Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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Students who take the class can utilize the many useful skills they learn in the future, said Diskin. Technology Applied Arts and Technology Academics 167

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Skills for Pra»ii 9 ail piMS the Future for success in tomorroiv ' s world 0 he hum of the power saw. The 1 whir of the printing press. 1 Typewriter bells going off. And • the whistling of the scroll saw. In no other section were students paired with machinery as much as in Applied Arts and Technology directed by dean Bill Diskin. Diskin was also in charge of the R.O.P. classes includ- ing home economics and liv- ing in the future everyday (L.I.F.E.). This class taught basic living skills, such as bal- ancing your budget. Other classes were the business classes like Personal Typing and Accounting. One new class that was added to the section was the Tech class. It allowed stu- dents to learn three different areas: drafting, graphics, and woodshop. This new class has students explore these three different areas, said Dis- kin. All the classes are unique, and the students who take them can utilize the skills they learn in the future. Almost all of the classes in this sec- tion were preparatory classes for col- lege and careers. I ' m taking drafting because I really am interested in architecture and inte- rior design, said junior Jeff Jacobs. I ' m hoping to go into this field of busi- ness. With the changes in the section, Dis- kin began to develop goals for this area which included a three year plan for vo- cational education, and allowing stu- dents to get an awareness in specific areas so that they could develop saleable skills. With Diskin at the helm as dean, and with all of the new changes, the Applied Arts and Technology department was given a new lift which was a rev.-ard to many. Story by Dena Hara: layout by Ke- vin Thomas: photos by Jack Elliott, Tim Thetford. and Brad Lindenberg. A DEEP IN THOUGHT, Rachel Lin finishes typing in her program. Class time was used to worl on their assignments. ▲ CHECKING OVER THE WORK. Phyllis Gardner makes sure it was done correctly In the typing classes, the students work was checked over carefully. MORE INTERESTED IN HIS MAGAZINE THAN IN THE CLASS, sophomore Danny Laguna looks at his soccer magazine Magazines were one ot the types ol entertainment at school. 166 Academics Applied Arts and Technology

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r Task? ▼ TAKING TIME OUT AT LUNCH, a few students busily try to finish up projects. Tfie career center was useful for getting information on projects. No. no. no. oh please no. ohh. it fell again! Why won ' t this toothpick stay where I want It? It ' s already 1:00 a.m. and I ' ve been trying to glue this to the stand for the last six hours. It ' s due tomorrow. I will never put another project off. I ' ll start right away. To some, long term projects were dif- :ult. Many students put them off until the last possible moment. As usual vows were made to start right away but that didn ' t always happen. Four months later . . . Mom. please come type this. It ' s only midnight, you can finish in six hours can ' t you ? I need it by tomorrow. Help me . . . story by Jennifer Jackson: layout by Kevin Ttiomas: photos by Dave Randall. nctoeMu i , If you could design your own house what would it look like? Would it be a large old-fashion mansion or a small modern studio ? Students in Bill Diskin ' s architecture class had a chance to de- velop their dream. The students were assigned to design a house fully equipped with a set of drawings. Each individual had the same design principles but each house and set of plans were different. Room sizes, placement, and the outside framework of the house differed through the stu- dent ' s creativity. Diskin ' s goal was to teach the stu- dents to develop their talents. It will help us in the long run, be- cause we do so much on our own. Someone will not always be looking over our shoulders and helping us when we go out on our own, said Jenni Snook. A A VIEW TO THE FUTURE — a set of plans for a dream house that Joe Spradlin created. A set of plans such as these, had to be finished for the architecture project. 168 A TAKING A BREAK from studying. Kevin de Toro glances up Some students couldn ' t alway keep their minds on one thing. Academics Projects n