Berkley High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Berkley, MI)

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to Maintain as Masq., High Standards Q-Q-...., CENTER: The board consists of FRONT ROW: Mr. Leonard Johnson, Mrs. Wanda Parry and Mrs. Nora Peisner. ROW 2: Mr. Archie Bailey, Mr. Nathaniel Share, Mr. Arie Vander Eyk and Mr. James Benedict. ABOVE FAR RIGHT: Mr. Hurley checks figures of the school system's budget in preparation for a Board of Education conference. ABOVE RIGHT: Mr. Sheldon contemplates the grow- ing requirements of today 's teachers. ABOVE LEFT' Board of Education discusses the bene- fits of having modern scientific equipment in the schools. BOTTOM LEFT' Dr. Donald Roe, superintendent of schools, relaxes from the stress of his office work by discussing high school life with Ellen Pinter. 17

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Board of Education Strives As the individual must realize, the responsibility of our school board, superintendent, and assistants is tremendous. In explaining the job of the school board, Dr. Donald Roe, superintendent of schools, expressed the responsibility of pre- paring programs which coordinate the resources of the district with the professional out-put of our schools. The board pon- ders problems ranging from the fundamentals of education to the activities of Berkley Highis Student Council. The job of implementing the suggestions made by the board rests upon Dr. Roe. It is his goal to maintain an atmosphere for creative thinking. Tabulating finances is the job of Mr. Robert Hurley. He is responsible for coordinating the expenditures made by the board and the money in the treasury. It is the responsibility of Mr. Don Sheldon to select the teachers. He is given the task of interviewing teachers and reviewing their qualifications. Working together, the administration successfully maintains the standards of the Berkley school system. af

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XJ-9, A .ag f' 'eff' Hard-Working Administrators Keep Berkley in Motion Facing 2100 students and 119 teachers daily to make 1 , sure that everything in the school functions efficiently is the staggering task faced by Mr. Loren Disbrow, Berkley High's principal. He not only attends to the problems within the school, but also acts as a link between the school and the com- munity. Even with all these obligations, however, Mr. Dis- brow is still able to keep in contact with the students through the Forum and the Principal's Cabinet. Mr. Irving, an assistant principal, also holds a challenging position. He is more directly in contact with the students, since he manages all disciplinary problems and supervises all of the school's clubs. Mrs. Morrison is the assistant principal in charge of the guidance department. She is concerned pri- marily with the faculty, directing new teacher orientation and visitation. Mr. Blomlield, Berkley's attendance director, hand- les many responsibilities dealing with pre-arranged absences and excusing students from school. He must also cope with the problems of truancy and of dropout students. Berkley's secretaries attend to a variety of jobs. Mrs. Hollenbeck, Mrs. Hoornstra, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Gaylord are personal secretaries to Mr. Disbrow, Mr. Irving, Mr. Blomlield, and Mrs. Morrison, respectively. They keep track of their appointments and meetings. The jobs of the other secretaries range from running the bookstore to accounting. --I