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64.
3,083.33
3,500.00
Street Lights
3,500.00
65.
47.53
47.61
Xmas Tree, Park, Traffic Lights
100.00
66.
699.40
Survey
500.00
66A.
Hot Top Cemetery
500.00
67.
$46,038.83
Total-Highway
$30,400.00
CHARITIES-14% OF TOTAL
General Relief:
68.
$425.00
$475.00
Salaries and Wages
$475.00
69.
6,526.99
3,764.60
Expense
5,000.00
Old Age Assistance:
70.
24,862.02
26,369.97
Expense
27,500.00
42,879.72
Total-Inc. Fed. Grant
13,600.00
Total Spent, Incl. State
1,500.00
114
RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Average
Item Expended
No.
1949-1951
Expended 1952
Recom- mended 1953
Aid To Dependent Children:
71.
2,880.25
2,807.90
Expense
2,500.00
4,796.20
Total-Inc. Fed. Grant
72.
928.50
Welfare Dist. Admin.
613.00
73.
(Town's share)
Aid to Disabled Persons
1,000,00
74.
$52,844.02
Total-Charities
$37,088.00
SOLDIERS BENEFITS-1% OF TOTAL
75.
$250.00
$250.00
Veterans Agent-Salary
$250.00
76.
Expenses
25.00
77.
1,044.05
1,078.41
Soldiers' Relief-Expense 2,000.00
78.
$1,328.41Total-Soldiers' Benefits
$2,275.00
SCHOOLS-41.3% OF TOTAL
79. $34,188.91
$46,952.84
Salaries and Wages
$55,613.00
80. 28,939.11
36,771.12
Expense
51,530.00
Vocational Education :
81.
609.49
1,094.50
Exepnse
2,000.00
$84,818.46
Total-Schools
$109,143.00
NOTE: School estimate per Chapter 70, Section 10 $22,000; net cost to Town $87,143.00. Full amount $109,143.00. Must be appropriated in anticipation of reimbursements from the Commonwealth for support of schools.
LIBRARIES-1.1% OF TOTAL
82. $1,109.56
$1,292.00
Salaries and Wages
$1,400.00
83.
1,438.34
1,914.61
Expense
1,600.00
Plus Dog Tax-Refund
686.75
84.
$3,206.61
Total-Library
$3,686.75
RECREATION -. 05% OF TOTAL
85.
$656.97
$722.09
Park-Expense
$800.00
86.
Equipment
450.00
87.
$722.09
Total-Recreation
$1,250.00
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RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Item
Average Expended 1949-1951
Expended 1952
Recom- mended 1953
UNCLASSIFIED-3.7% OF TOTAL
88.
$622.93
$841.20
Town Report
$850.00
89.
386.89
353.38
Memorial Day
400.00
90.
1,497.35
1,899.12
Retirement Fund Assessment
2,770.67
91.
1,154.02
1,347.34
Res. Fund-Finance Comm.
2,500.00
92.
2,835.61
2,846.36
Insurance
3,200.00
93.
$7,287.40
Total-Unclassified
$9,720.67
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
94.
$117.00
$150.00
Wages-Auditor
95.
300.00
300.00
Salaries-Commissioners (3)
300.00
96.
2,632.00
3,146.00
Wages-Clerk
2,400.00
97.
13,467.56
15,300.00
Wages-other Dept. personnel
19,800.00
98.
57,866.00
77,000.00
Energy
72,000.00
99.
2,889.98
6,047.66
Depreciation Account
3,968.32
100. 14,783.38
16,000.00
Maint. and Const. Expense
17,000.00
101.
1,000.00
Reserve Account (transfer from Dept. Surplus Account)
1,000.00
102.
1,000.00
Tree Clearance
1,500.00
$119,943.66
Total (all to be taken from earnings
$117,968.32
CEMETERIES-1.6% OF TOTAL
103.
$30.00
$30.00
Salary-Supt. of Burials
$30.00
104.
55.00
60.00
Salaries-Commissionsers (3)
60.00
105.
2,448.00
3,050.00
Expense-Maintenance
3,100.00
106.
520.23
622.30
Expense-Opening Graves
750.00
107.
146.00
477.01
Equipment
115.00
108.
$4,239.31
Total-Cemeteries
$4,055.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST-6.0% OF TOTAL
109. $2,000.00
$2,000.00 10,000.00 3,315.00
School Construction Note
$10,000.00
110.
School Addition Note
2,000.00
111.
Interest on same
3,100.00
Total-Maturing Debt
112.
$15,315.00
and Interest
$15,100.00
No.
116
RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Average Item Expended Expended
· No. 1949-1951 1952
Recom- mended 1953
113.
Total Spent-All Depts. Total Budget
114.
Recommendations $366,610.06
115.
Total-Special Art. not in budget 2,850.00
Estimated State Charges, County
Taxes, Assessors Estimate of
Overlay and all other amounts re- quired by law to be
116.
raised 15,422.96
Grand Total Recommendations
and Estimates
$249,763.69
$384,918.45
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Town of Middleton
UNDE
172
also
Report of the Superintendent of Schools for the Year Ending December 31, 1952
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SCHOOL REPORT
SCHOOL REPORT
School Committee
MR. EBEN L. JEWETT, Chairman
Term expires 1955
MRS. ROSAMOND BASTABLE, Secretary
Term expires 1955
MR. HAROLD F. PURDY
Term expires 1953
MR. HENRY LUSCOMB
Term expires 1954
MR. DAVID BURNS
Term expires 1954
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS THOMAS L. RIVARD, Tewksbury
Office: North Street School
Tel. Lowell 8643
The superintendent may be seen at the Howe-Manning School by appointment. Appointments may be made through Mr. Raymond Dower, Principal. Telephone Danvers 475-M 1.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Mrs. Lois Rogers, M.D. Topsfield,Mass.
SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. Louise Brennan, R.N. Salem, Mass.
School Calendar 1953
Open January 5, 1953 Close February 20, 1953 .
VACATION - ONE WEEK
Open March 2, 1953 VACATION - ONE WEEK
Close April 17, 1953
Open April 27, 1953 Close June 12, 1953
SUMMER VACATION
Open September 9, 1953 Close December 23, 1953
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
February 22 Good Friday May 30
October 12
November 11 November 26 and 27
(and such other days as the School Committee may designate) The School Calendar may be subject to change.
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No School Signals
AT 7:40 A. M.
a. 2-2-2 on the fire signal.
b. A couple of blasts at the B. B. Chemical Co.
c. Street lights on for three minutes.
Radio Station WBZ, Boston, will carry an announcement on their regular no school broadcasts.
The High School signal will be given at 7:00 on the fire whistle.
SCHOOL CENSUS October 1, 1952
Age
Boys
Girls
Total
5-7
73
59
132
7-16
191
169
360
4-5
45
3-4
49
2-3
54
1-2
47
under 1 year
24
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SCHOOL REPORT
HOWE-MANNING SCHOOL Corps of Teachers 1952-1953
Name
Date of Grade Appointment
Raymond S. Dower, Jr., B.A. University of N. H.
Sept. 1951
M. Ed., Principal
Boston University
Catherine Devane
Lesley College
1
Sept. 1937
Marjorie Shaw, B.S.E.
Salem Teachers Col.
1 Sept. 1950
Nellie Johnston
Salem Teachers Col. 2 Sept. 1949
Grace Warman
Salem Teachers Col.
2&3 Sept. 1950
Carmelina Marino, B.S.E. Boston University
3 Sept. 1951
Esther Charron, B.S., M. Ed. Lowell Teachers Col.
4 Sept. 1952
Boston University
Salem Teachers Col. 4 Sept. 1914
Patricia Kornachuk, B.S.E.
Salem Teachers Col.
5 Sept. 1951
Ann LaFortune, B.A.
Trinity College
5 Sept. 1951
Ann Rikkola, B.S.E.
Worcester Teach. Col.
6 Sept. 1951
Marie Lapniewski, B.S.
Manhattanville Col.
6 Sept. 1952
James Burke, B.S. E.
Lowell Teachers Col. 7 Sept. 1952
John Branch, B.A.
University of Maine 8 Sept. 1951
Supervisors
Dorothea Shea, B.A., M.Ed.
Boston University
Read. Sept. 1951
Doris Nyquist, B.M.
Sonia Antis, B.A.
Art Sept. 1951
William Rinehart, Director
N. E. Conservatory of Music Tufts College Rinehart Functional
Music Sept. 1951
Penman-
Handwriting ship Sept. 1951
Janitor and Attendance
Nathan Hayward, Jr. Middleton
Fannie Hinkley
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SCHOOL REPORT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The school committee herewith submits to the citizens and taxpayers of Middleton the reports of the school department:
The past year has seen many of our long-term plans realized and projects completed.
We were able to have the classrooms in the old part of the building painted in attractive pastel colors.
We now have a very attractive, well-equipped, and functional dental clinic. We expect the formal dental program to get under way very shortly.
The new report cards described in our principal's report have been adopted and the policy of issuing cards in the first and second grades inaugurated.
We have seen the physical education program developed and the social phase of our school program broadened.
' We have obtained very excellent results from our remedial read- ing program and should like to call your attention to Miss Shea's report contained herein.
The school auditorium has been used on many occasions during the past year for community programs, and the gymnasium is being used by groups for recreational purposes. Such use of the school facilities provides an opportunity for our youth to engage in whole- some activity and helps to make our community a more attractive one in which to live.
Growth in our whole educational program was evidenced in the very fine production, "America's Heritage of Song," recently pre- sented by our school children. Such a presentation reflects a high degree of coordination and cooperation within our school and between the school and the home. Much credit is due our music and art supervisors, our teachers, and principal for their direction of such an excellent program.
The major part of the increase in our proposed school budget reflects an increase in school enrollment with the resulting increase in teaching personnel, and increase of $14.52 per pupil in the Danvers High School tuition rate effective January 1, 1953, an increase in transportation costs, and an increase in teachers' salaries.
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The school committee is aware of the fact that in the not-too- distant future our school building facilities are not going to be adequate to satisfactorily accommodate our eight grades and awaits with interest the report of the regional school investigating com- mittee as to the possible solution to the anticipated problem.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank our superintendent, Mr. Rivard; our principal, Mr. Dower; our teachers, supervisors, Janitor, and cafeteria workers for their fine cooperation and splendid service during the past year. Again we solicit the continued coopera- tion and interest of the parents and townspeople.
Respectfully submitted,
EBEN L. JEWETT, Chairman ROSAMOND L. BASTABLE, Secretary HAROLD F. PURDY DAVID BURNS HENRY F. LUSCOMB
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Middleton School Committee:
I am pleased to submit my second annual report for your con- sideration.
The past year has been an unusually busy one. However, we have made much progress and the end product will result in a modern educational program pledged to close cooperation among teachers, parents and pupils.
The reports of the Principal and Supervisors, which are appended to this report, will cover in detail the progress made this past school year. We must remember that school methods must change with time and place, but if psychologically sound and sociologically sincere will always result in the truly wholesome development of the school child. The business of any school is to make successes rather than failures. Our teaching function is to help children and to take each as he comes and to help him along as best we can. Consequently, our system is now beginning to reflect this philosophy - the close cooper- ation of the School Committee; the guidance and interpretations of our Principal, Mr. Dower; the guidance and remedial work of our consultant, Miss Shea; the special interests of the teachers and supervisors; the athletic program; the newspapers; the extra activi- ties; the new report cards - all reflect the effectiveness of the school's program.
RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
A number of changes have taken place during the year in the teaching personnel.
RESIGNATIONS
Mrs. Constance Cobb
Grade 4
Mr. Gardner Holmes Grade 7
APPOINTMENTS
Mrs. Esther Charron, a graduate of Lowell State Teachers' College, and Boston University, was elected to teach Grade 4; Miss Marie Lapniewski, a graduate of Manhattanville College to teach Grade 6; and Mr. James Burke, a graduate of Lowell State Teachers' College to teach Grade 7.
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ENROLLMENT STATISTICS Age-Grade Distribution Table No. 1
Åge Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Total
I
15
45
1
61
II
7
33
40
III
11
1 21
10
1
43
9
39
10
1
59
V
8
38
8
54
VI
6
33
7
3
2
51
VII
5
20
6
2
1
34
VIII
2
26
11
3
1
43
Total
15
52
45 30
57
55
47
29
35
15
4
1
385
Teacher-Grade Distribution October 1, 1952 Table No. 2
Teacher
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Total
Miss Devane
31
31
Mrs. Shaw
30
30
Mrs. Johnston
30
30
Mrs. Warman
10
12
22
Miss Marino
31
31
Mrs. Charron
29
29
Miss Hinkley
30
30
Mrs. Kornachuk
26
26
Mrs. LaFortune
28
28
Mrs. Rikkola
26
26
Miss Lapniewski
25
25
Mr. Burke
35
35
Mr. Branch
42
42
Total
61
40
43
59
54
51
35
42
385
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Middleton Students Attending Danvers High School Table No. 3
Grade 9
38
Grade 10
22
Grade 11
21
Grade 12
9
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Our lunch program is capably managed by Mrs. Margaret Osgood, as indicated by the record number of pupils being served as well as being entirely self-supporting. The price still remains the same - namely, one dollar per week per student for a daily lunch. During the school year, Sept. 1951 - June 1952, 40,668 Type A Lunches (including milk) and 8,845 Type C Lunches (milk only) were served. The sum of $8,634.64 was collected for the sale of these lunches and an additional sum of $3,506.82 reimbursed from the Massachusetts Lunch Program.
AGE OF ADMISSION TO SCHOOL
All children born on or before January 1, 1948 are eligible to attend school in the coming fall term. No entrance tests for children under the age requirement will be given.
AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS
An Audio-visual Aid Department has been started. A tape recorder has been purchased to supplement our projectors, record player and portable amplifier. A film library has been started under a school union agreement with Tewksbury.
Today in modern education these aids are a necessity if we are to overcome the problems of forgetting. Education's greatest weak- ness appears when pupils are made to memorize general rules and concepts when they have never had the experience to understand them. Audio-visual aids will help to provide these experiences so neces- sary for understanding.
ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION
In the light of present-day educational standards physical educa- tion has come to be considered primarily as a phase of education which includes the development of the social, emotional, and mental aspects of the child's life. Now that the athletic program is success- fully under way, it is our aim to utilize the facilities of our new gym- nasium in developing the inherent values in a physical education program geared to the specific activities of each age level. The child's experiences in physical education are particularly valuable in the development of desirable habits and attitudes, skills and abilities.
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SCHOOL REPORT
CONCLUSION
This report, in order to avoid duplication, has covered briefly, with some exceptions, only what has not been reported by our Principal, Mr. Dower. His report will cover in detail the new Massa- chusetts Department of Public Health regulations, report on the text and library books, the new marking system and report cards. Like- wise, your report has covered the installation of our dental clinic as well as the community use of the building.
I particularly call your attention to the fact that our school population is steadily increasing and that we will be short of class- rooms within two years. I realize, however, that our regional school committee is studying this problem and will report its findings in the immediate future.
I take this opportunity to express my appreciation to you, the principal, teachers, and parents for the close cooperation in building a better school. We must remember that education is a basic force for freedom and that our schools must continue the struggle in the reaffirmation and exemplification of the American Way.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS L. RIVARD, Superintendent of Schools
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SCHOOL REPORT
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Middleton:
Forwarded herewith, for your consideration and approval, is my second annual report as Principal of Howe-Manning School to the citizens of the Town of Middleton. Again, this year, the report has been divided into major sections for clarification and ease in the assimilation of the data presented.
FACULTY
The teaching staff includes thirteen classroom teachers, an Art Supervisor, Music Supervisor, Reading Supervisor, Penmanship Super- visor, and the Principal. The staff represents an increase of one classroom teacher from last year's total of twelve classroom teachers. The new classroom teacher, made imperative by the necessity for forming a second Sixth Grade class, is Miss Marie T. Lapniewski. Other additions to the faculty made necessary by resignations are Mrs. Esther Charron and Mr. James Burke. Mrs. Charron replaced Mrs. Constance Cobb in Grade Four and Mr. Burke has replaced Mr. Gardner Holmes, formerly homeroom teacher for Grade Seven. A com- plete roster of the teaching personnel may be found elsewhere in this report.
REPORT CARDS
A new method of reporting scholastic achievement and personal growth to parents of Howe-Manning School pupils was placed in effect with the opening of the present school year. The new method of reporting pupil progress was the result of more than two years of study and research on the part of a committee composed of teachers, school administrators, members of the Middleton School Committee and the Howe-Manning Parent-Teachers Association.
By way of contrast, the old type of report card, used up until this year, was a single printed card. The new type of report card contains five pages. It is felt that by this comparison alone as to size, parents can readily reach the conclusion that more information about their children's progress while a member of the school community can be more easily obtained.
The most significant change between the old and the new cards has been the change in the marking system employed. Heretofore, the former card listed five separate grades. The new report lists only three. The old card listed Grades A, B, C, D, E. The new card lists only E for exceptional or outstanding work, S for satisfactory work in terms of the pupil's ability and grade level and U for unsatisfactory work.
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SCHOOL REPORT
The new method of reporting was first developed for pupils in Grades Four through Eight and was employed for the first time at the close of the first marking period of the present school year. In addition, however, a new type of report card, patterned after the original new card, has been developed for Grades One through Three. Heretofore, there has been no standard type of reporting system for Grades One and Two while a system of reporting by letter has been employed by Grade Three. The new report card for Grades One through Three was employed for the first time at the end of the second marking period of the present school year. It is similar in format to the card employed by the higher grades but has been revised to more closely fit the needs of the pupils in the beginning grades.
HEALTH
The Massachusetts Department of Health, acting under the authority of Section 57, Chapter 71 of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, as amended by Chapter 502 of the Acts of 1951, has pre- scribed and established new rules and regulations relative to the physical examination of school children. These regulations became effective for school children on September 1, 1952.
The purpose of these regulations is to discover disabilities of school children as soon as possible so as to enable all children to obtain the fullest benefit of their educational opportunities and to insure that diseases dangerous to the public health and other con- tagious or communicable diseases are recognized whenever they occur.
Accordingly, a letter to parents was prepared and dispatched shortly after the beginning of the present school year. Important segments of the new law were quoted for parents' information. Copies of this letter may be obtained from the Principal upon request.
In accordance with the new law, Howe-Manning School pupils will be examined during the first, fourth and eighth grades. It is preferred that the family physician do the examining whenever pos- sible. If this is to be done, forms furnished by the State will be supplied the family upon request at the school. The school physician, Dr. Lois Rogers of Topsfield, will do all examinations not handled by family physicians. For all children to be examined at school, it is hoped that at least one parent will be available to come to school when the examination is to take place as there will be an opportunity to discuss each child's condition with the physician at the time of the examination. This is particularly true in the first and fourth grades. Parents wll be notified by letter of the impending examinations.
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Howe-Manning School will now be required to furnish a phy- sician's certificate from either the family physician or the school physician before reentering school if absent five days or more. The school physician's certificate may be obtained without cost if the child is brought to Dr. Roger's office on Main Street, Topsfield, during the doctor's office hours which are 2-3:30 P.M., every afternoon except Wednesday and Sunday and 7-8 P.M., Monday, Tuesday, and Thurs- day. The telephone is Topsfield 121. In addition, children may be sent to the Howe-Manning School on days Dr. Rogers will be there on school business. A telephone call to the Principal will enable parents to learn when the physician will be at school. There will be no fee for this service.
To enable the school to carry out its responsibilities under the new regulations, a new medical examining table complete with pad and stool has been obtained for the clinic. In addition, a four drawer file has been placed at the disposal of the school nurse and a filing system has been established whereby the health records of every pupil attending Howe-Manning School will be maintained in separate folders, thus making the records easily obtainable when necessary.
At the time this report is being written, work is being rushed to completion on the new Dental Clinic which should be in operation at the time of publication of this report. A section of the hallway opposite the Medical Clinic has been partitioned off and a complete dental unit has been installed. Both Medical and Dental Clinics have been freshly painted. It is hoped that the new Dental Clinic will fulfill a long-standing need.
SCHOOL LIBRARY
Bookcases were constructed in the Reading Room last year and the shelves are being filled with books for reading enjoyment. The 1952 graduating class left the sum of $63.78 for the purchase of new books for the library. A total of 23 books were purchased from American Book Company, 25 from D. C. Heath Company and four books from the MacMillan Company from this amount. The library is entirely student-operated and the children obtain books from the library each evening before going home. The books are returned to the library in the morning when the children arrive at school. In addition, through the kindness of Miss Carleton, a selected number of books from the Flint Library, are also available for the children to read. The present Eighth Grade has been raising funds for their class gift through the sale of Christmas cards and school dances.
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
This would seem to be the most appropriate section in which to mention the very successful school pageant which was held at school the early part of December. More than 400 parents and others inter- ested in the affairs of Howe-Manning School attended this perform- ance. It is difficult to express enough appreciation here for the excellent work contributed by Mrs. Doris Nyquist, Music Supervisor, under whose direction the pageant was conducted. Tribute is also paid here to the teachers and the many parents who helped in any way to make the pageant the success it was. From the proceeds it has been possible to purchase new music books for the first five grades. These books are accompanied by records which contain a portion of the songs in each book. The records will be played by the classroom teacher to teach the children the proper way or ways the songs may be sung.
This past year saw the beginning of a school newspaper. The paper is published several times during the school year and it is hoped that this will be an avenue by which parents may be informed of the happenings at school.
School dances have now become an established custom at Howe- Manning School. These dances are held in the gymnasium on the Friday evening before a school vacation. Much credit is due Mrs. Dorothy Coffin for conducting these dances for the children. The dances are sponsored by the Seventh and Eighth Grades. A small fee is charged and the sum amassed is placed in the class treasuries. These dances are held for the upper three grades. Credit is also due the Middleton Spring Beverage Company for their kindness in donating tonic for refreshments.
ATHLETICS
Basketball and baseball teams representing the school played full schedules this year against schools from other towns. The Parent- Teachers Association provided caps and pants for the baseball team. Baseball shirts were provided from funds left from the now defunct Town Softball League. Basketball suits were provided from the former Boys' Club Team. This past fall, outdoor basketball goal posts and baskets were erected on the playground for playground activity. The posts were furnished by the Electric Light Company and the work of erection was handled by Mr. John Hoctor and the Highway Depart- ment crew.
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