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

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C€TC: More Than Just a Class ROTC: What do you think when you hear this? Well, one thing was for sure. It was more than just a classroom full of students. Other than just having a class, there was also a drill team and a rifle team. The classroom itself was sepa- rated into the periods. The juniors and seniors were in the first hour class and the sophomores were in the second hour class. Commander Rhea was the main teacher and his assistant was Chief Kelley. Together they taught the history of Naval Science dating back to the Phoenicians, and they taught as much as possible about the Vietnam war. Some more of the many things taught are navigation, oceanography, geography, march- ing, health, and how to shoot a rifle. Some of the advantages of taking the ROTC class were that many stu- dents got $25,000 scholarships to many places in the United States, and also, if a person took NJROTC for three years and decided to go to the Navy, he could start by getting 2,500 dollars more a year than someone who didn ' t take it. And last, if a student took ROTC for three years, he didn ' t need to take Health in his senior year. The class took several field trips each year. They went to the Reno Air Races, San Francisco, San Die- go, where they went to a mini-boot camp that taught them what a real boot camp is really like and trained them for the future. Of course they also went to the schools in this area. Two of the schools they went to were Wooster High and Las Vegas, where they competed against sev- eral schools. The Color Guard took second place and Kristie Lawrence got best color guard. This year ' s class is really good. especially the group that came up from Eagle Valley Junior High, said Chief Kelley. The drill team, a group of girls whose ages ranged from freshmen to seniors, ended the season with LeaAnna Stevens in charge. They took second place in the Nevada Day Parade and fourth place in Las Vegas. They practiced every day almost, and even in the rain, snow, and wind, just to get better. They even began planning some events for next year. The ROTC drill team marched proudly down Carson Street during the Nevada day parade led by the commands of LeaAnna Stevens. They took second place. The officers in ROTC class march down Car- son Street in the Nevada Day Parade showing off their flags for the United States, the Navy, and Nevada. 1 Erica Bennett gets her assigned rifle from the cabinet for the rifle team practice as Dan Lowe waits. 180

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Thinkin Vccaticnal The vocational department consisted of wood shop, auto shop, metal shop, commercial art, photography, drafting, and car- pentry. The purpose of the vocational classes is job training, said Vice Principal, Mr. Scoggins. Vocational classes prepared students to go straight to trade school or straight into their field Troy Jorgeiiseii. John Ouhy, and Matt B - ers replace an upper A-lranie bushing. or profession. Vocational classes also provided an amount of ex- perience in the vocational field the student desired. What we would like is for every student to walk out of this high school with a saleable skill. We have a good group of teach- ers. The vocational department has been hurt because the grad- uation requirements have gone up, concluded Vice Principal, Mr. Scoggins. Sophomores RiitiJy Siirgeaftt, and Eric Fill- more make sure it ' s just right before they Junior D,iie MiCullen cuts metal on the cut their wood in Mr. Howard ' s fourth lathe during Mr. Brook ' s third hour metal hour wood shop class. shop class. tr .. 1 Marty Agui era makes a Jrurnstitk, dur- ing Mr. Brook ' s metal sh( p class. Involvement 179

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Jackie Nino checks to see if she has her assigned rifle in ihe rifle range as she prepares tor practice on January IS. ROTC COMMAND STAFF: Front Rou: Ca- det Lt. Cdr. Kristie Lawrence CO, Cadet Lt. Jim Kieth CO, Cdt. Enoyn Max Rob- ertson, First Lt. Row Tuo: Weapons Of- ficer Cadet Ensign Sean Artega, Supply Officer Cdt. Lt. Junior Grade Dan Lowe, Communication Officer Cdt. Lt. JG Le- Anna Stevens. Top Rou: Lt. JG Shane De- Forest, Operations Officer; Ensign Ryan Agletti, Platoon Commander. Kristie Laurence and Sheila Case get their shells to start shooting at their targets. Counting Up The Points On Rifle team, you have to concentrate. You can ' t be hyper while shooting, or you won ' t make any points, explained Sophomore Erica Bennett. Seventeen people practiced every day after school except for Fridays which were optional for those team members who wanted extra practice. Each practice session ended with team members counting up their points to see who came clos- est to the total possible of 300. Six members actually compet- ed in the eight scheduled meets for 1988. The remaining mem- bers were alternates. 181