Berkeley High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Berkeley, MO)

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-if -f Ss... Ii vm., V s ,M-ff ' Miss Nickles listens closely to the answer to one of her questions. .5 -M.. Special education teacher, Miss Juanita Nickles, has had fourteen year's Teaching experience and has been at Berkeley two years. Miss Nickles received her degree from Southwest Missouri State College. Among the professional groups she belongs to is the Council for Ex- ceptional Children. l-ler main interests are sewing, cooking, and photography which she likes to do whenever she has the time. Among her future plans are to at- tend Missouri University to work to- wards a MasTer's degree in Special Education. Special Personnel Aids Student Body Whenever any of the students feel a lit- tle out of sorts, they head for sick bay and tell their troubles to the nurse, Mrs. Mariorie Piotrowicz. Berkeley has only had Mrs. Piotrowicz as its nurse this past year. Mrs. Piotrowicz received her training at Missouri Baptist Hospital and is cf regis- tered nurse. She has been in this profes- sion twenty years. Taking a part in the District Nurses As- sociation and the American Nurses As- sociation keeps her busy, although she still finds time to enioy a day of fishing, one of her favorite pastimes, as relaxa- tion once in awhile. Miss Piotrowicz checks over the health records of some of the Senior High students. 60

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Mr. West and Mr. Voss ore always more than willing to advise students on whatever problems they may have. Friendly Advice for the Asking Many students visit the office of Mr. James West when a problem arises, be it personal or scholastic. Here they are able to obtain information concerning the profes- sion he or she is interested in, information concerning college, and different types of tests. They find Mr. West more than willing to help them in any way he can to work their problems out. Mr. West received his Master's degree from the Univer- sity of Arkansas. He is an active member in the Missouri Guidance Association, the American Personnel and Guid- ance Association, and the St. Louis County Guidance As- sociation. He has also been a member of the Lions Club for eight years. Outside of counseling, Mr. West enioys Hshing, reading, and is a sponsor for the Youth for Christ Club. He has eight years of teaching experience backing his first year as counselor. As spring approaches, Mr. West will be busy assisting students in making out next year's sched- ules. Guidance and counseling is Mr. Hugh Voss' main inter- est. He has had a total of nine yecir's teaching experi- ence. His Bachelor degree was earned in Business Ad- ministration at the University of Iowa. He acquired his lviaster's in Education at Southern Illinois University. He has also had special training os a school psychological examiner. Mr. Voss' main interests outside of counseling are reading, camping, and sports. Mr. Voss constantly strives to talk to each senior indi- vidually to inquire about their future interests. If ques- tions arise concerning college or the type of Work they are considering, he tries answering them or gives the student adequate literature concerning the specific topic.

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Mrs. Thomas glances up from her work to answer one of the many questions asked her by students. Office Hours The other halt of Berkeley High School's secretarial statf is, Mrs. Rita Rumer. She received her secretarial training at Had- ley Vocational School. Entering contests, Mrs. Rumer's hobby, has won her many prizes over the past eight years, such as a complete kitchen, an air conditioner, a turtle, a snow-cone machine, a pony, a gold nugget, and money. She belongs to the Pengineers - a writers' club and she enters all con- tests. Mrs. Rumer has been a secretary at Berk- eley three years but did not become o full-time secretary at the senior high school until this year. For the past tour years, Mrs. Juanita Thomas has been secretary to the Prin- cipal of Berkeley High School. When she isn't keeping books tor her husband's plumbing business, Mrs. Thomas enjoys reading, sewing, bowl- ing, and many sports. County Educational Secretaries Associa- tion and Missouri Educational Secretaries Association are professional groups to which she belongs. Typing steadily, Mrs. Rumer prepares o business letter for mailing. 61