Thomas Jefferson High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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Records, Plans Get Double Check MISS JEANETTE TENNEY, a!- Iendance clerk, has Ihe important I rcrnrding lhe auendance of every student each day. SHALL I CO to college or enter a business career? Miss Louise Erwin. director of cduvav lional guidancr, helps students plan Iheir futures by discussing their abilities. MRS. EDNA HARCUS, girls' counselor, and Mr. John Yates director of testing, supenise the standardized tests given sludems :15 well as help studems with 111,111 1111501111 pmblems MR BEN KIKER director of student activie has many dulics SludFm Congress is one 111 Ins majm concerns. MRS. ANNA MAE DEVINE, secretary, Mrs 111111111111 pDi1n11111 mgmm 1111 1111 c1101 Cum- ci'pals :ecrelary. combine forces to 5111111 then morninrr hulleli 111

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School Leadership A school 5151011125 growth depends to a large extent upon leadership furnished by the superintendent, 111111 is, in turn, di- rected b3 the policies of the board of education. Achievements of teachers and students in many fields attest to the fact that the Port Arthur Independent School District has moved forward Md! 3 new impalus on learning in what is 11011 officially recog- nized as the Space Age, Cooperation of members of the board of education, administrators, teachers, par- ents, and pupils must blend into a mighty community effort to make such a program possible. 51m- 11.15 photograph 11-15 made, two new board 1111111111ch 1111111: been elected: Mr. Maurice Born .1n113 rJ. . Rabu ictuml here are tcloc 11151-11 IDr. R. J 511 l1ls.Supcrlin1an:lan1 Fortescuc, Uunme .VI .1111115, RE 21111111, proshLicm: A. E.Pa11ers111n,11usiness manager; M. R1.1'1111'13.1, N. B. H.1'k1ll: Hrs L 3111111441,1i11'-pr1-:id1-.nl

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Cultural Development What determines the success of a school year? Not only the extracurricular activi- tiest, but also the amount of knowledge acquired by the students are a part of the picture, Each teacher wants his pupils to retain information so that they can put it to further use. A teacher spends many hours planning class activity and devising methods for learning in order to achieve this end. EVALUATION OF THE music program WM un important part of the school '931' r 1 r. John Budgell, hand director, and Mr. Jark Bottoms, Choir director. MR. PAUL WILLIAM and Mr. Charles Roethke arc Cn-nstunlly INSPECTING NEWLYtARRIVED LITERATURE for recummenda- scarching for m-w and hetlur lcaching aids lo usc m Iheir tion to Students are Mrs, Marcelle Pixman, hmd librarian, and Mrst 5pFCiul cdurminn tits. 5. can 3 arming, assistant librarian