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

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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 '-

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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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Centers Mainstream Students One of Miss Porter and Mr. Michel's goals is to mainstream students, which means to get their students into regular classes. Miss Porter teaches the stu- dents that are special education students. She teaches them about credit, Sex Education, English, Basic Math, and about drugs. She works with them individu- ally. They work at their own speed. She grades them on what they've accomplished for the quarter. They each receive indi- vidual attention with whatever subject that they are working on. Mr. Michel helps the students with Learning Disabilities with problems such as reading, writing papers, and vocabulary words. He also helps them with their constitution test, he explains the questions that they don't under- stand. He helps them with the areas that they find difficult. Y Brad Sgeer. Mr. Michel, Erik Fos- ter, Bob DeS ane, Michele Boone. g 1 .. ,... ....- Mm, A Curtis Wilson, Bob Jurevitz, Terry Sullivan, Ladon Lively. A Bob DeShane. Terry Sullivan. Y Cheryl Billingsley. Y Dale Gnapp. Y Miss Porter. 'ata B ..'i f - --'. .. ji 1 5 gr.. ww- .. tw 'W y J' V W 353 7 3 3 ' :fill All an M -az .- W gif' 4 I Aia 5 .f W V ' .sf . ..... If . S l'z