Kickapoo High School - Legend Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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OF AMERICA Front Row: Debbie Lovett Diala Gllson Kelly Gunther Michelle Kl6SllHg Karen King Kristi Smith Angle Bair Kelly Hashagen msrnmuriva EDUCATION CLUB lt Row 2: Debbie Lipscomb, Kim Simkins, Audrey Bridges, Jimmy Nichols, Greg Sherri Smith, Marcy Hamric, Jennifer Biffle, Tim Millikin, Ann Patterson, Robeson, Cindy Smith, Christy Laura Lierz, Barney Munhollon, Janna Carpenter, Tina Hammers. Row 3: Mrs. Wolfe, Jamie Agee. Back Row: Karl q Jones, Marti Jones, Tony Wilson, Jamey James, Scott McDaniel, Steve Woods, Carrie Crain, Melinda Hellyer, Chris Robertson. by ,,g,, Y Senior Lori Ragland discusses the responsibilities of being employed with Mr. Ray Bennett, COE teacher. Senior Lynn Krutsinger works as a den- tal assistant to Dr. Richard Wolf. She works every weekday afternoon. 126 X COE, VICA, DECA Ky W 2 ZW! K 2 , , gyfrgwmvnn QW ,,

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of. iQ V 7 Training for a Trade HIt's a good experience because of the fact that it helped me work toward a career. I think it should get more recognition because, overall, I think it's a good programf' commented Mark Watterson, a voca- tional and technical educa- tion student. Mr. Bob Green, shop teacher at Kickapoo, stated, uThere are many opportunities to develop skills in welding, carpentry, plumbing, com- puter programming, and secretarial practice, just to name a fewf' '6The object is to train for employment. This year, Vo-tech has been made ac- cessible for the handicap- ped, said Mr. Donald Sim- Shawn Spurlock lets the power hack-saw work for him as he cuts a pipe in his agriculture business II class. David Morris examines the finished prod- uct put out by the vacuum mold in his multiple occupations class. mons, assistant director at Vo-tech. Since there was such a demand for the courses at Vo-tech, a quota was put on some classes. Mrs. Patricia Sims, vocational coordinator, determined the number of students to be put in each class. Classes, such as auto mechanics and auto body repair, were limited to 17 students each morning and afternoon. Students had to ride a bus or drive to get to the Vo-tech building located downtown. Junior Steve Edwards said, Some bad things about Vo-tech are that when you come back at lunch, there are no parking spaces and you have to break school regulations to find a spot. We also never get to hear the morning announcements. .i 4 Q 5 72 . A. 4 f, Z ' 151. .ff T. , , 9 ina Vo-tech f 125

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Karl Jones has participated in the COE program for two years. He owns and operates his own tuxedo business. Training vertime Cooperative Occu a- tional Education classes not only gave students a chance to earn some money, but also gave them very important on- the-job trainin and a bet- ter understanfgng of the business world. GCOE is not really a class, it is more of a train- ing station, commented senior Carrie Crain. alt helped us fthe class membersj to get jobs, and then helped us to improve on them. ' Through contracts with certain comtpanies, students were traine in selected oc- cupations of their choice. Mr. Ray Bennett, COE teacher, commented, alt has been a cooperative ef- fort between the companies of this contract, and their employees, to create job ex- periences for students. VICA fVocational ln- dustrial Clubs of Americaj and DECA fDistributive Education Clubs of Americaj were two clubs made available to COE students. Social events including picnics and float trips were a few of the activities that VICA members enjoyed. ln the spring, members par- ticipated in local, state, and national competitions. ln these, competitions, the skills that were practiced over the year were displayed. General com- petition varied from com- mon jobs to unusual jobs such as shoeing a horse. Main projects of DECA were the selling of oranges at Vo-tech and working with the marines on the Toys for Tots campaign. For the benefit of the public, they also sponsored a shoplifting and free enterprise seminar. To improve the realistic side of owning and manag- ing a store, the also had a shop at Vo-llech with mannequins. During state competition at the Lodge of the Four Seasons, sales demonstra- tions were held to show how well students had learned to compete. Senior Laura Cass stated, Ml like COE because l need the money, and l don't have to work after school hours. l also don't feel as though l miss out on any games or other school activities? VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CLUBS OF AMERICA - Front Row: Laura Preston, Laura Cass, Lori Combs, Melissa Anoka. Row 2: Marcia Dreiling, Pam Peck, Jacque Rogers, Sarah Mc- Clernon, Alicia Holland. Row 3: Mr. Ray Bennett, Leslie Mayes, Scott Holleman, Charisse Cameron, Tawnya MacHardy, Monika Kleeman. Back Row: Ron Congleton, Paul Shuler, Shelley Moore, Mike Sisco, Jeff Pinegar, Jay Warner. COE, VICA DECA X 127