Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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Y Setting the type. Romey Daley, a Marketing and Merchandising stu- dent, works to design a poster that will advertise a product. Changing styles and changing seasons make changing fashion displays necessary. Ms. Barbara Elson instructs Colette Plunkett on the proper way to change a manne- quin as Kathy Marino assists with the clothing. 164 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION Cn-the-job Where else can you find better job training than on the job? The teachers in the Cooperative Education Department believed that the most valuable job training was gained throu h job ex- perience, and the gepartment had a program based on this idea. The Cooperative Educa- tion Department offered courses in three different areas. The courses were Marketin and Merchandis- ing, whicii entailed learning about retailing and services, advertising: Fashion Mer- chandising, which gave students knowledge about retailing, the latest fashion designs, and skills necessary for obtainin a job in the fashion world: and Health Occupations, which prepared students and gave them skills for a nursing career. Though the department provided students with many skills and helpful hints, most of the experience the students gained was through their jobs. Part of the two credits students received for taking the courses was based t o o on an evaluation of the stu- dent's performance in these jobs, which they worked at part-time during school ours. With the experience students gained on the 'ob, and with the additional skills learned in class, the teachers of the Cooperative Education Department sought to develop students' occupa- tional skills, increase their competence, and give them a positive self-concept through employment. financial management, and in-.-

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Everyday business. Kathy Doyle checks for errors as Caroline Dattalo and Ioanne DiBucci type up the dai- ly attendance records during their Data Processing class. we Documenting data. When taking Data Processing, students learn a lot about computers and their operation. Tracy Cladas uses her computer skills to run a program. Where were you on the night of . . . Counselor Iohn Parker questions witness Larry Sharer during a prac- tice trial conducted in Business Law. Iudge Dana Parrish presides. BUSINESS EDUCATION 163

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Super sanitized! Lafrieda Manner and Iulie Lundstad perform a drill in which they observe proper isolation techniques, a necessary skill in hospital care. Under pressure! Among the many medical skills students learn when taking Health Occupations is how to take blood pressure. Dana Stahl utilizes her new skill as she practices taking Chris Heaviland's pressure. S Cash or charge! With the skills he Time for a change! Iennifer learned in Marketing and Merchan- Williams practices making an oc- dising, Chris Iankowski now has the cupied bed as Rhonda Behrns sits in capability and efficiency to work as as a patient. a store cashier. cooPERAT1vEEDUcAT1oN 165