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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, March 20, 1 980, Page 4 First in a series Weber High students prepare for the working world B Nancy Lynn Krzton Editors Note: This is the first in a series of articles will which explore vocational education Weber High School. at Part looks into the way students learn about various careers, and how, with the help of parents and counselors, they make career choices. The sound of metal against metal echoes in the room as Weber High School students fix injured automobiles at the shop class under a teachers direction. Figures flash onto a computer screen as a student enters data through a computer terminal, a device parents never dreamed of 40 years ago Typists race against each other and the clock m a business class to sharpen skills which may later earn them their daily bread. It's all part of Weber High One Vocational Schools Education Program, a plan developed at the district level and carried out in each area school as a basic part of the students education. Vocational education deals wdth everybody, CONE Vocational Coordinator Stephen Bishop said, We want to make sure a student is completely prepared to go to college, or, if he wants to go to work after graduation, that he has a specific skill and is em- elementary school, student develop an awareness of the world of work as people from all walks of life come to the classroom to talk about what they do for a living. Students also play roles and create a to learn about life mini-econom- y in the real world. They become even more house construction, computers, auto cosmetology, districts. photography, Teachers also tell students what types of jobs they can get related to a particular agricultural and welding business skills. Weber School District spends approximately $1.5 such as math, subject, N v? v history, or English. Students have the chance to shadow a parent or friend at work all day in junior high school. In addition, junior high million each year for this training according to district Vocational Director Ray Jarrett. children The process of learning about jobs actually begins in kindergarten.. Throughout the have ii students Laura Robinson, Laurie McColley and Denise Garner research secretarial careers of the Career Education Center as a class BUSINESS CLASS op- portunity to gam hands-oexperience with about 50 occupations in the Industrial n Arts Career Exploration program. By the time teenagers reach Weber High School, the school system has exposed them to an enormous variety of jobs. MODEL The aim of the school from on is to develoop specific skills. In the EXIT Interview, every ninth grade student has a conference with a high school counselor and his parents. They review all the data collected on the student and he tentatively makes a career choice with his parents, Mr. Jarrett explained. Everyone involved then Inagrees on a three-yea- r dividual Educational Plan designed to give the student the knowledge he needs to enter the career he has selected. Any change of class has to be considered with the parent if it will affect the career goal, Mr. Jarrett CL8217 charts. then Similar to Illustration PRICED TO LOW TO ADVERTISE 25" diagonal Black Matrix picture tube Color System Deluxe Exclusive ASC circuitry (Automatic Sharpness Control) Room Light Monitor . . . adjusts contrast and color level lighting changes Mediterranean styling in a cabinet of pecan grain finish on hardboard GT-30- ex- ploration when they go to junior high school There, students discuss careers in Assisted Career Exploration labs, an idea now being copied in other school To do this, the school offers training in such fields as science, in career involved ployable. mechanics, By Hazel E. Park has LORETTA LYNN, The Coal Miners Daughter, risen to Queen of Country Music and her undisputed reign from her castle in Nashville, is spreading to every nook and corner of the United States, where Americans are truly united in proclaiming Loretta Lynn as one of the most admired women in the world! Theaters around the world are showing The Coal Miners Daughter to record breaking crowds who love the small-tow- n girl. She started singing image portrayed by this at the age of 13, and today gives 125 concerts a year at all the impressive places. When not on the road Loretta is busy with TV guest appearances, recording new songs and keeping up with her dude ranch. Loretta grew up in a log cabin on her grandfather's farm, she now owns a 3,500 acre ranch in Tennessee, a seaside home in Mexico and a hunting lodge in British Columbia. All this is a far cry from Butcher Hollow, an obscure village in Kentucky where she started her singing career. Loretta was named Entertainer of the Year by her peers and her native stated voted her The Distinguished Kentuckian of the Year, the hill billy girl who sang her way from rags to riches. The lean years are all but forgotten but Loretta is more country than metropolitan. There is homespun material in her glittering robe of success. When we saw this Regal Queen of Country Music in Nashville during Fan Fair 79, she was starry eyed with expectations of the motion picture of her life. The Coal Miners Daughter will be a true story of a hard life in the Kentucky Hills, but I wouldnt have it any other way. There were a lot of tears and hardship galore before I sang at a school social and sold a homemade pie to the man who became my husband. There was some looking back in her flashy eyes as I dated my beau for one month and Loretta continued: 14th before my birthday, we tied the knot. My shortly myself on my Sears Roebuck guitar led to my first record. Im a Honky Tonk Girl went to the top ten on the national 0 said. Most parents after the conferences are absolutely elated that some plans are being made for their child, and that they re directly Mr. Bishop Appliance Center 5975 5. 1900 W. Roy, Utah Mooney and I took to the road in our 1955 Ford to promote the record, sleeping in the car and eating bologna sandwiches to survive. We saw Lorettas life story unfold in The Coal Miners Daughter at the Mann Theater in Riverdale where Alice Moore of Washington Terrace and I, were thrilled to see so many of our Nashville friends in the picture that stars Sally Spacek as Loretta. Mike Smith, of the Mann Theaters, gets our salute of the week as the most courteous assistant manager the planning of studens class schedules with counselor Norene Francis at Weber High School. VOCATIONAL COORDINATOR Steve Bishop discusses There is better student classes morale. Hes motivated, You cant lock a student into a career goal at the ninth grade level, Mr. Bishop You have to be said. flexible enough to accomodate a change in in- Career education continues at Weber High through the Career Center, where students research specific jobs in terms of portunities. The Job Placement Center tries to place student related to the students career choices. Its all part of a determined effort by the schools The advantages to a plan like this are that a student no longer wonders why he is taking a' particular cijss. requirements, salaries, living when he gi aduates. NEXT WEEK. Part Two and duties, jobs pros and on students who cons. , focuses from local JeariL tp build homes by acSpeakers businesses and colleges visit tually constructing one. terest. Mr. Bishop said. demand, outlook, employment training discuss career op- es to produce a productive citizen able to earn his own Upcoming Public Hearings HIlXSQIJEimia 7! m f25H The Plain City Council has agreed to hold two public hearings April 10 at 7 p.m. on petitions to annex and rezone land at 1600 N. 4700 W. The first petition requests the annexation of nearly 2.6 acres adjoining the lumber yard. The second petition asks the council to rezone that parcel of land and about 14 adjoining acres from 0 to l. Anyone wishing to comment on the petitions is invited to attend the public hearings. Provo & Ogden Learn how to live, I in as go to Snowbird everyday. Accounting (to CPA available) More than will meet at Brigham Young University, Provo, next week for the annual Utah convention of the group. 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We can make your beautiful hair even more beautiful and care-free. will be presented to 20 outstanding FFA members and chapters by the State and National FFA Foundations. State FFA degrees will be presented to 105 FFA members who, as a result of their occupational and leadership achievements, have qualified for the top state FFA degree. Several adults will also be recognized for their service to the organization. Twleve will receive the Honorary State Farmer Degree and one will be presented the Distinguished Citation. State FFA Service President Rodney Johns, of Layton, will preside over convention sessions. He will be assisted by fellow officers- - Bruce Maer, Neola; Jeff Brooks, Lehi; Dave Nielson, Nephi; Douglas Hansen, Richfield and Ron Nay, Gunnison. Two official delegates from each of the 52 chapters in the state will represent the membership in voting on all key issues of business. According to Johns, these will include a discussion of contest rules and a consideration to change the groups procedure. parliamentary Miss Duckworth will address the convention on Monday evening, March 24. Major emphasis of her speech will be increasing and partmembership icipation in FFA activities on all levels. She was elected at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, last November. She attends the University of Arizona, where she is majoring in plant protection and agriculture education. She was elected most outstanding freshman woman there. She is taking a years leave of absence from college to fulfill the duties of her offiice. |