Minneapolis Vocational High School - Tradewind Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Miss Thomson is well prepared for her position as assistant principal, which she has held for three years. Before that she was coordinator and modern problems teacher in our school. Not only has Miss Thomson years of successful teaching to her credit, but she is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a B.A. degree, and Columbia University of New York City where she earned her Master s degree. Miss Thomson says. I am happy that my teaching life has been at Vocational High School. I think that the community here is more like real life than that of any other high school. We have the opportunity to introduce our students to the work-a-day world. We are concerned at Vocational with the total personality of our students. [12]

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This year of 1951 will be a memorable one for Mr. Nord, for it marks 25 years in his teaching career. He prepared for his field with a B.E. degree from St. Cloud Teachers College and a M.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1937. His first position in this field was at New York Mills, Minnesota. His work at Vocational began in 1941 when he became director of the war training program for Minneapolis. In 1945 he was appointed principal of Miller Vocational. Three years ago when the two schools were combined, Mr. Nord became the principal. 'Our Vocational school, says Mr. Nord, has two objectives: One — to train people in a trade so they will have a saleable skill; two — to give students the experiences and that information which they need to enable them to take their places as good citizens in the community, city, nation, and the world. Cii]

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Coordinators Mrs. Grace Kenyon Mr. Henry Bertelsen Miss Dagny Dietrichson Mr. Royalston Jennings ■ Miss Jane Lewis Mrs. Hazel Schmidt The six coordinators of Vocational are important people, both to students and faculty. They work in close cooperation with home room advisers, department heads, visiting teacher, and nurse. They keep close supervision over the progress of each student in their departments. Some of the duties of the coordinators consist in accepting students into departments, adjusting individual programs of students, {jiving permission to students who desire after-school jobs, making programs of placement and high school students at end of each semester, and placing students in industry on a part-time or full-time basis. Mr. Charles Sanders is coordinator for the barbering. electricity, radio, and shoe repair shops. As Dean of Boys, he is advisor for such jobs as general factory employment, stockroom work and messenger service. He counsels boys who are going into military service and evaluates military credits for former students so they may complete their high school courses. For many years, here at Vocational. Mr. Sanders has been interested in boys problems in and out of school.