| Graphic Communications is the exciting and ever-changing industry of producing
images. Printed words and pictures are everywhere, on every kind of material,
from catalogue to credit card, newspaper to novel, sweat shirt to soda can.
Graphic Communications is one of the most technologically sophisticated
industries in the world.The demand on the industry means that it must find
or train increasing numbers of employees to work as artists, press operators,
designers, computer programmers, chemists, engineers, marketing specialists,
managers, photographers, paper manufactures, and bindery workers. The printing
industry in California employs more than 75,000 people and has an annual
sales output in excess of $6.5 billion. Printing, in fact, is the largest
industry in the state in terms of numbers of establishments, with more than
6,800 individual shops, many of them family owned.The Los Angeles area alone
has almost 3,000 businesses in the field. The U.S. Bureau of Labor estimates
that the printing industry nationwide will need 6,000 new workers each year.
We all use graphics! Everyday the printing industry somehow touches our
lives. From the toothpaste tube we use in the morning, to the traffic
signs we obey on the way to school, to the sports magazines we read. When
we want to buy a new car we usually pick up an attractively printed brochure
that highlights the details of the vehicle.
The Graphic Communications curriculum is designed to teach both the technological
theory of printing and its practical applications. In the process, you
will learn the various methods used to produce a printed product, not
only through classroom and lab experiences but also through field trips
to major printing companies and trade shows. In addition, you will receive
information about career opportunities in the field. Students who complete
the program are prepared to enter the industry as technical representatives,
sales personnel, master craftsmen, managers, or owners. Graduates are
also prepared to pursue further education on the technical or academic
level. In short, if you want the best printing education available to
the high school student, Don Bosco is the place for you.
Graduates of the Graphic Communications Technology program are working
for some of the area’s most successful companies, among them R.R.
Donnelly,Anderson Lithograph, Castle Press, Precision Color & Graphics,
Monarch Litho,Whittier Graphics, and Folio Graphics. This technology training
is balanced by a college preparatory academic education that meets the
admissions criteria of California’s two university systems.
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