Hauser Junior Senior High School - Jetstream Yearbook (Hope, IN)

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Georgey Butler and Sunny Hull prepare to transplant marigolds from one flat to another in seventh period Horticulture. Randy Thompson supplies water to marigolds, strawberry begonias and petunias for selling this spring. The Horticulture class took a trip to Kings Island with the profits from the sales. Mike Anderson jacks up the front of his truck before taking out the engine. Mike replaced the engine as a project in Agricultural Mechanics. Jordan Shoaf transplants tomatoes to sell in the spring for FFA's trip to Kansas City in November. 17

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Back To Basics Students from horticulture class plant trees on the east side of the school. Landscaping was done in front of the gym and by the front entrance doors of the school. More landscaping was planned as the funds came in. You don't have to be a farmer to be in a vo. ag. class, stated Mr. Arnold Ellison, who taught vocational agriculture classes last year and sponsored FFA. Vocational agriculture opened its doors to a new eighth grade class last year. With the junior high class, we go back to basics. This way the kids get a better explanation and view of all the general areas in vo. ag., commented Mr. Elliosn. It was a lot of fun! We learned about everything, from different plants to the use of computers for business purposes,” stated Gina West. Not only did we talk about things, we actually did some of them as well, added Nikki Keller. The eighth grade class was introduced to vo. ag. as a part of their rotating classes, which students took if not in choir or band. One of the main advantages to having a junior high class is that we can use it as a recruiting device. Hopefully these kids will be more apt to take vo. ag. class in high school, ended Mr. Ellison. As a thank-you, John Newsom washes Mrs. Donna Robertson's car. Mrs. Robertson, photographer for the Star Journal, took soil judging students to their contest against East. The boys easily defeated the Olympians. 16 Horticulture and Vocational Agriculture

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18 Blue River into two ports, automotive training and front end alignment, which are each one semester of the junior year. Then our senior year we go into one of those categories to specialize. It's a good learning experience for someone who wants to do this as a career,” stated Rob Archer. Eighty percent of the Blue River students entered the job market after graduating and Blue River helped them find a job in their field. Thanks to Blue River I have a job at the Shelbyville newspaper as a word processor and a typesetter, ended Karen Kirby. What It's All About You've got to learn to set priorities because up there it's treated like a regular job. You clock in and you're expected to do professional work, stated Karen Kirby about her studies at Blue River Vocational School. Blue River, located in Shelbyville, was a challenge which 42 Hauser students took on last year. Students spent a half day each day at Blue River. Their thirty minute bus ride left Hauser at 8:20 and returned around noon for a 40 minute lunch break. At Blue River each student took one class which was three hours long with one ten minute break. We can't be one second late from our break or it takes three percent off our grade, commented first year student, Diane Frady. Out of the 16 classes offered at Blue River, Hauser had students in all except two. The class that seems to be the most popular and has more Hauser students in it is Auto Mechanics, remarked Mr. Jack Huff, guidance director. Auto Mechanics is divided up Junior Richard Lobdell faces off the end of a piece of metal to make a punch on the metal lathe in Machine Shop.