West Leyden High School - Shield Yearbook (Northlake, IL)

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office Occupations; Front Row: Sue Russell, Michele Rana, Debbie Mesersnnith, Grace Benasorte, Renee Durante, Debbie Cyzen, Diana Dizonno. Row 2; Glen Peters, Sue Julian, Debbie lannacco, Karen Lwasniewski, Maureen Alessandro, Diane Vilumis, Patti Humann, Kathy Nardiello. » »1 Looking over her class and checking the attendance sheet, Senior Linda Keith prepares to get her class at Mannheim Junior High school underway. Extended Education: Front Row: Tom Cronk, Vince Vazzano, Connie Henkelman, Ed Prone, Mike Vazzano, Ken Ropenski. Row 2: Jim Patterson, Michael Reese, Glen Thomas, Jim Lucente, Kurt Berisford, Bob Luigiai, Steve Lisk, Scott Brooks, Sponsor, Larry Kappel. Health Occupations: Front Row; Teresa Valente, Heika Bove, Madeleine DiVenere, Patty Matthews, Tina Singleton, Lori Marturano. Row Two; Darlene Book, Anne Roberts, Sally Grasmick, Polly Paulus, Becky Johnson, Cindy Scimeca, Chris Just. Row Three; Mrs. R. Maganuco, Mariana Coco, Patty Mallo, Sue Schultz, Yvonne Foulks, Sheryl Nielsen, William Garden. 95

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HO, OO, EE,CC,DO HO, OO, EE, CC, DO. To an unknowing student these letters might suggest his best friend ' s initials or might call to mind the sound a farmer makes when calling for his livestock. But, in fact, these initials Irepresent something more impor- ' tant: Health Occupations, Office Occupations, Extended Education, Cooperative Careers and Diversified Occupations. These programs are offered to student enabling them to attend school during the first half of the day and attain on-the-job training in the afternoon and evening, and still earn enough credits to meet the graduation requirements. The clubs also serve the community, lending a helping hand to the needy by donating Thanksgiv- ing Fruit Baskets and visiting rehabili- tation and convalescent centers in the area. In school, the Clubs sponsor the Cheese, Sausage and Honey Sale, a Valentine ' s sale and a bunny sale during Easter. Some of the proceeds go toward the Employer Employee Appreciation Banquet, held at the end of the year. Students are placed in jobs according to their specific skills and interests. In the Diversified Occupa- tions program, for example, young men are helped to better understand the industrial world, offering such jobs as machinists, auto body repair- men, welders, printers and T.V. repairmen. jTT Working as a secretary for Castle Metals in Franklin Park, Senior Karleen Cessner performs one of her daily tasks of organizing and tilling out important papers. Capturing the attention of all his students, student teacher Steve Keith explains in detail the fundementals of swimming to nearby Mannheim Jr. High school students. 94

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Learning working Cooperative Careers is designed for those interested in furthering their learning in the field of consumer education. Such areas as food service, child care services and retail sales and merchandising are available to students. Health Occupations provide positions to those students interested in people he lping people profes- sions, including such fields as optometry, dentistry, podiatry, pharmacy and medical records. Members of Health Occupations also volunteer their time working in health related community projects. Extended Education is available to all qualified sophomores, juniors and seniors and is designed to provide work experience in semi- skilled occupations. Available posi- tions include shipping clerks, printer ' s helpers and production workers. For those students interested in secretarial, accounting, data process- ing and general office work, the Office Occupations programs provides these types of jobs. Con- cepts in keypunching, and data processing are also emphasized. The Cooperative Education program involves many students in an actual work situation. Under the direction of their perspective super- visor, students are given the op- portunity to learn and prepare themselves to face the business world when they graduate. Getting the fire engine all clean and ready for the next run is a cadet at the Northlake Fire Protection District. .1 96 ' ° ' ™-° ™™ '