Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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1968 ' ' 69 Sees Changes in Administration Mr. King: Spokesman on Scholarship for the National Honor Society induction. Direction duties and responsibilities. While he sat in his office surrounded by volumes of rules on county policy and piles of memos on the school budget, he constantly received tele¬ phone calls about new needs but he was always ready to deal with any situation. One could find Mr. John Shultz, Aide to the Assistant Principals, checking attendance, regulating bussing, or discussing problems with freshmen or sophomores. Day by day, throughout the school year, the administrators pursued their numerous duties, always willing and never too busy to assist the demanding students. MR. JOSEPH L. KING-B.A. and M.A. George Washington University-Ass ' t. Principal for Instruction MR. MARION L. MARTIN-B.A. and M.A. University of Virginia-Ass ' t. Principal for Administration MR. JOHN J. SHULTZ-B.A. and M.A. George Washington University-Administrative Aide MR. THOMAS TODD-B.A. University of Richmond; M.A. University of Michigan-Head Principal Mr. Todd receives the Ecuadorian flag from foreign-exchange student, Nancy Menendez. 13

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F.CH.S. Operates Smoothly Under The Administration’s Attending county planning meetings, main¬ taining the building, bussing students, plan¬ ning assemblies, evaluating teachers, were the myriad duties assumed by our administrators whose work was vital to the smooth operation of the school. Although Mr, Todd was by no means a newcomer to the administration, many stu¬ dents still didn ' t quite understand exactly what his function was in operating the school. As Head Principal he acted as a Mason be¬ tween Falls Church High School and the county school board and was always present to unravel whatever problems, whether re¬ lated to academics, extra-curricular activities, or athletics, which occured on the local scene. Mr. Joseph King, an educator who has taught in. Germany as well as the United States, joined the adm inistrative staff as Assistant Principal for Instruction. As well as assuming the duties of reviewing textbooks, distributing supplies, and evaluating teachers, he took part in assemblies and spoke at the October induction program of the National Honor Society. In his position as Assi ant Principal for Administration, Mr. Marlon Martin found each day filled with new and unexpected 12

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And then she asks to be put in a boys gym class! chuckles Mr. Flannagan. I hate to tell you this , says Mrs. Spring, but this application was due three months ago . Transcripts, old records, new records, college representatives, schedule changes, gigg¬ ling girls, phone calls, perturbed parents, tire¬ less counselors, college catalogues, com¬ plaining students, cluttered bulletin boards frustrated teachers . . . the Guidance Office at F. C. H. S. Constantly cluttered with students, teach¬ ers counselors, and parents, the Guidance Office was one of the busiest places in the school. All the students were relieved to know that whenever some class didn ' t completely suit them or their schedules were a complete mess, they were able to come into the office and make an appointment with their counsel¬ ors and work out their problems regardless of what they were. Seniors, who were planning on attending college, were able to come into the Guidance Office, where they made use of the college catalogue room. There they could find prac¬ tically any school which they were interested in and find out about its requirements and standards. Many of the students within the school were plagued by many problems other than those of schedule changes, mixed-up classes, and college choices. However, special help was provided for them through the participation in group discussions which many of the guid¬ ance counselors held besides taking care of their already monstrous duties. 14