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

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Miss Frances Shaw, who registers all incoming students, and Regina Pridgeon. Mrs. Eva Hayes, Principal Curtis’ private secretary, con- sults with Martha Newman. Mrs. Mary E. Walter, in charge of all school correspondence. Many Responsibilities Handled in the Main Office Mrs. Eva Hayes, Mr. Curtis ' private secretary who was also head secretary of the main office, oversaw all work that went on in the main office. She called the main office the hub of the school and said that everything that had to do with BHS began and ended in the main office. Those working with Mrs. Hayes were Miss Frances Shaw, Mrs. Mary E. Walter, Mrs. Carolyn Hen- nington, Mrs. Emy Peterson and Mrs. Margie Thorp. Miss Shaw who has been with the BHS main office for 30 years registered all the incoming students. She sent for the past records and transcripts from former schools of the students. Miss Shaw also handled all college representative interviews. Mrs. Walters handled all school correspondence in the front office and wrote and produced the daily teach- ers bulletin. Every year Mrs. Walters is in charge of seeing that the students correct name is on their gradua- tion diploma. Mrs. Hennington was in charge of all the I.B.M. work which included all report cards. Mrs. Peterson, curriculum secretary, did all the work for the 13 curriculum associates. Mrs. Thorp did the secretarial and clerical work in part for the Industrial Arts, Home Nursing, Child Care, Food Service and Business Education departments. Mrs. Emy Peterson does all the work for the curriculum associates. Mrs. Carolyn Hennington, in charge of ail I.B.M. work, with Judy Reimann.

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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.

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Mrs. Sheila Kilgore, Attendance Clerk. Mr. Gordon Nagai, Dean of Attendance. Mr. Nagai Observes that Not All Youth Belong in the Public School Last year ' s new Attendance Counselor Mr. Gordon Nagai received his Bachelors Arts degree at the Uni- versity of California in Berkeley. After graduating, he started his graduate work also at Cal and received his Master ' s in Social Work. For two years after completing graduate studies, Mr. Nagai worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker at the State Department of Mental Hygiene. For two years after that he worked at the Antioch Unified School District as the Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance. Following those two years of being a supervisor Mr. Nagai was offered the job of Attendance Counselor at BHS. The attendance problems at BHS fell into different catagories said Mr. Nagai, on one end of which you found cutting for kicks, to more serious resistance to conformity and authority, to the other end where you found truancy and attendance problems that reflect deeper disturbances of the students and their families. The difference in the nature of the problems, the individual personal differences and needs, require an awareness of what is needed by the individual, and by his fellow students who watched what occurred in the glass fishbowl of the dean ' s office. He said one factor that provided perspective for me in this job, is the realization that not all youth belong in the public school system. The challenge in working with attendance matters is to distinguish between the needs of the students, utilize my own training and skills, make use of guidance personnel and counseling staff, and involve the parents in seeking positive resolution to dynamics that resulted in attendance problems. The Duties of Head Nurse and Assistant Nurse Are Varied The duties of Public Health Nurse are to handle problems referred by the assistant nurse, refer certain students to doctors, speak to parents about specific medical problems, and refer families to a health nurse to go into the home when assistance with health prob- lems is needed, says Miss Mary Huff, head nurse. Also, stated Miss Huff, the head nurse handles coun- selor referals, investigates frequent absences of students when there may be a serious medical problem, and handles certain medical problems of students referred by guidance workers. The duties of the assistant nurse are to take care of first aid cases, attend to students who are ill during school hours, and to call home to parents when it is necessary to send students home, stated Miss Huff. Mrs. Helen Raye, assistant nurse, works full-time at BHS, and Miss Mary Huff is at BHS part-time. Miss Huff works at McKinley High when she is not at BHS. Mrs. Hazel MacFarland, Attendance Clerk. Miss Mary Huff, Nurse. 12 Miss Eunice Carlson, Attendance Clerk.