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2. If, as, or when it appears that the Junior High School and the Senior High School together will not house all enrollments from grades 7 through 12, sufficient time will have elapsed, and town growth and promise of future growth will have been more clearly indicated than can be predicted now, so that it will be easier to determine the direc- tion in which the next step should be taken.
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Explanation: At present it is difficult to determine whether enrollments in grades 7-9 inclusive will exceed the 1300-1400 mark and by what margin.
It is not difficult to determine, on the basis of current enrollment trends, the probability of an enrollment of 1500 in grades 9-12 within a few years (1961).
Although it can be predicted safely now that there will ultimately be more than 1800 pupils in grades 9-12 in Norwood, it will later be more accurately determined when and where new construction or new additions should be planned, (having in mind the probability of re-transfer of grade 9.).
NORWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
Senior High School
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
Grade 12
165
134
148
150
142
168
Grade 11
216
197
181
179
166
162
Grade 10
249
208
195
184
187
184
Boys Voc.
25
31
27
27
30
30
P. G.
2
2
Totals
655
570
553
542
527
544
H. O. Peabody School
Commercial
34
24
18
9
17
20
Dressmaking
12
17
18
23
21
15
Foods
24
36
43
34
32
18
Beauty Culture
34
33
30
33
22
20
Totals
104
110
109
99
93
73
Junior High School
Grade 9
307
232
225
219
211
142
Grade 8
228
238
183
172
162
156
Grade 7
248
213
226
184
170
159
Totals
783
683
634
575
543
457
Elementary
Grade 6
219
248
198
227
161
154
Grade 5
307
227
252
210
227
153
Grade 4
218
305
217
243
206
218
Grade 3
296
319
281
229
226
187
Grade 2
337
313
275
289
209
214
Grade 1
295
325
277
307
304
195
Kindergarten
489
416
408
354
354
302
Totals
2261
2153
1908
1859
1687
1423
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Senior High School
630
540
524
515
497
512
Boys Vocational
25
31
29
27
30
30
H. O. Peabody
104
110
109
99
92
73
Junior High School
783
683
634
575
543
457
Balch School
762
671
586
629
493
464
Callahan School
591
594
482
363
435
355
Shattuck School
329
297
299
294
289
288
Winslow School
347
297
287
285
288
288
West School
51
48
45
47
53
55
JHS Elem. Unit
181
246
217
232
143
Adjustment Group
13
9
8
9
Totals
3816
3526
3220
3075
2863
2522
St. Catherine
Grade 9
70
Grade 8
93
96
76
71
82
77
Grade 7
92
94
98
90
77
82
Grade 6
135
93
95
95
82
80
Grade 5
146
89
89
103
100
81
Grade 4
150
150
91
92
96
65
Grade 3
152
149
149
91
98
101
Grade 2
150
150
150
141
92
96
Grade 1
151
157
149
149
142
92
Totals
1069
978
897
832
769
744
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NORWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS - 1956
Grades
Balch
Cal.
Shat.
Wins.
West
JH Elm. JHS
SHS
BV & HOP Spec. Total St. Cath.
Kdg.
145
119
77
70
70
481
1
102
78
32
32
22
25
291
201
2
118
85
37
36
30
28
334
149
3
117
83
42
57
299
152
4
106
88
51
58
17
320
150
5
103
75
51
53
25
307
146
6
66
54
39
41
19
219
89
7
250
250
91
8
228
228
93
9
311
311
10
250
250
11
216
216
12
165
165
HOP.
104
104
Boys Voc.
27
27
Spec. Class
12
12
Totals
757
582
329
347
52
184
789
631
131
12
3814
1071
Public St. Cath.
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TABLE I
Distribution of Enrollment of Junior High Elementary Unit-Sept. 19, 1956
Shady Cleveland
District
Shattuck
Arbor
Park
Callahan
Winslow
Balch
Totals
Kdg.
22
17
1
0
32
0
72
1
6
9
0
4
5
0
24
2
9
8
2
5
4
0
28
3
No Third Grade
4
2
0
6
2
7
0
17
5
6
1
7
1
10
1
26
6
2
0
1
4
11
0
18
Totals:
47
35
17
16
69
1
185*
*Discrepancy due to fact that this unit has 4 new enrollees since Sept. 17th. Special Class : 2 Shattuck; 2 Callahan; 1 Winslow; 7 Balch; 1 non resident=13
TABLE II
BALCH SCHOOL-Residence east of Route #1-1956-57
Grade
Dean-Neponset Street
Sumner-Union
Kdg.
57
3
1
40
2
2
42
6
3
36
6
4
35
6
5
31
3
6
12
1
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We believe that, after the first new school is opened, many of the activities of our school program which today fall short of adequacy as a result of lack of space will be restored to their full potential.
A Look to the Future
As we contemplate the need for additional secondary school housing, we are hopeful of a more complete and satisfactory program for adolescents.
With respect to this area, we are challenged to evaluate our present High School Program, our Vocational School Program, and the possibility of post High School offerings.
There wil be much greater demand in the future for education beyond the High School. Unless institutions for higher education are enlarged or increased in number, every community in the Commonwealth will be chal- lenged to assist in provision of a solution of the problem. This could easily bring about the establishment of area Junior College facilities.
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CHANGES IN PERSONNEL-1956
Resignations
Miss Martha MacQuarrie, Kindergarten teacher, to teach elsewhere.
Mrs. Julia Van Veen, Elementary teacher, to stay at home.
Miss Patricia Whalen, Elementary teacher, to be married.
Miss Agnes Bagley, Elementary teacher, to be married.
Miss Eleanor Gleeson, Junior High School, to be married, and to teach in California.
Miss Rita E. Mclaughlin, Division of Special Services, to teach in New York. Mr. Francis Lambert, Elementary teacher, to teach in Wellesley.
Mrs. Alma Gibbons, Elementary Teacher, to stay at home.
Mrs. Trina Pross, Elementary teacher, to stay at home.
Miss Penelope Kickham, Kindergarten teacher, to be married.
Miss Gloria Innes, Special Class Teacher, to teach in Chelsea.
Miss Joan Dwane, Elementary teacher, to be married.
Mr. James Curran, Junior Building Custodian, to Police Department.
Retirements
Mrs. Marie S. Brown, Junior High School teacher.
Mr. Frank Richardson, Junior High School, Senior Building Custodian.
Transfers
Mr. Charles E. Goff, Junior High Elementary teacher, to Special Class. Mr. Fred Richardson, Junior High School, to Boys Vocational School. Mrs. Kathryn Paige, from Elementary to Junior High School. Mrs. Gertrude Butler, from Elementary to H. O. Peabody School. Mrs. Helene Goepner from H. O. Peabody to Junior High School. Mrs. Elizabeth Stowe from Elementary to Kindergarten at Callahan School. Miss Mary Donovan from Junior High School Elementary to Callahan School.
Appointments
Miss Joan Chase, Art Department, Senior High School. Mr. John Levitsky, to Supervisor of Art. Mr. John Faucett, Music in Senior High School. Mr. Richard Talanian, Elementary Teacher. Miss Janet Connolly, Elementary teacher. Mr. Philip Fassnacht, Junior High School Industrial Art. Mr. Eugene Lavery, Junior High School.
Mr. Richard Mahoney, Elementary Physical Education. Miss Barbara Ann Decker, Kindergarten teacher. Miss Ruth M. Murphy, Elementary teacher. Miss Jo Anne Rogers, Special Class teacher.
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Mrs. Margaret Crowley, Elementary teacher.
Mr. Kevin Barry, Elementary teacher.
Mr. Salvatore D'Espinosa, Junior Building Custodian.
Mr. John Fulton, Junior Building Custodian.
Mr. John King, Junior Building Custodian, provisional.
Mr. Arthur Henry, Junior Building Custodian, provisional.
Mr. Robert Thompson, Junior Building Custodian, provisional.
Deaths
Mr. Joseph Fanning, Junior Building Custodian.
Appreciation
We, the members of the Norwood School Committee, appreciate the will- ingness of the employees of the Norwood Schools in the performance, each according to his capacity to contribute, of the many and difficult tasks they have so generously undertaken.
FRANCES L. BLANCHOT JOHN F. KILEY EDWARD H. THOMPSON
JOHN J. CAVANAUGH JOHN F. REYNOLDS MARY H. HEMMAN EUGENE A. NELSON
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Herewith I submit my twenty-first report as Superintendent of Schools. There are included in my report such statements as may well have been, but, for one reason or another, have not been made by others in the Report of the School Committee.
School Plant
The generous support, provided by Town Meeting, in meeting the School Plant needs of our school buildings for the past several years have made possible many improvements which have made our schools more attractive and serviceable.
On the whole, building exteriors and interiors appear to be more attrac- tive as well as functional. True, there is more to be done, but progress is being made with each passing year.
During this past year, a beginning has been made in provision for the installation of modern fluorescent lighting in all classrooms. When the project is completed each classroom in the entire town will be provided illumination of at least 30 foot candles. The fixtures have been purchased and contracts awarded for their installation.
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The older incandescent lighting was quite inadequate both from the standpoint of illumination and wiring. The installation of quantities of fix- tures which have been purchased for the Balch, Shattuck, and Winslow Schools must wait until new electric services and, in most cases, new wiring is installed in these older schools.
A new transformer vault together with many new service panels and much new wiring has been installed this year at the Senior High School making it possible to complete the installation of new fluorescent lighting in the entire Senior High School building.
Contracts have been signed for large areas of bituminous concrete sur- faces, on the Balch School grounds, play area adjacent to the Henry O. Peabody School for parking, and at the Callahan School for a bus loading and unloading areas.
Plans are being prepared for the building of a parking area in front of the Junior High School building.
The problem of adequate parking areas and traffic congestion at all older school locations will be a matter of concern and attention for many years to come.
Likewise, the building of hard surfaced, multiple-use play area facilities to be constructed upon all existing school locations, commands attention.
The creation of a bleacher and fieldhouse facility for the use of Senior High School athletic teams, appears to be a must in the near future. The existing bleachers, constructed of wood, and now nearly 30 years old, are inadequate, worn out and (could be) dangerous and ought to be replaced immediately.
The tennis courts could be replaced, at modest expense, with the con- struction of a hard, multiple-use surface which would permit its year-round use. It would make for a more efficient and profitable use of a valuable area which for years, has been costly to maintain and used to an extremely limited extent.
Plans are made for provision of hot and cold water facilities in each of our school buildings and "on" each of the floors in our schools in locations where required and convenient. The Winslow School and the Shattuck School have this year been so equipped. It is hoped that next year all schools will have been so supplied.
Large quantities of new, up-to-date furniture have been purchased during this past year to provide for additional enrollments as well as to replace old and inadequate furniture. Except for a few new teachers' desks and filing cabinets, most of the new equipment includes classroom installation of children's desks and chairs. The older type of desk has proved to be small and inadequate in meeting the needs of the modern classroom.
Of special concern and demanding early solution is the problem of adequate lunchroom facilities in the Junior High School building. In the past the problem was not serious, due to the fact that the school is centrally located geographically. Years ago, few Junior High School children lived in the more distant sections of our Town, making the lunchroom problem less
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difficult. Now, however, an increasingly large number of our children are transported to school by bus and provision must be made for an enlarged and improved lunchroom facility. Elsewhere, in this, and earlier reports attention has been drawn to the immediacy of need for planning to house a much larger secondary school progam than can be accommodated in the existing facilities. The Senior High School plant is, in my opinion, the logical place where new constructon must first be planned and provided.
In earler reports, and for several years, I have urged provision for additional elementary school housing which is now, though late, recognized to be a serious problem and well on its way as a result of recent Town Meeting action. Many of the administrative and educational problems of all elementary and, even the Junior High School, will be solved when the proposed new elementary schools are ready for occupancy.
The present crowding of classrooms and use of rooms poorly suited for the purpose to which they are put, will be obviated.
I have long had a strong conviction that one of the great voids in public consciousness is an appreciation of the importance of Mental Health. Parents, teachers, and school administrators alike, seem to feel that the whole area of behavior is something which belongs to the expert-to study-to under- stand and to relate to the everyday problems of personal and emotional adjustment.
In an intuitive sort of way, normal and reasonably well-adjusted people seem to regard and to adjust to the behavior of our friends and neighbors in an understanding manner.
However, it is only recently, that the tremendous impact of mental health or its lack, has been made a subject of conscious awareness in the minds of people.
Yes, the "ideal school" demands an awareness of and willingness to apply the principles of good mental health teaching in the organization, planning, and execution of the school program.
The simple fact of failure to recognize deviate behavior even on the part of those who profess some capability to do so is ample evidence that there is a challenging demand that we do something about it.
Personally, it gives me much satisfaction to find among members of our teaching staff a willingness, in fact, an eagerness to do something about it.
I believe that, come next year, there will be much more progress to report than can be reported this year.
Elementary School Institute
This year, every Wednesday afternoon, our elementary schools are closed so that our teachers may have the benefit of sharing experiences, "know- how" and understandings.
All facets of the elementary school education problems are explored under the guidance of trained experts. Some of our leaders are members of
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our own staff. Others are coming "from the outside". Each contributes according to his capacity to do so, and all of us feel that the general tone of professional competence is being elevated in a most appreciable manner. Parents, teachers, supervisors, administrators, and especially School Com- mittee members have been most cooperative, understanding, and best of all, hopeful that the program will bring about a desirable change where indicated and progress toward a fulfillment of our purpose-a better school program.
May I take this opportunity to express to our new teachers a word of welcome, 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 encouragement which has been given me.
LINCOLN D. LYNCH
Superintendent of Schools
TABLE I
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Received Anticipated
1956
1957
Tuition :
Vocational and State Wards
$53,417.10
$35,000.00
State Reimbursement:
Vocational
33,734.56
34,000.00
Chapter 70
111,584.33
115,000.00
Special Class-Chapter 69
1,699.52
4,500.00
Transportation-Chapter 71
2,415.60
2,500.00
Adult Education-Chapter 69
473.25
500.00
Federal Reimbursement:
George-Barden Funds
2,944.00
3,000.00
H. O. Peabody Income Account
26,617.37
27,000.00
Work & Products:
H. O. Peabody School
4,395.72
4,500.00
Boys Vocational School
1,140.22
1,500.00
School Custodians-Rentals
1,284.63
1.200.00
School Halls-Rentals
437.15
500.00
Miscelleanous:
Practical Arts
112.85
125.00
Textbooks
73.23
75.00
Other
117.38
125.00
$240,446.91
$229,525.00
(Not included are receipts on account of lunch counter ($44,773.33), or athle- tics ($10,106.39). Legislation requires that these accounts are to be handled as Revolving Funds).
In Memoriam
JOSEPH J. FANNING
Joseph J. Fanning was appointed a Junior Building Custodian on April 18, 1955. Mr. Fanning served the Town of Norwood as a member of the School Department until his death on September 25, 1956.
In his memory we express our gratitude for his valued service.
TABLE II
TEACHERS EMPLOYED
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Senior High School
33
32
32
32
321/2
32
32
32
32
33
33
Junior High School
25
25
24
24
221/2
231/2
261/2
27
27
30
32
Vocational-H.O.P.
121/2
121%
121/2
12%
121%
121/2
121/2
1212
131/2
131/2
131%
Vocational-Boys
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Elementary School
41
40
40
40
40
41
51
56
61
65
63
Kindergarten
-
4
41/2
4
5
7
7
7
7
7
Specials *
3
3
3
3
7
7
7
7
7
7
9
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
* Includes: Supervisor of Art (1); Instructor of Instrumental Music (1); Division of Special Services (3); Teachers of Exceptional Children (2); Elementary Teacher of Physical Education (1); Elementary Teacher of Music (1).
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TABLE III ENROLLMENT FOR TEN-YEAR PERIOD (June Enrollments)
Vocational
Elementary
Junior High
Senior High
Boys
Girls
Total
Kindergarten
932
458
502
27
123
2,042
1946-47
903
454
517
23
90
1,987
1947-48
962
430
495
29
84
2,197
1948-49
197
1,011
416
516
30
77
2,244
1949-50
194
1,076
431
496
24
60
2,264
1950-51
177
1,165
468
512
29
78
2,555
1951-52
303
1,402
547
496
26
68
2,884
1952-53
345
1,488
572
508
28
80
3,025
1953-54
349
1,982
637
521
28
98
3,266
1954-55
395
2,170
704
555
29
112
3,570
1955-56
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TABLE IV
SCHOOL POPULATION TRENDS (October Enrollments)
JHS
Year
Balch Callahan Shattuck West Winslow
Elem. Kinder.
Total Elem.
Junior High
Senior High
Vocational
Tot. All Schools
1947-48
268
204
229
46
185
....
932
458
500
27
97
2,040
1948-49
325
269
290
51
254
.. . .
(215)
1,189
437
506
23
90
2,265
1949-50
327
287
278
47
255
(199)
1,204
417
492
29
78
2,251
1950-51
347
307
252
42
265
(176)
1,235
419
473
30
82
2,269
1951-52
463
355
299
55
272
(331)
1,444
460
498
24
77
2,533
1952-53
504
441
292
55
289
140
(361)
1,721
550
500
28
91
2,890
1953-54
642
362
296
49
281
239
(358)
1,869
577
520
30
103
3,123
1954-55
592
494
294
47
289
238
(408)
1,954
639
524
29
119
3,265
1955-56
668
585
295
53
293
249
(423)
2,143
690
560
33
112
3,538
1956-57
757
582
329
52
347
184
(481)
2,251
789
631
27
104
3,814*
...
.
..
* Includes 12 pupils in Class for Exceptional Children.
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Boys
Girls
AGE-GRADE MEMBERSHIP - October 1, 1956
Grade
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Total
Kdg.
Boys
51
188
2
241
Girls
54
185
1
1
Boys
25
130
9
164
Girls
26
96
5
127
2
Boys
26
133
10
1
170
Girls
36
117
9
1
1
164
3
Boys
34
78
24
1
137
Girls
49
106
4
3
162
4
Boys
37
115
18
1
171
Girls
44
98
6
1
5
Boys
56 60
86
10
1
1
158
6
Boys
30
66
7
1
104
7
Boys
33
81
19
7
140
34
66
6
3
1
110
8
Boys
22
73
19
6
1
121
31
67
9
107
9
Boys
52
80
10
2
144
10
Boys
1
39
76
23
3
142
Girls
30
55
24
8
1
119
11
Boys
41
77
13
2
133
12
Boys Girls
29
53
10
2
2
96
18
67
13
3
7
108
PG
Boys Girls
8
19
3
30
Spec.
Boys
1
2
3
3
3
Girls
1
1
1
Total
3814
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167
50
94
18
5
Girls
46
70
9
4
129
25
70
14
6
115
-
Girls
-
83
10
149
Girls
Girls
Girls
Girls
3
2
5
9
149
240
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
I have the honor to present my eleventh annual report as Principal of the Senior High School.
Generally speaking a community has the kind of schools it wants and deserves. If it is sensitive to the real needs of youth, it provides the school personnel and the school facilities necessary to meet those needs. Students at Norwood Senior High School have been fortunate both in the competence and devotion of their teachers and in the physical facilities provided to make good teaching fully effective. While we would readily agree that here as elsewhere the best educational program is yet to be devised and the best teaching methods yet to be discovered we are nonetheless conscious of steady progress towards these stated goals. Indeed the record which graduates of the school have made in all fields is eloquent to attest to the interest and concern Norwood has had over the years to provide superlative educational opportunities for its young people.
Discipline
Next to swelling enrollments perhaps the most frequently discussed phase of today's high school is the discipline of its students. Recent magazine articles and books by unhappy ex-teachers and others describe almost un- believable conditions of misbehavior in some of the high schools of the nation. The personal and social loss entailed in any such negation of the school's proper function is, of course, beyond calculation. I am happy to report that the discipline at Norwood High School is excellent. Indeed it has long been our view that discipline comes first and that there can be no worthwhile teaching unless and until the teacher has adequate classroom controls.
This is not to say that we may not have in the future an occasional instance of misbehavior by high school students as indeed we have had in the past. Realistically such must be expected. It is to say that in a well-run school discipline is never a major problem. In such a school, teachers com- bine sympathetic understanding of young people with a capacity for firm insistence on good behavior. In such a school those in the higher eschelons of authority always are willing to accord teachers the fullest support in disciplinary problems. This is our steady policy at Norwood High School. It will continue.
During the year faculty members have again underlined the importance of solid achievement in all the classes in the school. Through the excellent work of our Guidance Department and other services, each teacher has been encouraged better to know each of his pupils and in the interest of the continuity of that pupil's growth to provide for him learning experiences of particular and peculiar appropriateness.
The new type of Honor Roll adopted in the spring of 1955 is specifically designed to motivate pupil achievement. At the end of each marking period it has been found that approximately 20% of the student body at the High School has reached honor grades. While this is a commendable figure, yet we hope that in the not distant future it may increase substantially. Indeed
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it is believed that in today's world avoidable mediocrity is a dangerous luxury for those who in the years ahead hope to continue to enjoy the free- doms now typical of the American way of life. Parents and others are urged to give appropriate attention to the Honor status of high school students.
TABLE I
Class Honor Roll Membership by Terms
Term II (55-56)
Term III (55-56)
Term IV (55-56)
Term I (56-57)
Class of 1956
24*
22*
19*
Class of 1957
14
17
15
24
Class of 1958
20
17
17
13
Class of 1959
26*
Table I above shows for each of the last four marking periods the per- centage of those in each class who were on the Honor Roll for that term. For each term, the class with the highest percentage of Honor Roll member- ship has been starred.
Student Exchange Program
Last summer Miss Virginia Kent, now a Senior at Norwood High School, by arrangement with the American Field Service spent almost three months in Westhafen, Germany, as an exchange student. This marked the first time that a Norwood High student had gone to a foreign country under the inter- national exchange program. Virginia returned to us in the fall with new and deepened understanding of the meaning of friendship between peoples. She has already presented several most interesting illustrated talks on her experiences of the summer before student groups and others.
During the present scholastic year our international exchange student in Norwood is Miss Jorun Knap who also by arrangement with the American Field Service has come to us from Oslo, Norway. We are deeply indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Kent of Norwood who have so generously and graciously provided a home for this young lady here in our community. We are grateful also to the organizations and individuals who assisted the exchange program financially and otherwise during the year.
Parent Teachers Association - Scholarship Banquet
During the year the Senior High School Parent Teachers Association reached the highest level of membership since its inception in 1950. More than 300 parents attended the P.T.A. sponsored "Meet the Teachers Night" held early in December at the High School. Parents and others whether P.T.A. members or not may be certain of a cordial welcome at the school at any time.
We are also indebted to the Norwood P.T.A. Council for its part last June in underwriting the cost at the Lord Fox of the first Scholarship Banquet ever held in the history of the Senior High School. This was a memorable occasion not only for the students honored but also for the parents, the faculty members, and other friends of the school who attended.
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