Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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sf' H if! t 3.07 . .1 is 'iaffxjwf ' , . f -A I I x - I if as X J S Above: Meeting with students from other district schools in the data processing program, Deanna Wall types a program for her assignment. Left: Students do most of their work individually, using the teacher as a resource and guide. Gerald Peterright checks his assignment progress with teacher Ruthel Morgan. Left: Spending half of each day at ACE Kenneth Remke works with a computer in data processing Below: Data processing student My Duycn Do asks help from teacher Dianne Tafilat

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ACE Is the Place An innovative style of education was begun in the Aldine IS D this year The Aldine Contempo rary Education Center occupying the building that had been Carver High School gave students more options for their education The flexible program met the students indivtd ual needs allowing students to work at their own speed and set their own hours within a specified framework The school was opened from 7 a m to 7 p m which allowed students to work and to go to school at more convenient hours Fewer credits were required to complete the ACE program for students who needed to be grad uated in less time than the regular four years Also the program allowed students to expand their spe cial interests such as in the field of art The data processing class was also centered at ACE Students from Aldine rode the bus to the building each day and back to Aldine for the rest of their classes Right To complete a class module Felicia Monk does research inthe library at ACE ?'Q1- e.wwv 'Z' Above: Even though students work at their own pace and attend at various hours attendance is still important at ACE. Carrie and Debbie Belcher check their attendance records with attendance clerk Lorraine Haberbush. ,f-Q .. E 'ilu gh hx

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Education That Pays Aldine offered more than 20 different vocational classes from cosmetology to radio and T.V. Voca- tional classes offered students the opportunity to gain experience and earn money while still getting their formal education. Students had various rea- sons for choosing to take the classes. lm not going to college and I needed to get experience. - Debra Fultz Like when I get out of school I ll be able to do something. They teach you what to do when you go on an interview. They prepare you for the world of work. - Kerry Bradshaw for when l go to college. - Carolyn Parks I Right: Ag vocational student, Doyle Hayslip gets experience as a butcher in his mc ats lab class. I ,, ,, Because I wanted experience and extra money ,, P9 I Above: VOCATIONAL AWARD WINNERS Front Row: Luke Schmidt, teaching experience, Frank Garza, D.E., Phyllis Smith, homemaking, Sherry Diehl, HECE, Donna Auippa, ag, coop., Sandra Finch, VOE, Tangela Hunter, CVAE foods, Connie Sutton, Special Olympics, and Christopher Stoe- her, CVAE construction. Second Row: Willie Tay- lor, VEH building, Ricky Crump, radio and T.V,, Ronald Knipstein, CVAE coop, Greg Capers, data processing, Bill Beezley, vocational printing, David Garza, auto mechanics, Howard Yorek, health occupations, and johnny Fellman, air con- ditioning. Inf 6 1? ,Q Q i l, if al