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10,899.94
M.A.A. Town Fund
7.50
Welfare, Out of State Travel
100.00
School Department
3,038.73
Public Use School Facilities
1,920.90
Vocational and Americanization
2,448.00
Vocational Training, Adult
188.30
School, Out of State Travel
154.91
1961 Fire Insurance Schedule
3,471.68
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1962 Fire Insurance Schedule
198.40
Workmen's Comp. Insurance 871.68
Group Insurance, Police and Fire
109.15
Group Insurance, General 510.38
Parks and Playgrounds
36.60
Tarkiln Youth Center
42.53
Town Hall Recreation
183.09
Train Field Floodlights
136.80
Unclassified
91.74
Water Commissioner's Salaries
13.36
Water Department
27.32
Water, Out of State Travel
86.50
Cemetery Department
1,125.57
Cemetery, Out of State Travel
3.81
Interest on Temporary Loans
49.92
Interest, Water
.73
Interest, Town
669.83
$40,084.12
TOWN OF DUXBURY Balance Sheet - December 31, 1962 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
General
$316,547.80 272,311.30
State Assessments, 1962 County Tax $3,123.85 State Parks and Reservations 341.00
$588,859.10
Advances for Petty : Tax Collector School Lunch
$250.00
Payroll Deductions : State Taxes
$2,242.33
Retirement System 1,150.54
Group Insurance 3.96
Federal Withholding Taxes 9,366.86
Accounts Receivable Taxes :
Levy of 1960 :
Deposits:
Planning Board $20.07
Levy of 1961:
1961 Poll Tax 10.00
1961 Personal Property Tax 176.79
1961 Real Estate Tax 653.20
Agency:
County, Dog Licenses $98.75
Excess, Sale of Land of Low Value 529.53
628.28 1,633.51
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1958 $189.91
Levy of 1959 153.91
74.65
Levy of 1961 96.13
Levy of 1962
9,651.47
Recoveries : Disability Assistance $219.35
10,091.42
Old Age Assistance 1,295.75
$3,464.85
12,763.69
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Liquor Ad 28.00
Guarantee Deposits - Water 1,442.00
1,490.07
1962 Poll Tax
8.00
1962 Personal Property Tax 6,375.53
1962 Real Estate Tax 32,044.97
39,275.09
Tailings Gifts and Bequests :
Eben Ellison Beach Fund $14.15
Ship Weathervane Fund 60.50
Levy of 1962:
1960 Real Estate Tax $6.60
5.00
255.00
Invested
Tax Titles and Possessions: Tax Titles Tax Possessions
$3,243.87 160.31
Special Assessments: Sea Wall: Levy of 1962
$30.81
Disability Assistance: Assistance Administration
1,912.07
Committed Interest: Levy of 1962
16.02
46.83
Medical Aid to Aged: Assistance Administration
10,377.07
Aid to Highways:
349.64
State
$14,000.00 7,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children: Assistance Administration
3,181.62
Farm Animal Excise: Levy of 1962
$29.60
Assistance Administration
832.55
Departmental:
Health
$349.50
Revolving Funds:
Old Age Assistance
977.32
Athletic Association
$53.52
Aid to Dependent Children
2,114.94
Veterans' Benefits
6,215.18
Town Clerk
14.15
Cemetery
807.00
Appropriation Balances: Revenue :
10,478.09
General
$76,791.14
Water:
Meter Resetting
$28.00
Non-Revenue :
Service Connections
330.70
Water Rates
9,239.20
Water
3,126.50
Water Liens added to Taxes
340.32
Veterans' Benefits 922.75
3,404.18
Federal Grants: Public Law, #864, School
$662.86
Public Law, #874, School 4,815.99
2,437.85
32,918.37
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106,918.54 53,731.18
9,938.22 Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1960 $6.60
Levy of 1961 839.99
County
21,000.00
1,590.11
Old Age Assistance:
9,025.76
29.60
School Lunch Program 2,292.81
2,346.33
Water
11,649.81
General 15,351.09
170.70
BALANCE SHEET - Continued
Levy of 1962
10,705.44
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$10,090.58
Special Assessment 46.83
Tax Title and Possessions
3,404.18
Aid to Highways
21,000.00
Farm Animal Excise
29.60
Departmental
10,478.09
Water 9,938.22
54,987.50
Sale of Land
100.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots
80.00
1960 Motor Vehicle Tax, over-collected
.84
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
255.00
Surplus Revenue (E. & D.)
397,994.84
$683,377.53
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$683,377.53
11,552.03
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Serial Loans:
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General Outside Debt Limit: General Public Service Enterprise (Water)
$209,000.00
Inside Debt Limit: Elementary School Loan Elementary School Wing Outside Debt Limit: Junior-Senior High School
$64,000.00 145,000.00
895,000.00
211,500.00
895,000.00
Water District Loans
6,500.00
Water Loan, Phase I
150,000.00
West Duxbury Water Ext.
15,000.00
Autumn Ave., Extension
17,000.00
1961 Loan for Equipment and Expansion Program 23,000.00
$1,315,500.00
$1,315,500.00
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DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Appropriation Sea Wall Assessments not Due (Accounts Receivable) $3,164.25
Apportioned Sea Wall Assessments: Revenue:
Due in 1963
$326.17
Due in 1964
320.67
Due in 1965
251.75
Due in 1966
251.75
Due in 1967
251.76
Due in 1968
251.76
Due in 1969
251.76
in 1970
251.76
Due in 1971
251.75
Due in 1972
251.70
Due in 1973
251.70
Due in 1974
251.72
$3,164.25
$3,164.25
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds Cash and Securities
$414,759.99
F. and H. Partch Flower Fund
$326.09
Agnes S. Ellison Fund
1,358.10
Lucy A. Ewell Cemetery Fund
569.78
Thomas D. Hathaway Fund
2,165.60
Post War Rehabilitation Fund J. and R. Ford Fund
9.43
30,268.95
William P. Harding Fund
1,392.90
Lucy Hathaway Fund
24,468.57
Stabilization Fund
151,678.01
Charles R. Crocker Flower Fund
337.84
Geo. H. Wood Cemetery Fund
1,069.68
Cemetery, G.C.I. Fund
3,056.75
George Chandler Flower Fund
109.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
192,783.05
Standish Home Site Fund
1,780.44
The Feinberg Fund
1,636.51
Ladies' Union Fair Fund (Gift to Cemetery)
1,271.68
The Myrick Fund
164.56
Minerva L. Sherman Flower Fund 313.05
$414,759.99
$414,759.99
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WATER DEPARTMENT Town Accountant's Report for 1962
For detailed schedules of classified expenditures by the Water Department, please refer to the "Enterprise" section of the Town Accountant's Report.
Herewith submitted is a statement of the 1962 activity in the Water Department Accounts Receivable. Several adjusting entries were again necessary as a result of committing triple-category charges as single units.
The appended statements provide ample endorse- ment of the action of the 1962 Town Meeting when it de- cided to pay for water expansions "out of pocket" and provide for a memorandum amortization of the costs on a 15 year basis. As it starts the year 1963 with a deficit of more than $3000, the Water Department may well re- joice that it is not burdened with an additional $10,000 or more in deferred interest liability, which would have been incurred had the 1962 projects been financed through bank loans.
The assistance and cooperation which I have received from the Water Commissioners and their Superintendent are greatly appreciated. I also wish to thank Tax Collec- tor Stuart and his assistant, Mrs. Wadsworth, for their cooperative efforts to further good interdepartmental accounting practices.
Respectfully submitted,
ISABELLE V. FREEMAN,
Town Accountant
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WATER REVENUE ACCOUNT
Balance Forward January 1, 1962 1962 Commitments for Collection
$6,734.10
67,837.13
Correction of Abatement Record
9.60
$74,580.83
Abatements Granted
$184.68
Revenue Transferred to
Estimated Receipts
64,457.93
64,642.61
Balance of Revenue Reserved
until Collected
$9,938.22
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Charges
Credits
Balance
Accounts Receivable, Misc.
1962 Commitments
$208.65
Transfer from Service Connections
208.75
$417.40
Cash Receipts
$417.40
Meter Resettings, January 1, 1962
Balance Outstanding
$96.00
1962 Commitments
1,332.60
Transfer from Rates
4.00
$1,432.60
Cash Receipts REPORTED
1,290.26
Water Liens Added to Taxes
24.00
Transfers
90.34
1,404.60
$28.00
Service Connections, January 1, 1962
$178.36
1962 Commitments
7,205.22
Refunds - Cash
6.61
Refund (Journal Entry)
12.08
Transfers to Meters and Rates
209.86
$7,612.13
Cash Receipts
2,842.62
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Guarantee Deposits Transferred
4,067.71
Water Liens Added to Taxes
162.35
Transfer to Accounts Receivable Misc.
208.75
7,281.43
330.70
Charges
Credits
Balance
Water Rates:
Balance January 1, 1962
$6,459.74
Commitments 1962
58,781.51
Refunds
97.88
Transfers to Meters and Service Connections
230.35
Correction of Abatement Record
9.60
$65,579.08
Cash Receipts
55,008.01
Guarantee Deposits, Transferred
5.54
Water Liens, Added to Taxes
962.05
Abatements Granted
184.68
Transfers to Meters and Service Connections
179.60
56,339.88
Balance
9,239.20
Town of Pembroke, Water Account
1962 Commitments $309.15
Cash Collection 309.15
Town of Duxbury, Hydrant Rental
Informal Commitment 24,593.00
Collected and Transferred to
Estimated Receipts 24,593.00
Water Liens Added to 1962
Real Estate Taxes
Committed
962.05
Collected
621.73
Balance
340.32
Total Revenue Reserved Until Collected $9,938.22
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WATER DEPARTMENT - Analysis of Appropriation Accounts
Account Id.
Balance 1/1/62
1962 Approp. $450.00 48,036.00
Expended 1962 $436.64 48,008.68
Closed Out $13.36 27.32
Balance 12/31/62
Commissioners' Salaries
Maintenance and Operation
$12.00
$12.00
Water Mains, Franklin St., Art. 42 of 1961 - Borrowed Money
6,000.00
3,184.00
2,816.00
Water Mains, Franklin St., Art. 42 of 1962 Transfer from Reserve
2,960.00
.... .
5,210.00
3,941.89
1,268.11
Engineering Services
434.57
434.57
Old Route 3 Water, Art. 38 of 1961, etc.
28.63
28.63
Station Wagon and Back Hoe, Art. 39 of 1961 - Borrowed Money
298.50
298.50
Water, Out of State Travel
200.00
113.50
86.50
Search for New Sources of Water - Art. 40, 1961
3,500.00
2,878.50
621.50
Clearing Water Mains
269.32
269.32
Clean Tremont and St. George St. Mains - Art. 42 of 1962
1,500.00
1,500.00
Water Mains, Tremont and Careswell Sts. - Art. 32 of 1962
7,400.00
7,396.86
3.14
Lake Shore Drive Mains - Art. 33 of 1962
8,900.00
8,281.72
618.28
Comprehensive Water Maps - Art. 42 of 1962
1,200.00
1,057.37
142.63
Pumping Tests, Millbrook - Art. 42 of 1962
2,000.00
2,000.00
Cross St. Mains - Art. 49 of 1962
41,500.00
34,938.42
6,561.58
$10,543.02
$116,396.00 $112,006.90
$155.81
$14,776.31
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For detailed schedules of expenditures see Town Accountant's Report, "Enterprise" Section.
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Indian Trail Water Mains, Borrowed Money
2,250.00
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MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT
Water Department Surplus - December 31, 1962 January 1, 1962 - Surplus - See Memorandum Account in 1961 Town Report $8,720.83
Hydrant Rental Received from Town of Duxbury, Transferred to Town's Estimated Receipt Account $24,593.00
Water Department Receipts for Water and Services, Transferred
to Town's Estimated Receipt Account 64,642.61
Appropriation Balances Closed to Town's Revenue Account 155.81
1962 Receipts of the Water Department 89,391.42
$98,112.25
Credit for Deferred Amortization of 1962 Appropriations under Articles 32, 33, and 44
(total $57,800) 53,946.62
$152,058.87
1962 Departmental Appropriations (See Analysis of Appropriation Accounts) $113,436.00
Transfers from "Reserve"
2,960.00
Bonds and Notes Retired
32,000.00
Interest on Water Debt
7,389.27
$155,785.27
(Memo) Deficit $3,726.40
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DEFERRED LIABILITIES
Balance of Outstanding Loans $211,500.00
Interest on Outstanding Loans
34,062.38
Balance of 1962 Appropriations to be Amortized over the Next Fourteen Years 53,946.62
Total Deferred Liabilities $299,509.00
Correction of 1961 Town Report:
Balance of Outstanding Loans Reported as $243,000.00 should have read $243,500.00
Correction of 1961 Town Report:
Balance of Outstanding Interest Reported as $41,053.13 should have read $41,451.65
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF DUXBURY
637S
J
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1962
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Year Ending December 31, 1962
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Mr. Edward L. Butler, Chairman
Term Expires 1965
Mr. John F. Spence, Jr., Secretary 1964
Mr. Walter B. Collins 1963
Mr. Herbert R. Nelson 1963
Mrs. George G. Palfrey 1965
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Everett L. Handy
SECRETARY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT Miss Helen F. Hanigan
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REPORT OF THE DUXBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Duxbury:
Our school system continues to grow and to date it has been orderly and Duxbury has not experienced some of the more difficult problems, such as double sessions, which have plagued other towns in the area. This has been due to foresight on the part of the Town in matters of zoning, in the building of additional school facilities in time, in its willingness to pay for good education, and in good luck. Looking ahead, we think our present plant should carry us through to around 1969-70, barring any unforeseen influences of a completed expressway.
The new budget to be requested at the March Town Meeting is approximately $68,407.00 higher than last year's or an increase of about 11.7%. The main portion goes for picking up a full year's salary for teachers hired last fall, picking up part of a year's salary for four addi- tional teachers necessary next fall, and for the increases for all personnel called for in our regular salary sched- ules and in our merit salary schedule. The non-salary portion is about $9,735.00, the major portion of which is for transportation. It is interesting to note that close to 80% of our total transportation appropriation is returned to the Town each year by way of state reimbursement, and that overall reimbursements from the Common- wealth last year were $109,428.99. As usual, a sub-com- mittee of the Finance Committee, this year Messrs. Cut- ler, Sawyer, Tenney, and Walker, sat in with us while the budget was considered, and their cooperation, sugges- tions, and time were most helpful and sincerely appre- ciated.
On April 24, 25, and 26, 1962, we were examined by a Visiting Committee of the New England Association of
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Colleges and Secondary Schools. They went over our sys- tem from top to bottom and by the time you receive this report, their findings will either have been published in the Duxbury Clipper or shortly will be. The Superin- tendent in his report, which follows this one, will review some of the points made by the Visiting Committee. Suf- fice it here to say that our accreditation was reaffirmed.
Efforts to strengthen and improve the curriculum were continued, with the most significant step taken be- ing the formal adoption of an ungraded primary unit. Our Elementary School principal, Mr. Cain, and his assis- tant, Mrs. Cooper, did an excellent job in pointing out what a logical and practical move this is, and we feel sure that it will continue to prove a most successful procedure.
The Committee wishes to call attention to the in- creased use of our school facilities by community organ- izations and groups. During 1962 the school buildings were used 259 times by non-school groups. The Com- mittee welcomes this extensive use of the schools, and was especially pleased to provide facilities for the sum- mer science school.
This Committee is very appreciative of the strong and capable leadership given our high school by Mr. McCormick and Mr. Blakeman, and in the elementary school by Mr. Cain and Mrs. Cooper. We also point with pride to our supervisors and teachers. They are a most competent and professional group dedicated to the wel- fare and education of our young people, and it is a great privilege to be associated with them in this common cause. We are also most aware of the devotion and energy of all of our non-teaching personnel without whom we could not function properly.
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We also recognize and express gratitude for the in- terest and strong support given our school system by the P. T. A., the High School Home and School Associ- ation, the Boosters Club, the various Service Clubs, and other interested groups and individuals.
In conclusion we pay sincere tribute to our Superin- tendent, Dr. Everett L. Handy. We feel certain that Dux- bury appreciates the talents and devotion of this dedi- cated man. From building schools to planning the curric- ulum he has done an outstanding job for Duxbury and we are indebted to him for the wise and skillful direction he has given to our schools.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. BUTLER, Chairman JOHN F. SPENCE, JR., Secretary WALTER B. COLLINS HERBERT R. NELSON MARTHA M. PALFREY
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
The nature and extent of the accomplishments we want for our children, and the demands of the world in which they live determine the guide lines for todays schools. We would like our young people to be thoroughly competent in the fundamentals of communication; knowl- edgeable in the area of citizenship responsibilities; ex- cellent in health; strong in sound moral values; and ap- preciative of the beauty in art, music and literature. In addition, as they progress with their education, we would like them to discover and prepare for that kind of voca- tion to which they are best suited. And if this vocation calls for education and training beyond high school we would like them to be thoroughly and properly prepared to meet this requirement.
The demands of todays world call for all this and more. There is an ever increasing need for excellence in meeting the competition for admission to colleges and universities. A whole new field of technical competence is developing in connection with the automation of in- dustry. The opportunities for unskilled labor are decreas- ing as the uses of automation increase. Hence, more education is becoming essential for all young people. With all this there is an insistent demand for a better under- standing among all people of the world, and a clearer recognition that the surest way to this understanding is through education. The year 1962 has provided us with opportunities, free of major building problems, to develop and extend our curriculum and procedures toward the accomplishment of these goals.
Of major significance at the elementary level has been the implementation of the non-graded primary school. The change over from the traditional graded pro- gram to the non-graded organization was completed only
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after careful study, considerable publicity, and the hold- ing of open meetings for parents and teachers to discuss the nature and purpose of this change.
The non-graded primary school offers a new plan of pupil advancement. The old "grade" designations are re- placed by the term "levels" and there are many more levels than grades. These shorter, continuous steps are more closely related to a child's normal growth and de- velopment than the longer grade intervals. The new plan advances children as rapidly as their abilities will permit. Most children do the prescribed work of the kindergarten and the first three years in four years. Some will require five years to do this work, while others will be able to do it in less than this amount of time. Our concern is that each child make his maximum growth each year. The new plan meets these conditions by ad- vancing pupils by levels rather than by grades.
An important consequence of this program has been the introduction of formal reading in the kindergarten year. Under this plan qualified kindergarten pupils will begin the reading program not previously started until grade one. This program is now in effect with Mrs. Bush as teacher.
Closely associated with the development of this pro- gram has been the continued use of special techniques and the Gillingham instructional materials to help pupils with specific language difficulties (SLD pupils). The fol- lowing statement describes this program as it is carried out in the Duxbury elementary schools.
About four years ago the Duxbury School Depart- ment began a special program in reading for capable children who were unable to read. This program has been referred to in the Duxbury schools as the "Gilling- ham" program because Gillingham materials have been
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used in the instruction. It does not replace the regular reading program nor does it replace the work of the teacher of Remedial Reading. It was established to meet the needs of those children whom the school had been unable to help through its usual procedures.
The program had its beginning when individual stu- dents, for a fee, received instruction locally from a teach- er who was trained at the Adolescent Clinic of the Chil- dren's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Wishing to make this service free and available to more students the School Department organized a class to train teach- ers in the new techniques. Mrs. Helene Durbrow, Direc- tor of Teacher-Training at the Children's Medical Center, came to Duxbury to conduct a series of classes for a. semester for all interested Elementary School teachers. She has continued to serve as a consultant for the pro- gram since its inception and makes periodic visits to the school for consultations. The following year "Gilling- ham Groups" were established. One or two groups are presently organized at each grade level. All other groups have the traditional reading program.
The first step in organizing the program is to deter- mine which children need this kind of instruction. A screening test is given at the kindergarten level and is supplemented by teacher observations. The test used is the Monroe Reading Aptitude Test and measures reading readiness and in addition provides much information pe- culiar to each child. The Morrison-McCall Test, the Gray Oral Paragraph Reading Test, the Iota Word Test and a locally made copying test are given to older children. Children who indicate reading difficulties, and, in addi- tion, show that they have been late in learning to talk, have inability to express themselves orally, are ambi- dextrous, clumsy, or confused between right and left, have good intelligence but low comprehension, show poor
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memory in following directions, and are poor in spell- ing are assigned to the so-called "Gillingham Groups." Nearly ten percent of our pupils fall into this category. We have found more boys with these disabilities than girls.
The instructional approach is alphabetical and pho- netic in emphasis. The aim is to develop correct left to right sequence, correct shapes and sounds of letters, etc. Emphasis is placed on repetitious training in those tech- niques which will develop auditory, motor and visual skills. Instruction is much slower than in the usual pro- cedures. Each group is composed of five or six children.
The following are actual cases showing the results of this program in the improvement of reading:
PUPIL A
Pupil A entered the Duxbury Elementary School Kindergarten on October 8, 1956, and is now in grade six. Pupil A was not a particularly good student in his early school years even though he consistently showed good potential. (Detroit Beginning Reading Test - I.Q. 121; California Test of Mental Maturity - I.Q. 110).
At the end of 1958, Pupil A's first grade teacher said, "Reading is difficult for Pupil A - he may need extra help in this area." In second grade his reading improved but his phonics work was poor and he retained very little from grade one phonetic study. Pupil A's second grade teacher recommended Specific Language Disability (Gil- lingham) for him. He was screened for SLD traits and was placed in a Gillingham group in grade three.
Apparently Pupil A needed strong phonetic train- ing because he seems to have done very well
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since receiving Gillingham help. A few data on his progress follows:
Reading Comprehension
Classmate's Average Score
Pupil A's Score
Gain or Loss Over Class Average
1st Grade
2.4
2.2
- . 2
2nd Grade
3.6
3.3
- . 3
Started Gillingham work.
3rd Grade
4.4
5.7
+1.3
4th Grade
5.6
6.2
+ .6
5th Grade
6.7
7.6
+ .9
PUPIL B
Pupil B has been a student in the Duxbury Ele- mentary School since Kindergarten and he is now in grade six. In his beginning years he seemed slow and immature. In looking at the data which follows it is interesting to note that Pupil B actu- ally lost ground in reading comprehension after one year in Gillingham in grade three. How- ever, the training seemed to improve his reading, starting in grade four. Some data follows: De- troit Beginning Reading Test - I.Q. 125; Cali- fornia Test of Mental Maturity - I.Q. 107.
Reading Comprehension
Classmate's Average Score
Pupil B's Score
Gain or Loss Over Class Average
1st Grade
2.4
2.0
- . 4
2nd Grade
3.6
3.8
+ .2
Started Gillingham work.
3rd Grade
4.4
3.7
- . 7
4th Grade
5.6
5.8
+ .2
5th Grade
6.7
7.7
+1.0
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PUPIL C
Pupil C is presently in an average reading group in the fourth grade. His first grade teacher rec- ommended Gillingham training because he was having difficulty with reading.
At the end of the first grade he had done fairly well but it was decided to keep him with a Gillingham group. He was in the program during grade two and three but now is being gradually worked in with a regular group. Some specific data: Detroit Beginning Reading Test - I.Q. 111.
Reading Comprehension
Classmate's Average Score
Pupil C's Score
Gain or Loss Over Class Average
1st Grade
2.4
2.1
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.3
2nd Grade
3.6
3.5
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3rd Grade
4.4
4.3
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It is interesting to note that Pupil C is receiving a B- at present in comprehension in a regular fourth grade reading program. We are most op- timistic that this spring he will do very well on his standardized test in comprehension. This year's work indicates higher than average results.
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