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page 6 HIGH LIFE . November 29, IWO Throughout the year. High Life will feature variaus departments at Grimsiey. The Voca tional Department is the second featured department of the year. Vocational Department Offers Wide Variety By Leslie Berkelhammer The Vocational Education Department at Grimsiey has over eighty percent of its three hundred twenty students placed in jobs throughout the community. The program at Grimsiey, consisting of DE, ICT, COE, ITIE, and Drafting, has many career options open to GHS students. Distributive Education, DE, deals with jobs in retail or wholesale. ICT, Industrial Cooperative Training, in volves technical, trade, or professional related jobs. The range of diversity goes from electronics, auto mechanics and building to a veterinarian’s or doctor’s assistant. COE, or Cooperative Occupational Educations students learn job skills that can be applied to any field. After suc cessfully completing COE, they may then take a DE or ICT class. ITIE, Introduction to Trade and Industrial Educa tion, presents an overview of technical and electronic con ceptions helpful in any field. The Vocational Education Department at Grimsiey also offers Drafting. The class begins with basic skills and progresses to more com plicated designs. The CO-OP student must take a minumum of three academic classes, one CO-OP class, and will receive one credit for working. CO-OP students acquire job skills and supervision that a regular employee would not have. The class meets daily and focuses on keeping the job with plans for advance ment. One period every two weeks is spent discussing in- It’s alive and well in the U.S. Navy. You can find it every day on Navy ships all over the world. In the Navy, you can work with the most advanced technical equipment known to man. You can cruise under the North Pole in a submarine. You can launch jets off the deck of an aircraft carrier. You can travel, make new friends, even complete your education. The Navy can give you training in more than 60 career fields. 'Ihlk it over with your Navy recruiter. He’ll be able to tell you what you can qualify for in the Navy: Carrol A. Peeler ETI (SS), USN, Recruiter dividual work problems. ‘The instructors in the Vocational Department are of outstanding caliber,” says Mrs. Gayle Bowers, chair man of the department. She adds that they work well together. The federal government funds the department, and as Mrs. Bowers, says, “is behind our program all the way.” In fact, a bill was passed two years ago giving a tax credit supporting employers of students enroll ed in a cooperative education program. Comments Bowers, “My philosophy is: you can’t separate vocational educa tion from academic educa tion. All we take is for a goal, a career. We are a growing department. We hope to grow even more as students increase their awareness of what is offered.” Distributive Education Clubs of America, DECA, is * an industried club open to any student presently tak ing Distributive Education. Unlike other clubs, DECA competes in local, district, state and national competi tion displaying skills learned in DE. Scholarships are of fered to students excelling in areas of marketing and other types of Distributive Educa tion. Jim Dickens listens to instructions from Mr. Darnell in draf ting class (Sykes photo) Drafting Offers New Opportunities By Cindy LeBauer Blythe Haines, former GHS student, has designed the new headquarters for the North Carolina Coach’s Association. Marty Blackmon, Mark Edgerton, Ken Garner, and Teska Dillard are designing their “dream house.” The drafting classes at Grimsiey offer these and other opportunities to students interested in “the language of industry.” The courses offer a good background in drafting and design which can lead to a future in engineering, ar chitecture, drafting, or com mercial art. drafting at Grimsiey for twenty-five years , the greatest satisfaction has been “associating with all these good kids and watching their achievements.” Some of the first drawings for the Grimsiey pool were initiated by several members of a previous drafting class and presented before the school board. Presently fifty students are enrolled in the program. The courses are divided into two levels: beginning and secondary architectural drafting. The primary re quirement for a course in draf ting is interest. According to Mr. Don Darnell, who has taught MAKE A CHILD HAPPY AT CHRISTMAS Donate any second-hand toys you have oc can collect GYC CHRISTMAS TOYS DRIVE Leave the toys at any Home Federal Office between Nov. 20 and Dec. 18 Toys will be cleaned and distributed to needy children THANK YOU FOR CARING As a beginner, one learns basic fundamentals - the use of drafting instruments and basic drafting techniques. The second level offers one the opportunity to learn to design a residential or com mercial structure of his own. The building of a model from these plans follows. Other projects have included designing playground equip ment, furniture, or magazine illustrations. A problem in the past has been a lack of awareness in the student body that the course even existed. Mr Darnell encourages emyone who is interested to visit the department.” Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office BIcfg., 324 W, Market St., Greensboro, N.C 27401 (919) 273-1940 CASS 617 FRIENDLY CENTER, friendly shopping center •^EENSBORO. N. C. 2740#
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