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Art teacher Jo Stevens is on hand in case Sophomore
Pat Gehrman needs help with his drawing.
Basketball games are just another chance for busy
Assistant Principal Scott Koch to spend time with his
daughter.

Reaching Out • • •

Even Just Being There

friends, coun- basis on which the advisement program
dvisors, teachers,
A what would life was built.
selors, parents -
have been like without them?
And what about the counselors? They
Everybody needed somebody at one dealt with problems in every facet of high
time or another, and everyone had also school life, and that served to prove the
been there for a friend in return. That was point - sometimes it helped to just talk
all part of what friendship was about. to someone . Seniors especially knew the
But friends weren't the only ones pressures life could lay on when it came
interested in coming to the rescue. What to college applications, scholarships,
about teachers? Many students coulo graduation requirements, and even dealing
probably tell of before-, after-, and with the administration. Counselors could
during-school hours spent in the math provide a link between trt>ubled parties.
office or Prep B. Much of teachers ' time And then there were the parents .
with students who came in for extra help Parents, oh yes . Though sometimes it might
might otherwise have been devoted to have been tough to admit, parents were
lesson plans or test grades . What they pretty handy people to have around .
couldn't get accomplished at school went Besides the fact that they provided for
home with them, so who said teachers their children, they were also always overly
never had homework? concerned about what those kids were up
As if teachers didn't have enough work to. Thus, if a teen had a problem, dear old
on their own, the problems of advisees mom and dad were surely interested and
also became their concern, as each teacher ready to listen .
was an advisor as well. Maintaining Listening was the main part of problem
advisement folders and gathering informa- solving. Understanding was the next step;
tion for those advisees who needed it both then came growing together. By the time
were parts of the responsibilities involved. the solution was discovered, each of the
Booster Club members sold items throughout the
year to fund dances and an after-prom party. A Added to this was the need to establish troubled parties might have been wearing
representative sells school sweatshirts at parent- a close advisee/advisor relationship, the a smile.
teacher conferences .

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