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No-School Policy
The Hancock School will be in session each school day in conformity with the school calendar. Whenever storm conditions of unusual severity arise, or for other good reason, the chairman of the Hancock School Committee will cause the No-School announcement for Hancock pupils and teachers to be broadcast over radio station WTRY at Troy before 7:30 A. M.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1959
To the Citizens of the Town of Hancock:
Your School Committee respectfully submits the following report of expendi- tures for school purposes during 1959:
Salaries
Mrs. Nellie L. Cameron, Grades 6-8
$ 3,866.60
Mrs. Isabel B. Conklin, Grades 3-5
3,600.00
Mrs. Phyllis R. Lindsey, Grades 1-2
3,600.00
Dr. Joseph A. Wilk, Superintendent of Schools
1,440.00
Mr. Louis V. Bedard, Supervisor of Music
720.00
Mrs. Lillian L. Potter, Secretary to Superintendent of Schools
458.64
Mrs. Mildred P. Sandstrom, School Nurse
250.00
Dr. Andrew H. P. Swift, School Physician
100.00
Mr. Perry G. Whitman, School Custodian
720.00
$14,755.24
Transportation
Mr. George Harold Hadsell
$6,000.00
Mrs. William Deveneau
925.00
Mrs. Gerald Spaniol
1,295.00
Mr. Henry Whitman, Williamstown High, Vocational Agriculture
140.80
Dr. Joseph A. Wilk, Supt. of School, Travel Allowance
136.00
Mr. Donald Leab, Williamstown High, Vocational Agriculture
84.00
Mr. Donald Durfee, St. Joseph's High School, Pittsfield
139.20
Mr. Bernard Mitchell, St. Joseph's High School, Pittsfield
153.60
Miss Laureen Mitchell, St. Joseph's High School, Pittsfield
154.40
Edmund R. Royal
76.80
Miss Haroldean Hadsell
97.60
Mr. George Derby
49.60
Mr. Michael Benetatos
29.60
Mr. Leon H. Roberts, Jr.
16.00
$9,297.60
Tuition
New Lebanon Central School, New Lebanon, New York
$4,665.00
Williamstown High School, Vocational Agriculture
709.08
City of Pittsfield, High, Jr. High, Vocational and Elementary
956.06
$6,330.14
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New Equipment
Center Sporting Goods Company, Record Player and Play Equipment $193.54 England Brothers, Cot for Health Room 23.88
$222.42
Books
American Education Publications
$ 23.00
Bourne, Inc.
8.09
Lyons & Carnahan
32.99
New Lebanon Central School
27.65
Scott, Foresman Company
42.60
John C. Winston Company
39.10
$173.43
Fuel
Larabee Fuel Company, Oil
$1,307.13
A. Ashkar Sales Company
$ 40.83
Brightwater Paper Company
26.80
Calenderette Company
3.60
Cascade Paper Company
475.43
J. E. Davidson
39.75
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Company
24.40
Lev Hardware & Supply Company
33.00
Miller Paper Company
127.80
Modern School Supply Company
68.00
Murco Chemical Company
34.65
News Map of the Week
39.50
School Crafters, Inc.
49.23
Scott, Foresman Company
42.60
Walter C. Sykes
64.05
West Chemical Products Company
51.20
Perry G. Whitman
1.53
World Book Company
9.01
$1,131.38
Repair and Maintenance
A. Ashkar Sales Company, light bulbs
$ 36.00
Malcolm H. Knott, piano service
8.00
Donald Leab
22.00
W. C. Morgan, oil burner servicing, ventilator filters
138.94
Leon H. Roberts, Jr.
24.50
$229.44
Supplies
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Miscellaneous
American Shade and Blind Company, window shades $ 5.38
Berkshire County Association of School Committees, dues 3.00
Columbia & Rensselaer Telephone Corp., telephone and gong 78.83
Eagle Printing and Binding Company, printing school reports 50.00
England Brothers 21.38
George H. Hadsell, transportation, school picnic
30.00
Hancock School Milk Program, revolving fund
50.00
George Jarck, graduation speaker
10.00
Joseph Jenny, engrossing diplomas
1.00
Mrs. Dorothy I. Leab, keeping school committee accounts, travel expense, postage, telephone calls
150.00
Charles McDonald, school committee expenses
10.00
Northern Berkshire Electric Company, light and power
656.87
Wilson A. Roberts, Insurance on school building
490.40
Mrs. Perry G. Whitman, pianist for rehearsals and graduation
10.00
Dr. Joseph A. Wilk, miscellaneous administrative expenses
16.36
Arthur Williams, Constable service
4.00
$1,587.22
Recapitulation
Town Appropriation for Schools, 1959
$35,034.00
Expenditures:
Salaries
$14,755.24
Transportation
9,297.60
Tuition
6,330.14
New Equipment
222.42
Books
173.43
Fuel
1,307.13
Supplies
1,131.38
Repair and Maintenance
229.44
Miscellaneous
1,587.22
Total 1959 Expenditure
$35,034.00
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State Reimbursements for Education in 1959
School Aid, Chapter 70, as amended
$4,239.17
School Transportation
8,558.26
School Superintendent's Salary
597.33
State Wards: Tuition and Transportation
503.32
Vocational Education: Tuition and Transportation
362.78
Total State Reimbursement
$14,260.86
Total Hancock Expenditure for Education in 1959
$35,034.00
Less Total State Reimbursement for Education in 1959
14,260.86
Net Cost of Education to Town of Hancock in 1959
$20,773.14
In estimating the budget requirements for 1960, we recommend the appro- priation of $37,586.22 for school department purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
DOROTHY I. LEAB, Chairman CHARLES McDONALD, Secretary EUGENE L. WHITMAN
December 31, 1959
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of the Town of Hancock:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my fourteenth annual report as Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Hancock, Massachusetts.
Acceptance of the New Hancock School
The new Hancock School, which was opened to pupils on April 14, 1958, was officially turned over to the Hancock School Committee by the Hancock School Building Committee at 9:20 P. M., Monday, January 19, 1959. The School Com- mittee and superintendent of schools accepted the new school on behalf of the townspeople and generously thanked the members of the Building Committee for their splendid efforts. The full membership of the Hancock School Building Committee, consisting of Chairman Leon H. Roberts, Jr., Secretary Gerald S. Spaniol, John C. Smith, Jr., Eugene L. Whitman, and Perry G. Whitman, was present while the Hancock School Committee was represented by Chairman Dorothy I. Leab and Eugene L. Whitman with Dr. Joseph A. Wilk, superintendent of schools, serving as coordinator of the school building transference procedure from Building Committee to School Committee.
Personnel
There were no changes in school personnel of the Hancock School system during 1959 nor any changes of assignment.
Gift to the Hancock School
Mr. and Mrs. C. Wells Conklin presented the Hancock School with a Loud Speaking System, fully installed, at the Hancock School graduation exercises held on June 4, 1959. Mrs. Conklin, teacher of the intermediate grades at the Hancock School, and her husband, a local assessor, received resounding applause from the audience for their civic-minded contribution to the school and the community.
HANCOCK SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, OCTOBER 1, 1959
Teacher
Grades
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 Total
Mrs. Phyllis R. Lindsey, Gr. 1-2 8
10
18
Mrs. Isabel B. Conklin, Gr. 3-5
8
7 7 22
Mrs. Nellie L. Cameron, Gr. 6-8
2 9 3 14
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ANTICIPATED FUTURE ENROLLMENTS FOR HANCOCK SCHOOL Based on Children Now Resident in the Town of Hancock
School-Year
Grades
Total
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1960-1961
13
8
10
8
7
7
2
9
64
1961-1962
9
13
8
10
8
7
7
2
64
1962-1963
9
9
13
8
10
8
7
7
71
1963-1964
13
9
9
13
8
10
8
7
77
1964-1965
8
13
9
9
13
8
10
8
78
1965-1966
6
8
13
9
9
13
8
10
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School Census
The school census figures for 1959 indicate that there were 148 children in the Town of Hancock on October 1, 1959, an increase of 4 as compared with the figure of 144 children in 1958. These census figures include all children of pre- school age as well as those of pupils in the Hancock School or as public or private tuition pupils in the New Lebanon, Pittsfield, and Williamstown schools. A de- tailed tabulation breakdown of the 148 Hancock children is indicated in the fol- lowing table:
Hancock School Census, October 1, 1959
Age
Boys
Girls
Total
0-11 mo.
3
5
8
1
3
4
7
2
6
7
13
3
5
2
7
4
6
3
9
5
10
3
13
6
2
7
9
7
6
3
9
8
4
6
10
9
3
2
5
10
4
1
5
11
1
5
6
12
2
5
7
13
6
2
8
14
2
1
3
15
1
7
8
16
4
7
11
17
6
4
10
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74
74
148
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Hancock School Census October 1, 1959
Number of Pre-School Children in Hancock
53
Number of Pupils attending:
Hancock School
54
New Lebanon High School
28
New Lebanon Elementary School
4
Pittsfield St. Joseph's
3
Williamstown Vocational
1
Pittsfield Vocational School
2
Pittsfield High School
1
Pomeroy School
1
Pine Cobble School, Williamstown
1
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MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE SUMMARY Hancock School 1958-1959
Teacher and Grades
Total Memb.
Ave. Memb.
Ave. Daily Att.
Aggre. Att.
% of Att.
Mrs. Phyllis R. Lindsey, 1-2
16
15.00
13.78
2,399.5
92.16
Mrs. Isabel B. Conklin, 3-5
17
16.13
15.27
2,634.5
94.68
Mrs. Nellie L. Cameron, 6-8
16
15.73
14.87
2,563.5
94.51
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46.86
43.92
7,597.5
93.79
Ave. %
Perfect Attendance Entire 1958-1959 School Year
Joseph Chenail Beverly M. Choquette
Perfect Attendance for First Half 1958-1959 School Year David K. Conklin Lauralie J. MacDonald
Robert A. Smith
Perfect Attendance for Second Half 1958-1959 School Year
Ronald Derby
Mary Ellen Gould David Rash
Todd Hanson
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Outside Schools Attended by Hancock Pupils New Lebanon Central School
Grade 1
Grade 3
Nancy Freehoffer
Louise Marino
Grade 6 Kathryn Marino
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11 Grade 12
Frances Harrington Patricia Deveneau Sally Alderman
Victor R. Bass
Roger Johnson
Steven Johnson Sandra Bass
Norma J. Blair
Donald Monette
Marvel McDonald Marion Brewer
Ruth Anne Leab
David Morris
Philip Rancourt
Dorothy Christiansen Georgiana Miller
Sue Ann Rabouin
Carol A. Smith
Pamela Derby Barbara O'Malley
Haroldean Hadselle
Sandra Rabouin
Charles McDonald
John Skerkis
Norman Rathbun
Barbara Whitman
Diane Spaniol
Delos Whitman
St. Joseph's High School, Pittsfield
Pine Cobble School Williamstown
Donald L. Durfee, Grade 11
Meredith Patterson, Kindergarten
Laureen Mitchell, Grade 11
Bernard Mitchell, Grade 12
Williamstown Vocational Agriculture School Henry Whitman, Grade 11 *Donald Leab, Grade 12
Pittsfield High School
Eleanor Poulton, Grade 12
*Graduated June 1959
Pittsfield Vocational School George Derby, Grade 10, Sheet Metal Charles Poulton, Grade 10, Printing
Pomeroy School, Pittsfield Robert Poulton, Grade 4
Gerald Spaniol
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Annual Tuition Rates Per Pupil January 1, 1960
New Lebanon Elementary School, Grades 1-6
$125.00
New Lebanon High School, Grades 7-12 175.00
Pittsfield Elementary Schools
257.09
Pittsfield Vocational School 375.00
Pittsfield High School
490.64
Williamstown High School
473.33
Williamstown Elementary Schools
303.77
Conclusion
In concluding this report, I wish to again extend my most grateful apprecia- tion to Chairman Dorothy I. Leab, Secretary Charles McDonald, and Eugene L. Whitman of the Hancock School Committee, the teachers, other school employ- ees, and the several town officials for their co-operation and interest in school matters during 1959.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH ADDISON WILK, Superintendent of Schools
December 31, 1959
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GRADUATION PROGRAM Hancock School Hancock, Massachusetts
Thursday, June 4, 1959 8:00 P. M.
1. Processional
2. Invocation
Rev. Howard M. Starratt
Pastor, Hancock Baptist Church
3. "The Lord Be With Us"(Song by Gordon)
4. "Fireflies in June" (Song by Wilson)
5. Salutatory-Uses of Atomic Energy
6. Class Prophecy
7. Valedictory-The Story of the Submarine
8. "The Home Road" (Song by Carpenter)
9. "Stodola Pumpa" (Song by Wilson)
10. Award of Prizes
Hancock School Chorus Hancock School Chorus Frances D. Harrington Donald E. Monette Roger J. Johnson
Hancock School Chorus Hancock School Chorus Mrs. C. Wells Conklin
11. Gift of Loud Speaking System to the Hancock School by the C. Wells Conklins Acceptance by Mrs. Robert E. Leab, Chairman, Hancock School Committee
12. Introduction of the Guest Speaker Dr. Joseph A. Wilk, Superintendent of Schools
13. Commencement Address Mr. George Jarck, Director of Guidance North Adams State Teachers College
14. Award of Diplomas Mrs. Robert E. Leab
Chairman, Hancock School Committee
15. Congratulation to Graduates Everyone
Graduates
Roger Justin Johnson Frances Dorothy Harrington Donald Edward Monette
Valedictorian Salutatorian David Arthur Morris
Class Advisor, Mrs. Nellie L. Cameron Supervisor of Music, Mr. Louis V. Bedard
Piano Accompanist, Mrs. Perry G. Whitman
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HANCOCK SCHOOL Hancock, Massachusetts
Tuesday, December 22, 1959 8:00 P. M.
A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Presented by Pupils of Grades 6, 7, and 8 Mrs. Nellie L. Cameron, Teacher
1. Invocation
Rev. Howard M. Starratt Pastor, Hancock Baptist Church
2. "The Christmas Fantasy"-A One-Act Play
Characters:
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Herold Russell Williams
Mother Janet Sharp
Daughters Letetia Derby, Christine Jones
Christmas Tree Robert Blair
Paul Durfee
Daniel Scieszka Thomas Whitman
Christmas Cards Eric Hanson
Kathleen Monette
Susan Southard Mary Ellen Gould
Linda Ostrander
Package Madonna Linda Whitman
3. "The First Noel"
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" Hancock School Chorus
"Angels, From the Realms of Glory" Mr. Louis V. Bedard-Supervisor of Music Mrs. Perry G. Whitman-Piano Accompanist
4. Santa Claus and Mrs. Howard LaPier now take over.
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