Central High School - Helios Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Mrs. Woodlock is in charge of handling the truancy cases. This year, with the many changes, the system has been made more efficient. Assisting Mrs. Woodlock is Mrs. Keegstra. the attendance clerk, who keeps the attendance records and directs the technical office work. She checks the absences by phone and supervises the many runners who collect the absence slips each hour. Nancy Dare 13

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This year, we have three counselors, Mr. Ritsma working with the seventh and eighth grades, Mr. Perrin the ninth and tenth, and Miss Meyering the eleventh and twelfth. Mr. Perrin, besides counseling the ninth and tenth grades, is the head counselor which requires him to assist the other counselors find co-ordinate their work. Much of the work done by the counselors is similar only each works with different grade levels. In helping the ninth and tenth grader, Mr. Perrin is responsible for the supervision of such standardized test as the Iowa Test, pro- graming, counseling with either personal or academic problems, guiding in choice of college or occupation. Counseling the eleventh and twelfth graders. Miss Meyering has many varied duties in helping students develop to the greatest of their ability and gain a self understanding. Her main duties are counseling, giving educational information, and programing. However, she has many other duties which include the following: giving vocational information, placing students in business or in colleges, giving personal counsel, testing, and taking charge of scholarships. Mr. Ritsma, the seventh and eighth grade counselor, is very active with his job. Contacting the sixth grade of the feeder schools each spring, orienting, the sixth graders by having them visit Central and through the Big Brother-Big Sister Club, enrolling the seventh graders and new students and helping them make adjustments, and programing for Senior High with the assistance of parentt conferences are several of Mr. Ritsma ' s duties. Another new addition this year is a full time personnel clerk who is Mrs. Nelson. She assists all three counselors by taking calls, scheduling appointments, filing, and helping with general secretarial work. I y Km ft COUNSELING STAFF Wesley Perrin — Head Counselor Lucille Meyering — Counselor Albert Ritsema — Counselor Mrs. Dora Nelson — Personnel Clerk Ih 12 -r

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TEACHERS Sandra Kay Feldpausch Michigan Stale University, B.S.: Clothing, Foods, • oods 4 Enid W. Combs Chicago Art Institute, Columbia University, Pius Columbia University, Piux XII Institute (Florence, Italy), B.S.,M.A.; Art Paul Richard Mead Sacred Heart College, Aquinas College, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, B.A., M.A.; Counselor in Study Habits and Skills Patrick D. Reagan Grand Rapids Junior Col- lege. Michigan State Uni- versity, B.A.; American History, Civics