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Patriots Day
May
30
Tuesday
Memorial Day
June
22
Thursday
Commencement
June
23
Friday
School Closes
June
26-30
Monday-Friday
Staff Workshop
Additional Calendar Data
- Summer School Dates to be Announced -
It is planned to dismiss school at 12:00 o'clock on Wednesday to permit faculty meetings, private pupil lessons, dentist and physician's appointments, club meetings, etc.
Kindergarten morning and afternoon sessions will reverse on January 30, 1961.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS
Local signals will be given on our fire alarm system: 7:15 A. M. 3 -- 3 -- 3 repeated at 7:30 A. M. 3 -- 3 -- 3
Radio station announcements will be read between the period of 6:30 and 7:30 A. M. Please refrain from tying up local phone lines to school officials and bus operators.
WBZ
1030K
WHDH
850K
WEEI . 590K
WNAC
680K
Announcements regarding "No School" are made by the Lincoln Superintendent for the Lincoln Elementary Schools (Grades K-8) only. Announcements for the Regional High School are made by the Regional Superintendent and will be designated "Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School".
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LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL ORGANIZATION SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
Dr. Perry J. Culver, Chairman
1961
(Mrs.) Elizabeth Donaldson
1960
C. DeWitt Smith
1962
Meetings : Regular : First Monday of each month: 7:30 P.M. at the Superintendent's Office. CL 9-9400.
Called : Third Monday of each month usually and other meetings as stated: time and place designated.
All regular meetings open. Items for the agenda must be in the office of the Superintendent by 3:00 o'clock on the Thursday prior to the Monday meeting.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
John B. Davis, Jr., Lincoln Road, CL 9-9182 Office at Smith School, CL 9-9400, ext. 1
SECRETARIES TO SUPERINTENDENT * (Mrs. ) Dorothy Anker
* (Mrs. ) Clara Powers, Financial Secretary (Mrs.) Vivian V. Ware, Financial Secretary
SUPERINTENDENT - OFFICE HOURS
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday Saturdays and evenings by appointment
PRINCIPALS
Harry T. Burke, Smith School, CL 9-9400, ext.5 Robert L. Filbin, Hartwell & Center Schools, C1 9-9400, ext. 7 Robert A. Leach, Hanscom School, CR 4-7720
PRINCIPALS ' OFFICE STAFF (Mrs.) Doris Bardsley, Hartwell and Center Schools (Mrs.) Irene Hagenian, Hanscom School Solvay Valentine, Smith School
(*) Resigned in 1959
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SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS
8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday - Friday
CUSTODIANS
Harold Cuttell, Center & South Schools Oscar DeConto, Smith School Paul Gaddis, Smith School Jerome Griffin, Hartwell School Edward Moffett, Hartwell School Daniel O'Leary, Hanscom School Harold Swift, Hanscom School *Walton West, Smith School
(*) Resigned in 1959
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dr. Perry J. Culver, Chairman
Elizabeth C. Donaldson
C. DeWitt Smith
In its annual report for the year 1959, the School Committee is pleased to record continuing development and improvement in many areas related to the elementary schools. The faculty of 44 enthusiastic, able and dedicated teachers has stimulated the student body to work longer, harder and more productively than ever before. The school library, in its first year of operation, has demonstrated already its great value to the educational program. School library shelves have led the children to take greater ad- vantage of the town library as well. A strong faculty and an adequate library are the foundations of quality edu- cation.
This policy is reflected in the elementary school budget for 1960. The major increases are for faculty Salaries and for development of the library. There is an addition of $48,500 to the instructional salary budget, 23% above 1959; but this increase includes 5 more teachers in the fall of 1960. With the exception of providing for a new position of Maintenance Supervisor, the remainder of the increase in the 1960 total elementary school budget of $431, 400 as compared with the 1959 expenditures of $361,500 is commensurate with an anticipated enrollment of 900 pupils in September, 1960, 87 more than in September 1959.
The rapid growth of elementary school population was anticipated wisely by a vote of Town Meeting, March 17, 1958, which authorized a new school building-needs committee. This action was taken none too soon, since all available teaching space, including the South School, has been occu- pied during the school year 1959 - 1960. The expeditious work of this building-needs committee has enabled con- struction at the Hartwell School site of two new classroom units of flexible design, providing teaching space for 200 additional pupils. Occupancy is scheduled for September 1960.
The quality of the administrative staff has apprecia- ted steadily along with rapid growth of the school system. Both principals, Harry Burke and Robert Filbin, have assumed and discharged added responsibilities with great credit. The School Committee was very sorry to have to accept the
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resignation of superintendent James Gray who became the curriculum consultant for the Educational Research Council of greater Cleveland. He left behind a legacy of an imaginative curriculum-development program. After review- ing 54 applicants, your committee was most fortunate in having John B. Davis, Jr., Executive Secretary of the New England School Development Council, join us as the new superintendent. He brings with him his outstanding ability as an educational statesman.
Faced with the magnitude of a growing system, the School Committee has embarked upon a program to increase its efficiency. For the purpose of defining more clearly its policy-making role, a manual of policy is being de- veloped to provide a consistent guide to enable the admin- istration to make decisions heretofore made by the Com- mittee. Since many policy decisions require detailed in- formation, citizens advisory committees have been appointed to study and report on specific problems. The School Com- mittee would like to express its gratitude for the work of the Long-Range Planning Committee consisting of Henry Morgan, Lewis Cunningham, Russell Haden, Donald Natoli and Sumner Smith. Their preliminary report is appended. The Long- Range Maintenance and Operations Advisory Committee of Robert Spence, Robert Booth, Ernest Johnson, Spencer Martin and Frances Quarton has contributed immeasurably in setting up an accounting system for better business management and in recommending improved maintenance and operating procedures Numerous individuals have given generously of their time. The school and pre-school census, prepared under the direction of Mrs. Donald Gilfoy, has enabled a more accurate forecast of school building needs. Mrs. Jane Stewart has been a volunteer clerk at the Center School each morning of the 1959 - 1960 school year. Many mothers have helped in the school library and have assisted at bus duty.
Pursuant to a vote of Town meeting, March 16, 1959, the School Committee has assumed supervision of the opera- tion of the elementary school at L. G. Hanscom Field. Mr. Robert Leach, formerly of the Lincoln Elementary School Faculty, was appointed principal. He and his staff have surmounted many problems cheerfully and effectively. The arrangement has proved advantageous to both school systems.
In conclusion, great credit for the success of the School Committee is due to the understanding cooperation of the Selectmen, the Finance Committee, and other town officers.
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LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Henry Morgan Lewis Cunningham
Russell Haden Donald Natoli
Sumner Smith
One year ago the School Committee organized a group to assist in developing a long range plan for the growth of the Lincoln Public Schools. Among the particular ob- jectives were included :
1. Study the ultimate projected adult population and the allied school growth.
2. Develop a master plan for buildings, services, land utilization, and land acquisition.
3. Study the desirability of expanding the campus plan, versus neighborhood schools.
4. Study the problem of traffic flow and safety factors in transporting children.
5. Study the maximum development of the school's present land and the drainage of low areas on and adjacent to school property.
Over the past year, meetings have been held with most of the pertinent town officials, the State Building Com- mission, Soil Conservation officers and the school adminis- tration. Progress has been made in all of the areas listed above. The following outline summarizes the current think- ing of the long-range planning committee.
1. Based upon the report made for the Planning Board, we are planning a school system to serve a town population of 6,000 persons. Our best estimate is a school population reaching 1,800 pupils, or an average of 200 per grade. This number would mean an approximate doubling of the present size of the school system. Since no prediction is being made as to the date at which these figures will be reached, the development of the ultimate school plan will be tied to the increasing population rather than to a fixed growth by years.
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2. Progress has been made in formulating the number of class rooms required for the ultimate predicted figure of eight classes per grade. In addition expanded music, art, shop, home economics and science facilities will be required. More library and administrative office space are foreseen for the near future, perhaps in the next expansion program at the Smith School. Studies are under way on both land utilization and land acquisition.
3. Based primarily upon educational advantages, it has been tentatively decided to continue the development of the centralized campus plan at the present ballfield site. With certain expansions and land improvement pro- jects, we believe a school population of 1,800 can be accommodated without undue traffic and transportation con- gestion.
4. A separate study has been completed on the present bus transportation system. A progress report was presented at an L. S. A. meeting and certain recom- mendations were made to the School Committee on ways in which the bus schedules could be modified. The desira- bility of an additional egress to the school site, perhaps to Baker Bridge or Sandy Pond Roads, was brought out.
5. An active program for the improvement of
drainage of the site has been undertaken in cooperation with the School Committee, Board of Selectmen, School Building Committee and Soil Conservation officials. Drainage surveys have been made of the site and part of the recommended program will be instituted immediately.
While the task of developing a complete long range plan is far from finished, we believe that a significant progress has been made in the past year. In several in- stances, the committee has already been able to aid the School Committee in making important decisions. The long range plan and building plan will be undertaken in the coming year.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
John B. Davis, Jr.
The schools of Lincoln opened in September, 1959, with 813 pupils enrolled; next September it is predicted there will be 900 pupils. In this same period, the faculty will increase from 44 to 49 teachers. Concurrent - ly there have been significant changes and developments in the program and curriculum of the schools which are worthy of notation.
A more flexible entrance requirement for Kindergarten was inaugurated last year. Based on a testing program and conference it has apparently worked with success. The ungraded primary unit plan is now operating from Kinder- garten through the Second Grade. Next year it is planned to embrace the Third Grade in the ungraded program.
One of the significant changes in our school system has been the opening of the Laurence G. Hanscom School for children of Air Force personnel. In October, 1959, 438 youngsters enrolled in Kindergarten to Eighth Grade and were taught by 16 teachers under the direction of Mr. Robert Leach, Principal. This school, while under the complete jurisdiction of the Lincoln School Committee, is operated on a separate budget from the Federal Government.
During the year, several areas of the Elementary and Junior High School curriculum were studied and as a result improvements and changes instituted. I refer particular- ly to an improved Remedial Reading Program, an experiment in regular reading instruction at the Hartwell School; the New World History course for Seventh and Eighth Grade youngsters and the introduction at certain grade levels of the so-called Yale Math Program as developed by the School Mathematics Study Group at Yale University. The extension of this program is contemplated next year.
During the year, the Smith School schedule was re- vised, providing seven rather than six periods; thereby, enabling more time for English, French and Physical Educa- tion instruction. No citizen of the Town with children in the schools has escaped the impact of the School Library it is pervasive - it is good.
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This past October, school in Lincoln for Sixth Graders was transferred to the Boston University Camp at Peterborough, N. H., where, for four days, Lincoln young- sters were exposed at first hand to the wonderful world of Science and Nature.
The Summer School for selected Lincoln pupils cover- ing Remedial Reading, Arithmetic, Spelling and Study Skills and the afternoon Workshops in curriculum areas for the teaching staff was declared a success. Currently a pro- gram for 1960 is being planned.
The Art and Music Programs reflect a vitality and liveliness; youngsters are responding enthusiastically. The Physical Education Program has been strengthened particularly in the lower elementary grades and for girls in the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades.
The French Program now extends from the Third Grade through the Eighth. Generally speaking, students have two twenty-minute periods a week with one of the two French instructors. Television is being used at one grade level as an aid to the French instruction, while another grade level is using this media for Music and Literature Appre- ciation Classes.
The Science Program in the lower elementary school has been strengthened by scheduling actual classroom in- struction one week a month at Hartwell and Center Schools. The channels of communication have been kept open with the Regional High School in all these areas of curriculum change. Meetings are regularly scheduled between repre- sentatives of the faculties and the administration of the three schools. Concurrently, a special committee is in- vestigating the advantages and disadvantages of further regionalization.
During the year just passed, the Eighth Grade gift made possible the purchase of appropriate aluminum letters which effectively identify the CHARLES SUMNER SMITH SCHOOL and of shrubbery, both of which have improved the appear- ance of the school.
The California Achievement Tests indicate continued academic growth in the 1959 scores:
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Lincoln Pupils
1956
1958 1959
Below national average
54 or 13%
36 - 6%
16 - 2.5%
Above national average
389 or 87% 563 - 94%
617 - 96%
In top fourth in country
291 or 63% 484 - 84%
567 - 90%
In top tenth in
country
131 or 30% 429 - 72%
496 - 77%
The past few months have been vigorous and challenging. Professionally and personally they have been satisfying. I have had wise counsel and encouraging support. This
first report in a true sense is but a recounting for the record of significant undertakings and events of the year just passed. The list is impressive. One can not fail
to note that the Lincoln faculty and administration have moved rapidly and on many fronts. I am certain that the organizational changes and the curriculum developments are good in purpose and design. I am equally certain that the combination of steady growth in numbers of pupils and teachers and the recent changes in school policy, opera- tional patterns, and curriculum require that the year ahead be devoted primarily to a consolidation of gains, evaluation of accomplishment and clarification of several aspects of basic policy.
In the past few months in my travel and contacts, I have personally experienced what I believed was true con- cerning Lincoln prior to my assumption of responsibility as superintendent - that the schools hold a position of prestige in the minds of both citizens and educators from all sections of the country. This is, of course, a re- flection of high competency in the Lincoln Staff and high level support of all school undertakings by students and townspeople.
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SCHOOL NURSE
Alice E. Garrison, R. N.
A report of school nursing for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1959, is hereby submitted. This is a joint re- port by Mrs. Marian Ober and Mrs. Alice Garrison.
Schools have been visited daily. Children absent for more than four days have been checked by phone if the parent has not already notified the Health Unit of the reason for absence.
All children have been weighed and measured with the assistance of Mr. Reed and Miss Lloyd, our physical educa- tion teachers. At this time all scalps were examined.
Children entering kindergarten and in third and sixth grades have had the state required physical examina- tion done, the great majority by their own family physician. The pre-school children not seen by their family physician were examined by Dr. John A. V. Davies at the Well Child Conference. The third and sixth graders were examined by Dr. John Sisson, our school doctor.
The annual vision and audiometer screening programs were completed during the Spring term. The initial Screening is done by trained volunteers. When a child fails the test, a second screening is done by the nurse. All failures are referred for medical treatment.
School wide dental screening was done by our school dentist, Dr. J. Howard Oaks, at the beginning of the school year . When this part of the program was completed, he held a dental clinic twice weekly for the children whose parents requested it.
Dr. John Sisson administered the Mantoux tuberculin test to all personnel in the Lincoln and Hanscom Schools who would otherwise have required chest films. Out of 69 tested, only 19 with positive tuberculin reactions re- quired chest X-rays. All chest plates were negative.
A movie entitled "You're a Young Lady Now" was pre- sented to the sixth, seventh and eighth grade girls and their mothers.
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As part of the over all school health program, Dr. Chester C. d'Autremont has been available as psychiatric advisor to the teaching staff. They have had helpful advice from him in individual consultation, and in group meetings, on how to deal with unusual behavior problems in the classroom.
The school nurse has also held frequent conferences with teachers, individually and in group meetings during the year, and with mothers whose children have health prob- lems.
Both Mrs. Ober and Mrs. Garrison wish to express their sincere thanks to the willing and able volunteers who have helped with the Well Child Conference and with the hearing and vision testing - Mrs. Gordon Donaldson, Mrs. Henry Everett, Mrs. Jay Kopp and Mrs. William Grinnell.
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GRADUATES
GRADUATED IN JUNE, 1959
Bruce Warren Adler
Barbara Lynn Avery
Rosemary Baggs
William C. Baltrush, Jr.
Carol Louise Barr
Roger V. D. Bergen
Allen Milton Bowles
Berenice Josephine Buckett
Priscilla Faye Burns Nancy Bygrave
Victoria N. Cameron Linda Fay Chapin
Barbara Jane Chausse
Paul Franklin Chenea, Jr.
Robert Rhodes Churchill, Jr.
Dianne Carol Cotoni
Sharon L. Cotosman William M. Day
Frank Bartholomew Dentino Charles Richard Dieter Louis J. DiMinico
Alan Locke Donaldson
Gordon Alcock Donaldson, Jr.
Sandra Marie Durnan Ann Christine Filbin
Thomas Patrick Finnerty
Regina Marie Foley
George Richard Greene Cynthia Brainerd Guy Jeanne Clapp Healey
Joan Griscom Henderson
Peter Patrick Herman
Laurence Dregory Herthel
Karla Humphreys Carolyn Jagger Carol Laverty
Susan Lawrence
Galen D. Light, III
Raymond Douglas Lillie
Cheryl Ann Loesel
Maureen Patricia Malloy Walter McClennen
David Lee McCracken
Sandra Marie McLeod
Warren Edmund Meade
Fritz Monroe
Ronald Moore
Robert E. F. Morris
Catherine Ann Norton
Rita Angelina Panetta
Earl Alfred Picard, Jr.
Judith Ann Rego Anthony Rhodes Paul Rhodes
Sarah Ann Rogers
Ronald E. Russell
Jeanne E. Saulnier
John Heffron Sisson, Jr.
Susan Lee Sleaman
Carl Daggett Smith, II
Robert B. Spence Tibor Stolmar Robert John Swinconeck
Nathaniel Hutchins Taylor G. Brooks Thompson, III Judith Rachel Travers Peter Lawrence Wilkie Josephine Mary Willemin Thomas E. Williams
Kathryn Margaret Wilson
Diana Elizabeth Woodington
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SCHOOL EXPENDITURES AND PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1960
1959 Budget Appropriation
1959 Budget Expended
1960 Budget Requested
GENERAL CONTROL
School Comm. Exp.
$ 300.00
$ 818.09
$ 1,200.00
Salaries, Supt. & Secretaries
18,000.00
18,219.81
17,125.00
Office & Supt. Exp.
1,900.00
1,587,52
1,740.00
$ 20,200.00
$ 20,625.42
$ 20,065.00
OUT OF STATE
$ 300.00
$ 673.02
$ 540.00
INSTRUCTION
Salaries
$224,090.00
$218,822.46
$268,950.00
Summer Workshop
9,400.00
8,456.25
9,400.00
Textbooks Elem.
4,891.00
4,817.97
5,450.00
Supplies Elem. &
Other Expenses
15,703.00
13,147.99
15,430,00
$254,084.00
$245,244.67
$299,230.00
OPERATION
Custodial Salaries
$ 16,111.00
$ 16,838.20
$ 25,100.00
Fuel & Utilities
23,300.00
22,183.07
21,815.00
Supplies & Drayage
3,005.00
2,983.18
4,045.00
$ 42,416.00
$ 42,004.45
$ 50,960.00
MAINTENANCE
$ 16,064.00
$ 16,030.74
$ 9,400.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Library
$ 2,340.00
$ 2,296.34
$ 6,000.00
Health Elem.
100.00
83.88
100.00
Transportation
30,756.00
28,301.86
34,280.00
Tuition
1,050.00
1,119.47
1,000.00
Other Expenses
775.00
588.29
665.00
$ 35,021.00
$ 32,389.84
$ 42,045.00
OUTLAY
$ 5,190.00
$ 4,569.29
$ 9,150.00
TOTALS
$373,275.00
$361,537.43
$431,390.00
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STAFF ROSTER - January 1, 1960
Name
Position
Appointed
John B. Davis, Jr.
Superintendent of
Schools
1959
Harry T. Burke
Principal 1955
Robert L. Filbin
Principal
1958
Robert A. Leach
Principal
1954
Phyllis Johnson
Grade One
1946
Augusta Sisk
Remedial & Testing
1946
Ann G. Paranya
Language Arts - Social Studies
1949
Irma Antonangeli
Grade Two
1950
Joan B. Warren
Kindergarten
1951
Albert S. Reed
Physical Education
1953
George Drake
Industrial Arts
1954
Julia Cole
Grade One
1955
Jerome R. Derwallis
Grade Six - Science
1955
Mary Salvucci
Home Arts
1955
Diane Furber
Grade Six
1956
Marianne Heidt
Mathematics
1957
Phyllis McKenney
Grade Two
1957
David Webster
Science
1957
Barbara Bennett
Music
1958
Patricia Brazee
Grade Two
1958
Robert Bunnell
Grade Four
1958
R. J. Caton
Social Studies
1958
Richard Daley
Grade Five
1958
Ellen Dukeshire
Grade Three
1958
Ruth Mahoney
Language Arts -
Mathematics - Speech
1958
Winifred Wightman
Grade Three
1958
Grade Five
1959
Elizabeth Bjork
Grade Three
1959
Marguerite Bottai
Grade Four
1959
Lesley Browder, Jr.
Social Studies
1959
Marilyn Browder
Grade Three
1959
Sarah J. Bubb
Grade Four
1959
Alfred A. Callahan
Manual Arts
1959
Arlene Cassidy
Grade Two
1959
Bonnie S. Clark
Grade Two
1959
Adrienne M. DeMont
Kindergarten
1959
Frances Doughty
Librarian
1959
*Samuel Achziger Ann Basset
Grade One
1959
( *Resigned December 1959)
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Name
Position
Appointed
John Eliot
Social Studies
1959
Donald Ford
Mathematics-Science
1959
Persis Goodnow
Grade Two
1959
Kenneth Greenblatt
Mathematics-Science
1959
Elizabeth Grimm
Grade Five
1959
Emmy Groeneveld
Grade Two
1959
Ronald Hadge
Grade Seven
1959
Marcia Harris
Kindergarten
1959
Helen Horn
Art
1959
Emmett Ingersoll, Jr.
Music
1959
Fred Iosue
Physical Education
1959
Catherine Jones
Librarian
1959
Susan Kaplan
Kindergarten
1959
Carolyn Keefe
Grade One
1959
Nancy Lloyd
Physical Education - Girls
1959
Karen Mills
Grade Five
1959
Elizabeth Morin
Grade Five
1959
Barbara Morris
Grade Four
1959
Nancy Murphy
Grade One
1959
Mildred Nighswander
French
1959
Wanda Osinski
Grade Six
1959
Janet Procunier
Grade Three
1959
Marilyn Raack
Grade One
1959
David C. Robinson
Grade Six
1959
Adrienne Rubin
Remedial Reading
1959
Doris Salak
Grade Two
1959
Richard Salinger
Grade Five
1959
William Simpson
French
1959
Ruth Sundberg
English - Social Studies
1959
Barbara Thompson
Kindergarten
1959
Stefan Vogel
Grade Four
1959
Ruth Zollinger
Grade Six - French
1959
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REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
to the TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1958-1959
SCHOOLS, LIBRARY AND RECREATION
LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Howard W. Emmons, Chairman
Ellen DeN. Cannon, Vice Chairman Kenneth W. Bergen Elizabeth B. Harding Victor A. Lutnicki
Donald J. MacRae
The year 1959 finds the Regional High School in its fourth year of operation. Students already graduated from our school are beginning to make their way in work or further education. The present senior class is the first to receive its complete high school education at Regional.
The growth of the school has been very rapid, from 270 the first year to 518 now. This growth has required a rapid expansion of the teaching staff but at the same time has provided for the rapid expansion of educational opportunities for the students. In all major subjects, the curriculum provides two or three course contents for each year of high school designed for the advanced student, the average ability student, or the student with special vocational interests. The guidance effort is directed toward advising each individual student in his selection of the correct level of course in each subject to best match his abilities and aims.
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