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Washburn Unit faculty and pupils are most fortunate this school year in having the services of Miss Leah M. Boutin as a special reading instructor. This addition to our staff makes even more effective our very important reading program. Pupils are very carefully evaluated as to their individual reading needs and are then placed in groups that have like needs; greatly increasing the effectiveness of reading teaching techniques.
The building has been brick-faced, and new doors have been in- stalled, including a garage door, in anticipation of its eventual use as an Industrial Arts Shop for Memorial High School.
I would like to thank all faculty members, supervisors, fellow principals and the Superintendent of Schools for their cooperation in helping me to make an effective school program for the pupils in the Washburn Unit School.
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UNION STREET SCHOOL Alice R. Begley, Principal School Organization
Grade
No. of Pupils
Teacher
1
26
A. L. Boutin
1
28
E. L. McCarthy
1
26
L. C. Matheson
1
28
E. Elliott
2
25
M. M. Hanson
2
25
M. K. Bowman
2
26
E. D. Tate
2
25
V. W. Talbot
2
25
E. H. Manwaring
A. R. Begley
I herewith submit my annual report of the Union Street School for the year 1956.
It was unnecessary to do any further painting, as the various rooms had recently been redecorated. Both rooms on the lower floor have been in use until September, when one room was discontinued as a regular classroom and was converted into a smaller room. This is used once a week by Mrs. Helen Lamb with smaller groups in connection with her instruction in speech correction. Middleboro is indeed for- tunate to have the services of Mrs. Lamb, who is an experienced speech therapist, and much progress has been evidenced by her in- struction.
In June Mrs. Jean Ford, first grade teacher, retired from the Middleboro School system, to take a position in Hampton, New Hamp- shire.
The fall session opened with four first grades and five second grades - an enrollment of 225 pupils. Mrs. Betsy Burkhead was en- gaged as a temporary teacher, substituting for Miss Eleanor Thomas, who was recuperating from an operation. On October 14, 1956, we were saddened to learn of the sudden death of Miss Thomas. A graduate of Bridgewater Normal School, Miss Thomas had taught in the Middle- boro schools from 1929 to 1956. Her friendly personality and sound philosophy will be missed by her many friends at Union Street School.
Mrs. Valdis Talbot of Bridgewater was engaged as a permanent teacher as a replacement in grade two. Mrs. Talbot graduated from Plainfield, New Jersey, high school and from Mt. Holyoke College, with a B.A. degree in 1933. Although Mrs. Talbot had no previous teaching experience, she is adapting herself to the classroom and making excellent progress.
Miss Jackson, our school nurse, has always contributed to the health and well-being of the children, and I feel that due to her effici- ency and thoroughness, contagious diseases have been kept at a low ebb, and no serious epidemics have interrupted regular attendance.
Dr. Louis Fuller, assisted by Mrs. Mary Edgerly, health nurse, conducted the dental clinic on Wednesdays, and pupils were trans- ported from other schools for treatment.
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Much credit for the excellent condition of the building, as to cleanliness and sanitation, is due to the tireless efforts of our custodian, Mr. Raymond Chapman.
Our Parent-Teacher Association held several meetings, general and executive, during the year. This cooperaton of the parents has been greatly appreciated.
SOUTH MIDDLEBORO-ROCK DISTRICT Joseph C. Kunces, Superintendent School Organization
Grade
No. of Pupils
Teacher
Rock
1
25
M. I. Fornaciari
School
2
29
C. E. Kaladin
South
3
21
A. M. Mitchell
Middleboro
4
20
V. L. Hawkins
The Rock-South Middleboro district is one area without immedi- ate supervision of a principal and it is therefore the duty of the Super- intendent to supervise this area.
The Rock School, a two-room building, was thoroughly cleaned during the summer and has had new outside cement stoops installed in the older portion of the building. In addition, a new oil penetration seal coat driveway has also been installed. Other than minor repairs, no additional work has been done to this building.
Effective September 1, 1956, Mrs. Catherine E. Kaladin, a gradu- ate of Regis College with a bachelor's degree and North Eastern Uni- versity with a master's degree, was appointed to the position made vacant by Mrs. Mary E. Hoeffer. Mrs. Kaladin comes to the Middleboro school system after teaching grade two for 3 years in the Boston public schools.
The instruction offered in the building parallels the work being done in the central schools in every detail. The teachers meet with and consult with those teachers in town at all times, so as to keep a close coordination of instruction.
At the South Middleboro School, which is composed of grades 3 and 4, our teaching personnel remains as it has been for the past three years. Again, a very close coordination is maintained to keep the work on the same level as is found in the schools in the center of town.
The South Middleboro school was thoroughly cleaned, outside gut- ters have been installed, and a new oil tank replaces the old one. Both buildings are in excellent condition, and contribute to an excellent educational environment.
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NORTH MIDDLEBORO DISTRICT Joseph C. Kunces, Superintendent School Organization
Grade
No. of Pupils
Teacher
Plymouth Street 1
27
M. C. Huntley
Pleasant Street
2
18
M. J. Walsh
Pratt
3
18
V. C. Smith
Free
4
20
E. S. Stewart
The greatest change educationally has taken place in the North Middleboro district this past year. For the first time in the history of the town, single grades are housed in individual rooms. This type of organization has made it possible to increase the number of pupils per room, and has also given pupils the opportunity for more direct educational instruction in meeting individual needs.
At the Plymouth Street School the building was thoroughly cleaned, and an outside rubbish depository was constructed. Other than minor repairs, no major work was undertaken.
The Pleasant Street School, which houses grade 2 this year, has a new teacher. Mrs. Margaret J. Walsh, a teacher with 5 years of experience in the Quincy public schools, was appointed to teach in this building. New coat racks were installed in the entry-ways and the building was thoroughly cleaned.
Grades 3 and 4 have been assigned to the Pratt Free School. Mrs. Virginia Smith was transferred from the Pleasant Street School to teach grade 3, and to replace Mrs. Myra Shaw, who was transferred to the Middleborough Junior High School. The repairs and main- tenance of this building are maintained jointly by the Trustees of the Pratt Free- School and the Middleboro public schools. In this instance, materials for new flooring in the toilets and materials necessary to create a. Remedial Room-Library were purchased by the Trustees and installed by our maintenance department. In addition, the Trustees have had the entire building painted. This building is one of our most attractive two-room schools, and has been most conducive to good education.
MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS-1956-1957 School Department Directory
Year Ap- pointed Name
Degree
Grade or Subject
Address
1938
*Luther Churchill
Certificate
Supervisor of Music
1955
Dorothy R. Ferry
B.Mus., M. of Mus. Ed.
Assistant to Supervisor of Music
1925
*Sylvia G. Matheson
Diploma
Supervisor of Art
Memorial High School
1956
Samuel Deich
B.S. Ed, M.A. Ed. A.B.
Principal
1928
*Ernest E. Thomas
Assistant Principal, History
1933
*Henry E. Battis
B.S.
Phys. Ed., Director of Athletics
Head, Business Education Dept.
1928
*Walter G. Hicks
B.S. Ed.
Head, Agriculture Department
1947 1953
*Joseph L. King
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Head, Science Department
1937
*Alfred E. Farley Albert F. Soule Jr.
B.S., M.A.
Mathematics
1955 1952 1948 1955
*Joseph A. Masi
A.B., M.S.
Social Studies
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Driver Education, Science, Mathematics
A.B., M.A.
Social Studies
A.A., A.B., J.D.
English
A.B., M.A.
Dean of Girls, Latin
A.B., M.A.
Mathematics French
*Mary Brier
A.B. Certificate
Business Education
*Evelyn F. Whitty
B.S. Ed.
Mathematics, Science
1947
*Mary Anacki
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
English
*Dorothy L. Wetherell
A.B., M.A.
English
*Virginia Bartlett B.S., M. Ed.
Physical Education
Business Education
1955
*Esther L. Moore Lorraine R. Moriarty
Diploma A.B.
English
Sproat Street 38 Pierce Street 66 School Street Lakeville, Mass. North Easton, Mass. Wareham Street 5 Mitchell Street School Street 54 Everett Street 13 West Grove Street North Street Plympton Street Pearl Street Braintree, Mass. 63 Pearl Street 21 Pearl Street 11 Everett Street 4 Maple Avenue 80 So. Main Street 19 North Street 50 Fairview Street Bridgewater, Mass.
1956 1947 1955 1930 1928 1936
B.S., M. Ed.
Dean of Boys, Social Studies
*Harold E. Card Louise C. Walker Margaret L. Fogg
*Helen A. Pardey Roger W. Arnold
*Lillian M. O'Neil
1944 1946 1946
*William H. Tufts B.S.
Elmwood, Mass. Westdale, Mass. 91 Oak Street
1950 *Margaret H. Ryder
1956 William H. Bell
1956 Frank R. Almeida
B.S.
1956 Charles M. Stewart B.S.
1956 M. Christiana Gates
Homemaking
Social Studies
Taunton, Mass. 88 Pearl Street Thompson Street Plymouth Street
Middleborough Junior High School
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Principal
A.B., M.A.
Assistant Principal, Science
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Mathematics
B.S. Ed.
Social Studies
1956 Clare L. Hanrahan
A.B.
Social Studies
Health Education and Science
1956 A. John Livingston 1956 Mildred E. Stearns
B.P.E. B.S., M. Ed.
English
B.S. Ed.
Industrial Arts
B.S. Ed.
Literature
B.S. Ed.
English
Certificate
English
Diploma
Mathematics
A.B. B.S. Ed.
Art
1955 Mary-Ellen McKenna Catherine C. Carr
B.S., M. Ed.
Special Class
A.B., A.M.
Social Studies
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Health Education, Reading
*Myra Shaw
Certificate
Mathematics
1956
Hilda J. Buck
B.S.
Homemaking
School Street School
1944
*Edward W. Sawicki
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
1918
*Edith Frost
B.S., M. Ed.
Principal, Grade V Grade V (Leave of absence)
1956 Charles Valine
B.S. Ed.
Grade V Grade V
1923 *Esther M. Spooner
Diploma
50 School Street 327 Wareham Street Dighton, Mass. Bridgewater, Mass. Taunton, Mass.
8 Barrows Street Bridgewater, Mass. 129 Wareham Street Wareham, Mass. Bridgewater, Mass. 2 Reland Street Lakeville, Mass. 82 Pearl Street Taunton, Mass. 82 Pearl Street Dighton, Mass. 82 Pearl Street 19 North Street 81 South Main Street Wareham Street
547 Center Street Wood Street Bridgewater, Mass. 12 Court End Ave.
1921 1931 1946 *George Borges 1956 Franklin E. James
*Henry B. Burkland *Norman W. Lindsay
A.B. B.F.A.
B.S. B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Librarian Art Science Physical Education
RFD #1 RFD #2
1956 1956 1952 1909 1942 1956
Harry I. Pickering Stanley G. Maxwell *Rose A. Sweeney *Martinia K. Donahue
Social Studies
1956
*Freida Churchill Anne M. Kelleher Carver H. Mann
B. Mus. Ed. M. Mus. EdMusic
1954 1954 1946 1952
Joyce M. Jenness *E. Fen Carpenter
1956 Joseph B. Gregg
1931
*Elsie A. Cahoon
1921.
*Rose Maley
1956 Lillian G. Standish
1946
* Anne L. Washburn
Diploma
Grade IV
1953
*Alice G. Austin
B.S. R. Ed.
Grade V
1956
Helen D. Robbins
B.S. Ed.
Grade V
1950
*Robert W. Gross
B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Principal, Grade III
1956 Nancy L. Bernacchio
B.S. Ed.
Grade III
1951 *Kathryn Mclaughlin Diploma
Grade III
1952 *Carol A. Chaplain
B.S. Ed.
Grade III
1952 *Meredith G. Martin
B.S. Ed.
Grade III
*Tenure
Union Street School
1919
* Alice R. Begley *Marjorie M. Hanson
Diploma
Principal, Grade II
1924
Diploma
Grade II
1935
B.S. Ed.
Grade II
1954
Diploma
Grade II
1930
Diploma
Grade I
1952
* Amelia L. Boutin *Evelyn Elliott *Louise C. Matheson
Diploma
Grade I
1944
Diploma
Grade I
1947
*Elsie L. McCarthy
Diploma
Grade I
1953
*Ethel L. Manwaring Valdis W. Talbot
A.B.
Grade II
1926 1956
*Raye F. Guidaboni Harriet B. Blanchard
Diploma B.S. Ed.
Principal, Grade II Grade I
14 Southwick Street Bridgewater
1947 *Louis J. Rando 1955 Edward M. Falk
1956
A. Louise MacArthur
1956 Vincent P. Sullivan
A.B., M.A. B.S. Ed. A.B., M. Ed. B.S. Ed.
Principal, Grade VI Grade VI Grade VI Grade V
712 Rock Street 71/2 Rock Street 741/2 Oak Street
Taunton, Mass. 35 Pierce Street Archer Court
119 Sproat Street Taunton, Mass. Cataumet, Mass. 249 No. Main St. Bridgewater, Mass.
7 Benton Street 41 Lane Street 44 School Street 13 Webster Street 60 Everett Street 230 No. Main Street Hyannis, Mass. 514 Center Street 9 Reland Street Bridgewater
Diploma
Grade II
1956
Flora M. Clark School
West Side School
Brockton, Mass. Taunton, Mass. Brockton, Mass. Quincy, Mass.
*Mildred K. Bowman Elizabeth D. Tate
Washburn Unit
Diploma Diploma B.S. Ed.
Grade IV Grade IV Grade IV
1924 *Margaret E. Peck
1951 *Florence K. Churbuck
Certificate B.S. Ed.
1927
*Sara E. Matheson Doris P. Orr
Diploma
1955
1929 *Leah M. Boutin
B.S. Ed. B.S. Ed., M. Ed.
Grade III Grade II Grade I Grade IV Remedial Reading, Grade VI
South Main Street Bridgewater, Mass. 66 Everett Street 15 Washburn Street 60 Everett Street
Plymouth Street
1956
Margaret J. Walsh
Diploma
Pratt Free School
1952
*Elimore S. Stewart Virginia C. Smith
BS. Ed. B.S. Ed.
Grade IV Grade III
Pleasant Street 43 Oak Street
1951 1956
*Mabel I. Fornaciari Catherine E. Kaladin
Diploma B.A., M. Ed.
Grade I Grade II
32 North Street 1243 Plymouth Street
1953 1953
*A. Margaret Mitchell *Veronica L. Hawkins
Diploma B.S. Ed.
Grade IV Grade III
8 Taunton Street Bridgewater, Mass.
1956
Helen Lamb
A.B.
Swansea, Mass.
Secretarial Staff
Elizabeth F. Kraus, Assistant, Memorial High School Elsie I. Wheeler, Sec. to Principal, Middleborough Jr. High School
Constance M. Souza, Secretary to Superintendent, Town Hall Jo Anne M. McComiskey, : . Secretary to Superintendent, Town Hall Bessie M. Veazie, Secretary to Principal, Memorial High School
Plymouth Street School Grade I
1945
*Marjorie C. Huntley
B.S. Ed.
Pleasant Street School Grade II
Bridgewater, Mass.
1954
Rock School
South Middleboro School
Speech Correctionist part-time
School Physician Stuart A. Silliker, M.D. School Nurse Ila P. Jackson, R.N. Maintenance of Buildings William L. Enos
Custodial Staff
Norman L. Flood, Memorial High School John Dutra, Memorial High School Warren Jefferson, Middleborough Junior High School George Rogers, Middleborough Junior High School Ernest S. Maxwell, School Street School Raymond W. Chapman, Union Street School Samuel Whitehead, West Side School
Archie M. Shurtleff, Flora M. Clark School Harold Williams, South Middleboro School, part-time Edward Grishey, Rock School, part-time Mrs. Irene Cabral, Pratt Free School, part-time Lawrence Huntley, Plymouth Street School, part-time Mrs. Phillip Baker, Pleasant Street School, part-time
Cafeteria Staff
Persis Alden, Memorial High School, Head Cook Bertha I. Dunman, Memorial High School, Assistant Cook Bella Y. Goodwine, Memorial High School, Part-time Arlene Stevens, Middleborough Jr. High School, Head Cook Geraldine Wilbur, Middleborough Jr. High School, Asst. Cook Madeline Dill, Middleborough Jr. High School, Part-time
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Receipts
$85,211.84
State Aid for Public Schools, Chap. 70, G. L. State Reimbursement for Transportation, Chap. 71, G. L.
33,534.67
Tuition and Transportation of State Wards
1,955.20
Tuition of non-resident pupils
25,883.40
Federal Aid, George-Barden Fund
749.77
Federal Aid, Smith-Hughes Fund
753.00
Vocational Agricultural Reimbursement
3,451.43
Vocational Tuition and Transportation Reimbursement
5,295.61
High School Lunch Program
9,276.55
Junior High School Lunch Program
3,560.75
Elementary Milk Program
6,440.07
Athletic Fund
5,352.82
Insurance Claim, South Middleboro School
577.00
Peirce Trustees
850.00
Rental of M. H. S. Gymnasium
30.00
Evening School
518.09
Other Receipts
10.34
$183,450.54
Disbursements
Expenses of Instruction:
Salaries
$346,079.56
Military Leave
142.70
Textbooks
8,465.10
Physical Education Program
380.00
Music Program
750.00
Athletic Fund
9,678.96
Supplies and Other Expenses
10,521.70
$376,018.02
Expenses of Operation of School Plant:
Salaries Fuel
13,546.94
Other Expenses
8,491.26
$ 41,382.66
Expenses of Maintenance of School Plant:
Salaries Replacement and Upkeep
6,407.70
Repairs (Town Manager) Outlay
6,496.34
2,485.26
$ 18,589.30
$19,344.46
$ 3,200.00
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Expenses of Auxiliary Agencies:
Salaries, Promotion of Health
$ 3,900.00
Expenses of Promotion of Health Libraries Transportation
60.39
322.74
47,663.30
Other Expenses
437.97
Expenses of General Control: Salaries
$ 9,220.17
Expenses of Administration
599.90
$ 9,820.07
Vocational Education Salaries
6,540.89
Vocational Tuition and Transportation Evening School
1,227.27
High School Lunch Program
11,294.80
Junior High School Lunch Program
3,378.36
Elementary Milk Program
5,793.27
George-Barden Fund
1,633.13
Smith-Hughes Fund
24.31
$536,656.91
SCHOOL CENSUS October, 1956
5 years or
7 years or
over and
over and
under 7 under 16
Distribution of Minors, October 1, 1956
(a) In the registration of minors (ages as of October 1, 1956): The registration of minors should include all persons of the specified ages who reside in the town (city) whether they attend school or not. Pupils attending private schools should be recorded in the town where such pupils have their residence. Boys: Girls:
228
968
181
870
Totals
409
1838
(b) Distribution of the above minors, October 1, 1956: In public school membership
236
1750
In continuation school membership
0
0
In vocational school membership
0
16
In private school membership
12
59
In State and County Institutions and schools for defectives and delinquents
0
2
Not enrolled in any day school
161
11
Totals
409
1838
$ 52,384.40
8,570.43
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STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1955-1956
Number of
wo Teachers
Number of
Pupils
Enrolled
Non-Resident
Enrolled
Average
Daily
Attendance
Average
Membership
Yearly
Per Cent of
Attendance
Supervisors
Memorial High School
28
576
107
521.40
545.73
95.54
Grade IX
169
Grade X
163
Grade XI
129
Grade XII
110
Post Graduates
5
Bates School
16
421
2
396.92
416.01
95.43
Grade VI
79
Grade VII
169
Grade VIII
173
School Street School
8.5
295
1
280.17
296.25
94.57
Grade IV
145
Grade V
150
Washburn Unit
5
168
0
152.59
162.37
94.06
Grade III
168
Union Street School
10.5
265
1
, 235.61
251.45
93.66
Grade I
133
Grade II
132
West Side School
8.5
256
1
245.41
256.03
95.91
Grade I
26
Grade II
32
Grade III
33
Grade IV
31
Grade V
24
Grade VI
110
Flora M. Clark School
2
0
48.38
51.08
94.71
Grade I
29
Grade II
1
28
0
26.32
28.82
93.60
Plymouth Street School Grade I
13
Grade II
15
Pleasant Street School
1 ,
25
0
23.37
24.10
96.97
Grade III
10
Grade IV
15
Pratt Free School
2
56
0
52.35
54.85
95.44
Grade V 10, Grade VI 13
23
Rock School
2
52
0
46.70
50.19
92.94
Grade I
35
Grade II
17
South Middleboro
2
49
0
46.56
49.40
94.44
Grade III
24
Grade IV
25
Totals
89.5
2242
112
2075.78
2186.28
94.77
51
22
Grade VII 20, Grade VIII 13
33
Pupils
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