Tom C Clark High School - Witness Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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lt's not iust a job, it's an adventure At 8:35, Gay Pendergraff arrived at school and three hours later she left campus. For those hours that she was at school everyday, she received six credits. She and approximately 350 other students were involved in the vocational program. The vocational program was categorized into pre-employments labs, shop, and cos op programs. Whether a vocational stu- dent was at school half a day and worked the remainder of the day or was in shop or lab for two hours, each individual had the opportunity to learn the skills for a par- ticular field of study in which they were in- terested. A few of the programs that were offered included office education, food ser- vice, marketing, home economics, elec- tronics, and health care science. H ealth occupations was a new pro' gram offered this year. The two year program, taught by Mrs. Diane Bason, in- cluded basic medical procedures, such as giving injections and survival skills. The HO students were expected to apply what they learned and teach other HO students. Mrs. Bason said the Clark program was dif- ferent from other NISD schools. She said, My students are offered a wider variety of skills, such as nursing, dental, and la whereas the other high schools offer ju the nursing. With careful planning, the vocation students were able to schedule colleq preparatory classes. The programs a beneficial even to college-bound studen because it allows the student to try an art of work and if they do not like it they be able to reassist their interests , sa Mrs. Janell Peyton, vocational counselorq Teresa Griff Photo Terri Health Occupation students, Debbie Quick and Teresa Lashbrook, play doctor to Mrs. Betty Moon, giving her and many other teachers a blood pressure screening. Bruce Olian and his pro OJ football team get together at McAllister Park for the vocational picnic. l60 Vocational Q:

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Greaves and Lance Mandell enter material the data machine. jj o Practical use stressed IH math, science program M ath was always a difficult subject, but different approaches held students' in- terest. ln consumer math, taxes, stocks, and real estate were the medium used to teach students things about everyday liv- ing. Mrs. Elizabeth Chaskin, consumer math teacher, said, Students often ask in most math classes, 'When am I going to use this?' No one in consumer math ever asks me that. They know the importance of the material. Computer math was another math course that was not strictly math. ln com- puter math, the students were taught three steps to using the computer. First they had to learn the basic machine, then the computer language, and then they used the computers to solve math problems. The computer knows only how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and compare numbers. We have to teach it everything else, said Mr. Gary Baker, computer math teacher. T hose who really enjoyed math joined the math team. Lance Mandell, George Mr. Walter Potter demonstrates to his physics class the concept of force applied over a distance. Hanna and Mark Yarborough were selected to travel to New Jersey to compete in a national competition. In Biology ll, the students dissected a rat and Wendy Lane said, lt was the best part of the course. Anatomy and Physiology students were able to see the different systems of the human body by comparing it to a dissected cat. Dissecting the cat brings you into direct contact with the different things you've learned earlier in the class, said senior Paul Brunsvold. H onors chemistry was a difficult course to get into. An A in honors biology and A or a B in honors algebra were required before a student could be admit- ted to the class. The Clark Science Department had a lot of students who placed in the Alamo Regional Science Fair. Denise Hernandez placed third in the field of applied botany, Chris Van Vooren placed fourth in chemis- try, Jerry Weatherman placed fourth in behavioral sciences, Jenny Burghard received the General McMullen award, and Jeff Hoberman received a special accom- modation from the Ll.S. Army. Lisa Scott Denise Hernandez displays her project which placed third in the Applied Botany division at the Alamo Regional Science Fair. Math, Science 159

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Mrs. Linda Smith. World Geography, World History Mr. Norman Smith. Air Force Science Mrs. Sonia Solt. English II-Basic, American History Mr. Mike Stark. Industrial Cooperative Training I and Il Mrs. Faye Stewart. Educational Secretary Mrs. Wilma Stone. Health, English I, and Biology I, Basic Learning Labs, Resource Vocational IGI