Carson High School - Carneta Yearbook (Carson City, NV)

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Mrs. Martinez works with Sam Fleming on his visual teck. Stete Stooks is kicking the ball from out of bounds, first hour in the g ' m. Everyone Learns It ' s not only what the kids are learning, it ' s educating everyone about students with handicaps, and everyone has an equal right to be in school — the severely handicapped student to the most brilliant student, said Special Education teacher, Cathi Adams. The teachers and teachers ' aids in the Special Education depart- ment had a great deal to say about the progress made with their stu- dents. Joey Sheeks, an instructional assistant, said, Right now we ' re working on job placement, be- cause hopefully when they grad- uate from school they will have jobs. Usually these kids are left out in the cold. Steve Stooks and Francisco Val- le worked at the Ormsby House for two hours busing, and they also worked at a car wash. Lori Huff and Julie Holt did house- keeping. Sherry Scmalz and Alex DeWolf worked at Scotty ' s pre- paring salad, getting tables ready and cutting lettuce. They also wt)rked at Carson Tahoe Hospi- tal. Then others did jobs around the school, like Willis James, who collected attendance third hour. Sam Fleming who has difficulty with motor functions had as his ultimate goal to learn to walk. It will take years of hard work on his part. There ' s a lot of misunder- standing because these kids used to not be around others, and they were in a closet. Even the lowest functioning student responds, explained Cathi Adams. Sam took Sociology and has a visual teck to enlarge print be- cause of his trouble with vision. He has had an operation to straighten his feet but walking is hard because he is real weak in his left side. A little progress was a lot of progress for these students. They ' re a lot happier and more active in school than they are at home, concluded Cathi Adams. 175

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Opportunity School What was Opportunity School? Opportunity School was a special school for stu- dents who had trouble in the school system for many differ- ent reasons. Students in grades nine through twelve who had atten- dance problems, had difficulty with regulations, or were re- ferred by Dr. Haller for pos- sible placement attended Op- portunity School. A student usually stayed in Opportunity School for a se- mester, and at the end of a regular grading period the stu- dent was interviewed to decide whether he or she returned to the regular school system, re- mained in Opportunity School, or was withdrawn from school. There were sixty to eighty students in Opportunity School. The students received credit for classes and grades. The Seniors did graduate with their class at ceremonies. The classes that were offered to these students were English, Social Studies (Government, History, or Geography), Math, Science, and Print and Photo for electives. This school was set up for students so that they would be educated to graduate. Mary Ma fox and Kim Yeoman sit and wait for their classes to start. Alex DeVt ' olf blocks the ball while he plays soccer with his schoolmates in first hour P.E. Sherry Scmah and Julie Holt k ick off th£ ball in the morning game of soccer, first hour. 174

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A Cut Above Cicttiiig a Vocaiiorial Honors Diploma meant that the student receiving it had a 3.(tn grade point average, or better, and most ot the same requirements tor the regular liiploma, but the seven credits they had to have which made the name of the diploma were in the Vocational Depart- ment. The students ' vocational classes could have included Auto Shop, Technical Drafting, Graph- In uooj shop Siiphi)nn ri- Randy Sargent cuts the utiod for his pr4 )ect which was a bench. Junior Allen AvanI works on a threewheel motorcycle in his shop class. He also builds motorcycle parts. ic Arts, Machine .Shop, or (,om- mercial Photo. All of these classes Nere offered in a Vocational class except for (.ommercial Photo. The students who received the diploma did not find out they were receiving it until the end of the year when all of the final grades were in because in order to receive the diploma a student could not have any F ' s on his her transcript. Sophomore, Klint Cruder helps Soph»)fnore Walter Simeroth sand sood for their benches. 176