Wylie Public School - Pirate Yearbook (Wylie, TX)

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Vocational Courses Provide Skills for the Future Developing real vocational competencies in various areas was the goal of students taking any of the various voca- tional courses. On the job training was offered in the cooperative pro- grams of VOE, DE, and HECE. In these programs the stu- dent attended school part of the day and worked the rest. Agricultural students found they could learn the practical and technical side of agriculture by taking Ag. or Ag. mechanics, a course designed to teach students to weld A Teresa Morgan found that you definitely need a ten key adding machine in Accounting I. Jimmy Keathly practiced his a Ha' 'af' P 132 P Academics and work on small engines. Students interested in entering the business world could learn secretarial skills in Advanced Typing and Shor- thand or enter the world of debits and credits in Ac- counting. Typing for personal or vocational use was taught in Typing I. For students interested in recordl keeping skills on both a personal and business level,l record keeping filled the bill. I l A Lori Lemons got valuable experience on the TSR80 in VOE.

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,W A Les Hanson learned to weld in Ag. Mechanics. .am 4 Carrie Songer and Carol ljames discussed the situation at the Wylie Stock show. A Mark Cox and Mark Trammell participated in the HECE program. I7 A Mary Peterson checked her adding machine total in VOE. Academics 4 133