Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Snacktime Her small ones look on as Tricia Owen gives out munchies at a local day care center. Loaded Up Those empites create plenty of work for Bill Wheelhouse, a courtesy clerk at Safeway. Careful Watch Keeping an eye on the gas pumps at Spencer's fills Ricky Westray’s working day. It’s here somewhere! Deloris Pas- chal knows how important it is to keep accurate files in personel re- cords at Phillip Morris. Two things at once Nita Sikes uses her skills to answer the phone while continuing to type at her job with Phillip Morris in the employee rela- tions department. Business Programs 11

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For some, it’s working out The 300 hall has the dis- tinction of being one of the emptiest halls in the school by fifth period. The students weren’t skipping and they were not in school suspen- sion. They were quite offi- cially involved in work pro- grams. These students in the work programs and business pro- grams received credit for their job performance as well as the three or four classes they took each day before leaving for the job. At one end of the hall, the instructors in IWE, ICT, and 10 Business Programs DE were responsible for se- curing jobs for and evaluat- ing the performance of their students. They generally spent the last two periods of their day coordinating. They had to visit students involved in jobs at gas sta- tions, County maintainance, day care centers, grocery stores, and many other types of work. The students’ perfor- mance at school and at the job were tied tightly togeth- er. A bad performance either place would effect their grades and ultimately, gradu- ation. At the other end of the hall, in the business depart- ment, students involved in COE, a work program, also left early for jobs. They par- ticipated in classes that in- volved block programs and back to back business classes such as book keeping and typing. Phillip Morris seemed to be one of the top hirers. There were at least three stu- dents employed by Phillip Morris in various capacities known by the Sceptre staff. The faculty in the business It’s in there somewhere! David Fen- ner works on an engine at his job as an auto macha nic. department also had the re- sponsibility for finding jobs for their students and then keeping close tabs on the progress being made by the students. All of these groups of stu- dents had made the same de- cision earlier in school. They knew they wanted to enter the business world. Some would continue in the same jobs, others might take a break to attend business col- leges or pick up some tech- nical instruction but will go on with what had already been started for them. ‘PRR

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The crossing Martha Eastwood, Robbie Boswell, Theresa Wiley, Bri- an Sadler and Mary Tonenbaum seem in need of rest as they cross the English Channel. Take your choice A speaker from Dirt Shirt shows his wares to a DE class as Mrs. Susan Hudson looks on. Pretty chilly Standing on top of a vo- lacano in Central America, Greg Mumpower and Roxanne Combs get a bit chilled. 12 Speakers Field