Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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CROP ' S Got A New Name But It Doesn ' t Change The Game Coosriine Regional Occuporionol Program (ROP), formerly known os CROP, was port of o srorewide pro- gram providing service ro high school srudenrs and odulrs. Priority was given ro seniors, next come ju- niors, anyone who was 16, and even odulrs could rake dosses through ROP. The job-troining program offered through the Deportment of Educo- tion gave the students a chance to explore potentiol coreer choices. They hod the opportunity to see if the field of occupation they were interested in was reolly the best choice, Mrs. Joan Palmer, who ton the program at Estoncio, sold, An im- portant reason for taking on ROP course is thot it gives students mar- ketable skills. After taking on ROP course, stu- dents said that it mode it eosier to find a job, and they generolly hod a storting salary higher than minimum wage. Students also received five to ten credits per semester for partici- pormo. A new class was offered second semester called Security Alarm Sys- tems Installer, for which students hod to be 18 ro get the necessary securi- ty cleornoce. The new ROP is olwoys offer- ing new experiences. Trong Le uses shoe soles or Connie ' s shoes, Crysrol Court, ro help expose her for iner Pseroil Soles and Merchandising doss Mario Gonzalez in her office or the Cinzens Donl where she answers the phone and helps people with informorlon Omor Limon accents his framing in ROP ' s ' medicol rronscriprion classes by working in Hoag Hospital ' s menr medical records deporr- P,OP, Work Experience 55

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i i Babies! I iove ir! I kind of morher rhese babies, and rhey love me so mucin ' exclaimed Amy Kontrowicz wirin enrhusiosm. Like many orlner sru- denrs, sine was involved wirh o pro- gram known os ROP or Regional Occuportonal Program. This program gave her a chance ro experiment wirh her possible future occuporion, which was medicine, without o life- time commitment. For o student hoping to become a doctor, ir was a good way to come in contact with the patients, while finding out whether it was what she reolly wonted to do . Of course, there were some dis- odvanroges to the program. The parriciponr wos expected to attend several mondatory meetings and, some times, endure other ordeals. The other day, o baby threw up on my uniform. John TsQi in Hoog Hospitals radiology (x-roy) iob wiiere Ine spent three Inours a doy, tinree days o weel for one semesrer during Inis Ineolrin occupation class 54 Academics

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The worerfronr of Newporr Beach - gernng ready for Chnsrmasi by Desr Phorographyer, Trocy Hoffman. Best Photographer Of oil Mr. Dole Waters ' begin ning phorogrophers, one srood our from rhe resr; she was Trocy Hoff- man. Mr. Waters hod o lor of proise for rhis one srudenr; She gers her work in on rime - usually rwo or rhree days before anyone else, and she s o perfecrionisr so her work is very good. And rhor ' s nor all he had ro soy for rhis oursronding srudenr; She is excellenr or roking picrures and resrs ond she ' s inreresred in phorogro phy Hoffman said she enjoys phorog- rophy. She liked learning all rhe os- pecrs of ir like developing rhe filnn and such. Alrhough Hoffman does so well in phorogrophy, she doesn ' r plan on ir being onyrhing more rhon a hobby ofrer high school. However, Mr. Waters rhoughr phorogrophy will ploy some role in her life ro come. 56 Academics