Manatee High School - Cane Echo Yearbook (Bradenton, FL)

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Vocotionol Training Aids In Vocation Nursing, mechanics, office education, Cosmetology, drafting, and masonry were some of ten courses offered at the vocational transported the students gi' enrolled in this program to and from the schools. These trips were scheduled every morning and afternoon. Students who were trained in the two part day-three hours of specific training at the center and three hours of academic courses at MHS-were qualified, upon the completion of the course, for business jobs in the area. ff! K ii a center. Manatee County buses ... M . ti .W i l ' ,g Sewing in her Home Economics class, Vanessa Carley works on one of her projects. David Elliot works on an outboard motor in his Marine Engine class where the maintenance and operation of an engine is taught. 193

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Vocational EM i Nancy Merritt, a part-time student at Manatee High, checks the attendance of the students as part of her job. Dennis Mowry and Steve Tarman check the freon in a refrigerator in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning class. 192 Deborah Baskins and Emily Moody listen as their instructor, Mrs Leavens, explains the procedure of caring for a sick person. gs 1? M

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Vocational ight School Trains Adults Adults had an opportunity to attend the Vocational Technical Center at night. The same courses were taught at night as during the day. Basic courses in math, English, science, and history were available making it possible to obtain a high school diploma. lanie Sharp learns to bathe a child by practicing on a doll in Child Care class. as 5 if XM et- 'N , f t. tm Peter Daniels and Leverne McCants roll a piece of sheet metal through a press in Diversified Mechanics. 194