King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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VQCATIO AL CARPE TRY SHOP SKILLED CRAFTSMEN Boys in the vocational carpentry shop get actual working experience building a house each year and in doing carpentry jobs for community residents. The boys study mathematics, science, blueprint reading, drafting, English, history, civics, and eco- nomics. Upon graduation, the boys are qualified for employment as carpenters. Each year the boy who has done the most outstanding work for four years receives, as an award at graduation, free admission to the carpenters union. make master craftsmen Wayne Hatt and William Norton collaborate on a telephone hutch for the house proiect. f his - if ,ts ' r I' lc I uv E , - CI I fn 'W' tl fin ti EH an p 1 all fi , . .A Robert Skinner, learns one of the many parts of the machine shop trades.

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VOCATIGNAL MACHINE SHOP i i i K' Mr. Raymond Harding, Mr. Edgar Tousignant Mr Arthur Hart Mr Anthony Cabral and Mr Fred Tabor, vocational department instructors stand behind Mr Preston Titus vocational director Training experience apprentlceshl TRAINED MACHINISTS Vocational machine shop boys learn to operate various heavy-duty production ma- chines which are to be found in most industrial shops. These students spend equal amounts of time in the shop or on actual iobs and in allied training courses in academic areas. Boys graduating in the machine shop apprenticeship training courses have little or no trouble when they are ready for job placement.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION Students in special education work at ability levels. They participate in all special area studies - home economics, industrial arts, art, and physical education. These boys and girls also enter into student activities and sports which interest them. Mrs. Margaret Schnur, teacher, and Mr. Vincent Joyal, special education director, discuss an academic problem. Modern techniques satisfy the needs and interests of all. DRIVER EDUCATION Safe driving, proper driver attitudes, the mechanics of the driving process, and an understanding of the courtesies and rules ot the road are all part of driver education instruction. Students take vision tests, reaction tests, and I iudgement tests to insure the best possible preparation for good driving. Mr. John Robbins, Jr., teacher of driver education and hockey coach, teaches a popular subiect. Mr. Francis Gallipeau, audio-visual aids director and history teacher, sets up a tape recorder. I I I A AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS When utilized for specific teaching purposes such as motivation, more eltective presentation, dramati- zation, and emphasis, audio-visual aids: record play- ers, tape recorders, opaque, slide and moving picture proiectors - are valuable teaching aids in the modern classroom. 20 I