Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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WILLIAM M. MITCHELL Librarian 1 . if J DOLORES POWDRILL Librarian 41 Q2 MLL r is VA-. . .r 'I 1 T A Jas. J IL: Human Relations Steve Hazelbaker took advantage of listening to tapes through earphones. Tape Clllb recordings and phonographs were available with permission of the librarians. Library facilities were open to students each school day Monday through Friday. Student librarians helped Mrs. Powdrill and Mr. Mitchell during the day. They sorted, filed, checked books in and out and helped with many other things. Stu- dent librarians were selected through the honor service and Youth Corps, and some were volunteers. Many references were offered by the library. Among them was the Readers' Guide. This was useful in locating mag- azines and periodicals. Other useful items were filmstrips, records, news- papers and college papers. These were helpful to students with term papers and extra curricular activities. Conference rooms were available for discussion groups. Anyone could reserve these rooms with permission from the librarians. Framed art pictures could be checked out for use at home. The microfilm pro- jector played an important part for stu- dents looking up information. Microfilm Helped Students With Term Papers Students discovered that using the card catalogue helped them to find books and non-book material. Librarians Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. Powdrill helped demonstrated use of the Reader Printer microfilm students to find books in the library. They also machine which made prints of magazine articles.

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urse and Secretaries Aided Students Mrs. Anna Nord was the school's nurse for the '68-'69 school year. She cared for students who became ill or hurt during school hours. The girls in the nurse's office worked one class period a day assisting the nurse. They tiled cards, checked stu- dents in and out and answered the tele- phone. At the beginning of the year the nurse gave them a schedule to fol- low while working in her office. Secretaries in the attendance office were kept busy recording and averaging daily attendance records. They supplied the answering service when parents called in to report the absence of their child. They also took care of students' class admit slips making sure the stu- dent had obtained a signed note stating the reason of absence. The admits were classified A, B or C depending on the validity of the students' excuses. To be excused for absences, students were required blue slip which was checked and stamped by the to bring a note from their parents and fill out a secretaries in the attendance office. The school nurse, Mrs. Anna Nord, required the assistance of student helper Judy Moore to keep accurate records of students leaving or entering the office. .Qs is 5. 1' . Attendance secretary Mrs. McCalIey answered calls from parents notifying the school of their child's absence. She recorded and averaged all absences. Mrs. Huisinga, along with other secretaries in the main office, handled pro- blems of registering students into the school and taking care of absentee slips.

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Maintenance Men and Custodians Helped to Mr. Roy Cole assisted students in purchasing school supplies in the book- which they felt Palo Verde students needed. Bookstore personnel managed store. People who worked in the bookstore tried to keep articles available student activity funds and were responsible for selling tickets to school events. Students had plenty of time during break to buy sandwiches and beverages from the luncheon ladies. After the first lunch break, Mr. Smith cleared the cafeteria clean for students at the second break tables of milk cartons and other litter to make the which started one half hour later.