Andover High School - Archer Yearbook (Linthicum, MD)

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Q , ' - . J h B d W0'li'nQ as an inventory clerk tor the Southern Sign keeps count and records ot the stock tor the man- JO n Bra' Y SUPPlY COI'T1pany in Glen Burnie. Karen Peterson ager. Une urey Christine Marley 'iz Students get jobs through VEP IN EFFECT FOR THE SECOND YEAR, the Vocational Experience Pro- gram helped students prepare to meet the challenges ot the world atter gradua- tion. Seniors in the last phase ot the three phase program worked in iobs through- out the community. Choosing their work according to per- sonal interests and skills three seniors tound iobs, Karen Peterson kept count and records ot the stock as an inventory clerk tor the Southern Sign Supply Com- pany ot Glen Burnie. Karen's work assisted the manager as to when and how much new merchandise to order. Bill Cecil, who tavored the outdoors, took a iob with a Baltimore construction com- pany. By landing a iob at Westinghouse that incorporates being indoors with handicratt, Rick Rollette touncl a perma- nent position and set himselt up tor lite. sick earned great pay with many bene- its. Karen, Bill, and Rick tound Jobs through VEP. They telt that the on-the- iob know-how gained through these opportunities prepared them to take on the world as adults.

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Geraldine Riggs Roberl' Buckingham Nelson Marlin Cicero Robinson III A b in i , ,E ' One of +l'1e HOP s+uden+s. June Rice, labels mecli- cine bollles as one of her clu+ies. Ann Wilhelm

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Rey Meyer MargueriTe YanoviTch Evelyn Genyer KaThy Bishop Glenn AbboTT Springer Wayne Shipley A NOVEL ANYONE? IT seems as Though Andover had goTTen The reading b I Uiqhe English deparTmenT, under The direcTion OT Mr. Wayne Shipley, added a new period To Andover's school schedule - The susTained reading period. This reading Time was a 25 minuTe period seT aside Three Times a week where The whole school, sTudenTs and Teachers. read. Where did The idea come Trom? AbouT Three years ago aT a workshop Dr. DoroThy Sullivan oT The UniversiTy OT Students get more time to read Maryland spolce on The sublecT Reading in Secondary Schools. She TelT ThaT.The sTudenTs did noT have enough Time To read because OT home assignmenTs, eTc. LaTer, a TaculTy commiTTee Tried To incor- poraTe The reading Time inTo The T972-73 schedule buT noT unTil This year could a plan be worked ouT. ln scheduling Princi- pal Oliver WiTTig cuT Ten minuTes oTT The TirsT period and Tive minuTes OTT oT The Tollowing Three periods. He combined Them To make The reading Time. During The TirsT semesTer, The reading session roTaTed beTween The TirsT Three periods. To eliminaTe some oT The conTu- sion, ThaT occurred The reading session Tollowed a more consisTenT schedule sec- ond semesTer Tollowing Third period on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. AT The beginning oT The year, more Than I5OO paperbacks, and hardbaclcs were puT inTo circulaTion. WiTh 25 minuTes, Three days a week, everyone had a liTTle more Time To read.