Jefferson High School - J Yearbook (Jefferson, WI)

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Pupils use school’s facilities, prepare for a changing world An old attitude has assumed new importance among JHS students: career consciousness. For the most part, students are more concerned than ever about preparing for post-graduation activities, whether they be college or technical school, a job, or the service. Hands-on experience is one important concept to which students have caught on. Vocational classes have drawn much interest, as have the publications and photography courses. Performance classes, such as bands, choirs, and strings, give students experience with working in groups. The counseling program has encouraged this career-conscious attitude by offering a career resource room to students. Students can find information about possible opportunities in various fields from a computer terminal wired to a main computer on the campus of the University of Wis-consin-Whitewater. Visits from college representatives and guidebooks in the career resource room provide students with information about different campuses. Representatives from branches of the service speak to interested students. Juniors and seniors are encouraged to take any of several tests offered to show their abilities in different fields. JHS students are concerned about their futures, and it is right that they should be, since only prepared students can take advantage of great opportunities. Jim Boos (top) works on his project for his woods class. Sue Danforth (right), one of the students in the Co-op program. practices her office skills by typing a paper. Showing how much work sophomores must do, Ruth Olsen (opposite page top left) struggles with a load of books. Mr. Nowlain's auto class (opposite page top right) works on the interior of a truck to learn vocational skills. Russ Kellner (opposite page center), layout and design editor, works on a layout for the school's newspaper. Practicing in the strings class (opposite page bottom left), Annette Vogel concentrates on her music. Dressed in his crazy-days clothes (opposite page bottom right), Mr. Follensbee demonstrates a physics principle for his class. 6 Theme