Richwoods High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Mrs. JOYCE PALUSKA Office Manager and Secretary to Mr. McDavid Miss JANET ENSLOW General Stenographer Mrs. VIRGINIA LEE Chief Bookkeeper Mrs. ELLEN BLUMENRADER Attendance Clerk Mrs. MARJORIE PUTMAN Receptionist Mrs. HARRIETT BALL Library Clerk As our school has grown the last three years, so have the duties of our office staff. Under the capable management of Mrs. Joyce Paluska, office manager and personal secretary to Mr. McDavid, the eight members of the staff work efficiently. They are never too busy to offer a friendly smile and help to the students. Whether your problem is large or small, and even if it is inconvenient at the time, they will do their best to solve it. Speaking for the student body to the office staff, we, the Excalibur Staff, say “Thank You.” Mrs. COLLEEN POGUE General Clerk Mrs. URSULA YOUNG Assistant Bookkeeper and Clerk Our Office Staff 16

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MISS HELEN CURRAN Director of Guidance and Dean of Girls Miss Helen Curran, Director of Guidance and Dean of Girls is director and central co-ordinator of the Guidance Pro- gram at Richwoods Community High School. Miss Curran plans and directs the activities and functions of the Guidance Department. Mrs. Mary Brown, Girls’ Counselor, this year aided the Freshman and Sophomore girls in planning their program and also helped them with any personal problem they might have. Next year Mrs. Brown will counsel Sophomore and Junior giris- Mr. Donald Henderson, Counselor for the Freshman and Sophomore boys this year planned their academic program and also aided these boys in solving any personal problems they might have encountered. Mr. Henderson also took care of the vocational and occupational materials in the Guidance Office. Mr. Henderson will counsel Sophomore and Junior boys next year. Mrs. Ruth Hughes, Girls’ Counselor, during the past year assisted the Junior and Senior girls this year in their personal program planning, college and vocational counseling, personal counseling, took care of college catalogues for student ref- erence, and bulletin boards. For the 1960-61 school year Mrs. Hughes will counsel Freshman and Senior girls. Mr. Claude Cunningham, Boys’ Counselor, helped the Junior and Senior Boys this year with programming and in per- sonal college, and vocational counseling. Mr. Cunningham planned the testing program for the Guidance Department. Next fall Mr. Cunningham will serve as Freshman and Senior Boys’ Counselor. Richwoods Community High School’s Guidance program actually begins on the eight grade level. When an incoming Freshman is in the eighth grade, a battery of tests is administered to him. Recommendations from his eighth grade teachers are also considered in curriculum placement. The incoming Freshman student comes to school in the spring with his parents to register for the classes. In a personal interview with a Rich- woods Community High School faculty member or counselor the student and his parents receive information which enables him to register for a program of studies best suited to his inter- ests, needs, abilities, and goals. Another phase of the Richwoods Guidance Program is the annual college night. Fifty-two colleges and universities sent col- lege admission counselors to attend Richwoods College Day and Night. These representatives discussed with students and parents college costs, scholarships, curriculum, entrance requirements, and college life in general. A Susie Secretary Party and College Capers Dinner are activities which are planned for the Senior girls. One half hour per day is set aside for a group guidance study hall period. During this period a student might meet in a group to receive information concerning colleges and universities, vo- cational infonnation, armed service information, results of occu- pational or interest inventory testing, or perhaps the student may meet during this Guidance Period to learn more effective way to study and improve his study habits. We are fortunate in having new and improved physical fa- cilities in our Guidance Department this year, and each member of the Guidance Staff has his individual private office which he may use for private interviews with students, parents, and teachers. All in all we feel that our Guidance Department here at Rich- woods Community High School, under the very capable and excellent leadership of our Guidance Director, Miss Curran, is one of the finest anywhere. Our Guidance Department is sup- plementing and enriching the curriculum in preparing better citizens of tomorrow and a better world of today. MR. CLAUDE D. CUNNINGHAM Boys’ Counselor MR DON HENDERSON Boys’ Counselor

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MISS WINIFRED ANDERSON Advanced Typing, Clerical Prac- tice, Business Survey, Record Keeping. Bradley University B.S. and M.S. Faculty MR. MAX BRIGGS Arts and Crafts. Eastern Illinois State University B.S. MR. ROBERT BAIETTO Physical Education, Industrial Arts, Swimming Coach, Assistant Varsity Football and Track Coach. University of Illinois B.S. MISS ANN BODINE English III. Illinois Wesleyan Uni- versity B.A. MR. KENNETH BARTON Exploratory Electricity, General Electricity — II, Electronics — III, General Woodworking — II, General Drafting — II. Illinois State Normal University B.S. and MS. MR. GEORGE BRIGGS Choral Music. Eastern Illinois State University B.S. and M.S. MR. PHILLIP J. BECKER Physics, Senior Science, Freshman Class Sponsor. Bradley University B.S.S. and M.S. MR. ROGER BLOOMQUI ST Chemistry, General Science. Illinois Wesleyan University B.S.; Illinois State Normal University M.S. 17