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

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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

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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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Inch by inch! Coach Don Palmer in- structs driver Doug Keller as he practices his angle parking. Passenger Terry Redmond goes along for the ride. This maneuver is one of the many skills that students have to master to successfully com- plete Driver's Education, Indoor driving? Actually learning how to drive is one thing, but learn- ing driving rules is another. Iohn Donelan reviews driving regulations during a summer Driver's Education course. its-f Winding road ahead! Driving along the backstretch of the range, this driver prepares to enter the figure eight turn. 166 DR1vER's EDUCATION bmw awww fi an Calling all cars! With the use of the driver's range tower, instructions can give students precise directions. Coach Bill Dudley instructs this driver as she prepares to back up.