Wylie Public School - Pirate Yearbook (Wylie, TX)

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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

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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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Students Excel At UII. Many times it appeared that academics were pushed to the bottom of the stack in school systems. Athletics and extra- curricular events over shadowed the very important part of our education. However, academics was a very important part of Wylie's educational system, and many hours were spent preparing for the lnterscholastic League contest. Students who wanted to participate went to the sponsoring teacher who, in turn, gave them the information to study for the contest. All preparation was done outside of class and after school hours. It appeared that the hard work and effort were worth it because several students placed toward the top of list in their events and went on to com- pete on the Regional level. After placing third at Regional, Susan Young went on to State. Other Regional qualifiers were Frank Lawrence, Gloria Dossett, Beth Sweeney, Tricia Daniels, and Lori Draper. A Lori Draper, Susan Young and Janice Oakes were the typists in the group. Lori and Susan went to Regional, and Susan advanced to sixth place at State. Andy Key, Nikki Gowens and Richard Walden participated in Number Sense. P 134 P UIL 'Z 'Ndf A Tricia Daniels and Beth Sweeney placed high in shorthand. Beth went o Regional. i E A Prose and Oral reading featured Melissa Duncan, Debbie Winfrey, N Criscuolo, Karen Lamb, and Samantha Allen. I E