Riverdale High School - Rambler Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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Learning B Experience Riverdale offers extra classes to students through United Town- ship High School. Area Voca- tional classes allow students to learn by experience a line of work in which they can specialize. The students are enrolled in classes that will prepare them for a future career. Some of the classes taught at U.T.H.S. were Welding, Mechanics, Carpentry. Cosmetol- ogy. Nursing. and Child Develop- ment. In the Carpentry class, the homework for the year was to build a house. The completed house was then sold and the money was used to buy materials to build another house the follow- ing year. 'i 'i I R A Chris Bell. A 6 A MA E A Marty Clevenger. A Mark Young. A DougVermeulen Y Corky Lopeman,

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A Ladon Lively, Joe Bell, John Lamb, Roger Hetz. A Wayne Leffel, Roger Hetz. A Dan Johnson, Joe VanDeVoorde. ' Y Gary Knapp, Curtis Wilson, Kurt A Mr. Carbee and his P.E. class. Kjndlesperger, Corky Lopemanl A Mr. Kopriva, Dan Johnson.

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Inter related Asszsts FFA In conjunction with the FFA, Inter-related Occupations stu- dents planned and managed the Sectional wrestling tournament concession stand. In the spring, the students gave an Employers Appreciation ban- quet to thank their training sta- tion supervisors for participating in the program and providing them with valuable work experi- ence. Certificates of Appreciation were given to the employers at this time. Also, the Employer-of- the-year and Student-of-the-year awards were presented. Kathy Bowles, a classroom aide in the learning disability program at the elementary school was the stu- dent-of-the-year. The class covered material such as personal values, exploring careers, the basics of applying for a job, co-worker relationships, personal safety on the job, and a full semester of consumer eco- nomics. Mrs. Kertz supervised the stu- dents while they were at work, but the employers were the stu- dents immediate supervisors. Twice each quarter she held a conference with the employers for grading purposes. A few jobs held by the students were a metal worker, auto body mechanic, grocery store stock boy, waitress, cook, cashier, sec- retary, farm laborer, and a gas station attendant. X M '-