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

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Events Have students lost interest in special events? The answer to this question in terms of Homecoming is no. special events have not lost appeal, but in fact have gained in appeal. Students in two different homerooms indicated that twenty-six out of twenty-eight students participated in Homecoming activities. When the same two homerooms were asked if they felt that Homecoming was a waste of time, all of the students said. “No.” More students seem to have shown their school spirit without feeling embarrassed or stupid. As two students indicated, “Homecoming is fun and it shows the pride and spirit of JHS. “In the previous four years, participation in drama has been on the increase,” observed Mrs. Koehler, a drama director in the high school. She also indicated that students had shown more interest in the technical and set crews which worked behind the stage. According to many students, unlike some special events, Prom lost more appeal than gained it among the students. Personal costs as well as costs related to the actual presentation of the dance seemed to be the biggest factor in this loss of appeal. Options such as Prom being held outside of the school with a minimum of decorations was a widely-discussed possibilty. Participation levels held for many of the traditional special events. Those seeing a participation decline saw the need for a new look at old practices. Go Bananas Day is a real success during Homecoming, as proven by these five freshman participants (top). During one noon-hour Homecoming event (right), the sophomore tug o' war team practices for the pep rally. Janell Thom (opposite page top left) goes over the rules for Cheri DeLanguillette during the Homecoming tricycle race. Jeff Funk (opposite page top right) contemplates a decision he must make during the play Adaptations. In the play September Song (opposite page center left), Dave Stelmaszewski and Mary Dunnington attempt to remember how many children they have. After selling six magazine subscriptions during the magazine campaign. Ruth Olsen (opposite page center right) holds her prize, a school mascot. At the Homecoming pep rally (opposite page bottom), the cheerleaders display their pyramid routine. 8 Events