Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Work Study Program Allows Students to Complete Their High School Education While Holding a Job Since 1970, Mr. Rocky Edwards has been the full-time coordinator of the Work Study Program. Under his supervision, students gain valuable work experience while at the same time continuing their high school education. The primary purpose of the program is to help encour¬ age students to obtain a high school diploma. The students enrolled in this program have their schedules specially arranged so that they attend school in the morning; and in the afternoon they are employed in Wellesley or a neighboring com¬ munity. Periodically, the students are evaluated on the quality of their work during the year by their employers. Due to the tre¬ mendous success of the Work Study Program, the number of students enrolled has increased annually to approximately 60 this year. Mary Jane Brazil at Wool worth’s. Robert Barbour at Brigham’s. Work Study Coordinator, Rocky Edwards. Kevin Murren at Dana Hall. Linda Pullan at The Cooky Jar. John Cavagnaro at Dave Abbott ' s Gulf. 22

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Akua Gore Tona Dickerson Anna Emanuel A.B.C., a Better Chance, Means Communities Rebecca Vazquez Tona Dickerson, Anna Emanuel, Akua Gore, Charo Jimenez, Cardrenia Ellis. Living in Two Wellesley’s A.B.C. program completed its second year. We are all busy with our studies, our chores, and our social life. We are pretty much accustomed to Wellesley by now but we still prefer our city surroundings back home. The new girls in the program, Anna Emanuel, Car¬ drenia Ellis, and Tona Dickerson, are all handling their new situa¬ tion quite well. Anna has been working in the school library dur¬ ing her free studies while Cardre¬ nia has been spending some of her afternoons joining in some of the Junior Red Cross activities. Tona spends some of her free time playing basketball after school. The girls from last year, Becky Vazquez, Cassandra Glo¬ ver, Alta Jimenez, and Denise Gore, are also busy with their second year in Wellesley. Becky, our only senior, is occupied with her afternoon job at E. A. Davis. The rest of her free time is spent pondering her plans. The three juniors, Cassandra, Alta, and Denise are also concerned with their plans for college as well as participating in after school activ¬ ities. Our study hours take up the rest of our evening time. Our house is situated at 12 Norfolk Terrace, and it is always busy. We always have something to do whether it’s doing our chores or just listening to some good soul music! Our weekends are devoted to our social lives. We always have something planned whether it’s going to the movies, a dance or just having some friends over. Sundays we usually spend with our “Host Families.” These are families who live in Wellesley and who volunteer to take the girls in their homes and become close friends. The Host Fami¬ lies usually plan an activity for that day with their special girl or they just spend a quiet afternoon at home. We are all happy to be here and we hope our future years in Wellesley will start as well as this one has. Rebecca Vazquez Wellesley A.B.C. 21

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Cheryl Borghi at Taffy’s Dancewear. Nancy Marshall at The Music Box. Distributive Education: A Specialized Course David Milky at the Mobil Station. Diane Nicolai at the Wool Shop. Debby Lanza and Betsy Strickland at Olkens. Distributive Education is one of our newest programs at Wellesley High. Offered on a limited basis in 1972-73, it is now fully operational with 37 stu¬ dents enrolled. DE is a cooperative course in Retailing, Merchandising, and related management. All the stu¬ dents are employed part time in Retail¬ ing occupations making DE a special¬ ized field of study. Students are “train¬ ees” at their work stations and are evaluated periodically by their training sponsor and Mr. Conaty. Distributive Education students are a broad cross section of the junior-senior student body with a large number of students furthering their education at college and business schools. Classroom activities are entirely geared to the functions of marketing with great stress placed on sales tech¬ niques, consumer behavior, principles of advertising, merchandise display, and buying techniques. Students are expected to obtain their part time jobs, although the DE teacher does offer job leads and employment counseling. With the large numbers of people employed in the Distribution process today, DE is a most timely and relevant course at Wellesley High School. Richard Roberson at the Wellesley News Agency. Left: Kathy Abruzzese at Paine’s Furniture. 23