Annual report. [1946]

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LEARNING TO LIVE

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known that Central High School had eighty
young men and women enrolled as freshmen
at the U. of M., whose academic performance was considered in the awarding of this
high honor to Central. The High School of
Commerce was awarded honorable mention
along with fourteen high schools throughout.
the state.
Technical, Trade Education Popular
Detroit's Public Schools include a division
of Technical and Trade Schools. Such
schools attempt to meet the needs of
specific training for employment. The Aero
Mechanics School is the most recent addition to the technical schools. It trains
airplane engine mechanics and airplane
mechanics. The Apprentice Training School,
formerly known as the Building Trades, is
organized to give related instruction to
apprentices. It enrolls adults, usually
between the ages of eighteen and twentyfive. Their attendance is on a part-time
basis, and employers generally pay students
while attending this school. The Cass Technical High School maintains an instructional
program organized around eleven curriculums. Eac 'h curriculum is pointed towards
an occupation or industry area. Included
are machine shop, mechanical drafting, electrical, automotive, aeronautical, architectural drafting, science, home economics,
printing, art, and music. Six schools are

designated as trade schools, and meet the
educational needs of students between the
ages of fifteen and eighteen who wish to
enroll in a pre-employmnent school. Instruction is organized around basic trades or
occupations. The Wilbur Wright Vocational
High School is organized for cooperative
training and is open to boys who have completed the ninth grade. Practically all of the
graduates of. this school enter industry by'
way of organized apprenticeship. Detroit's'
technical and trade schools offer training in
a. wide variety of occupations and trades,
including aeronautics and aircraft instruction, auto' mechanics, baking, cooking, brick
laying, costume illustration, floor decorations., optical lens grinding, pattern making,
power machine operation, radio repair,
retailing, tailoring, jewelry and watch repair,
and woodwork.
Plans are under way for expanding and
intensifying the vocational education program for girls and women.
Teachers employed in Detroit high schools
must have a Master's Degree, which means
a minimum of five years of college training.
They must teach in the field of their
specialization in order to qualify under the
North Central Association. The performance of high school graduates attests to the
quality of instruction offered in the city's
high schools.