Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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Looking up from their carburetor repair work at Voc-Tech, Brett Rasmussen and Shawn McCracken think about the subject of speed. Advanced woods student Bryan Burke clamps pieces of a frame together. Junior Bill Caudell works at widening a hole with a file in a project for his beginning metals class. Industrial arts, Voc-Tech 21

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KW' ' Voc-Tech, shop provide training For practical experience and Larimer County Voc-Tech Center up-to-date technical training, stu- or in the wood and metal shops. dents enrolled in classes at the Fourteen students attended 2 T fi Senior Jon Johns works diligently on his project for the Industrial Arts Fair in his advanced woods class. ffgqggs Q , Students in the beginning metals class practice safety procedures by wearing protective glasses. Here Dan Schlesinger, Stacy Betts and John-Reid Gordon work on a lathe. 20 Industrial ans, Voc-Tech classes at the Voc-Tech Center, which has served nine area high schools since 1972. Their courses ranged from auto mechanics to data processing. Although the early start and the long bus ride to Fort Collins made for a long day, most stu- dents felt that the trade-offs were worth the vocational training they received. Students in wood shop leamed a variety of techniques related to woodtuming, tools and their use, and the qualities of woods from instructor Jeff Schan- hals. Bob Mclntosh taught three levels of metal shop, offering his students a wide variety of experi- ences. Local shop students entered the Industrial Arts Fair at Colorado State University on May 5, where they won a total of 12 first-place awards in the woods and metals divisions. Voc-Tech drafting student Dean Comelius looks up from his calculations. ,... .X K gg ....,,u.....,,t.,...w--sr

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Heather Pratt and Mike Pratkelis fit pieces together on their stained-glass project. i ,,i U , yy y , , ,. . , ,i,,, ,, . f ! 1 Electives are popular Three of the more popular areas for elective study were courses in home economics, art and drafting. All three were taught by in- structors who divided their time between the middle school and the high school - Carol Maibach, home economics: Anne Keamey, art and Frank Faiella, drafting. Home economics courses in- cluded clothing, foods and family living. Family living included studying many stressful situations involved with marriage, and in- 22 Art, drafting, home ec cluded a 'imock wedding. The world of art was explored in many of its popular forms. Junior Jon Baker exhibited a num- ber of his stained-glass pieces in the library for a week in May. Several levels of drafting were taught, and they gave students a chance to prepare for careers in such fields as architecture and designing precision machine parts. A computer-aided drafting and design processor gave stu- dents a chance to work with state- of-the-art equipment. Taking a break from his art class, Rob Christenson wipes his fingers dry. Junior Jon Baker prepares to place another section in his stained-glass design. 6 4 ? sz V