Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Working in the VIP More i» a task lack-led by both student and staff. Mr. Kline and Mr . Lyons work behind the counter. Students utilize come of their free time to glance at the school paper and !tudy for a quiz. Mary Brown. Jeff Rosenthal, and Kurt Chipman try to stay warm by the heater. Graduate VIP lets them Education could have been defined as the act of imparting knowledge. Ed Kline, the director of VIP. made it his goal to educate the students. Students were expected to work in the VIP store. Odd jobs were awarded to the lowest bidder. If one student offered to wash the windows for five dollars and another offered for three, the lower bidder got the job. In this way students learned the value of money. VIP served its purpose to the high school; they demonstrated that learning did not have to be painful and there was always hope. Ql The VIP morning class includes: FRONT ROW Perill Patton. Margret Basset, Kay Stewart. Faith Vogel. Petra Webb. Mary Green. Michelle Saunders. SECOND ROW Kevin llonaker. Jeff Kosenthal. Vic Walker. Rick Squires. Randall Parsons. Dave Straw. Ed McNamara. Kurt Chipman. Mrs. McKa-venaugh. 100 VIP

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DECA SITTING Uayna Seiber. KNEELING Justina Kangri. Veles-sia Washington. BACK ROW Tony Grave . Shelia Angel, Mike Taylor. Glenn Taylor. Mr. Divinncy, Kim Keck. Aiding retailers Preparing for the future "Oh my muscles ache from this job. Go here there, buy and sell and not having enough hours in a day really takes a toll on me." said Shelia Angel. "It's probably your tricepts intercepting your biccpts,” said Lisa Fuller. This sort of conversation would not be expected from high school students, but this one was attributed to two organizations. HO and DECA. Distributive Education (DECA) helped students learn more about retailed marketing in fields from clothing to frozen foods. Students who were apart of DECA attended school for three or four class periods and then, on to their job the rest of the day. This program was a continued two year course for juniors and seniors. Health Occupations (HO) was geared toward the students interested in health care in all fields. Students entered the class their junior year and received the basic skills and information from their advisor Mrs. McLaughlin, a registered nurse. After they completed the course in full, they became certified nursing assistants through the junior Basic Nursing Assistants (BNA) Program and worked with certified nursing teams. Like DECA these students attended school half the day and worked the other which they received wages over minimum wage. Both DECA and HO handed experiences to the students, as well as the idea of on the job training. Using the respatoryr chan Lori Kinkaid i better able to understand her patient condition. Practicing one of their lifting technique i an easier way for Lisa Fuller, Theresa Baril and Kathy Bote to transfer patients. 102 HO