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

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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

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there Tony Mercado, Jim Wallace, .Judy lngram, and Flichard l-lansen take advantage of Counseling and Guidance's resources and services. them. the counselors were able to find to fulfill each request and, at the same meet all the school's requirements. We acting as trouble shooters for the errors, stated .Joe Pirzynaki, de- chairman, and it gave us a great to begin discussing students' early in the year. The responsibility and constant demand j on counselors enabled the Counseling Guidance Department to raise its stan- Flesponsibility in the sense that coun- felt it a necessity to steer each student n a positive direction, and students felt the eed for guidance throughout the school ir. With both the counselors and the stu- wts pushing to meet halfway, the quality of counselor-student relationship grew to ate a school with positive ideals and goals. - .Jessica Lopez - 05451 I po- QWT M3 fl- ggi wa izsxsgzae 'UR ! igA1F '1 fs i 'I ne '3 .x