Lovington High School - Mirror Yearbook (Lovington, IL)

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Lovington High School has an excellent vocational education department. One vocational class is Auto Mechanics which is taught by Mr. Boyd.This is a two year program that has had exceptionally fine results in training students for employment. Mrs. Foley is our school’s home economics teacher. She is kept busy teaching Home Economics I, an orientation course; and Advanced Home Economics, a course that covers fabrics, sewing, and nutrition. Food Service and Child Care are also offered. Directly below the Home Economics room, Mr. McGregor teaches a different kind of vocational education — Industrial Arts. The Home Ec classes help in bagging candy for Santa. Mrs. Foley VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Here the Red Queen began again. “Can you answer useful questions?” she said. “How is bread made?” “I know that!” Alice cried eagerly. “You take some flour — ” “Where do you pick the flower?” the White Queen asked. “In a garden or in the hedges?” Greg Floyd works eagerly on an alternator as the auto mechanics class looks on.

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Title I In the 1976-77 school year LHS started a new federally funded program referred to as Title I. The purpose of Title I is to provide tutoring to students in basic English skills such as reading, spelling, punctuation, and composition. Math skills are also covered. Mrs. Dunscomb teaches the Title I program. “I only took the regular course.” “What was that? ” enquired Alice. “Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with.” the Mock Turtle replied.

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The first year course includes four basic skills involving drawing and sketching, woodworking, electricity, and metalworks. Advanced courses offered are Drafting, Woodworking, and Building Construction. Full year advanced courses include Millwork, the production of wood products, and Building Trades I and II. The Agriculture Department was taken over by Mr. Rincker in 1977. The courses offered are divided into grade levels. The freshman and sophomores take Agriculture Orientation and Basic Agriculture Mechanics. The orientation course involves the exploration of many opportunities and careers available in agriculture. A mechanics course is also offered . Second year agriculture students may take Plant and Soil Science first semester and Livestock and Meat Science second semester. Semester classes for the third and fourth year levels in agriculture include Agribusiness and Farm Management, or Agriculture Power and Machinery. A full year course also offered to juniors and seniors is Advanced Agriculture Mechanical Skills. This ag class seems to have forgotten what an egg looks like. Mr. McGregor David Eckel and Bob Renfro keep busy in Industrial Arts. f David Eckel receives help from Mr. McGregor. Mr. Rincker