North Kansas City High School - Purgold Yearbook (North Kansas City, MO)

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owner of the ents and their and of today. ens attentively lt Warren Platt ,nf ., c if 1 ' Ui R H tx Learning to drive well requires all of Mary Reeves' attention. The 1970-71 school year proved tragic for the driver education department as fire swept through NKCHS in October, destroying the new driving simulators. However, driver education teachers and students continued the classes without the vital simulators. Soon loaned equipment housed in a portable classroom relieved some ofthe burden and made teaching and learning easier. Upon completion of the classroom repairs and delivery of the new equipment, the department quickly returned to normal procedures. Driver Education Adjusts To Losses Even the art of entering and leaving a car has its hazards. f F if R Leland O'Dell 'Q WT -r 'fre'-3. , . jf Charles Booth Vjerrv Diehl 9

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. , W1 , ., Charles DeAngelo joe Grace jerry Sutton NKC's continuing interest in expanding the scope of its educational responsi- bilities was reflected in the C.O.E. program this year. The cooperative occupa- tional education department offered students the chance to experience on-the-job training. At the same time, students prepared for a career in addition to earning a possible two units of high school credit. The new school year found Mr. DeAngelo as the new head of the distributive education branch of C.O.E. which focused upon retailing. The office occupation branch, headed by Mr. Grace, involved training in bookkeeping and other related A areas. Mr. Sutton directed the trade and industrial occupations branch, covering health careers, mechanics, and public services. C.O.E. Prepares Students For Promising Futures ff! f if Mr. Ewing Kauffman, national businessman and owner of the Kansas City Royals, speaks to the C.O.E. students and their sponsors about the business world of yesterday and of today. W A cf? T N KCH student St teachin equipm ,Q mf 'X Al Sharon Allanson and Vickie Dove learn vital skills through C.O.E. Kas shown in this photograph contributed to N KCHS by the Dispatch Newspapenj 1 f Dr. Robert Howe, along with the many other guests attending, listens attentively to Ewing Kauffman at the annual C.O.E. banquet. fs 5 'Nut lips 7 swf a 28 NS , t - , 4,5 fwwssixli A v,'t 4 Q se 9 as s wa A as as f H: Sew,

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