Mount Hebron High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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LEFT: Howard Vo-Tech teaches the use of many complicated machines, includ- ing computers. Rick Wiles concentrates on his work on this machine. BOTTOM LEFT: Typewriters are another kind of keyboard used extensively in school. Penny Margaritis practices during her typing class. BOTTOM: Another obvious keyboard is that of a piano. Three hands don't bother Mark Brookhart, who often seems to possess many hands while play- ing this instrument. 'wet 15

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Responding to a hailstorm of fingers, keyboards serve their human masters in many places at school. As the digits of practicing students perform acrobatics over the eighty-eight keys of a piano, the lightly sprinkled notes of a Chopin nocturne or the thundering chords of a Beethoven work can be heard in the music wing. Other keys of learning can be found on the pocket calculators in math classes, or the computer terminals at Howard Vo- Tech. However the beast of burden in the keyboard family is not the adding machine or piano, but the machine associated with the Keys fo learnin Business Department - the typewriter. The department possesses many of these and is the largest and one of the finest in Howard County. Business students are exposed to commerce in many ways: Business Day permitted some to visit an organization they were interested in and become a part of it for a dayg guest speakers from different fields, such as the secretarial, permitted many to have a first hand account of many occupations. By building a firm understanding of business activities, the department shows the many career possibilities available in the job market. -,Q a ,

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The fingers of many hands dart about busily over mounds of cloth with each movement signifying another step to- wards the completion of a pro- ject. This is an everyday scene in the sewing classes where the perpetual motion of these ten digits helps to fabricate many beautiful and useful ob- jects, such as dresses and pillows, that can be worn or displayed by their proud crea- tors. Miles away, students learn through their hands in yet another way. In Cosmetology classes at Howard Vo-Tech, they experience close-up the finer points of hairstyling . Others use their fingers to Fabricafing a fufure create jewelry and stuffed animals, among other things, that are sold by them on the premises. Approximately 115 Mount Hebron students attended Vo-Tech this year. This school teaches many useful vocations, such as auto mechanics and computer techno- logy, which can be used as start- ing points for careers. Seniors can obtain on-the-job training with the help of Vo-Tech in the field of their choice. Among the courses offered are Electronics, Health Services , Horticulture , Nursing, and many others. The Distributive Education class started a Mini Mall within the building which gavefstudents a chance to sell products and gain useful business experience. :Q