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

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Aspiring for hoppier, heolthier lives Overcoming obstocles to leod o heolthier, eosier life wos o job thot the Physicolly lmpoired, Physicol Educotion, ond Home Economic Deportments were oble to do for mony students. Physicolly impoired closses enobled the students to occept hondicopped pupils into the enrollment. These closses cotered to the needs of the hondicop by offering mochines ollowing them to do regulor closswork, interpreters, or the chonce of leorning lip-reoding ond sign longuoge. This yeor becouse of lock of money to hire new foculty some progroms were dropped from the Physicol educotion Deportment. One of these progroms wos gymnostics, formerly o populor sport omong the girls, Physicol educotion's octivities con- tributed to the necessory dolly exercise needed to lseep o heolthy body. Life sports, individuol sports ond teom sports were selected from by the students to receive their second credit in phys. ed. A closs once consisting of moinly girls, but becoming more enjoyed by men wos the home economic closses. Clothing ond foods enriched the lives of mony by teoching the proper technique of sewing o new foshion or preporing o gourmet l dinner. Fomily living, child development, ond child core deolt with the fomily, o spouse, ond children. Students who porticipoted in closses of the Physicolly lmpoired, Physicol Educo- tion, ond Home Economic Deportments leorned mony new woys to fulfill their lives, moking it o little bit nicer. 172 I J WING ond GYMNASIUM m122g555w 25, . 5 'fi' .ggi . V ' ' .J my '-st. K .. , -- N

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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

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TAKING A BREAK FROM ROUTINE, physical education classes observed a Karate demonstration by Walter Bones of the Florida Karate School. One can do anything if he wishes to. This phrase describes the beliefs of at least ten percent of the schools enrollment. Though these students were handicapped, nothi'ng ever stopped them, Crowded halls did not stop wheelchairs and attending regular classes was possible because of special machines enlarging writing or typewriters with braille keys. Although the school was built to accommodate physical impaired students, the task of drinking from a water fountain or sitting at the table dif- ficult to be accomplished. Their pride wasn 't dampened, Mike Pino displayed his by working hard at being the trainer of the Varsity Football team. Bill Fielding is a member of the Sunspokes wheelchair track team. Being handicapped did not take away the ambition ofthe handicapped, it added to their determination. I CANT BE STOPPED is on attitude felt by Mike Pino as he was seen on the football field at every game. Mike worked as a trainer and did not allow his han- dicap to stop him. 41. , -- HER TYPE OF CLASSWORK for Joe Norris, MADE JUST FOR HER was the special feeling Rocheal wan, was participating in a game of soccer. lt Allen, Sophomore, felt when she finished her sewing acquired that two credits be earned in Physical project. :tion for graduation. J WING and GYMNASIUM X 173