Sunbury High School - Torch Yearbook (Sunbury, PA)

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Curriculum Co-ordinator As the curriculum co-ordinator, Miss Grace Beck insures a balanced and com- plete program of education from kinder- garten through twelfth grade. As the director of elementary education, she visits classrooms, supplies substitute teachers, arranges teachers' meetings, and interviews prospective teachers. Her primary concern is the development and correlation of classroom instruction. Mr. Lewis Rovenolt, a sixth-grade teacher at the Hill School, con- sults with Miss Beck about improv- ing elementary English. Efficient Operation of Sunbury Schools Home and School Co-ordinator School Nurse In addition to teaching at junior high school on Fridays, Mrs. Rhoda Pass- more's position involves promoting a closer unity and a better understanding between the home and school. Organiz- ing a continuous census which would eventually eliminate the present annual census was a recent project undertaken by the home and school co-ordinator. BELOW: Mrs. Passmore checks a stu- dent's working papers. Mrs. Faith Rogers, school nurse, is an alumna of the University of Pennsyl- vania Graduate Hospital and is presently attending Bloomsburg State College for further study. In school she assists the medical examiner, Dr. James Landau, in physical examinations and hearing and vision tests. Home visits, first aid, and health counselling are also among her duties. BELOW: Mrs. Rogers ad- ministers first aid to Fred Faust.

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Director of Vocational Education Mr. John Kaiser, the director of vo- cational education in Sunbury High School, is also the state president of the Department of Vocational and Prac- tical Arts Education of the P.S.E.A. Mr. Kaiser believes the purpose of vo- cational education to be the training of students for entry into the skilled trades Mr. Kaiser advises Keith Klinger about his curriculum. These Administrators Contribute to the Chief Clerk Guidance Counselor The financial accounts of the high school are handled by Chief Clerk Paul K. Rossiter. Included in his duties are the ordering of supplies, the paying of bills and salaries, and the filling out of financial reports. ABOVE: Mr. Rossiter studies a school financial report. Mr. Frederick Padgett, guidance counselor and teacher, aids students with problems of high school, college, and home. A guidance class included in the curriculum teaches students how to study and by means of aptitude tests helps to determine their abilities iir- many occupational fields.

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ABOVE: Chief Custodian William H. Boyer, Jr., un- locks the front doors of the new wing, as another school day is about to begin. Custodians Maintain Physical Properties Keeping the building neat and clean is a big job, for which much credit is due the custodians of S.H.S. Mr. Wil- liam Boyer, the head custodian, directs the work of Mrs. Emily Bostian, Mr. William Sandler, Mr. William Tobias, and Mr. John Macowski. Maintenance Engineer Mr. William Reffeor and his assistant, Mr. J. Kenneth Schleig, are concerned with the maintenance of all the school buildings in the Sunbury Area School district. As part of her custodial work, Mrs. Bostian dusts the offices. Bus Drivers Transport Students and Groups Five trips a day, one hundred and eighty days a year, the bus drivers are on the move to and from the Sun- bury Area Schools in an eight to ten mile radius. Under Foreman R.S. Att- inger the bus drivers not only transport children to and from school, but also carry players, students, and the band to the away games during the football, basketball, and wrestling seasons . There are eight regular bus drivers: Mr. R.S. Attinger, Mr. Harry Trego, Mr. John Shipman, Mr. Bernard Corbin, Mr. William Sandler, Mr. William Tobias, Mr. Edward Baylor, and Mr. E. Frank Tharp. Two drivers, Mr. Melvin Heim and Mr. Charles Dieck, are under contract. |udents»boundi fojjpk iidPanrmL muggj JS Sovation o'fthe driver, Mr. ASA SCMOS X yy.