Bentley High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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Checking the card iles tor tele- phone numbers is one of the duties ot Co-op students Leni Hutton and Carole Couillard. 1' Ap I really couldn't get my locker , open, says Sharon Smola. But ,I Mr. Syerson seems a bit skeptical of the excuse. Where were YOU? ask those who tend to attendance an-F, FRED SYERSON B.A., Eastern Michigan College, M.A., University of Michigan. Attendance Director. Future Teachers' Club Sponsor. Attendance Director, Mr. Fred Syerson, will checks the absence list while Mrs. Flora Brayton, Attendance Clerk, phones a stu- dent's home to check his reason tor being out ot school. Under the supervision of Mr. Fred Syerson, Attendance Director, assisted by Mrs. Flora Brayton, Attendance Clerk, and a number of student helpers, hourly attendance records are kept for each Bentley student. Absence from school results in o home phone call. Upon his return, a student must report to the Attendance Office. Tardiness is another matter handled by Attendance Personnel. Of course this office is also responsible for the schooI's oFficial count of students registered and attending. Student conferences are frequent and often parents come in to discuss their children's attendance with Mr. Syerson. 4 E EQ . il-Hn V' . S is ls, yi r A if L

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Second semester soiled in with o few surprises. ll 1-9 Second semester began wnth a flurry of schedule changes as well as continued flurrles of snow lor sleetll but the transmon was ac complnshed smoothly wnth only on occasnonal Instance of student and room not being able to flnd each other There were a few new faces about the corridors to enhance mud wmter interest, and a few famnluar faces were mlssmg as some sensors completed theur credits Mrs Patrlcla Stlckels and Mr Walter Ferdon checked In wlth the Bentley faculty ot the begmnmg of second semester Mrs Stlckles 'omed the Englush department and Mr Ferdon took over a positron In mathemattcs Schedule changes kept counselors busy for a few days as first semester ended and second semester began. l. l--i s 'Q 5 Mrs Vlrglnla Sweeney formerly secretary to the Bentley counselors returned un January thus year to take over Mrs Hoheisel s dutues as secretary to the pnnclpals

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i GUNHILD E. TALIK B.A., University at Ver- mont, M.A., Michigan State University, Wayne State University. Coun- selor. 'wh If .7 DOROTHY SHADFORD A.B., Albion Collegeg M.A., University of Michi- gan. Counselor. me vi IRENE MOORE B.E., Wisconsin State Col- lege, M.A., University of Michigan. Counselor. JOHN R. WEBBER B.S., Wayne State Uni- versity, M.A., University of Michigan. Counselor. Other special education features include nursing help Special Education covers a variety of activities at Bentley High School. Four full-time counselors and several part-time counselors talk individually with students at regular intervals for at student requestl by Mrs. Brown and her student assistants, speech cor- rection directed by Mr. Kremkow and special classes given by Mrs. lrene McLellan. about career or personal problems. Material related to occupations, personality, study habits are available through the counselors. These people also conduct the school's testing program and assist teachers in under- standing their students. The general purpose is to provide every conceivable kind of help that a student might need or want outside of his class activities. For all kinds of headaches -scheduling, scholarships, Judy Baker, this year's Co-op assistant in the counseling office, is shown the tiling system by Mrs. Gunhild Talik.