Cave Spring High School - Accolade Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Ashley Sheets II on t.v. and in the center of the mall They spent the weekend at the mall. During Vocational Education Week, which took place in February, vocational clubs and classes from through- out the Roanoke Valley gath- ered at Tanglewood Mall and set up displays. The center of the mall was filled from end to end with computers, robots, eleciIical displays, whining scissors and curling irons. and even food prepared by a home eco- nomics group. But Vocational Education Week was just that: a week. During this time the vocational clubs and classes drew attention to their benefits through tours and public service announcements. In fact, WSLS Channel 10 came to school in January to feature the Home Economics and Business departments in a commercial advertising Vocational Education Week. M all bytes On iookers watch as a computer technician works on a program. Ashley Sheets Light up a life Demonstrating how a method of wirin makes the light bulbs glow, Derrek Patterson talks with a anglewood Mall patron at the Vocational Fair, 154 f Vocational Education Week Wheelies Aligning the tires on a school car. Mark Crosier and George Marsinko work with a piece of Arnold R. Burton's automotive equ1pment Hot wire In Electricity, Jeff Beckner wires a model house. Students learned vanl ous ways of manipulating electricity to make bathroom sockets safe and doorbells n'ng. Bub Tavelmer

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L. 2 J3 C M D U 'S to D Take one Making a commercial for Vocational Education Week a WSLS camera- man films FHA members Billy Lips, David Bailey, Melanie Richardson and Melinda Tilley work in the Home Economics classroom. Stock Exchange In a side of Leggett not usually seen, the stock room, DECA members Brandi McGuffin and Susan Rodgers help two youngsters choose from an array of Clothes. Mary Ann Ehlshlager ore than work, it's a labor of love for life D r awing UP iiBut why do we have to Jesse . , Blankenship learn this? It 11 never help me 393:3? 21,25 in the future!n students often Tegmical wailed when taught something Drawing class on . new in an academic class. i an assngnment However, career classes of- , fered a more practical ap- 3 5i proach for some students. They taught skills it that were necessary to all students, college- bound or not. Jodi Daner said, i1 took Marketing because thatis what I want to major in in college. But some students planned to go straight into the work force, or enrolled in a career class just to help them in their school career. Randy Gar- land said, til enrolled in Keyboarding just so I 5 can type my term papers.n 1 3 Learning to cook delectables in Home Economics was a motive for others. Students . had a chance to compare their confectionery 1 i talents in a cake-baking contest in the fall. , 'y Mary Ann Ehlshlager h ' Cheers Enjoying a glass of punch at the FHA open house are Jennifer Dalton, Karen Snider, Christy Burns, and Tricia : Heitz. Students exhibited their work to their parents, i h friends, and other visitors at the Christmas open house. t 1 Bob Lee Careers w 153

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Bob Tavenner finger work OWMUlUgy students Christle geWW'H Tern Meadows. and a'qk UWWH prepare material for WW Mn Kiddie Corner Fouriyeariolds come to play one day at Vo-Tech, as Juniors Mary McConkey, Sarah Sterzingt Nora Nasta, and Tonia Sweeney keep watch, Bob Tavenner w. v '9! '2. Mark Crosier and George Marsinko watch a machine closely as they work on a car's alignment. Q 0min Between work and school, Vo-Tech students were They were everywhere: juniors coming in the morn- ing, seniors coming in the afternoon, people going to and coming from cooperative work programs, and others who just stayed there the en- tire day. Arnold R. Button VocationaleTechnical School had more than Horticulture, Cosmetology, and Auto Me- chanics. A student could take a complete course load with out having to go back to the base school. Most classes were small, both the academics classes and the labs. For example, the Health Assistants classes had a total of ten students. Students undertook some interesting projects at V0- Tech. Carpentry students built sheds for the county to house the 911 signal trans- lators, while Electricity students wired models of houses and Power Mechan- Buh Tnmmwr g and going ics pupils built trailers to sell. Horticulture students prepared beribboned carnations for sale on Valentines Day, the Child Care classes worked with pre-schoolers, and Cos- metology classes practiced cutting hair on real people. With everyone so busy, there was little time for socializing. The clubs pro- vided some opportunity. HERO, Home Economics and Related Occupations, had a regional proficiency event in February, and VICA, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, went to Pulaski in March for another competition. Other than that, the 310 students got a chance to come together at a catered supper in the spring and en joyed hors dtoeurves before the Senior Ceremony in June. Ashley Sheets Bob Tavenner That type During a typing, class, Michele Collins homes her keyboarding skills on an dSSIgnment Movin' on up Hang a ladder to reach the roof, Mlku 5pecht works on a small shed to: a carpentry protect Burton Vocational Technical School e 155