Box Elder High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Brigham City, UT)

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BECOMING MORE INVOLVED IN SCHOOL, Special Education students engaged in many different and difficult projects and assignments. Run by the State of Utah, the Special Education Department at Box Elder was headed by Mr. Oscar Richardson, who ventured to issue challenges that stimulated curiosity and a desire for knowledge. Besides attending their required classes. Special Education students also participated in regular classes, acquiring an academic education as well as vocational skills. Through this program, mentally handicapped students learned how to apply their talents and develop their lives for future employment. Oscar Richardson Marcus Weaver Top: ADDING the finishing touches. Mr Oscar Rich- ardson completed a water- color. Middle: ACCEPTING guidance, Robert Whitaker. John Perry and Zeferino Gonzales, made plans for future life Far left: WON- DERING. Camille Thomas pondered the newly pre- sented lesson Left: SUR- VEYING his class. Mr Marcus Weaver was pleas- ed with the work of his students. Don Archibald and Robert Bennett. SPECIAL EDUCATION 29

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DEVELOPING THEATRI- CAL TALENTS, the speech and drama students rehearsed long hours to perfect their parts in skits and plays. Mastering the art of oral interpretation and communication. Box Elder students brought the fictitious characters of Arsenic and Old Lace, and George Washington Slept Here. alive. Other successful drama productions included Saint Joan, the Big Fisherman and a Musical Review of Broadway Plays. Headed by Mrs. Fontell Messervy. the speech and drama department provided entertainment for the community as well as the school. Fontell Messervy Duane Jones Dixie Lewis Top: ADJUSTING the lens. Henry Kent prepared to film in his T V productions class Above: DESPITE injury. Mrs Fontell Messervy supervised the placement of stage sets for children's theatre Right: SWORN to secrecy. Martin Reeder assured Sharon Christensen and Debbie Bennett their secret is safe in the school's production 28 SPEECH DRAMA

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VOCATIONAL TRAIN- ING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE were offered Box Elder students in the vocational arts department this year. Preparing their students for specialized fields in auto mechanics, drafting, woodworking, industrial crafts, and photography, the vocational arts department provided an on-the-job atmosphere to work in. The auto mechanics classes included a CO-OP class which allowed select students from Bear River. Weber and Box Elder High Schools to spend a half day studying their future vocation in class, and a half day on the job in the community. Through the endeavors of this department. Box Elder students gained the basic skills necessary to enter their particular vocation. Howard Gittens Norman Halladay Gene Juber Robert Olsen Owen Westenskow Top: INVOLVED in their job. Eddie Brimberry and Johnny Jensen attempted to repair the ignition switch. Middle: PRINTING pro- grams for'the Dance Club Concert. Mike Hendricks and Art Haggen set up the machine in their Graphic Arts class Right: CALCU- LATING measurements. Mark Reimer worked dili- gently in Drafting I 50 VOCATIONAL ARTS