Waterford Kettering High School - Kismet Yearbook (Waterford, MI)

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i Future med students One of the main objec- tives of the Health Co-op Department is to place a student in a job situation that most closely parallels the students career choice. Another objective is to give the student a chance to earn money while working at a job 9 in which he has skill prepar- Qi 1 ation. Also, the students get L A D al ' ' an opportunity to learn more Joanne Brown, aurle Mc on d, and L12 Vega dismember the health doll. Skins While on the job. Ea, , f 7!,,w: ,y 'Ji ', Digg , mZ, ' ,:a Cindy Perry accurately measures the weight of Roberta Baker. Jackie Hanewacker takes the blood pressure of Bruce Voltmer.

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Co-op Works This year there are twenty-six students in the Office Co-op Program. The main objective of the Department is to provide training in an of- fice situation With the student receiving money and credit in addition to the training. One of the main skills required is typ- ing. The students re- ceive Sl. 90 or more per hour and they may Work twenty-eight hours per week if they enrolled in four classes at school. Some of the employers are Pontiac General Hos- pital, Van Dusten Air- craft and Waterford Schools, Sears and Kresges. if c f ,',L v Sf- M. ,Wa .1 Q. Y 1 Co-op student Judith Pearsall helps keep the library in order. . ,.,,. Aw Kathy Taylor puts forth her skills for the business she works for. Theresa Crawford keeps Kettering's Book Store 'window spotless

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Learning through experience This year's Industrial Education courses provided experiences in the skill and trade areas. Projects in electricity and machinery kept students as busy as they could possibly be. To combine the experience of Suto and In- dustrial students, the two classes joined to- gether to build a street rod or as some prefer to call it, an antique automobile. Furtler de- velopments in the industrial field are provided by Industrial Co-op. Industrial Co-op supplies students with on the job experience not avail- able in the classroom. In one of the projects designed to familiarize students with various types of tools, Terry Robinette uses a hack saw to cut a metal rod into several short pieces. i 1 Brian McMann, Burt Regianni, Mike Maclntosh, Jim Wallace Machine Shop before beginning a new project. In the Industrial and Dan Mann, familiarize themselves with the machines in the Education Department, students learn to use a variety of tools.