Fayetteville High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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Guidance department aid to students, teachers, parents Y- 1'-ann V Mrs. Buell Mrs. Tom Woods Hardin Head of Assistant counseling counselor What is counseling? It is assisting students choose the right courses, the right college, the right career. But is more- It is advising one who thinks we are just suited for each other that he might not be ready for marriage. lt is com- paring grades with ability scores. Sometimes it is advising a boy that he does not have to go to an ivy league college, or a girl that math and science are important. It is helping with a per- sonal problem. Always it is helping students, teachers, parents work together and with under- standing. t Mrs. Woods is directing an aptitude test to seniors pictured below One of the services of Guidance is to give tests. 'H' Q 6,-.5 , 1 , ' 2 H STA!! AA I ' -vu ,lax l Clklttmltg 5 1 s N i 1 . pp OC! 20

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i Ninety eight to ninety nine percent of school activi- ties are in the classroom. Although extra-curricular activities are now foremost in the minds of students, in later years the classroom activities will have a stronger and more meaningful place in the reflec- tions of all former students. Curriculum

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i P l 3 r , ,,, , vii' , kgs ' . it ffm I , ff -4 , Ym wiv I ,, - al Miss Dorothy Clinehens, s e c r e t a r y, checks students schedule cards on a busy day in the counselor's office. ,,,.,.,,'- '7 f . ,,f'.- ' ,-fig? ,ffl ', f When a fellow has a problem-personal who can give him wise understanding. or otherwise, he knows where to go-- Above one counselor, Mrs. Hardin talks to a counselor. There he will find a to some one who has come to her office. friend in whom he can confide and one At right, she plans for a day's work. ,Q Mrs. Thelma Thomason, Home School Coordinator, checks records which are kept to provide information concerning a Stlld9l'1t'S per- sonal and medical history, his interest, aptitudes and abilities. In order for counse1or's to assist the student with plan-making, information is acquired through testing. Group scholastic ability and achievement tests are administered as well as the tests required for college entrance or for scholarships.