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

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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.

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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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JROTC cadets Pam Bielecki and Laura Moseman, senior, watch the JROTC Color Guard practice on the sophomores, spend a rare minute in conversation away bus parking lot. The JROTC often use the bus parking from the discipline of the corps as they and David Hall, lot behind the barn to practice their drills. JROTC COLOR GUARD: lFirst Row, Alan Terry Raney tSecond Rowl Darrin Brockway, David Blakemore, Stefanie Ford, Jo Ellen LaFrance, Pam Spencer, Fred Hayes, Robert Williams, Alan Bielecki, Leigh Robinson, Rebecca Green, Gunnery Sgt. Krockover, Jeff Payne. JROTC BOY'S DRILL TEAM: fFirst Row, Jeff Payne, Alan Blakemore, Alan Krockover tSecond Rowl Col. John Salvati, Domingo Reyes, James Christensen, Dennis Witt, Mike Derton, Gunnery Sgt. Terry Raney tThird Rowl Robert Williams, David Hall, Doyle Haynes, Andy Grimes, Gabriel Bracamontez. JROTC cadets go on California trip JROTC cadets put many hours of hard work into their training, but the program was not all work. April 29-May 5, JROTC members traveled to San Diego, California, for an orientation visit to Marine Corps facilities in southern California. While there, cadets toured a naval vessel and participated in various Marine Corps training activities as well as more entertain- ing pastimes The entertainment included watching a military parade and a visit to Disneyland, a thrilling experience for many cadets who had never visited it before. The trip to California was not the only outing JROTC members had this year. They also attended three competitions throughout the year. In February, the cadets traveled to New Braunfels for that high school's Military In- vitational. The cadets did well in the com- petition - the Girls' Color Guard took se- cond place. Next came the Baytown Military Profi- ciency Invitational, where the Girls' Drill Team earned second place honors. The Girls' Physical Fitness team also won a se- cond place rating at the meet. ln May, the cadets went to their final com- petition where they defeated Reagan High JROTC members in the VFW Dual Meet. JROTC GlRL'S DRILL TEAM: tFlrlt Bowl Col. John Salvati, Debra Reyes, Jo Ellen LaFrance, Bridgette Davis, Laura Moseman, Rebecca Green, Gunnery Sgt. Terry Raney tSecond Rowl Pam Bielecki, Tracy Wines, Stefanie Ford, Leigh Robin- son, Mary Ann Applegate, Karen Hugger. Organizations 125