Perry Meridian High School - Passages Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

Page 143 text:

semester course. During the four semesters, students got 1500 hours of training. This enabled them to become Ucensed beauticians right out of high school. Jennifer Weist ' 84, who was one of the cosmotology students said, I really like being able to take cosmotology. It taught me things about my career that I would otherwise have had to wait until after high school to learn. It saves money too. Horticulture and building trades were two other courses offered. Hor- ticulture taught students many things about landscaping. Building trades gave students on-the-job training by having the students build a three bedroom house. Not only did they learn about building the house but about electrical wiring and plumbing as well. Auto body and auto mechanics were two automobile-related courses offered. The auto body course taught students about repairing and refinishing as weU as framework and detailing on the automobile. Auto mechanics taught students about ser- vice trades of the automotive in- dustry. Small engine mechanics, which taught students how to repair small engines, was offered. Commercial foods helped students prepare for employment in food ser- vice occupations. Brett Richards ' 83, who was enrolled in commercial foods said that he wanted to manage a restaurant in a hotel or motel. I liked Central Nine because we got to cook for two hours at a time. We made good food. Some other courses offered at Central Nine were machine drafting, which taught students skills on becoming mechanical draftmen, machine trades which taught students how to use machines correctly, electronics, and welding. Mediced occupations, which gave students furthur education in the health field, was available. Awards were given to students in each department for being excel- lent in their area. Students at Perry Meridian recieved five of the eighteen plaques awarded to students from ten different schools. David Jackson ' 83, who won a plaque for building trades, said, I think Central Nine is a really good program. I won a 8250 scholar- ship through Central Nine . I plan to continue in the field after high school. Other winners of plaques were Shannon Bruce ' 83, for medical occupations, Jim Peterman ' 83 for welding, Eden Engleman ' 83 for hor- ticulture, and Jeff Manifold ' 83 for mechanical drafting. Mr. Robert Dunn, the assistant principal at Perry Meridian said, I think the advantage of students enrolling inCentralNine is that it gave them more schooling. Students who may not want to go to college have a better chance at becoming employed after taking a course at Central Nine With the many courses offered, students had a choice of career fields to study. C-9 helped students get jobs and win scholarships. A lot of students at other schools don ' t even get a chance to attend a school like Central Nine. I like it because it ' s helping me learn things about my career that I would otherwise have to go to college to learn, said Eden Engleman ' 83. Davita Lee ' 85 becomes familiar with a new acquaintance while learning about the hands. CENTRAL NINE 139 Bjaiggg ' aa y- ' . ' .: bS

Page 142 text:

Central UTine - Getting a Head Start Central Nine vocational technical school for Perry Meridian students and students from nine other schools, gave juniors and seniors a head start in getting furthur educa- tion. Students who chose to enroll in courses offered at Central Nine spent half of the school day at Perry and the other half at the vocational school. Some courses offered lasted only two semesters while others lasted four. Students attending signed up during their sophomore year. Many various courses, from foods to medical occupations, were offered at Central Nine Around 180 students were enrolled, and the enrollment had increased from past years. Three courses related to business were offered,, includ- ing accounting, secretarial clerical workers, and marketing distribution. The accounting and sec- retarial clerical courses taught student about computers and word processing as well as teaching them the basic skills of office workers. Central Nine offered two new courses,. a computer course and a cosmetology course. The new computer course, data processing, had originally been studied with com- puter programming. Mrjay Ceimpbell, the Perry Meridian representative for Central Nine said, Having the new data processing course works out better because it gets more students learning about computers. The cosmotology course was a four 138 CENTRAL NINE

Page 144 text:

While Vic Coe ' 86, Scott Gary ' 86, and Troy Martin ' 86 wait for their directions, the instructor prepares to grade them on their 20-minute driving test. With key in hand, Vic Coe ' 86 waits for his Instructor to begin another test in driving. Students learn from films In drivers ' education. 140 DRIVERS EDUCATION