Palmer High School - Terror Trail Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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9- 'T if K 5? RIGH7? Liz Becar reads one of the college cata logucs found in the Counseling Center. LEFT: Ms. Sunny Carlson Mr. Robert Mann RIGHT: Mr. Rudy Gonzales Mr. Russ Volkman

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New Committee Formed This year the Counseling Depart- ment formed the Student Input Com- mittee. Two students were selected by each counselor to express their opinions about various counseling programs. New members were selected every two months to encourage input by more stu- dents. Patricia Clapp, Head Counselor stated that this new committee gave the department a better perspective of stu- dent needs. In addition, for the first time this year, full-year scheduling was used to help seniors obtain their needed courses for graduation. The new scheduling also provided better organization at regis- tration and eliminated the need for sec- ond semester scheduling. The Counseling Department also added a new GIS computer this year to help students with college and career information. Formerly the Department shared the Math Department's comput- er, which restricted the duration of its use. To help give sophomores an earlier start in career planning, the ASVAB fArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Batteryj was given to 269 volunteer stu- dents at sophomore orientation. The test was formerly given to Industrial Arts Department students, also on a volunteer basis. LEFT? Mr. Gonzales works on a schedule for one of his 350 counselees. UPPER LEF7? Students pull cards for full-year scheduling. FAR LEFT' Connie Schreiner uses the computer to help him with college planning. LOWER LEFT: Ms. Pa- tricia Clapp, Head Counselor. 9

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Attendance Makes Changes This year Ms. Betty Jo Daniels was added to the Attendance Office. Ms. Daniels formerly worked as a volunteer at Washington Irving Jr. High School for approximately two years as an at- tendance assistant. In September a new attendance poli- cy was established. Attendance was taken by teachers on computer cards which were given to the attendance sec- retaries at the end of each period. The secretaries recorded the absentees, called parents, and made appropriate referrals without teacher involvement. This proved to be an extreme amount of work for the attendance officeg there- fore, it was replaced in October by the current attendance policy, whereby an admit is issued to the students but the teacher keeps record and makes refer- rals. The transition between the two systems worked smoothly, according to the secretaries. LEFT: Ms. Ginger Banville Ms. Arwilla Cook RIGHT: Ms. Betty .lo Daniels Ms. Marge Ferry TOP: Ms. Snyder, registrar, lakes care of official school transcripts for all students of Palmer. Among her other duties are making certain that substitutes arc called to teach classes ol' absent teachers. LEFT: Chris Marquez obtains an admit from Ms. Kochis, attendance secretary, after his 2- day absence. MIDDLE: After spending two years as a volunteer at Irving, Ms. Daniels is Palmers new attendance secre- tary. LOWER RIGHT: Ms. Ferry, who is the Book Room secretary, makes certain that Joyce Downs signs the number of the book she is checking out for English class. .AQ 'Z fwk Hgh - w it .xt N 1 fig