James Madison High School - Prospectus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Hey, exclaimed a student upon entering the counseling office in September. This is more like it! With that, he plopped down on the couch to wait his turn to see a counselor. Music played softly in the background on the new stereo system and people padded around on the carpet donated by the class of '75. Peer counselors were leading a rap session in the group room. These physical changes were not the only ones made in the office this year. A whole new system was designed to better meet the student's needs. The counselors have four different jobs and spend one day a week on each. The counselor spends one day on general duty in the office for students who come in with questions. Another day is saved for appointments and once a week they work in the career center. Their extra day is used as a resource or study time. In this way they can become more specialized in areas of their own interest. Mrs. Foster, the head counselor, was very excited about the new pro- gram. We've tried to change our image, she said, we've tried to help the students plan better instead of waiting for a crisis to occur and then try to solve the problem. 248 Counselors

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 I Need a Job, Can You Help Me? F or those who didn't want to spend their life working at Jack-in- the-Box, there was hope yet. Students could have boogied on over to the career center. After filling out work experience forms, listening to audio tapes, and looking through college catalogs, there were two new career counselors, Mrs. Lois DeLay and Miss Pat White, to speak to. Both ladies had worked hard all year to find jobs for eager, career-minded students. A wide variety of career speakers came to Madison. Students heard a Sierra Club representative, a Medical careers speaker, and an Airline Stewardess among others. “I don't know if we've changed much since last year because we are all new, said Mrs. DeLay, but we're sure trying. 250 Career Center