8th Grade Vocational Survey
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Art
Multi-Media
Health
Home & Careers
Metal Shop
Technology









Introduction
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8th Grade Vocational Survey is a year-round elective. It consists of the classes: Art, Multi-Media, Health, Home & Careers, Metal Shop, Technology. 8th graders can apply for any elective, except that each elective is a semester (half the year) long. Therefore, they can only take two.
























Art
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The 8th grade art classes are taught by the teachers Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Romanowitz. Eighth grade students will be introduced to the principals of design: balance, unity, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm, and pattern. Some activities include drawing and painting a large scale of a poster using grids for layout, linoleum-cut printmaking, silhouette cut-out portraits and pictures, pointillism which utilizes dots to create art designs, still life sketching, and one and two-point perspective drawings, advanced scratchboard art, and mask-making and painting. In Mrs. Davis' class, the following projects are possibilities: still-life sketches, pencil drawings, Mona Lisa makeovers, Shel Silverstein CD Covers, Lino Cuts, Prints, and Color Wheels.

























Multi-Media
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This class is taught by Mrs. Randall. In 8th grade, Mrs. Randall teaches Multi-media, which comes in two levels, advanced, and intermediate. In Advanced Multimedia, you learn how to use Microsoft Office to include Excel, Word, and Power Point. You also design and completed web pages using Notepad. Digital editing is taught and Adobe Photoshop is the program used. In advanced Multi-Media, you also make the school yearbook and the school webpage. The only difference between intermediate and advanced multimedia is that intermediate, you do not participate in creating the school yearbook or the school webpages and the class is one semester long.

























Health
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8th grade Health is taught by Mrs. Schuette. In 8th grade Health, we get a clearer, more detailed view of the dangers of illegal(and illegally used) drugs. Students prepare and present public service announcements. Following the drug unit, is the Family Life unit. This unit consists of reviewing the reproductive anatomy and the real consequences of teen calls, budgeting, and journaling. The dangers of sexually transmitted diseases are also covered. Guest speakers share important medical information during the Family Life segment. The semester closes with a unit on culture, prejudice and kindness. Students come face to face with the stereotypes they have grown up with or experienced at school. Through discussion, films, guest speakers and experiencial activities, students come to realize that hatred and cruelty hurt us all. The unit ends with a culture pot-luck lunch, where we not only acknowledge our different family histories, but share and celebrate them in an accepting way.

























Home & Careers
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Home & Careers Class is taught by Mrs. Wines. 8th grade Home & Careers is a fun-filled classroom with many activities. The students first make aprons to use in-class during cooking. This also involves learning how to use the sewing machine. The apron must be completed before the student is allowed to start cooking in the kitchen. They will learn about dry and liquid measurement and how to use cooking equipment. Everything from basic cookies to crepes will be explored.

























Metal Shop
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This class is taught by Mr. Schultz. Metal Shop focuses on the fundamental concepts of safety, sheet metal fabrication, oxy/acetylene welding, machining, casting and the use of different metals and their properties. Students will become familiar with a wide variety of metal working hand tools, equipment and shop procedures. Eye protection is a requirement for this class, but is also provided for the students. "Special" eye protection (the only difference is that it looks better) can be bought in the class for $5 per pair.

























Technology
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This class is instructed by Mrs. Stocke. In this class, the students' activities are based on individual modules as well as some whole class activities. The available activities are: CO2 dragsters, balsa wood bridges, computer drafting, wing design/flight, robotics, magnetic levitation, motion studies, flight simulator, wood working, graphic arts, desktop publishing, research & design, digital photography, laser/fiber optics, computer animation, towers, alternative energy, sumo robots, safety & construction, Sim City and road design, trebuchets, weather, electronics, criminology, hydroponics, lighter than air flight, small engines, and finally career research. Students do not complete all of the above topics, but choose a few that draw their interest. This class also focuses on problem solving and creating technologically literate citizens.









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