Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Working force in office handles many situations It's wonderful to have good chiefs, but it is the hard working Indian who gets the work done. Without the services of the secretarial staff, the smooth functioning of the administration would be handicapped. Its tasks may seem trivial, but none-the-less, it is vital. Phone calls consume a great amount of the stafT's time. On the average, four calls come in every ten min- utes for a total of 75 plus calls per day. This doesn't even begin to include the number of interbuilding calls handled by the oflice. Although teachers are asked to keep the mimeo- graphed material to a minimum, many an hour is spent running tests off. This job consumed about 1100 reams of paper during the year. .vm Besides running errands, organizing student files and pictures, and doing other odds and ends, each sec- retary must handle the business of one or more of the administration heads. . 1' C X ,X is 4Those geniuses who have taken calculus have never come , close to doing the amount of figuring Mrs. Hayner does every- my - A. day. She keeps the accounts for all the clubs, sells all sorts of NNN 'A things for individual teachers, sees that books are distributed, and keeps an up-to-date list of all the book and locker fees for each student. BQCHQSC 74'Zv of Seah0lm'S gf21dUHICS g0 OH to C0ll6g6. many Catching the continual skippers is not the only purpose of applications must be processed by the office. The main part the attendance office. Mr. Newcomb's secretary, Mrs. Lynam, of this tremendous job is done by Mrs. Blackwood. who also not only sees that the alphabetized absence list is typed every serves as secretary to Mr. Wagner. Bobbie Lou Counscll. the day, but also sees that a list with the name of every student Selflefiil OHTCC SCCFCIHFY, hands Mrs. Blackwood another ap- enrolled is sent to the Hill building for recording, and that PIICHUOU- V irregular attendance students are accounted for. V pf , A 74

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Smoofhly efficiently they keep school runnmg The mam admmlstratlon of the school centers on four mdrvrduals who fill the posltlons of prmclprl who be trs ultlmate responsrbrlrty for the operatron of the entxre school of assrstant prmcrpal who has charge of manalnnn the school pl mt md teacher personnel of dean of students who supervrses all student extra currlcular groups and JCIIVIIICS and of lttendtnce officer who manaaes the attendance OHICC and deals wlth drscrpltne problems referred to him by the telch ers Toaether these xdmmrstrators attend to the needs of the school makmg sure that the hrgh educatlon 11 standards of the system are adhered to seelng that each student receives the best help and mstructron posslble and keeptng the school one of the most elli crent mo.fm2 forces 1l'l the area Running a school the SIZC of Seaholm IS a tremendous re sponsrbllltv but Nlr Wagner prmcnpal handles the Job mth remarkable skull ind efliclencw hvcn mth hrs many duties and mountams of paperwork he IS never too busy to till. mth students deslrnn hrs help Pres1dmL over the nlghts seventh hour party Nlr New workers Arlene Bunyan Sue Pctcrson Btll Prahler Jrm Flarz Pat Hcndrrclt John Holmes Icrry Stern Ann Grocc and Terry Cousnneau ...al-0 73 O O I I . . . . . . . Q , Q K , lc , 2 2 - s . , - g - 1 7 1 1 . nf? 2 2 Q , . L - X . . . x P . 1. ' . 1 A ' ' Q - ' t ' ' ' z 't , . 9 ' ' . t . . ' v ' ' ' ' '- . 1. . . ' V , V E . H. . V. . -. K J 2 V? all ' s f' 'K , ' K. ' K. 1 V eh s - Z V V' 8 A M I I Ll '- - P ' X XX , -x 1 'X comb. attendance officer. roams the aisles between diligent -es . L. s 1 ' 5' s s t. q A . ' . ' v A I ' ' , f, 'A' .1 , i ' . ' l ' ' . tl4.,r, ' v y , W -Arif' J V-.J W ll 1 1' Q 6 N. . i X ,A I, . 1 F l .' . 1 , , ' ' t V - ' e ' ,. V A I' 4. K 1 1-. I 5, g I - ., , , .

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Cllnlc benefits students Whether It be a cut finger a bump on the he td or 1 headache the nurses ofhce headed by Mrs Dee Stl ton R N IS ready and able to mmlster to the p ments needs The oihce ts also responsxble for seemf' th1t classroom Hrst a1d boxes are kept supplled and re 1dy for use The need for a band ald can pop up at almost any trmel Nurse for all the schools m thus dlstrxct Mrs Salton works on a rotatmg schedule vtsltxng Seaholm only at certam tlmes of the week In between tlmes student ards on duty every hour take care of atlmg students callmg professlonal help lf necessary Thrs line medtcal set up has prevented many an ept demlc by speed1ly detectmg an early case of measles or the flu No student need ever worry about expert care ln tlme of need Checking the medical supplres ts an often borm but none the less xmportant job of medlcal asslstants Celesta Lor enzen and Joanne Helper scan the store of bandages and med: cal supplies and add new supplres A welcome sight for many tn arlmg student ns Mrs Salton s appearance at the school hntermg, thc building Mrs Stlton first checks her mall and then hurrles to the ellnlc where she spcednly drspatches all cases In order to get a complete record of the days actrvntxes m the cllmc the students helpmg check m each hour wlth the previous hours helpers and wlth Mrs Salton Bonme Berkol drscusses a case wxth Mrs Salton 1, ,,, 7