Peabody Junior High School - Peabodian Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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Administrative Staff Enlarged The Peabody Administrative staff consisted of our princi- pal, Mr. Albert Jones and three assistants, Mrs. G. Faunt- leroy, Mr. J. Porach and Mr. N. Ramsey. Mr. Jones had the huge responsiblity of overseeing the entire educational pro- gram of the school, seeing parents and arranging schedules. Mrs. Fauntleroy worked with student activities, substitute teachers and curriculum; Mr. Porach assisted students with lockers, worked with the textbook rental program and assisted with discipline while Mr. Ramsey worked with assembly programs, the cafeteria staff, and assisted with dis- cipline. The job of directing meaningful activities for our scnool was tremendous. As principal, Mr. Jones, and the rest of the administrative staff, maintained a close relationship with the students, they became involved with individual stu- dents by listening to their personal problems as well as ren- dering advice on many matters. Although their jobs kept them busy, the administrative staff participated in clubs, activities, and classes. They worked with the Student Coun- cil and parents. In cooperation with the faculty, they worked to develop strong relationships with everyone at Peabody. Mrs. G. Fauntlerov, Asst. Prin. Mr. James Porach, Asst. Prin. 4

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the Past Peabody opened doors September 3 to Enrollment of 1442 students ! If you liked being around people , then Peabody Junior High was the place to be on the first day of school 1974. 1442 students pushed, nudged, squeezed, oozed, bumped, shoved and zapped their way into school on September 3. The enrollment steadily increased until by mid-year there were 1470 students. A faculty staff of 117 was on hand to welcome the crowd. The school had been painted and repairs I made. Fifteen new teachers, two new teacher aides, two new assistant principals and a full time school ' nurse had been added to the staff. I As the calendar moved from September to March , everyone adjusted to the football games , basketball games, baseball games, pep rallies. Script days, the noise factor, the heat, the cold, buses, no buses, and the routine . School biz was right on schedule . STOP . . . The time has come for a final accounting: to record the pep rallies, the dances and the assemblies that mark the momentum of our year, to wash the dabs of poster paint from our shoes and to contemplate the chemistry of water, and paint, and posters, and people, and our year at Peabody . 3

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Secretaries Brought Ray of Light to Office Mrs. B. Peterson, Attendance Miss Diane Lemons, Guid- ance Mrs. MaryG. Wilson, Finance The secretarial staff performed many functions this year. The executive and financial secretary, Mrs. Wilson took care of financial transactions; Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Harris were the main office secretaries; Mrs. Peterson was the attendance sec- retary; Miss Lemons, the guidance secretary; Mrs. Dudley worked with the library staff; Mrs. Hite worked in the office of Williams Annex while Miss Guthery and Miss Orr were student secretaries working with Mr. Ramsey and Mrs. Fauntleroy. Mrs. Frances Morgan, Office Mrs. Wanda Hite, Vocational Mrs. Rose S. Harris, Office Mrs . Ruby D . Dudley , Library Miss Juanice Orr , Cooke Annex Miss Brenda Kay Guthrey, Office 5