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1268
1143
-125
Number of truants in County training School at the close of the year ..
0
0
0
Amount of board paid for truants
$41.71
0
$41.71
Disposition of truancy and habitual absentees cases
Warned and returned to schools
140
Left School (over 16)
20
Removed from City
8
Obtained certificates
4
Sent to House Good Shepherd
2
Sent to Youth Service Board
5
Other Schools
4
183
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4
2
2
to boys 12 to 16 years of age ... ..
3088
2513
-575
TABLE 14a TRUANCIES AND HABITUAL ABSENTEEISM BY AGES AND GRADES
BY AGES.
GRADE.
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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2
II .
2
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1
1
4
IV
6
V
8
VI.
6
19
16
16
57
VII
3
23
27
VIII
20
IX
2
X .
0
XI ..
0
XII ..
5
1
9
10
Ungraded
1
1
3
4
6
Total
1
2
2
4
12
30
49
76
7
183
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2
13
5
53
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
5
Voc. High Voc. Jr.
15
2
III.
2
Total.
369
370
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 15 EVENING HIGH SCHOOL Season 1955-1956
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
162
405
567
Average Membership
104
200
304
Average Attendance
85
206
291
Number of Teachers
4
8
12
Number of Sessions
$5,420.78
Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup-
7,004.84
Total Cost
$12,425.62
TABLE 15a EVENING PRACTICAL ARTS Season 1955-1956
Women
Enrolled
431
Average Membership
400.69
Average Attendance
350.00
Number of Teachers
9
Number of Sessions
58
Student Hours
18,294
Cost of Instruction
$4,465.47
Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup- plies
2,982.28
Total Expenditures
$7,447.75
Reimbursement from State
2,241.14
Net Cost
$5,206.61
TABLE 15b AMERICANIZATION CLASSES Season 1955-1956
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
158
124
282
Average Membership
82
76
158
Average Attendance
70
59
129
Number of Classes
10
Number of Teachers
7
Number of Sessions
80
Membership Hours
25,280
Cost of Instruction
$7,827.20
Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup- plies
2,668.89
Total Cost
$10,496.09
Reimbursement from State
3,482.49
Net Cost
$7,013.60
Net Cost per membership hour .
$.277
56
Cost of Instruction
plies
371
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TABLE 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
Prescott
125
127
116
49
44
40
Hanscom
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67
60
58
Bennett
15
26
17
19
16
Knapp
78
68
53
73
67
73
Pope
46
30
32
36
34
30
Cummings
33
32
29
32
34
33
Glines-Healey
34
57
35
52
41
59
Grimmons
28
36
30
27
30
9
Forster
82
76
70
87
102
46
Bingham
47
46
45
48
35
41
Carr
63
66
72
84
68
56
Morse
27
34
38
34
46
33
Proctor
21
20
36
37
25
30
Brown
36
34
35
41
39
28
Cholerton
65
81
88
83
89
65
Hodgkins
40
42
46
34
57
39
Cutler
88
88
87
115
102
84
Total
828
863
829
918
889
724
Average Member- ship of Elementary Schools
6099
5815
6044
6579
6104
6009
Per cent of Average Membership Pro- moted to Jr. High
13.58
14.84
13.72
13.95
14.56
12.05
372
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 17-ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS
JUNE
ENROLLMENT
Average Membership
Average Attendance Attendance
Per cent. of
Number of Tardi- nesses
Ratio of Tardiness to Average Attendance
1915
14,505
12,903
12,189
94.5
8,000
0.656
1916
14,647
13,191
12,323
93.4
9,373
0.761
1917
13,967
12,770
11,933
93.7
7,325
0.613
1918
14,256
12,656
11,798
93.2
8,970
0.760
1919
14,039
12,733
11,609
91.2
9,744
0.839
1920
14,091
12,836
11,807
91.9
11,628
0.993
1921
14,500
13,396
12,533
93.6
11,337
0.904
1922
15,225
14,004
13,160
94.0
11,620
0.883
1923
15,932
14,308
13,276
92.8
13,164
0.991
1924
16,092
14,554
3,647
93.8
12,528
0.918
1925
16,262
14,699
13,691
93.1
11,814
0.863
1926
16,687
15,042
14,074
93.6
12,256
0.871
1927
16,669
15,042
14,094
93.7
12,526
0.888
1928
16,807
15,190
14,232
93.1
15,160
1.065
1929
17,083
15,521
14,435
93.0
16,626
1.152
1930
16,851
15,632
14,666
92.8
13,904
0.948
1931
17,218
15,915
14,940
93.9
13,429
0.891
1932
17,389
16,030
15,104
94.2
15 634
1.035
1933
17,758
16,303
15,322
93.9
14 488
0.945
1934
17,903
16,616
15,591
93.8
14,962
0.960
1935
17,811
16,613
15,506
93.3
15,532
1.000
1936
17,926
16,707
15,470
92.6
13,656
0.982
1937
17,871
16,626
15,564
93.6
13,647
0.876
1938
17,762
16,613
15,551
93.6
14,508
0.932
1939
17,559
16,307
15,093
92.6
14,123
0.936
1940
17,486
16,325
15,276
93.6
15.572
1.019
1941
17,266
15,988
14,792
92.5
13,741
0.928
1942
16,416
15.170
13,939
91.9
13,797
0.989
1943
15,703
14,304
12,758
89.2
14,804
1.160
1944
14,975
13,742
12,296
89.5
18,497
1.504
1945
14,760
13,693
12,348
90.1
18,070
1.382
1946
14,811
13,670
12,347
90.3
14,937
1.209
1947
14,876
13,549
12,465
92.4
18,258
1.465
1948
14,591
13,507
12,263
90.7
16,087
1.312
1949
14,139
13,282
12,189
91.8
16,021
1.314
1950
13,888
12,957
11,966
92.4
16,189
1.352
1951
13,274
12,504
11,464
91.7
15,321
1.336
1952
13,384
12,465
11,293
90.6
14,042
1.243
1953
13,369
12,498
11,418
91.4
13,758
1.205
1954
13,499
12,566
11,560
92.0
13,810
1.195
1955
13,377
12,448
11,386
91.5
15,865
1.393
1956
12,957
12,148
11,220
92.36
17,510
1.561
(For years prior to 1915 see School Report of 1917)
373
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TABLE 18-MEMBERSHIP, ETC., OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR A SERIES OF YEARS
YEAR.
Average Membership all Schools.
Largest Number in High School.
Per cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.
Number of Graduates of High School.
Per cent.of Average Membership of all Schools.
1914
12,320
2,111
18.18
273
2.35
1915
12,903
2,258
17.50
311
2.41
1916
13,191
2,288
17.35
348
2.64
1917
12,770
1,973
15.45
340
2.66
1918
12,656
1,520
12.01
332
2.62
1919
12,733
1,854
14.56
310
2.43
1920
12,836
1,714
13.35
241
1.87
1921
13,396
1,762
13.15
316
2.36
1922
14,004
2,037
14.55
613
4.38
1923
14,308
2,061
14.40
419
2.93
1924
14,554
2,104
14.45
497
3.41
1925
14,699
2,229
15.16
524
3.56
1926
15,042
2,230
14.82
524
3.48
1927
15,042
2,318
15.41
521
3.46
1928
15,190
2,356
15.51
513
3.38
1929
15,521
2,430
15.66
606
3.90
1930
15,632
2,500
15.99
564
3.61
1931
15,915
2,723
17.11
621
3.90
1932
16,030
3,033
18.92
770
4.80
1933
16,303
3.226
19.79
700
4.29
1934
16,616
3,442
20.71
847
5.10
1935
16,613
3,468
20.87
826
5.00
1936
16,707
3,626
21.70
856
5.12
1937
16,626
3,594
21.62
871
5.24
1938
16,623
3,626
21.81
920
5.53
1939
16,307
3,673
22.52
933
5.72
1940
16.325
3,775
23.12
996
6.10
1941
15,988
3,680
23.02
985
6.16
1942
15,170
3,348
22.07
906
5.97
1943
14,304
2,974
20.79
800
5.59
1944
13,742
2,719
19.78
677
4.93
1945
13,693
2,714
19.82
677
4.94
1946
13,670
2.850
20.85
688
5.03
1947
13,549
2,921
21.56
726
5.36
1948
14,591
2,751
18.85
742
5.09
1949
13,282
2,538
19.11
788
5.93
1950
12,957
2,278
17.50
646
4.98
1951
12,504
2,373
18.98
622
4.97
1952
12,465
2,237
17.95
641
5.14
1953
12,498
2,238
17.90
636
5.09
1954
12,566
2,177
17.32
566
4.50
1955
12,448
2,155
17.31
613
4.92
1956
12,148
2,053
16.90
581
4.78
(For years prior to 1914 see School Report of 1917)
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 19 PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1956 Elementary Grades
4RADE.
On June
Promotion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted
to next Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded.
Promoted more
than One Grade.
Special Promo-
Dropped Back
after Two
Months' Trial
1
1,134
952
39
142
1
II
1,053
919
71
63
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III
1,109
956
92
59
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1,032
894
85;
52
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VI
743
637
88
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Total.
5,840
5,014
461
362
3
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PERCENTAGE OF PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1956 Elementary Grades
GRADE.
On June
Promotion List.
Unconditionally
to next Grade
Promoted
on Trial
Retarded
Promoted more
than One Grade.
Special Promo-
tions during Year
Dropped Back
after Two
Months' Trial
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100
84.0
3.4
12.5
1
.01
II
100
87.3
6.7
6.0
.02
III
100
86.2
8.3
5.3
1
.02
IV
100
86.6
8.3
5.1
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100
85.3
11.1
3.6
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VI
100
85.7
11 8
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Average ...
100
86.8
7.9
6.2
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769
656
85
28
1
Promoted
Promotees
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tions during Year.
Promotees
2
2
375
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TABLE 19a PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1956 Junior High Schools
GRADE.
On June
Promotion List
Unconditionally
Promoted to
Next Grade
Promoted
on Trial
Retarded
Promoted more
than One Grade
Special Promo-
tions during Year
Dropped Back
after Two
Months' Trial
VII VIII IX
814
660
80
74
804
662
85
57
810
742
53
15
1
Total.
2,428
2,064
218
146
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PERCENTAGE OF PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1956 Junior High Schools
GRADE.
On June
Promotion List
Unconditionally
Promoted to
Next Grade
Promoted
on Trial
Retarded
Promoted more
than One Grade
Special Promo-
tions during Year
Dropped Back
after Two
Months' Trial
VII VIII IX
100
81.1
9.8
9.1
.1
100
82.3
10.6
7 1
100
91.6
6.5
19
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9.0
6.0
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DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES OCTOBER 1, 1956
AGE
GRADE
TOTAL
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 or over
Kdgn.
538
829
3
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1
1
398
585
37
5
1
1.067
6
.56
2
327
548
115
22
1
1,013
23
2.27
3
271
601
113
24
1
1,010
25
2.48
4
304
600
148
25
8
1,095
33
3.01
5
341
503
98
38
3
983
41
4.17
6
217
365
131
50
8
1
772
59
7.64
7
187
383
135
61
10
766
61
7.96
8
200
429
172
60
8
869
68
7.83
9
1
244
446
175
32
1
901
35
3.77
10
194
439
187
47
5
872
52
5.96
11
180
406
98
5
6
695
11
1.58
12
8
328
185
38
1
567
8
1.41
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Total
539
1227
915
906
1077
893
686
761
861
871
873
961
332
50
17
3
1
11.988
Under Normal Grade
5
23
25
26
46
53
59
71
40
49
11
12
3
1
424
Per cont. Under Normal Grade
.49
2.14
2.80
3.79
6.04
6.16
6.77
8.13
4.16
14.76
22.0
70.59
100.0
100.0
376
ANNUAL REPORTS
1
5
2
8
2
25.00
2
6
1
Above Normal Age
Per cent. Above Normal Age
1,370
1025
377
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
IN SERVICE
25 yrs. 28 yrs.
34 yrs.
14 yrs.
38 yrs.
4 yrs.
42 yrs.
30 yrs.
14 yrs., 2 mos.
44 yrs.
32 yrs.
2 yrs.
2 yrs.
31 yrs.
2 yrs.
1 yr., 4 mos.
12 yrs.
43 yrs.
44 yrs.
33 yrs.
10 yrs., 4 mos.
40 yrs.
June 30, 1956
High
High
High
Northeastern Jr.
Northeastern Jr.
Northeastern Jr.
Southern Jr.
Western Jr.
Trade High
Trade High
Knapp
Pope
Cummings
Cummings
Forster
Carr
Proctor
Burns
Cholerton
Cholerton
Hodgkins
Lowe
Mary A. Whitney
SCHOOL
June 30, 1956 Oct. 9, 1956 June, 1956 Sept. 1, 1956 TOOK EFFECT TEACHER Philip J. Koen Adela L. Balch Arthur L. Morrissey Ruby F. Sutherland Paul McCarthy April 30, 1956 · . · TABLE 20 - RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS, AND DEATHS OF TEACHERS IN 1956 . . · · .
Velma B. Strout
Thomas G. Devine
Arthur J. Marchant
Roy C. MacGee
Bryant W. Patten
Sue A. Fitzpatrick
Abigail Bailey
M. Louise Bailey
Clare B. Callahan
Lillian Rollins
Robert A. Leahy
Ann P. Lynch
Maria DelTorto
Alice M. Hayes
Margaret McLeod
Carolyn E. Crockett
Clare Flanagan
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378
ANNUAL REPORTS
SERVICE BEGAN
Sept. 1, 1956
SALARY
$3200
3400
3200
3000
3200
3200
3200
4300
3700
3200
3200
3000
3200
3700
3700
3000
3000
4300
3000
4300
3000
4300
3000
3200
3200
3400 3000
COMING FROM
Somerville
TABLE 21 - ELECTIONS IN 1956
SCHOOL
TEACHER
Edward W. Crowley James Marini
Eugene F. Sullivan
Anne M. Maguire
Salvatore DiDomenico
Eleanor J. Downey
Francis J. Ahern
Evelyn M. Flynn
Edson G. Mackenzie
Irene A. O'Leary
Agnes P. Prior
Mary T. Smith
Joseph E. Gillis
Mary C. Martignette Timothy F. O'Connor
Richard J. Scopa
Elaine P. Sullivan
Dorothy Merrifield
Audrey A. Schiavone
Pauline H. O'Toole
M. Barbara Sullivan
Ruth Buttery
Virginia A. Humber
Frank Sestito
Dorothea Matsas
Mary A. Driscoll
Mary Lou Clancy
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Pope
Cummings
Healey
Healey
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Healey
Healey
Forster
Bingham
Bingham
Morse
Morse
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Durell
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TABLE 21 - ELECTION IN 1956 - Continued
TEACHER
SCHOOL
COMING FROM
SALARY
SERVICE BEGAN
Margaret H. McNeill
Cholerton
Somerville
3200
Sept. 1, 1956
Mary M. Sullivan
Cholerton
4300
John McSweeney
Cholerton
"1
3000
Andrew J. Smith
Hodgkins
11
3000
Nov. 1,1956
Frances Cronin
Cutler
Not Teaching Somerville
5000
Sept. 1, 1956
Walter E. Struble, Prin.
Trade High & Vocational
6400
Gasperina Messina
Principal's Ass't. Knapp School
5300
April 11, 1956
Philomena C. Lombardi
Principal's Ass't. Conwell
5450
Sept. 1, 1956
Rita DeLeo
Supervisor Adult Alien Education
11
5200
John L. Carroll
Northeastern Jr.
Did Not Accept
"1
Gerald Pine
Northeastern Jr.
11
Arthur Wagner
Forster
Kathleen P. Gormley
Hodgkins
....
Sept. 1, 1956
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"
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
379
380
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 22 - LEAVE OF ADSENCES
James E. Cosgrove Military Leave Feb. 3, 1956
Ann Waters Sabbatical Leave Feb. 1, 1956 - Sept. 1, 1956
Dorothy Kirk Leave of Absence - School Year 1956 - 1957
Anne C. Plummer .Maternity Leave, effective March 19, 1956
Gerard P. Donahoe
Military Leave - Mar. 7, 1956
Alfred L. Perry
Military Leave April 22 - May 4, 1956
Helen A. Moran
Sabbatical Leave Jan. 1, 1956 for 6 mos.
William Leahy Leave of Absence School Year 1956-1957
J. Edward Sharkey Military Leave - June 3 - June 30, 1956
Muriel P. King
.Military Leave - June 19 - June 21, 1956
Edward G. Giroux
Military Leave - June 17 - June 30, 1956
Albert C. Williamson Leave of Absence - School Year 1956-1957
Dorothy Leighton Leave of Absence - School Year 1956-1957
Lawrence J. Fitzpatrick Military Leave - June 12-22, 1956
Daniel M. Twomey . Military Leave - June 4-15, 1956
Louis W. Diegoli
Military Leave - Sept. 6 - Sept. 9, 1956
Phyllis M. Angelo
Leave of Absence - School Year 1956-1957
Kathryn Kennedy
Leave of Absence - School Year 1956-1957
Andrew A. Mountain, Jr. Leave of Absence - School Year 1956-1957
Leda Dini Leave of Absence - Month of September
H. Dunbar Davis Sabbatical Leave Jan. - June, 1956,
Oct. 1, 1956 - Jan. 31, 1957
Margaret McNeill Leave of Absence - Nov. 26, 1956 - Nov. 30, 1956
Mary E. King Maternity Leave effective Dec. 21, 1956
Anthony C. Calabro Military Leave - Nov. 26 - Dec. 7, 1956
Joseph B. McCabe Military Leave - Dec. 3, - Dec. 14, 1956
Claire M. Driscoll Maternity Leave effective Nov. 2, 1956
Eugene Sullivan Military Leave School Year 1956-1957
Olga T. Harrigan Maternity Leave effective Jan. 2, 1957
Elizabeth Cassidy
Aug. 1, 1956 - March 15, 1957
TABLE 23 - TRANSFERS
Name
From To
Ramona Lazar
Western Jr.
High School
Margaret Crowley
Prescott
Bingham
Shirley Mckenzie Alice Seabrook
Baxter
Pope
Susanne Lombardi Ruth Buttery
Knapp Atpical Cholerton Atypical
Morse Atypical
Morse Elementary
Marjorie O'Brien Dorothy Lally
Morse
High
Forster
Remedial Reading
Nerio Restani
Proctor
Bingham
Hanscom
Remedial Reading
381
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TABLE 24-NUMBER OF TEACHERS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS
YEAR
High School.
Junior High Schools.
*Elemen- Special, Supv.s tary Prins. etc. Schools. Teach- ers.
Assistants not in Charge of Room.
Contin.
Amer.
Men
Women
Total.
1917
70±
65
238
33
17
49
374
423
1918
70±
108
207
28
5
49
369
418
1919
70°
106
207
26
9
48
370
418
1920
69°
113
212
23
8
54
371
425
1921
75°
115
216
25
14
5
2
60
392
452
1922
72
114
216
22
16
5
2
57
390
447
1923
75°
120
222
24
18
4
2
55
410
465
1924
76
117
221
24
16
4
2
59
401
460
1925
76°
118
229
23
16
4
2
59
409
468
1926
75°
118
228
27
11
3
2
58
406
464
1927
77
123
233
30
11
3
1
62
416
478
1928
80°
123
239
33
10
3
1
64
425
489
1929
88°
125
239
33
27
3
1
70
446
516
1930
95°
131
241
39
33
3
1
78
465
543
1931
104*
138
235
50
46
4
1
93
485
578
1932
105 **
154
251
46
29
4
1
105
485
590
1933
106 **
154
256
44
33
3
1
120
477
597
1934
116 **
160
257
43
39
3
1
125
494
619
1935
116 **
164
257
42
40
3
1
128
495
623
1936
120 **
165
265
40
43
3
1
133
504
637
1937
126 **
167
271
38
31
3
1
142
495
637
1938
133 **
178
263
39
26
3
1
157
486
643
1939
127 **
173
260
43
19
5
1
163
465
628
1940
129a
167
259
44
14
5
1
164
455
619
1941
129a
160
253
53
12
5
1
163
450
613
1942
127a
155
247
52
12
4
1
155
443
598
943
118a
145
234
49
12
4
1
127
436
563
944
113a
142
235
48
12
4
1
121
434
555
945
110a
139
238
46
9
4
1
131
416
547
946
127a
160
249
46
8
4
1
158
437
595
947
119a
129
223
43
21
5
3
1
149
395
544
948
119a
124
229
42
21
4
4
1
157
388
544
949
123a
122
224
47
21
7
4
1
162
387
549
950
127a
125
227
48
21
9
4
1
174
388
562
951
127a
123
227
49
21
12
4
1
182
382
564
952
125a
126
226
49
21
9
4
1
193
368
561
953
124a
122
231
48
21
5
4
1
189
365
556
954
124a
120
238
48
21
5
4
1
199
362
561
955
121a
120
242
48
22
7
2
1
192
370
562
956
118a
121
250
49
23
0
2
1
194
370
564
Including Kindergartners Including a secretary.
** Including a secretary and two matrons.
. Including a secretary and a matron.
Including two school nurses.
382
ANNUAL REPORTS
RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING TEXTBOOKS Part I-Books to be added to the Authorized List of Textbooks-1956 A. ELEMENTARY
Grade 3 Making Sure of Arithmetic 3; Silver Burdett; Morton-Gray-Spring- 11 11
4
4 stun-Schaaf; Copyright 1955; basic
5
11 11 5 textbook
11
Numbers At Work Series;
6 Iroquois Publishing Company; Patton- Young; Copyright 1952; basic textbook
6 3 Meet the Number Family Learning to Use Numbers
4
5 How Numbers Work 6 What Numbers Can Do
3 The Scribner-Arithmetic 3; Scribner's Sons; Madden-Beatty-Gager; 11 11 11
4
4 Copyright 1955; basic textbook
5
Arithmetic We Need, Grade 3; Ginn & Company; Buswell-Brownell- 11
4 Sauble; Copyright 1955; basic text-
11 5 book
6 Growth in Arithmetic, Revised Edition, Grade 3; World Book Com- 11 4 pany; Clark; Copy- 11 11 11 5 right 1956; basic 11 6 textbook
The Singer Science Series, 1955 Editions; L. W. Singer Co., Inc .; Frasier-MacCracken-Decker; basic textbook
1 We Ask-Primer
1 We Look and Listen-Grade 1
2 Seeing New Things-Grade 2
3 Finding Answers-Grade 3
4 Exploring Together-Grade 4
5 Doing Experiments-Grade 5
6 Solving Problems-Grade 6
6 Science Today and Tomorrow Series; Experimenting in Science; Ginn & Co .; Craig-Roche-Navarra; Copyright 1955; basic science text- book; to complete series
Exploring Science One; Allyn and Bacon; Thurber; Copyright 1955; 1 2
Two Three
3 4
11 11 Four 5
11 11 Five
11 11 Six
Heath Elementary Science Series; D. C. Heath & Company; Herman and Nina Schneider; Copyright 1955; basic textbook, to com- plete series
4 Science in Your Life
5 Science in Our World
6 Science for Today and Tomorrow Our English Language; American Book Company; Bailey-Barnes- Horrocks; Copyright 1956; basic textbook
3 Grade 3-Fun to Learn
4 Grade 4-Good Times
5 Grade 5-Every Day
6 Grade 6-Around the Clock
basic textbook
6
6 11 3 11 5 6 4 5 6 11 11 11 11 3 4 11 5 1 We Wonder-Pre-Primer
6 11
11
383
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
4 The American Singer, Second Edition, Book Four; American Book Company; Beattie-Wolverton-Wilson-Hinga; Copyright 1954; supplementary textbook
5 The American Singer, Second Edition, Book Five
6 The American Singer, Second Edition, Book Six
Man's Ways and Times Series; Silver Burdett Company; Social Studies Reading Aids; Copyright 1954
4 Ways of Our Land; Sorenson
5-6 New Ways in the New World; Todd and Cooper
Golden Rule Series (The Modern McGuffey Readers); American Book Company; Ullin W. Leavell; Copyright 1956; supplementary textbooks
4 Paths to Follow
6 5 Frontiers to Explore
Widening Horizons
Treasury of Literature-Readtext Series; Charles E. Merrill Books; Johnson and Jacobs; 1954 Copyright; supplementary textbooks Treat Shop
3
4 Magic Carpet
5 Enchanted Isles
6 Adventure Lands
The Development Reading Series; Lyons and Carnahan; Bond-Dorsey- Cuddy-Wise; Copyright 1955; supplementary reading
1
Ride with Us (Regular Edition)
3 Once Upon a Storytime (Classmate Ed.)
Reading for Interest Series; (Revised Edition); D. C. Heath & Co .; Witty et al. Copyright 1955; supplementary reading
1
Rain and Shine-Primer 2
1
A Home for Sandy-Primer 2
1
Something Different-First Reader
2 Lost and Found
2 Secrets and Surprises
3 Fun and Frolic
3 Do and Dare
4 Luck and Pluck
5 Merry Hearts and Bold
6 The Brave and Free
B. JUNOR HIGH
9
9 General Record Keeping, Third Edition; Heiges, Schneider, and Huff- man; (1954 Copyright); Gregg Publishing Co .; basic textbook Workbook for General Record Keeping; supplementary textbook (one set may be orderd for each teacher); 1954 Copyright
9 Algebra in Easy Steps (Workbook); Stein; Newson & Company; supplementary text book (one set)
7 Making Sure of Arithmetic 7; Morton, Gray, Springstun, Schaaf; Silver Burdett Co .; basic textbooks; 1955 Copyright
8 Making Sure of Arithmetic 8
Math. Can Be Fun, Teacher Edition; Louis Grant Brandes; J. Weston Walch, Publisher; for teacher's use only; 1956 Copyright
7 Success in Spelling 7; Madden and Carlson; World Book Company; basic textbooks; 1955 Copyright
8 Success in Spelling 8
9 Chorus and Assembly; Thiel and Heller; Hall & McCreary Company; basic textbook; 1946 Copyright
Your Health and Growth Series, Second Revised Edition; Charters, Smiley, Strang; Macmillan; basic textbooks; 1955 Copyright Growing Up Healthily
7
7-8 A Sound Body
384
ANNUAL REPORTS
9 7 8
Junior English in Action, Book 1, Sixth Edition; Tressler-Shelmadine "1 "1
11 2, Sixth Edition; Tressler-Shelmadine
" 3, Sixth Edition; Tressler-Christ D. C. Heath & Co .; basic text- books; 1956 Copyright
9 The Macmillan English Series: Our English Language; Pollock, Sheri- dan, Williams, Weiffenbach; Macmillan; supplementary text- book; 1955 Copyright
9 America Reads Series: Good Times Through Literature; Pooley, Poley, Leyda, Zellhoefer; Scott, Foresman & Co .; basic textbook, grade 9; 1951 Copyright
The Mystery of Reading Series; Bailey-Leavell; American Book Com- pany; (Leave the ones now on the list and add the latest copy- right)
7 Worlds of Adventure 8 Worlds of People 9 Worlds to Explore
7 The New Basic Readers-The Curriculum Foundation Series: New People and Progress; Gray et al .; Scott Foresman & Co .; Copy- right 1955
9 Adventures in Literature Series; Adventures for Today; Lovrien, Potell, Bostwick; Harcourt, Brace & Co .; basic textbook, Copyright 1955
9 Workbook for Adventures for Today (1 set) Reading Round Up, Book 1; Witty-Peterson-Parker; D. C. Heath & Co. (for slow readers or nonreaders)
Reading Round Up, Book 2
7 Voices of Verse, Book 4; Lyons and Carnahan; supplementary text- book; Copyright 1944
9 Science, Book 3: A Story of Discovery and Progress; Davis Burnett, and Gross; Henry Holt & Co .; Copyright 1952; supplementary textbook
C. HIGH
11 United States History, Revised Edition; Fremont P. Wirth; American Book Company; 1955 Copyright; basic textbook
10-12 Present Day Italian; Joseph Louis Russo; D. C. Heath & Co .; Copy- right 1947; basic textbook
12 Man and the Motor Car; Fifth Edition; The Center for Safety Educa- tion, New York University; Prentice-Hall, Inc .; Copyright 1954; basic textbook
Part II-Books to be deleted from the Authorized List of Textbooks ELEMENTARY
1
Adventures in Storyland Series, Taylor Steps to Storyland
1 Adventures in Animal Land
1-2 Adventures in Child Land
2-3 Adventures in Happy Living
3-4 Adventures in Fact and Fancy
Alice and Jerry Books-O'Donnell and Cary The Singing Wheels, fourth rdr.
4
5 Engine Whistles, 5th rdr.
6 Runaway Home, 6th rdr.
3 All Aboard for Storyland Aviation Readers
1 Straight Up
2 Straight Down
385
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Airplanes at Work The Men Who Gave Us Wings Aviation Science for Boys and Girls Beacon Lights of Literature Book Six
Democracy Readers School Friends, primer Let's Take Turns, first rdr.
Enjoying Our Land, second rdr. Your Land and Mine, third rdr.
Toward Freedom, fourth rdr. Pioneering in Democracy, fifth rdr. The Way of Democracy, sixth rdr.
6 1 1 1 2 Along the Way 2 The Story Road
3 3 4 5
Faraway Ports
Enchanting Stories
Today and Tomorrow
Looking Forward
Moving Ahead Elson Gray Reading Series Before We Read
Dick and Jane, pre-primer
Primer
Book |
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Fun for You, Primer, Pratt & Meighan Guidance in Reading, Johnson
Sue and Mickey, Reading Readiness
Nip and Tuck, Pre-Primer
Bob and Judy, Primer
Bob and Judy at Play, Auxiliary Primer
Judy's Band, auxiliary primer
At Don's Farm, auxiliary primer
1 1 Good Times in the City
Friends About Us, second rdr.
2 2 2 The Dairy Farm
All Around the Town, auxiliary second rdr.
3 Neighbors and Helpers, third rdr.
4 Then and Now, fourth rdr.
Widening Trails, fifth rdr. Roads of Progress, sixth rdr.
5 6 5-6 Just So Stories 5-6 King Arthur and His Knights
4 5 6 6 1 1
2 3 4 5 1
Easy Growth in Reading At Play, Primer Fun in Story, Primer I Know a Secret Good Stories
6 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5
6 1
1 1 1 Nip and Tuck at Play, Auxiliary pre-primer
1 1 1 1 1 Judy's Boat Trip, auxiliary primer Good Times Together, first rdr.
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