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120.62
Telephone
80.83
Labor
6,077.40
Loam, fertilizer, sand etc.
576.15
Trees and Shrubs
26.20
Equipment and materials
929.16
Truck and power mowers
525.23
Insurance-truck
44.70
All other, including water
32.13
$11,330.42
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest
Appropriation
$6,165.00
Interest on bonds $6,165.00
$6,165.00
Elementary School Building Bonds
Appropriation
$10,750.68
Premium on Bonds
4,249.32
$15,000.00
To retire bonds
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
Unpaid Bills of 1948
Appropriation
$723.57
Walter E. Deacon, Veterans
Benefits
$4.00
J. C. Studley, Veterans Benefits
9.00
Merry Contracting Service, Snow and Ice 57.00
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White Bros., Public Welfare 22.12 Walk-Over Shoe Store, Public Welfare 6.95
George R. Starr, Public Welfare 15.00
Walter E. Deacon, Public Welfare 3.00
Mass. Hospital School, Public
Welfare 115.00
Marshfield Auto Sales, Highway 4.50
John J. Geogan, Legal Dept. 487.00
$723.57
Agency, Trust and Investment
County of Plymouth, County
Tax $21,368.84
Rockland Trust Co., Withholding Tax 11,734.69
Plymouth County Treasurer,
Retirement Funds
2,791.21
Division of Fisheries and Game, Licenses 411.75
Plymouth Savings Bank, Perpetual Care Funds 3,595.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, Perpetual Care Funds 302.00
Plymouth Savings Bank, Trust Fund Income 1,562.50
Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, Trust Fund Income 1,672.87
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
State Parks and Reservations 511.61 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 518.94 Treasurer of Plymouth County, Dog Licenses 871.40
Plymouth Savings Bank, Stabiliza- tion Fund, 3,000.00
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Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association Stabilization Fund 3,500.00
Worcester Federal Savings and Loan Association Stabiliza-
tion Fund 3,000.00
$54,840.81
Refunds
Refund, Real Estate
$795.24
Refund, Poll Tax
4.00
Refund, Personal Tax
84.50
Refund, Excise Tax
777.84
Refund, Beach Sticker
1.00
Refund, Old Age Assistance
.30
$1,662.88
Total Expenditures
$820,355.76
Transfers from Reserve
Appropriation $4,000.00
To Elementary School Building Insurance $1,080.00
To Bridge Department 635.30
To Planning Board 12.50
To Forest Warden's Department 603.12
To Public Welfare Department 1,669.08
$4,000.00
Appropriation Balances Returned to Treasury
Selectmen's Department
$393.46
Treasurer's Department 21.09
Accountant's Department 193.07
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Tax Collector's Department
.32
Town Clerk's Department
124.85
Finance Committee
31.90
Appeal Board
56.35
Election and Registration
130.58
Law Department
271.50
Town Historian
91.50
Town Office and Buildings
677.28
Police Protection Department
76.96
Fire Protection Department
21.14
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
(Insect Pest Control)
71.47
Tree Department
3.21
Forest Warden's Department
46.22
Sealer of Weights and Measures
24.29
Bounties
19.45
Health Department
762.42
Town Dump
41.10
Vital Statistics
10.50
Highways and Sidewalks
11.70
Snow and Ice Removal
493.82
Bridge Department
9.47
Street Lights
223.73
Veterans Benefits
2,170.77
School Department
567.60
School Department, 1948
845.52
Public Use of School Facilities
57.10
Unclassified
6.90
Harbor Master
461.49
Shellfish Constable's Department
41.69
Fire Insurance Schedule
25.66
Elementary School Bldg. Insurance 80.07
Fourth of July
30.44
Memorial Day
138.00
Workmen's Compensation Ins.
89.96
Printing and Delivering Town Reports 8.00
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Parks and Playgrounds
149.76
Cemetery Department
5.08
Boomer Square
3.00
$8,488.42
Assessors Map, Revision
185.00
Fire Equipment, Pumper, etc. 59.55
Aero-Mist Sprayer, Moth Dept. 41.80
Tree Department, Hathaway Fund 12.19 Hydrant at New Grade School 9.87
Police Department Automobile 50.00
Highway Department, Hathaway Fund .29
Highway Tractor with Attachments 65.94 Bridge Department, Hathaway Fund .14 Bayridge Lane 863.51
Pilgrim By-Way 230.08
Birch Street Repairs
6.80
Wadsworth Longfellow Terrace 907.07
Traffic Signs and Markers 13.41
Street Lights, Tremont St., etc. 81.75
Ch. 90 Highway Const.
4,588.01
Ch. 90 Highway Maintenance
3,000.00
A.D.C. Federal Grant 13.00
A.D.C. Federal Grant, Admin. 401.88
O.A.A. Federal Grant
1,810.29
O.A.A. Federal Grant, Admin. 732.99
Elementary School Building
10,630.22
Special Shellfish Account 567.39
Propagation of Shellfish 736.69
Contributory Retirement System (Military) 2.51
Duxbury Recreation Center 561.44
Fire Alarm System (school) 275.27
Mosquito Control Expansion 600.00
Tax Title Foreclosure 595.50
Tax Title Accounts 149.28
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Blue Fish Tide Gates 18.13
Alden Street Tennis Court 1.27
Eradication of Ragweed 100.00
Duxbury Harbor Improvement 12,000.00
Poison Ivy Extermination 19.93
Land Damage Award 4.85
Town Retirement System 487.80
Fish Ladders Island Creek
179.70
Airport Committee 93.00
Land Damage Award, Congress St. 11.00
Cemetery Department, Hathaway Fund 96.24
Resurface Cemetery Black Roads 106.92
Town Office and Buildings
(Subject to contract) 1,500.00
$41,810.71
TOWN OF DUXBURY Balance Sheet - December 31, 1949 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Cash :
ASSETS
$215,056.65
Collector (Petty Cash) 150.00
594.20
Town Clerk (Petty Cash)
25.00
Real Estate Fund
5,600.00
$215,231.65
Accounts Receivable:
Federal Grants:
Taxes:
Levy of 1947
12.80
A.D.C. Administration 401.88
Levy of 1948
3,009.06
O.A.A. Grant
1,810.29
Levy of 1949
23,885.64
O.A.A. Administration 732.99
26,907.50
2,958.16
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Excess, Sale of Land of Low Value
355.66
Levy of 1946
5.31
Eben Ellison Beach
1,083.85
Levy of 1947
75.80
Unexpended appropriation balances
38,852.55
Levy of 1948
193.34
Levy of 1949
2,428.98
Tax Titles
1,502.50
1948 Overlay 1,717.91
1949 Overlay
5,664.21
Departmental:
7,394.92
Public Welfare 781.38
Aid to Dependent Children 1,905.67
Old Age Assistance
623.24
Tax Titles 1,596.35
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Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
7,042.79
2,703.43
1947 Overlay 12.80
Tax Possessions
93.85
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Fire Insurance Reserve
In Banks and Office
$2,500.00 Sale of Cemetery Lots and graves 40.00 Tailings
$8,734.20
A.D.C. Grant
13.00
Revenue Reserved until collected: Motor Vehicle Excise 2,703.43
Veterans Benefits Selectmen Cemetery
559.21 37.70
Aid to Highways Departmental
8,000.00
4,259.20
16,558.98
4,259.20
Agency:
1.80
879.78
149.99
Retirement Funds
266.08
Aid to Highways, Chapter 90
8,000.00
Tax Withholdings 1,038.44
1,306.32
County Tax, 1949
2,800.63
State Audit Municipal Accounts
14.14
Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund
58.50
1949 Fire and Water District Taxes
1.35
Surplus Revenue
172,565.85
$259.727.90
$259.727.90
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$259,000.00 Elementary School Loan
$259,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Stabilization Fund
$29,341.32
$181,566.88
William Penn Harding Fund
1,020.71
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
3,247.66
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund
27,643.87
Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund
24,586.02
Myles Standish Cellar Fund
1,558.49
Thomas D. Hathaway Fund
2,569.85
George H. Wood Cemetery Fund
1,040.86
Lucy A. Ewell Cemetery Fund
511.17
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
90,046.93
$181,566.88
$181,566.88
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Trust Funds:
Cash and Securities
352.00
Plymouth County Hospital State Parks and Reservations
Dog Licenses
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1949
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
For the Year Ending December 31, 1949
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
J. Newton Shirley, M.D., Chairman Term expires 1951 Mrs. Arline M. Bunten, Secretary Term expires 1950 Mrs. Virginia G. Craig Term expires 1952
George C. Scott Term expires 1951
Herbert C. Wirt
Term expires 1950
PERSONNEL
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
John A. Whitehead, Duxbury, Massachusetts (to December 1, 1949)
Charles P. Lawrence, Duxbury, Massachusetts (from December 1, 1949)
Office Telephone 465 Mrs. Elisabeth W. McLeod, Secretary
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Walter E. Deacon, M.D., Telephone Duxbury 84-W
SCHOOL NURSE
Susan E. Carter, A.B., R.N., Telephone Duxbury 175
SCHOOL DENTISTS
Henry E. Messier, D.M.D., Telephone Duxbury 441-W Gillis K. Turner, D.M.D. Telephone Duxbury 445
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ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Earl W. Chandler, Telephone Duxbury 358
DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL
Office Phone 346
Walter K. Hjelm, Principal Math
B.S., Boston University; Yale, Clark, University of Vermont. (to October 1, 1949)
Rodney R. Wood, Principal (acting) Social Studies A.B., Ed. M., M.A., Tufts (From January 1, 1950)
Mrs. Muriel O. Ferrell Secretary
Mrs. Ellamarie N. Axinger Physical Education B.A., Colby; University of New Hampshire
Earl P. Bassett Industrial Arts
B.S.E., Massachusetts Normal Art School; Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard School of Engineering, Rhode Island State University.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bassett English A.B., Boston University; Rhode Island College of Education, Harvard Graduate School.
Mrs. Elesebeth B. Bencordo Librarian
Ralph N. Blakeman Guidance, Science
B.S. in Ed. M., Boston University ; Bloomsburg State Teachers' College.
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Miss Genevieve M. Collins Commercial B.S., Boston University.
Miss Frances C. Gray B.A., Colby; Columbia University.
Languages
Miss Margaret R. Hadley Music, Social Studies
B.S. in Ed., Boston University School of Education; Boston University Graduate School, Lowell State Teachers' College.
Mrs. Ella B. Hebberd Art Bridgewater State Teachers' College.
Edmund J. King Math, Science B.S., Boston University; Bates College.
Mrs. Betty M. Rice Home Economics
B.S., Colorado State College
William H. Sands Commercial B.S. Ed., Ed. M., Boston University.
Robert M. Vaughan Industrial Arts, Physical Ed., Biology
B.S. Ed., Boston University; Gorham State Teach- ers' College.
Miss Martha H. Wilkins English, Remedial Reading, Social Studies
A.B., Tufts College Richard Putnam Custodian
Ellis F. Harrison Custodian
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DUXBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Office Phone 465
Mrs. Margaret T. Bouchard Grade Five A B.S. Ed., Bridgewater State Teachers' College.
Miss Mary E. D'Amelio Grade Three B
B.S. in Ed., Boston Teachers' College
Clayton A. Friis Grade Five B B.S., M. Ed., Tufts College; Alma College, Miami University.
Mrs. Ruth E. Krueger Grade Three A
Bridgewater Normal School
Miss Mildred H. Legner Grade One B B.A., Emmanuel College; Boston Teachers' College, Boston University.
Mrs. Lena A. Macomber Grade One A Salem Normal School
Miss Genevieve E. Mott Remedial Reading, Kinder- garten B
Wheelock College
Mrs. Alice L. O'Neil Grade Six
North Adams Normal School
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Miss Sara E. Paulding Grade Four Partridge Academy, Columbia University, Harvard, Hyannis Normal School, State Extension Courses.
Mrs. M. Abbie Peckham Grade Two A Partridge Academy, Hyannis Normal School, State Extension Courses.
Mrs. Leona S. Vaughan Remedial Reading, Kinder- garten A A.B., Boston University, C.L.A .; Bates College.
Mrs. Flora Ann Wood Grade Two B
A.B., Tufts College.
Charles Schwab Custodian
Mrs. Thelma Redlon Lunchroom Manager
Mrs. Gladys R. MacKeown Lunchroom
Mrs. Marie Caron Lunchroom
Mrs. Frances Sollis Lunchroom
AMERICANIZATION CLASS
Mrs. Ella S. Donovan, Plymouth, Massachusetts Special Teacher
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
Mrs. Emily Loring, Duxbury, Massachusetts Tutor
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1949-1950
September 7 High School Opened
September
19
Elementary School Opened
October
12
Columbus Day
October
21 Teachers' Convention
November 7 Report Cards
November
11
Armistice Day
November
24-25
Thanksgiving Recess
December
26-30
Christmas Recess
January
2
School Reopens
January
9
Report Cards
February
20-27
Winter Recess
March
6
Report Cards
April
17-24
Spring Vacation
May
1
Report Cards
May
30
Memorial Day
June
9 High School Graduation
June
16
School Closes -- Report cards
ADMITTANCE
Children will be admitted to the schools on the fol- lowing basis:
1. Children who are five years of age on September first may be admitted to the kindergarten.
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2. Children who are six years of age on September first may be admitted to the first grade.
3. In 1950, children who shall have reached their sixth birthday on January first 1951, may be admitted to the first grade, provided a test administered by the Superintendent of Schools indicates a mental age of 6-0. Parents may have this test given by a recognized testing clinic, provided the action is approved by the Superintendent of Schools in advance.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
School is usually called off only when bus trans- portation is unsafe. It may occasionally be called off during an extremely severe storm. On such days an announcement is made over Stations WBZ, WEEI, WHDH and WBET in Brockton, between 6:45 and 7:45. Parents are not expected to send their children to school on days when, in their opinion, the weather is such as to endanger the health of the child. Such absences are excused on receipt of a written request.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Duxbury :
Your School Committee submits the following report of its activities for the year 1949, together with the reports of the Superintendent, Principals, Doctor, Nurse and Dentists.
There have been several problems which your com- mittee feel have been fairly well settled but others are still before us.
The new Elementary School building was opened in September and received more pupils than the build- ing was planned to accommodate. It will be necessary to remodel the play room to provide the two (2) ad- ditional rooms needed to house the increased number of elementary pupils who will enter in September 1950. This is unfortunate as there will be no place for the pupils to play in stormy or extreme weather. We have placed a special article in the warrant for the annual town meeting to take care of this. It is also suggested that a special committee be appointed by the modera- tor to consider making an addition to the elementary school in the very near future.
Our high school Principal resigned in September to accept a better position. We have not elected a new Principal as yet. The Acting Principal is doing a good job.
Our Superintendent and Elementary Principal re- signed in November to accept a position in a larger school system and we have been very fortunate in finding a well trained man to take his place. We
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have lost a good man and believe we have found another.
Because of Legislation passed last year, it will be necessary to review our Salary Schedule and make revisions needed to conform to the Law.
The Kindergarten has been working well and we believe it is well appreciated by the parents.
The High School building continues to be a problem. The State Inspector from the Department of Public. Safety has made certain demands which must be met if the school activities are to be carried on as in the past. The stage curtain, drops and lights have been condemned. We are considering plans to make the necessary changes. The showers, toilets and locker rooms are both inadequate and unsanitary AND THE TIME HAS COME TO REPLACE THEM.
The seating arrangements are not sufficient to ac- commodate the spectators when basketball is played, as each balcony has been limited to fifty-five persons, all sitting in their seats. We recommend that addition- al seats be built where the present unsatisfactory toilets and showers are located.
There are problems in reference to the bus unload- ing at the Elementary School and the providing of safe parking space for cars at the building. The bus turn-around was built too small and became unuseable with the first freezing of the ground. We have re- quested a special appropriation to take care of these two problems.
The courses of study and educational development have been reported to us by the Superintendent and we refer you to his report.
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Your Committee greatly appreciates the work of the teachers and especially their cooperation during this time of change in supervision, in carrying on the school program.
We wish to thank the P.T.A. and those parents who have generously given of their time to assist in the work at the schools.
The Budget for 1950 has been very carefully pre- pared and we are asking for the appropriation of $127,439.00 to carry on the school program.
An additional article has been placed in the Town Warrant to take care of the school transportation costs which will be $15,353.00.
The School Committee appreciates the New Elemen- tary School building provided by the citizens and ex- presses its great appreciation of the many hours of thought and hard work put into its development by the Building Committee. Especial thanks is extended to Mr. Marshall for his careful supervision during the erection of the building and his help during its early operation by the school department.
Respectfully submitted,
J. NEWTON SHIRLEY, Chairman ARLINE M. BUNTEN, Secretary VIRGINIA G. CRAIG GEORGE C. SCOTT HERBERT C. WIRT
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Dr. J. Newton Shirley, Chairman
Duxbury School Committee
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Dear Dr. Shirley :
Mr. John Whitehead, who was your Superintendent of Schools in 1949 for nearly eleven months, has pre- sented his report which immediately follows this brief message.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank indi- vidually and collectively, the members of the School Committee for the cooperation which has been exten- ded to me, and to express my appreciation to the teach- ers and other members of the staff who have made it possible for me to adjust myself quickly to the school conditions in Duxbury. I am under the impression that you have a good school system here and can truly hope that the future will show promise of high stand- ards of achievement.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES P. LAWRENCE, Superintendent of Schools.
Dr. J. Newton Shirley
Chairman of the Duxbury School Committee
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my last Annual Report as Super- intendent of Schools in Duxbury. In 1945 I was assign-
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ed the duty of working with the Committee and the staff to carry out the recommendation of the Harvard Survey insofar as this seemed to be in accordance with the wishes of the people of Duxbury. Previous reports have mentioned many specific things that we have done in order to meet those recommendations. In this report, I would like to describe briefly the present status of our progress and to mention a few of the prob- lems which lie just ahead.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
The Elementary School course of study might be di- vided into two parts. One of them, which perhaps takes the greater amount of time, is the teaching of basic tool subjects such as reading, arithmetic, lan- guage, spelling and writing. The second division would be all of the other things we have been doing to give the children a well-rounded preparation for living later on.
READING is taught from one of the most widely used basic reading systems in the country. The material is well planned and interesting. It de- velops all the reading skills that children need through the sixth grade. In addition to this, supple- mentary materials are used for work in phonics; supplementary readers are available for those chil- dren who need extra work because of their superior ability and for children who need special help be- cause they have difficulty keeping up with the class. Our tests show that our reading accomplishment is well above average.
ARITHMETIC is taught from another widely used basic series of books. These books are supplemented with workbooks and with a great deal of material
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built by the teachers for use with their particular classes. Arithmetic has been a problem to us and to some extent still is. However, our most recent stan- dard test results show that we are slightly above average.
LANGUAGE work consists of both oral and writ- ten practice. Language is taught as a tool and is stressed in all of the work the children do. There is probably less formal work than before, but with more stress throughout all the activities in the school day in order to build better habits.
SPELLING has been a problem to us and is one that we are starting to work on this year in the hope of finding a means of organizing our work that will give us superior results. We have tried one basic spelling system and supplemented it with other work. This has not given the results that we would like. At the present time a list of words which make up approximately 90% of adult written correspond- ence is being used as a basic minimum spelling list which every child should know. In addition to that, proper spelling habits and attitudes are stressed throughout all the child's work. It is hoped that this method of handling the situation will prove to have many advantages over those we have tried formerly.
WRITING has been taught by the Rinehart sys- tem. Very fine results were apparent while we were working under Mr. Rinehart who assumed re- sponsibility for developing the program and helping our teachers, while our teachers did the actual work. It is hoped that we may be able to carry on success- fully without the supervision, using the same tech- niques we have learned in the past four years. There are other subjects that are no less important in their contribution to the living of the children:
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SOCIAL STUDIES is organized so that it follows the general plans that are considered good practice in modern schools. Our first graders study their own environment, school, family, farms, and circus. Our second graders study the workers in the com- munity such as the firemen, policemen and other groups which serve all of us. The third graders make a study of the material things we need in order to live, such as food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and then study these same factors in various countries which show a contrast in the way people live. The fourth grade continues to study these same factors in other countries and then studies early American history with emphasis on old Duxbury. In the fifth grade the children follow the development of American history with geog- raphy closely related to it from the time of the Revo- lutionary War to the present. The sixth grade spends its time in studying the old world background of our country.
HEALTH AND SCIENCE are taught both from books which we have purchased for the purpose and through individual or class projects. Various kinds of health charts are used in order to build good habits. Experiments in science are attempted.
MUSIC AND ART are offered in every grade and the children's natural interest in these subjects is used as a basis for teaching them the techniques that they need to perform well in them. Art subjects which correspond with topics being studied in other courses, enrich the work in those fields.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION is supervised by a teacher who has made a special study of that par- ticular field. All elementary children have three
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periods a week and their play time is devoted to learning skills connected with various type of games and other kinds of physical activity, including folk dancing.
Aside from what is generally considered the basic work, are many other activities which we conduct to make this work more effective and at the same time to add to the general growth and development of the child. Some of the things done in the elementary school that would come under this heading would be:
PROMOTION from grade to grade on an individ- ual basis, depending upon the welfare of the partic- ular child rather than an over all policy.
RECORDS of the progress and health of the children are organized so that they take a minimum of the teacher's time and give a maximum of in- formation.
VISUAL AIDS of all kinds are used increasingly throughout all grades.
KINDERGARTEN training will help considerably in getting little children accustomed to their new school life, in helping them build proper habits, and in preparing them for successful first grade work.
FIELD TRIPS to points of interest are taken to make school discussions more realistic.
TEACHING METHODS which emphasize indi- vidual welfare, and many kinds of activities serve to give every child a better chance.
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HOT LUNCHES assure children of an adequate noon meal at very low cost.
DENTAL WORK financed by the Duxbury Nurse Association and the Board of Health, is making great improvement possible in the teeth of the chil- dren now and building habits which we hope will last a lifetime.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS including eye and ear testing by modern methods, render another serv- ice to the children.
All these activities and others make our school one
of which the citizens may be proud. There is much improvement to be made, since we have not yet become accustomed to our new surroundings and have not learned to make the best use of them. The system seems to be in a good position to go on to solve these problems.
HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
As the Elementary School had two basic jobs to per- form, so does the high school. All children must receive basic education that will help them to become good American citizens. This includes not only the formal subjects, but the entire extra-curricula program. In addition to this work, each child should endeavor to finish school with one skill which can be sold to a prospective employer.
A brief account of the basic subjects is as follows:
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