Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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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

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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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A Wide Variety of Interests Shown in Independent Study This Year Can you take a dog’s temperature? Talk to a retarded child? Help a cripple to walk? Deal with a suicide threat? Name a dozen classics in Chinese lit¬ erature? Explain planetary nebula? More than eighty Wellesley High stu¬ dents are acquiring these skills in vol¬ unteer work ranging from hospitals to offices, from art studios to pet shops, and from college campuses to the State House. The greater Boston com¬ munity has become our educational playground, where academic credit can be earned in the pursuit of highly individual interests. Bob Malley edits his film. PattyThibodeaustudies Indian Literature with Mrs. Goddard. “I wanted to take second year shorthand but I couldn’t fit it into a regular schedule. How¬ ever, I could do it as an Inde¬ pendent Study, which does not require formal scheduling. The classroom lessons are recorded on tapes which I take down in shorthand. The les¬ sons include theory, speed building, and transcription. It is possible to keep up with the class by spending the appro¬ priate amount of time per week.” Ellen Carney Ellen Carney practices her shorthand. ’’The best aspect is working with the kids, and seeing the difference between 7th and 9th graders, and ourselves. Giving them an appreciation of history, see¬ ing them grow, and comparing the differences between my illusions of being a 9th grader, and what it really is like.” Dana Young i i Dana Young teaches Ancient History to a 9th grade class.