Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Rickards A, 5, 'Wh' 5 W . Z V, v. tes, M s s 1 1 5 A . Q ,,,. , Lively Program 5 E, 5 iff' 5 2 5 :lg , -'Q 4- Q ,J 6' Teaches Technical Skills Every day 71 students from grades 9-12 left Rickards for a half day at Lively Technical School. They received vocational and technical training there, while the other half of the day they spent at Rickards gaining their academic credits so they could graduate. Students could either take the school bus provided for them or use any other means of transportation available to get to Lively, such as their own cars. Some went in the mornings, some in the afternoons. Courses offered which were taken by Rickards stu- dents were distributive education, child care, automo- tive mechanics, aviation, carpentry, cooking and baking, electricity, gasoline engines, graphic arts, tailoring, masonry, electronics, and cosmetology. fLeftj joe Tucker, a student in the Rickards-Lively program, builds a wall in his masonry class. lflbovej Money Townsend Milton Keil, Clint Edwards, and Bobby Lansberry work on a small gasoline engine in their gasoline engines class at Lively.

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Occupational Specialist Added to Guidance Egg Records Clerk, Mrs. Peggy Hiers, and guidance secretary. Mrs. jean Lane, assist the guidance counselors. A new job entry program was instituted by the guidance department. Seniors who had ten credits, and met all academic requirements, could get a full time job and earn the remaining credits toward graduation on the job. The job had to lead to a certain career, and be one with a prospect for advancement. Mrs. Lois B. Steele was added to the guidance staff as an occupational specialist. Her role was to help students make realistic occupational choices, encourage a positive attitude toward work, and inform students of job opportunities and requirements. She identified potential jobs for persons who had completed a iob preparatory program. She also provided the same services to those who had dropped out of school. Providing educational, vocational, and personal coun- seling were some of the guidance counselors' responsibil- ities. The staff also checked on students' credits to see what they needed to graduate. Statewide twelfth grade placement tests, PSAT! NMSQT and the DAT, which helped set up the control group for the percentile system of the SAT, were given under the supervision of the guidance department. Counselors also sponsored the orientation of new students at Rickards. The counseling staff increased to four this year with the addition of Mr. Samuel Sims. He worked with Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Bruton and Mrs. Revell. 'me , 1-A - 'l ao :oo o joseph Daniel, Lynette McAllister and Bertha Merritt concentrate Test given by the guidance department as a part of national stan- so they will do the best they can on the Differential Aptitude dardization.

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Media Center Adds New Audio-Visual Section 'In becoming a media center the library added a listening fviewing section. Students could view filmstrips, micro- film and listen to records on a variety of subjects. Among these were literature, art, history, current events, govern- ment, and science. To accommodate the new section the books were rear- ranged with all the reference books being moved into what were formerly the conference rooms. KA bovej Mrs. Lettie Van Landingham shows Valita Skipperhow to set up a sound Hlmstrip viewer in the audio visual section of the media center. fkightj Mrs. Leah Steiner, library aide, reshelves books, so that students can browse and recirculate them. a ?l'QQ s 4 'K' -gf?