Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Regional Occupation Programs are considered a hands on experience stated Mrs Vanadeane Brooks ROP principal in an Interview at the Lodi Adult School ROP offered classes to alike By takmg these cour ses persons were given en try level lob skills and many were placed in area 'obs ROP courses were Automotive Services Bank Teller Comprehensive Office Training Dental Assistant Environmental Horticulture and Fashion Merchandising Also offered were Fire Science, Graphic Com- munication, Hospital Health Services, lnstructional Aide, Medical!Dental Office Receptionist and Nurse Assistant Students in trade in dustrial or health classes were eligible for member ship in the Vocational In dustrial Clubs of America CVICAJ Members included students VICA provided students a chance to do additional work s eclflc s I s us teaching the responsibility of leadership VICA officers were Kathy Breedlowe president-Lodi High- Michael Medeuros vice president: Paul Lorenz, secretary, David Chang, reporter-Lodi, Cheryl Kenaga, treasurer-Lodi, and Richard Ellsworth, parliamentarian. I ROP - ex erlence benefit teens and adults both Tokay and Lodi High - ' I ' . in p ' ' k'-ll., pl ...M-Nf' f V 'f Ms W., ,gs 1. Medicallbental Receptionist course trains students for specific office employment. 2. Peggy Fox learns to use the dictaphone, one of many skills in the Comprehensive Office Practice course. 3. Mrs. Brooks, ROP principal, tells of plans for new courses for teen and adult students in the Lodi area. 80

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Workers learn skills Part-time jobs were a large part of life again for some Tokay students. Work Ex- perience was offered to those of working age, and it helped many of them find jobs of real interest. Mr. Robert Dickson and Mrs. Mary Plog, Work Ex- perience advisers, met with students once a week for 20 minutes and heard students report about their iobs. Junior Wendi Lutz was one actively involved in the program. Work experience teaches a lot about working with others. It helps students become better prepared for iobs in later life, she said. She also stated that being ac- tive in Work Experience was a beneficial iob reference. Learning how to fill out iob applications and writing resumes and letters of resignation were also impor- tant skills taught. One of the best things about the program is being put into real working situations, Lutz said. It taught us a lot about the working world. Work Experience 0 79

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5 S it W S ii-ew? 2 .--,X 7 , X... wi 16 x F 4. Dental Assistant students learn to make denture im- pressions. 5. Students master the basics in a course for future bank tellers. 6. Mr. Frank Haversack instructs Kevin Walton about a Graphic Communication proiect. 7. Auto Mechanics students discuss advantages of new, smaller engines in 1981 American automobiles. ROPXVICA O 81