Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Rev. John Flussi President ll 4 A little help xtra! Extra! Troubled students find help to earn better grades. Students are finding it easier to get higher grades due to two special programs. These students understand what they are studying and how to do well in their work. One of these organizations is the Learning Assistance Program staffed by Beverly Luck- enbill and Gerry Large. This program was started last fall by Evelyn Gidden. At first she only had two students. but by the end of the year she had nine. The second is the Lan- guage Skills Development Program. Both share a common goal: find ways to use stu- dents' strengths to compensate for their weakness and develop language skills. Brother Steve .Johnson and counselor Bernie LeBoy help students in the L.S. D. P. improve their thinking skills. The L.S.lIJ.P. is open to all grades. Stu- dents may be referred by parents, teachers, counselors, or go voluntarily if they need help in a particular subject. The Learning Assistant presents informa- tion in different ways to help the student with difficult subjects, said Luckenbill. Freshmen in the L.S.D.P. take the same classes. However they have .Johnson for En- glish. Global Studies, and Believing. They also Q N Q. . , ,Wd will li' ' iw' will- lasl5l ww slliilw-lgllq 'iffy it l il will iiifij ,lj ,i -wild, g W lil -i .www . 'Sm Mew . i wwflfim. jwm. . Wills my A-Li-,W ligfinygigj, -1 vjj i.W.i:i.wjj3Qg Pla H j 'fi ll, from my have Lelfloy for study methods. Each sta. has an individualized program. The Language Skills Development gram is an intense course and involves work than the regular freshmen load be of all of the writing and homework. said .. son. ..lohnson's teaching is based on var he doesn't just teach one subject for f five minutes and move on, he relates the jects to one another. I would rather be in this class than regular classes because I am learning much more, commented freshman E C I' C Bannon. The class prepares students o well for the next three years. Students in the L.A. P. work on classvi homework, and remedial work in the aoar ic areas that are most difficult for them. lVly grades have gone up since I have l in the Learning Assistance Program, mented Christine lVlilIs, junior. Both of these programs have helped r' students get through rough times in high school education. Even though it is work, these organizations can help strengthen weaknesses and can make a ference in report cards. - Celeste Birkeland

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ula-ace and sc-frvice ast enough to prepare students for Col- lege, strong enough to help handle per- sonal problems, able to leap schedule mixups in a single bound. . . lt's a bird. lt's a plane. No: lt's the Nlitty Counselors. Opened for student convenience, Counsel- ing and Guidance raised its standards to try and offer better services to students. With a trained staff of professional counselors, IVlit- ty was able to assist students in their educa- tional and career planning as well as helping them with their personal problems. l think students benefit so much from counselors because they are very understanding and take the time to work out each student's needs, remarked junior Lisa Outrieuille. Also handling scholarship information, family counseling, work permits, and work experi- ence, counselors at lVlitty carried out many responsibilities that otherwise may not have been dealt with. This year, the department committed itself tc fulfilling two main goals. The first was to try and see every student individually before the end of the school year. Counselors accom- plished this by scheduling different divisions during a certain time period. This method offered them the chance to see students without much confusion. For example, seniors were given notices in October to set appointments with their individual counsel- ors. ln the months of October and Novem- -...N-f-'nu-:puma