Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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As usual, this year counselors are helping students look at their past records, their strengths and weaknesses and the many pressures that affect their decisions. Increased emphasis is being placed on career planning and on alternatives to college. A college night for parents is regularly held in the fall; and a program on alternatives to college, later in the year, is new this term. Students are also finding more group work available this year, either with a counselor or with a counselor and the school psychologist. Such groups discuss affairs of concern to all adolescents. With a psychologist and a nurse available for a full day each week, counselors encourage students to take advantage of the expertise of these specialists. The visiting teacher and the vocational rehabilitation counselor also provide useful services. All counselors maintain up-to-date lists of outside agencies that may aid students. Counselors also help students by acting as consultants to teachers and parents, interpreting test scores, phases of growth, and other concerns. All these services help students understand themselves and their work so that they may make decisions which lead to maturity. Concerned mood depicts Mrs. Porter. Understanding des cribes Mrs. Marshall. vr ca O 99130 Ssioziuebs Organization is a key to guidance according to Mrs. Hammond. = oe gion + aoa Ps “4 rr a a ’ ils » i Mrs. Liz Sibley Mrs. Lawanda Belenger Mrs. Linda Booth Daily routine continued by Mrs. Marian Reichard and Mrs. Irish Marsh. Academics 15

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Office Organizers In accordance with the desires of Dr. Sullins, Chesterfield County’s Superintendent of Schools, Thomas Dale's scholastic school year will involve a return to basics. SRA test results were not up to county expectations and all phases of the T.D. educational program will be concerned with strengthening the disclosed weaknesses. English teachers will be working overtime to correct low test scores in spelling and vocabulary while other departments will update existing programs in accordance with the ‘‘back to basics crack down.”’ Above and beyond all administrative concerns is the desire to make Thomas Dale a comfortable and efficient place in which to learn. se yo 7. % eal 3 be @ee« te % , toe Absenteeism, demerits, and detention hall monopolized Mr. Louis Pierce’s time. 14 Academics A bright smile and friendly voice of Mrs. Daisy P. Reames help students through the day.

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Mrs. Anna Rideout Miss Elizabeth Webb Mr. Eugene Craven English Extremists ses Listening attentively, Mrs. Crump finds speaker stimulating. Miss Carolyn Paulette Mrs. Joyce Fitzgerald Mrs. Lottie McNeer Mrs. Patch Walker 16 Academics