Okemos High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Okemos, MI)

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Co-op Students Benefit Students Working Local Business Many students have always known what they wanted to be when they grew up — a doctor, banker, businessman. Because his time is occupied with school, the ordinary student often gets no actual work experience in his field of interest until after college. The newly-organized Haslett - Okemos cooperative training program, in which 16 Okemos students participate, gives students a chance to experiment with their preferred type of work. Students enrolled in the co-op program must demonstrate interest in and fitness for the desired work, be at least 16 years old and maintain passing grades in school until graduation. If the student does not adapt to his job, he may be transferred by co-op coordinator Mr. Albert Pender. Senior Dennis Steele pumps fjas at Standard station where he worked on co-op. Mark White, senior, sells ad to Goodwin's Fabrics. Mark worked in the ad department of the MSU State News. 28

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Duplicate State Regulations Healed debate and spirited campaigning of national election are reflected in school life by JAG and GTO publicity. 27

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Through Job Experience The co-op program offers many advantages to both students and the community. Students who might lie unable to continue school because of financial difficulty are aided by work wages; working builds self-reliance as well as introducing the student to the business world. Area businesses, such as DeLind’s Hardware, Joe’s Foodland, Lansing Sparrow Hospital, Eisenhower Construction, benefit also by receiving a “constant and systematic infusion of desirable beginners into store work.” Drafting machine parts is senior Steve Soltow, who worked at a tool and die manufacturing shop. kTv Senior Renee Runciman waits on a customer at Green’s in Frandor. A bed is changed by Alana Baylc, senior, at Ingham County Medical Hospital. 29