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Safety patrols assist the teachers in supervising the lines passing through the building. The members of the Patrol are equipped with belts and badges and are assigned to special duties.
Mrs. Unsworth conducts knitting classes and this group knits and sews for the Red Cross. Every pupil at the school has enrolled in Junior Red Cross.
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Berkley should be proud of the opportunities and advantages offered its children. Trips have been made, this fall, to the football game at Brown Univer- sity, to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, as well as to the Children's Theatre Plays in Taunton. Greater achievements are anticipated this year because with de- partmental instruction, groups may be formed to care for the individual needs of the pupils. Oral reading and arithmetic drill are being stressed in the middle grades.
It has been a pleasure to work in the Berkley Grammar School. The building is ideal and the fine spirit of the principal, teachers and pupils is to be commended.
Myricks Grammar School
During 1940 the pupils of the Myricks School have enjoyed many extra-curricular activities. Of course, in a two room school it is impossible to offer the wide program of the Berkley School. However, all of us, will continue to give the best that is possible to the pupils of the Myricks School.
Most of the children have attended each Clare Tree Major Play held at Taunton. Mr. Trenouth has provided transportation both ways which has removed a tremendous responsibility from the teachers and par- ents.
The boys of the 4-H Club had an unusually busy and successful year under Mr. George Turcott's leader- ship. They have worked in Mr. Turcott's well equipped work shop. Many unusually fine articles have been made.
The girls 4-H Food Club under the direction of Mrs. Hackett and the Clothing Club with Miss Verna Whitman as leader have taught the girls much valu- able information that will help in their homes and in future life.
From time to time there have been parties and on April 11, 1940 an Amateur Show was held. The pro- ceeds started a camp fund, which helped to pay over
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half of the fee for each of the seven members that at- tended County Camp at Westport. In May the chil- dren presented a musical program in celebration of National Music Week. The Girl Scouts have had an active program with Miss McAloon as leader. Since October Miss Marianna Dow has carried on this valu- able work which was extended to include hikes, trips and distribution of Christmas baskets.
The pupils of the Myricks School have attended the various activities of the Berkley School. It is hoped that whenever possible Myricks' children will take advantage of the invitation that is extended from the Berkley Grammar School. The department looks forward to arranging for manual training work for the boys at the Berkley Grammar School shop.
School work is not so spectacular as the preceding but is met with the whole-hearted cooperation of the pupils. In a school of this type much time is spent on subject matter and many interesting possibilities must be overlooked. After all, the children are well founded in the fundamentals (reading, history, civics, geography, spelling, writing and arithmetic.)
The children have produced some valuable pro- jects :-
1. "Development of present mail system from days of pony express."
2. "Great men whose Birthday's are in Febru- ary."
3. "Modes of travel and Westward Migration."
4. "Birds, Their Habits and Migration."
5. "Weather Forecasting - Cyclonic Storms, the weather map."
6. "Life of a Boy in the Stone Age."
7."How to Become an American Citizen."
8. "Holland."
All in all the work of the pupils in the Myricks School has been carried on to give the pupils the best education possible under existing building conditions. Both of the teachers have cooperated wholeheartedly in carrying on the work and have done their best to care for the individual needs of the pupils.
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It is almost needless to state that the schools at Berkley are emphasizing "Citizenship" and "Ameri- canism". All of us are vitally interested in doing our part and will do our best to instill in the minds and hearts of our pupils the real spirit of "American Demo- cracy". Much emphasis is rightly placed on the prob- lems of a present day American Citizen. When one realizes that many of our citizens may, in a short. time hence, be fighting for the preservation of the very ideals which the pupils are studying at this moment, not too much emphasis may be placed on this study.
In the coming year it is the hope of the administra- tion, that from a foundation based on a friendly under- standing between the faculty and administration rela- tive to the problems facing the changing educational needs and programs of the school system, that all may work to produce better results than have been attained before. Special emphasis should be placed on citizen- ship, visual education, social studies and arithmetic. It is also hoped that the teacher will strive to pro- duce that desire for better school attendance among the student body. It has been very difficult of late to keep some pupils in school who are between the ages of fourteen and sixteen. The State Law no longer permits children to leave school at fourteen years of age.
In all classes the teachers should strive to create respect for men and women that work with their hands. Pupils should look forward to life work that coordin- ates manual and mental skills and not grow up with the feeling that one can earn a living only in a "white collar" position.
In closing, this my first report, may I express my appreciation to the School Committee for their confi- dence and help, to the principals, teachers, supervisors and janitors who continued to help me in directing the educational activities of this community.
Respectfully submitted, E. PERLEY EATON,
Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - FINANCIAL SUMMARY Year 1940
Expenditures :
General Control
$ 810.98
Teachers' Salaries
6,999.74
Books and Supplies
746.94
Janitors' Salaries
1,028.08
Fuel
521.43
Miscellaneous Operation
72.89
Repairs
339.94
Health
519.84
Miscellaneous
15.70
Transportation
5,185.88
Tuition
5,044.96
New Equipment
117.49
Insurance
200.65
Total Expenditures
$21,604.52
Reimbursements :
General School Fund -
Part I
$2,349.94
General School Fund - Part II
1,637.05
High School Tuition
3,164.10
High School Transportation
3,590.40
Vocational Education Tuition and Transportation
629.60
State Wards 821.25
Superintendent
198.34
Total Reimbursements $12,390.68
NET COST TO TOWN FOR EDUCATION $ 9,213.84
Net Annual Per Pupil Costs
High School
$20.00
Elementary School 37.79
Vocational Schools : Dighton 40.00
New Bedford 80.00
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As of June 30, 1940 Net yearly cost $20.00
High School :
1. The Commonwealth pays all the transportation which in 1940 was $3590.40
2. The Commonwealth pays three- fourths of the tuition paid for high school pupils attending Dighton High School which is $60.00 per pupil, leaving a net cost of $20.00 to be paid by the Town of Berkley.
Elementary Schools : $37.79
Cost of elementary education in school year 1939-40 $12,264.45
Reimbursements received :
Part I
$2,349.94
Part II
1,637.05
State Wards
821.25
Superintendent's
Expenses
198.34
5,006.58
$ 7,257.87
192 pupils cost $7,257.87 Per pupil cost 37.79
Vocational Schools :
1. The Commonwealth pays all the transportation.
2. The Commonwealth pays one-half of the tuition, which is $80.00 at Dighton and $160.00 at New Bed- ford.
Dighton New Bedford
$40.00 $80.00
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HOW THE SCHOOL DOLLAR WAS SPENT IN 1940
Expenditure
Cents
General Control
810.98
03.74
Transportation
5,185.88
23.95
Teachers' Salaries
6,999.74
32.23
Books and Supplies
746.94
03.46
Janitors' Salaries
1,028.08
04.75
Fuel
521.43
02.42
Contingent
59.96
00.28
Repairs
339.94
01.58
Health
519.84
02.40
Miscellaneous Operation
72.89
00.35
Tuition
5,044.96
23.30
Miscellaneous
15.70
00.07
Insurance
200.65
00.93
New Equipment
117.49
00.54
21,604.52
100.00
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN AND NURSE
Mr. E. Perley Eaton,
Superintendent of Schools
Berkley, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
We hereby submit our annual report.
The summary of school clinics is as follows:
The pre-school clinic which was held in May had a total of 18 children attending. No reportable de- fects were found at this time.
At the Diphtheria immunization clinic 16, children attended. Five of this number were sponsored by the Myricks Parent Teachers Association.
Chadwick Clinic was held at the Dighton High School at which time 5 pupils were given chest x-rays. The reports on these were all negative.
The annual physical examinations given this fall showed the following defects-3 pupils with diseased tonsils, 17 pupils with defective vision, and 5 pupils with curvature of the spine. Many pupils, especially among the boys of the upper grades, have poor posture. This defect will undoubtedly be corrected by the physi- cal education classes.
During the year one contagious disease reached epidemic stage, 46 pupils were excluded for measles and only one pupil excluded for mumps.
To date 2 pupils have attended clinic for the re- moval of diseased tonsils and 4 pupils have obtained glasses.
During February 79 families were visited in re- gards to the W. P. A. Hot Lunch Project. Of this number 54 families showed interest in the subject.
The weighing scales purchased by the Myricks Parent Teachers Association for use in that school are most appreciated.
We have not been able to start the dental clinic scheduled for this year but now that a splendid dental
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chair has been purchased it is hoped that the clinic will start very soon.
*We are taking this opportunity to present the minimum quarantine requirements of 5 of the most common contagious diseases of school children. These are the requirements of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and are approved by the Berkley Board of Health.
In closing we wish to thank all those who have helped in carrying out the School Health program.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES A. BRIGGS, M. D. School Physician.
RUTH A. DEANE, R. N. School Nurse.
* See table page 18.
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Disease
Minimum Period of isolation of patient
Immune children
Children not Immune
Chicken Pox
One week from appear- ance of eruption and there after until all crusts have disap- peared.
No restrictions
No restrictions
Measles
One week from appear- ance.
No restrictions
Exclusion from school for 14 days from date of exposure.
Mumps
One week from onset of disease and thereafter until all swelling of glands has disappeared.
No restrictions
No restrictions
Scarlet Fever
Uncomplicated cases 21 day.
Complicated cases 28 or more days.
No restrictions provided they live away from home, or case is hospi- talized.
Exclusion until child lives away from home one week; no restrict- ions thereafter if child continues to live away from home.
Whooping Cough
Three weeks from be- ginning of spasmodic cough.
No restrictions
Exclusion until two weeks away from last exposure.
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A child shall be considered as having had the disease if shown by the record of the lo- cal board of health or by a sworn statement from the parent or guardian that the child has had the disease elsewhere.
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REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Mr. E. Perley Eaton,
Superintendent of Schools,
Berkley, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I take pleasure in submitting my annual report as Music Supervisor in the schools of the town of Berkley.
The work in the first two grades consisted largely in rote song singing and the eliminating of the so-called monotone. Those children who had difficulty in find- ing their singing voices were placed in front of singers and were encouraged to imitate the teacher and to distinguish similar and dissimilar tones. This work was for Ear training. Children who were not too shy usually responded whole-heartedly and were very will- ing to perform.
The songs taught the first year and a half were simple, appealing, artistic and foundational. The music repertory and vocabulary were thus built up for the future Eye work in recognizing the relationship between Tone figures and Note figures. Action songs and folk dances added to the enjoyment of these grades.
In Grades Three and Four, the drill age, much time is spent in note reading by phrases, time problems, and tone quality. To pupils of this age attention is called to quality of sound rather than to volume. They are encouraged to sing alone or in small choirs. Out- standing leadership is recognized and due credit given. Competition is keen and stimulating in these grades and there is a strong desire to be singled out when doing especially good work. Every effort is made to encourage an appreciation of music through story tell- ing, listening to phonograph records, or to original interpretation.
In the Fifth and Sixth Grades new rhythmic fig- ures were presented through Compound Time; music Moods through the Major and the Minor keys; and the enriching of tonal effects through part singing. The
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adolescent change in the boys' voice which begins to show at this time and on through the next two grades is a new problem. Songs in four parts helped to take care of the situation. This condition in the upper groups of the Myricks School was and is a difficulty. In a small class like this, one may find one bass, one or two voices in process of change, one or two mono- tones, a few sopranos and altos. Such a group, with individual talent, but lacking in confidence would bene- fit greatly in a larger school where there would be en- thusiasm and the stimulus of competition.
The Berkley-Myricks graduation exercises last June were centered around Spring. £ Decorations, aesthetic drill, poems and songs all presented the theme.
Yours respectfully, LOIS J. SNOW,
Music Supervisor.
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BERKLEY PUPILS ATTENDING DIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL October 1, 1940 Seniors -- 11
Colpitts, Arnold Dulak, John Hall, Helen Ide, Constance
Jones, Rossa
Martin, Evelyn Medas, Isabelle Phillips, Sheldon
White, Shirley Whitman, Verna * Martin, Lena
Juniors-10
Fernandes, Victoria
Furtado, Gilbert
** Haskins, John Hathaway, Norman
*Senechal, Fenella
** Howland, Alfred ** Williams, Lester
Sophomores-17
* Ames, Edith
Colpitts, Thelma
** McAlice, Robert Milko, Mary
Dillingham, John
Moskol, Celia
Paige, Margaret
Forrest, Mildred Hadro, Helen Harrison, Ernest
Pearson, Berthamay
Pierce, Clifford
** Jennings,, Hollis Little, Iona
Souto, Mary *Westgate, Madeline *Williams, Helen
Freshmen-22
Brown, Alice
** Nunes, Edward Poole, Kenneth
Channell, Kenneth
Cobb, Idella ** Reed, Fred
Costa, Cecelia
** Silvia, James
Costa, Elizabeth
Dulak, Bertha Faria, Manuel
** Souza, Lionel Quintin, Janice Turcott, Mary
* Gracia, Charles Ide, Rhoda Kendall, Frances
White, Elaine
Wilson, Crystal
** Martin, Joseph
NEW BEDFORD VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Rose, Franklin Rose, Manuel
*Household Arts
Victurine, Edward Senechal, Albert ** General Vocation
Victurine, Frank
* Marshall, Eleanor * Moskal, Stanley ** Ratcliffe, Albert
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TABLE SHOWING MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES
October 1, 1940.
Room
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 Total
Berkley V
30 11 41
Berkley IV
22
22
Berkley III
22 14
36
Berkley II
16 18
34
Berkley I
26
26
Myricks II
5 £ 5 4 5
19
Myricks I
6 3.62
17
32 19 24 24 19 27 34 16
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GRAND TOTAL IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
195
New Bedford Vocational School
4
Dighton - Regular
39
Dighton - Vocational - girls
6
Dighton - Vocational - boys
13
62
Total pupils in local and outside schools
257
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DISTRIBUTION OF MINORS BERKLEY SCHOOLS Oct. 1, 1940
5 yrs. or over 7 yrs. or over 16 yrs. or over
and under 7 and under 16 and under 21
Boys
17
94
1
Girls
15
68
Totals
32
162
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Name
School
Grade
Date of Appointment
Education (Degree)
Superintendent of Schools E. Perley Eaton
1940
Harvard Univ. (M. Ed.)
Tufts College (B.S.) Boston Univ. (M.A.)
Secretary Jessie A. Perry
1935
Dighton Business School
Teachers
Allen, Anne
Berkley Grammar
2-3
1939
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Hackett, Millicent
Myricks
5-8
1927
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Hale, Ernest
Berkley Grammar
4-5
1940
Hyannis State Teachers College
Harrington, Genevieve
Berkley Grammar
1
1939
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Horton, James
Berkley Grammar
7
1937
Bridgewater State Teachers College
McAloon, Dorothea
Myricks
1-4
1938
Hyannis State Teachers College
Unsworth, A. Louise
Principal
Berkley Grammar
6-8
1939
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Music Supervisor Lois J. Snow
Resignations received in 1940: Francis Champagne June 14, 1940
Appointments made during 1940 E. Perley Eaton, Superintendent of Schools Ernest Hale, Berkley Grammar, grades 4-5
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