Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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During Mr. Donald Hopkins' Chemistry class, Pat Broncato and Floy Flugebregt learn how to distill moonshine. Mr. Joe Wright learns to use the new Apple computers to aid him in keeping his class records organized. -4 1.se 5 5 - , , .. . NQF ii .. Computer Classes Increase ln Size Graduation requirements listed only one year of math as necessaryg however, according to Mr. Donald Hopkins, Chairperson of the Math and Science Department, 64 per cent of the student body was enrolled in a math course. ln addition to Calculus, more students enrolled in Computer Pro- gramming classes. Three classes of students interested in working on computers worked with Dr. Steve Szabo. Students used the seven TSR-80's and printerg program expan- sion has required a projected increase of four new TSR-80's, two Apple Two computers, a second line printer, and a network central hook-up for the computers. In the annual balsa wood bridge building contest and in the annual mousetrap car race, one student swept the field. Sophomore David Randolph captured the bridge building contest when his bridge held 119 lbs. Randolph then entered his bridge in the Chicagoland contest where it took third in a field of 100 entries. His mousetrap car traveled 76 ft. to win. Seniors Charles Weatherford and Jim Anderson simulate a coal mine explosion for freshmen during freshmen seminar periods.

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Receive Work Experience, Credit Kevin Haggerty measures a frame for the Joliet Pattern ny, Wojtowicz and Mary Perez type notes from their shorthand ss ,. X- -Q, t,tt,gM,5,,, , N l st X 5 NN 9 E lg N Q IK N XX X o eert W We ifgwwl i f. st x M A --swf , -3. 1 s fb 5: sm... .sig s - S - X -s it - - at , , . X., .. t. ..,. .,.... ,..,, , . , .. ,..,. 5 3 ii ll' : ees f I . sas ---S 2 -2 . l -- 5 ' ----' - W QQ BLSA. ..., -- was .. ,.,,.,. N, Egg. -fsmw-me .,.. J, ..... its tbl X -s iis Y W -- w e 55 , as 21 - 1 , k A W -W -- m e t. .. T , ...e . , WW it I L, at -. o . x , C . - X E rn Egg s. 55 it Q AMW ' l ik TW X? 7 , Q up ' l as 's . '--. -if ,... at ' Work programs give actual experience to the student and make him take the responsibility for having a job, said Dr. James Kichefski, chairman of the Career and Vocational Education Department. Junior and senior students interested in having part-time jobs involved themselves with the work programs. They chose a work program that best suited their interests. Distributive Education, Office Education, Industrial Cooperative Education, Cooperative Work Training, and Personal and Public Occupations, were some of the programs from which interested students could choose. Approximately one hundred and eighty-five students attended school for half of the day, depending on their work schedules. When the students were not in school, they were working on the job. Various local businesses such as Joliet Pattern Company, Joliet Auto Parts Center, and T. J. Maxx Department Store, hired these students. Students had a coordinator who found them a practical job to suit their skills. Along with their job, they had to enroll in a classroom course that involved learning skills related to their job. Writing resumes, filling out applications and learning to talk with an interviewer were activities included in the course. For this experience the student earned one credit for the classroom course and two from the employer. A total of three credits could have been earned by each student. gg g.,y ....,,, , ,tl ,,.W G , st g f, g,,,.,, Busrness!Work Programs 89 wg

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, W9 vg 4' ' ' 'lr-Q.. i:'.lB!5. I ' mtv, Lx I- v Sophomore Dave Randolph breathlessly watches to see if his bridge will hold more weight. Junior Brian Rogina works his program on the TSR-80 computer in Dr. Steve Szabo's class. MathlScience 91