Newbury Park High School - Pawprint Yearbook (Newbury Park, CA)

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YWYYY l A ...Y .. --hx af' V. lin 5 In ix N qv Q' X X KL High chool Without Walls l J X X. 4 ffwlfeiff Valarie Harris helps in having a good time. She has a chance to do something con- structive in hey young life, by just caring. Antoinette Callahan and Valarie Harris make the trip down that long slide a little easier. 46a Clubs Many of the people are being helped with sign language. As Valarie Harris finds out she can really communicate.

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5 Linda DePalma takes a serious moment to sit down and talk. This program Every day the girls go to the Hospital to visit the residents. It's a joyous has given her the opportunity to see how important it is that she cares. occasion. as Antoinette Callahan shows with a big smile. A program was offered at New- bury Park High School to help the students and the mentally retarded at Camarillo State Hospital. The program was referred to as High School Without Walls . The pro- gram consisted of two 17-week series to coincide with the school semesters. Twenty students attend- ed from four schools, making a total of 80 students for each series. In re-- turn they would receive ten credits. The student volunteer would travel to the Hospital and help out with recreation, sports, personal grooming, academics, such as learning names, colors and num- bers. Their skills were also used in the Workshop for the Mentally Re- tarded, the Patient Library, the Behavior and Social Development Valarie Harris shows how easy it is to provide her love. concern and care without any thought ot Program and the Deaf PI'OgI'31'l'1. what she will receive in return. The students worked on a one-to- one basis with the residents under the supervision of Nancy Flowers who was the Supervisor of the Volunteer Services. The Program as a whole seemed to be a great suc- cess. Clubs 47a

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Students make fire-fighters ' , f J l ' l . w i r . I ' s l Jim Kendricks and Vemon Siren, two students from the successful fire-fighters program, proudly relax by the bright yellow fire engine. One program offered at Newbury Park High School involved work experi- ence. The program presented various types of jobs for a hundred and fifty students. They could work and earn ten credits per semester at the same time. Weekly assignments were required, such as filling out applications, pre- employment test and resumes. The stu- dents also had guidance in selecting a future career after High School. Another Program offered was the Cadette program. This program in- volved twenty senior boys, ten from Newbury Park High School and ten from Thousand Oaks High School. The boys worked at five fire stations in the Conejo Valley. They spent a minimum of ten hours a week and earned five credits per semester. The purpose of i this program was to expose them to fire science and the career of being a fire- man. :'. ' Clubs 45a