Shawnee Mission West High School - Saga Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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.anvmnwk As jim Shaffer glances hurriedly at the office clock, Mrs. Boyer completes his absentee permit. . :six Suffering from a hard night of studying, Susie Murphy relies on the expert care of Mrs. Boyer, West's school nurse. Nurse Consoles, Cures With precision and neatness, Mrs. Doris Wasson transfers six-weeks grades to the permanent record.

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Lecmf I 12 form, Advise Behind the scenes of school life, the guidance counselors effectively and efficiently handled the problems of Westls twenty-four hundred most im- portant products: the students. Long before West's official August 31 opening, Mr. Paul Arnold, Mrs. Virnelle Fletcher, Miss Jo Ann Huklenbruk and, new to West's faculty, Mr. jack Wiechmann provided each student with a work- able schedule. Meeting with their respective counselors during school, students discussed National Merit Scholar- ship Qualifying Tests, college board examinations and various other test scores and academic problems. Remembering that local businesses sometimes con- tact West when in need of after school help, the counseling office maintained a list of students de- siring part-time jobs. For Vikings faced with the im- portant decision of where to continue their school- ing, the counselors arranged for visits by representa- tives from one hundred colleges and trade schools. Jack Wiechmann s l E E Miss Huklenbruk peruses the testing materials in search of a College Board's booklet for an inquiring senior.

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Qffice Ladies- Front row: Mrs. Donna Parkison, Mrs. Dorothy Sharbutt, R010 2: Mrs. Doris Wasson, Mrs. Florence Parks, Mrs. Margaret Holmes, Mrs. Lois Smith. As Office Ladies Type With smiling helpfulness the ladies in West's office guided troubled Vikings through another term. Mrs. Boyer, school nurse, managed a dependable re- fuge for ailing students. Minor hangnails and head- aches plus more serious cases-broken bones, faint- ings and the advanced stages of Pop-Quiz-in-English -assured Mrs. Boyer of a busy schedule. Vikings seeking readmittance to school after absences due to illness also found their way to her office. In the quieter moments of her day, Mrs. Boyer telephoned absentees. All of the secretarial duties rested in the care of the office ladies. Mrs. Sharbutt acted as Mr. Selves' secretary. Mrs. Wasson, the vice-principals' secretary, recorded all students, grades, as West's registrar. The counselors also required a secretary, Mrs. Parkison. Keeping track of every pupil's whereabouts was the job of Mrs. Holmes, attendance clerk. Mrs. Parks operated the switchboard and the intercom system. Handling transactions to supply West with needed materials and selling pre-sale game tickets were the duties of the bookkeeper, Mrs. Smith. Setting up counselors' appointments occupies a major part of Mrs. Donna Parkisonis time.