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Although it may sound a bit trite to say that the school staff is the backbone of a school system, it is nevertheless true. Middleboro can be proud of its professional staff with its high professional standards and its dedication to the service of the youth of the Town. The caliber of teaching personnel in any school system is the result of selection pro- cedures over the years. The insistence of the Middleboro School Com- mittee to appoint only highly qualified teachers safeguards and promotes the high level of education and training to which our young people are entitled.
In the spring of 1960, the School Committee was once again faced
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with the problem of selecting a principal for the Memorial High School. Mr. Kunces, former Superintendent, and the present incumbent screened and interviewed some twenty-odd candidates. Three of these were pre- sented to the School Committee. In the choice of Mr. Charles L. Manos, the Committee has brought to its schools a man experienced in teaching, in guidance, and in administration. Mr. Manos has had a number of years of experience as a high school teacher of social studies and has served as a guidance counselor at Newport, New Hampshire High School and as a high school principal at Ashland, New Hampshire. In addition he has had experience with the handicapped in a camp for diabetics.
In the area of curriculum development, committees are at work at various grade levels and in special subject areas. A mathematics curric- ulum committee composed of teachers of primary, intermediate, junior high, and senior high teachers completed a study during the past year of the arithmetic program in Grades I - VIII. The Superintendent of Schools held a series of meetings last fall with all teachers of Grades I, II, and III, to consider the committee's report and recommenda- tions. This has resulted in a revised and stepped-up syllabus in arithmetc for these grades. It has been presented to the School Committee for official approval. The mathematics curriculum committee is continuing its work of developing an up-to-date arithmetic program for the element- ary and junior high grades. On the high school level the teachers of English under the leadership of the chairman of the department are studying, revising, and developing the English curriculum, while the teachers of the social studies are unifying their efforts under the chair- man of that department. A junior-senior high school guidance committee has presented a plan for inaugurating a formal guidance program which is sorely needed on the junior high school level in order to minimize a trial and error type of procedure for selecting a specalized program of study for high school.
New developments in the High School program include a wider offering of courses in art, music, industrial arts, and home economics. The developmental reading program has been expanded. A library proj- ect for college bound seniors, which was reported in the publication The Massachusetts Teacher, was carried out in co-operation with the Public Library and a Humanities course for "academically talented" students was inaugurated in the fall. Another important "first" was an all-school science fair held in March.
Under the provisions of the National Defense Education Act, Public Law, 85-864, the physics-chemistry laboratory at the High School has been completely renovated. One-half the cost of the project was reim- bursed by Federal funds. Under this same law approximately $1.25 per pupil was made available to strengthen guidance counseling at the High School. Before Federal aid can be obtained for the Junior High School, a guidance program must be inaugurated at that level.
The school lunch program continues to serve an ever-increasing number of pupils. Hot lunches are now available at the Memorial High School, the Junior High School, Mayflower School and the Union Street School which also services School Street School pupils. It is expected that a cafeteria will be installed at the West Side School during the
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coming year. With this eventuality all in-town school bus pupils will be able to enjoy a nourishing, well-balanced, hot lunch each day at a very nominal cost.
The School Committee made a tour of inspection of the school plants shortly after the opening of school in the fall. The tour served a two-fold purpose: inspection of work completed in the summer and an appraisal of building needs for which to plan in the coming year. The Committee gave special attention to the damages caused by Hurricane Donna in September. Under their careful follow-up permanent repairs have been completed.
Repairs and renovations, both major and minor, are mentioned in the reports of the various schools and will not be enumerated here. All repairs and renovations have been made in the interest of sound main- tenance of school plants, better utilization of available space and facilities, and compliance with the standards of the Massachusetts De- partment of Public Safety and Building Inspection.
The trustees under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce are most deserv- ing of our gratitude for their continued generosity to the schools. I wish to pay public tribute to them at this time for their gifts of additional uniforms for the Memorial High School Band, for their help with the West Side School cafeteria renovations, and for all other gifts during the year.
Following this portion of the annual report more detailed accounts of the year's accomplishments will be found in the reports of the indi- vidual schools and departments.
I wish to take this opportunity to commend to you the excellent work of my fellow Middleboro school employees. Through their efforts and dedication education in Middleboro continues to advance and our school system continues to gain increasing recognition for its merit.
Much credit for this progress must go to the School Committee. Because of the caliber of the Committee, the school administration and the school staff have been free to devote themselves to the business at hand-that of providing the best education possible within the available means for Middleboro's young people.
STANLEY KRUSZYNA
Superintendent of Schools
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JOSEPH C. KUNCES
Teacher - 1946 - 1952 Assistant Superintendent of Schools - 1953 - 1956 Superintendent of Schools - 1956 - 1960
In sincere tribute to Joseph C. Kunces for 19 years of loyal and devoted service to his community as a builder of playgrounds, as an imaginative and challenging teacher, as a competent and discerning administrative assistant, as a professionally wise advisor to building committees, as a shrewd and thorough school executive, as a respecter of fairness and as a demander of high standards.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL CHANGES 1960
Teacher Transfers:
Alice C. Harlow
Florence Caldera
Transferred from Grade 2, Rock School to Grade 3, School Street School
Transferred from Grade 3, West Side School, part time, to Grade 6, Mayflower School
Other Personnel Transfers:
Edythe M. Dunlea
Transferred from part-time assistant cook to regular cafeteria staff at the Memorial High School.
Teacher Withdrawals:
Hilda J. Buck, June 30, 1960 Muriel R. Darling, June 30,1960
Muriel J. Kelliher, June 30, 1960 Joseph C. Kunces, August 1, 1960 Rose Maley, June 30, 1960 (retired)
Patricia A. Murphy, June 30, 1960 Jean S. Parker, June 30, 1960
Margaret E. Peck, September 11, 1960 (retired)
David W. Pottier, June 30, 1960 Edward J. Rourke, June 30, 1960
Esther M. Spooner, June 11, 1960 (deceased) Mildred E. Stearns, December 1, 1960 (deceased)
Other Personnel Withdrawals:
Ernest S. Maxwell, Custodian, School Street School, February 18, 1960
Robert Bowman, Custodian, Memorial High School, February 12, 1960 Theodora A. Lee, Cafeteria Staff, Memorial High School, October 24, 1960
Winona Harrison, Cafeteria Staff, Middleborough Junior High School, October 3, 1960
Joanne McComiskey, Secretary, Superintendent of Schools Office, July 15, 1960 Andrew J. Pasztor, Custodian, School Street School, March 24, 1960 Arlene V. Standish, Cafeteria Staff, part time, Memorial High School, January 2, 1960
Teacher Appointments:
Joseph S. Antone, Jr., Assistant Coach of Baseball, Memorial High School (Previously in our system) Karyl A. Benson, Middleborough Junior High School Dorothy M. Davis, Mayflower School Dominick DeLeo, Middleborough Junior High School
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Renee R. Gaudette, West Side School
Margaret G. Hydorn, West Side School, part time
M. Helen Hyvonen, Pratt Free School
Franklin E. James, Coach of Track (Previously in our system)
Lilija M. Keturakis, Memorial High School
Stanley Kruszyna, Superintendent of Schools (Previously in our system)
Charles L. Manos, Principal, Memorial High School
Leo J. McGuirk, Mayflower School
Millicent L. Morgan, Rock School
Laurence C. Osborne, Temporary, Middleborough Junior High School
William T. Shillue, Mayflower School
W. Robert Thomas, Coach Freshman Basketball (Previously in our system)
Norma W. Woodburn, Memorial High School
Other Personnel Appointments:
A. Edmund DeLory, Custodian, Memorial High School
Angelina Jardullo, Cafeteria Staff, part time, Middleborough Junior High School
Rita Kettle, Cafeteria Staff, part time, Memorial High School
Theodore A. Lee, Cafeteria Staff, part time, Memorial High School Irving H. Murphy, Custodian, School Street School
Andrew J. Pasztor, Custodian, West Side School
Louise Paun, part time clerk, Mayflower School
Barbara J. Vachon, Secretary, Superintendent of Schools Office
DIVISION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL Charles L. Manos, Principal
I am pleased to present this report as the principal of Memorial High School, a post which I assumed on August 15, 1960.
The self-evaluation of the High School and the evaluation by the visiting team of educators from the New England Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools has been successfully completed. At the annual meeting in Boston on December 2, 1960, Memorial High School was elected to continuing membership in the Association. Further pro- gress reports concerning the recommendations specified in the report of the visiting committee must be filed at the end of two years. Many of the suggestions made by the group have already been completed. Other recommendations have become part of the common goal of the staff of Memorial High School: i. e., to constantly improve the caliber of education being provided for our students.
Even though there was only one major change in the physical plant since the end of the last school year, it certainly was one of great impor-
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tance. This change was the complete renovation of the chemistry and physics laboratory. The six new units and the instructor's bench make it possible to provide work space for twenty-four students in each class. In addition, a new hood, or demonstration bench, allows all students to view possibly harmful experiments without fear of physical injury. It is hoped that the biology laboratory may be renovated in a similar fashion, so that we at Memorial High School may have the facilities necessary to provide the students with the best possible science edu- cation.
In conjunction with the physical plant, it should be noted that the buildings are in fairly good condition. However, there are some changes that should be made and future expansion must be considered. As stated last year in the report of the evaluating committee of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, "Memorial High School is faced with a constantly growing school population. The present facil- ities are taxed to near capacity. The evaluation committee wishes to point out to the School Committee and administration that the school must expand its facilities to provide additional classroom areas and special purpose spaces in order to meet the needs of the pupils in a modern educational program." This present year the school population increased by fifty and the expected increase for the school year 1961-62 is an additional sixty.
As specified also in the evaluation report, our library facilities must be expanded to meet the growing needs of our school. We must increase not only the physical size of our library but the number of volumes available to our students. A well-stocked library is an essential item in the high school of today. This is especially true in Middleboro where over forty percent of the student body is transported to the High School. A strong school library will afford our youngsters greater opportunity for increased knowledge in their respective fields of study. We must provide this additional opportunity for them if they are to compete successfully with graduates of other schools in advanced studies or in the business world.
The seven-period day inaugurated last year, has been further im- plemented by the requirement that students take a minimum of twenty- six periods of work per week. This increase in the number of class periods has made it possible to enlarge the offerings in the program of studies and therefore provides greater flexibility in the curriculum for individual student needs.
The work being carried on in all departments is to be commended. The members of the faculty are consistently striving toward a common goal: that of providing the best possible education for the youth of Middleboro.
I am particularly pleased with the new honors program in the area of the humanities. Under the able direction of Miss Marion Thomas, a select number of senior honor students are invited each month to study under the direction of specialists in certain fields. The speakers and topics covered thus far are: Dr. Jordan Fiore from Bridgewater State College on American Foreign Policy, Dr. Francis Doody from Boston
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University on the Economic Growth of the United States, and Mrs. Mary Gustafson of Middleboro on the opera, "The Juggler of Notre Dame." Other topics to be covered during the current school year include: philosophy, sociology, art, and psychology.
We are indeed fortunate to have a fine custodial staff. They are conscientious and dependable and take a real pride in their work. The cleanliness of our building attests to the caliber of their performance.
In closing I would like to publicly thank the Middleboro School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, the supervisors and all staff and faculty members for their assistance during this, my first year at Memorial High School.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. MANOS Principal
MEMORIA HIGHY SCHOOL MIDDLEBORO MASS
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MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
TABLE A Total Enrollment
Carver
Boys
Girls
Total
1
51
74
125
Seniors
16
81
79
160
Juniors
18
76
72
148
Sophomores
32
111
116
227
Freshmen
67
319
341
660
TABLE B
Graduating Classes 1956 - - 1960
Class
Boys
Girls
Total
1956
44
63
107
1957
39
69
108
1958
43
73
116
1959
39
73
112
61
54
115
TABLE C
Number going to
junior college
Number in
other schools
Total continuing
52
48.5
1957
108
23
23
46
42.5
1958
116
30
20
50
43.1
1959
112
26
2
27
55
49.1
1960
115
26
5
19
50
43.4
TABLE D
Schools entered by graduates of Class of 1960
Colleges
Boys
Girls
Total
Amherst College
1
Boston University
1
Bridgewater State College
1
1
Eastern Baptist College
2
Eastern Nazarene College
2
Gordon College
1
study
Per Cent
Class
Number in
Class
Number going
to college
1956
107
29
23
1960
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Howard University Lowell State College Lowell Technical Institute
1 2
1
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
1
Nebraska State Teachers College
1
Northeastern University Paul Smith College
1
1
University of Massachusetts
5
1
University of Rochester
1
26
Junior Colleges
Chamberlayne Junior College
1
Dean Junior College
1
1
Endicott Junior College
1
Fisher Junior College
1
5
Other Schools
Barrington Preparatory School
1
Boston College School of Nursing
1
Brockton Academy of Beauty Culture
4
Burdette College
1
2
Chamberlain
2
Chandler School for Women
1
Franklin Technical Institute
1
Lesley College
2
Massachusetts General School of Nursing
1
New England School of Art
1
Swain School of Design
1
Wilfred Academy
1
19
50
2
Salve Regina College
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
CLASS OF 1960
Richard Edward Allen Paul George Anderson Karl Arenburg Stephen Henry Battis Sandra Arlene Bellerive
Richard Stanley Bennett Barry Howard Berman Kenneth Allan Berman Victor Dominic Bernabeo
Roderick MacLean Berry, Jr. Vivian Joan Beuthner *BETTY RAE BOIS * Anne Frances Boucher John David Burke
#Richard Wesley Burr Claudette Cameron Corinne Ann Carlson Alton Francis Caswell Harold Leonard Caswell, Jr. William Arthur Caswell
*Leonard William Condon John Michael Cordeiro, Jr. David John Costa Richard Edward Dainis Guy Clinton Davis, Jr. David Romeo Demers Robert Earl Denson Diane Mae DiBurgo *MARIE ELAINE DIPALMA
*Margaret Ann DuCharme ¡SALLY ANN DUNLEA James Edward Dwyer Carolyn Jean Eaton
*EDNA CHRISTINE ECCLESTON Harold Cedric Elliott Donna Maria Falconeiri James Andrew Fardy Dennis Michael Finneran Sherrill Darleen Flanders
*ANN MARIE FREIDENFELD Donna Maria Gangone *EDWARD RAYMOND GERRIOR
*MARK LEIGH GIBBONS Anne Theresa Gillis Rose Marie Gisetto Brian Lee Green Janice Elaine Grishey Linda Elliott Guidoboni Robert Dean Hallgren John Bartlett Harrison Marilyn June Hollis Douglas Michael Hopkins
Harriet Frances Hopkins
Sandra Tee Howard
Robert Alan Jackson
Ronald Keith, Jr.
Thomas James Kelly Robert Ernest Kingston
+MARJORIE RUTH KINSMAN Everett Richard Lacerda David Carlton Lemmo §Laurence Bruce Lerner Gail Marsha Lewis Joseph Walter Mackiewicz Patricia Gail Maddigan James George Maloof, Jr.
*PATTY LOUISE MARANVILLE Gerald Morris Marshall William Albert Marzelli Grace McNearney
*YVONNE MICHELE McNEICE Mary Elizabeth Mercer §Joan May Minnick Richard David Moskoff William James Murdock Christina Niedzwiecki Anthony Joseph Nunes, Jr.
Linnea Joy Nyberg
Leland George Orlov Anthony Gene Pattee
Ruth Patsy Pina Lawrence Wayne Pink
Elizabeth Ann Prescott
Ronald Forrest Remillard
Kenneth Alfred Roberts Frank Tufts Robinson Kenneth Linwood Shaw, Jr. Charles Clifton Smith, 3rd James Leroy Smith John Harley Smith
Stanwood Philip Sparrow
Jeanne Ann Stuart
Peter Stuart
*Carolyn Ann Sukus
*CAROL DELORES TANGUAY Ann Sharon Taylor Cynthia Card Teeling Kathleen Annette Thompson
Martha Russell Tinsley Catherine Ada Tubman George Robert Turner Eugene Thomas Turney Waldemar Ulich
Ronald Crossley Vaughn
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Marie Louise Vinal
#ELEANOR BRADFORD WALKER Sheila Claire Walsh Thomas Joseph Walsh Harry Lewis Washburn
Mason Freeman Mastera, Class of '59 William Allison Robbins, Class of '59
*JEAN MARIE WEYGAND Sandra Arline Williams Martha Jane Wilmot Marcia Andrea Wing Thetis Michal Woodruff
Valedictorian
Co-Salutatorian
National Honor Society
Work Incomplete Names in Capitals rank in upper tenth of class
FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Class of 1960
Graduates, 117
Attending Schools and Colleges
No. of Pupils
Percent of Class
26
22.2
Degree Granting Colleges
11
9.4
Secretarial and Business Colleges
2
1.8
Nurse Training Schools
4
3.4
Professional and Technical Schools
9
7.7
52
44.5
Regularly Employed
General Clerical
8
Telephone Operator
6
Trade Industrial Worker
19
Maintenance
2
Store - Sales - Supply
3
Mechanic
2
Nurseryman
1
41
35.0
Armed Services
19
16.2
Married
4
3.4
At Home
1
.9
24
20.5
117
100.0
Junior Colleges
Carolyn Mae Wright Judith Frances Wright Laura Ann Wright Elsa Lorraine Wrightington
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Attending Schools and Colleges
Boys
Girls
Total 26
Degree Granting Colleges
18
8
Secretarial and Business Schools
1
10
11
Nurse Training Schools
0
2
2
Junior Colleges
2
2
4
Professional and Technical Schools
3
6
9
Working Full Time
19
22
41
Military Services
19
0
19
Married
*one boy working and married
0 (*1)
4
4
At Home
0
1
1
62
55
117
ADULT EVENING SCHOOL - MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Charles L. Manos, Director
There are 147 students enrolled in the adult education classes as of October 3, 1960. The following table shows the subjects offered, enrollment per class and the instructor for each class.
Subject
Enrollment
Instructor Viola Waitt
Elementary and Advanced Typewriting
28
Bookkeeping
18
Viola Waitt
Adult Civic Education
11
Wilrene F. Card
Mathematics
12
Albert F. Soule, Jr.
Sewing for Beginners
21
Gladys Stevens
Advanced Sewing
19
Gladys Stevens
Woodworking
38
Harry Pickering
The advisory committee for adult education, Mrs. Fred E. Blan- chard, Mrs. Frank Rosen, and Mrs. Stuart A. Silliker are planning a poll. of the town to further determine the courses that the adults of the community would like to see initiated.
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MIDDLEBOROUGH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Henry B. Burkland, Principal
Herewith is my thirty-third annual report as Principal of the Middleborough Junior High School.
MRS. MILDRED K. STEARNS
The faculty and pupils were saddened by the death of Mrs. Mildred K. Stearns on December 1. After many years of successful teaching in Connecticut, Plympton, and Plymouth, Massachusetts, Mrs. Stearns joined the faculty on the opening of the new building in September, 1956, as the successor to Mrs. Louise Walker of the English Department who was at that time transferred to Memorial High School. Mrs. Stearns was an excellent teacher with very high standards of work, and was especially valuable to the system in both her work with the pupils aim- ing at the college course in the Senior High School and in remedial work with individual pupils. She will be greatly missed by her associates.
ENROLLMENT
As of December 1, 1960, the membership in the school was as follows: Grade Eight, 212; Grade Seven, 220; Grade Six, 103; Junior Practical Arts, 12; making a total of 547. The enrollment since Septem- ber has reached 559. The number of personnel is as follows: 1 teaching- principal, 20 classroom teachers including the assistant principal, 2 clerks, 3 full-time cafeteria workers, 1 part-time cafeteria worker, 3 custodians, and so far this year, 3 student-teachers from the State Col· lege at Bridgewater.
FACULTY CHANGES
In June, 1960, Mr. David Pottier left to enter medical school and Mrs. Hilda Buck resigned to stay at home. Miss Karyl Benson was en- gaged for Homemaking and Mr. Dominick De Leo for Mr. Pottier's position. At Mrs. Stearns' leave of absence (November 1), Mrs. Eleanor Sanborn was transferred to the English Department and Mr. Lawrence Osborne was engaged as a long-term substitute in Social Studies. There is a need for two additional teachers, one as a guidance counselor and one to relieve the teaching program of the Principal.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTS
(a) CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH: The two after-school classes in conversational French, one in Grade Seven and one in Grade Eight, have been continued and are ably cared for by Miss Rourke and Mrs.
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Sanborn of the faculty. In addition, the eighth grade group meets with Mrs. Sanborn during the weekly activity period, which was happily re- stored this year to the program. This period makes it possible for the Band to meet with Mr. Nelson on school time although the Orchestra is still an after school group. The various clubs meeting at this period include Hospital Service, Cheerleaders, Travel, Library, Careers, Grade Seven Glee Club, Grade Eight Glee Club, Girls' Shop, Boy Chefs, Science Information, Science Fair, Nature, "Echo" Editors, Grade Seven Mathematics Magic, Grade Eight Mathematics Advanced, Motor Models, and Drum Major Corps. With two exceptions these all meet the same period of the week and are limited to Grades Seven and Eight.
(b) CURRICULUM COMMITTEES: In the regular academic fields the curriculum is being revised as this is the year for the re- publication of the Junior High School Syllabus of Study. I should like at this time to pay tribute to the many, many hours of committee work put in by all teachers in the various curriculum meetings. In the fields of Mathematics, English, and Guidance these have been inter-school committees.
The sports program is ably carried on after regular school hours by Miss Carpenter for the girls and Mr. Denton for the boys.
(c) TESTING: The program in standardized testing has been revised with the new California Test of Mental Maturity being given in Grades Six and Eight, a reading test in Grade Seven and a series of achievement tests in Grade Eight. Mrs. Churchill acts as chairman of group testing assisted by all faculty members. We are indeed fortunate that Miss Rourke has certification to administer the individual Binet and Wechsler tests and thus takes charge of that area. Tests are valu- able only as they are an indication of a pupil's ability and knowledge.
(d) AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS: Weekly subject-related films, a grow- ing library of film-strips purchased from the school fund, seasonal and subject field bulletin boards have all added interest to the regular school subjects.
(e) ASSEMBLIES, PLAY DAY, AND SCIENCE FAIR: Assembly programs are not for entertainment only but for the purpose of speech training and poise. During the past year more parents have been pre- sent at these Friday morning presentations than ever, which has pleased both teacher-sponsors and performing pupils. A Talent show was held for the sports fund, a most successful Play Day was arranged as a culminating physical education activity, and a Science Fair under Mr. Tufts' chairmanship brought much favorable comment.
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