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

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are trained to earn. Mabry Zak Mr. Raymond Harding, Mr. Edgar Tousignant, Mr. Arthur Hart, Mr. Antone Cabral, and Mr. Fred Tabor, vocational department instructors, stand behind Mr. Preston Titus, vocational director. -'11 fr .4- f Mr. Edgar Tousignant and ' his vocational carpentry If boys: Wayne Cooper and Douglas Heath at work on the house they are build- ing. Allen Thibedeau, in the vocational carpentry shop, rechecks his measurements for accu- racy. Each year, the vocational carpentry students build a house for Martin Street Extension in Plainville, shown here halfway to actual on the job training. This year's project is this house on completion. , ,Q ,,,w.9- 3 '...3- J' '3'v-Q f ' ' ' fy-M--. , , . 7 l ' - A f -Q,-f' -' - ' - - '5'..1'1. G - A'f'--J ' W M' J' ...E 2 a 4' 1 , ' l . - -- ut. H1 . '- , V ' , -J -: ..-,4-'T' ' ' ,, ,- .. ' - . ' A -- F ' Y -Q' A 1 -- Go . 4' Vw - f .4 . - .Pg .-.. ,J-., ' U- y,'. ' A M .. .fm -- v -4 , s - , J- fr- ... ,fy .. 7.,..qu-,,,.f7 . ,,, - ' il - 11,53 str, , ' sv 'ff'-'l' t4 A ',. -V --.. . ..-,. M. 3- AJ Q, f E.. ,V .,',,,.i ' 0 ,. P .sn - ...... .. W. Mahdi-3 51' .,,.ia.L...lL.:-.I 41. '41 ' - - '- '-V ' - ' ' 21

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Vocational students .Af- '6' 'M' ' fx l Mr. Preston Titus, vocational director, checks some very important statistics with Mr. Gerard Desrosiers, carpentry shop instructor. VOCATIONAL STUDENTS SKILLED AND EDUCATED Miss Donna Tourtilotte, King Philip alumna, Vocational skills aptly taught at King Philip are those is the Very efficient Vocationa' Secretary' which train the boys to become carpenters and ma- chinists. Along with the skills for a means of livelihood, the boys are taught related and academic subjects. The teaching of the vocational plus the related and academic skills turns out young men who are prepared to live and earn as knowledgeable citizens. Brian Miller wears protective goggles when he uses the polisher in the ma- . .' . h' h . Nlr. Fred Taber, vocational machine shop instructor and Mr. C me S op Raymond Harding, stand at ease among the machines and instruments in the vocational machine shop. 20

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Modern concepts demand modern techniques. nu, vs '71, w. Along with teaching business education, coaching varsity hockey, and serving as senior class advisor, Mr. John Robbins teaches driver education. DRIVER ED A' DEFINITE NEED With the increase in automobile accidents and deaths, driver education is a definite need for teenage drivers. At King Philip instruction is given which we hope will result in the estab- lishment of the proper attitudes and knowledge necessary for efficient and safe driving. 19.14 AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS MOTIVATE Audio-visual aids - record players, tape recorders, opaque, slide, and moving picture projectors - are of great value in modern education when used to motivate the student, clarify and dramatize material. Audio-visual aids director and social studies teacher, Mr. Francis Gallipeau graciously as- sists all teaching personnel in the selection of A.V.A. mate- rials. SPECIAL EDUCATION MEETS SPECIAL NEEDS Special education is designed so that students may work at ability levels in academic studies and in the special areas of home economics, industrial arts and physical education. These students, also, participate in the student activities and sports which interest them. Kathleen MacNeiI and Linda Topham study diligently under the careful tutelage of Mr. Vincent Joyal. Mr. Vincent Joyal, department head, and Mrs. Margaret Schnur are proud of the display of fine craft work done by their students in special edu- cation. 22