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The year, as a whole, has been most encouraging to the super- visor because of the enthusiasm of the boys and girls, and the loyalty and cooperation shown by the teachers.
Let me thank you, Mr. Lambert, and all who have so will- ingly helped in the progress of better handwriting.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET A. CAMERON, Supervisor of Penmanship.
Report of Supervisor of Music
Supt. J. W. Lambert :
DEAR SIR,-I herewith submit my seventh report as Supervisor of Music in the town of Saugus.
The school room music has progressed as in previous years. The teachers, accustomed to the system, and the new teachers have handled the work in a capable manner. Various choruses have given programs for association meetings. During National Music Week a combined sixth grade chorus gave an evening's entertainment.
The Woman's Civic League of Cliftondale has donated money to the grade buildings for music purposes. In order to win this a Music Memory Contest is to take place in June. All fourth, fifth and sixth grades are eligible. The numbers to be used are standard selections, in connection with the regular school outline of music.
The interest in outside music study has so increased that it was not necessary to urge pupils to join instrumental classes this year. This is an ideal situation, as children advance more rapidly under private instruction.
The fife and drum classes organized in the spring did not con- tinue in the fall. This was due to lack of parental interest. The children interested in the work are studying with private teachers in Malden and Lynn.
The school orchestra has done splendid work during the year. They have furnished music for many organizations. The personnel is as follows :- First and second violins, flute, trumpet and piano. The following schools are represented, Armitage, Ballard, Emerson, Felton, Mansfield and Roby.
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As always the success of my work lies in the interest and coop- eration of our school faculty and superintendent. In closing I wish to thank each one who has worked so faithfully with me.
Respectfully submitted,
LAURA E. CRAM.
Report of Supervisor of Saugus Dental Clinic
Mr. Jesse W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR,-Herewith I submit my annual report as Supervi- sor of the Dental Clinic.
On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, assisted by Mrs. Donovan the school nurse, I treat the pupils of the various schools at the clinic room in the Cliftondale School.
At the beginning of the school year, the school nurse examined the children's teeth in the first and second grades and arranged clinics. This enabled me to start the clinic about five weeks earlier than usual and by this arrangment I was able to treat a larger number of children.
We have found it necessary this year to increase the fee from ten cents to twenty-five cents at each visit, the treatments includ- ing extractions, fillings and prophylactic treatments.
The greater part of the work, as in previous years, has been among the pupils of the first and second grades who are in need of treatment and could not get it in any other way. When the work on the children of these two grades was completed, prophy- lactic treatments were given wherever necessary to the pupils of the other grades.
A detailed report of the work done at the clinic from January 1926 to January, 1927, is submitted as follows :
Total number of patients treated at the Saugus Dental Clinic 900.
Total number of deciduous extractions
398
Prophylactic treatments
326
Fillings .
I39
Treatments
25
Permanent extractions
6
Refused treatment
6
900
Respectfully submitted,
DR. ROGER P BECKMAN.
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Report of School Nurse
10 Mr. Jesse W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR,-I herewith submit my fifth annual report as school nurse for the year ending December 31, 1926.
Number of visits to schools, 437 ; jhome visits, 343 ; exclusions for pediculosis, 269 ; all pediculosis; cases ¿followed up, all cases returned. In addition to home visits for pediculosis, the home visits for other cases were as follows: Whooping cough, 12; whooping cough in family, 5 ; defective vision, 12 ; impetigo, 21 ; scarlet fever, 12; scarlet fever in family, 4 ; tonsilitis, 2; mal- nutrition, I ; sore eyes,' 1 ; sick in school, 4; mumps, 4 ; sore throat, 15; sick stomach, 3; bronchitis, 2 ;]colds, 44 ; heart, I ; pneumonia, 3 ; earache, 4 ; unclean, 9 ; measles, 16 ; measles in family, 9 ; boils, 2 ; mother sick, 4; not at home, 9; truancy, 3 ; grippe, 14 ; headache, 2; broken glasses, I ; no clothes, 4 ; no rubbers, 3 ; toothache, 3 ; chicken pox, 9; poison ivy, 8; men- tality, 1 ; broken shoulder, 1 ; no shoes, 2 ; sore foot, I ; chicken pox in family, I ; conjunctivitis, 3.
In September the children were given a physical examination by the school'physicians, at which I assisted in checking up the physical record cards with the physicians. These (physical record cards, which are required by the state, mean a great deal more work, but are extremely helpful in showing the physical condition and improvement of the child from one year to the next.
The slips have been given out and about 250 returned signed for the Schick test, which will be given during the month of January by Dr. Jones of the State Board of Health.
All the children in the 'grade schools have been weighed and measured. Out of a total of 1878 children, 173 were found to be ten per cent underweight;and 53 fifteen per centiunderweight.
As in previous years, I have found it very helpful, in cases where a contagious disease has been reported and excluded, to conduct a daily ?inspection of all the children in that? particular class-room and exclude all suspicious cases from school.
Dental clinic is still conducted on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the Cliftondale school, at which I assist Dr. Beck- man. The number of children treated at the Dental Clinic will be found in the Dental Clinic report.
I would advise beginning the work on scarlet fever prevention, called "The Dick Test and Inoculation." We have had such wonderful results from the Schick test, having practically elimin- ated diphtheria from the schools, that' I feel we should[start pre-
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vention work on scarlet fever, as we have had a number of cases during the year.
In closing I wish to extend my thanks to you, Mr.[Lambert, the School Committee, the School Physicians and the teachers, for the helpful cooperation I have received in my work.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. DONOVAN, R. N.
Report of Supervisor of Physical Education
Mr. J. W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools, Saugus, Mass. :
I herewith submit my first report as Supervisor of Physical Education in the Elementary Schools of Saugus.
The enthusiasm with which both teachers and pupils greeted me on the first day has continued and has greatly inspired me, so that I am able to put forth my best efforts and get the best in return.
I visit the Elementary Grades, every week, and the Districts, once every two weeks. The lessons are of twenty minutes dura- tion for the Elementary Grades and twenty-five to thirty minutes for the Districts. The work is outlined by the month and each teacher has an outline to follow. Pupil leadership was started at the beginning of the year and has been carried on under the super- vision of the teachers. One lesson, a month, I.observe the work of the pupil leaders.
The classes were held at the beginning of the year out of doors, but are now held in the class-rooms. As soon as weather condi- tions permit, we shall again work in the open air.
The work in the first two grades is much different from that of the other grades. In these grades we act story plays. 'I try to arrange the work to correspond with that of the teacher. That is, in the fall before Thanksgiving when the children are learning of the Indians, I also give an Indian lesson. We always close our lessons with a game. In the third and fourth grades, they have the simplest of exercises. The work progresses to more difficult exercises through the fifth and sixth grades.
Two weeks of my time, this fall, was spent in assisting Mrs. Donovan in weighing and measuring the children.
A typical physical training lesson should be divided into four periods : Warming-up Period ; Educational Period ; General Exercise Period ; and Quieting Period. If formal gymnastics
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are used as in the fifth and sixth grades, the Educational Period is given over to the Spinal, Shoulder, Chest, Balance, Alternate Side and Jumping exercises. In the General Period, the exer- cises should be those previously learned. It should be noticeable to an observer that the respiration of every child be deeper and fuller in this period. The purpose of the Quieting Period is to assist circulation to become normal.
We have done very little with folk dancing but hope before the end of the year that every grade will have learned several dances.
I give every grade several new games during the month. Games are very important in the life of a child. He learns fair play, respect for others, leadership, orderly conduct and courtesy.
I believe that bodily exercise trains the mind and tends to develop certain virtues ; namely, proper pride, friendship, loyalty, honor, obedience, cleanliness, sociability, muscular strength, health and beauty, courage, punctuality, self-control, initiative, and good humor. Surely all of these virtues are of educational value.
There is no doubt but that physical education in the public schools leads to life expansion, happiness, good character, and good American citizenship.
I feel that the Physical Education program in the Elementary Grades is quite firmly established, due to the efforts and coopera- tion of the teachers, the kind advice and help of the other super- visors, and the interest which you have shown in the work, Mr. Lambert.
Respectfully submitted,
ARLINE E. ALLBEE, Supervisor of Physical Education.
Report of Physical Director
Mr. J. W. Lambert, Supt. of Schools, Saugus, Mass. :
Following is the first report of the present Superviser of Physical Training for the Senior and Junior High Schools.
The aim of the Physical Training course is two-fold :- first, to maintain and increase health, to develop and increase organic strength ; second to develop and increase skill, also courage, determination, presence of mind, honesty, and other mental and moral qualities.
The course embraces the following types of exercise :
(a) Exercises that develop prompt response to commands
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(obedience) (b) Exercises that develop initiative and skill (resourcefulness) (c) Exercises that develop cooperation (loyalty) (d) Exercises that develop determination (leadership) (e) Exercises that develop the musculature (improved posture).
The first place is given to Exercises of Skill and Localized Strength ; ¿. e. to exercises that have as their aim the increased mobility of the chest, and the development of sound heart and lungs ; namely, to exercises designed primarily for health and organic strength.
The second place is given to Exercises of Skill and Localized Strength ; ¿. e. to exercises whose aim is to increase co-ordination and the strength of localized groups of muscles.
The third place is given to Order exercises (tactics).
Exercises of Strength are not considered in the course (wrest- ling, weight-lifting, etc.)
At both the Senior and Junior High Schools, pupil leaders, whose duty it is to direct a class consisting of 35-50 pupils (both boys and girls) under immediate control of the home room teacher, have been appointed. The leaders have been previously in- structed by the supervisor concerning the nature of the exercises to be given.
Owing to the fact that there is no gymnasium, all exercising is carried on within the home rooms. This condition, it is hoped, will be remedied in the near future.
Due to the increased cooperation on the part of the teachers as well as to the greater proficiency of the leaders, the work in this department is steadily picking up. We intend giving to the Saugus schools a physical training department that compares favorably with these of other large schools.
I would make the following recommendations :
I. That the boys and girls have separate classes for Physical Education. 2. That the appropration of money for the erection and maintenance of a gymnasium be given immediate consider- ation. 3. That Stackpole's Field be put into a condition suitable for the requirements of football and baseball.
In closing I wish to thank the teachers who have lent their hearty support, the pupil leaders who are daily doing their bit, and Mr. Lambert for his interest and support.
Respectfully submitted,
A. R. RICE.
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GENERAL SCHOOL STATISTICS
Number of public schools based on the single class-room as a
unit
13
Number of public buildings used for school purposes 12
Number of resident minors, October 1, 1926, ages 5 to 7 boys, 298, girls, 243 . 541
Number of resident minors, October 1, 1926, ages 7 to 14, boys, 937, girls, 929 1,866
Number of resident minors, October 1, 1926, 14 to 16, boys, 216, girls, 253 469
Number of resident minors, October 1, 1926, ages 16 to 21, boys, 397, girls, 360
757
Number between 14 and 16 years of age given employment certificates 103
Average school membership for school year, closing June 30, 1926 2,736
Average daily attendance for school year closing June 30, 1926 2,500
Percentage of attendance based on membership for school year
closing June 30, 1926 .914
Enrollment fall term 1926
2,891
Population of town 13,244
Assessed valuation of taxable assessment $12,430,354
property, including December
Tax per thousand, all purposes $41
Amount appropriated, all purposes $518,314.59
Amount of above appropriation granted School Department General Fund $185,300.00 Rate per cent of school appropriation (general expenses) to total appropriation .357
Appropriation for school repairs . $10,750
Transferred to school repairs account by Finance Committee $150
Valuation of School property and equipment (estimated) $697,200 Rate per cent of valuation, used for repairs .015+
Special appropriation for renovation of heating plant at High School
$8,000 Special Appropriation to replace heating plant at the Emerson · $5,000 School
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MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES BY SCHOOLS, JANUARY 3, 1927
Grades
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
IO
II
12:P. G. Tot. by Schs.
Armitage School .
32
43
38
42
35
40
230
Ballard School
.
39
37
37
36
39
35
Ballard School
72
Cliftondale
164
Emerson
.
38
17
23
34
42
154
Felton
50
36
44
48
44
42
264
Lynnhurst
26
II
13
16
17
17
100
Mansfield
43
43
41
32
159
North Saugus
23
15
1 5
25
14
II
105
Oaklandvale
.
25
15
13
14
II
II
89
Roby
55
49
36
44
42
35
261
Roby
.
.
15
20
15
16
66
1 30
140
270
128
IIO
230
I12
64
63
I
Total by grades .
377
300
314
324
289 . 283
258
250
230
II2
64
63
I
2,865
·
46
34
38
46
38
34
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
High
708
--
41
8 --
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CORPS OF TEACHERS
High School
Name and Residence
First Election Subjects Telephone
Robert R. Webber 60 Summer street Miss Mildred Bee 12 Hillside Circle, Swampscott.
1922 Principal
1922 Typewriting and Stenography
Breakers 9426-R
Miss Morell Connell
17 Lander street, Lynn
192 1 English
Breakers 4052-R
C. Carroll Cunningham 240 Lincoln avenue
I925 English
677-M
Marian Emmett 26 Prospect street
1927 Geography 651-R
Vernon Evans
88 Chestnut street
1921 History 805
Erastine B. Gilmore 21 Prospect street Gladys Hartshorn 26 Summer street
1925 Spanish and French
141-R
Civics and
1923 European History 376-R
Edward Hayes
259 Lincoln avenue
1925
English and Civics
567-W
William A. Lowell
1925
Science and Mathematics
93 Vine street Hazel Marison 19 First street
1921 Typewriting and Sten. I86-R
Elva E. Osier
7 Newhall street, Lynn
1926 Latin
Breakers 5488-W
Albion R. Rice
24 Summer street
1926 Algebra and Athletics 15-M
Alice E. Shattuck
272 Lincoln avenue
1926
French and Latin 120
Fannie M. Spinney
80 W. Cedar street, Boston
1925
French
Effie M. Stanhope
26 Summer street
1926 English
Elmer Watson
60 Summer street
1926 Mathematics
59-R
Delbert Wheeler
75 Silsbee street, Lynn
192 I
Science
Amy Wiggin
1922 Bookkeeping
Breakers 6211-M
28 Sachem street, Lynn Mabel Willey
1918
Bookkeeping
106-M
4I Vine street
Mabel Williams
62 Jasper street
1918 English
176-Y
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Name and Residence First Election Subjects Telephone
Emily S. Woodbury 28 Sachem street, Lynn Gwendolyn Lambert 279 Central street
1922 Dom. Science Breakers 6211-M
1926 Mathematics 267
Central Junior High School
Mabel W. Brown
264 Riverside avenue, Medford 1922
English
Mystic 29
Paul Bund
16 Uphan terrace, Malden
1925 Manual Training Malden 3479-J
Emma B. Hughes
16 Kent street 1914 English
Margaret P. MacIntyre 21 Prospect street 1925 Drawing
141-R
Evelyn E. Matthews
15 Myrtle street
1926 Sewing
M. Eckless Nay
83 No. Common street, Lynn 1920 History Breakers 9064-J
Mabel I. Nelson
37 Spencer avenue 1926 Geography
644-J
Mittie J. Smith
3 East Denver street
1919 Arithmetic
205-W
Alice M. Willis
4 Willis street
1923 Arithmetic 365
C. Francis Woods
28 Elsmere avenue, Lynn 1922 Music Breakers 6448-R
JANITORS
Andrew C. Lynn, 17 East Denver street. Telephone 364-M Edgar MacDougall, Centennial avenue Mrs. Charles Rhodes, 81 Lincoln avenue, Matron
Sweetser Junior High School
Leon C. Young
14 Clifton street
1926 Principal 531-M
Lillian R. Connell :
222 Euclid avenue, E. Lynn 1922 English
Breakers 7249-M
Helen A .. McDuffee
1926 Latin and French 347-W
Loretta F. Mullin
5 Round Hill road
1925 Music 138-R
Elizabeth Nelson
51 Essex street
1913 Reading and Spelling 207-R
Alta M. Patten
42 Clifton avenue
1924 English 388-M
Elsie D. Phillips
18 Granite road
1920 Arithmetic 812-M
IO Essex street
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Name and Residence
First Electiom Grades Telephone
Elenora Rice 123 Essex street
1921 Arithmetic
569-R
Elizabeth B. Taylor
II Granite road
1914 Geography 746
Vera Wentworth 15 Myrtle street
I923 History
90
JANITOR
Frank Spencer, 16 Jackson street. Telephone 196-W
Lynnhurst (Cleveland Avenue)
Mary A. Bridgham, Principal
28 Cleveland avenue
1921
5-6
735-J
Helen Bacon
142 Walnut street
1923 3-4
366-W
Marie Reynolds
59 Pine street, Swampscott 192 I I-2
Breakers 4336-W
JANITOR
Bert Pooler. Telephone 338-R
Mansfield (Wendall Street)
Alice Seaver, Principal
33 Chestnut street
19II 4
91-J
Marah Stebbins
57 Essex street
1907 2
581-M
Mildred Willard
15 Myrtle street
1917 3
90
Hazel Lindsey
13 Wakefield avenue
1925 I
312-M
JANITOR
Johnston Montgomery, Stocker street
North Saugus (Water Street)
Sarah A. Curtis, Principal
43 Mt. Vernon street
1923
4-6
688-M
S. Barbara Allen
132 Walnut street
1922 I-2
648-M
Eda G. Shannon
132 Walnut street
1925
3-5
648-M
JANITOR Mrs. Porter, North Saugus, Telephone 439-Y
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Oaklandvale (Main Street)
Name and Residence
First Election
Grades
Telephone
Mrs. Elsie Foster, Principal
1920
3-4
98-J
Dorothy Merrill
5 Round Hill road
1926
5-6
138-R
Hilda L. Cole
5 Round Hill road
1926
I-2
138-R
JANITOR
Solon Hall, 16 Pleasant street
170-M
Roby School (Main Street)
Archibald Coldwell, Principal
262 Washington street, Lynn 1922
6
Breakers 2839
Esther McCarrier
15 Jackson street
1923
4
Ethel B. Foley
9 Myrtle street
1925
3
207-M
Anne Wilson
32 Pearson street
1925
5
138-MK
Julia J. Nourse
15 Pleasant street
1917
I
281-W
Mrs. Frances Hoff
99 Vine street
1925
3-4
Mae Butler
433 Central street
1926
2
466-J
Quendolyn Walters
16 Pleasant street
1926
5-6
170-M
JANITORS Solon Hall, 16 Pleasant street. Telephone 170-M James Marsland, 196 Winter street
Armitage (Essex Street )
Lilla G. Quint
47 Essex street
1898
6
581-W
Phyllis Smith
5 Hayden road
1923
5
183-J
Hazel A. Williams
14 Clifton street
1922
2
531-M
Violet Martin
5 First street
1926
4
481-M
Jeanette Nicholson 181 Essex street
1911
667-X
Mabelle C. Edmands
18t Essex street
1923
3
44-X
JANITOR
Joseph Quint, 47 Essex street. Telephone 581-W
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Ballard School (Richard Street)
Name and Residence First Election Grades
Telephone
Pauline R. Peckham, Principal 329 Central street
1908
6
895
Leonor M. Rich 17 Emory street
1926
4
Miriam E. Mabee
3 Vincent street
1926
3
22-W
Josephine C. Chabourne
3 Vincent street
1926
2
22-W
Elizabeth M. Blandford
121 Bartlett road, Winthrop
1924
I
Ocean 0211-J
Jeanette Johnston 37 Birch street
1926
5A
846-M
Leora H. Tomlinson
32 Pearson street
1926
5B
138-MK
Ella Blaisdell
7 Newhall street, Lynn
1925
6
Breakers 5488-W
JANITOR Daniel Radford, Lincoln avenue. Telephone 794-W
Cliftondale (Essex Street)
Myra Beckman, Principal 14 Essex street
1913
3 505
Elsie Farrar
33 Whitney street
1925 4
684-J
Florence Lewis
8 Kent street
1922 2
56-M
Clara Trowbridge
216 W. Foster street, Melrose 1892
I
JANITOR Joseph Quint, 47 Essex street. Telephone 581-W
Emerson (Lincoln Avenue)
M. Pearl Peterson, Principal
I Overlook terrace
1919 6
518-M
Gertrude Chapman
119 Salem street, Malden
1912
4-5
Malden 2897-M
Edna Bailey
47 Chestnut street
1923 2
Elva Batchelder
13 Park street 1925
I 218-W
JANITOR Raymond Hatch, Avon street
.
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Felton School Central Street
Name and Residence
First Election
Subjects
Telephone
Maria E. Smith, Principal 52 Essex street
1892
6
207-R
Virginia Nason 7 Central place
1925
5
476
Cordelia Townsend
7 Central place
1925
3
476
Doris K. Grant
15 Myrtle street
1926
2
90
Nancy B. Millette
15 Myrtle street
1926
I
90
Eleanor Knowlton
5 Round Hill road
1926
4
138-R
JANITOR Raymond Hatch, Avon street
Special Teachers
Subject
Margaret Cameron
22 Avon street
1920
Penmanship
301-R
Laura Cram
89 Broad street, Lynn
1920
Music
Breakers 3280
Anstrice Kellogg 332 Lincoln avenue
1923
Drawing
718-M
Arlene Allbee
22 Summer street
1926
Physical Training
651
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