Report of the city of Somerville 1957, Part 13

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1957
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TABLE 15a EVENING PRACTICAL ARTS Season 1956 - 1957


Women


Enrolled


458


Average Membership


420


Average Attendance


352


Number of Teachers


9


Number of Sessions


60


Student Hours


19,068


Cost of Instruction


$4,515.75


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup- plies


4,034.67


Total Expenditures


$8,550.42


Reimbursement from State


2,322.33


Net Cost


$6,228.09


TABLE 15b AMERICANIZATION CLASSES Season 1956 - 1957


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


173


144


317


Average Membership


102


76


178


Average Attendance


93


63


156


Number of Classes


13


Number of Teachers


9


Number of Sessions


102


Membership Hours


36,312


Cost of Instruction


$8,172.00


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup- plies


4,609.02


Total Cost


$12,781.02


Reimbursement from State


4,086.00


Net Cost


$8,695.02


Net Cost per membership hour


$.239


232


ANNUAL REPORT


TABLE 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1952


1953


1954


1955


1956


1957


Prescott


127


116


49


44


40


43


Hanscom


-


-


67


60


58


49


Bennett


26


17


19


16


-


-


Knapp


68


53


73


67


73


65


Pope


30


32


36


34


30


32


Cummings


32


29


32


34


33


31


Glines-Healey


57


35


52


41


59


88


Grimmons


36


30


27


30


9


21


Forster


76


70


87


102


46


52


Bingham


46


45


48


35


41


43


Carr


66


72


84


68


56


38


Morse


34


38


34


46


33


34


Proctor


20


36


37


25


30


29


Brown


34


35


41


39


28


35


Cholerton


81


88


83


89


65


84


Hodgkins


42


46


34


57


39


39


Cutler


88


87


115


102


84


56


Total


863


829


918


889


724


739


Average Member- ship of Elementary Schools


5815


6044


6579


6104


6009


5899


Per cent of Average Membership Pro- moted to Jr. High


14.84


13.72


13.95


14.56


12.05


12.53


1


I


I


233


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


TABLE 17-ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS


JUNE


ENROLLMENT


Average Membership Attendance Attendance Average


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


16,623


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


1957


12,907


11,786


10,847


92.03


15,705


1.448


(For years prior to 1915 see School Report of 1917)


234


ANNUAL REPORT


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


14.50


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


1921


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


1912


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


1957


11,786


1,975


16.76


509


4.32


(For years prior to 1914 see School Report of 1917)


235


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


TABLE 19 PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1957 Elementary Grades


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


H


1,041


890


36


115


...


II


1,001


881


60


60


...


...


III


1,032


909


61


('2


...


. .


IV


1,040


911


74


55


2


2


V


953


861


53


34


1


1


4


VI


759


721


25


13


...


...


...


Total


5,826


5,173


314


339


1


00


7


PERCENTAGE OF PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1957 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


I


100


85.6


3.4


11.0


...


II


100


88.0


6.0


6.0


...


..


III


100


88.1


5.9


6.0


...


. . .


..


IV


100


87.6


7.1


5.3


...


...


..


V


100


90.3


6.1


3.6


...


...


...


VI


100


95.0


3.2


1.8


..:


...


..


Average ...


100


88.8


5.4


5.8


Promoted


Promotees


1


12


Promotees


236


ANNUAL REPORT


TABLE 19a PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1957 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


Promotees


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


VII VIII


751


603


70


78


1


IX


868


779


65


24


LA


Total


2,422


2,047


208


167


17


PERCENTAGE OF PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1957 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


Promotees


Dropped Back


after Two


Months Trial


VII


100


80.3


9.3


10.4


VIII


100


82.8


9.1


8.1


IX


100


89.8


7.5


2 77


A verage .. ....


100


84.5


8.6


6.9


...


803


665


73


65


12


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES OCTOBER 1, 1957


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 or over


Above Normal Age


Kdgn.


529


950


3


1


1,483


1


395


638


60


7


1,100


7


2


304


523


108


11


3


949


14


3


286


159


35


5


1


992


6


4


253


535


150


39


6


1


984


7


5


271


556


145


40


10


1,022


10


6


322


481


05


33


4


935


4


7


212


337


152


74


17


1


793


18


8


1


176


345


137


81


6


746


6


9


879


2


10


893


3


178


419


91


4


1


693


1


6


298


160


23


8


195


0


P. G.


Total


529


1345


945


870


874


976


1066


883


655


752


911


888


935


296


32


9


1


1


11,968


Under Normal Grade


-


7


11


3


5


7


11


4


17


7


2


3


1


-


-


2


24


27


50


38


12


2


1


17


173


Special Classes


2


10


7


15


16


25


18


20


29


23


7


172


Non English Speaking


-


-


-


1


1


-


1


2


1


5


237


12,318


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


12


2


1


1


4


--


78


Trade High


218


451


178


43


3


211


478


155


33


2


11


---


-


...


. .


238


TABLE 20 - RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS, AND DEATHS OF TEACHERS IN 1957


SCHOOL


TEACHER


TOOK EFFECT


IN' SERVICE


31 yrs., 6 mo.


High


...


Educational Tester


Patricia Coleman


April 23, 1957


3 yrs., 8 mo.


Hanscom


Catherine Sherman


June 30, 1957


3 yrs., 6 mo.


Southern


James Marchant


May 7, 1957


19 yrs., 4 mo.


Cutler


Gladys R. Clark


May 14, 1957


31 yrs., 3 mo.


Northeastern Jr.


Constance Scherer


June 30, 1957


40 yrs.


Albert C. Williamson


April 30, 1957


17 yrs.


Cutler


Eleanor Waldron


June 30, 1957


40 yrs., 5 mo.


Edward Giroux


Aug. 31, 1957


26 yrs ..


Eleanor Shanahan


Aug. 31, 1957


2 yrs.


Western Jr.


Elizabeth Gaffney


Aug. 31, 1957


5 yrs.


High


Jean Mclaughlin


Aug. 31, 1957


6 yrs.


James L. Sullivan


Aug. 31, 1957


6 yrs.


Mary Kacoyanis


Aug. 31, 1957


5 yrs., 3 mo.


Elizabeth Cassidy


Aug. 31, 1957


3 yrs., 5 mo.


Dorothy Kirk


Aug. 31, 1957


24 yrs., 5 mo.


Andrew A. Mountain


Aug. 31, 1957


4 yrs.


Forster


Mary L. McKenna


Oct. 31, 1957


42 yrs.


Trade


H. Dunbar Davis


Sept. 20, 1957


34 yrs.


Ann M. Mccullough


Oct. 11, 1957


2 yrs.


Arthur Peterson


Dec. 31, 1957


27 yrs.


Baxter


Olga T. Harrigan


Oct. 22, 1957


6 yrs., 4 mo.


Carr


Marion Mitchell


Oct. 9, 1957


7 yrs.


Northeastern Jr.


Mary F. Fitzgerald


Oct. 15, 1957


27 yrs., 6 mo.


Carr


Mary Flanley


Dec. 31, 1957.


40 yrs.


ANNUAL REPORT


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Superintendent's Office


.


· · · High .. .


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.


·


Proctor


.


·


·


..


.


·


·


..


Superintendent's Office


.


Trade .


.


..


..


Elizabeth Sliney


March 1, 1957


Earl F. Cahalan


March 5, 1957


24 yrs., 7 mo.


........


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Southern


.. .


High


Western Jr.


High


High


.


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TABLE 21 - ELECTIONS IN 1957


TEACHER


SCHOOL


COMING FROM


SALARY


SERVICE BEGAN


Helen Murphy


Northeastern Jr.


Northeastern Jr.


3900


Sept. 1, 1955


Richard J. Clancy


Northeastern Jr.


(Not Teaching


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


Doris McAnneny'


Baxter


"


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


Philip DelTorto


Pope ..


11


11


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


Nancy G. King


Carr


Ashland


3400


Sept. 1, 1957


Eileen D. Willwerth


Cummings


Not Teaching


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


James A. Macero


Forster


Somerville


3400


Sept. 1, 1956


William P. Fedele


Cutler


Somerville


3400


Sept. 1, 1956


Bruno Ciccariello


Non-English Speaking


Lenox


3400


Sept. 1, 1957


John M. Collins


Cummings


Not Teaching


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


Daniel P. Severino


Cholerton


3300


Sept. 30, 1958


Joseph Hrubi


Northeastern Jr.


Somerville


3400


Oct. 1, 1956


Elaine Healey


Cutler


Riverhead, N. Y.


3600


Sept. 1, 1957


Margaret Cody


Lowe ..


Cambridge


4500


Sept. 1, 1957


Mary L. Kiley


IMorse


Not Teaching


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


Eugene Allen


Carr .


Not Teaching


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


James Noonan


Co-ordinator of Guidance


High


5400


Personnel - 9-1-57


Anne Doherty


Cholerton - Prin's Ass't


Cholertoni


5300


Prin Ass't. 9-30-57


Eunice Lanigan


Re-instated Homebound children


Florida


5000


Sept. 1, 1957


Margaret Corcoran


Superintendent's Office


City Hall


3200


Nov. 4, 1957


...


...


3300


Sept. 1, 1957


Leo M. King


Healey ..


....


·


.....


....


.


·


·


·


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·


......


....


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


239


240


ANNUAL REPORT


TABLE 22 - LEAVES OF ABSENCE


M. Eileen Kuhn Leave of Absence - Jan. 1, 1957 to Nov. 30, 1957


Perry Yanow


Military Leave - Feb. 3-14, 1957


Elizabeth Gaffney Leave of Absence - Jan. - Sept., 1957


Leo Millea Sabbatical Leave - Feb. 8, 1957 for 6 months


Helen M. O'Brien Sabbatical Leave - School Year 1957-1958


H. Dunbar Davis


Sabbatical Leave-Feb. 1, 1957 for remainder school year


Alice Jones


Leave of Absence - School Year 1957-1958


Dorothy Leighton


Leave of Absence - School Year 1957-1958


Marion Mitchell


Sabbatical Leave - School Year 1957-1958


Richard Scopa


Military Leave - Sept. 1, 1957 - Dec. 31, 1957


Lawrence Fitzpatrick


Leave of Absence - School Year 1957-1958


Cornelia Dalaklis


Leave of Absence - School Year 1957-1958


Alice Jones Sabbatical Leave - March 1, 1957 for 1 year


Elizabeth Cassidy


Leave of Absence - Jan. - Aug. 31, 1957


Alice M. O'Brien Sabbatical Leave - School Year 1957-1958


Raymond I. Rigney


Leave of Absence - School Year 1957-1958


J. Edward Sharkey Military Leave - Oct. 22, 1957 for 90 days


Perry Yanow Nov. 17 - Nov. 30, 1957 - Military Leave


Florence Barry Sabbatical Leave-Dec. 1, 1957 for remainder school year Phyllis Joy Sabbatical Leave - Calendar Year 1958


TABLE 23 - TRANSFERS


Name


From


To


M. Lillian O'Neill


Edgerly


Remedial Reading


Winona Neal


Healey


Remedial Reading


Mary Scolles


Hanscom


Remedial Reading


Nerio Restani


Bingham


Western Jr.


John J. Joyce


Morse


High


Helen P. O'Connor


Morse


High


Daniel Macero


Carr


High


Virginia Humber Doris Costello


Morse


High


Southern Jr.


High


Alfred L. Perry


Southern Jr.


High


Robert L. Brosnahan


Pope


Northeastern Jr.


Eleanor M. Rose


Carr


Educational Testing


Andrew J. Smith


Hodgkins


Western Jr.


William Leahy Sabbatical Leave-Feb. 27, 1957 to end of school year


241


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


TABLE 24-NUMBER OF TEACHERS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS


YEAR.


High School.


Junior High Schools.


*Elemen- tary Schools.


Special Teach- ers.


Supv.s Prins. etc.


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


77º


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


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


1943


118a


145


234


49


12


4


1


127


436


563


1944


113a


142


235


48


12


4


1


121


434


555


1945


110a


139


238


46


9


4


1


131


416.


547


1946


127a


160


249


46


8


4.


1


158


437


505


1947


11.9a


129


223


43


21


5


3


1


149


395


544


1948


119a


124


122


224


47


21


7


4


1


162


387


549


1950


127a


125


227


48


21


9


4


1


174


388


562


1951


127a


123


227


49


21


12


4


1


182


382


564


1952


125a


126


226


49


21


9


4


1


193


368


561


1953


124a


122


231


48


21


5


4


1


189


365


556


1954


124a


120


238


48


21


5


4


1


199


362


561


1955


21a


120


242


48


22


7


2


1


192


370


562


1956


118a


121


250


49


23


0


2


1


194


370


564


1957


119a


124


260


51


24


0


0


1


198


381


579


* Including Kindergartners


? Including a secretary.


* *


Including a secretary and two matrons.


0 Including a secretary and a matron.


a Including two school nurses.


543


1931


104 **


138


235


50


46


4


1


..


4


1


157


388


544


1949


123a


229


42


21


4


93


242


ANNUAL REPORT


RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING TEXTBOOKS


Part 1-Books to be added to the Authorized List of Textbooks-1957


A. ELEMENTARY


Grade


3 The New Discovering Numbers; John C. Winston Company; Brueck- ner, Merton, Grossnickle; Copyright 1956


4 The New Learning Numbers; John C. Winston Company; Brueck- ner, Merton, Grossnickle; Copyright 1956


5 The New Exploring Numbers; John C. Winston Company; Brueck- ner, Merton, Grossnickle; Copyright 1956


6 The New Understanding Numbers; John C. Winston Company; Brueckner, Merton, Grossnickle; Copyright 1956 The World of Numbers Series: Macmillan; Carpenter et al .; Copy- 2 We Work with Numbers right 1957


3 How to Use Arithmetic


4 Step by Step in Arithmetic


5 Ideas in Arithmetic


6 Making Arithmetic Clear


1 How Many? - A Number Readiness Book


1 Find Out About Numbers More About Numbers


2 3


Row-Peterson Arithmetic Series; Wheat, Kauffman, Douglass; Copy- Book Three


right 1957


4 5


Book Four


Book Five


6 Book Six


Language Arts Spellers, Textbook Edition; American Book Company;


2


Grade 2


Betts et al .; Copyright 1954; basic textbooks.


3 4


Grade 3


Grade 4


5


Grade 5


2 Our English Language, Grade 2; American Book Company; Bailey- Horrocks; Copyright 1956; supplementary textbook Language for Meaning Series; Houghton Mifflin Company; McKee


2


Let's Talk


et al .; Copyright 1956; basic textbooks


3 Building Your Language


4 Developing Your Language


5 Enriching Your Language


6


Improving Your Language


5-6 The Story of Our Country; Row, Peterson Company; Barker, Alsager, 5-6 Webb; Copyright 1954; basic history text Heroes and History of the Americas; Winston Company; King, Heard, Romberg; Copyright 1955; supplementary history text Webster's Collegiate Dictionary #8; Merriam-Webster; J. C. Mer- riam Company; Teacher's Use only Sheldon Basic Reading Series; Allyn and Bacon; Sheldon et al .; Copyright 1957; supplementary reading


1 At Home and Away - Senior Pre-Primer


1 Our School - Primer


1 Our Town


2 Fields and Fences


2 Town and Country


3 Magic Windows


3 Story Caravan


4 Believe and Make-Believe


5 Finding the Way


6 Arrivals and Departures


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4-5-6 Webster's Elementary Dictionary; American Book Company; Copy- right 1956; basic textbook Developmental Reading Series; Lyons and Carnahan; Bond et al .; Copyright 1956; supplementary reading


2 Just for Fun - Classmate Edition


2 Down Our Way - Classmate Edition


Alice and Jerry Basic Reading Program; Row, Peterson Company; O'Donnell; Copyright 1957; supplementary reading Skip Along


1


Under the Sky - Second Pre-Primer


1


Open the Door


High on a Hill - Pre-Primer 4


The First Books; D. C. Heath and Company; supplementary reading The First Book of Trucks - Tatham; copyright 1952


4


5 The First Book of Hawaii Sam and Beryl Epstein; Copy- right 1954


6 The First Book of Words - Sam and Beryl Epstein; Copy-


right 1954


6 The First Book of Stones - Cormack; Copyright 1950


6


The First Book of Music - Norman; Copyright 1955


1


Basic Science Education Series; Row, Peterson and Company; Parker Spring Is Here et al .; supplementary science readers Winter Is Here


1


1


Fall Is Here


1


Summer Is Here


1-2


Primary Manual 1


2


Birds In Your Back Yard


2


Leaves


2


Six-Legged Neighbors


2


Toys


2-3


Doing Work


2-3


Animals Round the Year


2-3 Animals and Their Young


2-3


The Pet Show


2-3 Plants Round the Year


2-3


Animals That Live Together


2-3


An Aquarium


2-3


Birds in the Big Woods


2-3


How the Sun Helps Us


2-3


The Insect Parade


2-3


Useful Plants and Animals


2-3


Water Appears and Disappears


2-3


Primary Manual II


4-5-6


The Air About Us


4-5-6


Animals of the Seashore


4-5-6


Animals of Yesterday


4-5-6


Animal Travels


4-5-6


Animals We Know


4-5-6


Birds


4-5-6


Clouds, Rain, and Snow


4-5-6


Dependent Plants


4-5-6


The Earth A Great Storehouse


4-5-6


Electricity


4-5-6


Fire


4-5-6


Fishes


4-5-6


Flowers, Fruits, Seeds


4-5-6


The Garden and Its Friends


4-5-6 Garden Indoors


4-5-6


Gravity


1


1


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ANNUAL REPORT


4-5-6


Living Things


4-5-6 Magnets


4-5-6 Plant and Animal Partnership


4-5-6 Plant Factories


4-5-6


Reptiles


4-5-6


Saving Our Wildlife


4-5-6


The Scientist and His Tools


4-5-6


Seeds and Seed Travels


4-5-6


The Sky Above Us


4-5-6 Sound


4-5-6


Spiders


4-5-6


Stories Read from the Rocks


4-5-6


Thermometers - Heat and Cold


4-5-6


Toads and Frogs


4-5-6 Trees


4-5-6


Water


4-5-6


What Things Are Made Of


4-5-6 You as a Machine


Understanding Science Series; John C. Winston Company; Dowling, Freeman, Lacy, Tippett; Copyright 1956; basic Science


1


The New I Wonder Why


2


The New Seeing Why


3


The New Learning Why


4


The New Explaining Why


5


The New Discovering Why


6


The New Understanding Why


Our Neighbors Geographies; John C. Winston Company; basic


geography text


5 Neighbors in the Americas; Smith and Sorenson; Copyright 1957; revised


6 Neighbors Across the Seas; Carls and Sorenson; Copyright 1954


B. JUNIOR HIGH


9 A First Course in Algebra; Macmillan Company; Lennes, Maucher, Kinsella; Copyright 1957; supplementary text 7 Arithmetic At Work (Essential Mathematics Series), Book 1; D. C. Heath and Company; Fehr and Schult; Copyright 1955; basic text The New Basic Readers - Curriculum Foundation Series; Scott, Foresman and Company; Gray, Monroe, Artley, Arbuthnot; basic literature textbooks


7 More Parades - - 1957


7 Parades - Copyright 1956


8 Journeys into America; Houghton Mifflin Company, Jewett, Edman, Scannell, McKee; Copyright 1956; basic literature textbook


7 Adventure Bound; Houghton Mifflin Company; Jewett, Edman,


McKee; Copyright 1956; supplementary literature textbook


7 The New Stanford Speller; Laidlaw Brothers; Almack, Staffelbach, Williams; Copyright 1954; basic text


8 The New Stanford Speller; Laidlaw Brothers; Almack, Staffelbach, Williams; Copyright 1954; basic text 7 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Scott, Foresman & Co .; adapted by


Gertrude Moderow; Copyright 1955; supplementary literature 8 Story of Our Land and People; Henry Holt and Company; Moon and MacGowan; Copyright 1955; basic history textbook


9 SCIENCE, Discovery and Progress; Henry Holt and Company; Davis, Burnett, Gross; Copyright 1957; supplementary science text


245


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


C. HIGH


10-12 Speech - A High School Course; Houghton Mifflin Company; Sarett-Foster-McBurney; Copyright 1956; basic English text 12 Adventures in Modern Literature, Fourth Edition; Harcourt, Brace and Company; Freier, Lazarus, Potell; Copyright 1956; basic English text


12 English At Work, Course Four, Revised Edition; Charles Scribner's Sons; Bryant-Howe-Jenkins; Copyright 1956; basic English text


10-12 Dupuis et Cie; Henry Holt and Company; Alice and Paul Langellier; Copyright 1954; supplementary French text


10-12


10-12 Le français, Book Two; Henry Holt and Company; Frederic Ernst and Sylvia Narins Levy; Copyright 1956; basic French text Le français, Book One; Henry Holt and Company; Ernst and Levy; Copyright 1956; basic French text


10-12


10-12


Mansion's Shorter French and English Dictionary; D. C. Heath and Company; Copyright 1940; supplementary French text Heath's New German and English Dictionary; D. C. Heath and Company; Breul, Lepper, Kottenhahn; (Revised and Enlarged) supplementary German text


11-12


10 A History of the World; American Book Company; Magenis and Appel; Copyright 1955; basic history text Intermediate Algebra; American Book Company; Shute, Kline, Shirk, Willson; Copyright 1956; basic mathematics text


10 Plane Geometry; American Book Company; Shute, Shirk, Porter; Copyright 1953; basic mathematics text


10-11 General Mathematics Work Book; Allyn and Bacon; Edgerton and Carpenter; Copyright 1955; supplementary mathematics text


11-12 Gregg Typing, New Series, Complete Course; McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., Gregg Publishing Division; Rowe-Lloyd; Copyright 1953; basic typewriting text


10-12 Basic Technical Drawing; The Macmillan Company; Henry Cecil Spencer; Copyright 1956; basic mechanical drawing text


D. TRADE HIGH


9-12 Carpentry Mathematics; Wilson and Rogers; McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc .; Copyright 1949 (Second Edition); basic text, related mathematics


9-12 Machine Shop Mathematics, Second Edition; Aaron Axelrod; Mc- Graw-Hill Book Company, Inc .; Copyright 1951; basic text, related mathematics


9-12 Mathematics-Automobile Trades; Delmar Publishers, Inc., Albany, N. Y .; Copyright 1948; basic text, automotive related


9-12 Mathematics-Painting Trades; Delmar Publishers, Inc .; Copyright 1953; basic text, mathematics


9-12 Sheet Metal Mathematics Textbook; publication of the N.Y. State Vocational and Practical Arts Association; Delmar Publishers; Copyright 1947; basic text, mathematics


11-12


8-9 Basic Technical Drawing; Henry Cecil Spencer; Macmillan; Copy- 1956; basic text, Mechanical Drawing & Sheet Metal Drafting Electric Circuits and Machines, Second Edition; Eugene C. Lister; McGraw-Hill Book Company; Copyright 1952; basic text


9-10 Practical Electrical Wiring - Residential, Farm, and Industrial, Fourth Edition; H. P. Richter; McGraw-Hill Book Company; Copyright 1952; basic text


10-12 Mathematics for Electricians, Third Edition; Martin Kuehn; McGraw- Hill Book Company; Copyright 1949; basic text


246


ANNUAL REPORT


11-12 Electric Motor Repair; Robert Rosenberg; Murray Hill Books, N. Y .; Copyright 1946; basic text


10-12 Blueprint Reading for the Building Trades, First Edition; Joseph E. Kenney; McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc .; Copyright 1944; basic text


11 Problem Solving in our AMERICAN DEMOCRACY; J. Oliver Hall & Russell E. Klinger; American Book Co .; Copyright 1957; basic text


10 Our Changing Social Order, Fourth Edition; Gavian-Gray-Groves; D. C. Heath & Co .; Copyright 1953; basic text


12 Practice Book for THE ART OF COMMUNICATING; Pollock-Par- sons; Macmillan; Copyright 1956; supplementary text, lan- guage


10 Practice Book for ESSENTIALS OF MODERN ENGLISH; Pollock- Anker; Macmillan; Copyright 1956; supplementary language


11 Practice Book for LANGUAGE ARTS AND SKILLS; Pollock-Hood; Macmillan; Copyright 1956; supplementary language text


9 Practice Book for OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE; Pollock-Carlin; Mac- millan; Copyright 1956; supplementary language text


9-12 Apprenticeship Training Course; United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Educational Department; Copyright 1950; basic texts




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