York High School - Falcon Yearbook (Yorktown, VA)

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A Major Responsibility of Guidance Department Through a mass of schedules, class change slips, transcripts, grade cards, cumulative records, et al, the guidance counselor seeks to help York students as they grow in knowledge and self-understanding. Indeed, Help is the key word. The counselor tries to be an understanding friend and the resource per- son who can provide the student with miscellaneous information ranging from study tips to educational requirements for an F.B.I. special agent. Further- more, the Guidance Department registers all new students and tries to provide a warm welcome. Yet testing is one of the biggest responsibilities: Step, Scat, Dat, PSAT, National Merit, College Boards, and departmental achievement tests are given by counselors and teachers. Scores from these tests are then interpreted to students and parents through in- dividual and group interviews. Mrs. Adelaide B. O ' Neal B.A., Sweet Briar College Guidance, Twelfth Grade Chairman of Guidance Department Toano Tech? Where ' s that Mrs. O ' Neal? Miss Ann Lee Alexander B.A., Mary Baldwin College M.S., Radford College Guidance, Ninth and Eighth Grades Mrs. Madelon Schwartz B.A., M.A., University of Southern Mississippi Guidance, Tenth and Eighth Grades Mrs. Thelma Yahnel R.N., Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing B.S., Sanford University M.A.T., Alabama College Guidance, Eleventh and Eighth Grades According to this, says Miss Alexander, you ' re ' A credit short ... (Sigh) 14

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Personnel Make Office a Busy School Area Mrs. Burcher can ' t imagine how the school operated before we acquired the new copymaker. Mrs. Doris Barnes Secretary to Principal Mrs. Doris Burcher Secretary to Guidance Mrs. Judy Carter Main Office Secretary Mrs. Virginia Collie Main Office Secretary Mrs. Lorraine Ingram Bookkeeper Mrs. Louis Terry Shop Secretary I 13

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Mrs. Yahnel guides her juniors toward future goals. Guidance Workers Left to Right: Sandra Page, Cindy Downs, Pat Foster, Sharon Murphy, Elaine Queen, Debbie Lamb, Linda Lucy, Jo Ann Callahan, Marilyn Hill, Kathy Williams, Anastasia Futado, Otis Riggins. Is Registering and Testing of York Students s