Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1962-1964, Part 29

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Publication date: 1962
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ACTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS


GRADE ASSIGNMENTS 1966 - 1969


September 1966


Total number of classrooms = 66.


New Elementary School 20


Merriam School 20


McCarthy School 12


Towne School 14 (5 not standard)


Enrollment


Grade 1 325)


2 340) 1000 divided by 25 = 40 classrooms


3 338)


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Grade 4 311) 5 262) 573 divided by 30 = 20 classrooms 6 275) (New Junior High) 1851


Sp. Class 7 1858


Special Classrooms Required = 2 reading 1 special class 1 speech 1 teachers' room (Towne School)


Classrooms, regular = 60 Special rooms = 5 65


September 1967


Grade 1 325)


2 325) 990 divided by 25 = 40 classrooms


3 340)


4 338)


5 311) 649 divided by 30 = 22 classrooms 6 262) (new Junior High) 1901 7


Sp. Class 1908


Total Classrooms Needed = 62 Special rooms = 5


67


September 1968


Grade 1 320)


2 325) 970 divided by 25 = 40 classrooms


3 325)


4 340)


5 338) 678 divided by 30 = 23 classrooms


6 311) (new Junion High) 1959


Sp. Class 1966


7


Total Classrooms Needed = 63 Special rooms = 5 68


September 1969 - Second New Elementary School to Open 2 Elementary Schools on Flerra Land = 40 classrooms 20 Merriam School McCarthy School 12 72


Towne School to house all sixth grades


Grade 1 325)


2 325)


3 325) 1640 divided by 25 = 65 classrooms 4 325) 5 340)


1640


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Special Rooms - 2 remedial reading 2


Speech 1


Special Class 2 Kindergarten 2


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ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS


GRADE ASSIGNMENTS 1966 - 1970


Junior High


Senior High


September 1966 (opening of Jr. H.)


Grade 7


284 (28 Box.)


Grade 9


269


8


- 282 (28 Box.)


10


231


6


275 (All Acton)


11


183


12


179


841


862


September 1967


Grade 7


315 (40 Box.)


Grade 9


282


8


284 (28 Box.)


10


269


6


262 (All Acton)


11


231


12


183


861


965


September 1968


Grade 7


295 (33 Box.)


Grade 9


284


8


315 (40 Box.)


10


282


6


311 (All Acton)


11


269


12


231


921


1066


September 1969


Grade 7 351 (40 Box.)


Grade 9


315


8


295 (33 Box.)


10


284


11


282


12


269


646


1150


September 1970


Grade 7


372 (34 Box.)


Grade 9


295


8


351 (40 Box.)


10


315


11


284


12


282


723


1176


TEACHERS' SALARIES


Both School budgets show a marked increase in Instruction, because of the recent State Law which increased the minimum teachers' salaries to $5,000.00, effective September 1965. To compete with other fine school systems it is necessary to have an attractive salary sch-


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edule to interest and retain the better teachers.


Listed below are the State minimums from 1945 to the present:


1945


1200.00


1958


3600.00


1949


2100.00


1959


4000.00 (effective 9/1/60)


1951


2300.00


1962


4500.00 (effective 1/1/63)


1952


2500.00


1965


5000.00 (effective 9/1/65)


1956


3000.00


The Superintendent of Schools is continuously interviewing teacher candidates, both on the school premises and at colleges during the entire year. Our teacher turnover each year is similar to other towns, approximately 25%. Therefore, on the average thirty teachers are hired each year, either to replace members who have resigned or as additions to the staff because of increased enrollment.


At this time I should like to extend special thanks to Mrs. Anne H. Rimbach, who retired as Director of the Cafeterias, after fifteen years of loyal service to the Acton Public Schools and the Regional School District.


Mrs. Katherine P. Matsen, since 1951 a member of our faculty, retired this past December. Mrs. Matsen has been very conscientious and hard working, both as a fifth grade teacher and more recently as elementary school librarian.


Mr. Frank Wilson, a loyal and dedicated custodian at the High School, passed away during the year. We shall always remember him for his persistence in overcoming tremendous odds.


CONCLUSION


In closing I wish to express my appreciation to the School Com- mittees and the various town boards that have worked so closely with the school department in solving some of our problems. Also, a word of thanks to all the personnel in the school department who have work- ed long hours to continue to offer the best possible education for our students.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM L. O'CONNELL


Superintendent of Schools


SCHOOL FINANCES - 1964


Received - To the Credit of Schools


State Aid for Transportation . $ 45,823.25


State Aid for Public Schools. 127,572.64


Federal Aid. 18,439.00


Education of Handicapped. 4,885.99


$196,720.88


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Appropriated, March, 1964:


Acton Public Schools $534,439.00 Regional School District . 475,156.86


$1,009,595.85


Total Amount Expended from Appropriations:


Acton Public Schools . $528,689.73


Regional School District . 468,220.05


$996,909.78


Expended for Operation in 1964


High


Elementary


Total


Instruction


$393,091.77


$417,957.92


$ 811,049.69


Plant Operation and


Maintenance


38,705.65


42,466.41


81,172.06


Non-Instructional


12,971.69


4,947.68


17,919.37


General Control .


12,523.07


12,042.36


24,565.43


Blanchard Aud. Lease .


6,100.06


6,100.06


Contingencies


394.54


694.41


1,088.95


Transportation.


41,425.10


47,629.18


89,054.50


$505,211.88


$525,738.18


$1,030,950.06*


*This figure includes expenditures from appropriation and federal Funds, and the regional transportation reimbursement for Acton.


Gross cost per high school pupil (1077) 469.10


309.62


371.51


Gross cost per pupil (2775)


Gross Cost of Operation (as above) $505,211.88


$525,738.18


$1,030,950.06


Less State Receipts


80,685.79


97,596.09


178,281.88


$424,526.09


$428,142.09


$ 852,668.18


Net cost per high school pupil (1077) 394.18


Net cost per elemen- tary school pupil (1698)


252.15


Net cost per pupil (2775)


307.27


MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS - 1964


Acton Public Schools


1. Purchase of land in West Acton for future elementary schools.


2. Preliminary plans for the construction and equipping of a twenty room elementary school (ground should be broken in Spring of 1965).


3. Adoption of modern mathematics in Grades 1, 2 and 3.


4. Introduction of McKee reading series in Grades 1, 2 and 3.


5. Appointment of a physical education instructor in the primary grades.


Gross cost per elemen-


tary school pupil (1698)


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6. Music department string program extended to Grades 5 and 6.


7. Remedial reading program broadened in primary grades.


8. Sixth grade band selected to perform at the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Convention at New Bedford.


Acton-Boxborough Regional High School


1. Ground broken for the construction and equipping of a Regional Junior High School.


2. Appointment of Arthur J. Hayes as Principal of the new junior high school.


3: Courses added to high school curriculum: (a) BSCS - Biology, Science Curriculum Study, Grades 9, 10, 11; (b) Russian, Grades 11 and 12.


4. Introduction of music department string program in Grades 7 through 12.


5. Junior varsity football team winner of Dual County League.


6. Varsity baseball team winner of State Championship.


7. Experiment in academic classes, Grades 7 and 10. In Grade 7, class of thirty all girls, class of thirty all boys; in Grade 10, class of thirty all girls, twenty-five all boys.


8. The "Torch" (Yearbook), winner of first place in Columbia Univers- ity Press Association competition.


9. Foreign student, Miss Nit Ton, from Thailand, fourth student to attend the Regional High School under the auspices of Acton- Boxborough Chapter of the American Field Service.


MEMBERS OF THE ACTON FACULTY


Superintendent of Schools, William L. O'Connell Principal, McCarthy, Towne Schools, Alice F. Hayes Principal, Merriam School, Carolyn T. Douglas


Name


Professional Training


Degree


Grade


Clara Ballantine


Western Reserve University


BS


I


Patricia Davis


Lesley College


BS


I


Catherine Donahue


Wheelock College


BS


I


Phyllis Foss


Fitchburg State College


BS


I


Louise Harzigian


Lowell State College


BS


I


Sheila Nee


College of Our Lady of the Elms


BA


I


Lois Nichols


Lowell State College


BS


I


Helene Sacks


Cornell University


BS


I


Ellen Sansone


Lesley College


BS


I


Carol Tolpa


Rhode Island College


BS


I


Judith Walker


Lesley College


BS


I


Dorothy Bunker


Jackson College


AB


II


Helen deCoste


Lesley College


II


Linda Desmarais


Boston University


BS


II


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Name


Elizabeth Flint Janice Fullonton


Anne Jones


Wellesley College


BA


II


University of Massachusetts Ohio University


BS


II


Lowell State College


BS, M.Ed. II


Angela Theodore


Boston University


BS


II


Madeline Viens


College of New Rochelle


AB


II


Lowell State College


BS


III


Gordon College


BR Ed.


Boston University


M.Ed.


III


Carole Cochin


Boston University


BS


III


Jean Comstock


Wheelock College


BS


III


Eileen Gilroy


Lowell State College


BS


III


Carol Keenan


St. Lawrence University


AB


III


Florence (S.C.) Teachers


College


BS


III


Joan LeSage


Fitchburg State College


BS


III


Mary Marcotte


Lowell State College


BS


III


Donna Baranowski


Lowell State College


BS


Shirley Brown


Lowell State College


BA


IV


Madeleine Kingston


Fitchburg State College


BS


IV


Marlene Macleod


Boston University


BS


IV


Jean Messa


Jackson College


BA


Janice Morgan


Fitchburg State College


BS, M.Ed. IV


Susan Renhult


Jackson College


BA


IV


Jennie Richards


Lowell State College


BS


IV


Ruth Thompson


Lesley College


BS


IV


Dorothy Bonner


Middlebury College


AB


V


Camilla Chickering


Lesley College


BS


V


Ann Grant


Wellesley College


AB


V


Nancy Joslin


Mount Hollyoke College


AB


V


Nancy Lapham


Lake Erie College


BA


Boston University


Ed.M.


V


Susan Neisuler


Boston University


BA


V


Paulette Rackow


Elmira College


BS


V


Nancy Wadsworth


Elmira College


BS


V


*Mary Zabierek


College of New Rochelle


AB


V


Louise Ewing


Westfield State College


BS


VI


Patricia Goodrich


Smith College


BA


VI


Northeastern University


Ed.M.


Jane Gottschalk


Pembroke College


AB


Harvard School of Ed.


M.Ed.


VI


Salvatore Lipomi


Lowell State College


BS


VI


James Palavras


Boston University


BA


Fitchburg State College


M.Ed.


VI


Barbara Parker


Boston University


BS, M.Ed. VI


Helen Smith


Smith College


BA


VI


Margaret Woodin


St. Mary's College (Indiana)


BA


VI


SPECIAL FIELDS


Ann Geikie


St. Lawrence University


BS


Linda Harding


Professional Training


Degree


Grade


Framingham State College


BS


II


Fitchburg State College


BS


II


Margery Lewis


BA


II


Nancy Lyons Alice O'Hearn


Margaret Barrett Florence Betcher


Mildred Kelly


Boston University


BM


Physical Education Vocal Music


Harvard School of Ed.


M. Ed.


Boston University


M.Ed.


Tufts College


M.Ed.


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Name


Professional Training


Degree


Grade


Jeanne Haskell Grace Leonard Clelia Lerro


BA Vocal Music


BA,M.Ed. Guidance


BFA


Art


Janet Loughlin


RN


Nurse


Agnes Manning


BS


Remedial


Dorothy Mather


State College, West Chester, Pa.


BS


Physical Education


Katherine Matsen


Smith College


BA


Librarian


Kathleen Moulton


Regis College


BA


French


Julith Pennington Ruth Proctor


Radcliffe College


AB


Director of


Boston University


M.Ed.


Guidance


George Revelas


Lowell State College


BS


Instrumental


Sara Ann Soracco


Boston College


BS


Opportunity Class


Albert Stonkus


Boston University


BS


Physical Education


ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL


District Superintendent, William L. O'Connell


Name


Professional Training


Degree


Grade


Raymond Grey Arthur Hayes


University of Mississippi


BA


Vice


Stanford University


MA


Principal


Harvard University


AM


Social Studies


Ruth Proctor


Radcliffe College


AB


Director of


Boston University


M. Ed.


Guidance


Stuart Adler


Cornell University


AB


Head of


Janice Bacon


Smith College


BA


Mathematics


Charles Battit


Boston University


BA


Science


Jeanne Berard


University of Connecticut


BS


Home Econ- omics


Frank Blomberg


Springfield College


BS


Judith Bookbinder


University of Massachusetts Queens College


M. Ed. BA


Social Studies Art


Margaret Boornazian Burdett College


Business


Frances Borelli


Emmanuel College


BA


Science


Frances Boyle


Framingham State College BS


Home


Daniel Boylen


Boston University


BS, M.Ed. Physical Education


Eleanor Brown


Wheaton College


BA


M.Ed.


Guidance


Mary Campbell


Immaculata College


AB


Social Studies


Marietta Cannon


Emmanuel College


AB


Boston College


AM


Mathematics


Carolyn Carlson Robert Clever


Kutztown State College University of Illinois


BS


Mathematics


AB, M.Ed. Guidance


Tufts University


AB, MS


Principal


Boston University


M. E.


English Dept.


Manhattan School of Music


BM


String Music


Music


Economics


Boston University


Anna Maria College University of Kentucky Massachusetts College of Art New England Deaconess Hospital Salem State College


Reading


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Name


Professional Training


Degree


Grade


Boston College


BA


Harvard School of Ed.


MAT


Social Studies


University of Maine


BS


Mathematics


Boston University


BS, M.Ed. English


State College, East


Stroudsburg, Pa.


BS


French


Skidmore College


BA


English


Colorado College


BA


French


Fitchburg State College


BS, M.Ed. Social Studies


Newton College of the


Sacred Heart


BA


English


Radcliffe College


AB


Librarian


James Gifford


Springfield College


BS


Social Studies


Jo Anne Green


Wellesley College


BA


Latin


Priscilla Guyton


Smith College


BA


French


Gladys Henrikson


Wellesley College


BA


Social Studies


Francis Holahan


Fitchburg State College


BS


Industrial Art


Judyth Holton


Boston University


AB


English


Bert Hubley


University of Massachusetts


BS


Science


Mary Keefe


Emmanuel College


AB


Head of


Theodora Kelley


Simmons College


BS


Social Studies


Mason King


Mass. Institute of Technology BS


AMT


Science


Jeffrey Kowal


Boston University


BA


Science


Theresa LeBlanc


Stonehill College


AB


Art


Grace Leonard


University of Kentucky


BA, MA


Guidance


Constantine Limberakis Boston University


BM


Director of


Judith Mack


Lawrence College


BA


English


Donald Macleod


Boston University


AB


Science


Janet Mahoney


Simmons College


BS


English Speech


Robert Mahoney


Lowell Technological Institute BS


Mathematics


Antoinette McAllister Florida State University


AB


Spanish


Lawrence McNulty


Boston University


BA, M.Ed. Social Studies


Dorothy Mather


State College,


BS


Physical


Robert Morris


Boston University


BA, MA


Head of Lang-


Ellen Newell


Wellesley College


AB


English


William Petkewich


Salem State College


BS


M.Ed.


Guidance


Jacqueline Phaneuf


Lowell State College


BS


French


Ray Pillivant


U. S. Military Academy


BS


Mathematics


*Francis Pratt


Eastern Nazarene College


BS


Head of Social


Harvard University


M. Ed.


Studies Dept.


George Revelas


Lowell State College


BS


Instrumental


Kristen Sage


Smith College


BA


English


Jane Shuffelton


Radcliffe College


AB


French


Harvard School of Ed.


AMT


Russian


Isadore Stearns


University of Maine


BS


Physical


Education


Ralph Stetson


Northeastern University


Industrial Arts


William Cumming Helen Detsch Pauline Farren


Marguerite Flood Merrie Foote Alan Foresman Susan Frisbee


Joanne Garduno


University of Pennsylvania


MS,Ed.


Math. Dept.


West Chester, Pa.


Education


uage Dept.


Harvard School of Ed.


AMT


Boston University


University of New Hampshire MA


George Washington University MA


Music


English


Harvard University


Music


Robert Coan


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Name


Professional Training


Degree


Grade


Albert Stonkus


Boston University


BS


Physical Education


James Sullivan


Merrimack College


BA


Science


Dorothy Tuller


Boston University


BS, M.Ed. Remedial Reading


*Caroline Vattes


Mass. College of Art Columbia University Salem State College


BS


MA


Art


Henry Wall


Boston University


M. Ed.


Business


Beatrice Ziegler


Springfield College


BS


Science


*On leave of absence


REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


I am pleased to submit herewith my annual report as Principal of the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School


Grade


January


February March


April


May.


June


7


232


235


234


234


233


232


8


193


193


191


192


192


190


9


172


173


172


171


170


167


10


165


164


163


162


162


159


11


171


171


171


168


167


166


12


137


138


137


136


136


136


Post Graduate


1


1


1


1


1


1


Total


1071


1075


1069


1064


1061


1051


Grade


September


October


November


December


7


270


268


269


266


8


225


229


231


231


9


184


184


183


183


10


180


179


179


177


11


156


156


155


155


12


168


168


168


168


Post Graduate


1


1


1


1


Total


1184


1186


1186


1181


The secondary school curriculum seems to have undergone more changes in the past ten years than in any previous decade. The so- called explosion of knowledge, the dominance of science and technology, the need for greater international awareness and understanding, the pressures of college admissions, the constant barrage of criticism leveled at public education have been responsible for the curriculum changes within the secondary school. What changes are taking place at the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School?


A. Languages


1. Four years of French now available and in the next two years we feel that due to our offering French in grades 5, 6, 7, 8 that we shall be offering the equivalent of five years of French.


2. Three years of Spanish.


BS


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3. Two years of Russian may be elected.


4. We also offer four years of Latin.


B. Mathematics


1. We are in the process of making available Modern Mathematics to all students in grades 7 and 8.


2. All Algebra I students are now using Modern Algebra.


3. In the next three years, Geometry and Algebra II will change to Modern Mathematics Texts.


4. By 1966 we are planning to offer an "Advanced Placement" Senior Mathematics Course.


5. Department has had regular meetings to discuss offerings.


C. History


1. New Geography texts are being introduced in grade 7.


2. Problems of Democracy a grade 12 course has been changed to "American Government".


Our reason being that we feel that more seniors should take a course covering local, state and national government. We are also of the opinion that not all students should take the strenuous "International Relations" course.


D. Science


1. Modern Biology is being introduced in the form of the new Biology Science Curriculum Study Program and we have moved some of Biology to the grade nine level.


2. An "Advanced Biology" course is now in its second year.


3. By 1966 we hope to make this "Advanced Biology" an "Advanced Placement" course which will make it possible for students who are in the course to take the CEEB examination for college credit.


E. English


1. Spelling and vocabulary are being stressed in grades 7 and 8. We have purchased new texts in these areas.


2. Literature offerings have been improved and increased at the junior high level.


. 3. English department has been meeting regularly to evaluate composition work, literature offerings and grammar.


The improvement of curriculum is a principal's greatest challenge. Curriculum goals should be contemplated within the framework of school system policy and procedure and what is best for the students in the school. Changes in curriculum should not be instituted for the mere sake of change; for we must remember that they effect the students in our school.


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May I express my appreciation to Mr. O'Connell, Superintendent of Schools, and to the School Committee for their cooperation and faith. I also wish to extend my gratitude to the faculty, guidance staff, secre- tarial staff, custodians and cafeteria group. I consider it a real priv- ilege to be associated with a fine student-body.


Respectfully submitted, RAYMOND J. GREY Principal


*


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN


January 15, 1965


Mr. William O'Connell Superintendent of Schools


Acton, Massachusetts


Dear Mr. O'Connell:


The annual physical examinations were completed in November. Special examinations for students participating in organized athletics were conducted at the beginning of the school year. Parents were notified of orthopedic, dental, and medical problems as encountered.


In conjunction with the Board of Health, clinics were held for Tuberculin Testing, Diphtheria, Tetanus immunization and oral administration of poliomyelitis vaccine.


I wish to thank you, the townspeople, teachers and school and town nurses for their cooperation and assistance.


Respectfully submitted,


PAUL P. GATES, M. D.


REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE from January to December 1964, Inclusive


The annual screening of the total student body for hearing and vision difficulties has been completed. Retesting was done on all those who failed the initial test or were questionable. Parents of those who failed the retest were notified by mail.


Vision


Hearing


2738 tested


2741


232 . failed retest 60


Genuine thanks are extended to Mrs. Larsen for the fine job of testing she did.


In March, Diptheria Tetanus immunization was offered by the Board


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of Health to grades 1, 5, 9 and special class. 384 or 51% of the eligible students received the booster. In November, protection was again offered to the same grades with the addition of grade 12, and 445 or 46% of these students were immunized.


Tuberculin testing, done during each school year, was not done dur- ing the 1964 calendar year. The last such clinic was held in November 1963 for grades 1, 4, 7 and 11; and the next is scheduled for March 1965.


Two Pre-School clinics were held during April. Of approximately 330 children to begin first grade in September, 85 received the physical examination by the school physician, Dr. Paul Gates.


Beginning the first full week of school and continuing into early November, Dr. Gates examined candidates for competitive athletics, including cheerleading, all students in grades 4, 7 and 10, and also those students who had not had an examination in the past three years. As required by law, parents were notified of any medical or dental defect. In addition, a special clinic was held August 26, at which time students wishing to participate in football practice the week prior to the open- ing of school, were examined by Dr. Gates. A total of 1160 pupils were examined.


During the past year daily visits to the three schools have covered sickness, communicable disease check and accidents. Of 277 reported accidents, 93 were covered by school insurance.


With nearly 3000 students, an effective health program is far from being a one person job. The secretaries in the several schools - Mrs. Hansen, Mrs. Ott and Mrs. Lewis have given invaluable help as First- Aiders, as did Mrs. Johnston before her transfer from the Health Office. Thanks also are extended to the administration, Dr. Gates and Mrs. Hale, whose help and cooperation have greatly contributed to a sound health program for the students of this community.


Respectfully submitted,


JANET B. LOUGHLIN, R. N.


AGE AND GRADE DISTRIBUTION TABLE (October 1, 1964)


PRE-SCHOOL


Entering Class of


1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965


5 6 7 8 9


10 11 12 13 14 15 16


17


18 19 20 Total


Pre-


School 153


248


258 317


303


323


Grade


336


1


36 282 18 32 250 25


1


308


LI


24 211 25


2


262


IV


37 213


25 1


276


V


34 194 24 2


254


VI


1


2


1


2


1


7


Elementary


1695


VII


20 24 170 41 8 155 25 3


243


VIII


29 119 22


3


1


174


X


1 28 99


28 6


1


163


XI


25 103 16


2


146


XII


21


108 19 2 151


Regional High School 1080


Acton Students Only


36 314 292 273 272


255 241 220 229 182 149 155 132 22 2 1


2775


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203


IX


32 190 28 2


252


Opportunity Class


III


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GRADUATION EXERCISES


June 5, 1964


Salutatorian Valedictorian


Donald Shelley Richard Armstrong


Scholarship Awards:


Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Alumni Association Scholarship


Richard Armstrong Janet Mclaughlin


Rice University Pembroke College


Blanchard Memorial Scholarship


Barbara Custance Vanderbilt University


Elizabeth Robinson


Jo Ann Hartshorn


State College at Framingham University of Massachusetts


James Vinal


University of Massachusetts Boston University


Acton Center Woman's Club Scholarship Stephen Smalley


University of Massachusetts


Acton Garden Club Scholarship Richard Bailey


Paul Smith's College


Acton Parent-Teacher Association Scholarship


Maureen Wall State College at Bridgewater


Acton Rotary Club Scholarship Andrea Gibson Donald Shelley


Merrimack College Clemson University


Acton Firemen's Association Scholarship Gail Fraser Harry Gould


Pacific University University of Massachusetts


Acton Lions Club Scholarship


June Knight


Defiance College Boston College


Acton Teachers Association Deirdre Mccullough


John E. Donelan Scholarship Larry Roberts


University of Massachusetts


Irving S. Duren, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Donald Lindquist Massachusetts Maritime Academy


Littleton Regional 4-H Scholarship Stephen Smalley University of Massachusetts


Webber-Fiske Parent-Teachers Association Scholarship Maureen Wall State College at Bridgewater Edwards-Quimby Post No. 284 American Legion Medals


Donald Shelley Betsy McElvein


Clemson University Middlebury College


Harvard Club of Concord Book Prize Edward Boyden Class of 1965


Rensselaer-Polytechnic Institute Medal Donald Shelley


Clemson University


Bausch and Lomb Medal Donald Shelley


Clemson University


Daughters of the American Revolution Award Betsy McElvein


Middlebury College


Outstanding Senior of the Class of 1964 Donald Shelley Award for Mathematics Donald Shelley


National Honor Society Members:


Seniors: Ellen Andersen, Richard Armstrong, Robert Balmat, John Barrer,


Carmine Sarno


Northeastern University


Lorna Towne


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THE TOWN OF ACTON


Richard Beddoe, Laura Bouley, Barbara Custance, Andrea Gibson, Harry Gould, JoAnn Hartshorn, Caroline Horrocks, Andrew Kelly, June Knight, Sue Anne Lapierre, John MacPhee, Dierdre Mccullough, Betsy McElvein, James McKenna, Janet Mclaughlin, Karen Nylander, Pauline Oman, Donald Platine, Larry Roberts, Elizabeth Robinson, Donald Shelley, Dorothy Stewart, Kenneth Stowell, James Vinal, Maureen Wall, Marilyn Ward, David Westphalen.




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