Westside High School - Shield Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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i 2 s l Planning a future assignment and noting student progress is only part of Mrs. Jane Rankin's iob. Nurses Busy Giving Tests, Making Calls, Helping Sick Mrs. ,lean Panek is a part of the VNA, or the Visiting Nurse Association. She is responsible for making home calls on students who have been sick for a period of time. She also spends much of her time at Sunset Hills and Loveland Elementary Schools as well as other schools in the district. Mrs. Edith Moore is considered a health aid and is a full time employee of the high school. Included among their many duties are visual screen- ing, and audio testing for all of the new sophomores. Stu- dents who become ill during school hours is another one of their concerns. Mrs. Panek and Mrs. Moore agreed that Modular Scheduling has made it difficult to find students for testing purposes. The Special Education Department, under the able assistance of Mrs. ,lane Rankin, aids her students in find- ing jobs. These students are kept quite busy with their full schedules. They spend some time in the Special Education Room, attend various classes, such as home economics, shop, art, and typing, and then may participate in a job as well. The students may also be found during the lunch hours working in the cafeteria. Time which is spent in the Special Education Room is often devoted to reading and studying up to date maga- zines. This type of work gives them the opportunity to become well informed on current events and happenings. Putting stickers on magazines for a local department store was one of their main projects this year. The profits went towards a trip which the students took. Interesting, timely magazines give special education students a chance to study today's current events and also improve their reading skills. Locating a student's file, Mrs. Jean Panek checks to see if he has received the vaccinations required by the health officials in the state. While Mrs. Edith Moore issues an annual audio test to a Sophomore, she intently watches to determine if the student has any hearing problems.

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Counseling Staff Expands Due to Increased Demand The Guidance Department found it necessary to ex- pand this year. Consequently, a staff of five full-time and three part-time counselors were on hand for assistance. Individual counseling proved to be their primary func- tion. Each of the three classes had their own counselors which allowed each student to receive more specific atten- tion. Head Senior Counselor Karl Pecht's main concern was college admission. Other full-time counselors include Mr. Dennis Jackson, Mrs. Lois Lucas, Mr. Ronald Mc- Creight. and Mr. Spence Roberts. 'Paritime counselors were Miss Janet Sline. home-ec instructorg Mr. Dale Fuerst, businessg and Mr. Richard Lane. industrial arts. The Vice-Principals also had charge of several counselees. Serving as Administrative Intern this year was Mr. Lee Perkins who wasresponsihle for assisting the administrators with their various duties. Mr. James Tangdall. assistant principal, noted that Seniors had more time to visit their counselors this year due to the new scheduling. Q ? .s i . X N as X 3 1 K gt it si A so .i,w,. Top Row: MR. DENNIS D. JACKSON-B.A., M.S., Guidance Counselor, MRS. LOIS H. LUCAS-A.B., A.M., Guidance Counselor, Z-Club, MR. KEITH MCCREIGHT - B.S., M.A., Guidance Counselor, Second Row: MR. KARL PECHT-B.A., M.A., Guidance Counselor, Key Club, Senior Class, MR. LEE PERKINS- B.A., M.S., Administrative Intern, MR. SPENCE ROBERTS- B.S., M.S., Guidance Counselor. Sophomore Terry Hineline and counselor Mr. Keith McCreigI1t, both new to Westside, discuss various requirements listed in the student handbook. Conversing in the lounge with Mr. Jackson during free time are Terry Otto and Sue Bevins.

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