Spingarn High School - L Esprit Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Activity Is the Keynote for Cffice Personnel DUTIES OF MRS. DESHAVEAU 1. As administrative aide, she serves as office manager. 2. She helps plan and conduct certain school functions. 3. She helps arrange for substitute teachers and other emergency needs. 4. She screens and adjusts school supply re- quests. 5. She makes two absence reports weekly for teachers and custodians, two monthly re- ports for book clerk and substitute teachers, and compiles advisory reports for all teachers. 6. She prepares as many membership reports as required, such as personnel reports, book orders, and many others. 7. She receives and considers all calls for principal, when he is not in his office, and makes appointments. DUTIES OF MRS. STEVENS 1. She takes and transcribes dictation from the Principal. 2. She handles incoming telephone calls that are directed to the Business Office. 3. She receives visitors and issues passes. 4. She prepares monthly reports. 5. She keeps office files. 6. She sends transcripts. 7. She makes permanent records for incoming students, plus many other duties as the need arises. X, - N FQ... MRS. CHARLESETTA Y. MRS. JEANETTE K. STEPHENS DESHAVEAU Business Education, Cortez Peters Administrative Aide, Business Edu- Washington, D.C. cation, Hampton, Virginia. 7 5 t' .,,. , .. '--t , a . Q 5' ft fZi'? i X f f V .,.i .i'- if 5 . A U f k T .. ' V ' ' ' M ' 5 ' iz? I A t,- Stamp- Q 'C L -7 I A 'q 'q ' ' '-Ch Y . V ily wfvv- , , . . S' S! f .. ff ' . 4- ' . . ,k,Vk rel ..,, t xi Vkgg ,yy in ... fr 5 .tyy 3 r T P. ' if iil .30 . r 17? . .ft ie. . f ..se . f m -' . Bonita Simpson Office Help ik i There are approximately 500 telephone calls daily. These begin at 8:00 a.m. There are also calls t N ,---NX V6 K' for the STAY program Clate after- noon and evening schoolj until 5:00 p.m. Jacqueline Ferguson and Arnetta Skelton

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Counselors Aid Students in Planning for Future THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR The school counselor is responsible, under the principal, for developing and coordinating the guidance program of the school. The guidance program in turn is designed to help each student to discover his abilities and interests, to develop them, and to use them in the most desirable way to achieve personalsatisfaction and responsible citizenship. Through the services of the guidance program, students are assisted in making wiser choices and decisions as they move through school toward maturity. These services support the instructional program ofthe school by meeting special needs of students which often cannot be met by the teacher in the regular instructional program. By means ofthese services teachers may do more and better teaching and students may do more and better learning. At Spingarn, students are offered a variety of curricula. Choosing an appropriate curriculum is no mean task. Bright youngsters often choose easy courses, while slow students sometimes aspire far beyond their capacities. Again, the availability of jobs maypull students from school. The value placed on education varies greatly among students. Faced with these problems, the counselor endeavors, with the help ofteachers and principals, to get students to stay in school and to select subjects suitable to their talents, interests, and capabilities. HIS VARIED D UTIES He provides new students with in- formation about the school. He interprets the guidance program to pupils, teachers, and parents. He keeps guidance records current and coordinates the groups' testing program. He assigns students by grade level. He studies students' records and recommends placement of students in curricula. He helps in special learning prob- lems and refers students to the proper agency or department. He provides follow-up services of Spingarn graduates to find out what happens to them after graduation. He establishes home and community cooperation. 9. He collects and disseminates to pupils and parents information con- cerning college offerings, Opportu- nities for further education, and careers. 10. He interviews all students regularly. Mr. Altice at His Desk Director of Counseling Program and Assistant Principal