Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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UD Involvement Well, it's like this, declares Mr. Flood, as he explains an answer to a question about the lamination of wood. Learning how to prepare .1 tasty tossed salad is part of the training that David (froggy) Barr receives in Vo-Tech food Preparations class. Mr. LeCates explains the basic mechanics involved in Technical Drawing to a few confused students in his class.

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Business And Work Study Programs Under the supervision of Mr. Wiest, Kathy Moore completes a problem with the use of an adding machine. The Business Department offers many courses valu- able to students who are planning a career in business. These include courses in typing and stenography, busi- ness law, business machines, and office procedures. The Distributive Education program is a valuable help to students who plan to enter the world of retail sales. Under this plan, the students attend school for part of the day and work for part of the day. Somewhat similar to Distributive Education is the Work Study program which, this year, includes about eighty students. These students are offered practical training in many different areas, including horticulture, waitressing and hairdress- ing. DECA officer, Julie Harvey, arranges a showcase displaying the nylon jackets that were sold as part of the Distributive fducalion program 17

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Becomes Evident At In her secretarial course, Pat Murphy programs tape, with the use of a typewriter, for an M. T.S. T. computer. Vo-Tech Schools Upper Darby students have proven themselves cap- able leaders in county Vo-Tech schools this year. Sev- eral students have been nominated for various awards and many are taking part in school clubs, such as V.I.C.A. This year's enrollment is 242 students. Many of these students are members of the first class to graduate after three years of Vocational-Technical training. John Porreca prints up personalized cards in Off-Set Printing class 19