Riverheads High School - Dimensions / Colosseum Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Mrs. Ramsey, the upperclass guidance counselor discusses sequential aptitude test scores with Eddie Ellinger, a senior. By analyzing Eddie’s scores, Mrs. Ramsey will be better able to guide him into the profession or vocation for which he is qualified. To Lend a Hand High school guidance is founded on the reputed premise that no two persons are alike. The River- heads guidance office approaches it from the angle of helping students to choose intelligently their day by day living. Too, guidance centers around the . three tracts of education offered at Riverheads: academic, for col¬ lege bound pupils; vocational, for agriculture, busi¬ ness, and home economics students; and general, for students who do not intend to continue theii studies. Mrs. Mollie Ramsey, who works with eleventh and twelfth graders, Mr. Clayton Phillips, who works with eighth and ninth grade girls, and Mr. Harry Rickard, who works with ninth grade boys and tenth graders, besides their routine guidance work, share the love affairs, home, economic, fi¬ nancial, social, and emotional problems of the ado¬ lescents who seek their assistance. However, planning academic schedules in ac¬ cordance with individual pupils future occupies a large portion of the counselors’ day. Mrs. Ramsey, in her work with upperclassmen, mainly concerns herself with preparing transcripts and recommenda¬ tions for college-bound students, business school as¬ pirants, and technical school candidates. Thus, guidance may be summed up as the process by which the counselors open students’ eyes to life’s expansive and challenging panorama of opportunity. 10

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Mr. Cassell holds a M.Ed. degree from Duke University. In connection with his duties he has served on the National Conference of School Bus Safety and has recently been elected to serve one year as President of the Middle Vir¬ ginia Superintendent’s Seminar which meets annually at the University of Virginia. In addition, Mr. Cassell has showed much interest in civic and church affairs, for he has served as president of Stonewall Jackson Coun¬ cil of Boy Scouts of America, of the Rotary Club and of the Ruritan Club, and has served one year on the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church where he presently teaches Sunday School to a senior high school group. Student Needs Mr. Hugh K. Cassell, a well-known face at Riverheads, is Superin¬ tendent of Augusta County Schools. Supervisor of Instruction, Mr. S. Gor¬ don Stewart, who holds a M.A. degree from U. Va., waits in the Riverheads cafeteria to meet with the school faculty. Mr. Martin C. Judy, high school super¬ visor, who holds a M.A. degree from George Washington University, waits at the Riverheads office to begin a tour of classrooms. Mr. Mark Race, former assistant prin¬ cipal at Riverheads, now supervisor of Teaching Materials, visits Riverheads fre¬ quently to survey requisitions of films, maps, and other teaching aids. Mr. Pace received his B.S. degree and M.Ed. de¬ gree from V.P.I. 9

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Susan Young, Mrs. Ramsey, Kenneth Mason, and Joe Lotts meet to examine new guidance information, fresh from the mail. The guidance offices are well-equipped with college catalogues, brochures and information concerning all facets of life’s labor opportunities. The Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and various guidance and testing services cooperate with Riverhead’s guidance office by supplying information material. Is to Guide a Mind Mr. Clayton B. Phillips and Mr. Harry Rickard discuss the joys and difficulties involved in guidance. Could their looks of sly amusement be about forthcoming STEP and SCAT tests?