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

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This is your life Work-study spot on national TV promotes image of school's involve- ment and indicates club fringe benefits eing involved in a club offered a variety of fringe benefits. One came in Oc- tober when CCECA coordinator, Mr. Harold Stark, arranged for his students and members of the other vocational clubs - COE, VICA, DECA, FI-IA, and FBLA - to appear on ABC television's Good Morning America during National Vocational Week, February 6-12. Channel seven filmed the big scene in front of the auditorium. The Charger mascot was also included, and junior Phyllis Austin, who had a speaking part, recalled the experience as a lot of fun. I just had one line, she said. I said, 'I-Ii. I'm Phyllis Austin, and we're from Northeast High School' It wasn't long, but it was more complicated than you think. I had to have a lot of coachingf' The spot even required a wardrobe, for while it was filmed in October, it had to look like February. We had to wear winter clothes, and it was sorta hot, Phyllis recalled. When I was getting ready at home I thought, 'gosh do I have to wear this to school?'. But it wasn't too bad, and the efforts were definitely worth it she said. Being on national television was fun, she said. I'd never done that before. - By Rex DeI.oney. BOXCART MAN - Senior ICT member Terry Buffalo loads a box of canned goods into a car. ICT members helped carry the load for the annual Thanksgiving food drive sponsored by Student Council. Photo by Mark Donnell 52fAcademics , .

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MIGHTY MEN - Senior Alfred Turner and junior Kimbell Turner work hard on Christmas deer for CCECA. The deer were used for the Little Rock Christmas Parade and then sold for S10 each. Photo by Beth Brady f .qi PERFECTION - Senior Roger Pool works on an architectural drawing assignment for his Mechan- ical Drawing II class. Mechanical drawing helps to prepare students for engineering or architecture education or careers as draftsmen. Photo by Vicki Causey This is your life Courses appeal to all students as school prepares them for world of equal opportunities for all one were the days when courses such as typewriting were reserved for the girls, while the guys elected manly fields such as electronics or construction. For work oriented courses were in tune with the time. junior Debbie Kirkpatrick, the only girl enrolled in electronics, was a case in point. I took this course because I was gonna take computer program- ming, and they told me this would help out, she said. 'But I didn't expect to be the only girlf' The only girl distinction presented no problems, Debbie said, except everybody picks on mefl Debbie's grades indicated that she had elected a proper course, for at the end of the first nine weeks she had a B.'l She described her experience as typical of the '8Ols. Girls wouldn't have taken electronics when my mother was in school, she said. My mother wanted to be a secretary because that's what girls were supposed to do. Home economics is another area that has outgrown the girl course stigma it had in the past. Senior Mike Willett elected the subject so he could survive when I get out on my own. His first sewing project was a maroon double knit jump suit, and as he pinned the pattern pieces on the lumpy bolt of material, he expressed faith in his ability to master the art. Like I don't know how to sew, but I'll learn, he said. When I move into my own place, Mom won't be around all the timef, - By Susan Slater 54! Academics SAIL ON - Senior Brian Crawford works on his string art project for home economics. String art projects were a major part of the students' grades. Photo by Angie Cook Z4 FINGER POWER - junior Pauline Rogers works on her transcript for IOL. Transcripts were very helpful to those who were business bound. Photo by Vicki Causey CHECK IT OUT - Seniors Brent Tucker and Tim Seiter look over their new project in construction. This is one of many projects that were completed successfully. Photo by Mark Donell Ns W s.. AN if T K c . ,t c Q-.ga Q, , +- :air- ., .