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Show Adult Ed Offerings Announced Classes to be offered during the first semester semes-ter by the Grand County school District is adult and community education edu-cation were announced this week. The classes will be offered beginning the week of September 24, and will continue through the week of December 10, 1973. One-half One-half unit of credit will be offered to students working in the high school completion program. pro-gram. Students may also enroll for general interest in-terest or self-improvement. Registration can be completed by calling the District Office, 259-6212. 259-6212. For those interested in high school completion, comple-tion, counciling and guidance gui-dance services are available. Regular day high school students will receive only 14 unit of credit per semester. To be offered on Monday evenings from 7 to 10 p.m. are Business occupations, including Typing I and II, Bookkeeping Book-keeping I and II, Business Busi-ness Machines, Shorthand Short-hand I and II, and filing and simulated office practice. These will be under the direction of Mrs. Marj Donoghue in the Business Pod of the Vocational Center. Cost per course is $12. Also offered on Monday Mon-day will be a sewing course with individualized individua-lized instruction. It is open to both beginners and the advanced seamstress. seam-stress. To be taught by Mrs. Adrien Taylor, the course will be held in the Vocational Center and fees are 12. Mrs. Eula Griffin will instruct an English course on Monday in Room 11 of the High School. This class is designed for those desiring de-siring high school completion com-pletion credit. Tuesday Classes Tuesday classes are also scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. and these include crafts, a study and practice in the fundamental woodworking woodwor-king tools for wood crafts; the process of hand tooling leather projects such as key cases, coin purses, belts and wallets; the process of stone cutting cut-ting and polishing into such jewelry projects as rings and necklaces; the process of using sheets of acrylic plastic in the development of plastic articles such as letter openers, hearts, and bookends; also the process pro-cess of forming desk pen- sets, wall ornaments, orna-ments, etc. from plastic plas-tic resin. Instructor for the class is Mr. Roger Shurtz and it will be held in the Junior High shop at a cost of $12. Drivers Ed A course in drivers education for adults will be offered on Tuesdays Tues-days in Room 4 of the High School by Mr. Ron Pierce- Cost for this class is $45. Darwin Gilger will offer of-fer a class in Math which is also designed for High School completion work. This is to be held in Room 6 of the High School and the cost is $12. Auto mechanics for women, a course designed de-signed to help the lady of the house become . familiar with basic car i care and emergency re-- re-- pairs, will be instructed t in the Auto pod of the . Vocational Center by . Mr. Kirk Allen. To be included in the classes on Wednesday I evenings is a geology course, introductory physical geology, instructed in-structed by Mr. Douglas Gibson. The class will discuss such topics as volcanoes, glaciers, mountain building movements of the earth's crust, fossils and time, speculations about the origin of the earth and of life. Field trips may be scheduled. Local geology will be the main emphasis. Ceramics Course A ceramics course instructed by Mr. Gary Guymon will also be held on Wednesdays in the Library Room of the High School. This class will deal with wheel throwing and handbuilding pottery. Included will be: learning lear-ning how to use - the potters wheel; handbuilding handbuil-ding techniques; glazing and decorating pottery; firing techniques; and preparing local clays. Other Wednesday classes include basic welding, taught by Mr. Allen in the Vocational Center and Astrology (Astro-psychology) instructed in-structed by Mrs. Bonnie Bon-nie Taylor. This last course will be held in Room 4 of the High School and is designed for students or young adults. No credit will be given. Auto Mechanics On Thursday evenings, even-ings, Mr. Allen will instruct in-struct a course in auto mechanics for men, with work to be done on problems of interest to each student. Social Studies, for High School completion, will be offered of-fered in Room 6 of the High School; and a second se-cond astrology course, this one for adults only, will be taught by Mrs. Bonnie Taylor. Anyone wishing to have their credits evaluated eva-luated or desiring (Cont. on Page A8) Adult Ed. . . (Cont. from Page Al) t consultation about adult education should contact I Mr. James Walker at . the Vocational Center I from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 19 or 20. Those who ' are unable to meet this time schedule should i contact the District Of- ' fice and arrange an ap- I poinlmenl. ! A law r ecently passed I by the State Legislature j now allows thatany adult J between the ages of 18 ) and 30, who wishes to i complete his high school I diploma requirements may do so without pay- J irig the regis! ration fee. Those who have (pies- i lions concerning appli- ' cation of lliis law tela- I I ivc ol Ihci r own classes should contact Mr. I Walker or Hie Dislrict Office. 1 |