Valley Park High School - Val E Vues Yearbook (Valley Park, MO)

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Looking Ahead Seniors Make Plans Most people realize that a high school education isn’t enough in to- day’s work world. Many VP seniors have plans to attend colleges or train- ing centers after graduation. Denice Staab and Rodney DuVall plan to attend Meramec Community College to study commercial art. “I’m either going to Meramec or Southeast Missouri State to do some- thing in medicine or become a phys- ical education teacher, said senior Wendy McDaniels. Juli Walker and Kristin Shoup ap- plied to University of Missouri at Co- lumbia. Juli wants to study account- ing, and Kristin hopes to earn a de- gree in business management. Craig Dalrymple has a keen inter- est in computers and has chosen Central Missouri State at Warrenburg to prepare for a career as a systems analysis. Other seniors are planning to stay closer to home. Cheryl Morphew will attend Miss Hickeys Business School to prepare for a job in retail manage- ment. Tom Parker plans to attend Ranken Technical School and be- come an electrician. Bill LaRue hopes to attend a trade school spe- cializing in auto body repair. Synetta Qualls wants to study at Vocational Training for a career in data process- ing. Scott Nicolas hopes to continue playing baseball after high school. Tammy Sansocie works on her shorthand skills for a career in business. Juli Walker hopes she plays the clarinet well enough to join Marching Mizzou. Looking Ahead

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Juliana Marie Walker Carol Jean Wall Amy Kathleen Yost Julie Rauls suit her. uses Self-Directed Search to see ,f a career in )°u' rnattsm Seniors Compute Careers I don't know what I'm going to do after high school, said senior Becky Halker. I haven’t made up my mind.” Becky wasn’t alone with her indecisive- ness, but through the efforts of counselor Dan Polacek and a computerized vocational job search, Becky and other seniors found a ca- reer direction. The Holland Occupational software and a career test called Self-Directed Search (SDS) work together to match-up a person’s person- ality to the work world. Dr. John Holland, career psychologist and developer of both the test and the software, found in his research that there are six person- ality types. Each person has elements of these types in his her personality. The self-directed search isolates the per- son’s three most dominant personality types. These three types are derived from the SDS in the form of a three letter code. The code is then used to match the test taker to people in the work world who are satisfied and success- ful in their chosen careers. Mr. Polacek said, Surveys say that 80 per- cent of the people are dissatisfied with their jobs. We'd like to prepare the students to be in the 20 percent who are satisfied with their jobs. After taking the SDS students use the Hol- land Occupational software to compare their code to 2200 jobs. Then students find information about var- ious careers that are similar to their codes. It was fun to learn about a career field that I had never considered, said Rodney Barnett. Looking Over Seniors

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Senior Achievements Rodney Barnett Basketball 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3. Roseann Cooley Northwest High School 1,2; F.H.A. 3. Craig K. Dalrymple Band 1,2,3,4; Solo Ensemble Con- test 3; State Band Contest 3; Na- tional History Day Contest 3; Com- puter Club 2,3,4; Spanish Club 2; Drama 1,2,3. Rodney Lynn DuVall Hunter Safety 1,2,3; Media 4; Valley Park History 1,2; Class President 3. Rita Faye Jarrell F.H.A. 1,2. Tammy Lambert Sullivan High School 1,2,3. Ken Layton Bill H. LaRue II Band 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Student Council 2,3,4; Treasurer 3,4; Newspaper 4. Paula Denise Martin Cheerleader 1; Co-Captain 1; Span- ish Club 2; Student Council 4; C.O.E. 4. Wendy Elisabeth McDaniels Cheerleader 1; Volleyball 1,2,3; Bas- ketball 2,3,4; Captain 4; Softball 1,2,3; Newspaper 4; Media 3; Home- coming Court 3,4; Queen 4; Class President 1,2,4; Superlative Winner 3; Second Team All Conference Vol- leyball Team 3; First Team All Con- ference Softball Team 3. Cheryl Lyvonne Morphew Band 1; Spanish Club 1,2,3; Vice- President 2; Valley Park History Club 3; Yearbook 3,4; Newspaper 3,4. Scott Nicolas Basketball 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Homecoming Escort 4; Class Favor- ite 1; Student Council 4; Class Offi- cer 3; All Conference Baseball 3; Baseball Most Valuable Player Award 2; Basketball Most Out- standing Player Award 3. Tom Parker Hunter Safety 2. Synetta Qualls Northwest High School 1,2,3; Media 4. Julie Elizabeth Rauls Cheerleader 1,2,3,4; Co-Captain 3; Captain 4; Most Outstanding 3; Stu- dent Council 1,2,3,4; Treasurer 2; Secretary 3; President 4; National Honor Society 2,3,4; Secretary 3; President 4; Yearbook 3,4; Asst. Editor 3; Editor 4; Newspaper 4; Homecoming Court 3; Prom Queen 4; Chorus 1; Language Arts Award 2; County Youth Leader 3; Baseball Scorekeeper 1,2,3. Tammy Lynn Sansocie Volleyball 1; Class Vice-President 1; Pep Club 1; Class Secretary 2,3; Cheerleader 2,3; Co-Captain 2; Cap- tain 3; Valley Park History Club 2; Business Education Award 3; Most Spirited Cheerleader 3; Student Council Secretary 4; Homecoming Court 4; Yearbook 3. Jeff Seville Hunter Safety 1,2,3; Treasurer 4; Yearbook 4; C.O.E. 4; Valley Park History 2,3; Mock Trial 2. Kevin W. Shinkle Kristin Shoup Band 1,2,3,4; Vice-President 3; President 4; Student Council 1,2,3,4; Vice-President 3,4; Honor Society 2,3,4; Treasurer 2; Spanish Club 2,3; Secretary Treasurer 2,3; Baseball Scorekeeper 3; Outdoor Club 4. Gregory Scott Spangler Spanish Club Vice-President 1,3; President 2; Debate 4; C.O.E. 4. Jack Steele Baseball 2; Debate 2,3; Student Council 3,4. Michelle Danette Steppig Volleyball 1,2,3; Basketball 1,2,3; Softball 1; Hunter Safety 1,2; F.H.A. 1,2; Pep Club 1; Valley Park History 3; Mock Trial 2; Class Treasurer 1,3; Vice-President 4. Tim Threadgill C.O.E. 3; C.O.E. II 4; Valley Park History 4. Thomaz Trevino Basketball 1,2,3,4; Class Officer 2,4; Homecoming Escort 3,4; Span- ish Club 1,2,3; Basketball Most Out- standing Player Award 2. Juliana Marie Walker Softball 2,3; Band 2,3,4; Boys Bas- ketball ''Scorekeeper” 3,4; Outdoor Club 4. Carol Jean Wall Volleyball 1,2,3,4; Captain 4; Bas- ketball 1,2,3,4; Captain 4; Valley Park History Club 1,2; Softball Scor- ekeeper 2,3; Media 3; Class Officer 1. Amy Kathleen Yost Volleyball 1,2,3,4; Captain 4; Cheer- leader 1,4; Softball 1,2,3; Student Council Representative 3; Class Of- ficer 1,2,3,4; Basketball 2; All Con- ference Volleyball First Team 3; Su- perlative Winner 1,3; Yearbook 4; Newspaper 3; Most Outstanding Volleyball Player 3. Senior Achievements 9