Nazareth Area High School - Comet Yearbook (Nazareth, PA)

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COMMUNITY ACTIVITIFS Nazareth Lions Club President — 1954-1955 Nazareth Teachers Association President — 1950 Mayor of Nazareth — 1954 — Served Two Terms Nazareth Planning Commission Chairman — 1962-1972 PA School Counselors Association Executive Council — 1971 Nazareth YMCA Board of Directors Nazareth Federal Savings and Loan Asso. — Board of Directors Susquehanna University Guidance Clinic Counselor Filling out college board applications, searching college catalogues, and discussing the results of achievement tests with our high school principal, account for a few of the countless conferences Mr. Reichard holds with both students and faculty. retirement 20

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BELOW: MARLYN ROTH Guidance Counselor. initiating school policies and activities Even as decisions are made by the school board, the re- sponsibility for putting them into effect lies entirely with the high school administration. Interested in aiding not only the student body but the entire community, the administration strives to create an interesting and useful prescribed course of study. Guiding the efforts of the capable administrative staff is Frederick C. Benfield. principal of Nazareth Senior High School. As principal, he acts as a diplomat both in com- municating the needs of the school to higher officials and in dealing with any difficulties arising between teachers and students, while adding a personal touch to his undertakings. In dealing mainly with disciplinary problems. Vice Princi- pal Adam Shekletski. second in command, is charged with reprimanding and penalizing students for any not- able infraction of the rules, and checking the validity of student excuses for absenteeism. In addition to divising a well-coordinated course of study, there is also a need for counseling students regarding what subjects should be taken and how special talents can be put to future use. Guidance counselors Robert Reichard and Marlyn Roth aid students with these prob- lems by administering special tests to determine aca- demic achievement and to discover for what vocation each student is best suited. They also assist students in acquiring employment and in selecting institutes in which to further their education. Student health, another concern for administrative per- sonnel. is watched closely by the school nurse. Geraldine Messina. Though various eye and ear tests administered by Mrs. Messina to all students, abnormalities can be found and corrected before any serious damage is done. Alleviating some of the pressures placed on the adminis- tration through their accurate typing, the issuing of late passes, and by making up absentee lists, as well as other services, is our clerical staff consisting of Laura Harding. Joyce Flowers, and Paula Wambold. ADAM E. SHEKLETSKI Vice Principal. 19 high school administration

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 After 37 years of school experience. says Mr. Robert Reichard. I am convinced that the growth and improvement of our political and social stature is in direct proportion to the importance we place on develop- ment of responsibility as well as the protection of individual rights. Students as well as teachers must join in a program that will guarantee the orderly operation of a school so that the honest freedom of all can be realized. MR. AND MRS. ROBERT B. REICHARD robert b. reichard retires as school’s guidance counselor With the closing of the 1971-1972 school term also comes the end of a career which Robert B. Reichard has dedicated to the students at Nazareth Area Senior High School. After years of planning thousands of student schedules, processing countless college applications, and still finding time to give sympathetic understanding to even the smallest problem. Mr. Reichard will retire in June. Robert Reichard was graduated from Whitehall High School in 1931 and received his undergraduate degree from Kutztown State College. In 1943 he received an M.A. degree from Lehigh University and in 1955 was cer- tified in guidance counseling. Beginning his teaching career in a one-room country school in Moore Township. Mr. Reichard came to Naza- reth to teach grades five and six in the Fairview School in 1938. He moved to the Junior High School in the Old North Broad Street School in 1943 and remained there teaching civics and English until 1955 when he moved to the Senior High School to teach Problems of Democracy and to serve as Guidance Counselor. He became full-time counselor in 1956 when the Senior High School moved into its new building. When asked about his past reflections. Mr. Reichard said. “Obviously the most satisfying experience over many years in school work is the accomplishment of our grad- uates both in occupational and college successes. As recent as 1954 only 6 to 7 per cent of a class would enter post high school education, while today the percentage ranges between 50 and 60. Looking back over the years, educational changes from one year to the next do not seem great, however, when one compares the facilities over the 1930’s with the one-room country school to the magnificent physical plants of today, the difference is most significant. Every student in Nazareth Area Senior High School is deeply indebted to Mr. Reichard for the unselfish hours and many acts of kindness and guidance he has devoted to our student body. Everyone joins the Comet staff in wishing both Mr. and Mrs. Reichard best wishes for healthy and happy years of retirement. 21 retirement