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As written in the school's informative booklet,
published in 1976 for parents and students; "It is our purpose to
see that every Tech Student gets the best possible high school
education. Every Tech students is enrolled at Des Moines Tech
because they want job entry training in one of Tech's 29 major core
areas of study. In addition to the core area each student must
complete the same academic requirements for graduation that are required
in all Des Moines high schools.
The Tech student's program will enable him/her to
prepare for a career in the world of work and/or continue formal
academic education in at college or university. Due to job entry
education, Des Moines Technical High School students can get a better
job at higher pay with a better chance for earlier promotion. It
could mean a happier life with more personal satisfaction from the
greater contribution he/she is able to make to society."
Perhaps the most unique aspect of D. M. Tech H. S. is it's "Core Area"
system. This method of specialized training which betters prepares
us, as students, for our chosen occupations or further courses of study.
The time in core area classes may be concentrated in a daily three-hour
lab or in several one-hour classes dealing with the student's field of
specialization.
Over D. M. Tech's 44 years of training students for
the Work Place, most of the original Core Areas remained intact. A
few of them changed their name to be current with the times, but the
basic principals of the trade and the quality of teaching remained true
to the Core. Some areas were removed while training in new areas
took their place.
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