Forest Lake Academy's Work Program Spiritual Renewal in South Atlantic Page 4 Head of the Class Page 8 Sibling Ftivalry Nit Forest Lake Academy's Work Program
by Stephen Patrick and Volker Henning
orest City, Fla., area residents who breakfast at Hardees, lunch at Rax, eat supper at FMcDonald's, and shop at Al- bertsons may all have one thing in common —Forest Lake Academy stu- dents. Whether it's the person who bakes the biscuits, stocks the salad bar, takes the order, or bags the groceries, it is likely that they attend Forest Lake Academy. Work is an integral part of the Academy's program. The work pro- gram is emphasized to teach "the dignity of labor" and prepare students for the "real world" of work. There- fore, the academic day is from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., accommodating a Corporate Aircraft Reproductions President Sam Davis, and FLA student Chris Carlson look over the split schedule which yields uninter- aircraft model which Chris is completing. One or two models, trimmed and painted like the real plane, are furnished by the manufacturer to purchasers of these corporate Jets. rupted four-hour blocks for work ap- pointments. can work on campus is limited. Con- off campus help alleviate the school's Dormitory students are required to sequently Dietrich searches for student labor budget. work at least 10 hours each week. All employers who can hire high school- A big help in providing off-campus student workers are graded quarterly age youth. During the '86-'87 employment is Harbor Medical Inc., on their work performance, and a academic year, approximately 200 which was recently established on the student can earn up to two credits students were placed in off-campus campus. The Harbor Medical branch from work experience which may be jobs. Twenty of these were dormitory at Forest Lake employs 20 students to applied toward graduation. students. "Because of these students' assemble non-sterile kits for central The work program is not only for interrupted schedules during the Florida-area hospitals. An added those in the dorm. Pam Dietrich, stu- summer and other school vacations, benefit is that this company can hire dent labor coordinator, strives it is difficult to find off-campus 14- and 15-year-olds which are usu- equally hard to place village students. employers who can hire dorm stu- ally a hard-to-employ group. Because the Academy feels an obliga- dents," says Dietrich. There is a great deal of variety in the tion to hire dorm students, the In general off-campus jobs are jobs available to the students: some number of hours that a village student more desirable because the wages work at Florida Hospital, others at
Cover caption: Chris Carlson puts fine details on are at least 50 cents per hour higher. Classic Chevy Club, which deals in an aircraft model which he is building. A by-product is that students working hard-to-find parts for '55 to '57 Chev-