Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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Business Preparation. Senior Scott Benedict looks over his daily workbook assignment in Accounting. Students who complete this two year course are amply prepared for record and accounting keeping in the business world. academic alternatives Either it ' s RH or Commute to Other Schools Either sign up for a Vocational Educa- tion course at Mayfield or stay here at Richmond Heights. This question is put to the sophomores every year. They have the chance to take technical education courses to prepare them for the business world. Vocational Education courses are offered at Orange, Beachwood, and Mayfield High Schools. There are a wide range of courses offered in the vocational field. Such courses as Cosmotology, Diversified Health, Computing Accounting, Typing, Clerk-Steno, Auto Mechanics, Electronics, and Horticulture are taught at Mayfield. Distributive Education, Food Service and Occupation Work Experiences are taught at Beachwood while Design, Art, and Ad- vertising are offered at Orange. These courses are designed for Seniors that are not going to attend college. Senior Mike Hellenbrand stated, I real- ly enjoy Accounting because, I enjoy what I am doing and intend on making a ca- reer out of it. Just because you live in Richmond Heights doesn ' t mean you have to go here. It is not that you are choosing the place, it is what fits your needs. If you are a senior student that is planning for the future and know what you want to do Vocational Education is for you. — R.S. Electronic Wizzards. Juniors Tim DeVito, Bobby Galipo, and Bob Hovanic look over some of the lat- est electronic devices. After spending the morning in electronics class, they return to Richmond Hts. for the remainder of the day. Hair Trends. Juniors Kris Somogyi and Darlene Steg demonstrate the most popular looks of thei 80 ' s in Cosmetology. Besides learning to cut hair the girls also apply cosmetics and do manicures. 50 There

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The relaxed itmosphere makes it easier to learn j RICHMOND SAAAPLER Wood Working Doing what he docs best is Senior Mike Maclellan. Mike takes a seventh period advanced wood class, taught by Mr. Mcrvar. The odd thing about this class is he ' s the only student. I couldn ' t fit in a regular class, so Mr. Mervar allowed me to work in while he teaches the Mid- dle school, states Maclellan. Among many projects, one particular one was made for a teacher, Mr. Klctecka. Mr. Kletecka gave the space he had to work with. Mike made the planes and con- structed a custom made shoe cabinet. Mike plans on persuing his interests and majoring in Industrial technology next year at Kent State. On Top Of It All B? Can you make a top that can spin six minutes and sev- enteen seconds? Jim Pawlowski did. The project was to make a spinning top out of a home made product. The object was to sec whose could spin the longest. Some of the tops were made of plastic tops and a golf tea, lots of pan lids and records. Jim ' s was made of a pan lid turned over. He took out the handle and put in a screw and a nut. He received twenty-five extra credit points for making the longest spin- ning top in the senior class. CREATIVE PROJECTS Here 49

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' The opportunity for technique training is highly beneficial J [RICHMOND SAAAPLEPv Bending The Metal Pumping iron with my lat bar has helped me bring great size and definition to my back, shoulders, and lats, says Dennis Kelly. Dennis made this lat bar in metals class in January. He wanted to build up his back and shoulders without the inconvenience of having to come up to the school everytime he wanted to use it. He made the bar out of % pipe. He then had to heat the bar up o be able to bend it to the shape that he wanted. In total, the lat took him only one week to make and now Dennis has the convenience of working out with this in his base- ment. Secret Santa One Christmas tradition used by the choir of Richmond Hts. was the exchanging of gifts secretly to each other. After everyone had gotten their secret gifts, the choir members decided to present a gift to choir director Mrs. Kathy Leciejewski. Along with this present, a bouquet of flowers was also presented to the director from the entire choir group. The choir later put on a surprise performance devised by themselves for Mrs. Leciejewski to add the finishing touches on the holiday season. CREATIVE PROJECTS There 51