Mechanicville High School - Halfmoon Yearbook (Mechanicville, NY)

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CONSERVA TION I Students in conservation develop necessary skills in such areas as: light indus- trial equipment operation and maintenance, forestry, soil, water, and wildlife conservation. These skills will enable them to pursue their career in conserva- tion. The student enroll in this course is Todd Teal. CONSERVA TION II This is a course that al- lows the student to contin- ue their studies in the area of conservation. Pupils be- come involved in forest and wood lot improvement along with other operations associated with soil and water conservation. Stu- dents enrolled in this course are: Charles Dyer. Michael Garland, Mark Hol- lenbeck, John Snyder. WORD PROCESSING Word processing stu- dents develop skills in all areas of office machine op- erations from a typewriter to a word processing sys- tem. Students learn the cor- rect format of the opera- tions of these machines. This provides for an en- riched business career. Stu- dents enrolled in this course are: Athena Koutou- zis. Hope Wood.

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The Saratoga-Warren B.O.C.E.S. center is located in Saratoga Springs. The center gives advanced training to students so when they leave high school they'll have the qual- ifications to move directly into the main stream of the working world. According to the student’s schedule they may either attend morning of afternoon class- es. The students are mixed in with students from sev- eral different districts. B.O.C.E.S. gives these stu- dents a social link and a worthwhile experience. Cosmetology Cosmetology is an intro- ductory course for those students who want to go into hairdressing. In the first year the students learn basic haircuts, color- ing. waving, and relaxing of the human hair. The stu- dents gain actual hand ex- perience which will push them toward Cosmetology II. Students enrolled in this course are: Donna Mar- kiewicz. Christine Parker, and Maria Delano. Cosmetology II Cosmetology II is basical- ly the same thing as Cos- metology I. but the students practice more on the State Board work. After finishing this course pupils are pre- pared for the admissions to the licensing examination. This exam is necessary for the practice of hairdress- ing and cosmetology in New York State. Students enrolled in this course are: Melissa Acerra. Tina An- triello. Tammy Cowin. Tina Marotta. Michele Topetro.

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DA TA PROCESSING Data processing students gam keyboard skills on all types of in- dustry standard dara entry equip rnent They in addition are in- volved in bookkeeping accounting real life situations while learning the skills needed for good record keeping. Jobs that students can qualify for after graduation include con- trol clerk, keypunch operator, key- to diskette operator. CRT and printing computer terminal opera- tor. payroll clerk, accounts payable clerk, accounts renewable clerk, and sales and purchase bookkeep er. Students enrolled in this course are: Mary Darrow. and Sandy Perkins. COMPUTER APPLICA TIONS The data processing computer programming operations course prepares both business and math students for occupations in data processing. This course also helps the students with college entrance in the field of processing. All stu- dents have the opportunity to use the computer located in the class- room at the B.O.C.E.S. facility in Saratoga Springs. Students en- rolled in this course are Sandy Greene. ELECTRONICS II Electronics students have the opportunity to learn electronic theory and how to service actual elec- tronic equipment. Such equipment includes: digital and analog multimeters, so- cieloscopes, tube and tran- sister testers, logic probes, signal and wave form gen- erators. as well as special analytic equipment. Stu- dents enrolled in this pro- gram are: Dave Urkevich.