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Show PGHS Students Go to Geneva on Field Trip Pleasant Grove High School students, studying vocational classifications, modern industry, and basic literary skills ingaged in a field trip to the U.S. Steel's Geneva Works last Thursday. To qualify for this department a student must be enrolled in a vocational class and be working toward a positive vocational goal after completing com-pleting high school. Some students are enrolled in pre-vocational classes at Utah Technical College in the mornings then return to the high school campus for individual in-dividual paced and prescribed academic work in the afternoon. af-ternoon. Many students have released work time in local industries and business. Their work is supervised by vocational teachers. Mr. Ken Payne, of the personnel and training department at Geneva, informed in-formed the students about work requirements, job classifications and training and educational requirements in modern industry. This vocational project was directed by Abbie Francom, director of Guided Studies at Pleasant Grove High School. Mrs. Dean Powell and Mr. Glen Hill accompanied the students as parent advisors. Pleasant Grove High School has been invited to prepare a video-tape report of the Guided Studies department depart-ment for the state board of education and present it in January. UTC Guided Studies is a cooperative-vocational and academic program funded jointly by the Mountainland Association of the government, govern-ment, Utah Technical College, C.E.T.A., and the high school. Mr. Kenneth L. Hennefer, Manpower Specialist from the state board and Mrs. Barbara Walsh, UTC, visited the high school on an informal inspection in-spection tour this week. Mrs. Abbie Francom was commended com-mended on her fine learning experiences. Students attending the field trip were - Brent Hill, Sharron Antonio, Sylvia Lavato, Troy Frye, Steven Dilley, Chad Bradshaw, Scott Hutchinson, Dennis Nelson, Shelli Piatt, Jeriann Taylor, Calvin Mills, Neal Walse, Jeff Hooley, Cindy Weber, Becky Varney. |