Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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The Vocational certificate is planned for students who wish to learn trades and build complete skills. Students in the graduating class of l962, having satis- factorily completed the courses required, will leave Tech with one of the four newly-offered diplomas. This unique plan, the first of its kind in the lndianap- olis school system, was established here in l958. Offer- ing four diplomas, the plan enables a student to choose a diploma allowing special time to develop specific interests and abilities he desires to pursue in the future. The Academic Diploma is for those seelcing a complete college preparatory course. The Fine and Practical Arts Diploma, a less rigid but complete course of study, per- mits additional time for elective courses. Tech pupils having a vocational field in mind would be applicants for the Vocational Diploma, which allows enough time for work at the academic level and also provides suffi- Newly Established cient time in vocational fields. Those students not de- siring to attend college or go into a vocational field are also prepared by the General Diploma, a practical course of study with little specialization. The General Diploma, allowing time for numerous electives and additional credits, enables interested students to utilize the electives to further pursue fields of non-academic research. 20

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