Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Counselor Sidney Scott discussing classes with Stanway Wong Counselor Bonnie Rice reviews grades with Peggy Dobson. Counselor Helen Cassidy Counselor Richard Endsley f 1 Counselor Palmer Whitted discusses transcript with Ann Kahn Counselor Ruth Jennings, talks with a parent on the telephone 9

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Counselor Vernon D. Wenrich Counselor Albert Auch speaks to Annalee McDonough Creating New Classes Is Head Counselor ' s Job Head Counselor Mr. Vernon Wenrich presides over all counselors, incoming and outgoing stu- dents and the opening and closing of all classes. He briefs all new counselors on their duties at BHS and obtains all needed resource material and books for counselors. He is also kept busy by attending meetings pertaining to counseling, de- partment chairmen, Principal ' s Advisory Commit- tee and others. Mr. Wenrich arranges all orientations for incom- ing tenth grade students and follows up with studies of BHS graduates including their grades in college. He arranges meetings between college representatives and BHS students. Mr. Wenrich also coordinates the testing programs at BHS. In order to always know what is going on in counseling, Mr. Wenrich counsels a group of stu- dents. In order for him to have an even over-all picture he has a homeroom from each grade, and therefore has an incoming class and outgoing class with juniors in between every year. Mr. Wenrich said that he and Assistant Principal Mr. Ray Hitch work very closely together balanc- ing class sizes which involves either creating new classes to hold all pupils or the closing of classes due to the small size of them. Each counselor has a group of 270 to 280 stu- dents for whom he is responsible, whereas in com- parison to other schools, each counselor has as many as 500 students. Each counselor advises a group of students from either 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade and handles their educational, vocational and occasionally per- sonal problems. Counselor Barry Josephson 8 Counselor Jay Aungst with Donald Friarson Counselor William Daoust with Miss Patricia Kemper,. Guidance Consultant

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Counselor Alden Olson. BOC Suffers From Lack of Class Participation This year the BOC funds were at a record low be- cause of the lack of participation at games and the dras- tically few student body fee sales, said Mr. Roy Oker- strom, BHS Accountant. BHS had a noticeable lack of school spirit and because most of the BOC funds came from selling tickets for games, the BOC would have gone into debt this fall semester. However, there was always the savings account in the bank to fall back upon. The reason for the strict rules on the ID cards, con- tinued Mr. Oker strom, was to keep outsiders off the campus and restrict trouble to a minimum. There was a noticeable decrease in the amount of trouble since this rule was enforced. Another reason for the cards was so that a student could have his student body fee sticker stuck on the back and in case of loss or theft it couldn ' t be used by someone else. This also prevented the interchanging of student body cards which has so frequently happened in the past. Each class, Mr. Okerstrom said, had its own budget and was completely independent of the BOC. The in- dividual classes hardly ever contributed to the BOC ex- cept the senior class and when it did it was usually for a designated purpose. The classes usually obtained their funds from concessions and dances. All the school funds passed through Mr. Okerstrom ' s hands as well as the funds for the 39 school affiliated clubs. West Campus also had its account with the BHS accountant ' s office. Some -of the other duties that were carried out by the accountant ' s office included checking and stamping all materials and textbooks, lost and found, locker distribution, selling game tickets and sell- ing yearbooks. Counselor Lucille Harmon. B.H.S. Accountant Roy Okerstrom discusses supplies with proctor Cheryl Mollring. 10 Mrs. Elvira Gordon, Account Clerk. Miss Barbara Hayes, typist.