Edison High School - Wizard Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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T II E 1 9 8 0 W I Z A R 1) SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND EIGHTH GRADE PUPIL Which thalt it be Ednon high tchool lor four years or Vocational high ichoot for two’ SCHOOL COUNSELOR MISS ART A E. KOCKEN was made school counselor in September, 1927. Miss Kocken has an A. B. degree from the University of Nebraska,,an A. M. degree and a professional diploma as Vocational Counselor from Columbia University,■ New York City. Inspiration—information—participation arc the keynotes of the counseling service of the Minneapolis public schools. As educational and vocational guidance arc the chief responsibilities of the school counselor, her specific aim is to aid students in recognizing when choices have to be made and to assist them in obtaining the facts necessary to satisfactory decisions. The counselor meets the eighth grade pupil in his own school home as a member of a group and as an individual. Through the contacts made in several visits he is made to feel that the counselor is interested in him. in his special abilities and in his'achlevements. EIGHTH GRADE HOME ROOM ADVISER. VISITING TEACHER. SCHOOL COUNSELOR. PRINCIPAL OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL What counsel shall IM give this eighth grad boy. Twenty

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Ruth Fitch Cole. Assistant Principal WHEN you show your book, your friends will marvel at the wonders of Edison. They will say that things have changed since they went to school. Truly you have splendid opportunities. Have you stopped to think that you arc working for exactly the same things your parents were working for in the small one room school house with one teacher? Truth does not change. Friendliness and courtesy arc still priceless. Hard work wins success and happiness. Honor stands before all else. (7E L

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T H E 1 9 3 0 W I Z A R 1) SCHOOL COUNSELOR. NINTH GRADE COMMUNITY LIFE PROBLEMS CLASS. CLASS ROOM TEACHER How long con I remain in uhoolf For what uw ihall I prepare mytelf’ IN his Community Life Problems class he gets an understanding of the worker's place in society and his individual responsibility as a citizen and worker by means of a well organized vocational library, talks by business and professional workers and visits to industries. He studies himself, his interests and abilities and under supervision of the school counselor and with the cooperation of the class room teacher, home room adviser, and his parents, he plans his educational program, his extra-curricular activities for high school and later life and his vocational training. The counselor assists her co-workers in other high schools in investigating local occupational opportunities and in preparing occupational studies. She collects occupational information from many sources and makes it available and useful to students and teachers. She assists in securing financial assistance and college scholarships for the worthy superior student and is chairman of the committee whose chief objective is to redirect the efforts of failing students so they may experience success. Conferences with graduating seniors help solve their immediate educational and vocational problems and help formulate plans for further progress. TWELFTH GRADE CONFERENCE How ihall I otcomplith the next itep in my plan.’ Twenty-One