Northeast High School - Charger Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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naulv' This is your life Students get head start on lessons in life from futureforiented courses i ife after high school means work for most people, and a variety of future-oriented courses ranging from beginning typewriting to construction offered a head start for hundreds of students enrolled. The six economics courses were prime examples, and senior Bari Blessing described their value. You learn about life after high school, she said. It makes you look ahead to the future. Construction I and II classes were equally future-oriented, and students took them for on the job training. Senior Brent Tucker, who plans to go into construction as a profession, called the classes excep- tional. If you want to get into construction, this is the class, he said. I work part-time for a roofing company, and the things, I've learned in class have been a big help on the job.', Senior Tim Seiter agreed. The course is harder than I expected, he said, but it is realisticf, Other future oriented classes were 12 business courses, Mechan- ical Drawing I and II, electronics, health, physical education, and five work-study programs. While exper- ience was their main attraction, reasons for taking them varied from person to person. Sophomore Mike Steadman took electronics because his brother told him it was a fun class. Students took home economics because you get to eat in class, and Sophomore Michele Brooks took health because it's required. Bur along with the fun came a year full of lessons for life. I've learned things in health that I can use all of my life, Michele said. Michele admitted that while the knowledge didn't always change her habits, it did encourage her to try harder. We learned in health that hamburgers and french fries aren't a good diet, she said. But I like them, and I still eat them, but I try to eat carrots and stuff too. - By Michelle James THE PRESSURES ON - Sophomore Kay Bryant gets her blood pressure taken by a nurse visiting the health classes. Photo by Robert Miller SEW FRIENDLY - Seniors Mike Willett and jerry Williams work together on a pillowcase. By sewing a pillowcase, students got familiar with the basics. Photo by Vicki Causey This is your lifef49

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CONCENTRATION - junior Tracy Mangus puts some final touches on an assignment in mechanical drawing. This was just one of the 30 drawings required each nine weeks. Photo by Robert Miller TYPING AWAY - Mrs. Pam Conner's fifth period Typing I class types an exercise in formal letters. Photo by Vicki Causey PUSHIN' PENCILS - junior jay Lathrop works on a drawing that requires steady hands and a vivid imagination. Photo by Robert Miller 48X Academics

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This is your life Traditional business courses and work-study programs offer future-oriented training usiness courses were especial- ly future oriented. Subjects ranged from beginning typewriting to marketing and merchandising. Some were offered as supplementary courses for tradi- tional schedules, while work-study programs - BOE, COE, ICT, M SL DE, and CCECA - offered an earn while you learn arrangement. Mr. jim Mclvlurry, faculty coordinator for marketing and distributive education, a work-study program involving 80 students, described the arrangement as an excellent opportunity for par- ticipants to become better all- around people. Students in the program have privileges that most students don't have, he added. For example, they receive school credit for working, they get to leave campus early, and participate in activities at the local, state, and national levels. Clubs took over where classes left off and offered chances for competition, leadership, and social development. Future Homemakers of America involved home econ- omics students in projects such as a diet club aimed at promoting proper eating and exercise. Business students, through Future Business Leaders of America, participated in activities ranging from an Ugly Legs contest to fund competition for a punch and cookie table for Open House guests in October. - By Anne jacob we X 2 is 5O!Academics WHAT NEXT? - Senior Tyara Bader checks her input in the business department's new computer terminal as she waits for the computer's next instruction. Photo by Beth Brady A WORK OF ART - junior Steve Beebe works on a pencil sketch in art to improve his drawing skill that is basic for all art. Photo by Greg Powell