Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Occupational Specialist Added to Guidance Egg Records Clerk, Mrs. Peggy Hiers, and guidance secretary. Mrs. jean Lane, assist the guidance counselors. A new job entry program was instituted by the guidance department. Seniors who had ten credits, and met all academic requirements, could get a full time job and earn the remaining credits toward graduation on the job. The job had to lead to a certain career, and be one with a prospect for advancement. Mrs. Lois B. Steele was added to the guidance staff as an occupational specialist. Her role was to help students make realistic occupational choices, encourage a positive attitude toward work, and inform students of job opportunities and requirements. She identified potential jobs for persons who had completed a iob preparatory program. She also provided the same services to those who had dropped out of school. Providing educational, vocational, and personal coun- seling were some of the guidance counselors' responsibil- ities. The staff also checked on students' credits to see what they needed to graduate. Statewide twelfth grade placement tests, PSAT! NMSQT and the DAT, which helped set up the control group for the percentile system of the SAT, were given under the supervision of the guidance department. Counselors also sponsored the orientation of new students at Rickards. The counseling staff increased to four this year with the addition of Mr. Samuel Sims. He worked with Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Bruton and Mrs. Revell. 'me , 1-A - 'l ao :oo o joseph Daniel, Lynette McAllister and Bertha Merritt concentrate Test given by the guidance department as a part of national stan- so they will do the best they can on the Differential Aptitude dardization.

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Breakfast Served at School in New Program Students who woke up too late or just could not get The serving time for breakfast was from 7:15 until 8 breakfast, could have their breakfast at school. A break- o'clock. The cost was 15 cents. After breakfast the staff fast consisting of chilled fruits or fruit juice, a cold cereal, began preparing lunch which was cooked at school. Lunch and milk was served. contained a salad, fruit, meat, and vegetable. l CAFETERIA STAFF: Mary Pebbles, Georgianna Moore, Ethel and Mrs. Florence Robinson,cafeteria head. Scott, Laura Davis, Creatha Williams, Ellen Collins, Tony Hanna l' Z CUSTODIANS: iFront Rowl Theo Haw- R, f kins, Curtis Leland, Roscoe Long, Sam a Taylorg iBack Rowl Leroy Davis, Albert is Leland, Roy Wooten, Sam Ash, Charles Thomas, I udson Leland.

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Rickards A, 5, 'Wh' 5 W . Z V, v. tes, M s s 1 1 5 A . Q ,,,. , Lively Program 5 E, 5 iff' 5 2 5 :lg , -'Q 4- Q ,J 6' Teaches Technical Skills Every day 71 students from grades 9-12 left Rickards for a half day at Lively Technical School. They received vocational and technical training there, while the other half of the day they spent at Rickards gaining their academic credits so they could graduate. Students could either take the school bus provided for them or use any other means of transportation available to get to Lively, such as their own cars. Some went in the mornings, some in the afternoons. Courses offered which were taken by Rickards stu- dents were distributive education, child care, automo- tive mechanics, aviation, carpentry, cooking and baking, electricity, gasoline engines, graphic arts, tailoring, masonry, electronics, and cosmetology. fLeftj joe Tucker, a student in the Rickards-Lively program, builds a wall in his masonry class. lflbovej Money Townsend Milton Keil, Clint Edwards, and Bobby Lansberry work on a small gasoline engine in their gasoline engines class at Lively.