Topeka West High School - Chevalier Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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FAR LEFT: Showing Drivers Ed. students how to check the oil level is Mike Jamison. BOT- TOM LEFT: Smiling with relief after a ride with an embarrassed student is Jack Wiley. LEFT: Absorbed in her reading is Jane Gilman, '80, BELOW: Undaunted by the photogra- phers presence is Mrs. Janet Lobel. BOTTOM: Richard Hardman, '81, carefully skims over his assignment. ff' Ji- , ia Z .-- W . fi-'1 L ' eiixieirieuinem Els: ialimeiuf Qoe We're here to help students help themselves, pointed out Mrs. Janet Lobel, Learning Resource Center. Her goal as teacher was to help stu- dents not with emotional, physical, or cultural problems, but those hav- ing difficulty achieving regular class- room studies. Some of the most common problems shared by her students were reading, writing, spell- ing and math skills. To help the kids with these problems, Mrs. Lobel started at the base knowledge of the individual or group. The kids she worked with had to have an average to above average intelligence. Classes ranged in sizes of four to eight students, and they all received academic credit.

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REI of Glmeeiino me EIGDKIEI To get the license to fulfill every kid's dream of driving a car, 10 sections of driver education were offered. About 320 students acquired their licenses with the help of teachers Jack Wiley and Mike Jamison. Mr. Wiley said there were more sopho- mores this year than there have been in the past. The cars they drove were mid-sized Chevrolets and Pontiacs donated to the school by Kent Brown Chevrolet and Dale Sharp Pontiac. To get a license,-the students had to have a minimum of 3 hours behind the wheel, 12 hours simulation and 30 hours class time. The remaining time was spent in the student center. Driving each car about 3,000 miles before trading it in, students drove four or five differ- ent cars during the year. Some stu- dents got discounts of up to 20 per- cent on their car insurance if they passed the class. N,-i is 1 .c...,.,..v-4' .,., , ...fe-..- ,mv- ' , , ..f:-vsvffv' g in sbff -..nu

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CBEBJQUIQJQEPQ Q0 bitt? tae meet! The Work Experience Program and the Teacher Aide Program were pro- vided for those students wanting ex- perience and school credit, More than 75 students held jobs ranging from a delivery person, to a bank clerk, to a woodcutter. More than four students worked as teacher aides in junior high and grade schools. The students were evaluat- ed on a credit no-credit basis. Ran- dol Walker, E School assistant princi- pal, headed the program. The Kaw Area Vocational-Technical School was open to anyone 16 and older. Twenty-one Chargers were among the approximately 1,200 stu- dents who attended day classes and the 1,100 who attended night classes. Twenty-six courses were of- fered in three- and five-hour days. The average job placement was 88 percent. The majority of the stu- dents were placed in a 30-mile radi- us from Topeka. l v.s I' , .. -t ?f ' t V, 'R g. 54 - .' A- W: . , . F is 'S l I M. L I ,, ,, . ., ,, . 'gy UPPER RIGHT: Carefully adjusting a lens on a is John Winkenwader, '79, RIGHT: Meticu- camera is Brad Schlyer, '8O. Brad was one of lously redoing the wiring of a radio is Eric Oxy, many students taking courses at Vo-Tech. '79. This was one of his many tasks in radio ABOVE: Reading a textbook on radio and T.V. and T.V. at Vo-Tech. . , l 1 -s 1 l l l l Q 1' -