West Springfield High School - Terrier Yearbook (West Springfield, MA)

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Arts, Home Economics ka, , In preparation for future apprenticeship and careers, students who are in the vocational- technical course receive basic education in the trade of their interest. The department, headed by Earle Chapman, Supervisor' of vocational arts in West Springfield, olfers training in draft- ing, printing, woodworking, and automobile and power mechanics. To prepare students for the responsibility of married life, the Home Economics De artment offers a family living course to senior goys and girls. Topics such as dating, marriage, and bud- geting and planning a home are explored. With the help of modern kitchens and sewing machines, students learn to work independently on projects in clothing, foods, and other homemaking arts, beginning in the freshman year. Mrs. Joanne Pearson guides Margaret Callahan as she prepares a blouse for a fashion show. Paul Gil and Gary Gro- ver prepare printed ma- terial for the office as in- structor Hollis Etchells looks on. Margaret McCaibe learns how to set an attractive table with the assistance of Mrs, Eileen Lenahan.

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Useful kills Taught in Industrial l i I Mechanical drawing teacher Richard Aseltine discusses a structural drawing with Hugh Watling. Robert Tharaldson explains the mechanics of a lawnmower to Ralph Cleveland and Thomas Deren. Skill! Homer Angers and Earle Chapman, Supervisor of Vocational Arts, admire the new front end alignment machine in the Industrial Arts Department. Richard Eagan instructs Richard Ondras on the proper use of a table saw in woodworking. 4 20

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Federal Funds Granted for Special Education Special education has taken on an expanded and distinctive role at WSHS. Supplemented by a federal grant of 3Sl40,000, a three-year demon- stration project is under way to train students in skills employable in a variety of service and trade organizations. An extension of the traditional academic, in- dustrial and domestic arts Iprogram, the project emphasizes on-the-job wor background, made possible lg the installation of a completely equipped omestic and Personal Service Labora- tor and Food Service Laboratory. Among the skills practiced in the labs are the operation of domestic equipment, care of patients and inva- lids, and the preparing and serving of food. The high school program is singular in that it is one of the few fpilot projects in the country to be made a part o the public school system and the only one in the state to be run by local edu- cators. Superintendent Grammaticas is director of the project. For domestic eliiciency, Miss Blish teaches Mary Kennedy, Sharon Uhl, and Susan Brennan how to operate kitchen appliances. I I 1 l Academic learning is stressed by Mr, Smith, who explains environ- mental changes in animals to Mark McCullah. I Thomas LaRochelle mans the counter in the Food Service Laboratory, which is open to the faculty for coffee and lunches. Implementing the special edu- cation pilot project are George Proulx, food serviceg Eugene Sullivan, vocational counselor, Miss Florence Blish, Donald Snyder, Project Coodinatorg and Mrs. Louise Fleming, do- mestic and personal service. Absent: Miss Jean Shegas, project social worker, and Theodore Smith. 22