Roosevelt High School - Sagamore Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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On-the-job training, as well as a chance to earn money, attracted a number of Roosevelt students into the work experience program. Students enrolled In the work program earned a credit in class and one or two credits on the job. The teachers. Richard Dick. Dallas Peterson and Gerald Springer, sought out employers willing to work with the school in training as well as paying wages to students qualified to take the program. Classroom courses included Sales and Marketing. Trade and Industrial Relations and Occupational Relations. The teachers of the courses also visited students at work in order to evaluate them. IVofk Program Front Row: Mike Bier, Kris Net . Michelle Holmes. Carrie Mart. Frank Talach, Karlyn Erickson. Kymn Bristol, Tlan Smith. Mary Ruben. Row 2: Kim Brown. Tom Halmqutst. Michael Mulvey. Justine Svoboda. Amy Johnson. Tanya Tepper. Billy Kemp. Kerry DeLoach. LaTreasa Byrne. Debby Root. Row 3: Richard Dick. Mark Whaley. Laura Tomberlin. Michelle Dynneson. Tami Tenhoff, Mary Manley. Kim Kalina. John Kendrick. Eric Drudge, James Mullen, Luke Wells. Jason Christensen Row 4: Gerald Springer. Dallas Peterson. Charles Fisher. Angelique Berryman. Jerome McRoy. Craig Dyan, Mike Schwagel, Ricky Narpaul, John Petrowskl. Doug Tang. Bill Sventek, Jon Mahachek. Robert Schmidt. Chris Radermacher. Top Left: While listening to the teacher. Cory Johnson looks punled. Top Right: Concentrating hard. Billy Kemp and Brtdgett Phillips study history. Work Program 29

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Driving ambitions Learning to drive is a big step in any student’s life. State law requires 30 hours of classroom education, 15 hours in simulators, and five hours of behind-the-wheel for anyone under 18. Students learned to recognize street signs and what they mean. Laws and penalties were also taught. Teachers Larry Converse and George Bailey told classes of a new law stating anyone under 19 caught driving with any amount of alcohol in their bloodstreams (even under the legal .10) will get the license taken away for one year or until they turn 19, whichever is longer. Bailey taught the course five hours per day. Converse one. According to Bailey, 65-70% of students enrolled in the class took their permit test in school, and out of those, approximately 90% passed. The average score was 84 out of 100 possible, with 70 needed to pass. Two teachers from Roosevelt taught behind-the-wheel. Lyle Ablen and James Thornton. Teachers from other schools also taught. Top Right: Sitting at attention. Michael Brown keeps an eye on the road. Center Right: Keeping a smile on his face and his hands on the wheel, Roy Wilbert enjoys driver's ed class. Lower Right: Driver's od class notices the camera. George Bailey 28 Driver’s Ed

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Brian McKinley Mary Buaa Karen Hart Kathy Kvammen- McKinley Marlon Paulaon Special needs Special classes met to offer help for students at various levels of need. Some of the Level IV students met half days at Roosevelt and half days at Emerson. Students at other levels either took all special education classes or all mainstream classes or a combination of the two. Some of the students participated in the work program supervised by Cartrell Cooper. William Tilbury was also engaged in Roosevelt’s drug awareness program. Top: Dressed up for Halloween. Ertck Sherarts. Tony Thuenlg. and Jim Mastro go to lunch Lower: Blind student Dawn Adana reads her Braille book 30 Special Ed Ellen Hughes Linda Tucker William Tilbury Rosemary Prihoda-Pucci