Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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lllllililllllflfflllllll ,MQ-. ,...... ,.-5 ,...-3 ill lll king a break from helping sophomores with hedules Mr. Jim Farmer, sophomore mselor, enjoys a breakfast served by the memaking classes. . ,Na Senior counselor Mrs. Libby Conant checks credits oi seniors as she ranks the class. Doing typing for the teachers, Mrs. Dorthy Yanowski also serves as an aide for the counselors. 35 f . QT-aifsw., . so-i F . S . Mr. Billy White, junior counselor, makes the junior honor roll list. Support crews shuffle paper Phone, deposits, early dismissals, typing, keep aides humming Three groups sit quietly and work with the students and teachers and never get much recognition. Each has their own responsibilities whether it be typing for the teachers or helping students with schedule problems. First, there are the counselors, only three in number. Senior counselor Mrs. Libby Conant has the task of seeing that seniors have enough credits to graduate. She also ranks the class in order from highest to lowest. Helping students to help themselves and to set goals are what Mr. White enjoys most about his job. The biggest problem faced by juniors is the realization that in one more year they will be out of school, and they will be making a serious decision on what course their life will follow. If they have set goals, their life will probably be more orderly than a person who lives only for the present, Mr. White said. However for the sophomores the hardest ad- justment was getting use to the open campus privileges. Open campus, the freedom of leaving cam- pus, took the sophomores a while to get use to, Mr. Jim Farmer, sophomore counselor, said. The second group of support workers are the secretaries. School secretary Mrs. Polly Moffatt's first obligation is to Principal Tommy Hays, but she is also the official bookkeeper for the school. The daily average of money brought through on business transactions is about S1,500, but some days it will be S15,000, Mrs. Moffatt said. Mrs. Jo Wright, secretary to the assistant principals, handles early dismissals, and makes the payroll list to be given to Mrs. Moffatt. I do the tardies when the vice-principals are not available, cut slips, and typing for graduation, UIL reports for the coaches, and for the vice-principals, Mrs. Wright said. On the days the nurse is not at the school, Mrs. Wright also acts as school nurse. The final group is the clerks. Mrs. Ann Gondek manages the main office. She runs the school bookstore, the switchboard, mail, receives purchase orders, types for the teachers, and helps the assistant principals. Helping the counselors with typing and filing is Mrs. Dorothy Yanowski. I send transcripts to schools for students and also work with schedules, Mrs. Yanowski said. Typing the absentee sheet can really be a pain on such days as Senior Skip Day, Mrs. Akers said. Along with the absentee sheets Mrs. Akers also typed field trip lists for each dayl COUNSELORS

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Mrs. Ann Gondek fills out an OCS request for assignments to be collected by an aide. Taking an early dismissal request, Mrs. J Wright also contacted substitutes for teachers. wx-an w fn Qqxx an .4 0 .M O' -'fi k 0, 1 .1 3 Aff' l . J YR. I vw fn J 3 iw 2' A ll M f fi If NX fig? J x , J l x Q Q f S , : X , QQ., 4' lk 2, V af,Q?Lw' X W 1, Q SX . 'Rf 5 'lf Q V xl . x X nn, ees ,.,,,,, V .. , ,,,fH,,f wwf, lm' 4 42, k,, 1 awggwwf ,,,,, s ' 5 v iii If 125' fl ,fe , Y .2 llrp-W Correcting an attendance card, Mrs. Barbara Akers works in her new office, formerly Mr. Thompson's. Settled in her new office, Mrs. Polly Moffatt keeps track of 105 accounts by recording deposits and expenditures. isuw FACULTY

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Junior Varsity Volleyball coach Aundrea Camp- bell often sings and plays the piano for her church. Teresa Courchesne thanks Mrs. Lillian Porter for work with VHOE. Mrs. Porter also works part- time as a registered nurse. Nliifiti Lighting the NHS candle, Mrs. Alline Payne en- joys coin collecting and reading in her spare time. Mr. David McGee receives an award for work with Industrial Arts. Mr. McGee likes to work on his El Camino in his spare time. .,, 1 ' I' 1 f f . Ja! Stained glass, digging hobbie Math teacher shelves books during academic year, grades papers instea Always wanted a window but couldn't afford it, so I took classes instead. It would have been cheaper to have bought a window, commented Mrs. Ila Osborne on her hobby of making stained glass. Hobbies can help to relieve the pressures of the day or just be something faculty members en- joy doing, according to Mrs. Aline Payne. I find it relaxing and it serves as a change of pace, assistant principal Thomas Watkins said. Mr. Watkins spends two to three hours reading whenever possible, and also likes to garden. I like to read, and digging in the earth is good therapy, it's a feeling of accomplishment and pro- vides one an opportunity to work physically, Mr. Watkins said. Some hobbies are even carried over from the early years of life. Charles Connelly, Industrial Cooperative Education sponsor, has been collecting 45 rpm records since he was in sixth grade. Mr. Connelly also collects baseball, basketball, and football cards. It's a collection given to me when I was very young, Mr. Connelly said about his cards. However, some teachers, hobbies involve talent. Volleyball coach Aundrea Cambell enjoys playing the guitar and piano. I play and sing often at church. I play the piano in my spare time,l' Mrs. Cambell said. Approximately one day a week Mrs. LaDean Houck forgets her teaching responsibilities and pulls out her paints and brushes. It's a great tension reliever for stress plus the personal satisfaction I receive, Mrs. Houck said. How expensive can a hobby be? I spent S400 a year on my stamp collection, and that's a minimum, Roland Kuhleman, drafting teacher, said. Some hobbies don't take all that much time or money. For Distributive Education s sor William Chaffin sitting in his back yard watching the birds feed is a hobby. I put out feed for the birds in the late a noons and watch them feed, Mr. Chaffin saiil Although Mrs. Payne loves to read, she force herself to put away the books during school months. I am a compulsive reader, I don't stop. I the books away from September to May becp I get so involved in reading, Mrs. Payne said Serving as a part-time nurse is Mrs. L' Porter. The love of helping people is her reason for devoting time to nursing, accordi Mrs. Porter. Teachers along with students find that havi hobby can help with stress, be fun, and pro personal satisfaction.- HOBBIES