Westside High School - Shield Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal, explains to a student the policy regarding absences and classroom passes. Six people are devoting their time to improve Westside. These six people work in all the phases of education and personal development that Westside is concerned with. Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, oversees and coordinates the entire high school program. He is the chief public relations agent for the school. His assistant, Mr. Ralph Farrar, is also a general supervisor and meets with students not only for discipline reasons, but to give advice or offer a friendly word. Mr. Farrar is the head of the summer school and adult-education programs. This year marks the First year that Mrs. Clara Dunn has taken the responsibility of being Dean of Girls. She handles any serious discipline problem. Mr. Gary Lake is the administrative intern. Mr. Lake is studying and developing curriculum and audio-visual techniques. Mr. jack Peterson, coordinator of guidance services, holds personal conferences with students, as well as overseeing registration and writing the master schedule. Activities director, Mr. james Tangdall, schedules and supervises the athletic contests, social events, and any other school activities. Thisjob will eventually be made into a full-time position. Mr. Hansen and Mr. Farrar believe that you uhave to see students more than in just a class situation. It is obvious that they do, because both oftheir families, social life revolves around the school. They can be seen at plays, dances, and athletic events. Both devote many hours to their work, often coming at 7:40 in the morning and staying until 5:45 at night. Mr. Hansen and Mr. Farrar spend four nights a week at school or at school-related activities. lVlr. Gary Lake, administrative intern, looks over a new concept of modular scheduling that Westside could possibly incorporate. Mr. Kenneth Hansen. principal, pauses in his doorway before continuing his day filled with telephone calls, visits from parents, meetings, student interviews, and class visitations,

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K -'ja . A 'Growth' Is A KW to Success Dr H Vaughn Phelps, superintendent of District 66, surveys the progress ofthe District tn the past 20 years. District 66, the Westside Community Schools, began its twentieth year of operation September 6. Twenty years ago there were 344 students. This fall 9,445 pupils enrolled in District 66 classes. Paralleling the increase in student enrollment, the teaching staff grew from 17 to 481. The district was organized in 1946-47 by the merger of the Loveland, Oakdale, and Underwood school districts. The total number of personnel employed this year C8175 is almost half the total number of people who were part of the district when it was founded. Dr. H. Vaughn Phelps is the fourth superintendent of District 66. He has been in charge of the system since 1959. The district's headquarters are located in one of the original buildings, the old Underwood School at 78 and Cass. A portion of District 66,5 philosophy of education is H. . .we hold that each child in school be accepted into our educational program, as he is, with equal opportunity to learn and develop to his fullest capacityfl Therefore, the curriculum program is fashioned to stimulate and promote the growth of the mind. It aims to give the student a firm moral and ethical foundation. The end can be achieved by providing a competent staffto guide the students. The Dlstrlct 66 Board of Education members are IVIr. Walter Anderson: Dr. Samuel Swenson, treas.Q Mrs. C. W. Durham, vice pres.: Mr, Verne Moore, Jr., presg Mr. Irvin Yaffe, sec.: and Mr. Fred Holmstrom. Hi r

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Four People Seek To Heh 2000 ix i Liuidance counselors, Mrs. Lois Lucas and Mr. Karl Pecht, find a moment in their day to relax and talk about a counselee's decision to continue his educa- tion by planning to go to college next fall. 2' A Mr, Jack Peterson, coordinator of guidance services, asks Mr. Gary Lake, admin- istrative intern, to give his ideas concerning modular scheduling with the pre- sent history and science program, . X- A As soon as the paint dries, Mrs, Joyce Walker, guidance counsellor, will hang up the work that Rick Eades made to brighten up her office. The counselling program, says guidance counsellor jack Peterson, provides for the individual emphasis in a school system? Mrs. Lois Lucas, Mrs. Joyce Walker, Mr. Karl Pecht and Mr. jack Peterson offer full-time counselling services to all Westside students. Mr. Karl Pecht also handles student-college placement. Often performed tasks are discussing study habits with students, helping the college-bound select a school, and aiding others in finding occupations. 'Through personal interviews, the counsellor can help a student see a human adjustment problem, and aid him in finding a solution for the problem. The problem could involve adapting to a high school schedule or a breakdown of parent-child communication. The counsellor acts as a go between' for the student and teacher when necessary. One of the counsellors is always ready to listen or give advice to the student who may want to tell someone about a classroom problem or achievement.