Great Mills High School - Echo Yearbook (Great Mills, MD)

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FACULTY

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jf.-1 x, T c.. JS Q Q N TECHNICAL CENTER Now in its fourth year, the St. Mary's County Technical Center is changing to meet the needs of the County youth. ln addition to Great Millians and Chopti- conians, students from St. Mary's Academy and Ryken now attend classes at the center. New to the curriculum is a floriculture course, which was formerly a part of horti- culture. Floriculture trains students in the growing and care of plants. Horticulture classes have worked to complete the lawn and landscaping of the house built at Red- gate by the carpentry and masonry classes. Carpentry and bricklaying classes have also built a sterilization area for the cosmeto- logy department, a brick partition to serve as a classroom for auto mechanics, and a stor- age area. This year marked the first graduating class of practical nurses from the Technical Center. After one year of hospital work, these gradu- ates will be eligible for the state licensing exam. With the increasing number of students wishing to enroll in the cosmetology depart- ment, a screening test was introduced to se- lect girls on the basis of figure and color per- ception. Also, the cosmetology department now has a microscopic proiector which mag- nifies hair for classroom study. Another addition is the installation of a closed circuit TV system which is used to tape classes to aid in the improvement of future in- struction. For students who have been suspended, expelled or withdrawn from high school, the Board of Education has now made an at- tempt to help these students continue through the Educational Adiustment Class program. Students are required to bring books and ma- terials to the Tech Center while they are ab- sent from regular classes. The Technical Center, changing to meet the needs of technical career students, will con- tinue to expand to meet the demands of St. Mary's County. lll George Sullivan, Principal. l2l Hugh Reynolds, Guidance Counselor. l3l Margaret Thompson, Secretary. 29

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John J. Campion Electro-Mechanical Servicing Arnold Kepple Materials Center Coordinator Richard Franklin Ornamental Horticulture Floriculture Tony Landis Driver Education Barbara Mead, R.N. Practical Nursing Rose Nelson Educational Adiustment Class Enid McKinney Practical Nursing Coordinator Mr. Franklin demonstrates flower arranging to his class. Mary O'Connell Practical Nursing Billy Price Auto Mechanics Robert Rellihen Electronics Eddie Pratt fstandingj, Terry Combs, and Mike Spear work on a tape in an electronics course.