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Saugus, however, made a considerably greater effort, expenditurewise in 1956-1957, than it did the previous school year (1955-1956). In that previous school year Saugus was in only seventh place from the bottom of the sixty-four towns in Class II. Saugus should take great pride in the fact that it im- proved its position so markedly in moving up to 25th place in per pupil expen- ditures last year. At the same time it is evident that Sangus embarked on no reckless spending program since it was still below the median (halfway point) expenditure per pupil, Incidentally, the average pupil cost for the state was $291.00.
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Salaries
Expenditures for Salaries 1956 $734,482.13 Expenditures for Salaries 1957 861,774.32
1957 Exceeds 1956 by $126,391.89
The School Committee has given thoughtful attention to all salary
matters, but particularly to teachers' salaries. In this single expenditure item lies the principal cause for the large annual increase in school costs. Saugus must maintain salary levels that will attract and hold good teachers. Saugus cannot act independently in this matter, nor should the town do so. The training of the children and young people is too important.
The Salary Scale that goes into effect in 1958 pays :
A Beginning Teacher #3500 with Bachelors Degree
A Teacher with Eleven Years Experience $$200 with Bachelors Degree
Teachers holding a Masters Degree receive $225 more.
Teachers advance $200 a year for seven years and $100 a year for three
years in going from the minimum salary ( 3500) to the maximum salary ($5200). Unfortunately, Saugus will be operating on a salary scale lower than the scales in soveral neighboring communities, and, of course, on a scale con- siderably lower that those to be found in wealthier communities within Massachusetts and outside of Massachusetts.
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SPECIAL MENTION
There is evidence on every side that the parents and citizens of Saugus are deeply and sincerely interested in the upbringing of their young people. This universal interest should be a matter of special pride to this community; it is an important and necessary contribution to educational efforts of home and school.
The Parent-Teacher Organizations - The Service Clubs - The Youth Organizations - The Community Youth Organizations - are all contributing directly to the healthful development of your sons and daughters.
The many gifts and scholarships nade each year to the schools and to individual pupils indicate the deep rogard held for the Saugus School System. In this same respect, an important event took place in October; there was formed the Saugus High School Alumni Association. Mr. Harry Wentworth has kindly recorded the event for this report.
"During the early part of 1957 the Teachers' Guild, headed by Miss Pearl Belonga and Mr. Albert Koylan planned to sponsor an 85th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of Saugus High School. They were assisted by Mr. Harry F. wentworth, Miss Emma Dawson, Mrs. Paul Wadsworth and Miss Edna Staples.
Letters were mailed to approximately 3000 former graduates requesting donations to be used for a scholarship and library fund and also advising of a proposed banquet to be held October 26th at the High School Cafeteria.
Through the generous donations of former graduates we were able to raise $1750.00 after all expenses had been paid and this money was turned over to a newly formed Saugus High School Alumni Association. Officers for this association were elected on the evening of our banquet - which was attended by over 450 persons. Officers are as follows:
President First Vice-President Second Vice-President Third Vice-President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Auditor
Mr. Harry F. Wentworth Mr. Albert Moylan Mrs. Maude Gilbert ur. Herbert Upton Miss Louise Hayes Mrs. Lois Dupuis Miss Phyllis Dodge
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Directors
Mrs. Elsie Wadsworth Mr. Ralph Steeves Mrs. Phyllis Roy
Five hundred dollars has already been turned over to our library for the purchase of new books and two five hundred dollar scholarships will be awarded at the graduation exercises next June.
The committee desires to publicly thank all the former graduates for their generous donations as our purpose could not have been accomplished without them. May we also thank all class agents who gave of their time to assist in distributing the three thousand letters as referred to above."
SAUGUS SCHOOL COMMITTEE
I find each member of the Saugus School Committee vitally interested in the overall progress of the school system. I am personally and pro- fessionally happy to have the privilege of serving the persons Saugus has elected to 'run its schools'. The desire of the Saugus School Committee to bring the benefits of fine school system to your sons and daughters is at once an inspiration and a challenge to the staff as well as to no. Two recent votes of the School Committee are of special significance.
1. Moved on motion by Mr. George A. HoCarrier and voted: That the School Committee appoint a Committee of seven members to "Investigate the Necessity For Additional School Housing", said Committee to report back to the School Committee prior to the 1959 Town Meeting. Each School Committee member shall appoint one member at large to this special Committee and the School Committee Chairman shall appoint two members and designate also a member of the School Committee to this special Committee.
2. .Moved on motion by Mr. Paul A. Halay and voted; That the School Committee take the sum of $3,000 from Public Law 674# money to purchase books for the high school library. The School Committee to designate a Committee of seven members, consisting of Mr.
# The source of these funds is explained in the section of this report entitled School finances.
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Albert J. Moylan, High School Librarian; Mrs. Margaret D. Adams; Mr. Paul A. Haley; Mrs. Mary Holland; Mr. welcome Mccullough; Mev. John w. Corcoran and Mr. John Burns working with Superintendent Rhoden B. Eddy, to select the volumes and report Its recommendations to the School Committee for confirmation.
CONCLUSION
Saugus has greeted me with cordiality and warmth. Town officials, Parent-Teacher groups, the Clergy and citizens throughout the town have extended their courtesy and friendliness. I am deeply appreciative. I shall do everything within my capabilities to work with you and for you in serving the young people of Saugus.
I am equally appreciative of the warmth and cordiality extended no by our entire school staff. Toachers, supervisors and principals have all contributed to my feelings of 'belonging ' to this school system, so also have all other staff members. I am grateful to Kiss Anna Jacobs, Administrative Assistant; to Mrs. Detty Chamberlain, Senior Clerk; Miss Anna Naples, Junior Clerk, of the Administrative Office for their skillful and judicious assistance. I acknowledge with gratitude the work of my predecessors in advancing the Saugus School System to the level at which I find it.
I commend for your careful reading the appended special reports of principals and special subject teachers and supervisors. These reports con- tain invaluable information about the schools attended by your sons and daughters.
Respectfully submitted,
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RHODEN B. EDDY
Superintendent of Schools
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البدء أسا كمال) الحو المج الملابس في الحب المسللسنةز
APPENDIX A
Following are special reports of Mr. John h. w. Pearce, Principal of Saugus High School; Mr. Ashton F. Davis, Principal of Saugus Junior High School; Mise Helen R. Brownrigg, Elementary School Supervisor, and of special subject teachers and supervisors. Some are complete reports, others are excerpts of reports. Your careful reading of these reports will prove worthwhile.
Report of High School Principal
I herewith submit my twenty-third annual report as Principal of Saugus High School.
Twenty-three years seems a long time when looking ahead, but a rela- tively short time when looking back. A great many problems have arisen over the years. One of the most acute problems has appeared during the last few years -- the shortage of qualified teachers to fill vacancies when they arise. A great many vacancies have arisen during the last few years, especially since we entered the new building. To procure teachers to fill these vacancies, and to procure additional teachers because of our increased enrollment hes placed a great responsibility upon the Principal and Super- intendent. In a school as large as Saugus High School we should employ only teachers of experience. Unfortunately during this period, we have been forced many times to engage teachers without previous experience, and in some instances to engage teachers without training. Many of the teachers have resigned because they have secured better positions at an increase of several hundred dollars in salary. Although our salary schedule here in Saugus was revised within the last year, our present schedule does not com- pare favorably with a large majority of communities throughout the state. I am therefore recommending that a committee of teachers work with the Super- intendent and School Committee to see what can be done to improve this situationa
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The English department has been hardest hit over the last few years. Since we require all of our students to take inglish, it seems very necessary to study this situation very carefully.
During the last few months we have heard a great deal of criticism of American education. Since the appearance of the two Russian Sputniks, it is not surprising that our system of education should be compared with that of Russia, The subjects of mathematics and science have naturally received much criticism. I am happy to state that in the Saugus High School we have stressed both mathematics and science over a period of many years. We are offering more courses in these fields than most High Schools in the area. We have been fortunate in having excellent instruction in these fields. In my report last year, I recommended that a man be chosen as head of the Industrial Arts department, immediately after Mr. Tauno Tamminen left us to take a better position. Unfortunately, this was not done until the close of this last school year. Because of this many problems arose. With the appoint- ment of Mr. Arthur Strout, who had been a teacher in this department for ten years, an immediate improvement was noticed.
During this past year the Saugus High School band under the direction of Jerome J. Mitchell has taken its place among the best bands of the state. Mr. Mitchell, as have his predecessors, has been aided a great deal by the Sangus High School Band Parents' Club. This group, since its organization twenty years ago, has been one of the most active groups in town over the years. I know of no other organization that I have enjoyed working with as I have this one.
In June of this last year appeared one of the finest Year Books in Saugwe High School history. No one realizes more than I do the time and effort that goes into the publishing of this book. A committee of teschers including Helen Towle, Hazel Marison, and John Burns are responsible for this very ex- cellent book, along with a very capable staff of students.
Our new Saugus High School could not function as efficiently as it does without the able assistance of the Visual Aids Club under the supervision of
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Anthony Struzziero. Our morning broadcast to the school over Station WARS" is under the direction of Belden G. Bly, Jr. with two members of the Visual Aids Club at the controls.
Since we entered the new building we have been offering a course in Speech for Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. This course is compulsory for Sophomores and elective in the other two years. Mary Anderson is Speech teacher and Dramatic coach. She also directs all school activities held in the auditorium. During the past fall, a school play entitled "Arsenic and Old Lace" was coached by Marie Lovell, one of our now English teachers. Following is a list of new teachers in the High School as of September 1957 -- Janice Beach, Commercial subjects; Carl Bergstrom, Social Studies; Dominic Beninati, Industrial Arta; Priscilla Bradford, Commercial subjects; Judith Church, English; Robert Ciullo, Sciences Josephine DiMauro, Art; Christine Fazzi, Girls Physical Education; Edmond Oautreau, Foreign Language; Marie Levell, English; Patricia McCormick, Commercial subjects; Helen Nowak, Social Studies; John Quinlan, Mathematics; walter Pickett, Industrial Arts; Alfred Seifert, Social Studies; Mary Small, English; Marian Sweeney, English. I should like to state as I have many times previously the following -* the education of Saugus youth is a joint affair between parents and the school. Report cards are issued four times a year. These reports are for the express purpose of helping parents to follow the progress or failure, or near failure, of their children in school. A timely contact with the school when parents have questions would limit the number of failures and disappointments.
John a. W. Pearce Principal
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Report of the Junior High School Principal
The problems of adjustment from the elementary school to the seventh rade are very often the most difficult that children encounter along their educational path. Mindful of this fact, we reorganizod our grade seven schedule this fall so that each child would have more subjects with the same teacher and, accordingly, would have fewer teachers. for example, the home- room teacher also has his or her pupils in one or more classes, and, when- ever possible, the teacher of English teacher spelling and literature to the same pupils, and the mathematics teacher has the same pupils in science. In several instances the social studies teacher also has the same pupils in English or science.
Although this schedule is not, strictly speaking, an implementation of the much-heralded core curriculum, it does have some of the desirable characteristics of the latter. The advantages are first, that children find the change to junior high school not so formidable as there are not too many teacher personality adjustments to makej secondly, the teachers got to know and understand each of their pupils much better; and thirdly, they can correlate subject matter more readily for more interesting and effective teaching.
In keeping with modern practice, we increased our seventh grade science offering from two to three periods a week and reduced the number of literature periods from four to three, It is our intention to make the same adjustment in our eighth grade science course next year.
From time to time we hear speculative rumors regarding the educational standards of our Saugus schools. Apparently, it is not generally known that all eighth grade pupils in the system are given standardized tests in several subjects. This has been the practice for many years. The results of these tests are useful in several ways, one of which is in counseling pupils in choosing their grade nine subjects. The tests also help us nousure the achievements of our educational program in relation to those of other communities throughout the country.
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Last spring the Stanford Achievement Tests were, according to cur custom, administered under the supervision of Mr. John Leahy, director of guidance and testing at the high school. The complete list of subjects in which the eighth grade pupils were tested and the average (median) scores follow:
Sub ject
Grade level
leading (paragraph meaning)
9.3
Reading (word meaning)
9.8
Spelling
9.8
Language
9.5
Arithmetic (computation)
9.0
Arithmetic (reasoning)
9.0
Interpreted, this means that in relation to the national norm our pupils collectively tested at least three months above average (8.7 at the time of testing) in all subjects, that they were a half year advanced in paragraph meaning, that they were nearly a year advanced in language and over a full year advanced in vocabulary and spelling. As far as I know, this is the only objective basis we have for establishing our scholastic rating in the junior high school.
To maintain this relatively high achievement requires continual diligence on the part of all of us, as there are always forces at hand that can impair a school system. One of these forces, which was of much concern to us this year, was the high ratio of teacher turnover. Of the twenty. three full time teachers in the junior high school, ten were now to our school this fall. Unless we can retain an experienced staff, it will be difficult to hold our curricular standards, and most certainly our extra- curricular program will begin to suffer.
It is common knowledge, I believe, that, with the exception of the 1932 annex, our physical plant is in need of numerous repairs and that some very necessary facilities are inadequate or entirely lacking. Such matters as several poorly heated rooms, some insufficiently lighted areas, the lack
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of acoustical treatment, the absence of showers and lockers, the need for general repairs and redecorating, an unreliable clock and bell system, and the lack of enough yard space - all aggravate our problems. I mention these conditions, not by way of complaint, but rather as a reminder that when such matters become serious, they are a detriment to the educational opportunities afforded by a school.
On the bright side, we are pleased to roport that nine of our eighth grade classrooms have been furnished with now, movable tubular chairs and plastic-top desks. We also received this fall eight new teachers' desks and 120 chairs for the cafeteria. As a safety precaution the shop machinery has been entirely rewired.
I should like to submit the following recommendations:
1. Appointment of an assistant principal to the junior high school.
2. Appointment of a guidance counselor.
3. Expansion of the shop and household arts program so that seventh grade children will have a full year of these courses instead of a half year.
4. Establishment of an ungraded class in the junior high school.
I am taking this opportunity to express my appreciation to our Parent- Teacher Association for its many kindnesses and particularly to Mrs. Ralph DeFronzo, the president until last June, and to Mr. William Robinson, the new president, for their untiring efforts on behalf of the school and their capable leadership. To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph DeFronzo I extend the thanks of the pupils and faculty for the beautiful mobile book unit made by Mr. DeFronzo and presented to the library last June. As always I am most grateful to Miss Doris Lennox for her loyalty and able assistance in the administration of the elementary school.
Ashton F. Davis
நா ல் வருணனை சார் பற்றல் ரோடு சில வாட்ால் வெயில்
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Report of the Director of Guidance
The objectives of the Department are to maintain the services which aid the individual pupils in meeting various problems of personal, social, vocational, and educational nature, to assist them in their self-analysis, and to assist them in the acquisition of occupational and educational in- formation to the end that they make wise occupational and educational choices.
To meet these objectives during the year we have maintained our testing program which includes: mentel ability testing in grades seven and nine; achievement testing in grade eight and testing in the subject areas in the high school; the administration of the Boston University battery of Psychological Tests; the Ohio State Psychological Test to seniors planning post-high school education; and the General Aptitude Test Battery administered to the seniors by the State of Massachusetts Division of Maployment Security personel.
Career conferences arranged in cooperation with Northeastern University were presented on a bi-monthly basis for juniors and seniors. An additional service ronderod by this University was a two part assembly program on occupational and educational planning for boys and girls of the freshman class.
Individual conferences were scheduled with pupils by Mr. Abbott and the director as their counseling needs arose. These conferences were initiated by the pupils or referred by the subject teachers.
Conferences were held with many parents in reference to pupil progress and planning.
Conferences with representatives of various schools and businesses have been held and meetings with the appropriate pupils arranged.
Plans for the future are to maintain the existing services as much as possible. It is only simple logic that as the numbers enrolled in our school increase that the proportionate amount of time allowed to individuals must be reduced. The only solution to our problem is to add to the guidance staff either one or more full time counselors and/or teacher counselors. The core of any good guidance program is individual counseling.
வாா் வை நீக்குப்போ அரசு கம் னுப்ப வனை தேடல்வும்கு வளைவு வரிவரவும் வேணாடுப்புகள்
2 பட்டது (திரு இல்லை ஒரு விலங்கு அழி ந்தால், நம்பிகணக்கில் 99-200892 999
மெஃபால்ட் என் ஈல்வேள், ஈரல், வெ க்கை நெருட லில் மட்டும்
My sincere thanks go to the administrators and the faculty of Saugus High School and Saugus Junior High School for their assistance in making the guidance program a success. Without their assistance no worthwhile program can exist.
The following is a numerical account of the fifty-eight members of the class of 1957 who have gone on to institutions of higher learning or training.
Salem Teachers College
Boston College
Wontworth Institute 5
Northeastern University 5
Jackson College 1
Merrimack College
Bridgeton Academy
Nursing School
Franklin Technical Institute
Lowell Technical Institute
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Simmons College
1
University of Massachusetts
University of Maine
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Boston University
Chandler Business School
Bentley School of Accounting
2
Fisher Junior College
Burdett College
1
General Electric Apprentice School
2
Malden Commercial School
1
Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School
1
Museum of Fine Arts
1
Fanny Farmor Dietitic School
1
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John B. Leahy
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Report of the Head of the Department of Physical Education-Secondary Schools
During 1957 another successful year of physical education activities and intramural sports were enjoyed by the boys and girls of the Senior and Junior High Schools. At the conclusion of this our second year of physical . education it is felt that definite steps have been made to fulfill five important specific goals:
1. The developing and maintaining of physical fitness.
2. Developing useful skills. €
3. Developing desirable standards of social efficiency.
4. Developing ability to enjoy wholesome recreation.
5. Developing desirable health and safety habits.
In the Saw us Secondary School we have not as yet a well rounded and varied physical education program. It is suitable and acceptable by the students but it does not quite measure up to the physical education programs as found in the high schools of adjoining towns. Further progress in the attai ment of the complete goals and objectives of physical education can be expected when additional instructors and equipment have been provided. .
John C. Janusas
எம்ப்படுத்தும் அனுமன் ஜாக்ண்டைக்ரி சிக ரம் வெற்றி மற்றும் கறி
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Report of The Elementary Supervisor
This year's report is an amplification of last year's report.
The large school population has had an impact upon my work. As the number of children to be served has increased there has been a dilution of
my attention to individual pupils; woministreti a large amount of supervisory time has been usurped by clerical duties. the time -formerly novot/d tort
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