Downey High School - Volsung Yearbook (Downey, CA)

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an offer counsel and advice The guidance office at Downey High is headed by Mr. Al Hemkin. Each student who enters the school is assigned to a counselor, according to the initial of his surname, therefore, each counselor has students from all three grade levels. The people who counsel each student throughout his three years at Downey are Mr. Arthur Maurer, Mr. Ed Bragg, Mr Fred Hershner, and Mrs. Margaret West. Each of these counselors helps to assist hundreds of students each day in personal as well as scholastic prololems. They assist the student in planning his fu- ture, they provide information on college requirements and advantages, and aid in getting scholarships. MR. ED BRAGG MR. ARTHUR MAURER . ff , e MR. ALFRED HEMKIN MR. FRED HERSHNER MRS. MARGARET WEST MW M R, ll

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They deal with students' special needs A very busy part of Downey High is the attendance office, headed by Mr. Clarence Bacha. He is the super- visor of child welfare and attendance, which includes the control of tardiness and irregular attendance situa- tions. Mr. Bacha's office issues work permits, and checks them at regular intervals. He writes the reports for the juvenile index, and works on the personal case studies of individual students. The responsibilities of the attendance office are great, as the receipt of state funds on the basis of average daily attendance depends on the work of his office. Aiding Mr. Bacha in these duties are two regular clerical staff members, Mrs. Mary E. Allard and Mrs. Eleanor Weatherford, in addition to student helpers. MR. CLARENCE BACHA Attendance Supervisor CLERICAL STAFF Mrs. Grace Lane, student funds bookkeeper, Mrs. Jean Vvhittaker counsel WW, ors' clerk, Mrs. Ruth Ayers, records clerk, and Mrs. Mildred Wylie secre tary to Principal Warren, MRS WEATHERFORD MRS. ALLARD Healthy students are a necessity for the happy spirit which is so essential for good school spirit, Mrs. Cletice Brown, known to every student as Nursie, super- vises the health program at Downey High. Her duties include such things as the re-entry of students after illness, the verification of gym excuses, and treating the bumps, bruises, cuts and blisters that beset the students. As an economy measure, the district this year as- signed Nurse Brown part time to Downey Elementary School, across Brookshire, but she managed to take care of the headaches, backaches, toothaches and ache- aches, A busy life is led by Nursie. WM' Af Uv-ffviwfv x. MRS. CLETICE BROWN School Nurse

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Facts from abaca to zloty are in the librar Q DORIS KIM Y A storehouse of the wonderful world of books is our library at Downey High. Every day before school, at lunch, and after school, as well as during the school day, the library fills with industrious students who take advantage of its materials. Library hours are from 7:l5 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. One ot the many tasks facing Miss Doris Kim, our librarian, is to maintain a quiet, study-inspiring place for con- centration. Teachers, especially teachers of English, bring their entire classes to the library, but must ar- range to schedule the time according the the facilities of the library. The library is a service unit of the school, and its purpose is to assist both teachers and students to do their best work. Aiding Miss Kim in handling the stream of stu- dents, checking out books and seeing to it that they are returned, is Mrs. Nona Spiecker, library clerk. bww ,iecka -' l. our books I, A Open shelves make it easy to find what you want.