Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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Jumping into the worlsng world Bongs, whirrs, thumps, ond grinds were the dominoting sounds heord while wolls- ing down the corridors of F, G, ond H wings. These wings were composed of industriol orts closses such os: shop, drofting, printing, outo body, plumbing, oir conditioning, ond photogrophy. Eovesdropping on the rooms, the hum- ming of mochines, rustle of working students, ond helpful directions being given by the instructors were olso heord. Students leorned to use mochines, tools, moteriols, ond their honds. They olso Ieorn- ed to opply their skills in future jobs, ond school projects. TELLING TIME is the moin objective of Vincent Roberson. He uses o bondsow in preporotion of making o clock in his vocotionol closs, 1701 F G ond H WINGS ii. M 'it ii,

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Theories prove pe tinent to studies Although the letter D's only similority to E is thot they ore found next to eoch other in the olphobet, E-wing ond D-wing hove mony common interests. These wings con- toin the theories of scientists ond mothemoticions. Closses of the Science Deportment por- ticipoted in the usuol octivities of lobs. The required closs of Biology dissected grosshoppers, frogs, cloms, ond eor- thworms. Chemistry lobs consisted of identi- fying metollic ions to testing the obilities of substonces to conduct on electric current. Field trips to Fort Desoto ond Morine Reseorch Center ot University of South Florido's Boyboro compus were some of the speciol octivities in Morine Biology. Science students Jerry Coutont ond Ken Vogel were selected to ottend the Science Symposium with four other students in the county. The symposium wos held ot the University of Florido Jonuory S1 thru Februory 2. Although the Moth Deportment didn't ot- tend seminors ot university compuses, they did, however, porticipote in o Competitive Moth Test this spring for o smoll fee of 35:1 per person, A port of the moth closses tools the lnternotionol survey in the beginning ond end of the yeor. Both scores were compored to illustrote their improvement. Moth teochers sold spirit dolls ot o dollor opiece for o new woy of roising money to purchose computer equipment, These dolls were worn oround school ond to mony sports octivities. Whether in science or moth closses, students found connections corresponding bock to the theories of the other. D ond E WINGS 1169

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XL STAGES of making woodwork projects is to h the wood on a router, David Forshee wonstrates skills learned in shop class. 3 QNCED TECHNOLOGY enables Chuck Reynolds to different types of woodwork projects using the modern equipment. I . f,- - . Amid the usual rush caused by sending in college applications before the January deadline, students talfing vocational classes were lost in their own rush. A rush, not for college applications, but of job applications. A student pursuing a vocational profes- sion such as plumbing, printing, and photography need not attend college to get experience in order to qualify for a good and profitable job. The experience could be obtained in the variety of courses offered in the vocational department. Work programs were SGT up by the vocational instructors to give students the experience of working in a real job. After a two year program consisting of QOO hours of in-class worlr, students were able to app- ly for a job as an apprentice. After a suffi- cient job had been found through work programs, and millions of job applications, students were placed in on-thejob-training. .Some students proceeded to further their knowledge in their chosen field by atten- ding a vocational school, Completing the two year program, vocational students were Q00 hours ahead in experience, in the rush of job applications. ON THE JOB training is given to plumbing students John Thompson and Chris Greer. They were able to gain this experience because of the excellent pro- gram here. F, G and H WINGS l 171