Highland Park High School - Little Giant Yearbook (Highland Park, IL)

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Welding two endt of a coffee toble for a metal ihop profeci, junior Mark Hopper ond toph Ernie Welder (top), a DHS student, enhonce intra-district relations. Eyes alertly focused on the copy, fingers firm on the home row, soph Marty Schhssenberg (left) waits for the ready, type signol. Winding up an 18 year teaching career at HPHS, Mrs. Mount (above) read- ies the typing class for a timing. 13 ACADEMICS

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APPLIED ARTS Practicality lures greater enrollment With the coming of the 70’s, people began questioning the assumption that college was the best or the only thing for a high school graduate to do. According to Applied Arts chairman Mrs. Norma Ham- merbcrg, ‘‘The trend seems to be more and more students becoming interested in vocational training, and an indication of this is that enrollment in our department has gradually increased each year over the last five years. About 180 signed up for work-study programs. DE, OO, HERO, ICE and CWT, open to all students 16 or older, counted for two credits per semester. This enabled students to finish their required course load in half a day and work 15 to 24 hours a week. The five co-ops offered a wide variety, allowing students to match their future career to a specialized curriculum and job experience. Officially attached to the Applied Arts department this year, CWT's Related Theory taught general job survival; writ- ing a good application letter, how to han- dle an interview or the fine art of settling on-the-job disputes. Through the use of films, field trips, guest speakers the classes also acquainted students with what jobs were available. December 8, the school district passed a referendum that will link HPHS with the Lake County Vocational Center. The Cen- ter was scheduled for completion in the fall of '76. Meanwhile 20 Highland Parkers bussed to Waukegan for training in fields like cosmetology, carpentry and nursing. Soph Martha Morgolit (right) looks anxiously at hot young charge os she does a wet chalk drawing, one of the many creative activities in the Child Develop- ment program. Senior Gloria Biondi (top), one of many stvdents enrolled in the Office Occupations class, looms from Miss Miller the workings of a ditto mochine, essentiol to her fob at the First Notional Bonk of Highlond Park. 12

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Concentrating on the dotted line, junior Maureen Popianne (top) carefully cuts her material as the first step in creating a pair of pants. One of the two stu- dents working as school secretaries in the new Office Occupations course, senior Sandy Onesti (above) performs her duties for language department choir- man Mr. Kroll. She also works for English deportment chairman Mr. Crunsko. 14