South Grand Prairie High School - Signal Yearbook (Grand Prairie, TX)

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If a stranger had a wreck and was stranded on the side of the road would a regular student be able to aid XX them? An auto-body stu- dent would be able to offer their expertise. The auto-body members repaired dents, car damage, painted cars, welded, replaced windows and did front-end work to name a few. The shop was allowed to work on students' cars, teachers' cars, and people of the metroplex. The car owner payed only for materials. Screwing it on, Lany Heuseworth tells Raymond Guerra just how to put the on. Sanding it down, Sean Lowe cleans the breaks to perfection 1 0 Q ORGANIZATIONS Several of the students worked outside of the school. The class sup- ported a pre-employment lab which offered three credits to the partici- pants. James Kolm worked at the oil well auto-body shop on Hwy 303. He stated I enjoy working and learning more about cars in this class. Many teachers took their cars to the school's auto-body cen- ter. Brian Hooten stated We like the idea of people trusting us with their cars. Touching it up, Jeremy Hollomon A' Teny Smith prepare the car for painting. fa J W ,Ly Nt, 4 xx ll XX v .1 f 1 'N vi l 9 Y A J I ,, 3, , are :X .V sw ' 'H , f ff 'I ,- If ,fa f . AO' fn J C' 6 ,J 0-,W . i, -N5 3- K 4 :mix 2 1, , 3935 ,gfi L 1 fx 93722 1 u 'ie P525 Q, LL ii ' U new ' LA 5 , 1. if was

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F' as fm f - 1-lnapii--4' , iw' - i z . iii l X Nag, Lighting It up Troye Todd 8' Traci Hughes Ht the papers for printing. Placing it down Marlo Rodriquez readies the paper for duplica- tlon. S The vocational building on the outside of the school, was filled with white walls, clean floors, and crisp air. Students within the building that attended classes there were young people with, their career plans at hand. Drafting students were organized and also concerned about their organization. The draft- ing club president, Kenneth Powell, stated that . .. The officers orga- nized all parties and the members raised money for their new jackets by selling advertising buttons. The students in drafting were also trained on computers. The modern style aided the students in ways of working with new ideas while creat- ing projects. The CAD System fcomputer draftingl was a computer system that students were taught to use. Drafting tools were also at hand to draw the sketches. The tools were supplied by the students. Mark Kil- lough said We work on projects for two hours. The members all worked on projects that were to be submitted into the VICA Competi- tiong Vocational Industrial Clubs of Hard at work Irene Poulos drafls her final copy. '-I Wav .zffffb , fi agar W ff-E M54 1 1 j S w5 y'2 1 9 , fix- . . f f qt., 1 5 xviM 4 A i me ' 2 f , . .. .1 I gag I WM if l in 1 I i , annum-li' in ' America. The competition was held in February. The class instructor chose the best drawings and entered them. Each club is represented by a teacher. The drafting club's repre- sentation was Mr. Fam. The contest consisted of 2 skills department which asked the participants ques- tions about drafting. The other was presentation in which students were judges on their drawings. Kenneth Powell confidently stated In the future I will have an engineering ca- reer after attending UTA. The printing members learned how to prepare their future. Kevin Lewis stated This is the only class you can get a job in after you gra- duate. The class printed bulletins for local jobs, referral sheets, and wonderful progress reports. The students were taught how to use the printing machines and tools for co- pywriting. The printing students also participated in' a printing com- petition. The competitors were cho- sen by the instructor to represent the class in February. They attend- ed the VICA contest for printing. DRAFTX PRINT

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