Tampa Bay Tech High School - Titan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Outstanding Shops Provide Agriculture Of all TBT shops, Agriculture is the most involved in co-circular activities. One of the largest projects the students are undertaking is the (BOAC) Building Our American Com- munity-project. They are competing for the state award for the best landscaping of the Agricultural Business Center. Each year at the Florida State Fair Agricul- ture students walk away with honors. Nor- man Cale received six First place awards, four Second place, and three Third place awards in ornamental horticulture. In addition to the State Fair awards, TBT students participated in the Strawberry Festi- val, the State Ornamental Horticulture Con- test, State Citrus Contest, and State Live Stock and Dairy Contest. Mr. Davidson, Mr. Lennard, and Mr. Green are the men behind the winning stu- dents. They have confidence in their students and take every opportunity to praise them when they deserve it. Maybe that is why we have so many winners from Agriculture. Commercial Art Commercial Art goes above and beyond the call of duty to provide students with the proper exposure to experts in the field of advertising, art, and illustrating. Each and every student receives expert instruction in every facet of Commercial Art, and has the chance to view first-hand, the people who actually work in the field. Aside from the fact Mrs. June Prance and Mrs. Lisa Rodriguez are both accomplished artists, Jim Childress, illustrator of Conchy Comic Strips; Fred Las- well of Snuffy Smith Advertising Agency and Al Kitchen of the McDonalds Little Adver- tising Agency are just a few of the speakers that visited the department. In addition, several Commercial Art students attended a banquet for the Society of Writers and Illus- trators, of Children books. Nine published authors headed the guest speaker list. Angela Drapier, an illustrator of many childrens books and the artist who painted the race horse for the Sarasota Hall of Fame was among the honored guests. In addition, the department ' s Commercial Art students visited the art department ' s of Darrcl! Chester checks root growth large chain stores on se veral field trips. They are also given the opportunity to design the Commercial brochures for the shops and are also responsible for the layout and design of the Hillsborough County School Calendar. Recently students painted a huge mural on the classroom walls and created all the charac- ters of the faculty that are displayed in the lunchroom. Mrs. Prance and Mrs. Rodgriguez work together to schedule the field trips and guest appearances. Speakers are rotated yearly. It is not surprising that each year Commercial Art has a long waiting list of students anxious to get into the program. No student interested in Art could ask for anything more than the privilege of being in TBT ' s Commerical Art program. 50 Shop Recognition

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DCT-SIE Program m Many Auto Mechanics students are in the DOT Progi Mr. McGaha is the newest addition to the DCT-SIE program. He has a complete back- ground in auto mechanics and air craft mechanics, as well as possessing full creden- tials for vocational education. His back- ground in the mechanics field make him an experienced counselor to any students inter- ested in this field. He can tell them exactly what they need to know and how to apply for the position. Mr. McGaha is also responsible for the classes that meet zero hour and first period and his students come from a variety of fields. Aside from obtaining jobs for students, Mr. McGaha must iron out any problems a student encounters in his academic classes. For example, the DCT-SIE students must earn the correct number of credits to gradu- ate, besides keeping a full-time or part-time job. By keeping in touch with student ' s teach- ers and guidance counselor, the DCT-SIE coordinator eliminates many problems the student might otherwise encounter. Mr. McGaha gets things done and keeps all his students employed and in school at the same time. FIRST ROW: C. Salter, R. Allen — Vice President, J. Butler, W. Streng, S. Sokcl, R Capps, J. McGaha — coordinator. SECOND ROW: R. Johns, D Montgomcril, R. Zan Glenn, D. Crall, M. Graham, C. White. THIRD ROW: K. Harrington, W Lewis. T. Smoot, R. Robinson, J. Burk, T, Bruton. M. McNeel, R Smith FOURTH ROW: D. Fuller, B. Cheney — Secretary, E. Ruff, T. HatfieldJ. Hujar, T. Towbridge — Treasurer, J. Phillips, J. VanWingeden. FIFTH ROW: W Marshall. T Wallace, C. Nichols, J. Holden, J. Cook, M. Casta, M. Screws. SIXTH ROW G. Romanuk, W. Nichols, D Cribbs. A Harn, D. Warner — President, A. Malaga. P Gillis.

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Unique Educational Experiences Carpentry Builds Vacation Cottages TBT ' s Carpentry ' students will have the necessary- experience needed to work on any construction site upon graduation from this program. They are building a vacation cottage straight from the blueprints. This experience will prove invaluable on the job market. In addition to this project, all Carpentry students are well-skilled in cabinet making and work- ing with all grades of wood and materials. Mr. Gmeur heads the project and provides the leadership necessary to produce outstand- ing craftsmen. Machine Shop Serves TBT Machine Shop students repair equipment and facilities for TBT. They have done every- thing from repairs in the cafeteria to fixing the director ' s chair. Whenever something is taken into the shop it is taken into the shop it is known as job shop. Whenever they do ourside repairs they call it live work. Their tasks are far too numerous to list, but they must be praised for all they do. They can make anything that needs to be machined and are responsible for all plastic signs and engravings. Machine Shop made the Tour Guides ' pins, directional signs, bathroom labels, name tags for the shops, and many engravings for the administration, and county offices. Machine Shop is one of the hardest work- ing shops around and certainly deserves an outstanding shop of the year award.