Pine Forest High School - Pifonoca Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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Mixing it up during fifth period, Lisa Dee berry carefully blends all the ingredients needed in her recipe. HANDS-CDN LEARNING The odor ot treshly cut lumber lin- gered in the spacious room. Equipment buzzed as goggled students worked to complete their latest projects. ln the classroom adjacent to this one, fledg- ling mechanics labored over the en- gine ot a vehicle that had been giving one ot the teachers some trouble. As always, with the help ot the instructor Mr. Billings, they soon had the problem pinpointed and began to solve it. These students were a few ot the many who were enrolled in courses in the vocational department. These courses provided them with skills that were beneficial to all ot us. Many stu- dents were able to use the talents they developed to obtain various well-pay- ing jobs. While gaining valuable ex- perience, they also were involved in 'lhands-on activities which macle learning tun.

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l 4 uw ,,,, - f , Aw-ff, ff , Q if 1. a ww, f Y ' V- S., ' CHANGING TIMES Technology has brought great change to the world oi business. A stu- dent who took a course this year had the opportunity to develop computer skills which are a necessity in todays society. Several years ago, these same students would not have recognized the business classrooms where there were no computers and learning to type was done on a manual typewriter. Fortunately, our business department has kept up with the rapid changes and the taculty members have also changed with the times, working hard to master new equipment as it arrived on the scene so they could share this knowledge with this students. Five talented instructors worked up- stairs teaching a variety ot courses. A visit to any ot their classrooms revealed a relaxed atmosphere tull ot activity. lt was obvious that students were in- volved in acquiring valuable business skills. Each oi these teachers was re- sponsible tor teaching several ditterent courses. Besides the expected courses such as typing, shorthand, and ac- counting, a student could enroll in business machines, data processing, business lawfeconomics, secretary word processing, computer account- ing, or an ottice occupations co-op course. Computer problems. Data processing teacher Carole Farrow helps a student work with the computer. ,flflffllllll Academics 63

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A It's almost finished. Lamar Wrtqht caretulty stams the breadbox he built m Carpentry class. 1 Worlung together, students m Carpentry class assist each other in tmishinq a project, A stitch in time tn her clothing class, Marlo Kmq completes another step IH the cfm- struction of a garment. ACdK,iGI'1 llCS 65