King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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leadership help build better student morale. 5 I Fk 'e - ' l l 3 c v 5 i ' l 0 i 0 47' E Policy decisions and effective budgeting are prime considerations of the Regional School committee members: Mr. Gordon Proal, chairman, Mr. Walter Nelson, Mrs. Raymond Smith, Mr. Francis McGarry, Mrs. Dana Hill, K 3 I 'f 1 Q 3 'r il Q. tl 197' J secretary, Mr. Robert Carr, Mrs. Sven Fahlgren, Mr. Edward Brown, and Dr. John MacDonneIl, superintendent. Members in absentia: Mr. Erick Sar- gent, Mr. Arnold Dalghren, and Mr. Arthur Gleichaut, treasurer, Close contact with his students in the vocational shops is a pleasant task for Mr. Preston Titus, vcfiitional director. Judging from the smile on his face, Mr. Walter White, assistant principal, the telephone I, O 'Sl Cliff Li CL call must have been a pleasant one.

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.XX l sq i i l 132- 69. , 7 , 'ffMi'4c, ,rv ind Professional supervision an Mrs. Isabel Franklin, Mrs. Ruth Bailey, Mrs. Rose Sharp, Miss Donna Tourtilotte, Mrs Katherine Sheehan, and Mrs. Madeline Davis, office secretaries sit for the photographer. Dr. John MacDonnell, superintendent of the regional district, is looking forward to the construction of the new regional junior high school. During seven years of operation, the King Philip Regional School Iommittee has operated effectively and efhciently. Functioning as a Jolicymaking body, they are responsible for planning and revising an zdequate budget, appointing faculty members, and serving as repre- .entatives of the people in all affairs concerned with operation of the ichool. Dr. John MacDonnell, superintendent of the King Philip Regional iistrict and Wrentham elementary schools, is responsible for the for- nulation of curriculum and the supervision of faculty and administra- ion and all personnel. Principal Warren l-I. Pressley, Jr. carries out school policies as de- ermined by the school committee, enforces school regulations, and naintains good faculty, student, and public relations. An integral part of the school is the Vocational Department, under he direction of Mr. Preston Titus, director. Mr. Titus is responsible for :urriculum, budget, and iob training for vocational students. Student attendance, discipline, and activities are the chief concerns nf Mr. Walter White, who serves as Assistant Principal at King Philip Regional High School. The able assistance and cooperation of the several secretaries, who 'end to all correspondence and maintain the school tiles enables the administrators to operate more etticiently. NX .low fi A 0 ' Mr. Warren Pressley, Jr. begins his arduous day wih a smile. f -X x T . x W 'L-V gg J rx rx X 'X 3-7? 5ASLj J, XJ T: lfis J Y , l X.. . gr i VV 9 -,.NQ.....q,, Xfjldiilf-ofa-:JL 6 6 FT 3

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Adequate guidance is a student prerogative. 'L- Mr. Paul E. Parks, Guidance Director, srnilingly awaits his next student counselee. Mr, Herbert H, Zeichick, counselor, prepares to welcome 0 student. GUIDANCE: A PRIME FUNCTION Guidance, the act of giving direction or lead- ing on the way, when specitically applied to to- day's student, is a prime function in the secon- dary school. Where to go? What to do? How best to pre- pare tor the future academically andfor voca- tionally? are questions which must be answered and resoved on the basis ot individual student needs, capabilities and interests. The answers and proper direction are made readily avail- able through professional counseling, construc- tive programing, evaluative testing and informa- tive literature. Cumulative records accurately kept aid both counselors and teachers in the formulation of more effective student programs and objective evaluations. Mr. Conrad A. Pensavalle, counselor and football coach, poses with Mrs, Mildred Hill, secretary. - 7.1 8 4 'ii