Sanford High School - Distaff Yearbook (Sanford, ME)

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F H A CLUB President R Glaude Vlce Presldent J Gerrlsh Secretary C Bennett Treasurer J Clough Advlsor M1ss Ph11br1ck PROJ ECTIONISTS CLUB Presxdent N Al1a1re VICE Presldent R Wentworth Secretarx G Prxme Advlsor Mr Cote PAGE no Q - . g v ' 1 . ' v ' v v - Q 9 ' v v ' . . 1 ' . . . K , . V , .

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'G GUIDANCE CAREFULLY GIVEN GUIDANCE The basic function of the guidance program is to provide Counseling Coun seling IS the very heart of the guidance program Through counseling pupils are helped with their problems of per sonal living and aided 1n long time plan ning Counseling IS the activity that makes schooling meaningful nd pur poseful for all students There are many types of counseling carried on 1n the modern school All of them are important and no guidance program IS complete unless every de partment of the school carries out its particular counseling responsibilities Teachers by the very nature of their teaching responsibilities do a great deal of counseling The members of the ad ministrative staff work frequently with pupils in a counseling relationship The school s counselors carry on counseling as a major responsibility All counseling activities within a school are important parts of a complete counseling service Counseling has been called the 1nd1 vidualized service of education Simply defined it IS the process of helping pu p1ls through the 1nterv1ew and other individualized relationships to meet and solve their personal problems now and in the future. Counseling is considered to be a per- son-to-person relationship in which aid is given the individual in arriving at in- telligent decisions and in makincf satis- factory progress relative to problems of plan choice interpretation and adjust- ment It involves carefully evaluating and analyzing authentic facts concern ing the 1nd1v1dual himself and his en vironment so that he can be enabled to arrive at his own decisions Counseling IS not advisory As based on the definition counseling may be considered to have several ma 1or purposes Those given here are not intended to provide an exhaustive l1st They will perhaps serve to further point up and clarify the place of the counseling service as one if not the most important element 1n a program of guidance services Some of these pur poses are 1 To provide individual assistance to the student in regard to problems which he recognizes as vital to himself 2 To aid the student in interpreting his own personal data 3 To aid the student in evaluating va rious conditions and alternatives which may exist in his environment 4 To direct the student s attention to and provide positive constructive aid in regard to decisions and alternatives which he may be required to face 5 To aid the student in embarking upon intelligently selected courses of action toward reasonable and construc- tive goals. 6. To aid the student in making neces- sary adjustments and modifications of plans in progressing toward acceptable and reasonable goals. PAGE

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Standmg Mr Gates DEBATING Slttlhg left to rxght W Wrlght E Wrlght J Wagg M Cormler N Dunbar C Allen CHESS CLUB Pres1dent A Saperstem V1ce Pres1dent W Schultz Jr Secretary Treasurer W Wr1ght Advlsor Mr Schultz PAGE G1 , - . y . , . y . , . , - - 1 . , - , . . ., ' , . .