Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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Assistant Principals Take On Responsibilities Mr. Doug Williams assists the principal in various ways. The assistant principals, Mr. Doug Williams and Mr. Jim Topp, are an important part of the faculty at Pres- cott High School. They have various responsibilities towards the organiza- tion and coordination of school activ- ities and business. Mr. Williams is the director of student activities. He is also the ad- visor for the student council and he assists the principal. Included in Mr. Topp's responsibil- ities is the director of athletic activ- ities. He, too, is an assistant to the principal in his job of supervising the school. Mr. Doug Williams also directs student activities. Mr. Jim Topp is also disciplinarian and athletic director. Mr. Jim Topp works hard as assistant principal.

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Principal Demonstrates Excellent Leadership With leadership comes responsibility ... a responsibility to all those who look up to you and seek your guidance. A principal’s job is one of leading a school to high ideals and goals. A principal must be involved In and aware of everything that is happening in a school. His job involves the interests and affairs of those students and teachers who are around him and with whom he deals every day. This is Mr. Joseph Russo's third year as principal of Prescott High Schgol. Mr. Russo takes an active interest in the students and their classroom work and extra-curricular activities. His goal is to help students to obtain a we rounded education, one that will be beneficial in future years. Mr. Russo can often be seen at the back of a classroom, listening in and seeking to find out how ’■he situation can be improved. In this way Mr. Russo shows that he has an interest in what is happening around PHS. Mr. Russo has been with Prescott High School since 1953. Before becoming principal he served as a base- ball coach, civics teacher, counselor, and assistant principal. He enjoys reading, music, and golf, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Prescott Boy's Club and the Prescott Sunrise Lions. —15—

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Counselors A dulse,Aid, Inform Students Mrs. Helen McConnell is the junior counselor. She assists with those tests which juniors must take and helps with their plans for their senior year. Counseling and guidance are jobs of the counselors at PHS. They strive to help students with their problems per- taining to the school and its activities. Mr. James Geator is the sophomore counselor. He has the job of assisting all sophomores with such things as tests and enrollment. Mrs. Helen McConnell assists the jun- iors with scheduling, testing, and other phases of the students' junior year. Mr. Richard Reece is the senior coun- selor. He has the task of aiding all seniors with their plans for work or col- lege after high school. He is responsible for giving special tests to seniors con- cerning college and he also distributes information about special scholarships and loans. Mr. James Geater counsels the sophomores. His responsibility is to aid sophomores with their over-all high school plans and to help them with any special problems.