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Dental Clinic is still conducted on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the Cliftondale school, at which I assist Dr. Beck- man. This year the Dental Clinic has been under the super- vision of the Board of Health.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health offered tags for Child Health Day for teeth, normal weight and posture. In order to earn tags for teeth, the children were obliged to have any necessary work done on their teeth, either at the clinic or by their own dentist. When this work was completed, they were awarded a dental certificate in addition to the tag. F
Children of normal weight or of less than 10 per cent under- weight were awarded tags for weight. The supervisor of physi- cal education awarded the tags for posture.
Through the kindness of the School Committee it was voted to award badges to children who had earned all three tags. There were about 265 children who earned these badges.
In addition to this work. I plan a general inspection of the children at least once a month, or more often if necessary, at which time all suspicious cases are excluded or referred to the school physicians.
In closing, I wish to express my appreciation to you, Mr. Lambert, the School Committee, the school physicians and the teachers, for the encouragement and cooperation I have received in my work.
Respectfully submitted, MARY E. DONOVAN, R. N.
Report on Physical Education, Elementary Grades Mr. Jesse W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR,-I herewith submit the annual report of Physical Education in the Elementary Schools of Saugus, Mass.
Although I have only been acting supervisor since October 28 1930, I have found the work of the previous supervisor, Miss Shirley Clucas, most satisfactory, with a regular working system, which has been in operation for the past three years.
When I came into the system, I found the method of pupil- leadership had been carried on; and that both the teacher and pupil had been familiar with the system, which is carried on in the following manner. The pupil leaders have complete charge of the classes, giving all commands and the necessary admoni- tions. They observe the first lesson of the month, then take
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charge. The leaders are changed every month giving an equal chance to each boy and girl.
The ends sought in physical education are the same as those of education in general ; development and cooperation of the latent powers of the individual, with a view to securing greater social efficiency and a fuller richer life. The means through which these are gained are "directed bodily activities," involving vigor- ous and skillful use of the neuro-muscular system, activities cap- able of being carried on in a systematic, progressive manner ; and largely by groups. An element of life and enthusiasm is infused into the program, which makes it interesting and enjoy- able to the pupils.
Posture, which plays such an important part in the everyday life of the pupil, has a great deal to do with his health and development. The physiological and the mental effects of "poor" posture are in themselves the reasons why mankind must secure "good" posture. Therefore, careful attention should be given the child throughout the whole day.
Two weeks in December were spent assisting the school nurse, Mrs. Donovan, in weighing and measuring the children. The weight cards are very helpful in acquainting the parent with the child's weight and the normal weight.
With the constantly increasing number of pupils physical edu- cation takes on a more important aspect ; and I sincerely trust the day is not far distant when the citizens of the town will fully appreciate the lasting benefits of physical education.
In closing, allow me to express my deep appreciation to you, Mr. Lambert, and members of the School Committee for your assistance and coperation, also to the teachers and pupils for their help in carrying on the work.
Respectfully submitted,
CATHERINE ROSE GRIFFIN, Acting Director.
In Memoriam SHIRLEY CLUCAS
Teacher of Physical Education in Elementary Schools 1927-1930 Died November 9, 1930
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[Dec. 31
Report of Physical Education Instructor-High and Junior High
Mr. Jesse W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools, Saugus.
DEAR SIR,-Following is the report of the Department of Physical Education and Athletics of the Junior and Senior High Schools.
Each day ten minutes is devoted to Physical Education, which is carried on in the class rooms by pupil leaders under the super- vision of the home-room teachers.
The drills are intended to give the pupils better posture, better physical development, while making them more alert and more responsive to command.
Shortened hours at school have curtailed the weekly meetings of leaders and instructor. Leaders are carrying on very courag- eously in spite of this condition and deserve all credit.
During the past few weeks there has been a decided improve- ment in Physical Education in the Senior High School which I believe is due to Mr. Evans' interest in the work.
Athletics are improving at both the Senior and Junior High School. Players are better equipped, more boys are taking part, and school spirit has lent its aid. An Athletic Association has been organized with the result that more money has been raised and expended for sports.
We are in desperate need of a gymnasium in order that our boys and girls may get the benefits that other schools are offering.
The girls of our school should have their chance to take up such sports as field hockey, basketball and baseball.
We need more money, more thorough organization, a broader program, and athletics for a much larger number.
Each year the Sweetser School has shown decided improve- ment in physical education and athletic activities. The Central Junior High is handicapped by its shorter hours and afternoon program. Plans are being formulated whereby the pupils of the latter school will have an opportunity to participate in sports.
In closing, I thank you, Mr. Lambert, for your cooperation and support.
Respectfully submitted, A. R. RICE.
Report of Opportunity Class
Mr Jesse W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools, Saugus :
MY DEAR MR LAMBERT,-I herewith submit my first report, as teacher and director of Special Classes, in Saugus.
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Since the first Opportunity Class in Saugus was organized, last year, the enrollment has been growing steadily larger.
As the primary purpose of such classes is to give individual attention and special help to backward children, the class must necessarily be limited in number.
Therefore, it was necessary this year to increase the teaching force in proportion to the number of pupils enrolled.
Miss Vera Hanson was engaged to take charge of the younger group of children, who range in age from 9-12 years, while I have the older group, from 12-15 years of age, under my direction.
These children make such slow progress through the grades that they do not complete of work of Grade VI before they are sixteen years of age. The special classes are being organized to give them an opportunity to progress in regular grade subjects as rapidly as they are able. Thus we are getting away from the idea of symmetrical development which causes many failures.
Nothing is more depressing than continuous failure in whatever one undertakes. It is very liable to develop an unhappy, unsocial attitude. These children, who are unsuccessful in completing the required grade work, in the prescribed time, will be given a legitimate opportunity to succeed. The need of success, as a wholesome stimulus is universal.
Many children, who are repeated failures in the grades, are "handminded" rather than "bookminded."
They have a special ability to deal with things, rather than with ideas, with concrete material, rather than abstract.
Modern education assumes that if a child hasn't attained the recognized scholastic standing for children of his age, he is a failure.
The special class recognizes individual variations in mental equipments, and strives to develop special abilities.
Thus, not only does the curriculum of the opportunity class include the regular grade subjects of reading, arithmetic, spelling, etc., but instruction is also given in chair-caning, woodworking, reed basketry and other manual arts.
Each child finds he can do something with a measure of success, and each child has a better chance of becoming a self- respecting, self-supporting citizen.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY P. MULLINS.
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GENERAL SCHOOL STATISTICS
Number of school buildings in town
13
Number of school buildings in use ยท
13
Number of resident minors October 1, 1930
4,032
Number between the ages of 5 and 7 years .
558
Number between the ages of 7 and 14 years
1,997
Number between the ages of 14 and 16 years
563
Number between the ages of 16 and 21 years
914
Average school membership for school year ending July I, 1930 .
3,115
Average daily attendance for same period
2,982
Percentage of attendance for same period based on membership .
957
Enrollment fall term 1929
3,375
Population of Saugus .
15,057
Assessed valuation of all taxable property including Decem-
ber assessment and valuation of motor vehicles . . $15,193,390.00 Amount appropriated for all purposes including motor excise commitment 522,397.71
Amount appropriated for school salaries
175,450.00
Amount appropriated for schools (general) 32,580.00
Total amount exclusive of repairs 208,030.00
Per cent of school appropriation to total appropriation .398
Amount appropriated for schoolhouse repairs
8,542.00
Valuation of school property including equipment 936,000.00
Per cent of valuation used for repairs . .0091
Appropriation for trade school tuition
2,000.00
1930]
REGISTRATION OF TEACHERS, SEPTEMBER, 1930 HIGH SCHOOL
Name and Residence
First Election
Subjects Telephone
Vernon W. Evans 61 Lincoln avenue
1921 Principal
805
Eleanor Batchelder
25 Summer street
1929 Mathematics
Walter D. Blossom II Vine street 1930 Business Training
1355-K
Morelle Connell 17 Lander street, Lynn 192 1 English XI
Breakers 4052-R
C. Carroll Cunningham 240 Lincoln avenue
1925 English X
544-R
*Helen Cunningham 240 Lincoln avenue
1930
Library and English
544-R
Dorothy Eyre 29 Vincent street
1929
French and English
307-R
John Gifford 73 Chestnut street
1930
English IX
Frank M. Gracey
16 Columbus avenue
1930
United States History
Edward Hayes 295 Lincoln avenue
1925 Commercial Law and Civics 841
Bernice Hayward
I Russell street, Peabody 1929 Hazel C. Marison 19 First street
1921 Stenography and Typewriting 186-R
M. Blanche Milbery 57 Avon street 1927 Typewriting
1046-J
Helen L. Moore
188 Palfrey St., Watertown 1928
Latin Middlesex 0658-M
Abraham Pinciss 125 Winter street
1930
Commercial Arithmetic
859-M
Albion Rice
37 Avon street
1929
Algebra I and Coach 1046-J
Effie Stanhope 20 Summer street
1926 English XII
1158-J
Helen F. Towle
IO Blaisdell terrace, Lynn 1927
Spanish
Jackson 2039
Gladys Warren 26 Summer street
1923
Ancient History
1157-M
Harold Warren 26 Summer street
1927
Physics and General Science 1157-M
Elmer Watson 18 Foster street 1926 Mathematics
D. A. Wheeler 23 Jackson street
192 1
Chemistry and Biology
441-M
Mabel C. Willey 41 Vine street
1918
Commercial Geography and Bookkeeping II
1151-M
*Alice M. Willis 5 Willis street
1930
Civics
365
Ashton Davis
17 Johnston terrace
1930 English IX and X
604-M
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
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Harold Haley II Franklin street
1929 Algebra and General Science 1176-W
French Danvers 62-43
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JANITORS
Andrew C. Lynn Raymond D. Hatch Edgar McDougall
17 E. Denver street
364-J
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH
Name and Residence
First Election Subjects Telephone
Leon C. Young 5 Chestnut street, Woburn 1926
Principal
*Elsie Anderson 33 Auburn street 1930 Mathematics and English
601-M
Beatrice Armstrong 8 Palmer avenue
1929 French and Latin 165
Paul Bund
33 Ashland street, Malden 1925
Manual Training Malden-1972-J
*Lillian R. Connell
Literature 8
32 Magnolia avenue, Lynn 1930 Ruth Douglas 6 Jackson street 1930 Sewing 7 and 8
665-M
Emma Hughes 12 Sachem street, Lynn
1914 English 8
Breakers 4488-M
Bertha Morrison 46 Elaine avenue 1930 Mathematics 485
M. Eckless Nay 132 So. Com. St., Lynn 1920 United States History 8 Breakers 10225
Mittie Smith
94 Warren street, Lynn 1919 Mathematics
Elizabeth Taylor II Granite road
1914 Geography-7
746
Gwendolyn Waters 16 Pleasant street 1928 English-7 1157-J
*Mildred Willard 7 Lincoln court
1930 Geography 90
SWEETSER JUNIOR HIGH
Leon C. Young, Principal Lillian Dahlin
25 Kirtland street, Lynn
1930 Sewing (part time)
Breakers 8598
Elizabeth Nelson
51 Essex street
1913 Mathematics
Alta Patten
42 Clifton avenue 1924 English-7
388-M
M. Pearl Peterson
I Overlook Terrace
1928 History
518-M
Eleanora Rice
123 Essex street
1921 Geography
569
Dorothy Thompson 39 Pearson street
1930 French-Latin
Vera Wentworth
7 Lincoln court
1929 Geography-Mathematics 90
JANITOR
Frank Spencer
16 Jackson street
196
6 Avon street Denver terrace
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ARMITAGE SCHOOL
Name and Residence
First Election Grade Telephone
Lilla G. Quint, Principal 47 Essex street
1898
6
581-W
Hazel Adams 13 Park street
1922
2
218-W
Elizabeth Mccullough 137 Main street
1929
3
617-M
Jeannette Nicholson
14A Austin St., Somerville 1911
I
*Mary Walsh
135 Butnam street
1930
4
344-M
Harriett Mellen
26 Mt. Vernon street
1930
5
385
JANITOR
oseph Quint 47 Essex street
581-W
BALLARD STREET
Pauline Peckham, Principal 329 Central street
1908
6
895
Segrid Carlson
380 Broadway 1930
4
Josephine Chadbourne 5 Round Hill road
1926 2
138-R
Dorothy Meeker
18 Highland avenue
1928
3
381-R
Leora Tomlinson
15 Hillside avenue
1926
6
1067-W
Marjorie Wiggin 104 Ballard street
1927
I
352-W
Janet W. Tarbox
14 Nowell street
1928 5
603-R
Mary E. Wood
88 Chestnut street
I 929
5
JANITOR
Daniel Radford
51 Lincoln avenue
794-M
CLIFTONDALE SCHOOL
Myra Beckman, Principal 14 Essex street
1913
4
505
*Marleah Graves 18 First street
1930 2
433-W
Constance Putnam
117 Essex street
1929 I
8
Florence Stone
213 Lincoln avenue
1922 3
884-R
JANITOR
1
Maurice O'Neil
25 Birch street 421
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[Dec. 3
EMERSON SCHOOL
Name and Residence
First Election
Grade
Telephone
Ella Blaisdell, Principal 9 Emory street
1925
6
6
Gertrude Allen 5 Round Hill road
1929
2 and 3
138-R
Ruth Emery 7 Cliftondale avenue
1929
4
1252
Edith Russell
224 Lincoln avenue
1929
I and 2
1005
JANITOR Daniel Radford
51 Lincoln avenue
794-M
FELTON SCHOOL
Maria Smith, Principal 21 Essex street
1892
6
1350-R
Christina Bradley
31 Stone street
1929
4
502-M
Florence Gibson Birchwood avenue
1928 I
756-W
Doris K. Grant
97 Essex street
1926
2
Virginia Nason 7 Central place
1925
5
476
S. Cordelia Townsend
7 Central place
1925
3
476
JANITOR
Maurice O'Neil 26 Birch street 421
LYNNHURST SCHOOL
Mary A. Bridgham, Principal 54 Hanover street 192 1 5 and 6
Blanche Love
Hargraves court 1927 3 and 4
Marie Reynolds
59 Pine street, Swampscott 192 I
I and 2
Breakers 422
JANITOR
Mrs. Elizabeth Pooler 75 Fairmount avenue
MANSFIELD SCHOOL
Alice Seaver, Principal
38 Chestnut street IQII 4
547-W
*Katherine Campbell 230 Lincoln avenue 1930 3 1019
1930]
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
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Name and Residence First Election Grade Telephone
Hazel Lindsey 13 Wakefield avenue
1925 I
672-J
Marah Stebbins 297 Lincoln avenue
1907 2
1084-J
JANITOR Johnston Montgomery 26 Johnson road
151-W
NORTH SAUGUS
Sarah Curtis, Principal 43 Mt. Vernon street
1923
5 and 6
688-M
Dorothy Mason 133 Walnut street
1930
3 and 4
Evelyn Fenna
5 Round Hill road
1930
I and 2
138-R
JANITOR
Mrs. Sarah Porter Broadway
274-W
OAKLANDVALE STREET
Mabelle C. Edmands, Principal
26 Jackson street
1923
3 and 4
IIO
Mary M. Cassidy
23 Woodbury avenue 1928 I
842-M
Florence Evans
14 Walden avenue
1929
2 and 3
Vida Norton
Broadway 1927
5 and 6
823-R
JANITOR
Joseph Quint 47 Essex street
581-W
OPPORTUNITY CLASS
Vera L. Hanson
28 Pearson street
1930
Mary P. Mullins
22 Summer street
1930
ROBY SCHOOL
Archibald Coldwell 66 Summer street
1929
6
59-W
Rosa Bannon 21 Woodbury avenue
1927
2 and 3
Mae W. Butler
433 Central street
1926
I and 2 466-J
Catherine Casey
5 Round Hill road
1928
4 and 5
1 38-R
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Name and Residence
First Election
Grade
Telephon
Ethel Dorr 5 Round Hill road
1929
5
138-R
Elsie Foster 9 Foster street
1920
3
727-W
*Gladys Fox 13 Central place Esther McCarrier
1930
5 and 6
787-W
29 Mountain avenue
1923 4
634-W
Julia Nourse 15 Pleasant avenue
1917
I
1275
Myra Webber
20 Summer street
1927
2
1158-J
JANITOR
Louis Sylvester 50 Vine street
380
SWEETSER-GRADE V
Gertrude Chapman
17 Webster place, Malden 1930
5
Malden 4533-J
Mae G. Priest
8 Stocker street 1930 5
SPECIALS
Anstrice Kellogg
332 Lincoln avenue
1923
Drawing
718-M
Arline Packard
43 Fairmount avenue Ethel Edwards
1929
Drawing
24 Summer street
1927
Music
Gertrude Hickey
26 Summer street
1929
Music
1157-M
Mabel Nelson
37 Spencer street
1929
Penmanship
644-J
Shirley Clucas
7 Putnam street
1927 Physical Training
1069-J
Dorothy Eccles
6 Jackson street
1930 Music
*Teachers elected previous to 1930 but transferred :
Helen Cunningham
1929
Mary Walsh
1928
Alice M. Willis
1923
Marleah Graves
1928
Elsie Anderson
1928
Katherine Campbell 1927
Lillian Connell
1922
Gladys Fox
1929
Mildred Willard
1917
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