Riverside High School - Torch Yearbook (Riverside, NJ)

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Guidcince Counselors Sponsor Ccireers Doy Working To malre scheduling for The new campus sysTem run smooThly, The Guid- ance DeparTmenT insTiTuTed several new programs and employed The services oT a new guidance counselor This year. ln order To accommodaTe all of The sTu- denTs' needs, group counseling was sTarTed. For These sessions, sTudenTs wiTh a common inTeresT or problem meT To discuss iT wiTh one oT The guidance counselors. Mr. Jerome Reeber, The new addiTion To The counseling sTaTT, arranged numerous conTerences during The year. Many college represenTaTives visiTed Riverside To give sTudenTs inTormaTive glances inTo universiTy liTe and To help Them decide on The career and college besT suiTed To Their desires. Along wiTh guidance counselor Mrs. Ellen MarTin, head oT The deparTrnenT, and Mrs. BeTTy l-larringTon, Mr. Reeber also obTained inTormaTion abouT scholarships and loans Tor college bound pupils. For Those sTudenTs whose plans did noT include college, The deparTmenT provided guesT speakers from business Tirms and com- mercial schools. Besides helping The seniors wiTh Their plans, The counselors were always available To give advice To Troubled sTudenTs. Then, oT course, There was The iob oT scheduling classes Tor The whole school ThaT lasTed all Through The summer. .,,,....q. ,....Wv T-sv NNN. mg X.. I , , . T' ,N ,. Q X: 1 1, 9' Q li?- .S Now helping sTudenTs from anoTher end of The educaTional scope. Mrs. BeTTy l-larringTon, a Tormer English Teacher, assisTs senior Debbie Livengood in choosing a nursing school. in '4fwlnup, v.--...M-8 Mr. Jerome Reeber, The newesT addiTion To The RHS Guidance sTaTT, gives senior Karen Kefchel inTorrnaTion before she applies Tor college admission. 30 Learning

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3 -ii I . . . All Sfudy Halls Done Away Wifh Under Open Campus Sysfem . . . . . . Safurday Defenfions Replace Sus- pensions. . . 1 . . . Guidance Deparfmenf Sponsors Career Day, Healfh Careers Day . . . . . . Biology Il Class Creafes Salf WaferAquarium. . . . . . lndependenf Sfudy in Spanish V Infroduced. . . . . .Arf IV Sfudenfs lnifiafe Annual Senior Exhibif in Library. . . . . . S+uden+s Assume Roles of Teach- ers, Adminisfrafors, and Sfaff on Take- over Day . . . . . .As we 'Focus on LEARNING - 29

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is if kc M Y vs STreTching high To reach The Top shelf, iunior Lois McCallin looks Toria Lasf yeer's ecliTion of Torch keeps senior Jim Wierski busy as head librarian Mrs. TraugoTT magazine arTicle ThaT will help in her search Tor a career. checks Tor inTormaTion ThaT mighT aid English Teachers in explaining how a library works. Films, Records Expcmd Area for Research CaTering To The needs of The menTally or physically handicapped sTudenT, The Spe- cial EducaTion DeparTrnenT, consisTing oT Mr. Richard Hark and Miss Marea Shinn, encouraged iTs pupils To explore The world around Them and sTressed The imporTance OT becoming more selT-suTTicienT. Following along wiTh These goals was The parTicipaTion oT several Riverside sTudenTs in The Special Olympics, a program which allowed The special sTudenTs To Take parT in Track and swimming compeTiTions. Library workers Mrs. M. PaTricia TraugoTT and Mrs. DoroThy Ryan spenT many hours in The library helping sTudenTs Tind The inform- aTion needed Tor assignmenTs and Term papers. They also assisTed sTudenTs in using The library's audio-visual aids. Si'H'ing quieTly in her own privaTe corner, Debbie lanuzzi leafs Through one oT The many books on geography Tound on The shelves oT The RHS library. Learning -3l