Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Most Important Emphasis is on Work Experience Mr. Robert Sikora Mr. Bruce Whipperman Mr. Jefferson Nash Mr. Alexander Panasenko i Mr. Douglas Boyce, Dept, for the Exceptional, Dept. Head. Mr. Thomas Kellis Mrs. Inman Rouce Mr. Weldon Populus Department for the Exceptional o o o The aim of the department of services for the excep- tional, said Mr. Douglas Boyce, head of the department, is to develop each individual ' s potential in the areas of social and academic competence. To achieve this goal a ' broad fields type ' of curriculum is offered in which specialized instruction and equipment are utilized. As most of these teen agers are terminal high school stu- dents it is important that a major emphasis be placed upon work experience, he says. The work experience program is arranged individu- ally for each student so a portion of each day is spent in on-the-job training. A variety of Berkeley businesses offer work training to assist these students in assessing their interests and abilities to perform on the job. Some of these work situations include training in the follow- ing: stock clerks, stock markers, duplicating clerks, filing, kennelmen, animal care, building maintenance, automobile service stations, laundries, restaurants, nursery school aides, machine operators, and seat cover installers. Working students also take a course entitled Occu- pations which prepares students who will be entering the labor market following high school. These various work experiences and the related high school courses are planned in a sequential manner to develop occupa- tional adequacy. 26

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Presentacion N. Abaya Joanna Elaine Adams Katherine L. Adams Diane C. Ahlgren Rich S. Aldrich Donald Alexander Phillip S. Alexander Bernice M. Allen Bonnie Allen Charles P. Allen James Allen Jeanette Ames Thomas Russell Amess Linda M. Anania Audrey Ann Anderson Cheri Estell John Anton Anderson Martin F. Arkelian Gregory Arnold Roy P. Ashby 28