Wichita Heights High School - Talon Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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A is-K4 ,i - ' ,.,, , ' ' wif' 10 X '4 'r ar Y aw X SI ' , v M .,, ,iv Q ' - -' - ',fwiu4i!bngia,f- M 77fAdministration 'Q -we lf!! ft? 4 9 'Q I if X 5- AIJK , 'P QQ, 1. Assistant Principal Ted Shackelford makes preliminary preparations for next year's students. 2. COUNSELORS: Ken Gabrielson, Donna Long, Ludora Herndon, Norris Burke. 3. Jeanne Belew, career guidance specialist, takes a break to talk to students during lunch. 4. Mr. Gabrielson and Julie Abplanalp, '80, dis- cuss a prospective schedule change, 5. ADMINISTRATION Sitting: Principal Mar- tin E. Smith, Standing: Assistant Principal Keith Graham, Activities Director Jim Lininger, Assis- tant Principal Ted Shackelford,

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76 f Administration 14,3 X . .gl 1, .C- df' ffflf-+ f Policy Changes Improve Scheduling, Attendance Three major changes aside from go- ing from 5A to 4A in school classifica- tion were brought about in the 1977-78 school year. Change, Said Dr. M.E. Smith, Principal, is a needed thing. The first and most notable differ- ences were those involved in the new attendance policy and five-absence test- ing system. Parents were called about unexcused absences, and an A grade or fewer than five absences exempted a student from taking a final examination at the end of semester. Dr. Smith felt that this was beneficial to all students, parents and teachers. Dr. Smith was responsible for the second action taken during the year which was the formation of the Presi- dents' Advisory Council, consisting of the presidents of all clubs and classes, and charged with meeting twice a month to discuss problems affecting students. A third change, temporary but cer- tainly the most controversial, was the two-hour block experiment during the third nine-weeks. For the benefit of lab classes such as Chemistry and Clothing Management, class schedules were rearranged to lengthen first and second hours to two 'hours each by having each meet on alternating days. Career education was stressed by both the guidance counselors and the Career Center. Mrs. Jeanne Belew of- fered students information, job listings and advice on thousands of career op- portunities and headed a two-week sophomore unit on career awareness, using information and materials from the new Career center located in the Media Center.

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78 fOffice Staff-Security-Social Worker-Nurse t . 9- X 1 'm Classes, Cars, Cuts, Conflicts Command Constant Consideration For the bookkeeper, attendance clerk and student accounting clerk, everyday was a busy one as pupil accounting, schedule changes, grade changes and the new two-hour blocks occupied not only the general eight to three day, but time before and after school and during the summer as well. The figuring of class schedules and any conflicts arising from them fell under the auspices of the office secretaries. I find my job fascinating, said Miss Felicia Reaves, student accountant, because this is a different occupation from any other. With this job, you can see the physical proof of your accom- plishments, whether they're good or bad. That's satisfying. Another individual important to the students was Mrs. Betty Young, the school nurse. Affectionately known to many as Nursie, Mrs. Young spent much time involved with people, wheth- er bandaging cuts, checking tempera- tures, phoning parents about illnesses or giving sight and hearing tests. She also continued to sponsor the Medical Ca- reers Club. Always helpful to the maintenance of student order, the security force dealt with various issues, including the issu- ing of parking tickets, the littering of school grounds, smoking in the rest rooms and the handling of unruly stu- dents. In the area of special problems both in school and at home, social worker Don Spies, a new-comer to Heights, served as a communication link be- tween student and teacher or student and parent.