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In my first report (1959) I stated that the Lincoln faculty and administration had moved rapidly and on many fronts and that the year ahead should be viewed as one of consolidation, evaluation and clarification. In my judgment, substantial progress has been made. Our
strengths as a school system are many; our weaknesses, fortunately, few by comparison, and they are being dealt with through the process of continuous examination ... a process which at times is uncomfortable; nevertheless, leads to excellence.
In this search for excellence, the schools are in need of the continued interest and participation of stu- dents, parents and citizens and the thoughtful counsel and decisions of the School Committee.
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SCHOOL NURSE
Alice E. Garrison, R. N.
The school nurse's report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1960, is hereby submitted.
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 school of the reason for absence.
Children entering kindergarten and third and sixth grades have had the state required physical examination completed; the great majority by their own family physi- cian. The pre-school children not seen by their family physician were examined by Dr. John A. V. Davies at the Well-Child Conference. Nineteen pre-school children were seen by Dr. Davies and twenty-two 3rd and 6th graders were seen by Dr. John Sisson, the school doctor.
In September all children were weighed and measured with the assistance of Miss Lloyd and Mr. Reed. At that time all scalps were examined.
During October and November school-wide dental screening was done by our new school dentist, Dr. William H. Tingey, who succeeded Dr. J. Howard Oakes. A letter was sent to all parents describing the dental clinic and giving Dr. Tingey's excellent background and qualifica- tions. A very good dental film from the Department of Public Health was shown to all the fourth grades in Center School.
In February, March and April the annual vision and hearing screening programs were done at the three Lincoln schools and the Hanscom School. The initial screening is done by trained volunteers. Any child that fails is retested by the school nurse. All final failures are referred for medical treatment.
A movie entitled "You're a Young Lady Now" was shown to sixth, seventh and eighth grade girls and their mothers.
As part of the over all school health program, Miss Mary Kearney of the Walden Clinic has been available as advisor to the teaching staff. She has seen teachers in individual consultations and at group meetings and has
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given helpful advice on behavior problems in the class- room. Miss Kearney is at the Lincoln schools two half days each month and at the Hanscom School on alternating Thursdays by appointment.
In the spring and fall of 1960 for a period of eight weeks, I attended lectures at the Metropolitan State Hospital every Wednesday afternoon. These lectures dealt with the treatment of mental and emotional illness in children and adults from the point of view of the pub- lic health nurse. They were an immensely interesting and instructive series, and I feel grateful for the oppor- tunity of being able to attend them. I also took a course at Simmons College in June and July : Introduction to Public Health Nursing. This has been helpful in my work and I am sure will continue to be so.
The general health of the school has been good, with the exception of the mild "flu" epidemic in January. We had a peak absentee count of Ill children one week but it was short lived and in ten days we were back to normal again.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to my faithful and able volunteers: Mrs. Stanley Tead, who keeps my school records in order and takes care of all paper work in the dental clinic; Mrs. Gordon Donaldson, Mrs. Donald Natoli, Mrs. William Grinnell, Mrs. Stuart Avery and Mrs. Jay Kopp, who help with the vision and hearing programs and the Well-Child Conference.
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SCHOOLS
GRADUATING CLASS OF 1960
John Edward Algeo Scott Andrews
Charles Robert Harris
William H. Aptt
Peter Harrison Hoyt
Richard J. Aveni
Janet Gertrude Huff
Charles Spencer Barnaby
Christopher M. Ireland, Jr.
Kenneth F. Barr
Barr Alan Jozwicki Sarah Kindleberger
Douglas Clifford Bowles Donna Denison Briggs
Jane Ellen Lawson
Ross Franklin Bronson
Veronica Ann Lyons
Janet Elizabeth Buerger
Sandra Louise MacFarland
Joyce Helen Burns
Edward Macleod, III
Rebecca Ann Caras Barbara Chipman
Richard Steele Nesbitt Jeanne Priscilla Nesto
George Hsien-Chung Chu
Ann Marie Corrigan
Linda Lee Corrigan
Cynthia Lothrop Davis
Martha Davis William Kelly Davis
Alice Woodward DeNormandie
Judith Susan Farrell
Suzanne Jean Fedock
Martha Fuller Tarbell
Carol Ann Tonseth
Mary Lee Tonseth Paula G. Weld
Carol Foster Whitlock
John Fred Wilfert
Ritchey Paul Willis
Elizabeth Worthington
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James Joseph Olivieri Alan William Powers Penelope Anne Rich John Ashby Rogers Joseph Hartwell Rogers Caroline Anne Ruocco Maria Jane Ruocco
Douglas Richard Schultze
Robert Kenneth Ferguson
Peter S. Flint
Warren Fiske Flint, Jr.
Harold Walter Foley
Christopher Lloyd Garrison Donald Gerson Christopher Hall
Janet Ellen Hankey
SCHOOLS, LIBRARY AND RECREATION
SCHOOL EXPENDITURES AND PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1961
1960 Budget Appropriation
1960 Budget Expended
1961 Budget Requested
GENERAL CONTROL
School Committee Exp.
$ 1,200.00
$ 915.02
$ 2,150.00
Salaries, Supt. & Sec'ys.
17,125.00
15,332.78
16,800.00
Office & Sup't. Exp.
1,740.00
1.588,97
1,850.00
$ 20,065.00
$17,836.77
$ 20,800.00
OUT OF STATE
$ 540.00
$ 540.00
$ 900.00
INSTRUCTION
Salaries
$268,950.00
$264,092.43
$298,350.00
Summer Workshop
9,400.00
9,364.01
10,000.00
Textbooks Elem.
5,450.00
4,698.31
5,650.00
Supplies Elem. &
Other Expenses
15,430,00
14,055,18
15,050.00
$299,230.00
$292,209.93
$329,050.00
OPERATION
Custodial Salaries
$ 25,100.00
$ 21,202.11
$ 25,400.00
Fuel & Utilities
21,815.00
21,654.78
24,280.00
Supplies & Drayage
4,045.00
4,347.54
4,190.00
$ 50,960.00
$ 47,204.43
$ 53,870.00
MAINTENANCE
$ 9,400.00
$ 6,292.70
$ 15,200.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Library
$ 6,000.00
$ 6,116.05
$ 6,400.00
Health Elem.
100.00
46.01
50.00
Transportation
34,280.00
30,929.71
33,150.00
Tuition
1,000.00
1,183.46
600.00
Other Expenses
665.00
519.96
690.00
$ 42,045.00
$ 38,795.19
$ 40,890.00
OUTLAY
9,150.00
$ 9,142.54
$_ 8,790.00
TOTAL
$431,390.00
$412,021.56
$469,500.00
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STAFF ROSTER - January 1, 1961
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
Level A
1946
Augusta Sisk
Director of Testing 1946
Ann Paranya
English
1949
Irma Antonangeli Florio
Level B
1950
Joan Warren
Level A
1951
Albert S. Reed
Director of Physical Education 1953
George Drake
Director of Audio-
1954
Julia Cole
Level C
1955
*Jerome R. Derwallis
Grade 3
1955
Mary Salvucci
Home Economics 1955
Grade 4
1956
*Diane Furber Marianne Heidt
Mathematics
1957
*Phyllis McKenney
Grade 1
1957
David Webster
Director of Science
1957
Barbara Bennett
Director of Music
1958
** Patricia Brazee
Level C
1958
Robert Bunnell
Grade
1958
R. J. Caton
Social Studies
1958
Richard Daley
Grade 7
1958
Ellen Dukeshire
Level D
1958
Ruth Mahoney
English
1958
Winifred Wightman
Level D
1958
Ann Basset Lessard
Level B
1959
Elizabeth Bjork
Level D
1959
Marguerite Bottai Maloney
Grade 4
1959
Lesley Browder, Jr.
Social Studies
1959
Marilyn Browder
Grade 3
1959
** Sarah Bubb
Grade 4
1959
Alfred Callahan
Manual Arts
1959
Arlene Cassidy
Level C
1959
*Bonnie Steele Clark
Level C
1959
*Adrienne M. DeMont Frances Doughty
Librarian
1959
John Eliot
Social Studies
1959
*Donald Ford
Mathematics-Science
1959
Persis Goodnow
Grade 2
1959
Kenneth Greenblatt
Mathematics-Science
1959
Elizabeth Grimm
Grade 5
1959
Emmy Groeneveld
Grade 2
1959
Ronald Hadge
Mathematics-Social Studies-
Science
1959
*Marcia Harris
Level A
1959
Helen Horn
Director of Art
1959
Name
Position
Level A
1959
Visual Aids & Equipment ; Science; English
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Name
Position
Appointed
Emmett Ingersoll, Jr.
Music
1959
Fred Iosue
Physical Education
1959
Catherine Jones
Librarian
1959
Susan Kaplan
Kindergarten
1959
*Carolyn Keefe
Grade 1
1959
Nancy Lloyd
Physical Education
1959
Karen Mills
Grade 5
1959
*Elizabeth Morin
Grade 5
1959
Barbara Morris
Grade 5
1959
** Nancy Murphy
Level B
1959
Mildred Nighswander
French
1959
Wanda Osinski
English-Social Studies
1959
Janet Procunier
Grade 3
1959
*Marilyn Raack
Level A
1959
*David Robinson
Grade 6
1959
Adrienne Rubin
Remedial Reading
1959
Doris Salak
Grade 1
1959
Richard Salinger
Grade 5
1959
*William Simpson
French
1959
Ruth Sundberg
English-Social Studies
1959
Barbara Thompson
Kindergarten
1959
Stefan Vogel
Grade 4
1959
Ruth Zollinger
Grade 6 and French
1959
Judith Collatz
Grade 4
1960
Lawrence Cornell
Mathematics
1960
Barbara Jane Crawford
Physical Education
1960
Barbara Anne Davenport
Level D
1960
Rita Derderian
Level C
1960
Katherine Dimmitt
Kindergarten
1960
Maxine Dolan
Level A
1960
Roberta Goldman
Grade 4
1960
Joan Hathaway
Science
1960
Dianne Herrick
Level B
1960
Joyce Horne
Social Studies-English
1960
Marian Hume
Level A
1960
Annamae Kuchta
Grade 1
1960
Patsy Lamb
Level D
1960
*Barbara Langsam
Grade 5
1960
Elaine LaRue
Grade 4
1960
Joseph Lessard
Grade
1960
Mary Anne Mackinnon
Music-Art
1960
Patricia Moore
French
1960
Betty Pearle
Level B
1960
Susan Pond
Level C
1960
Marion Remer
Level C
1960
Mary-Yvonne Richardson
Grade 4
1960
Miriam Rockmore
Grade 5
1960
Charlotte Rothstein
Remedial Reading
1960
Marion Ryan
Grade 1
1960
Priscilla Sagansky
Grade 2
1960
Jane H. Stewart
Level A
1960
Lorraine Torode
Physical Education
1960
* Resigned June 1960; ** Resigned in school year 1960-61;
Leave-of-Absence 1960-61; **** Resigned in school year 1959-60
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AGE-GRADE TABLE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1960 HARTWELL NON-GRADED PRIMARY UNIT, CENTER SCHOOL, SMITH SCHOOL
Grade
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
Totals
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Kdg.
13 13
41
51
110
1
15
45
36
2
1
2
11
11
52
45
1
0
3
13 11
41
41
4
0
103
4
12
14
37
33
5
2
90
5
14 15
32 25
2
2
6
10
14
39
23
2
0
88
7
10
4
27
36
1
0
0
1
79
5
6
24
37
4
0
76
8
SCHOOLS
13 13
56 62
56 47
67 57
68 70
73 58
17
18 49
27
34
42
25
37
4
1
894
Hartwell School
Non-Graded Primary Unit (K-3)
ยท Center School
Grade 4
Smith School
Grades 5 - 8
462 Boys
432 Girls
118
11
120
110
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AGE-GRADE TABLE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1959 HARTWELL NON-GRADED PRIMARY UNIT, CENTER SCHOOL, SMITH SCHOOL
Grade
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
B
G
Totals
14
4
5
6
7
8
9
103
Kdg.
13 12
46
32
116
1
6
9 54
46
1
0
106
2
105
3
82
4
83
5
74
9
4 22
37
2
0
6
79
7
4
5
23
23
2
0
57
8
13 12
52 41
65 58
54 54
50 45
44 39
49
30
30
43
31
43
27
23
2
0
805
Non-Graded Primary Unit (K-3)
Hartwell School
Grades 3 and 4
Center School
K
South School
Grades 5 - 8
Smith School
417 Boys .
388 Girls
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10
11
12
13
11
12
42
39
2
0
11
15
38
35
3
3
10 10
33
25
2
2
8
11
38
24
2
0
6
6
25
38
4
0
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REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
the TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1959-1960
SCHOOLS, LIBRARY AND RECREATION
LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Victor A. Lutnicki, Chairman
Elizabeth B. Harding, Vice Chairman
Kenneth W. Bergen Ellen DeN. Cannon
Howard W. Emmons
Donald J. MacRae
In June, 1960, the Regional High School graduated the first class that had completed all four of its high school years at the new "Regional". Much which has been learned from the completion of our first full production cycle has been incorporated in our operating policy.
In June, 1960, work on the first addition to the building got seriously under way. The additional space to be made ready by the fall of 1961 will increase the total capacity of the school to somewhere near 1100. At the close of 1960, construction was going forward on schedule under the direction of a dedicated building com- mittee made up of John B. French, Chairman, Ernest P. Neumann and Mrs. Norman Hapgood of Lincoln, and Mrs. Alan B. Stott, Secretary, Allan G. Bowry and K. L. Throckmorton of Sudbury. These individuals richly deserve the deep appreciation they have won from this Committee and the two communities for their painstaking and time-consuming ser- vice in planning and directing this large and complex capital improvement.
In September, 1960, the Regional High School com- menced its fifth year of operation with a total enroll- ment of 635 and a teaching and supervisory staff of 44. This compares with an enrollment of 247 and a staff of 19 when the school opened in 1956.
There is no basic change in the Committee's policy or outlook to report. Our objective, as previously stated, is to provide each individual student an excellent educational opportunity in a stimulating educational en- vironment.
In pursuit of this objective, the Committee endeavors to direct its attentions at regular intervals to the quality of each of the essential parts of the school's
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operation. These are the staff, both teaching and super- visory, the curriculum, the guidance program, the so- called activities which include athletics, publications, etc., the physical facilities and the necessary house- keeping services such as transportation, cafeteria, etc.
The Committee can report that it is pleased with the quality and level of performance thus far attained in each of these areas. While we are not always satisfied with all of the particulars in a system expanding so rapidly, we recognize that growth brings opportunity for improvement in many ways, such as in the diversity of curriculum and in student programming. It also reduces the reach of the proven teachers over the entire student body and requires annual additions to staff who, in their turn, must prove themselves and adjust to the system. Not all do, or ever will, in this or any other school.
Finally, the Committee has a great financial respon- sibility to the two towns. While money alone will not obtain good education, good education will not be obtained without money. How much the communities want and how to take fair measure of their ability and willingness to pay for this is the Committee's most difficult task. We welcome more assistance than has thus far been obtained from public budget hearings and other limited opportunity to poll public opinion.
The Committee is indebted to our Superintendent, C. Newton Heath, and our Principal, Leslie M. Tourville, for guidance in the formulation of policy and for its faithful and exceedingly competent execution. Without question, the school's greatest asset is its staff of people, who in all levels of responsibility, have joined together in a remarkably harmonious effort to obtain the educational objective set forth by the two communities.
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THE LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Treasurer's Report
Total cash balance, January 1, 1960
$ 122,797.77
District Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1960
$ 118,344.32
Receipts :
Lincoln Assessment
Sudbury Assessment
$ 169,970.14 322,285.49
State reimbursement
Building construction 31,881.42
712.13
Tuition and transportation Transportation
43,772.92
Miscellaneous income
23,817.55
Bond issue
1,000,000.00
U. S. Treasury bills
989,699.61
Transfer from PL 874
1,181.31
Transfer from PL 864
116.13
2,583,436.70 $2,701,781.02
Disbursements:
Operating expense
$ 441,627.44
Debt Service - interest
46,709.17
- principal
95,000.00
Building Construction No. 2
387,145.13
U. S. Treasury bills
1,337,647.06
Transfer assessment revenue to Outlay
4,405.00
2,312,533.80
Cash balance, December 31, 1960
$ 389,247.22
Federal Reimbursement Fund, P.L. 874
Cash balance, January 1, 1960 Receipts
$ 3,850.30
5,689.66
Disbursements
$ 598.17
Transfer to District Fund
1,181.31
1,779.48
Cash balance, December 31, 1960
$ 7,760.48
Federal Reimbursement Fund, P.L. 864
Cash balance, January 1, 1960 Receipts
$
1,737.48
Transfer to District Fund
$ 116.13
Transfer to Outlay
580.17
696.30
Cash balance, December 31, 1960
$ 1,041.18
$ 9,539.96
$ 1,737.48
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Outlay
Cash balance, January 1, 1960 Receipts :
$
From Assessment Revenue
4,405.00
Transfer from P. L. 864
580.17
$ 4,985.17
Disbursements
4,985.17
Cash balance, December 31, 1960
$
Cafeteria Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1960 Receipts
25,566.62
$ 25,923.55
Disbursements
24,639.20
Cash balance, December 31, 1960
$ 1,284.35
Athletic Fund
Cash balance, January 1, 1960 Receipts
$ 246.22
1,028.78
$ 1,275.00
Disbursements
1,145.13
Cash balance, December 31, 1960
$ 129.87
Total cash balance, December 31, 1960
$ 399,463.10
$ 356.93
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BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1960
Assets
Cash Investments - U. S. Treasury bills
$ 399,463.10 347,947.45
Total Assets
S 747,410.55
Liabilities and Reserves
Appropriation balances :
Non-Revenue ( Building Construction No. 1) ( Building Construction No. 2)
$ 7,114.97 634,789.75
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Construction cost Transportation
31,881.42
Federal Reimbursement, P. L. 874
7,760.48
Federal Reimbursement, P. L. 864
1,041.18
Surplus Revenue
18,923.48
Revolving funds : Cafeteria
1,284.35
Athletic
129.87
$ 747,410.55
Outstanding Debt
2.20% School Bonds payable $5,000 May 1, 1961-1975, inclusive $ 75,000
2.40% School Bonds payable $20,000, Nov. 1, 1961/1974, inclusive 280,000
2.40% School Bonds payable $50,000, Nov. 1, 1961/1975, inclusive 750,000 3.70% School Bonds payable $50,000, May 1, 1961/1980, inclusive 1,000,000
George B. Flint, Treasurer
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44,485.05
REGIONAL SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
C. Newton Heath
To the School Committee:
This fifth Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools reviews significant phases of the operation, pro- gram, and evaluation of our activities.
The continued growth of the school has necessitated expansion of the teaching staff. Through our teacher recruitment program this past year, three members were added to the faculty, and there were thirteen staff re- placements. These staff selections were made from ap- proximately three hundred applications. To aid in the recruitment program a brochure is being prepared for dis- tribution to various graduate school placement offices and other placement agencies.
The position of vice principal has been placed on a twelve months basis. During the summer of 1960 three members of the English department, two from the mathe- matics area, and a representative of the history depart- ment were employed on a limited basis to develop curricu- lum materials. The 1961 budget provides for approximate- ly one fourth of the present staff to work on an eleven months basis. Such provision will enhance our academic offerings through improved courses, creation of teaching devices, and development of materials for large group instruction.
Our new building will relieve our present crowding and make possible a refinement of our class group section- ing which this year has been a handicap to the functioning of our schedule and program offerings. . The availability of the lecture hall, the improved and enlarged library, an isolated industrial arts area, increased and improved science rooms, and enlarged physical education space will improve our total operation.
Dr. Leslie M. Tourville, Principal of the Regional High School, reports on the following:
"The presentation of this annual report marks the completion of our first four-year cycle with the gradua- tion of ninety-four members of the class of 1960. During
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these four years of operation the school has begun to develop patterns and to accumulate statistics which re- flect its growth. Below are some of these statistics, prepared by Mr. Paul Vernon, Director of Guidance, which may illustrate some of the school's activities in the area of academic achievement.
PLACEMENT OF OUR FOUR GRADUATING CLASSES
Class of 1957
Class of 1958
Class of 1959
Class of 1960
4-year colleges
10
31.2%
13
34.2%
30
44.8%
45 47.8%
2-year colleges
4
12.7%
1
2. 6%
13
19.4%
8
8.5%
Nursing
2
6.3%
3
7.9%
0
0.0%
4
4.3%
Other Post-
Secondary schools
1
3.0%
3
7.9%
3
4. 4%
18
19.1%
Post-graduate work
1
3.0%
1
2.6%
0
0.0%
2
2.1%
Married
5
15.7%
2
5.3%
2
3.0%
0
0.0%
Working
9
28.1%
13
34.2%
13
19.4%
13
13.9%
Military
2
5.3%
6
9.0%
4
4.3%
32
100.0% 38
100.0% 67 100.0%
94 100.0%
PLACEMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1960
Admitted to Degree-Granting Institutions (twenty-four colleges represented)
University of Massachusetts
9
Northeastern University
8
Massachusetts College of Art
3
Brigham Young University
2
Cornell University
2
Framingham State College
2
Oberlin College
2
Boston University
1
Marietta College
1
Mt. Holyoke College
1
Museum School of Art
1
Ripon College
1
St. Anselms College
1
St. Lawrence University
1
Salem State College
1
Carnegie Institute of Technology
1
Clark University
1
Harvard University
1
Lake Forest College
1
Radcliffe College
1
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Skidmore College Springfield College Suffolk University Swarthmore College
1
1
1
1
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Colleges in Massachusetts
31 - 69%
Colleges in New England outside of Massachusetts
1 - 2%
Colleges outside of New England
13 - 29%
ADMITTED TO JUNIOR COLLEGES
Newton Junior College
3
Chamberlayne Junior College
1
Colby Junior College
1
University of Massachusetts (2 yr.)
1
Centenary Junior College
1
Green Mountain Junior College
1
ADMITTED TO OTHER POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Chandler School
4
Burdett Business College
3
New England Conservatory of Music
2
Franklin Technical Institute
1
Wentworth Institute
1
Beth Israel Hospital
1
Massachusetts General Hospital
1
McLean General Hospital
1
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
1
Stenotype Institute
1
Plus School
1
Vesper George School of Art
1
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST
1 In their Junior year forty members of the Class of 1960 took the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. One of our students scored high enough to receive a Certificate of Merit. Six others were runners-up and each of them received the next award known as a Letter of Commendation.
"It is very interesting to note the high level of achievement of the forty students who participated in this test:
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Percentage of our 40 students in the country's top ten percent and twenty-five percent
Six Areas Tested
10%
25%
English Usage
57.5
87.5
Math Usage
77.5
95.0
Social Studies
75.0
95.0
Natural Science
62.5
90.0
Word Usage
85.0
90.0
Total Composite
80.0
97.5
"The Regional High School Guidance Department has recently completed an Academic Inventory of talented students, that is, students with an intelligence quotient of 115 or higher. This is the same range of quotients used by Dr. James Conant in his widely publicized report. Our group consisted of 52% of the boys and 41% of the girls in the class of 1959 in comparison with the 15% used in Dr. Conant's report.
"This Academic Inventory is an attempt to identify the courses being elected by our more capable students. A satisfactory academic inventory would indicate that a majority of the "academically talented" students would complete :
1. 7 courses in English and Social Studies
2 . 7 courses in Mathematics and Science
3. 3 years of a Foreign Language
4 . 17 courses in the above areas during the four years.
ACADEMIC INVENTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1959
Boys
Girls
English
4 years
100%
100%
Social Studies
3 years
100%
100%
Social Studies
4 years
15%
30%
Combination of )
English and )
7 years
100%
100%
Social Studies)
8
years
15%
30%
Mathematics
3 years
100%
45%
Mathematics
4 years
95%
10%
163
REGIONAL SCHOOL
Boys
Girls
Science
3
years
95%
65%
4
years
95%
20%
Combination of )
7 years
95%
25%
Math and Science)
8 years
95%
0%
Foreign Language
2
years
100%
80%
Foreign Language
3
years
80%
55%
Foreign Language
4
years
70%
55%
Foreign Language
5
years
20%
25%
Foreign
Language
6
years
0%
10%
Total Number of )
16
100%
65%
Academic Subjects)
17
100%
45%
Completed in
)
18
80%
35%
4 years
)
19
70%
10%
)
20
20%
0 %
SUMMARY
"Boys - From the statistics above it is clearly in- dicated that our "academically talented" boys of the class of 1959 far exceeded Dr. Conant's recommendations. They have elected Mathematics, Science, English, Social Studies and Foreign Language to a vastly greater degree than he has suggested for an 'adequate' high school program. Dr. Conant recommended that a majority of the boys should elect 17 academic courses in four years, and we find that 100% of our boys elected 17 courses and of these 70% elected 19 academic courses.
"Girls - The "academically talented" girls of the class of 1959 did not fare as well as their male counter- parts in the evaluation of the high school courses they elected. The above figures reveal that the girls elected an adequate number of courses in English, Social Studies and Foreign Languages. However, they failed to elect sufficient courses in Mathematics and Science and a majority did not elect 17 academic courses in four years as is recommended.
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