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SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
The organization using the building shall be responsi- ble for the expense of such a supervisor.
The supervisor shall receive his instructions from the Superintendent of Schools.
The supervisor shall receive remuneration at the rate of $2.50 until 10:30 P. M., $4.00 if the function continues until 11:30 P. M .; $5.00 after 11:30 P. M .; 75c per hour will be the charge for the building if used before 6:00 P. M. This ruling took effect December 1, 1934.
All work performed by the School Committee shall be awarded to native born citizens, naturalized citizens, or those who have taken out their first naturalization pap- ers.
The tuition for pupils whose parents reside out of town and wishing to attend the Rockland Schools shall be es- tablished as follows: Senior High, $100 per year; Junior High $80; elementary grades, $60.
Post-Graduates who are admitted to the Rockland High School September 4, 1935 or thereafter, shall take a min- imum of twenty hours of work per week; shall be satis- factory in conduct; shall be regular in full day's attend- ance and maintain satisfactory averages in all subjects.
Rulings Regarding Payment of Salaries to Teachers
The teachers of the Rockland Schools shall receive their salaries bi-weekly after two weeks of actual class room teaching - except through July and August when payments shall be made not later than the 15th of each month.
That for each day's absence with the exception of death in the immediate family 1/200 of the yearly salary shall be deducted.
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That beginning November 16, 1937, all teachers who are absent on account of illness shall receive the differ- ence between the substitute's pay or its equivalent and the teacher's regular pay.
That a teacher shall receive full pay for five calendar days for death in immediate family. "Immediate" fam- ily includes parents, wife, husband, brother, sister or children.
That a teacher absent for more than one half (1/2) of a session shall lose pay for that entire session.
Visiting schools authorized by the Superintendent of Schools or work pertaining to the schools which has been assisgned by the Superintendent may be allowed without loss of salary.
The word "Teacher" in the above ruling applies to Prin- cipals, Special Teachers and all class room teachers ex- cepting the Principal of the Junior Senior High school and the Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF ROCKLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Rockland:
The School Committee herewith submits its annual report for the year 1937.
It has been the aim of the committee to administer the schools of Rockland to the best of their knowledge and judgment in matters of education and finance so that the children will receive the best education possible for the money expended.
We believe that the educational opportunities offered and the results accomplished compare favorably with those in other towns of the same size. This is due large- ly to the keen interest and cooperation of the Superinten- dent of Schools, teachers, and other school employees in promoting the welfare and maintaining the efficiency of our schools.
The town to have a completely modernized system should as soon as possible remedy the situation whereby we still have three grades to a teacher. The results of grade tests by the Superintendent every year show that it is utterly impossible to do justice to the pupils un- der such conditions.
The salary schedule needs adjustment upward because of the 10% cut put into operation several years ago, and it is the hope of the committee that our appropriation this year will allow for this.
The committee is extremely grateful to all the organ- izations and citizens who in any way have contributed in time, effort and money that many pupils might benefit from activities which normal appropriations do not al- low.
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For a more complete report of our administration we refer you to the reports of the Superintendent of Schools and High School Principal, and the financial statement giving a detailed account of expenditures.
WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION HEREIN PARTIC- ULARLY TO THE FACT THAT WHILE THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION FOR SCHOOLS WAS $104,420.93, REIMBURSEMENTS AMOUNTING TO $14,851.90 MADE THE NET COST TO THE TOWN FOR SCHOOLS $89,569.03.
Respectfully submitted,
E. STUART WOODWARD, Chairman HELEN M. HAYDEN, Secretary BENJAMIN LELYVELD, WILLIAM A. LOUD, M. AGNES KELLEHER
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT RESOURCES 1937
General Appropriation
$104 423 00
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses
$ 5 060 55
Expense of Instruction 76 077 03
Operation and Maintenance
17 439 77
Auxiliary Agencies
5 101 10
New Equipment
742 48
Total Expenditures
$104 420 93
TOWN TREASURER'S RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS
State Reimbursements :
Teachers' Salaries 12 822 50
Tuition and Transportation of Wards 1 351 41
City of Boston for Tuition and
Transportation of Wards 557 92
Car Ticket Refund from Lovell Bus Company 37 45
Tuition, Mrs. C. W. Scott
15 00
Materials sold in high school shop
63 27
Sale of Mckinley Tubes, ashes and
painting damages 4 35
Total Receipts $ 14 851 90
NET COST OF SCHOOLS TO TOWN $ 89 569 03
RENTAL OF MCKINLEY HALL AND SENIOR HIGH GYMNASIUM
Town Appropriation to offset expenses $ 100 00
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Receipts (turned over to Town Treasurer)
$ 99 50
Expenditures :
J. J. L. DeCosta
$ 30 50
Charles Metivier
2 00
Elmer Dunn
2 00
Edison Electric
Illuminating Co.
62 30
Maurice Mullen
2 00
Total Expenditures
98 80
$ 98 80
Balance
70
Unexpended Appropriation
$ 1 20
APPROPRIATION TO OFFSET EXPENSE OF W. P. A. PROJECTS HOUSED AT MCKINLEY SCHOOL
$ 400 00
Appropriation Expenditures :
Old Colony Gas Company $ 3 33
Edison Electric Illuminating Company 52 14
Abington Coal Corporation 254 85
Total Expenditures
-$ 310 32
Unexpended Appropriation $ 89 68
DETAIL OF 1937 EXPENDITURES
Total Resources
$104 423 00
ยท GENERAL EXPENSES
Superintendent's Salary
$ 3 600 00
Other Administrative Expense 1 460 55
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries 3 497 50
Principals' Salaries 7 007 25
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Teachers' Salaries
59 516 78
Text Books
1 722 59
Stationery, Supplies and Miscellaneous
4 332 91
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Janitors' Wages
8 044 79
Fuel
3 757 14
Miscellaneous
2 655 67
Repairs
2 982 17
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Libraries
61 81
Health
1 953 31
Transportation
1 485 00
Sundries
1 600 98
OUTLAY
New Equipment 742 48
Total Expenditures
$104 420 93
Unexpended Balance
$ 2 07
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ITEMIZED
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
R. Stewart Esten, Salary $ 3 600 00
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Bruce Publishing Company, School Board Journal $ 6 00
Louise A. Considine, mileage attendance officer 96 46
The Education Digest, subscription 3 50
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The Macmillan Company, book for office procedure 1 23
Harriet E. Gelinas, salary
1 109 20
Elizabeth O. Studley, salary (substitute)
76 50
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., services
105 50
John R. Parker, P. M., stamped envelopes, stamps, cards
44 14
George T. Pascoe Company,
office supplies 11 89
C. F. Williams & Son, Inc.,
teachers' record cards 1 10
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger blanks 4. 16
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., file guides
87
Total
$ 1 460 55
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors' Salaries
3 497 50
Principals' Salaries
7 007 25
Teachers' Salaries
59 516 78
TEXT BOOKS
Allyn & Bacon
72 82
American Book Co.
129 43
Arlo Publishing Co.
23 56
E. E. Babb & Co.
48 60
Beckley-Cardy Co.
51 73
The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
49 23
Bureau of Publications
10 85
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
40
Champion Publishing Co.
1 69
Character Associates, Inc.
2 00
Circle Book Co.
28 06
Clarence C. Dill
4 98
Educational Service Bureau
5 95
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Ginn & Co.
342 30
Gregg Publishing Co.
10 30
Harcourt, Brace & Co., Inc.
7 53
D. C. Heath Co.
35 51
Henry Holt & Co.
2 17
Houghton Mifflin Co.
17 24
Inor Publishing Co.
1 44
Laidlaw Brothers
47
Little Brown & Co.
99 69
Longmans Green & Co.
26 78
Lyons & Carnahan
5 65
The Macmillan Co.
29 83
G. & C. Merriam Co.
8 36
Charles E. Merrill Co.
22 58
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
14 23
Newson & Co.
7 53
Noble & Noble
6 68
A. N. Palmer Co.
17 47
Public School Publishing Co.
2 50
Row, Peterson & Co.
2 57
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
166 70
Scott, Foresman & Co.
168 11
Charles Scribner's Sons
58 50
Silver, Burdett & Company
19 73
L. W. Singer Co.
63 01
South Western Publishing Co.
37 16
O. H. Toothaker
6 00
R. W. Wagner Co.
11 00
Webster Publishing Co.
2 25
Wilcox & Follett
4 82
The John C. Winston Co.
73 24
World Book Co.
21 94
Total
1 722 59
SUPPLIES
American Education Press, tests 4 50
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American Type Founders Sales Corp., shop supplies 16 30
Emil Ascher, Inc., orchestra music 96
Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co., pencil sharpeners 3 57
E. E. Babb & Co., Inc., schoolroom supplies 380 22
Babson Institute, 2 frames for posters 3 70
Beaudette & Co., multistamp stencils 2 05
Behr-Manning, sandpaper for shop 3 47
The Boston Music Co., music
27 88
B. U. School of Education, film service 5 00
B. U. School of Education, arithmetic tests 40
Broadhead Garrett Co., lumber for shop 84 66
Bureau of Publications, tests 10 10
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,
paper rolls 1 90
Cambosco Scientific Co., science supplies 3 08
Central Scientific Co., science supplies
69 21
John S. Cheever Co.,
Schoolroom supplies 934 83
Denoyer-Geppert Company, maps 22 99
A. B. Dick Co., stencils and ink 5 40
Dowling School Supply Co., paper
39 81
Eagle Ink Co., ink 3 76
Educational Test Bureau, tests
3 77
Emerson and Company, ink 1 35
Erie County Trust Co., enrolment to World Letters 20 05
Gledhill Bros., pen points
28 87
Gregg Publishing Co., notebooks and tests 22 06
J. L. Hammett Co.,
schoolroom supplies 507 93
Iroquois Publishing Co., tests 4 54
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Kee Lox Mfg. Co., carbon paper 25 00
Keuffel & Esser Co., drawing sets 2 59
Madeline Lannin, Kindergarten materials 29 75
Levison & Blythe Mfg Co., hektograph work books 12 71
John E. Linnehan, special class supplies 4 00
Edward L. Megill Co., shop gauge pins
3 68
Milton Bradley Co., schoolroom
supplies 802 22
H. B. McArdle, schoolroom supplies 97 67
Osgood Globe Corp., shop materials 6 77
Horace Partridge Co., balls for physical education 2 53
George T. Pascoe Co., cards, folders
60 08
A. S. Peterson, protractors, tags, gummed labels 3 32
Phillips Paper Co., paper
17 19
A. I. Randall, Inc., stock for printing 6 10
E. P. Reed Lumber Co., dowels for shop work 12 60
Republic Machinery Sales Corp., shop materials 30 30
J. A. Rice Co., sewing supplies 4 97
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., shop materials 32 75
Rockland Hardware & Paint Co.,
shop supplies 8 72
Rockland High School Cafeteria, food classes 47 48
Rome Brothers, shop supplies
2 59
M. M. Ross Co., paper
27 00
Royal Typewriter Co., Replacing typewriters and ribbons 446 00
Sleight Metallic Ink Co., ink 1 49
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter, Inc., Replacing typewriters and ribbons 141 00
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South Western Publishing Co., accounting material 107 69
Webster Publishing Co., plan books arithmetic tablets 28 40
Wensell & Company, speedograph roll 6 15
Guy M. Wilson, arithmetic tests
30
Henry J. Winde Co., shop supplies
33 59
Henry S. Wolkins, poster paints and supplies
35 99
World Book Co., tests
19 62
John H. Wyatt Co., mimeograph
stencils and paper
60 30
Total
4 332 91
JANITORS' WAGES
Elmer Dunn, Junior-Senior High 1 620 00
Charles Metivier,
Junior-Senior High 1 350 00
Joseph DeCosta, Mckinley
1 305 00
Mary Davis, Mckinley School
360 00
Andrew Leck, Jefferson
950 00
Frank Hammond, Gleason and
Webster
428 00
Mrs. Frank Hammond, Gleason and Webster
172 00
Frank Curtis, Webster and Lincoln
566 64
Thomas Gallagher, Lincoln 666 72
Ardelle Cushing, Market Street
350 00
Elizabeth Casey, Central Street
180 00
Joseph Thibeault, helper at Mckinley 36 00
Maurice Mullen, helper at Mckinley
60 43
Total
8 044 79
FUEL
Abington Coal Corporation, coal $3 013 29
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Charles T. Leavitt, Inc., coal 64 51
Lot Phillips & Co., Corp., wood 12 00
Roderick Mackenzie, wood 61 75
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., coal
605 59
Total
3 757 14
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES
Atlantic Wire and Iron Works Inc.,
wire guards 9 00
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., janitors' supplies 13 18
Brockton Public Market, cleaning materials 2 60
Commonwealth Lock Co., sweeping compound 64 80
Arthur M. Condon, cleaning powder 22 75
P. & F. Corbin Co., keys 60
Cutter, Wood & Sanderson Co., janitors' supplies 5 45
Dominic DelPrete, removal of garbage at Mckinley 2 50
Ralph Derby, keys 2 80
C. B. Dolge Co., janitors' supplies 90 50
H. J. Dowd Co., Inc., sweeping material 7 50 Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
service 1 211 50
The Floor Treatment Co., janitors' supplies 48 75
L. M. Glover Co., Inc., janitors' supplies 253 85
Goodco Sanitary Products, janitors' supplies 18 00
Frank Hammond, cleaning high school cesspool 1 00
A. C. Horn Co., floor wax 84 90
William M. Horner, janitors' supplies 63 38
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Geo. T. Johnson Co., paper towels 75 85
Edwin P. Kershaw, dust cloths
14 50
John Lamb, rock salt 1 85
Market St. Garage, gas for cleaning printing press
73
Masury-Young Company, floor oils, wax 115 06
Old Colony Gas Co., service 41 99
Rockland Hardware & Paint Co., shovel 65
Rockland Water Department, service 280 44
Rome Brothers, janitors' supplies 80 50
L. Sonneborn Sons, Inc., janitors' supplies 22 50
Sphinx Chair Glide Co., chair glides 4 50
State Prison Colony, janitors' brushes 37 00
Taunton Lumber Co., floor wax 21 60
George V. Tyler, Pumping out
cesspool
36 00
Yale & Town Mfg. Co., keys
73
Young Broom Co., Inc. janitor's
supplies 18 71
Total
2 655 67
REPAIRS
Howard K. Alden, engineering
service high school building $ 70 00
H. H. Arnold Co., nuts, screws, etc., for repairs 8 13
Atlantic Flag Pole Co., 40' halyard
1 36
Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co., sharpeners repaired 2 80
E. E. Babb Co., Inc., replacing door holders 8 69
Bailey Motor Sales, welding printing machine frame 2 00
Chester Banden, Mckinley boiler
and pipe repairs 104 57
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The Barrett Co., tarvia for Lincoln school yard 395 84
The Bates Mfg. Co., stapler repaired 1 64
Thomas Bosotck and Sons, Printing press repairs 10 00
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., glass 38 16 Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,
service contract 5 00
John Campbel, Labor at Lincoln yard 4 00
Edward Casey, labor at Lincoln yard 13 50
Arthur Casey, labor at Lincoln yard 12 00 Robert Casey, labor at Lincoln yard 20 25
Frank Cifello, labor at Lincoln yard 6 75 William S. Clemens, H. S.
Piano casters 8 00
William Condon, labor at Lincoln yard 27 75
P. & F. Corbin, door checks repaired 12 72
Leo Cull, labor at Lincoln yard 31 89
The Albert Culver Co., cement 1 30
O. R. Cummings, ceiling repaired 9 25
Damon Electric, electrical repairs 12 76
Burrill Dill, labor at Lincoln yard 4 50
Luther O. Draper Shade Co., cord 7 93
J. P. Eustis Mfg. Co., replacing mirrors high school toilets 15 81
Charles Fucillo, labor at Lincoln yard 27 00 Melvin Gay, use of roller for
Lincoln yard 9 00
Hall and Torrey, misc. repairs 97 15
Frank Hammond, setting glass 2 00
George W. S. Hyde, repairing tools 40
International Engineering Works, Inc., Mckinley boilers 104 80
Johnson Service Co., heating system repairs at H. S. 13 98
J. E. Kemp, sharpening saws 3 60
Locke, Stevens & Sanitas Co., 12 gaskets 1 85
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Mass. Dept. of Ed. Div. of Blind,
repairing and tuning pianos 31 00
J. S. McCallum, Plumbing repairs 193 13 Paul McDonnell, labor at Lincoln yard 20 25 Patrick McKenna, labor at Lincoln
yard
18 00
Roderick Mackenzie, Sand for Lincoln yard 10 00
National Foundry, Inc., grates repaired 9 92
Osgood Globe Corp., printing
press repairs 7 85
Forrest L. Partch, electrical repairs 17 10
Pettingell-Andrews Co., replacing
light units at Mckinley 57 60
Reed Mfg. Co., shop equipment
repaired 8 32
Robinson & Co., Waterproofing work
at High school 300 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co.,
materials for repairs 48 73
Rockland Hardware & Paint Co. materials for repairs 29 80
Rockland Welding and Engineering Co.,
repairing floor washer 3 50
Harry L. Rome, replacing window shades 17 00
Rome Bros., materials for repairs, paint etc 430 12
Edwin Schutt, misc. repairs in school buildings 415 11
Sphinx Chair Glide Co., chair glides replaced 11 40
Standard Electric Time Co., clock repairs,
replacing batteries and rectifier 160 36
William Thorpe, electrical repairs 86 84
Underwood Elliot Fisher Co.,
repairing typewriters 5 26
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John H. Wyatt Co., repairing
typewriters 4 50
Total
2 982 17
LIBRARIES
Frontier Press Co., copy of Lincoln Library 15 50
J. L. Hammett Co., library books for elementary schools 3 27
Albert Najarian, magazine subscrip-
tions for high school library 12 70
Noble & Noble, book
1 71
R. W. Wagner, books 8 93
Yawman, Erbe Mfg. Co., files
19 70
Total
61 81
HEALTH
Bemis Drug Co., supplies
39 37
James W. Brine Co., Inc., physical
education supplies
25 39
Louise A. Considine, mileage
96 48
Fred S. Delay, supplies 27 58
National Education Association, charts 1 34
Plymouth Cty. Health Association, audiometer rental 2 00
Thomas W. Reed, applicators and tongue depressors 13 49
Rockland New System Laundry, blankets laundered 41
Rockland Pharmacy, supplies 4 25
Louise A. Considine, salary
1 393 00
Joseph H. Dunn, M. D., salary 175 00
Joseph Frame, M. D., salary
175 00
Total
1 953 31
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TRANSPORTATION
John J. Dwyer, transportation of pupils 1 485 00
SUNDRIES
Ames Radio Service, amplifiers installed for graduation 15 00
The Austin Print, printing 3 50
Babson Institute, poster service 19 55
Buck Printing Co., High School
reception tickets 6 62
Phillip S. Collins, insurance premium 319 20
Commissioner of Public Safety,
boiler inspection
5 00
The Douglas Print, printing school reports
60 00
J. L. Hammett Co., diploma
covers and engrossing diplomas 76 39
Howland's Insurance Office,
insurance premium
155 68
Jenkins & Simmons Express,
expressage 20 39
Edward A. Lincoln, binet examinations
for 1st grade entrance 102 00
Lindstrom & Poole Trans. Co., expressage 50
Maurice Mullen, police work 5 00
Murray Bros., rebinding books 153 10
Albert Najarian, census enumeration 68 00
Amos A. Phelps, insurance premiums 428 29 Pro Merito Society, pins 19 50
A. I. Randall, Inc., printing
70 50
Rockland Standard, advertising 4 00
Rockland Transportation Co., Inc., expressage 9 72
Warren Wheeler, printing
22 95
Warren B. Woodward, insurance premium 36 54
Total
1 600 98
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NEW EQUIPMENT
The Arrow System, mats for gym 50 00 Atlantic Wire & Iron Works, Inc., wire guards 3 20
E. E. Babb & Co., Inc., 12 orchestra chairs 31 20
J. L. Hammett Co., desk and chair 21 30
Massachusetts Reformatory, stool
2 00
Milton Bradley Co., 2 work benches for shop 102 00
Narragansett Machine Co., gym equipment 199 50
Forrest L. Partch, wiring H. S. stage
68 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., cabinet for Mckinley School 15 28
Security Fence Company, Fence at Webster Street School
250 00
Total
742 48
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Rockland:
The ninth annual report of my work as Superintendent of Schools is submitted herewith :
Realizing the financial stress through which Rockland has been passing the past six years or more, an honest attempt has been made to cut the cost of our education to the minimum without reducing the efficiency below standard. It is gratifying to know that we ranked sev- enty-first out of eighty-three towns in our group in the cost per pupil for education. This rating is reported by the Massachusetts State Department of Education as of November 1937. The cost per pupil in Rockland is $72.97.
In several specific ways, stated later herein it will be noticed that we definitely are striving to increase the ef- ficiency of our teaching staff and the character and schol- arship of the children under our care and instruction.
I am reporting the accomplishments of the year as con- cisely as is possible in an effort to eliminate unnecessary printing expense.
OMISSION OF REPORTS
We are continuing to follow the suggestion of the Fin- ance Committee to print only the Superintendent's re- port to the School Committee and the high school prin- cipal's report to the Superintendent along with statistic- al data that is essential. I belive that while a finan- cial statement should be recorded, a detailed account re- cording all the checks drawn on the School Department is an unnecessary printing expense. Other towns and cit- ies rarely give space to this printing in their reports. This omission is a measure of economy.
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COURSES OF STUDY
Our Arithmetic Course in the elementary schools which has been revised by a teachers committee was adopted and became effective September 8, 1937. We have en- deavored in this to simplify the arithmetic in the prim- ary grades as the mechanics of reading is the crux of the program in the first three grades. The more difficult operations of division for example are scheduled for the fourth and fifth grades. There has been for some time in educational thought the principle established that we should not overcrowd our pupils with book learning in the primary grades as reading must form the core of the work.
DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS
We are holding professional meetings periodically for the teachers and this year we have discussed the "Super- ior Teacher." I have presented four phases, Personal Equipment, Professional Equipment, Professional Tech- nique, and Outcomes in Terms of Pupil Growth. At our last meeting five of our teachers offered their views on the Superior Teacher. It is hoped a Code will be worked out that each teacher may have one to assist him in his teaching. Following our meetings the Rockland Teach- ers' Association holds its sessions. The activities of the Club have tended to bring the members together socially through common interests and to develop an esprit de corps which is so desirable in any organization. The sports program has tended to weld a strong unit for co- operation and service.
We are very much interested in promoting Character Training and Safety and to that end I have appointed two committees of elementary teachers to prepare reports which will be used in our teaching at a later date.
It is indeed gratifying to know that our high school is
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given an A rating by the Massachusetts State Board of Education and that we have the privilege of sending our graduates to New England Colleges without examination if they have maintained certificate grade of 85% for the four years in high school. The students who are now attending the State and Liberal Arts Colleges are doing a fine grade of work. We, therefore, have reason to ap- prove the training these boys and girls are receiving un- der the efficient guidance of our prinicipal and teachers. It is highly desirable that our pupils who are planning to attend institutions of higher learning should know as early as possible in their high school careers what col- leges they anticipate attending in order to prepare them- selves in accordance with the requirements of those in- stitutions. I cannot urge parents too strongly to have their sons and daughters consult the principal early in their high school courses on this most important matter.
Although we have added a few much needed reference books to our library it is imperative that we improve this phase of our high school work. We are grateful to the loyal alumni who have contributed to a fund which will make possible the addition of several books to our library. With additional supervision needed in the high school for an over crowded study hall during certain periods in the day and at recess periods it is hoped that an addi- tional teacher may be added to our staff this year. This will make possible the opening of our library during cer- tain school periods as well as after school and will also give the additional teaching assistance and supervision which is needed.
A few years ago we enclosed a small section of our general shop for our printing department and this year a section was enclosed for a paint room. This has aided us in completing our projects. If we had additional equipment and room, an auto mechanics department would add to the effectiveness of the practical arts work.
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This expansion may be warranted later if business con- ditions improve.
Improvement has been noticeable in our physical edu- cation department as has been evidenced by the addition- al issuance of certificates for good posture. The new gym- nasium equipment which is spoken of elsewhere in my re- port will greatly improve the physical stamina of our high school pupils.
TEACHER REPLACEMENT
In February 1937 on the expiration of Miss Graves' term as substitute teacher in French, Mrs. Blanche LeRoy of Brockton was appointed substitute for the remainder of the school year. Miss Leona W. Sampson of Brock- ton, Mass., was elected French teacher beginning in Sep- tember 1937. Miss Sampson is a graduate of Boston Un- iversity with an A. M. degree in 1924 and studied at the Sorbonne, Paris, receiving a diploma avec mention in 1929. She had taught French in Massachusetts and Connecticut High school for fifteen years. The past eight years she was the French teacher in the Winchendon, Massachusetts high school.
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