Novi High School - Reflections Yearbook (Novi, MI)

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What is Alternative Education? The class is related to its name. It was a different way of learning, with a combination of academic classes with career exploration. Mr. Ayotte, teacher, enjoyed teaching Alternative Education because it gave him more time for knowing the individual stu- dents. The class grew in its second year. The class of 1975-1976 consisted of 20 students: 1976-1977 saw an increase of seven. S wggcgqzggf tm. 'fn Q a. Mark and Jim were proud to display their sign. b. Not every minute was work. c. Jim and Mary arrived early for school. d . Very interesting! e. George studied hard . f. Would you please keep it down! g. Mary, Don and Tom listened closely. h. Mr. Ayotte gave some sincere advice . i. Isn't it time for lunch? j. CON-CEN-TRA-TION. k. Happiness is reading. 134 Many of the students were proud and felt good that t attended the class. It provided more time for learning, wc ing, and time for themselves. All 27 students attended class at Novi Elementary They started class at 8:00 and ended at 11:00. Each student a five-minute break between every hour. 1 X .f ti L were 7' W.

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nental assistance, landscaping, diesel chanics, advanced display and pro- tion arts were just a few of the 16 dif- :nt courses offered at the Southwest :land Vocational Education Center or ll Center. .W.O.V.E.C. is located on Beck ,d in Walled Lake. This was a center :re students from 14 different schools it to learn a certain skill. kill Center students had to be in the l l i l.. eleventh or twelfth grade. The first step in going to Skill Center was to see a counselor to get a registration form . Only one to three students from each school were allowed into each of the different courses. If there were too many students that wanted to go in the same course it was first offered to twelfth graders and then the three counselors studied the grades of the applicants to decide who went. Some of the courses were for two years. Three credits were received at the end of the year. If the course was two years, three credits were earned each year. At the end of the course everyone received a certificate. The certificate stated what course the student finished and what qual- ifications he had. The certificate also helped everyone to find a good job. Skill Center helped everyone to get a job. Landscaping was a two year course B111 emoyed Patty and Joyce found a new friend Open wide Jeanne commanded Cindy tried to be funny his hands Typing her fastest Paula worked hard Larry enjoyed working with electronics Ed got more oil on himself than in the car Steve discovered working with machines could be fun a. ' ' b. ' I dl . . l e. In production arts John liked working with f. ' , . gn . . . . I h' . . . il . . . .

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