Paradise Valley High School - Trojan Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Miss Heather Blair Ms. Cynthia Batko Ms. Teresa Soncrant Career Counselor JAG JAG Guidance Department . aids student body A ..f -W ,straw ir ':r , Ciii Miss Heather Blair consults the Career Computer in search of jobs for students. W5 ww The Jobs for Arizona Graduates counselors are always hard at work, planning field trips and individual counseling. Two counselors attended a financial aid seminar at Grand Can- yon College in December to update Paradise Valley with the latest col- lege financial aid procedures and programs, said Mr. Jerry Lemon, department head. With this new information, the counselors held a workshop for students and parents to inform them on what's available and how to apply for scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study pro- grams. Along with this, guidance arranges and shuffles schedules, does credit checks, records tran- scripts, distributes ACTXSAT pack- ets and much more. The office lost three counselors because of lower enrollment this year but the change has not affected the counselor-student ratio. Also with the guidance depart- ment are Miss Heather Blair, in charge of the career center, Mr. Steve Lewis, our first school psy- chologist, and the ladies from the Jobs for Arizona Graduates, Miss Cindy Batko, and Ms. Teresa Son- crant. 77

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Mr. Jerry Lemon Mrs. Betty Di Gesu Mr. James Hamm Mr. Ron Harten Mr. Steve Lewis Department Chairman School Psychologist X al Mr. Ron Harten is one ot the counselors that went to the Senior seminar at Grand Canyon College. 76 One of the jobs of Mr. Steve Lewis, school psychologist, is being available to talk about Ms. Teresa Soncrant pauses for a moment before she begins her research.

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Media Center. serving students During a school year A-V circulates 15,040 pieces oi equipment, photography prints 500 pictures and I.D.'s are given out to 2,600 stu- dents. The Media Center gets busier every year, stated Ms. Shirley Andro, Media Cen- ter director. .Qver 700 classes in the 180 days of school used the library last year. 200 of those classes used the television studio. This year many classes also used the Media Center during class hours. To benefit the student body the library pur- chased half inch V-l-l equipment. They are planning to buy commercially produced video programs for classroom distribution. Mrs. Madeline Parisek, Library Technician, retired this year alter 11 years of senfice to students and teachers in the P.V. District. On Dec. 19, 1980, the staff members of the library gave a retirement party for Mrs. Pari- sek. All teachers were invited to have cake and punch together and bid Mrs. Parisek good-bye. To make things more convenient, Ms. And- ros' office was moved to the center of the Media Center. This way she could be seen and found more easily. She said, I vvant stu- dents and teachers to feel like they can reach me and approach me for help. Also situated in the Media Center is the District Film Library. Mrs. Karen Tunnell dis- tributes films to all schools in our district. Mrs. Tunnell states, Having been a stu- dent in 1960, l enjoy being back here at P.V. in 1980-1 981 Justine Weaver catalogs filmstrips for use by teachers. A '1! ' Ms. Shirley Andro Mrs. Geri Cosentino Mrs, Justine Weaver l Department Chairman Offset Press Operator Media Technician Mrs. Madeline Parisek Mrs. Mary Taylor Mrs. Karen Tunnell Library Technician Media Specialist District Film Technician Q . 2 f Students come to the distribution desk where Mrs. Taylor checks out books to students.