Round Rock High School - Dragon Yearbook (Round Rock, TX)

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ohn Wipff, freshman, paints a bicycle frame that GMR Police Department with their Operation Blue Santa. tudents repaired. The GMR classes repaired and re- The bicycles were presented to needy children at tainted a number of bicycles to assist the Round Rock Christmas. CVAE Co-op students Mike Schupp, Lupe Juarez, procedures to the class. Co-op students who spend half ohnny Brown and Freddy Mendoza, all juniors, listen of their day working receive a grade from their nd take notes as sponsor Becky Tarr explains grading employers for their on-the-job performance. 'VAE C0-OP: fFirst Row! Jack Carroll, Susan Sheriff, Teri Mangrum, Tina Dean, An- ea Morales, Cy-wdi Ortegon, Isidro Herrera, Mike Vlasek QSecond Bowl Gary Riojas, eferino Aleman, Oralia Herrera, Stephanie Hall, Terry Grigson, Freddie Mendoza, hris Bigan iThird Rowj Diane Kallus, aide, Lupe Juarez, Mike Schupp, Greg eLaCruz, Roy Ludesma, Johnny Brown, Becky Tarr, sponsor. CVAE clubs teach useable job skills Two CVAE classes and their related clubs are aimed at teaching students useable skills. Students in General Mechanical Repair kept busy all year doing various repair jobs. The curriculum included small engine repair, welding, minor auto maintenance and repair and auto body repair. Students also participated in many ac- tivities besides school work. They helped with the Round Rock Police Department's Operation Blue Santa by reconditioning bicycles to be given to needy children. They also donated S150 to the DECA drive for Spina Bifida. At the area contest students rebuilt such things as lawn mowers, carburetors, and even a bunny hop rack, stated Will Staf- ford, sponsor. Among the first place winners were Tracey Cole, sophomoreg Brian Cram, senior, and freshmen Mike Almazan, Steve Garcia and John Wipff. Vice-President Rodney Torres, junior, said, I feel that instructor Will Stafford is one of the best teachers there is in the CVAE mechanics class. More students should be involved in GMR because it is very interesting and it is a fun class to be in, in- cluding all the experience you receive by be- ing in it. l Explaining CVAE Co-op, sponsor Becky Tarr said, Students attend class one hour a day with me, go to three basic classes and work three to four hours a day. Their job training is general in class. They study job related subjects. Students received grades for their in-class work and their on the job performance. Club members kept busy all year: they sold boutonnieres for Homecoming, attend- ed Fall and State Leadership programs, trained State officers, and went to Area and State Contest. Tarr felt the club participation added to the students' learning experience. All who put out the extra effort to attend leadership contests received many benefits. They got marketable job skills and worthwhile work experience. GMR: fFirst Row! Charles Brown, John Wipff, Will Stafford, sponsor, Diane Kallus, aide, Tracey Cole, Rodney Torres fSecond Rowj Charles McGhee, Vin- cent Palacios, Aurelio Araujo, Steve Garcia, Jessie Corona fThird Rowl Chris Harding, Blass Barrera, Brett Powell, Kyle Horn. Organizations 123

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6 l OEA dance helps Cystic Fibrosis Office Education Association KOEAD is the club associated with the Vocational Office Education CVOEJ class. Students attend school half a day and work in office jobs the remainder of the school day. ln VOE class students learned to file, type letters, memos and various business reports and learned the correct procedures in answering a business telephone. They were also introduced to the word processing ap- plications of computers. On the job, students were evaluated by their employers on how well they performed, how fast they learned and how much effort they put forth. OEA students took on Cystic Fibrosis as their special project and worked to inform the public about what Cystic Fibrosis is and what causes it. The group sponsored a dance in January with proceeds going to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to assist with research to find a cure for the inherited disease. The group also held two other fundraising projects, the spirit chain at Homecoming and a porcelain candle sale later in the year. Proceeds from these two events were used to help pay the expenses of the students when they went to district and state com- petition. They were also used to establish a scholarship for a VOE or Word Processing student. A number of VOE students entered regional competition held at Reagan High School in Austin in February. Several of these students placed high enough to ad- vance to state contest held in Dallas March 22-24 and Kim Rodriguez, junior, took seventh place in Extemporaneous Verbal Communication I at the state contest. .,., X is 1. t N X? K f... Amy Marshall, senior, looks over the adding machine tape to see if she can find a mistake. ln the Vocational Office Education class, students are introduced to a variety of business machines. 1 22 Organizations OEA students, Debbie Grivas and Amy Marshall, look on as sponsor Martha Chavez greets Mrs. Marshall, Amy's mother, and Mrs. Sheveland, Debbie's mother, during the Vocational Open House which was held dur- ing the fall. All vocational classes invited parents an the public to visit in the classrooms and see wha students learned in their classes during vocations training. Sherelle Reynolds, senior, works on the VOE class com- puters. OEA students are taught basic computer skills to prepare them for office work, utilizing the modern ........-f technology. The classroom equipment includes a ty of types of computers to provide the students with broad background of experience. VOE-OEA: tFirst Row! Martha Chavez, sponsorg Lisa Simcik, Adrienne Gardner, Meshell Robertson, Vicki Remmert, Stacey Vlach, Amy Marshall, Norma Alvarado, Barbara Wilson, sponsor, fSecond Rowj Sharon Jackson, Laurie Hedrick, Lynda Morales, Delaine Brockway, Dawn Kelley, Darla Kelley, Sharon Brown, Sherelle Reynolds. tThird Bowl Carolina Peralez, Jackie Vallejo, Carol Gaitan, Cathy Zamar- ripa, Miguel Gonzales, Debbie Heikens, Langridge, Pam Mouser, Litza Morales, tFourth Cissy Hernandez, Stacy Stark, Glenda Hayes, Glenn, Sandra Coffey, Roxanne Wheeler, Ann Lisa Wheeler tFifth Bowl Becky Herrera, Mary Krista Miner, Corina Moreno, Yolanda Diaz, Rodriguez, Stephanie Behn, Lucinda Pierce.

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VICA clubs offer career experience A number of trade-related groups fell under the general umbrella of the Voca- tional Industrial Clubs of America, including Auto Mechanics and Electronics. The local VICA-Auto Mechanics chapter provided students with valuable experience for the future. One of their main activities this year was preparation for district contest. Members of the club worked on such projects as rebuilding carburetors and doing valve jobs. Each of the four people who went to district contest won an award. Seniors, Jay Lala and Kirk Sholar won second place for their valve jobs, while seniors Leland Thomison and Wayne Whited won first place for rebuilding carburetors. Besides contest, Auto Mechanics students worked on many other things, including working on their own cars. Cars needing repair were also brought in by others, pro- viding the students a chance to work on a variety of models. Charges for car repairs were based on the cost of parts plus ten per- cent and the money made went toward financing club trips and buying new tools. Another trade-related group was VICA-Electronics. If you are planning on electronics as a career, high school electronics is the place to start, said first-year member Brian Sanders. The first year gives the students a basic background in electric circuits and design. The second year uses the first year knowledge and applies it to TV repair and stereo and circuitry composition. One of their main activities this year was district and state contest. Winning first place in technical was Dean Williams, sophomore, and winning second place was junior, Doug Miller. In the second category, projects, seven people won first place: seniors Edward Palacios, Louis Valdez, Chris Hudspeth, and Geoff Bucher, junior Brian Sanders, and sophomores Scott Sanders and Kirk Prewitt. ELECTRONICS: fFirst Bowl Gary Larcenaire, Dean Williams, Chris Hudspeth, Scott Sanders, Raymond Westhaven, Neil Dedear tsecond Rowj Jimi Hendrix, Scott Campbell, Michael Goff, Kirk Prewitt, Scott Machalicek f'l'hird Row! Mark Wade, Jeff Fox, Jasc Russell, Kevin Reed, Louis Valdez, and Edwar Palacios. W WGS VICA-Electronics sponsor, Neil Dedear, provides ad- vice and help for all his students, both Round Rock and Westwood. Here Dedear lends a helping hand to RR AUTO MECHANICS: QFirst Bowl John Meyers, Leland Thomison, David Thomison, Larry Hill, Jay Lala, Kirk Sholars, Richard Heise fSecond Rowj Tevin Tiangtrong, Duane Warnken, Jeff Cote, Lance 124 Organizations , Thornton, Wayne Whited, Kenny Perduyn, Eric Patter- son l'l'hird Bowl John Paul Gonzales, Rodney Webster, Doug Hanson, Ray Dunigan, Greg Fowler, Ray Little. student Doug Miller, junior, as Jeff Mills looks on. Milli won second place at the technical contest at district ar went on to the state competition. Auto Mechanics students spent many hours under tl hood of a car rebuilding carburetors and doing vali jobs. David Thomison, sophomore, put a lot of time in this project.