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The chief purpose of the report card is to acquaint the parent with the progress being made by the child. It represents the teacher's best judgment. There is often
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misunderstanding by the parent which leads to criticism of the teacher and the school. When a child who has re- ceived high marks under a teacher of the previous year, receives a lower mark in the higher class, it does not necessarily mean injustice on the part of the teacher. Each advance brings new subject matter, perhaps dif- ficult for the child to grasp; a higher standard to be met, and often a different attitude toward work upon the child's part. In such cases the parent should seek in- formation from the teacher as to the work being done.
The entire teaching staff have given themselves earn- estly to the task set before them. There is a trite saying that, "As the teacher, so the school," which is in the main true, yet really able teachers can only do successful work when the home cooperates to the fullest degree. It is with regret that I feel obliged to record an apparent lack of interest upon the part of many homes.
In this connection I urge upon both parents and teach- ers the need for organized effort. To quote from the Journal of the National Education Association :
"The Parent-Teacher movement is one of the great forces in American life. No school can do the most for its children without full understanding, entire sympathy, and immediate, daily working cooperation with the homes. Every really live school has a Parent-Teacher Association, and that association, if it is genuinely alive to its larger opportunities, wishes to be a part of the na- tion-wide movement which is helping in so many ways to improve child life. The National Congress of Parents and Teachers is the greatest phase of adult education to- day. Parents are actually studying their problems.
"The primary task of the parent-teacher movement is not to make better patrons - it is to make better parents. This means that every alert principal and teacher must put his mind to the task and be in some measure a leader or encourager in the study by parents of the pressing problems that center around the rearing of their children.
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Nothing less than eager, sustained, earnest study will en- able the parents of this generation to do full justice to the needs of their children. Happily enough, the school will reap an immediate reward for every effort put into this movement, because better homes mean better schools."
HEALTH
A healthy, strong, vigorous body should be the basis upon which we build in the case of every child. Without this we cannot expect to develop to the highest the intel- lectual, moral and spiritual forces of the youth entrusted to us.
The results accomplished in other places prove beyond question the value of intensive work by dental clinics. The large percentage of poor teeth in our schools calls for action. Few, if any parents, realize to what a serious degree the poor condition of the child's teeth affects his conduct both in school and out, and what a handicap is placed upon his progress in the work he should do. In one school a boy of fifteen in the fourth grade was con- tinually fighting - no amount of punishment seemed ef- fective. The X-ray showed badly abscessed teeth, and in five weeks after treatment the boy was completely changed. From a lazy, troublesome lad, ready to become a criminal, he was turned into an ardent student leading his class.
In Atlantic Technical High School the principal would never expel any boy. Other principals complained of this, and to maintain a friendly spirit, the former offered to take their problem cases into the Technical High. They sent him thirty-seven so-called incorrigibles. Thor- ough examination and treatment resulted in the grant- ing of degrees to twenty-six of them.
Parents must see to it that the child has proper food. It is especially important that the child eats a proper breakfast. In one school system investigation showed
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that of one hundred truants, ninety had no breakfast. In the case of seventy-five loafers whose physical examina- tion revealed a low blood count, whose attendance was 34%, proper feeding resulted in raising the attendance to 90%. Right food, plenty of sleep, and proper habits of elimination will bring a hundred fold return in health, happiness and improved work.
Our school physician and nurse are doing their best. The final result rests with the parents, and only through their hearty cooperation and willingness to carry out the suggestions given, can success be obtained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN 1929
The new porch on the rear room at North Carver will be greatly appreciated. It provides added room for clothing and light for the school room as well as shelter. The additional windows in the South room have added greatly to the cheeriness and increased the usefulness of blackboards.
The motion picture machine is proving stimulating, and with the new year we shall be able to secure better allotments.
We all appreciate the generosity, and the up-to-date equipment has caused much favorable comment by visit- ing representatives of several State Departments.
It is a great pleasure to meet with such hearty co- operation in the 4-H club work. This year we have added Handicraft Clubs to those already established, and are looking forward to a most successful year.
In closing this report, I wish to express appreciation to the School Committee for their cordial support to the teachers for their earnest effort to improve our schools and to the parents for their interest and help in many ways.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR B. WEBBER,
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Arthur B. Webber
Superintendent of Carver Schools,
Dear Sir :
I herewith submit the annual report of work done in the schools and homes during the year ending December 31, 1929.
School visits 150
Home visits 200
Pupils taken home for illness 10
Pupils excluded and taken home for pediculosis 25
Pupils weighed and measured four times a year.
Assisted school physician with vaccination in April; most of the children re-vaccinated.
Had a small but successful dental clinic at the North School, Dr. Evelyn Begin, dentist. This was financed by sale of Christmas Seals.
Pupils treated 21
Extractions 12
Fillings 21
Silver Nitrate treatments 9
Clinic for Retarded Children.
Number examined 14
Personal Histories 14
Home visits 14
Assisted Dr. Ruskin of State Clinic in examination of pupils.
Assisted school physician with physical examinations.
Number underweight, 10% 33
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids 86
Poor teeth 98
Spinal curvature 52
Symptoms of Heart Trouble 2
Results of audiometer test for hearing, good.
General health of pupils good until December, when we had 25 cases of Chicken Pox.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. FULLER.
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AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION-OCTOBER, 1929
Grade
5 6 7 8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 Ttl.
I
South
4
10
8 2
2
26
North
6
14
4
1
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.
7
5
16
North
4
13
4
2
..
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1
1
.
15
North
26
IV North
9
V
Center
4 17
6
. .
2
29
VI Center
39
VII
Center
4.
8
14
5
1
..
32
VIII Center
1 3
6
8
2
1
24
Special Class
1
3
2
3
5
1
1
. . .
16
.
ยท
5
4
3
6
1
.
1
..
.
.
.
.
.
5
14
19
2
.
23
III
South
4
4
6 11
25
II
South
4
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.
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PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY NORTH CARVER
First Grade
Catherine Barros
Rita Silva
Norman Manseau
Florence Shaw
John MacDonald
Hazel Thomas
Harry Snyder
Lydia Thomas
Ralph Fernandez
Second Grade
Betty Barnett
Lena Barros
August Barros
Tony Silva
Dana Thomas
Third Grade
Warren Chandler Jacqueline Silva Waneta Fernandez
Albertina Alves Florence Barros Grace Bisbee Lillian Collins
Hazel Shaw
Fourth Grade
Mildred Collins
SOUTH CARVER
First Grade Reino Paananen
Beatrice Jesus John Paananen
Dorothy Jesus
Second Grade Alice Pimentil
Third Grade Tauno Kari Jeannette Silva
Saime Vainio Allen Neimi
John Gomes
Arthur Thatcher
Andrew Pina Evelyn Pina
Calvin Chandler
George Gomes
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CENTER
Fourth Grade
William Bisbee Christian Fernandez Joseph Fontes Marjorie Dempsey
Aili Paananen
Ellen Paananen
Elsie Thomas
Evelyn Thomas
Arlene Washburn
Fifth Grade
Gladys Moreau Vieno Paananen
James Peckham Raymond Tubman
Sixth Grade
Irene Collins
Doris Dionne
Irene Ducas
Doris Mosher
Eino Halunen
George Manseau Andrew Miller Walter Miller
Manuel Silver
Seventh Grade
Elizabeth Arponen Ella Barrows
Madeline Barrows
Charlotte Griffith
Joseph Pina
Myrtle Jefferson Elsie Robbins
Mamie Santos John Fontes
Eldred Mosher
Albert Robbins
Bessie Mackenzie Winston Weston
Eighth Grade Madeline Robbins
Arthur Alves Jennie Barrows Eugenia Griffith Taivo Kari
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE CARVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Carver Town Hall
Wednesday Evening, June 12, 1929, 8.00 O'clock
March
Invocation
Rev. M. Walker Coe Chorus
Chorus, Clickety-Click March
Pageant, The Melting Pot
Graduating Class
Chorus, A Dream Boat Passes By
Chorus
Presentation of Diplomas
Rev. William I. Ward
Chorus, The Forest Dance
Chorus
Benediction
Rev. M. Walker Coe
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The Melting Pot Or The Americanization of the Strangers Within our Gates
Cast of Characters
Liberty
Boy Scout
Teacher
Irish Boy
Dutch Girl
Greek Boy
Italian Boy
Swiss Girl
Swedish Boy Polish Boy
Hungarian Boy
Russian Girl
Jewish Boy Daughter of the Revolution
Ruth Mosher Everett Collins Lorena Braddock Gordon Murray Gertrude Niemi Wesly Shurtleff Andrew Lopes Beatrice Dionne Gordon Garnett Carl Halunen Andrew Davis Alice Shaw John Texiera Laura Holmes
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Choruses
Irish, Grade V
Bernadette Parent, Doris Mosher, Gertrude Lane, Anna Joseph, Alice Amado, George Arponen, Ed- ward Bolduc
Dutch, Grade IV
Margaret Shurtleff, Aune Lammi, Eugenia Grif- fith, Olga Lane, Vieno Paananen, Ellen Paananen Patriotic Medley, Grade VI
Mamie Santos, Lottie Davis, Elizabeth Arponen, Charlotte Griffith, Paul Williams, Joseph Pina, Frank Halunen
Reading, Home Thoughts from Europe Annie Kallio
GRADUATES
Alice Gifford Shaw Annie Helmi Kallio Gertrude Eva Niemi Beatrice Eugenie Dionne Laura Ellen Holmes Anne Ruth Mosher Lorena Beatrice Braddock Andrew William Lopes Gordon Freeman Murray Carl Roudolph Halunen Everett Wilfred Collins Gordon Wilfred Garnett John Francis Texiera Andrew Davis Wesly Shurtleff
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