Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Vocational Office Pre-Lab trains students in office occupa- tions and the use of office machines. Calculators, duplicating equipment, and machine transcription are some of the areas covered. Industrial Cooperative Training provides education and training opportunities in a variety of industrial skills. The stu- dents attended school half a day and then go to work half a day. Seane O'Reagan and Brenda Schindler put the vacuum cleaner up after a day in the ag workshop. 218 -- Academics!Faculty Binky Loesch on show and tell day explains what she does while working a dentist office. Daved Merika stops working long enough to listen to Mr. Roach industrial safety.

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. ,.s:zrf- A During cosmetology, Lulu Walker combs and fixes a Iady's hair. One big event in Home and Family Living was when the little kid came to visit. Aerospace Education is a class- room portion of the Air Force Junior ROTC. During class students study navigational aspects of plane flight and participate in weekly uniform inspections. They took field trips to intercontinental Airport and NASA. if Cosmetology involves cutting and fixing hair and doing nails. Students are prepared to take the State Board of Cosmetology Examination which qualifies them to work as pro- fessional beauticians. Career Courses prepare students for a iob after high school. Homemaking, Home and Family Living, Vocational Agriculture, Aerospace Education, Cos- metology, Distributive Education, Voca- tional Office Pre-Lab and Industrial Cooperative Training are courses offered. Mrs. Toni Hall is department chairperson. During Homemaking students learn how to make clothes and cook. Hous- ing, child develop and family relations are the three main areas of emphasis. ln Home and Family Living students learn the basic steps of bringing up a family. To get a better understanding of marriage plans. The students visited a Wedding Chapel and studied the steps involved in planning a wedding. Vocational Agriculture provides training in animal behavior. Each stu- dent is required to raise an animal. He then shows it in the Livestock show and rodeo. Darla Jacobson prepares her work packets in Distributive Education. Distributive Education involves getting into iobs such as marketing, fashions, merchandising and busi- ness economics. Each student works in a iob related to one of these fields. Academics!Faculty 21 7

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.ser .ws Harry Jones and Ralph Smith help weld trailer together in FFA. -in Jacobson, Vickie Savoy and Pam Keith use their Distributive Education to catch up on their work. Freddie Everett helps entertain kids visiting the Home and Family Living class. Career Courses Prepare Students for Jobs Valeria Supple enioys adding numbers while acting as an accountant in VOE. Academics!Faculty - 219