Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Careful GUIDANCE Helps fhe Sfudenf When the Bay View High School senior has com- pleted his thirty-two credits for graduation and is ready for the next step, at work or in college, he has had the benefit of careful and continuous guidance during his four years of high school. A staff of counselors and his homeroom teacher were at all times ready to help him -to plan a logical pro- gram of studies to meet his needs, to give help if some scholastic or personal problem temporarily blocked his progress, to provide direction for his future, vocationally and academically. Even before the student left the elementary school, he prepared for his coming to high school with the assistance of members of the guidance staff. He met the counselor who was to be his special advisor during the next four years, he was given a mathematics ability test to determine his selection of high school math studies, and he planned with his counselors, and with his eighth grade teacher and parents, the course he would take in high school. MR. WILEY, Counselor Chairman Page Twenty six MR. DONDLINGER, Vice-Principal On that important day of his arrival at Bay View, he was not afraid or unsure, thanks to his pre-school coun- seling and the freshman handbook, Your First Day at Bay View High School, which he had received earlier. Instead, he was ready and happy to join the thirty or forty other freshmen who were to live and work to- gether in one homeroom during their high school years, supervised by one homeroom teacher, and guided by one class counselor. Throughout his career at Bay View he found his coun- selors and homeroom teacher a constant source of help - personally, scholastically, and vocationally. There were further tests at various times, for reading skills, aptitudes, and intelligence. There were group guidance sessions during the Wednesday life advisement periods, for discussion of acceptable school and social conduct, harmonious personal relationships, job opportunities, and other topics vital to the young person in the formative years of his life.

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Plan His Studies and Career Each semester this Bay View graduate-to-be had the opportunity to see films in auditorium meetings planned for various grade levels- such films as Benefits of Looking Ahead, Belonging to Groups, Aptitudes and Occu- pations, How to Keep a Job. From time to time he attended career meet- ings at which representatives of various occu- pations - generally experts in their fields - discussed job qualifications, preparation, and opportunities. lf his plan was to work immedi- ately after high school, he was given guidance as to where he might go to apply for a job and how to apply. If his interest was college, he took the Merit Scholarship Examination and later the College Board Examination to de- termine his fitness for college. He conferred with representatives of various schools and, if he qualified, applied for scholarships with the assistance of counselors, and he had an oppor- tunity to visit on the campus of the college in which he was interested, to get first hand information. MISS STATZ, Dean of Girls if COUNSELORS Q i l Mr. Koch, Mr. Williams, Miss Steel, Mr. Suttle l A 1 i l 1 l l i l Page Twenty-seven