North Branch High School - Bronconian Yearbook (North Branch, MI)

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Norm Edwards, Eugene Caldwell, Gary Bennett and Jim Goss study their individual Related Instruction material. These four students are on the Co-op program. Mr. Curry points out to the Freshmen Ag. class ori- entation on F.F.A. Ken Milbocker practices his blue print reading assignment in full view of his report card. Mr. Edward Krepps, chairman of this department and Guidance Director hands out the familiar morning excuse. Dennis Schlaud, Fred Bruman, Rich Blumerich, Ron Hutchinson and Doug Lauwers watch Don Ball as he marks measurements on a dowel in Advanced Shop. Don Ball and A1 Haack do their drafting assignments

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of Self-Expression . . . DEPARTMENT OF K FINE ARTS Claire June expresses his many artistic talents in one of his oil paintings. In the Fine Arts Department, students have an opportunity for self-expression. In the visual arts section, they have experiences with many different media--clay, sculpturing, charcoal, water- color, crayon, paint, pencil, poster, oil, cloth, paper, wood, three- dimensional work, crafts--all are offered in the art classes. Com- munity groups, classes and organizations all call upon the talents of the art classes to make signs, posters, programs, and decoration. Guiding these many activities is Miss Joy-Marie Johnson, Art Instructor, who has taught at NBHS for three years. She is also advisor to the 1967 Bronconian and the Future Nurses. For those students who are musically inclined, there is also a wide selection of opportunities. Under the direction of Mr. Gary Sutton, Music Director and Chairman of the Fine Arts Department, the Band performs for assemblies, festivals, special programs, foot- ball shows, and other activities in and around North Branch. The band also presents Christmas and Spring Concerts. A special activ- ity of the Band this spring is traveling to London, Ontario and Niagara Falls to perform. Mr. Sutton has directed music at NBHS for 10 years. The chorus class will also sing for a concert and special programs Mr. Roger Richards, Assistant Music Director, is the instructor for the Chorus class. He joined the faculty second semester. He is in the process of expanding the choral program by developing strong elementary and jr. high choruses. This will help provide a more outstanding senior high choral program for the future. John Burnett likes the media of char- coal to sketch ab- Standing in front of a large display of student works, Terry Williams admires the basket Debbie Orr is holding. From left: Mr. Roger Richards, Mr. Gary Sutton, Chairman, and Miss Joy-Marie Johnson go over a proposed schedule for the Department of Fine Arts. stracts. h35 alleys ■ b£en a highly re specrea fes. 51 orv % P+s 17 Jane Soldan helps Miss Johnson display some of the pictures chosen as Pictures of the Week.

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Training for Future Vocations . .. Our Industrial Arts Program is an exploratory education experience. The students work in different areas in order to determine which field of work they would like to special- ize. During the first year the General Shop course covers such areas as General Sketching, Basic Drafting, Woods, Metals, Electricity, and individual interests study. The second year consists of the study of Advanced Woods, Cabinet Making, Carpentry, Metals II, Sheet Metals, and Welding. The third year consists of specialized areas of in- dividual interests. An Industrial Arts course in Drafting is available the 10th, 11th, 12th, graders--this includes in- struction in Sketching, Pictorial Drawings, Orthographic Projection, Dimensioning, Perspectives, Development, Revolutions, and Threads. Mr. Donald Gleason is in charge of the Industrial Arts Department. Under his tute- lage, die program has grown during the past 2 1 2 years. Next year a course will also be offered in Machine Draft- ing. Mr. Gleason also teaches Driver Education. He has taught at N.B.H.S. for 2 1 2 years. Mr. Robert Curry makes plans for the F.F.A. project of selling the 300 Slow Moving Vehicle signs seen on his desk. DEPT. OF VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION The Vocational Agriculture program is under the supervision of Mr. Robert Curry who joined our staff in December, 1966. Agriculture I covers areas of Basic Soils, Conservation Practices, Principles of Plant Growth, Livestock and Livestock Judging, Fertilizer, Small Grains, and Crop Diseases. Agriculture II is the study of crops and crop production. Farm Shop offers areas of instruction in Farm Carpentry, Welding, Electricity, Plumbing, Concrete, Gas Engines--Repair and Maintenance. Advanced Agriculture is the study of Farm Man- agement. Mr. Curry and students are engaged in farming practices on students farms. Students, parents, and school work hand in hand in developing sound farming projects. Mr. Curry is at the present time in the process of reorganizing the North Branch Chapter of the Future Farmers of America. The rebirth of this is being heard each day through their various projects and it is ex- pected to be more prominent and active in the future. Our Co-operative Education Program--Co-op, as we call it--is a work-experience program in which our students attend school half the day and work in local business or industry the other half. Areas covered in this program are: Distributive education, Trade and Industry, and Office Practice. At the present time, we have 30 students enrolled. This is an ever expanding program limited to the availability of job situations in our local areas. This program is under the direction of Mr. Edward Krepps, chairman of this department. Mr. Krepps has taught at N.B.H.S. for 20 years and served as Guidance Counselor. as A1 Peet and Ron Hutchinson observe. Mr. Curry laughs and Mr. Gleeson acts surprised as Mr. Krepps, chairman of the Vocational Instruction department, hams it up outside the Faculty Lounge.