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The entire Wellingsley School (28 pupils) were 100% in teeth in June, 1932. This is the first time that this excellent record has ever been obtained in the history of the schools.
In examining, the dentists find that there are a fewer number of children found with large cavities in their permanent teeth.
It is rare to find a child absent from school due to a toothache. If a tooth is aching or the poisons from de- cayed teeth is seeping through the system, good school work cannot be done, and many children have to repeat the grade. Every grade repeated is a financial loss and expense to the town.
More children are using tooth brushes than would be if there were no dental program in the schools. A child with a clean mouth feels more comfortable and is more pleasing to the people with whom he comes in contact. This is another asset in his favor. We feel that this im- proved condition has been brought about by the know- ledge which children and parents have gained through the program outlined by the dental department.
Dental Clinic
It is the policy of the dental clinic to render prophy- lactic treatments to the children in the first six grades who care to have it done, with instruction in dental health. This work is done by the dental hygienist for ten cents. The school dentists examine all children from the first grade through Junior High School. Every de- fect is recorded and every parent notified. Where par- ents are unable to have this work done by their family dentist, the pupils in the first two grades are treated at the clinic for the fee of ten cents. This year there were 97 finished cases at the clinic. Most of these pupils have to return several times before their work is completed. There were 224 of those most important teeth, the six- year molars saved. However, the dental clinic cares for a great number of children who otherwise could not have their teeth cleaned, filled or extracted.
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There have been a few cases of Vincent's Angina (trench mouth) in our schools. This was discovered when the school dentists made their annual examina- tions this fall. Follow-up work has been done in con- nection with these cases, and every precaution has been taken. If it were not possible to have the services of the school dentists these conditions might never have been found, and as this is a contagious disease, the results might have been serious enough to have caused an epidemic.
Such diseases as diphtheria, small pox, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and others gain their entrance into the body through the mouth. If the mouth is neglected by having old roots, abscesses and large cavities a person is more likely to contract such diseases, as the health of the teeth is closely related to the health of the whole body.
Dental clinics and dental educational workers are needed more than ever before, as families are unable to get enough protective foods to prevent tooth decay.
At the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection held in Washington, Secretary Wilbur said, "Every child should have regular dental examination and care."
We are most grateful to the Board of Health for mak- ing it possible to have the services of the dentists two mornings a week, as this is a most valuable asset.
Oral Hygiene Department
The dental hygienists's chief work is education, and I am endeavoring in every way to teach the children the value of a well-kept mouth and its relation to general health, and through the child, create an interest on the part of the parent. That is, reach the parent and en- courage him to care for his child's dental needs. I stress the practice of an approved method of brushing the teeth, early visits to the dentist, food values in regard to dentition and general health habits and their effect on teeth. Many devices are used, the use of posters, mo-
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tion pictures, health plays, parades, health books, month- ly individual mouth inspections and 100% dental certifi- cates have all helped to bring about excellent results.
The child, with some knowledge of caring for his teeth, namely good nutrition, regular dental attention and keeping them clean, has a better chance to prepare himself for earning a living, and become one of the out- standing citizens in his community.
I feel that a great number of citizens in the town have gained a fuller understanding of Dental Hygiene and its value in preventive dentistry.
A fundamental essential which we are very fortunate to have to make our dental health program efficient, is the co-operation of the local dentists, principals and teachers.
When one considers the value that the children derive from the dental department the expense of which amounts to $.031/2 per week per pupil, is comparatively small.
Statistical Report of Dental Clinic
Number of examinations 1,862
Number of children having dental work done by family dentists at time of examination by school dentist 13
Number of children having received dental certificates from family dentist before exam- ination 44
Number of children with 100% mouths at time of examination 288
Number of fillings
224
Number of temporary teeth extracted 142
Number of permanent teeth extracted 15
Number of treatments 56
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Number of children discharged at the clinic (work completed) 97
Most of these children have to return several times before their work is completed .. 437
Amount of money received for filling and ex- traction $20.95
Statistical Report of Oral Hygiene Department
Number of oral hygiene talks in the schools .. 321
Number of children having a dental prohy- laxis 996
Amount of money received for dental prophy- laxis $92.30
Amount of money received for sale of tooth brushes $31.56
Total amount of money received at the clinic ..
$44.81
School Dentists
Dr. E. H. Donovan Dr. W. O. Dyer
Respectfully submitted,
JANE BRADFORD,
Dental Hygienist.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Absentees
Sickness
Truancy
Total
High School
1
2
5
8
Junior High School
18
39
14
71
Hedge School
2
17
26
Cornish School
3
4
4
11
Knapp School
1
2
8
11
Mt. Pleasant School
0
1
2
3
Cold Spring School
1
0
0
1
Oak Street School
2
0
0
2
South Street School . 10
11
3
24
Total
157
Investigations for Superintendent's Office
136
Employment Certificates Investigated
5
Evening School Investigations
6
Other Investigations
68
Children found on the street and taken back to school 13
Total number of investigations
385
Number of homes visited
338
Number of schools visited 331
Grand Total
1,054
In addition to attendance work, we have come in close
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contact with conditions in the home, as is stated in re- port, and thereby being able through the various agencies, (mostly the Red Cross) to give immediate at- tention to the needy, giving them those things which were most necessary in this extraordinary time. It is, therefore, a great pleasure to give much credit to these agencies, for through their untiring effort the children were able to continue their attendance at school with very little time lost.
Respectfully submmitted,
RALPH F. MATINZI.
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, DECEMBER 1932
School
Grade
1 2 3
|4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11
12
Total
High
217|177|165|148
707
Junior High.
227|215
442
Hedge
33
29
31
35
31
34
365
33
27
24
31
24
33
Knapp
36
32
31
33
37
37
206
Cornish
42
31
40
29
21
6
41
242
32
Burton
40
40 23
37
150
Mt. Pleasant.
37
35
40
38
40
36
226
Cold Spring .
20|
16
20
14
70
Oak Street .
21
15
17
20
73
Manomet
...
14
12
21
13
12
13
85
Wellingsley
5
4
9
9
27
Cedarville
. .
7 4 7 5
23
South Street*
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31
Total
269|211|250|261|221|258|227|215|217|177|165|148| 2,647
* Ungraded
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EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
1931
1932
Certificates to Minors 14 to 16 years
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35
Certificates to Minors 16 to 21 years
212
124
There were 47 minors beween 14 and 16 years of age who, within the calendar year, 1932, were employed while schools were in session.
SCHOOL CENSUS 1932
Males
Females
Total
Persons
5 to 7 years
157
173
330
Persons
7 to 14 years
748
771
1,519
Persons 14 to 16 years
214
221
435
Total
1,119
1,165
2,284
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
(*) New Teachers Employed in 1932
Office
Anson B. Handy Ruth F. Thomas
Supt. of Schools
5 Bay View Avenue
Secretary
41 Mayflower Street
High School
Wayne M. Shipman
Charles I. Bagnall
Hist., Law, Coaching
16 Samoset Street
Charlotte C. Brown
Hist., Am. Culture
42 Union Street
E. Doris Carey
French
31/2 Mayflower Place
Frank E. Fash Mary E. Hayes
*Elizabeth Hendry Louise B. Humphrey Jeannette C. Jacques
Helen C. Johnson
Helen M. Johnson
History, Civics
115 Court Street
Lydia E. Judd
Sten., Type., B. Org.
36 Mayflower Street
Elizabeth C. Kelly Katherine J. Lang
Nellie R. Locklin Edgar J. Mongan
Asst. Prin., Algebra
195 Sandwich Street
Arthur G. Pyle
English, G. Science
115 Court Street
Helen M. Quinn
Jr. Bus. Trg., English
115 Court Street
Amy M. Rafter
History
English
Biology
34 Oak Street
14 Clyfton Street
17 Pleasant Street 4 Maple Place
3 Goddard Court
Junior High School
Principal
English, Literature
English, Literature
Mathematics
Eng., Lit., Gen. Lang.
Social Studies
Social Studies
11 Jefferson Street
Woodworking
7 Lincoln Street
Domestic Science
11 Lothrop Street
Mary M. Dolan Elizabeth R. Barlow M. Agnes Burke Esther M. Chandler
Gladys L. Cobb Ellen M. Downey
Barbara E. Dunham Deane E. Eldridge Amy L. Hammond
Latin
Gen. Science, Agric.
Clerks in Prin's Office
21 Leyden Street 7 Lincoln Street
Domestic Science
English
19 Franklin Street
French, English
31/2 Mayflower Place
Type., Bookkpg.
13 Whiting Street
Type., Bookkpg. Type., Bus. Org., O. Pr.
Geom., Adv. Math.
5 Stephens Street 13 Whiting Street
13 Whiting Street Chiltonville
Miriam A. Raymond Richard Smiley Helen F. Swift
English
Margie E. Wilber Edwin B. Young Barbara M. Coombs
Principal, Am. Culture
156a Sandwich Street
Physics, Chem., G. Science 11 Mt. Pleasant Street
Civics, English
11 Jefferson Street
31/2 Mayflower Place 11 Lothrop Street Kingston, Mass.
90 Court Street 19 Oak Street
15 Allerton Street
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Bertha E. McNaught Edith S. Newton Rita E. Oosterdiep Julia A. Salmon Kenneth L. Walton Catherine D .Welsh Edith M. Young
Elizabeth H. Sampson Hazel Bates
Estella Butland
Florence B. Corey
Frances M. Fowler
Lulu M. Hoyt
Edith C. M. Johnson
Leella F. Leonard
Kathryn H. McCarthy Bertha M. Mitchell
Evelyn L. Peck
Barbara R. Perrier Helen F. Perrier Susan M. Quinn
William I. Whitney Olga D. Borghi
Annie S. Burgess
Margaret L. Christie
Lydia E. Holmes
Maude H. Lermond Gladys L. Simmons
Helen M. Riese
Helen R. Burgess
Helen F. Holmes
Flora A. Keene
Charlotte E. Lovering
Mary E. Robbins
Ruth H. Tolman
Dorothy E. Wilbur Gertrude W. Zahn
Amedea D. Galvani
Dorothy A. Judkins
Ethel H. Phillips
Grace K. Reed
Mary E. Schreiber
Mathematics
Eng., Lit., Bus. Trg.
Science Math.
Social Studies Woodworking Health, Phys. Trg.
English, Literature
33 Russell Street
13 Whiting Street 98 Allerton Street 312 Mayflower Place 13 Mt. Pleasant Street 21 Alden Street 45 Pleasant Street
Hedge School
Principal
Grade I
Grade II
Grade VI 1
Grade V
Grade III
13 Whiting Street
13 Whiting Street
49 Pleasant Street
10 Franklin Street
Cadet Teacher
Grade IV
Grade V
Grade IV
Grade VI
Knapp School
Principal, Grade VI
Grade VI and Assistant
Grade III
Grade II
Grade IV
261 Court Street
49 Pleasant 43 Mayflower Street
Cornish School
Principal
Rest & Nutrition Class
42 Union Street
Grade V
Grade II
Grade VI
21 Vernon Street
Grade VI
Grade VI
Grade I
Grade I, II
Burton School
Grade V
3 Suosso Lane
Grade III
11 Allerton Street
6 Mt. Pleasant Street
45 Pleasant Street
Cadet Teacher
Clifford Road Clifford Road 4 Massasoit Street
133 Court Street 133 Court Street
Grade II
Grade III
Grade I
55 Russell Street 280 Court Street 12 Washington Street
12 Washington Street 146 Main St., Kingston
70 Sandwich Street 398 Court Street 37 Union Street 42 Allerton Street
Grade V
Grade I
22 Allerton Street
28 Chilton Street 4 Sever Street
102 Allerton Street Rockland, R.F.D.
15 Allerton Street 320 Court Street
Grade IV
Grades III, IV
123 Court Street
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Mabel F. Douglas Mora E. Norton
Clementine L. Ortolani Mildred R. Randall
Grades I, II Grades III, IV
8 Cherry Street 76 Oak Street
Mt. Pleasant School
Signe L. Johnson Gertrude C. Bennett S. Claire Downey
Alice Eldridge
Esther A. Maloni
Grade IV
17 Smith's Lane
Grace R. Moor
Grade I
Grade III
11 Sandwich Street 31/2 Mayflower Place
Wellingsley School
Emma H. Anderson
Grades I-IV
Manomet
Manomet School
Elouise E. Ellis
Grades V, VI
Grade III, IV
Grade I, II
Manomet 16 Leyden Street 16 Leyden Street
Cedarville School
Grades I-IV
Long Pond
Individual School
Ungraded Ungraded
9 Sever Street 73 Standish Avenue
Special Teachers
Supervisor of Sewing Supervisor of Music
Drawing Jr. and Sr. High Phys. Educ. - Elementary Asst. to Supv. of Music Phys. Ed .- Jr. & Sr. High Drawing-Elem., Jr. High Orchestra
210 Sandwich Street 8 Sever Street 22 Allerton Street Sandwich Road 19 Main Street 1 Sagamore Street 7 Maple Place 29 Cherry Street
Health Department
Louis B. Hayden, M. D. School Physician Jane Bradford Susie Macdonald Hazel E. Bruce
Teacher of Dental Hygiene School Nurse Assistant to Nurse
17 Pleasant Street
Grade II
12 Stafford Street
Grade V
19 Oak Street
Grade VI, Assistant
14 Bay View Avenue
Flora C. Stevens Stella W. Willard
Mabel R. Woodward
Mary L. Jackson Carolyn L. Avanzini
Grace Blackmer Frances H. Buck Virginia Dowling Beatrice E. Garvin Gwladys Roberts John H. Smith Faith C. Stalker Joseph Pioppi
Cold Spring School Grades III, IV Grades I, II
4 Nelson Street 210 Court Street
Oak Street School
M. Louise Peterson
Principal, Grade VI
79 Court Street 22 Allerton Street 34 Court Street 46 Mayflower Street
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Ralph F. Matinzi
Oak Street
Thomas A. Bodell
24 Royal Street
Janitors
Andrea Busi Leo Callahan
South St. and Lincoln St. Hedge
15 Lincoln Street 24 Hall Street Manomet, Mass.
Warrick Cleveland
Manomet
Nelson Cushing
Mt. Pleasant
3 Robinson Street
Charles Coates (ret. Dec.)
High Cornish-Burton
Cedarville
1 Royal Street Cedarville, Mass.
Wilson Farnell (Dec.) John F. McArdle
Cold Spring
22 Davis Street
George F. Merrill
Oak Street
21 Oak Street
Arthur Poirier
High and Junior High
15 Royal Street
Winslow E. Rickard Sebastian Riedel Fred J. Smith
Wellingsley
223 Sandwich Street
14 Atlantic Street
Knapp
Junior High
237 Sandwich Street
Peter A. Dries, Jr.
Earl Dunn
High
31/2 Sagamore Street
110 Sandwich Street
Supervisor of Attendance
Supervisor of School Buildings
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PLYMOUTH SCHOOL REPORT
CONTENTS
School Calendar 3
No-School Signals 3
School Committee 4
Financial Report
5
School Committee Report 9
An Appreciation
12
Superintendent's Report 15
The Crisis in Education 15
Increase of Environment 19
Reduction in Costs
19
Salaries
19
Schools Closed
19
Transportation
20
Reduction in Per Pupil Costs 23
Table of Average Costs 24
Possible Future Reductions
25
Consolidation
25
Reduction in Number of Pupils
26
Reduction in Educational Offering
27
Music 29
Drawing 30
31
Household Arts
Manual Training 33
Physical Education 34
Summer School 36
Further Reduction of Teachers' Salaries 37
22
Tuition 22 Other Reductions
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Changes in Teaches 39
New Building Facilities 39
Washington Bi-Centennial 40
To the Parents 40
Senior High School 42
Junior High School 45
Hedge School
46
Knapp School 49
Cornish and Burton Schools 51
Mount Pleasant School 53
Individual School 55
Americanization and Evening School
57
School Health Department 59
Oral Hygiene and Dental 63
Supervisor of Attendance
68
Table of Enrollment 70
Employment of Minors 71
School Census 71
School Department Employees 72
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