrial education, Jim Alford; auto mechanics, Tbm Robinson; drafting, Gene Pitts; farm mechanics, Ed Washier; food services, Jan Baumgartner; clothing, Betty Arthur; business and office occupations, Linda Hoy; distributive education, Don Bradley; Jay Newell, vocational coordinator and vocational guid-

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New Classes Offered

In Industrial Arts

Classes in the industrial education department at Wawasee high school include many that were not offered at the three individual schools of the past. In the new school the students have a larger working area and more and better equipment. Some classes at Wawasee are offered to train a student for a particular occupation. A “co-op” program is also offered. Here a student has an intensified lab experience his junior year and goes out into industry his senior year for on the job training, thus he spends part of the day on the job and returns to school for the rest of the day for his required subjects. He is paid for the time he is on the job. The goals of the industrial education department are to train

ance. John Naab is the director of vocational education.

Boys Learn Auto Mechanics

students for an occupation and to help foster an appreciation and understanding of industry, materials and machinery. Freshmen in industrial education may take nine weeks of drafting, nine weeks of electricity and 18 weeks of woodworking (furniture making) while sophomores take nine weeks of small engine repair, nine weeks of welding (arc and oxy - acetylene) and 18 w’eeks of machine shop. Students are required to take both freshmen and sophomore courses before enrolling in the advanced courses. Marine training is a course that covers the repair and maintenance of the outboard and inboard engines along with the construction, maintenance and repair of a boat hull. It is a one period course in which rules of the “road” are also discussed.

Machine shop is the study of and practical experience with the vertical milling machine, surface grinder, drill press and lathe are offered in this course. * Related items such as heat treatment of metals, the reading of various measuring and alignment devices such as the micrometer caliper, vernier caliper, dial indicator and true bar are studies and put to practical use in another one period course. Another one period course offered is basic electricity and electronics. It offers the use of various testing devices such as the VTUM, VOM and oscilloscope. The related math, electron theory and so forth are studied along with circuitry of various electronics. Senior automechanics is a one period course offered for boys who are too late to get into the co-op program or who just want automechanics as a hobby or such. Experiences with most of the various hand tools plus machines such as the Sun Engine

Analizer, battery - starter tester, volt-amp tester, electronic wheel balancer and valve grinder are included in this course. Welding is the study of experiences in both electric arc and oxy-acetylene welding and brazing. The first of the three period classes is drafting. This of the co-op program and the students are in class for three consecutive periods per day. This course dwells primarily on what is commonly referred to as mechanical drawing. A student can take either this or the automechanics, but is not bound in any way to go on to the “on the job training” phase in his senior year. That is strictly optional. Automechanics is the second of the three period courses and is geared to training a student as an automotive mechanic. A student can also take this course without going on the “on the job training” in his senior year. There are three full time teachers in the department and one who works at the high school for two periods per day and spends the rest of the day at Syracuse junior high school. The school has an industrial education club and a photography club with an equipped dark room within the industrial education department.

Dedicated Men Serve (Continued from Page 1) County Medical Association, Indiana State Medical Association. American Academy of General Practice, Wawasee Education, Inc., American Legion and the Syracuse Lodge 454 F and AM. Doctor Craig and his wife, Mildred, reside south of Syracuse. 'The Legend', A Senior Project “The Legend”, Wawasee’s yearbook, is a senior project dedicated to the recording of a year’s memories. Its success depends upon the creativity and hard work of the senior staff members. This first year has been an encouraging beginning for WHS’s annual tradition. Staff members are selected by application and interview by the sponsors, based on their enthusiasm and qualifications. This year’s staff is: Co-editors — Debbie Bpckman and Faye Rheinheimer Section editors: Seniors — Sandra Yeager Clubs — Alesia Watson Academic — Gloria Rapp Sports — Debbie Searfoss and Marta Juday Underclassmen — Sharon Frederick and Mary Ellen Coleman Advertising and sales — Peggy Wolfe Typists — Rosemary Gunden and Vickie Vanater Photographers — Tom Turner and Randy Coverstone Deadlines are the pressuring goal of the group and a deadline failure not only costs money but usually results in the delay of the finished books. If all proceeds as planned, the yearbooks will be made available to students sometime in August. A legend, as you know, is a story or tale passed down from generation to generation. So too, the annual history of Wawasee high school as pictured and written by its seniors, will be recorded for future remembrance as “The Legend”.