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For these reasons, I am requesting, and am pleased to report that the School Committee is most interested, that we undertake forthwith the installation of modern lighting and decoration with paint surfaces having proper light reflection qualities, in all schools.
Town Growth - Re-Districting
New housing developments in Norwood, particularly in the area now compris- ing the Callahan School district, will most certainly require the attention and action of the School Committee. It is certain that with construction, completed or planned, intended to house some 400 family units in this area alone, the School Committee must redistribute its school enrollment.
The School Committee is aware of the problem, has taken it for study and will undoubtedly, in the near future, re-draw district lines.
What this growth will eventually require, if continued, no one is in a position at this time to predict.
However, planning for this in anticipation of possible further growth, is quite in order.
High School Addition
When our High School was originally designed, it was intended that soon after its construction, an addition would be built making provision for auditorium and school assembly facilities.
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It seems to me that, while State matching-funds are available for new construc- tion, it would be well to consider the advisability of planning for this addition in the near future. In planning the new construction, serious consideration may be given to the probable demand for more opportunities for boys in the vocational and industrial training fields.
Apprentice - Cooperative
Long term predictions reveal a probable shortage of trained young workers in industrial and commercial activity in the next decade. Raising our sights a little, and prospecting for possible future demands and opportunities, we school people will do well to study the possibilities of providing young people with the kind of opportunity for practical training which will be profitable as well as educational.
It may be that a cooperative part-time work-school arrangement will be the answer to the problem of furnishing a type of education which will be more practical and beneficial to certain pupils than the kind of offering which is now typical in secondary schools.
Reading
Among all school activities, nothing appears to occupy the time and attention of pupil and teacher more than reading. Plans are now being formulated to provide children in Norwood Schools with better reading techniques.
Many years ago, as principal of the Junior High School, it was my privilege to work with an enthusiastic group of teachers in the development of better technique in reading. We strove for, among other things, increase in reading and compre- hensive rates, for efficiency.
For many years the problem, because others seemed more important, has not occupied the time and forced the concentrated attention of our school staff.
Recently, however, many studies have been made, newer methods have been developed and there is much of promise in the program.
It is quite likely that it will be possible to bring to Norwood a specialist in the field as part of our Professional Improvement work who will help in reorganizing our effort along this line.
Play Area
For a period of many years, I have discussed the matter of a hard-surface play area to be located on the site of our tennis courts at the High School.
Invariably the problem revealed shortcomings. First, was the matter of materials. Other communities had tried concrete or asphalt or other material and invariably it was reported that difficulties arose. Next was the matter of expense - especially important because of the likelihood of its being a permanently satisfactory installation.
Recently we have located at Vermont Academy, an installation which has with- stood frost, and weather for several years.
Now, it is a pleasure to report that the School Committee is wholeheartedly in favor of the construction of a hard-surface area which will be used for year-round sports, including ice-hockey.
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Henry O. Peabody School
Before concluding my report, may I ask our townspeople to consider the unusual opportunities afforded the residents of this community through the offerings at the Peabody School. It is unusual. It is an excellent school - most competently staffed. It has the best of equipment.
Conclusion
May I take this opportunity to express to our new teachers a word of welcome and satisfaction, to our older teachers and other co-workers a word of gratitude and to the School Committee, a word of appreciation for the helpful support and en- couragement which has been given me.
LINCOLN D. LYNCH, Superintendent of Schools.
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Table I School Department Receipts
Received 1949
Anticipated 1950
Tuition:
City of Boston
$4,919.50
$5,000.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
3,930.45
3,900.00
Other Municipalities
5,618.54
5,500.00
State Reimbursement:
Vocational Schools
23,011.21
23,000.00
Regular Teachers Salaries
38,264.28
38,265.00
Adult Education
120.80
100.00
Federal Reimbursement:
George-Barden, Smith-Hughes Fund
2,060.56
2,000.00
H. O. Peabody Income Account
22,332.00
22,000.00
Sales - Work and Products:
Girls' Vocational School
4,110.23
4,000.00
Boys' Vocational School
922.25
900.00
Massachusetts School Lunch:
Senior High School
2,227.51
2,000.00
H. O. Peabody School
844.41
800.00
High School Lunch Counter
12,185.57
12,000.00
School Janitor Service
1,086.10
1,000.00
School Hall Rentals
1,080.00
1,000.00
Miscellaneous:
Textbooks
120.92
100.00
Practical Arts
123.69
100.00
Telephone Toll Calls
13.59
15.00
Junk
97.35
10.00
Other
59.60
240.00
$123,128.56
$121,930.00
TABLE II TEACHERS EMPLOYED
Sept. 1940
Sept. 1941
Sept. 1942
Sept. 1943
Sept. 1944
Sept. 1945
Sept. 1946
Sept. 1947
Sept. 1948
1949
Senior High
35
35
33
28
28
28*
33*
32*
31*
31*
Vocational-HOP
8
11
13 **
14 **
12 **
12 **
12 **
12 **
Junior High
30
30
28
27
26
25
25
25
24
24
Elementary
50
47
42
40
42
41
41
40
40
40
Kindergarten
....
....
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
31
* Includes equivalent of three Boys' Vocational School instructors.
** Includes one part-time teacher.
¡ One kindergarten teacher who devotes part-time to lip reading instruction.
¿ Includes Supervisor of Music, Supervisor of Art, and Instructor of Instrumental Music.
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....
4
5+
Specials
3
Sept.
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TABLE III ENROLLMENT FOR TEN-YEAR PERIOD (June Enrollments)
Year
Kindergarten
Elementary
Junior High
Senior High
Vocational
Boys
Girls
Total
1939-40
1,123
684
702
2,509
1940-41
1,089
659
706
1941-42
1,051
596
700
1942-43
1,023
547
593
72
2,235
1943-44
977
558
544
88
2,167
1944-45
1,000
559
525
97
2,181
1945-46
963
498
455
17
114
2,047
1946-47
932
458
502
27
123
2,042
1947-48
903
454
517
23
90
1,987
1948-49
197
962
430
495
29
84
2,197
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....
....
...
....
2,454
2,347
...
....
TABLE IV SCHOOL POPULATION TRENDS (September Enrollments)
Year
Balch
Callahan Shattuck
West
Winslow
Total Kd .*
Total
Junior High
Senior High
Vocational
Ttl. All Schools
1940-41
370
208
222
45
235
1,080
658
708
2,446
1941-42
317
219
219
53
222
1,030
581
700
1942-43
315
212
227
51
200
1,005
571
580
67
2,223
1943-44
269
219
223
56
199
966
553
534
....
96
2,149
1944-45
259
209
228
54
189
939
540
492
109
2,080
1945-46
241
217
233
49
222
962
507
490
17
113
2,089
1946-47
249
216
217
50
205
937
473
514
27
111
2,062
1947-48
268
204
229
46
185
932
458
527
26
97
2,040
1948-49
325
269
290
51
254
215*
1,189
437
520
29
90
2,265
1949-50
337
287
278
47
255
199*
1,204
417
521
31
78
2,251
...
...
...
* Included in totals under elementary school enrollments.
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Elem.
Boys
Girls
2,311
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE NORWOOD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
I have the honor to present my fourth annual report as Principal of the Senior High School.
The last two decades have been for secondary education in the United States an unprecedented period of critical analysis and improvement. One feature in- creasingly evident in the evolving philosophy has been a new concern in secondary education for boys and girls rather than for abstract subject matter. Today, as never before, the experiences offered by the modern school, which indeed constitute its subject matter, are being related to the real needs of the young people in attendance.
More and more the function of the instructor in the modern school is being viewed as the teaching of boys and girls through subject matter rather than the teaching of subject matter to boys and girls. It is believed that numerous examples of this interesting and significant trend will be found in this and in preceding reports.
In Retrospect
1. The first operetta since 1935 was presented by the graduating class of last year. Almost every member of the class took part in this production, the quality of which bordered on professional excellence, both because of the talent available and because of the exceptional competency of the coaching staff.
I am very much pleased, therefore, to be able to underline significant educational value as well as entertainment merit in this activity of the graduating class of last year, and I am equally happy to report that the graduating class of this year has already decided to present an operetta during the coming spring.
2. Mention should be made of the success which again last spring attended the efforts of those of our graduates who sought admission to college. That each year our young people are successful in securing college acceptance is a source of pride and satisfaction to us all. Equally pleasing is their continued high achievement on the collegiate level.
3. For the first time in the history of the school, in the early fall an experi- mental, non-credit, half-year course in Journalism and Newspaper Reporting was made available for Juniors and Seniors. I am happy to report that more than twenty-five students have taken advantage of this new instructional opportunity during the first semester. It is planned to open the course to Sophomores during the second half year.
Also this fall, a series of monthly book reviews, given by staff librarians of the Norwood Public Library, was initiated at the Senior High School. The aim of this program is to develop among our young people additional interest in and apprecia- tion of the best of current literature. One hundred and sixty-five boys and girls attended the December book review. This student interest has been a source of considerable satisfaction to our English teachers and to all others concerned. We are
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indeed grateful to the Norwood Public Library Staff for making this program possible in the High School, and it is hoped that during the coming year, more and more students will seek to share in the unusual cultural values which it affords.
4. With the reopening of school in September, a new and unique plan of citizenship evaluation went into operation in the school. The plan was drawn up and recommended by a Student-Faculty Committee after intensive research and study of the problems involved. It is designed to furnish both increased incentives for all students to make good citizenship functional in their lives and at the same time to provide for a wider sharing of the leadership experiences available at the school. This citizenship plan offers a large promise of success and is a significant attempt to meet a problem which is most challenging both in its immediate and post high school implications. .
5. The outstanding record of service to the school made by the Student Council during the year has been a source of particular pleasure to all of us who hold to the view that the only defensible activity in education is that which provides significant and functional learning experiences for the student. The adult visitor who looks in on a Student Council meeting invariably is surprised to note the businesslike organi- zation of council activities, the sagacity manifested in its deliberations and the un- counterfeited seriousness with which its members accept their responsibilities.
I am happy also to report that employing the concept of representative govern- ment mentioned above, this year for the first time similar class councils have been formed on a smaller scale by each of the two upper classes to transact business of concern to their groups. This is indeed democracy in action.
STATISTICS
Table I
Enrollment as of October 1, 1949
Class
Number of Pupils
Seniors
High School
161
Vocational School (Boys)
5
Juniors
High School ...... 158
Vocational School (Boys)
12
Sophomores
High School
198
Vocational School (Boys)
10
Ninth Grade
Vocational School (Boys) .......... 4
Total
......
548
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Table II Expected Enrollment in September 1950
Number of Pupils
To be Seniors
142
To be Juniors
190
To be Sophomores
190
To be in Boys' Voc. School Division
31
Total .....
553
Table III Total Enrollment as of October first (Five Year Period)'
Number of Pupils
Senior High
Boys' Voc.
Total
1945
492
17
509
1946
513
27
540
1947
527
26
553
1948
508
30
538
1949
517
31
548
Personnel
In order that she might devote additional time to the Mathematics Department of which she is the Head, during the spring, Miss Ruth Gow asked to be relieved of the duties of Dean of Girls effective at the closing of school in June. This decision was a source of regret to us all. Miss Gow's remarkably effective service as Dean will long be remembered. On March 23, 1949, Miss Katherine Ryan of the Home Eco- nomics Department in the High School was appointed to the Dean's position - her duties in this connection to begin with the opening of school after the summer months.
Early in the fall, Mrs. Ethel Cook, who for many years had taught art in the High School, resigned her position because of ill health. Mrs. Cook must indeed have pleasant memories of the many young people who gained new standards of esthetic values in her happy and interesting classes.
On November 16, 1949, Mr. Lloyd Schultz, Art and Mechanical Drawing Teacher at the Junior High School, was transferred to the Senior High School for assign- ment to our art classes effective January 3, 1950.
In Prospect
In previous reports, mention has been made of the inadequacy of the Senior High School library. Although there is reason to hope that some improvement in our library situation may not be too far over the horizon, yet it must be recorded that to date, Senior High School library facilities are inadequate and unsatisfactory. In the first place, if the library is to measure up to standards set by the Massachusetts State Department of Education for schools of our size, we should have the full time services of a trained librarian. In the second place, a long-range, adequately-financed, book-purchasing program should be undertaken in most particulars conforming to
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the recommendations of the American Library Association. In the third place the physical area assigned for library use should be replanned and redecorated with a view to making possible more effective administration of the library situation and with a view to making the appearance of the library reasonably inviting for our teen agers.
Also in need of attention is the telephone system in use at the High School for communication between the office and the various classrooms. The present installa- tion is antiquated and ineffective and should be replaced by one of the modern systems available on today's market at reasonable cost. A modern system of com- munication would be of substantial value in facilitating efficient administration. At the same time, it would make it possible for worth while cultural programs to be carried from any point in the school to appropriate classrooms. Thus valuable learning experiences otherwise of limited application could be made available for all who might profit from them.
A third area in which we look for help during the coming year has to do with remedial reading. It is well known that success in high school depends to no small degree on reading ability and that this skill is particularly susceptible to improve- ment through instruction. Employing the pertinent data furnished through our annual B. U. testing program, as well as that based on their own classroom observa- tions, our English teachers are now in a position to identify with virtual certainty those in their classes who are in need of special instructional help in reading. I am, therefore, very happy in the recent information through Superintendent Lynch's office that trained personnel early in the year will be made available to undertake a remedial reading program at the Senior High School. It is difficult to overestimate how much such a program can mean to the boys and girls in the school who are deficient in this basic skill.
In Conclusion
To Superintendent Lynch for his wise counsel and constant support, to the School Committee, and to all others who have joined hands with us in any phase of this educational venture during the year, I am indeed grateful.
This report will close with a statement of the special honors awarded and with the program of the 1949 graduation exercises.
CHARLES A. HAYDEN.
Graduation Awards
H. M. Plimpton Art Prize - Jane Hallet, Nancy Laverick.
Berwick English Prize - Sally Assim, Diane Weisul.
Leighton Sumner Thompson Memorial Trophies- Dorothy McComb, John Poce.
Washington and Franklin Award, Sons of the American Revolution - Everett R. Davis.
Edward S. Costello Memorial Trophy - John Poce.
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Teachers' Club Scholarship -Sally Assim.
Norwood Women's Club Scholarship - Paul Nichols.
Norwood Mothers' Club Scholarship - Marcia Tobin.
High School Scholarship Awards - Jane Hallet, Nancy Bergman, Everett R. Davis, Elizabeth Robertson, Martha Learnard, Marcia Rouillard.
Margaret Nicholson Memorial Award - Marcia Tobin, Paul Nichols.
Charles R. Donnell Memorial Trophy - Arthur Gulla.
Music Prizes - Frances Raymond, Allan Garner, Mildred Kijanowski. Norwood Mothers' Club Award - Nancy Laverick.
John C. Lane Medals
Sally M. Assim
Catherine J. Hallet
Paul F. Nichols
Marcia C. Rouillard
Margery C. Hyland
Nancy S. Bergman
Everett R. Davis
Dorothy E. McComb
Marcia J. Tobin
Eleanor A. Navickas
Diane F. Weisul
Mark E. Lynch
Beatrice V. Fredlund
Ethel S. Farnham
Margaret S. Williamson
Eleanor Johnson
Elizabeth M. Robertson
Gloria J. Taylor
Graduation Exercises of Norwood High School Class of 1949 Tuesday Evening, June 14, 1949 Junior High School Gymnasium
Program
PROCESSIONAL - March H. Weber
High School Orchestra
INVOCATION
Rev. W. Carter Johnson
"America"
Charles Gounod
Chorus and Orchestra
Words by J. J. Gormley
"Shrine of Freedom, save our world! King of Heaven, light our way! Protect each loyal son afar, And aid his courage in the fray; For all is righteous when Thy Will is done!
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Tyranny must disappear Never touch our shores again Hail to Freedom! Freedom evermore! Stars and Stripes on high. Hark! The Victor's cry. 'We will conquer tyrants bold.' 'Free from hate, free from fear,' 'Peace for mankind'!"
ADDRESS
Thomas H. D. Mahoney, Ph.D. Department of History Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Glory to God"
J. V. Dethier
Chorus and Orchestra Words by J. J. Gormley
"Glory to God the Lord of Hosts Let all mankind Thy praises sing Guardian thru' all eternity Gentle Master Heavenly King.
O Father hear our praise resound In thanks for evermore to Thee Enflame our hearts with love like Thine Sublime in all Thy mystery."
GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1949 Charles K. Fisher
ACCEPTANCE OF THE GIFT FOR THE SCHOOL Margaret M. Falconer
AWARD OF MEDALS AND PRIZES
Mr. Lincoln D. Lynch, Superintendent of Schools
Herbert M. Plimpton Art Prize Berwick English Prize Leighton S. Thompson Memorial Trophies Edward S. Costello Memorial Trophy Teachers' Club Scholarship Norwood Women's Club Scholarship Norwood Mother's Club Scholarship High School Scholarships Norwood Mother's Club Home Economics Award
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Washington and Franklin Award - Sons of the American Revolution Margaret Nicholson English Awards Charles R. Donnell Memorial Trophy John C. Lane Medals Music Prize
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Mr. John F. Kiley, 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 H. Wadsworth High School Orchestra
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
Walter Frederick Abel, Jr. Richard C. Allen Joseph Ambruskevich Raymond E. Amirault Ruth Catherine Anderson
Sally Marian Assim Carolyn B. Auciello
Gretchen P. Balduf
Barbara Ann Balfour E. Peter Bamber
George M. Eysie Ethel S. Farnham
Ann Caroline Farren
John A. Farren
Phyllis Ann Feeney Charles Fisher
John Joseph Flaherty
Robert Thomas Flaherty
David Michael Burke
David J. Flood
Joanne Martha Flood
William J. Flynn
Ann Marie Folan
Francis Paul Foley Martin Joseph Foley
Beatrice V. Fredlund
Priscilla Ann Carlson
Patricia Mary Cashen Edith Laura Celima Nicholas Joseph Cieri Eleanor Marie Cisternelli Michael Francis Cloherty George Michael Cofsky, Jr. Thomas J. P. Collins Richard Sinclair Corcoran Anthony Cordo Rosemary F. Coughlin
Mark F. Coyne, Jr. William J. Crimmins Winslow E. Cushman, II Everett R. Davis
Anthony DelGrosso
Elizabeth Anne DeQuattro James Timothy Donlan Arlene Beverly Drake Donald Edward Dyer
June Eastman
Nancy Eleanor Eklund Shirley Louise Eklund Malcolm B. Erving
George C. Bergman Nancy Svea Bergman Mary C. Bilotta
Julian John Borowko Joan Lucille Bouchard Mary Jane Brock Doris May Bunney
Francis R. W. Burns Richard E. Butler Alfred Emmanuel Butters Francis John Campisano Joan Frances Canfield Barbara Ann Carchedi
Dorothy Anne Fulton Allan Thomas Garner Mary Ann Giardino Thomas Francis Golden Kenneth J. Goodwin
Eleanor Gretchen Gregory Arthur Michael Gulla Robert P. Haddad
Ronald Peter Haddad Norman Hall Catherine Jane Hallet Kenneth A. Halstead John Patrick Healy Arthur Christopher Henry Allen E. Hileman
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Graduates - Continued
Janet Meeker Shirley Ann Meyer Stasia Catherine Miecko
Charles J. Miksis, Jr. Faith W. Morrison Robert Francis Morrissey
Janet Louise Murphy
Eleanor Ann Navickas
Paul F. Nichols Shirley Anne Norling
Janet May Norton
Rosemarie Arlene Norton
Jane Helen Nugent
Janet Louise Nugent
George H. Kelter
Francis Patrick O'Donnell Helen A. O'Donnell
Margaret Theresa Kerr
Mildred Barbara Kijanowski
Margaret Helene O'Donnell
Constance Rowe King
Marian T. O'Donnell
Alice Bernadette O'Leary
Arlene Olson
Betty Evelyn Thelma Ostrom James Terence O'Sullivan
Rita Lorraine Paquin
Patricia Ann Leahy
Martha Alice Learnard
Bertha May Leavitt
Paul C. LeBlanc
Mary Louise Petrovski
Betty Lorraine Pierpont
Jean Frances Piezonka
John Andrew Poce
Michael J. Porazzo
Marie Irene Pudsey
Danna Florence Puopolo
Richard C. Rasmussen
William M. MacRae Arthur Robert Martin Fred D. Martin
Josephine Mary Marzuolo
Priscilla Theodora Mazzola Dorothy Elizabeth McComb
Arlene Cynthia Parkinson Harold Collins Partridge, Jr.
Gloria Beatrice Pennington
Earle James Legge Donna M. Lewis Doris Anne Lewis
Mary Dorothy Lydon
John Francis Lynch, Jr. Mark Edward Lynch Frances Pearl MacDonald
Frances May Raymond Helen Patricia Razulevich Doris Mary Reardon Ann Margaret Richardson Wilda Helen Ristom Fred Wallis Ritvo
Edward John Hinds Albert J. Hohmann Philip Earle Hollister Mary Virginia Hood Francis John Howe Elizabeth Helen Hurley Margery Claire Hyland Robert Francis Hynes Anna Maria Ippoliti Robert Hugh Ivatts Eleanor Gladys Johnson Louis James Johnson Alvin David Jones Andrew Joseph Juskiewicz
Carl A. Klinzman
Benjamin Hall Korslund Virginia Helen Lane Peter E. Lasinskas
Nancy Jane Laverick
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Graduates - Continued
Joan Clare Rizzo
Elizabeth Mae Robertson
Phyllis Rose Rogan Marcia Chase Rouillard
Eleanora M. Tomm
Everett Ellsworth Roundy, Jr.
Genevieve Elaine Tomm
Terese Cecilia Ruscitti
Mary Ann Torres
Lillian Mary Sadoskis
Constance W. Towne
Dorothy Frances Santoro
Arthur Royal Turner, Jr.
Marilyn R. Saumsiegle
Arthur W. Vietze, Jr.
Helen E. Seastrand
Mary Christine Wall
Esther Sideropoulos
Nancy Marie Walsh
Nancy Louise Siegmund
Diane Frances Weisul
Ralph R. Simoni
Ann Margaret Welsh
Elizabeth Louise Whitten
Margaret S. Williamson
Robert Warren Williamson
Jean N. Wood
Marjorie Pearl Sullivan
Joan M. Wood
Paul Joseph Xavier Sullivan
Herbert F. Wood
John Francis Yelapi
Bernard G. Sundquist Gloria Joyce Taylor
David Dennis Theall
Ann Marie Thomashay Marcia Jean Tobin
A. Eugene Smith Joseph R. Sparrow, Jr.
John Spaulding Edwin S. Statkiewicz
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REPORT OF THE HENRY O. PEABODY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
I hereby submit the eighth annual report of the Henry O. Peabody School for Girls.
It is with much concern that I write my report this year! Those of us who are directly responsible for the progress and growth of the Peabody School realize that Norwood is not benefitting by this vocational program to the extent intended by its founders. At present, the entire enrollment of the school is 76 students, 33 of which are non-residents. This number is startlingly low if compared to the 516 enrolled in the Norwood Senior High School. National statistics show that 60 per cent of our high school population does not enter college or special schools. Vocational schools should be serving this group to a greater extent. Since the School was established, there has been a gradual increase in enrollment, with some fluctuation according to employment trends and placement; but this year, there has been a decided drop. Slow growth is expected in any new educational project, especially in an area where no offering has been available on a public basis before.
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