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2. During the year the Student Council has continued its fine record of service to the School. The Council is composed of representatives from each of the home- rooms in the Senior High School building as well as delegates from the Peabody School. Perhaps the most significant contribution of the Council during the year was in the publishing of the Norwood Senior High School Student Handbook. For the first time there is now available in booklet form for each new student complete information with regard to courses of study, marking standards, athletic opportuni- ties, social activities, absence and tardiness rules, scholarships, cafeteria procedures and similar phases of school-community life. This handbook is but one of many projects of these young people who have demonstrated again and again that, given the essential ingredient of competent guidance, teen-agers can successfully carry on activities in which they are interested with a degree of freedom and self-direction once believed wholly impractical.
3. When school reopened in September, a formal course in Highway Safety was for the first time included in the curriculum. Incontroversible statistics with regard to young people of high school age indicate all too clearly the need for this type of instruction. Figures of the National Automobile Association show that based on the number of miles driven per fatality, sixteen-year-old drivers as a group have a record more than nine times worse than drivers in the forty-five to fifty years old class. It would indeed be costly if society were to continue to permit young people to acquire attitudes of highway caution and a sensitivity to highway danger incidentally and/ or through the medium of bitter experience. To meet this problem, a growing number of high schools throughout the state and nation are offering courses in Highway Safety Education. I am happy to report that a minimum of fifteen (15) hours instruction in this field are now required for every Sophomore in the Senior High School, and I am hopeful that in the not too distant future it may be possible for the school to supplement this instruction with actual behind-the-wheel training.
4. For the first time, a course in Consumer Mathematics was included in the Senior High School curriculum last September. During recent years, both here and
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elsewhere, it has become increasingly clear that high school seniors on the verge of graduation frequently possess but little facility in the mathematics of fundamental life situations. This has seemed to be particularly true in the case of those seniors who do not intend to continue their schooling after graduation. It is evident that if these individuals are to learn in school the numerical skills and understandings necessary for intelligent participation in community life, this training must be acquired in the twelfth grade. The present curriculum offering of Consumer Mathematics gives large promise of answering this need. The course is being offered currently to seniors on an elective basis. Another year, it may well be required of all seniors who cannot demonstrate a satisfactory competence in this important area.
5. When the program of studies was arranged for the present scholastic year, schedule improvements were effected in two of the usual school offerings. Much has been written about the potential values of Health Education. To facilitate instruc- tion in this subject, group meetings formerly assigned to the gymnasium were scheduled to classrooms. In addition, steps were taken to eliminate irregular and shortened periods which tended to reduce instructional time.
Required Home Economics for junior girls was also rescheduled so that more classroom time plus visual education room facilities might be available. Both of these innovations have thus far proved to be eminently satisfactory.
6. With the delivery of a sixteen millimeter Bell and Howell projection machine in September, our new audio-visual education program was able to move beyond the drawing board stage. Staff members were quick to take advantage of this teaching aid. Primary faculty attention was given to a consideration of the techniques recommended for optimum instructional results. Under the capable administration of Mr. Learnard, with his assisting corps of student projectionists, sound films are now being used almost daily in connection with classroom teaching. The results already attained through this program have been excellent and the prospect for the future is indeed most encouraging.
7. The uniform success which our graduates meet both in securing admission to college and after admission in pursuing their studies on a collegiate level is a con- tinuing satisfaction to all of us. It is believed that wihout exception all members of last year's graduating class who seriously planned college entrance were able to gain admission. It is also worthy of note that four members of this class were awarded scholarships to four different collegiate institutions, in each case on bases involving competitive examinations. There is ample evidence to indicate that excellent train- ing is available, not only in the college preparatory field, but in all departments of the school. There are devoted teachers in the school who give unstintingly of their time and effort and who strive constantly to raise the level of their own professional competence. To these teachers must be credited whatever success is achieved, whatever distinction is attained.
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STATISTICS
Table I
Enrollment as of October 1, 1947
Class
Number of Pupils
Veterans (unclassified)
3
Seniors
High School.
152
Vocational School (Boys).
4
156
Juniors
High School
181
Vocational School (Boys).
8
189
Sophomores
High School.
191
Vocational School (Boys).
6
197
Ninth Grade
Vocational School (Boys).
8
8
...
Statistics Table II
Enrollment by sex October 1, 1947
Class
Boys
Girls
Total
Veterans
3
-
3
Seniors.
89
67
156
Juniors.
90
99
189
Sophomores.
102
95
197
Ninth Grade.
8
8
292
261
553
None of the data include Peabody School enrollments. However, there are thirty- eight girls now at the Peabody School who expect to receive Senior High School diplomas next June. There are also twelve students listed as juniors in Tables I and II above who because of their technical mid-junior status may graduate in June, 1948. Hence the possible number of candidates for graduation in June 1948 including Veterans is 209. This figure may be compared with 185 graduates including 15 veterans in June 1947.
Table III
Estimated Enrollment for September 1948 (Peabody School not included)
Seniors.
165
165
Juniors
185
185
Sophomores
From Junior High School
140
From St. Catherine's Parochial School
50
190
Ninth Grade.
8
8
553
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Personnel
The year has seen relatively few changes in personnel. Mr. Steven Levanitis, temporary military substitute in the Mathematics Department and assistant coach of Football, terminated his service with the school on June eighteenth. No appoint- ment was made to cover the teaching duties of this position. On September seven- teenth, Mr. Martin O'Donnell, Submaster at the School, was appointed an assistant coach of football.
Miss Ruth Peterson was added to the staff on a temporary basis from February through June to assist in the instructional phases of the work of the Home Economics Department. In October, Mr. Everett Learnard resigned his coaching duties in hockey, and on November twenty-fifth, Mr. Peter Amirault was appointed on a part- time basis as coach of this sport.
Recommendations
1. It is recommended that improvements be undertaken in the stage, seating, and loud-speaking arrangements in the Senior High School gymnasium. The prospect of the construction of a permanent auditorium at the Senior High School appears to be distant. However, it is believed that most of the educational values of an auditorium could now be realized if the gymnasium were more adequately equipped for school assemblies. This, of course, could be accomplished at a relatively small cost, and, it is believed, would be an excel. lent investment.
2. It is hoped that additional teacher time may be made available to sponsor a student news and literary publication in the school. Experience elsewhere indicates that a school paper published semi-monthly affords valuable learning opportunities to all students who are in any way concerned with its production. At the same time such an activity could do much to promote a better under- standing by students and parents alike of various school problems which are of concern to all. It is believed that a school paper would be a most valuable adjunct to present school activities.
3. If the school library is to fulfill its proper function in modern secondary education, substantial improvement in its facilities will have to be effected. Library reference materials at present are seemingly meager and inadequate- It is recommended that ample funds for the purchase of necessary books be made continuously available. In addition, new attention should be directed to the physical appearance of the library. Temporary storage arrangements installed during the war could now be replaced with more concern for the esthe- tic than was formerly possible. Finally, in lieu of the services of a full-time librarian, an alternate supervisory plan should be implemented to permit a measure of library administrative control not now possible.
4. More adequate skating and hockey facilities should be made available for high school students. It is noteworthy that virtually every other school with which Norwood High School competes provides better practice facilities for hockey than are found here. The success of our athletic teams is a matter of no small account in the thinking of these boys and girls. While exceptional talent may occasionally overcome the present hockey handicap, it is believed that steps should be taken now to assure our boys at all times a fair chance in hockey competition with other schools.
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Lane Medal Recipients
The following pupils in the Class of 1947 were awarded Lane Medals:
Florence Chase
Ernest J. Wohler
Helen J. Blasenak
Mary E. O'Connor
Audrey A. Nead
George L. Boyden
Richard B. Sager
Bertha Trusauskis
Bernard G. Sykes
Vanita J. Egge
Irene S. Perniola
Gloria S. Pearlman
Patricia M. Costello
Marion L. Curran
Patricia A. Macleod
Dorothea E. Hawley
Joan T. Dwane
Anne M. Falconer
Jeanette A. Rabinovitz
In Conclusion
Throughout the year, the friendly cooperation of parents and other townspeople has been of inestimable assistance to us all and should not pass unmentioned at this time.
I wish also to make grateful acknowledgment of the professional interest, friendly counsel, and unwavering support of Superintendent Lynch and the School Com- mittee.
This report will close with the presentation of the program of the 1947 graduation exercises.
CHARLES A. HAYDEN.
Graduation Exercises of Norwood High School Class of 1947 Tuesday Evening, June 10, 1947 Junior High School Gymnasium
Program
PROCESSIONAL - March. Charles J. Roberts
INVOCATION
Rev. G. Rowell Crocker Grace Episcopal Church
"Pomp and Circumstance"
Edward Elgar
Chorus and Orchestra
Lord guide our Nation,
Justice ever our goal
Strengthen hearts that are weary;
Foster, nourish each soul
Lord guide our lives each day so we pray
Lead us into Thy Kingdom Thy Kingdom come. Lead us into Thy Kingdom Thy will be done.
ADDRESS
Dr. William H. Marnell Boston Latin School
High School Orchestra
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"Alma Mater"
J. V. Dethier
Chorus and Orchestra Words by J. J. Gormley
I am your Alma Mater. Come! Grasp my hand tonight
Ne'er shall I grow weary
Shedding my sacred light.
Join hand with mine tonight, O Comrades dear.
Raise up your hearts in song; shed not a tear
Because, no more your footsteps echo down my hall;
I have your hand! I'll harken to thy call!
High flies the Flag, Before my portal wide,
You gazed at her; take her for your guide!
Proudly you bore her colors - white and royal blue. Gaily to you she waved them when the breezes blew.
GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1947 Bernard Sykes
ACCEPTANCE OF THE GIFT FOR THE SCHOOL Joseph Uzdavinis
AWARD OF MEDALS AND PRIZES
Mr. Lincoln D. Lynch, Superintendent of Schools Plimpton Art Prize
Berwick English Prize
Leighton S. Thompson Memorial Trophy
Edward S. Costello Memorial Trophy
Teachers' Club Scholarship
Norwood Women's Club Scholarship
High School Scholarships
Lane Medals
Frederick A. Cleveland Awards
Music Prize Norwood Mother's Club Home Economics Award
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Mr. Anthony F. O'Donnell, Chairman of the School Committee
"Norwood" . Wheelock '13 Arranged by Walsh, '13
Chorus and Orchestra (The audience is invited to join)
"The Star Spangled Banner"
John Smith
Everyone
RECESSIONAL - "March" High School Orchestra
J. J. Rodolphe
Music under the direction of Professor John V. Dethier
The audience is requested to remain seated while the graduates march out.
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GRADUATES
Edward Theodore Adamonis Aldona Mildred Antonitis George Michael Assim Helen Mae Baker Sophie Theresa Baker
Helen Elizabeth Balfour Marion Frances Bertucca
Edward Michael Barylak
Ann Wilma Benjamin Jane Elizabeth Bergman Richard Algot Bergman Vincent P. Bilotta Jeannette Marie Blais Helen Janet Blasenak Richard Ralph Boch Mary Boulis John Robert Bowles
George Lewis Boyden, Jr. Richard A. Budahl
Paul Peter Camelio Theodore R. Campisano Catherine Mary Carchedi Domenic A. Carchedi
Joseph Anthony Catalino Frank R. Cekovich
Florence Chase Edward Guy Cisternelli I. Stanley Cobb Dorothy Helen Cody Thomas P. Cody Eleanor Teresa Concannon Miriam Patricia Conley Michael Francis Connolly John Joseph Corcoran, Jr. Regina Cormier Patricia Mary Costello Patrick Edward Costello Patricia Ann Coughlin Helen Teresa Curran Marion Louise Curran Timothy Patrick Curran Gerald Bruce Davis Ethel Charlotte Davison Thomas M. DelSignore Marilyn T. Docar James J. Domenica Helen Frances Donovan Theresa Marie Lacasse Patricia Lamb Mary Latham
John Joseph Drummey Joan Therese Dwane Dorothy Earle Vanita June Egge Elizabeth June Eklund Sylvia L. Eysie Anne Michele Falconer H. Patricia Field Ida Elizabeth Fietz Helen Louis Fitzgerald John Edwin Fitzmorris Nancy Jane Fleck Margaret Frances Flood Nancy Marie Flower Virginia Irene Forrest
Richard Edward Frates Betty Ann Frizzell Deidre Leslie Frost
Paul Francis Galano
Robert Charles Garland Paul Charles Gay Arthur William Gearty Herbert V. Gearty
John Lawrence Glynn Marie Therese Golden Joseph Grasso James Richard Hanley Barbara Mae Hanscom
Dorothea Eleanor Hawley Stephen Thomas Hefferan Francis Patrick Henry Muriel Florence Higgins Mary Jane Hillman
Eleanor Catherine Howe Dorothy Elene Hoyt Madeline Ann Hyland Paul Roger Hynes William C. Jankowski, Jr. Joan Therese Jasionis Jeannette Christine Johnson Carol Lorain Johnston
Samuel Kallgren, Jr. John Joseph Kavall, Jr. Ogenia Ann Kavolinas Kathryn Ann Keady Clifford F. Keeler Mildred Alice Keizer Robert E. Perkins Irene Stella Marie Perniola Grace Theresa Puopolo
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Graduates - Continued
Elaine Lucille Lombardi Stanley M. Lukawecki Lincoln David Lynch
Jeanette Ann Rabinovitz
Veronica M. Raymond
Richard A. Reynolds
John M. Riley
Robert L. Rizzo
Muriel Bernadette Rowen
John Peter Rudvilovitch
Richard B. Sager
Lina C. Marinelli
Marion Salloom
John Joseph Maroney
Raymond R. Masce
Mary Ellen Santoro
Robert Mattson
Francis W. Seastrand
Margaret Ann McGrath
Sylvester James McNeil
Christine Elizabeth Sironka
Joseph F. McNulty
Ann Marie Smith
Charles Edward McTernan
Edward Stacey
Mary Anne Meade
Lorraine Mary Stafford
William Louis Meissner
Margaret Ann Stevens
Jane Ione Milliken
Marilyn Irene Stimson
Helen Mary Mills
George Francis Sullivan
Frank Joseph Miloszewski
John Joseph Sullivan
Bernard G. Sykes
Robert William Tauber
Marie Louise Mucciarone
Pauline Frances Mucciarone
Philip Daniel Muehlberger
Margaret Anne Valerio
Romeo Peter Valerio
Rena G. Venterosa
Mary Elizabeth Naughton Audrey Ann Nead
William James Walker
Paul Joseph Nicholson
Anastasia Nikituk
Jane Lucille Nordblom
Eleanor M. Weatherbee
Marilyn Van Orman Webster
Claire Marie Welch
Mary Ellen O'Connor
Dorothy Anne O'Donnell
Margaret Mary O'Donnell
John Joseph O'Kane Eileen O'Sullivan
William Francis Wragg
Andrew Joseph Yelapi, Jr.
Walter Joseph Zacofsky
Theresa Ann O'Toole Joseph Eugene Palazzi Gloria Shirley Pearlman
Francis P. Wall Joseph William Wall
Caryl A. Norton
Bertha Trusauskis
Teresa M. Mulkern
Jacqueline Elizabeth Narducci
Florence G. Walker
Charlotte Barbara Oakes
Barbara Theresa Wenzel Janice Evelyn Wheeler
Payton Randolph Williamson Ernest Joseph Wohler
Phyllis MacDonald Patricia Anne Macleod
Elizabeth Ann Maguire Jane Martha Mahony Lelia C. Marinelli
Anna Santoro
Joanna Helen Sideropoulos
Jean Theresa Minkevitch Christina Morgan
Jean Ellen Travers
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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HENRY O. PEABODY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
June, 1947, marked the completion of the first five years of the Henry O. Peabody School for Girls. The realization comes anew that the school is an entity, fulfilling its purpose in this community and it environs. When a school maintains the loyalty, interest, and enthusiasm of graduates, employers, teachers, and pupils, it is felt by all concerned that the school is truly meeting the needs of those whom it is trying to serve.
We have set our goals to establish and maintain a vocational school on a higher plane than that usually considered in the public mind. We have developed a program of public relations with our community, neighboring towns, schools, industries, service clubs, advisory boards, and industrial and educational associations. We have widened our contacts in the light of placement possibilities. We have tried to inform the public of the services which we can render to the individual and the community. Indirectly, through our very existence, we are contributing to a more genuine understanding of the meaning of vocational education.
It is our responsibility in directing the future growth of the school to be alert to current problems and trends, seeking to broaden our course offerings when war- ranted. Educators predict that the vocational school of the future will include more cultural training. Convinced of this need since our beginning, we have integrated courses and school activities to provide this background, always keeping in mind the primary purpose of vocational education - preparation for earning a living.
It was very gratifying to receive this year a resolution passed by the Henry O. Peabody Corporation expressing appreciation of the "high quality of work" accom- plished since the beginning of the school. The resolution continued, "It is a great satisfaction to the Board to know that the wishes of the donor are being so faithfully carried out."
This year I wish to feature in my report the development of the Business Depart- ment.
The Office Machines program of the Business Department has been functioning since the opening of the School in 1942. The department's Stenographic program did not get underway until September, 1943. Since its inception, the department has increased its course offerings.
Training is available to those who are interested in earning a livelihood in the field of business. Seniors of the high school are accepted in the Business course, as well as high school graduates at any age level, provided the student attends the entire day, five days a week until placement standards have been attained.
The department prides itself upon its personal service to individuals of Norfolk County who seek to take short-unit courses in business subjects. Special courses are arranged to suit the needs of these individuals and excellent placement results have occurred.
The business curriculum is a one-year program for seniors of the high school. It is planned on a level with that of business schools, and the program becomes more concentrated for those who are post-graduates. The following courses are offered:
Office Machines, major Stenographic Advanced, major Stenographic Beginners, major (Post-graduates)
General Clerical, Office machines minor
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FIVE-YEAR STATISTICS September, 1942 to December, 1947
Years of Training
1 112 to 2
21/2 to 3 4 Totals
54
51
52
96.2
Beauty Culture. . ..
112 to 2
5
49
.
. .
121
87
32
118
98.3
Business Education.
1
121
ยท
5
59
23
17
32
54.2
Trade Dressmaking.
1
to 3
12
15
14
4
45
18
16
24
53.3
Retailing (Co-operative) ..
1
23
1
. .
. .
. .
. . .
.
-
Total.
182
83
29
9
303
199
197
250
*Part-time placement. Full-time placement.
A few interesting statistics derived from the employment survey completed in January, 1946, show:
1. Average number of jobs held since graduation in the various
Departments:
Beauty Culture. . 1.7%
Business Education. 1.4%
Trade Dressmaking. 1.7%
Commercial Foods. 1.6%
Retailing. 1.4%
2. Percentage in each department desiring refresher training for
further education in their field:
Beauty Culture. . 20%
Business Education. 20%
Trade Dressmaking. 38%
Commercial Foods. 9%
Retailing . 28%
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% Placed in Trade for Which They Trained
Number of Years Attended
Certificates Granted
Placements P.T .*
F.T.
.
1
to 4
21
18
15
Commercial Foods. .
24
24
100
24
20
108
Pre-Christmas Training 10 hours
-
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Placement is undertaken by the School of those students who have demonstrated proficiency in their work. The results of follow-up on our placements have shown that our graduates are meeting with success on the job. As is to be expected, 98% of the graduates work in the field for which they have been trained. Marriage seems to be the prime factor for graduates' leaving the field of business.
Employers approve the training which graduates of the Henry O. Peabody School receive in the Business Department. Many very favorable comments have been made by them. An indication of their satisfaction is the number of "repeat" calls for additional placements. Because of many factors, the enrollment of the department has always been low, and we are, therefore, unable to meet many of the placement calls.
The Business Department graduates are themselves the most enthusiastic ad- vertisement that any school could have. Every year a follow-up is made of the girls, and the reports from them have indicated that they have progressed intelligently on the.job and are pleased with the kind of training. and office atmosphere which was theirs while in the School.
To encourage future development, a job analysis is being made this year over the five-year existence period of the Department. This analysis will show:
1. The type of position in which the graduates have been placed;
2. The kind of business in which placement has been made;
3. Whether or not the type of training in school is comparable with the work on the job;
4. It will stress the possible need for revision of curriculum offerings.
Commenting briefly on the other departments, graduates of our Beauty Culture Department have had very high grades in the State Board examinations. Ninety-six per cent are working in the trade for which they were trained.
There has been a large turnover in placement on the part of graduates from our Dressmaking and Foods Departments, with a smaller percentage working in the trades for which they were trained than is true of other departments. Much of this is due to the fact that both trades were materially affected by war conditions. Dress- making is now holding its own, and the food trade is expanding rapidly. We look for more and better placement in both of these trades.
The following is a list of firms which have employed graduates of our Business Department since 1943:
BOSTON
American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. Atwell, Vogel and Sterling, Inc.
Automobile Legal Association Besse, Osborn and Odell, Inc. Boston: First National Bank of (Mass.) Boston: Wildey Savings Bank (Mass.) Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. Estabrook and Company Farley-Harvey Company Gillette Safety Razor Company
Hancock, John, Mutual Life Insurance Co. Household Finance Corporation
Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company Massachusetts Dental Porcelains Lab- oratories, Inc.
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.
New Amsterdam Casualty Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Percival, D. C. and Company, Inc. Stacey, Henry R. (Stamp Exchange) Sturtevant, B. F.
Sykes, Inc. Towle, A., Company
United Drug Company United States Government
.
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Treasury Department Employment Service Western Union Telegraph Company Westinghouse Electrical Corporation White, Weld and Company
CANTON
Draper Brothers Company Plymouth Rubber Company, Inc. Tobe Deutschmann Corporation Wiggins Airways
DEDHAM
Norfolk County Court House
NEEDHAM
Carter, William, Company Needham: Norfolk County Trust Co. (Mass.)
NORWOOD
Bendix Aviation Corporation Berwick and Smith Company Browne, Fred C., Company Fleming, C. B. and Company, Inc.
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