Pulaski County High School - Cougar Pinnacle Yearbook (Dublin, VA)

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Student Aid Time Out For Teachers How could you find a se¬ nior in a gym class? A student answering, Pulaski County High School, may I help you? The answer was sim¬ ple. They were volunteer aides. Each and every aide gave of his or her time to help someone out. There was one exception, though, Jennifer Hughett. She was not a volunteer aide. She helped someone out, but she was also paid for her time. Many long hours were spent answering the phone and filing away papers in the main office. When asked how she felt about her job, she grinned and said, I really do like working in the office but most of all I like having work and school all in one. It seems like I ' m being paid to come to school. Not only were there office aides but library aides, nurse ' s aides, pod aides, and even gym aides. Kim Long and Woody Ayers were two of the many senior gym aides. Both expressed that they really enjoyed being gym aides. Being a gym aide during 4th period gave me a break in the middle of the day, which was really nice. It also provided a great oppor¬ tunity to get some exercise, stated Kim Long. Being an aide did have some disadvantages, too. Sometimes it meant having to clean dirty chemistry equipment in the wood shack and in one instance meant having to go to the hospital to get stitches. Les¬ lie Woolwine learned the hard way that beakers are very sharp when you break them. Aides filed papers, ran er¬ rands, watched classes, typed and picked up teach¬ ers ' mail. With all their many tasks to perform, student aides, provided Student- Aide - a time out for teachers. LAW N Gym aides dressed out with the stu¬ dents, but performed a teacher-like role Here, Kim Long and Woody Ayers put P.E together as they pick out the needed class equipment. Pulling files could be like pulling teeth with over a thousand students enrolled in school. Terri Alderman helps the Guidance Department keep track of who is where and when. 10 Student Aides 4

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r- ■. Studying was done only five hours per week according to the student survey. Many students took advan¬ tage of their lunch periods to finish studying, as did Tracy Williams in the senior locker banks. In the student survey, students re¬ ported spending an average of six hours per week dating. Tim Hale and Teresa Burton keep in step to the music on their date at a sock- hop following a home football game. During a home tennis match with Salem, Steve Ewankowich and jon Fleenor sit back and enjoy the match. The survey reports that stu¬ dents spent an average of three hours per week watching sporting events. 9 Time

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Paper towels on hand helps anyone do the dishes, or in this case cleaning and restoring chemistry equipment. |oy Meis worked every fifth period as the science pod aide. Library aides xeroxed, computer¬ ized, and cataloged books. Here, Larry Hubbard is seen doing yet an¬ other endless job — getting the books returned by students throughout the day. Putting people on hold is only part of the job! Main Office aide jennifer Hughett earns money for her part time work on the line. 11 Student Aides