Raytown High School - Ramizzou Yearbook (Raytown, MO)

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'fn-f RONALD YOUNGS Senior Counselor Counselors Aid Students in Planning Their Future The basic concern of any counselor is to help the student to understand himself and his environment so that he may utilize his potential to the maximum. At Raytown High there are three counselors, one for each class. Mr. Youngs, senior counselor, attempts to assist students seeking graduation whether their education terminates with high school or whether they are planning for college. Mr. Welsh, junior counselor, aids students in making tentative plans for college or job training by helping them decide what schools to attend and what courses to take. Mr. Yust, sophomore counselor, helps the students become orientated and adjusted to high school. Time is also spent on the selection of future courses. V il W W Vit. il Vs X . Mr. Yust assists a sophomore student in choosinga career. gy 1' Liallfs KARL WELCH RAYMOND Yubl Junior Counselor Sophomore Counselor K ff Ealifgggga Mr. Youngs helps Larry Gordon enroll for his senior year Pat Adams is advised on colleges and courses by Mr. Welch,

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NEAL F, HANKS, Principal RICHARD C. BEISSENHERZ, Vice- P rincipal School Officials Administrate Student Activities Efficiently operating a school housing one thousand three hundred thirty students is the task of Mr. Neal Hanks, principal, and Mr. Richard C. Beissenherz, vice-principal. Along with their able secretaries, they make it possible for all concerned to carry on their services in the education of Raytown High School students. Many do not realize the work that is involved in keeping a school the size of Raytown on the move. Recording attendance, handling dis- cipline problems, procuring supplies and equip- ment, filling out state reports, and keeping informed on innovations in education are just a few of the responsibilities of the two principals. They also perform other innumerable services for students and faculty, many of which go by unnoticed. Both Mr. Hanks and Mr. Beissenherz encourage assemblies and extra-curricular activ- ities which give a beneficial break in the routine of both students and faculty. ln addition to performing their regular tasks and duties, Mrs. Faye Hellman and Mrs. Nadine Page, secretaries to Mr. Hanks, and Mrs. Erma Mozley who aids Mr. Beissenherz, answe r the many questions of students and faculty and may even loan a stapler or paper punch to those in need. When it comes to curing the aches and pains of the classes of '64, '65, and '66, Mrs. Lessig, school nurse, and Mrs. Seay, the nurse's aid, are the very ones to see. These ladies in white are kept quite busy relieving stomach aches and bandaging wounds. They are also on hand to help in the emergencies that sometimes arise in the physical education and industrial arts classes and elsewhere throughout the building. A healthy school is the best school, and Mrs. Lessig and Mrs. Seay try to keep Raytown in that condition. 1 EAYE HELLMAN ERMA MOZLEY NADINE PAGE MABEL LESSIG FRANCES SEAY Secretary Secretary Secretary Nurse Nurse' s Aid

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Largest Driver Ed class in the history of Raytown High was taught by Mr. Starr in summer school. Ambitious Students Attend Raytown High Sehool's ...sling The day's heat doesn't deter Mr. Haxton from teaching history. Appearing as a possible beginning of a trend to eventual year-round school, Raytown's summer school program of l963 was acomplete success. Mr. Joe Edwards, curriculum coordi- nator for the school district and the director of the summer program, said that a grand total of l,l27 students participated. During summer school students and teachers battled the heat which reached into the upper nineties many days of the two three-week semesters which began on June lO. They studied subjects that ranged from world or American history and typing to driver education which boasted the largest class. Unlike the past when the summer schools were generally considered to be for those who had failed a needed course during the regular school term, the enrollment showed two-thirds of the students involved in the program were taking the work to improve themselves, broaden their knowledge, or to complete a course which was needed but could not be worked into the winter school year's program. Mr. Edwards indicated that he thought the success of the 1963 summer school was due greatly to the top quality of the teachers who participated in the program. He said that the school board of education had screened the teachers who were used for the summer. The Raytown schools are planning to carry out the same type of program next summer that was used last summer only with a more greatly expanded curriculum to be offered.