Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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The Secretaries ELIZABETH BUTTON JEAN C. McNAUGHTON HAZEL C. OLIN LORENE PERSHING GRACE C. SHELLINGTON Finance Office of the Principal Guidance Some Typical (2) Office Scenes Yes, sir! No, sir! ‘pon my word, sir! All | know is, Visnich sent for me. 17

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‘a : The Assistant Principal For Administration If a high school had a title like Dean of the Faculty, surely Mr. Barrett would carry it at Jefferson. He’s the senior of them all in years of exoerience, and he’s done just about every- thing in the school business. He was a teacher and a principal in rural schools from one end of Virginia to the other for 24 years before coming to Fairfax County. Before joining the Jef- ferson staff he spent several years at Falls Church High in the same position he now holds— Assistant Principal for Administration. Students see him everywhere, for he is concerned with their safety and welfare from the moment the busses roll onto the school grounds in the morn- ing till the last one departs in the evening. A student’s locker gets jammed, or a fire alarm is accidentally tripped, or a teacher loses a key: Mr. Barrett sets things aright. These and dozens of details like them fill his day. He’s kind and wise and patient and good-humored — and he needs all these qualities and more to yor what otherwise could be a nerve-shattering job. + . ‘ec FRANK BERNARD B.S., State University of New York M.A., New York University The Administrative Aide His title doesn’t tell much about what he actually does, probably because no one has come up with a title that would encompass it all. But he sure gets into a lot of things, and he covers a lot of ground in a day’s time. Mainly it seems that he pitches in when Mr. Jordan or Mr. Barrett or Mr. Bernard (or all three at once) need an extra pair of hands. He’s out with the busses in the morning, back in the office in time for daily announcements over the P.A. system, out again on his rounds all over the building, and back once more to his office in time for a steady grind of phone calls and conferences dealing with all the many kinds of problems students can generate. Here his experience as a guidance counselor comes in handy, for now and again a per- sistent rules-breaker takes much patience and understanding before he’s back on the track. Mr. Visnich has to be an investigator, a law enforcer, a father confessor, a wailing wall, and a few other things. Mostly he’s a friend to ‘’the kids,’’ and they know it, for he’s also a popular club sponsor and chaperone and a front-row-center member of the cheering section whenever a Colonial team takes the field. Do you know who does the planning and looking ahead to see that we have these things? Ever think about the complicated scheduling that has to be done so we can get the courses we need, in the right sequence? Or who worries about making the best use of all the classrooms and labs and the library and auditorium and the rest of our teaching facilities? These are some of Mr. Bernard’s responsibilities as Assistant Principal for Instruction. Most of his work goes on at times and in ways that students wouldn’t know about, but i WILL H. BARRETT B.S., Washington and Lee University M.A., University of Virginia The Assistant Principal For Instruction Ever stop to consider how much teaching equipment our school has? All the microscopes, test tubes, stoves, sewing machines, movie and slide and film strip projectors, tape recorders, typewriters, shop tools, charts, maps, and all that? And all the textbooks and art materials and music stands and phonograph records and a hundred other things we use? it’s the heart and soul of a good school operation. If you like the teaching you're getting, in- clude Mr. Bernard in your thanks, for the impetus comes from him. PETER VISNICH B.S., Davis and Elkins College M.Ed., University of Virginia

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SIMQIDIENGE laleurickss Ornies First row: Robin Hawkins, Chris Osegueda, Dorothy Hoffman, Ginny Brossy, Gail Gorman. Second row: Mrs. McNaughton, Linda Key, Marcia Maxwell, Sandra Taylor, Diane Lawton, Mrs. Shellington. Third row: Wendy Andrus, Ann Krsul, Mary Ellen Barnes, Debbie Wilson, Marilyn Reid, Margaret Harris. LIBRARY First row: Joanne Averitt, Helen Disenhaus, Karen Clefton, Willetta Horsman, Barbara Jo Wood, Susan Williams. Second row: Karen Armstrong, Nancy Fairbrother, Barbara Green, Neil Gelberg, Valerie Van Osdal, Jo Anne Willis. Third row: Barbara Batson, Traleen Aquino, Kenneth Freeny, Mark Foss, Eric Plough. 18