Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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.l1F' N' ff' Students Acquire Marketable Skills In its third year in operation the Iroquois Area Career Center was attended by over 300 juniors and seniors from 11 districts. Of these stu- dents, approximately 120 came from Watseka. Each student participated in one of the twelve programs-agri- culture mechanics, auto- motive mechanics , building trades, child care, model Bob Osterhous operates a metal lathe . Waiting on students in the model store are Mary Beth Foster, Jeanie Hill, and Lori Welsh. l I2 l ' 1. '53 P office, electricity-electron- ics , health occupations , metal trades , ornamental horticulture, sales and mar- keting, graphic arts, and drafting-for two hours a day and received two credits for the class . When asked how he felt about the Career Center, director Ralph Bus- well replied, It's doing what it's designed to do, in that it provides marketable skills for eleventh and twelfth grade students which enable them to secure em- ployment much easier. H - r- . Q Z .- N- ic j- Aa 2: -K If-P' it .-5 , -. K i . - -4 au. - 0 :L -ur , 14. ' -sv 'fi C ' ,vs 4' . rl u l SLT' rc Qatar ag- ' rf- v- ,a rf I 1 ..--- e i 11, r' .fan f M Vids -4823 'Ar' .V slr N? 1? rfb , H ' ...ll ,I 'Lib . v Career Center 43

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C I X 4 I l 42 Career Center Brian Fay checks over the engine of a car that was brought in for repair. Child Care students study their notes in preparation for a test. t V gb 3 N f ,f B , Q ,X x Q x ., l N ' ' 0i.eQ:1':-sv' ' Y Teacher Bela Bunkoczy observes as Dan Menigoz checks the strength of a weld . Debbie Hallock brings more material for Dianna Hamilton to type in the model office .

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S!-'ff' While some sophomore girls play a game of tennis, others practice on the back board. Wade LaVoie tries to stop his oppo- nent, Kathy Stevens, during a game H a of flag football . Q.m.dM,f1.,. , ,rjrgaf J, V '64 'wa.4g, 44 DriversEd8P.E.