Deposit Central High School - Acorns Yearbook (Deposit, NY)

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GUIDANCE Guidance, as set up in the public schools of New York State, has been developed with five definite objectives in view, namely: health guidance, vocational guidance, social guidance, educational guidapce, and ethical guidance. While health guidance is the concern of every teacher in the school, the special teachers to whom this work is usually assigned are the physical education and the science teachers, since the work fits in more naturally with their fields. A physical check-up is of practical use in any phase of out-of-school work. A course in home economics is given all girls in seventh and eighth grades and an advanced course is given to high 'school girls who elect the course. In making a survey among students who left school before graduation, these two courses were mentioned as most useful. All students, so desiring, are aided in obtaining out of school employment and the office acts as a placement bureau when requested by towns people. A very complete file of occupations has been compiled and a guide to the evaluation of educational experiences in the armed services, which has been added this spring, should be especially helpful to our boys. Social guidance is directed by all teachers but, in a particular way, is emphasized in club and other activity programs. Clubs brings together pupils of common interests under the supervision of a teacher, who is interested in and qualified to be a club di- rector. 'lhis phase of school work enables boys and girls to participate in problems of administration, leadership, and cooperation, that routine subjects fail to give. Educational guidance, as the name implies, pertains to the scholastic work of the student. More varied and extensive curriculums in Junior and senior high schools enable boys and girls to make a wider choice of courses, better suited to their desires and abilities. Each fall programs of all students are checked by the counselor. Adjustments are made as needed and class lists prepared to fit each pupil given to both students and parents when needed or requested. Various tests are given by the guidance department, aiming to assist the pupil in finding his capabilities and to guide him into right channels of learning. A study of the college of their choice is made with prospective college en- trants, requirements investigated, communication with department heads carried on, and every necessary service rendered to place the student where he can best develop his talents. While the greatest service is probably rendered to seniors, every boy and girl in Junior and senior high school is free to seek the advice and help of the guidance staff. Ethical guidance is a well rounded service' of home, school, church, and community. It is linked up with the every day living of each and every- one of us. It is that some- thing, which rounds out character and develops personality, two things that largely de- termine success or failure in adult life. Changing conditions of labor, industry, standards of living, and use of leisure time, all point to the need for organized guidance for our young people and adequate guidance can be given, only by the cooperative effort of the school, the home, the church, and the community at large. 5

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DEPOSIT CENTRAL SCHOOL 1944-45 HOA RD GF EDUCATION PRESIDENT-- Durwood Youngs Dewey Decker Mrs. K. O. Smith Leland Boyd Sylvester Flynn CLERK--Floyd Brown TREASURER--Mabel Tucker DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT--Howard johnson PRINCIPAL--Frederick Fox VICE-PRINCIPAL--William Anderson DEAN OF GIRLS--Katherine Dailey MEDICAL OFFICER--Dr. Clayton Axtell COLLECTOR--Mrs. Frank Thompson During the maJor portion of the year, the board has held two meetings a month, one a policy meeting, at which two faculty representatives were in attendance, the other a regular business meeting. One of the princi- pal items under consideration continues to be the school site. 4

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MR. WILLIAM A. ANDERSON Vice-Principal, Guidance and Science Miss cum' ANDREASON Cafeteria Manager MISS LOUISE BOTTLE Science MISS KATHERINE DAILEY FACULTY MRS. BERTHA ARMSTRONG Physical Education and Health MR. DON COE Physical Education and Health MISS LAURA CROSSMAN Instrumental Music Dean of Girls and Junior High Mathematics MR. FREDERICK FOX Supervising Principal MR. EUGENE KELSEY Industrial Arts MISS BETSEY HARVEY Dental Hygienist MISS HELEN MANG Social Studies MR. WILLIA M. FLYNN f W 9 MRS. BLANCHE MARTIN Q 3 ' School Secretary and Cheerleading . V . ' c Psy. nl. junior High English , , 1 V V ax. 0 in