Acalanes High School - Aklan Yearbook (Lafayette, CA)

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Sanded surface. Sanding to a smooth finish was one of the final steps in making a piece of woodwork. In his Wood I class, Rick Biro sands the chest of drawers which he built. Bachelor basics. Independent Living students learned how to fend for themselves in the kitchen and at the sewing machine. Miss Carmichael helps Sheehan Verner sew his 2nd quarter project, a chef ' s hat, in his 3rd period class. I 1J Design for Living Split Pea Soup to Spark Plugs Dealing with neither Einstein ' s Thoery of Relativity nor even the different tenses of the verb to drink, vocational art classes provided an atmos- phere that was different from that in any of the required aca- demic classes. There were many kinds of vocational art classes offered, and each one included various skill levels. One thing that they all had in common, however, was that they all dealt with skills that could prove useful to a person later in life. Classes available provided knowledge about such subjects as food preparation, sewing, drafting, typing, shorthand, wood- work, mechanics, and electric- ity. Foods classes showed me different types of food that made a meal interesting and tasty, stated Mandi Gardner, a junior in Foreign Foods and Swap talk. First year woodwork students enrolled in Wood I, while those students continuing in the class could take Advanced Woods. A group of people discuss a current project in Wood I, in which students learned the basics of the trade. Advanced Foods. When I ' m older, I ' ll be cooking my own meals, and it ' ll be nice to know how to make a meal that ' s a lit- tle more interesting than maca- roni and cheese! A class called Independent Living combined the basics of home economics and money management. Kristen Zensius said, In Independent Living we learned about banking, credit buying, transportation, and housing. We also had nine weeks of sewing and cooking when we learned the funda- mentals in these areas. Some people enrolled in classes that they felt might help them later in high school or col- lege. Like many freshmen, Brad Goldblatt took typing. He commented, I wanted to learn how to type so that I could type reports for classes in high (continued) 18 VOCATIONAL ARTS

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Down to the bone. Eileen Hession reviews her notes on a humerous bone. Physiology students had the opportunity to use real bones in their studies of the human body. Entranced. Members of Mr. DeMartini ' s of a proof. Labeled brains , Calculus second period Calculus BC class pay BC members were frequently confused, attention to Mr. DeMartini ' s explanation nonetheless. Does not compute. In Mr DeMartini ' s first period Computer Programming class, Mike Lin experiments with one of the class ' four computers. The computers were meant to teach the basics of computer programming; students programmed them to calculate problems and play games. What ' s this? Physiology students found that the class often involved a lot of memorization. With the help of a skeleton, Madeline Connor and Pedro Cojuangco review the names of various bones. 17 TECHNICALITIES

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Join in. Hudson Kirn uses ,i |oiner during his 6th period Wood I class. After learning construction principles, Wood students were able to build protects such as tables and shelves. Clean cut. Although a few girls took industrial arts classes such as auto shop, this woodworking class consisted only of boys. Dave Olkkola splits a board in half with a band saw in his woods class. Chef ' s salad. In foods classes, students were taught how to prepare elaborate meals as well as basic dishes such as salads. Jill Siegmann refers to the recipe as she combines the ingredients of her bean and bacon salad in the sixth period Foods I class. It all adds up. One of the many business classes was Business Math, in which students learned math skills necessary for a later occupation. Dan Lucas uses I an adding machine in his second period ness Math class. Hunt-and-peck abandoned. Seniors realized that typing ability would come in handy at college, and many took typing classes to learn the skill. Becky Chiao improves her speed and technique in her 6th period class. 19 VOCATIONAL ARTS