Northwest Cabarrus High School - Dynamis Yearbook (Concord, NC)

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OUJQQ Offgce ZU1Mhy The occupational courses include training in cosmetology, graphics, and health careers. Each day students taking these courses board buses and are transported to the County Office Building to meet their classes. Cosmetology students, under the direction of Mrs. Phyllis Hartsell, learn the techniques involved with improving personal appearance. Under the guidance of Mr. Mitchell Sherrill, the graphics students learn all the basic functions of printing and photo- graphy. Health Occupation teacher, Mrs. Belle King, instructs her students in the employment opportunities and responsibilities of all the health careers. Scientific principles and methods are taught in the laboratory and clinical areas. M., Maw if ,Xp s . K 1 i Mrs. Belle King R. N. Health Occupations I, Il Joyce Deese and Su Anne Musgrove inspect the parts of the body of their health occupations course. 2 as a fragment

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ocafzbnczf CDQIUZ yjrepares The industrial vocations department at Northwest offers its students a vast choice in vocational training. This department includes course instructions in agriculture, masonry, automatic mechanics, and electronics with a special course, Introduction to Vocations. l.V. explores sales, service, clerical, technical, and managerial occupations. Electronics students gain knowledge and experience in the field of electronics by repairing radios and television sets. In the four-year agricultural program, emphasis is placed on crop and livestock raising, soil conservation, and the operation and maintenance of farm equipment. Cgfuofzzzfs 701' gufure of Masonry students receive instruction in class and also gain experience by doing much needed work around the school. This year their major project was the construction of a house behind the school for custodian, Mr. Coy Smith. Overhauling motors and transmission and setting points and plugs are only a few of the things that the auto mechanics students learn. The field of automotive repair is the main activity of the automative classes. Mr. Dwight Harwell Mrs. Jessie Sides Mr. Willis Campbell Masonry I 84 II Electronics, A.B.g Duke University Sponsor: Masonry Club Introduction to Electronics Introduction to VOCHUOHS U-V-J Sponsor: Electronics Club Automotive instructor, Mr. Bost, examines the framework of the car which was used on the Automotive Club Christmas float. Mr. Campbell uses examples to prove the importance ot' a good vocation.

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LLL ' ..,...l. JYQJXJ Occupabbnaf GQJJQJ After completing one of these courses, a student is prepared to start working at the occupation for which he has been trained. Drafting, offered for the first time at Northwest, is taught by Mr. Jim Lovett. The one-year program includes such skills as mechanical drawing, and the designing of blueprint lay-outs and house plans. Next year, drafting will go into more detail as it will be expanded into a two-year course. Also under the supervision of Mr. Lovett is Driver7s Educa- tion, a unique program that shows future drivers some rights- and-wrongsn of the highway. The six Weeks training course is divided into two sections f bookwork and the actual on-the- road driving. Mr. Jim Lovett B.S. Western Carolina Drafting I, Ilg Driver's Education Head Varsity Football Coach Mr. Lovett checks drawings by his students while listenlng to music. .' 'VW ' f m, ,Q ,,,, Q Mgt ,,.,rt,, ,, ,'s, ,.,.., f'f' ,,.W..,wsnmN ,NNN Mrs. Phyllis Hartsell Cosmetology I, II