Park Center High School - Pirate Yearbook (Brooklyn Park, MN)

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Vo-Tech The Vo-tech program offered at Park Center is open to all Juniors and Seniors. The program offered a wide selection of courses with very few prerequisites. This year there were approximately fifty five students enrolled in Vo-tech. Each of these students received two credits for the two hours spent at Vo-tech. Transportation was provided for all but one class this year. Students enrolled in this class. Horse and Stable Care, provided their own transportation to and from the Eden Prairie Stables. Above arc students practicing the skills learned in Vo-tech TOP LEFT: Jill Anderson. LEFT: Mike Hilgei . TOP: Ken Kumpula. ABOVE: Lon Tschida. Vo-Tech — 29

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Junior Achievement Junior Achievement is a group of high school students from many different schools, and some employees from various companies. This group of people meet every week to form a company. This company then begins to plan, produce and sell its products. Each company is striving to become company of the year. To receive this title the company has to have the most points. Points are earned by selling and atten-dence. Junior Achievement gives the students practical experience in bookkeeping, the production of products, and sales. These three major items can be very helpful to students in their futures. Junior Achievement is an excellent opportunity for high school students to get first-hand experience of the business world. Some students work on and show their finished products. 28 -J.A.

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Voting And Draft Registration Voting: For a large portion of the senior class, 1980 was the first presidential election they were allowed to vote in. The three major candidates were Ronald Reagan (R), Jimmy Carter (D) and John Anderson (Ind). Park Center as a whole went for Carter as was proven in a Political Science sponsored mock election. Reagan won on the national level to lead a Republican landslide across the country. The Final score, Reagan -187 elcctorial votes. Carter 48. Draft As of now it is only called registration, but most students don't even like that idea. President Carter reinstated the registration program in the summer of 1980. Reasons he gave for the move were Americans weakening military power, the situation in Iran and the Russian invasion of Afganistan. All 18 year old men are required to register within 30 days of their birthday at their local post office. Because women were not allowed this added to the controversy. With Reagan coming to power the future of the registration is unknown. At the time we went to press Reagan had made no comments. Top Left: Jill Thibodeau submits her choice Top Right: Denise Mathis consulrs a friend Bottom Left: A student expresses his opinion Bottom Right: Vance Gust makes his choice M-5CM0CL •• mcmx 30