Waynesboro High School - Skyline Yearbook (Waynesboro, VA)

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Mr. Placko, junior guidance counselor, rereads a letter of recommendation he has written for a promising student. Opening the guidance counselor’s prodigious correspondence proves a pleasant and informative task for Mrs. Schneider. Students’ guiding light illuminates the future Directing students toward colleges and vocational institutions demands most of the WHS guidance counselors’ time. An up-to-date supply of college catalogs is available to students who are outlining their future education. Information to st udents in general is increased by Mrs. Schneider’s talks to senior homerooms. The acquisition of ex-history room 101 permits guidance sessions to be incorporated with whole homerooms participating. The new space also enables students to browse among the many scholarship and college catalogs without imposing on the small office of hard-working Mrs. Broyles. Secretary Mrs. Broyles and counselor Mrs. Massie ponder over the complex schedules of incoming sophomores. 23

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Secretaries give office work a personal touch Informing the students of national, state, and local school functions, the secretarial staff presided amidst the bustling activity of the main office. With smiling faces and congenial chatter, the secretaries eased the drudgery of routine business. Recording student and teacher absences, Mrs. Bateman was a familiar face at the attendance table each morning. Mrs. Polly Hawpe served as clerk for the school supply store, while also maintaining the endless files of student records. Cheerful Mrs. Burnette typed and edited bulletins. All three prove invaluable to WHS. Absentees fail to elude Mrs. Bateman as she compiles another list of wandering WHS students. From a student’s view, Mrs. Hawpe remains a diligent and conscientious member of the office task force. Dispersing rubber bands, good cheer, and helpful advice. Mrs. Burnett proves an integral part of the WHS whirl.

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New to WHS, Mrs. Flora sponsors the Drama Club along with her duties in the English Department. Mrs. La Plante, a new addition to the English Department, smilingly acknowledges a student’s raised hand. Humanities and musical: experiments in learning Students in the humanities course, the new and exciting innovation in the academic program under Mr. Hamp and Mr. Powell, delve into ancient philosophy, art, literature, and contemporary events. Although the small discussion groups and grading system make the course attractive, required reading assignments are voluminous. The pioneering project of Mr. Austin and Mrs. Hecker — producing West Side Story — met with far greater success than author Sondheim could have hoped for. The general classes entrusted with the task surprised even themselves as they sang their way through the popular Broadway musical. Although the production never reached, performance stage, the experience will lead to more attempts. Mr. Austin contemplates one of the many problems that students confront him with daily. 24