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I .- Population and Valuation
Population of town, census of 1930
14,262
Population of town, census of 1935 15,786
Population of town, census of 1940
16,807
Assessed valuation of town
$14,515,777
Number of polls, male
5,830
Rate of taxation
$
39.00
Valuation of school houses and lots
$
932,000
Valuation of other school property
$
45,000
II .- School Houses (Including Trade School)-1942*
Number houses-occupied 7 Unoccupied 0
Schoolrooms-occupied 84 Unoccupied 0
III .- Teachers (Including Trade School)
Number of male teachers
26
Number of female teachers 58 **
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84
IV .- Pupils
Number of children in town October 1, as reported by the census enumerator :
1942
Between the ages of 5 and 7
387
Between the ages of 7 and 14
1,727
Between the ages of 14 and 16
438
Total persons between ages of 5 and 16 2,552
Two elementary school houses are temporarily closed.
One teacher is a full-time substitute.
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1941
1942
Total enrollment PUBLIC SCHOOLS
from September to June
1,844
1,702
Number between 5 and 7
197
133
Number between 7 and 14
941
938
Number between 14 and 16
408
412
Number over 16 years of age
298
219
Average membership
1,729
1,637
Average daily attendance
1,639
1,553
Total enrollment NOTRE DAME
from September to June
662
612
Number between 5 and 7
37
70
Number between 7 and 14
404
426
Number between 14 and 16
129
90
Number over 16 years of age
92
26
Average membership
623
553
Average daily attendance
596
514
Total enrollment STE. JEANNE D'ARC
from September to June
381
374
Number between 5 and 7
52
47
Number between 7 and 14
315
323
Number between 14 and 16
14
6
Number over 16 years of age
Average membership
364
356
Average daily attendance
349
344
Total enrollment ST. MARY'S
from September to June
208
235
Number between 5 and 7
27
26
Number between 7 and 14
124
160
Number between 14 and 16
27
29
Number over 16 years of age
30
20
Average membership
215
224
Average daily attendance
203
210
Number between 5 and 7
27
26
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CHANGE OF TEACHERS-Resigned or Leave of Absence
February-Resigned
February-Leave of absence
February-Leave of absence
March-Resigned
March-Resigned
Amos Kimmens
River Street School Cole Trade School (N. D. Tr.) *
April-Leave of absence
Howard Bingley
Eastford Road School
April-Resigned
Irving England
Cole Trade School
April-Leave of absence
Nathan White
Charlton Street School
June-Resigned
Daniel Parks River Street School
June-Resigned
Charles Potter Charlton Street School West Street School
June-Resigned
Doris Potter Viola Bruso Marjorie Chapman
Charlton Street School
September-Resigned
Marcy Street School
September-Leave of absence Alice Dion
West Street School River Street School
September-Leave of absence Willard Freeman
September-Leave of absence Cecile LeClair
Mary E. Wells High School Marcy Street School Music Supervisor
September-Resigned Carl Richmond
September-Resigned
Sylvia Roper
Mary E. Wells High School
September-Resigned Peter J. Sperandio Mary E. Wells High School
September-Leave of absence Roland Wallace Cole Trade School
November-Leave of absence Earl G. Houston
Charlton Street School
December-Resigned Vivian Burns
Charlton Street School
December-Leave of absence Lawrence Swenson
Cole Trade School
Appointed
February March
, Edith C. Howes John L. Benson
Charlton Street School Cole Trade School (N. D. Tr.) *
March
Peter J. Sperandio
March
Norman Tardiff
March
Lenore Thompson Grace M. Palmer
April June
Florida Demers
June
Earl G. Houston
June
Margaret E. Hyde Gladys Cowan Dorothy Dolan
September
September
Dorothy Giddings Marcella Gilrain Irene Lidwin
September
September
Elizabeth Monahan
September
Elizabeth Robinson Ruth M. Bissett
Charlton Street School West Street School Charlton Street School
November December
Emma Cadwell
Mary E. Wells High School Mary E. Wells High School Eastford Road School West Street School West Street School
September
September
Charlton Street School River Street School River Street School Music Supervisor Charlton Street School Mary E. Wells High School Charlton Street School River Street School
* National Defense Training
Vera Brinkler
Charlton Street School Mary E. Wells High School
Lewis Kyrios Berg Paraghamian Mary E. Wells High School Albert W. Diniak
September-Resigned
September-Leave of absence Constance L'Ecuyer
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CORPS OF TEACHERS-January 1, 1943
1 st Appt. 1929
Position College Attended
Channing H. Greene, B. S.
M. Ed.
Superintendent
Middlebury (a)
U. of N. H. (b)
Mass. Ext. Service (c)
Elsie A. Hofstra
1933
Secretary to Supt.
Becker's Business College
MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL
James M. Robertson, B. S.
1937
M. Ed.
Hedwiga Swiacki
1941
Pauline M. Aucoin, B. S.
1921
Kathryn Beauregard, B. A.
1922
Rose Brodeur, B. S.
1939
Constance Coderre, B. S.
1929
Louise B. Corbin 1924
Paul E. Dion, B. S. Ed.
1936
M. S.
Priscilla Drake, B. S.
1928
M. A.
Martin J. Earls, B. A.
1934
M. S.
Thecla Fitzgerald, B. A. 1926
M. Ed.
Marcella Gilrain, B. A.
1942
M. A.
Barbara Hall, B. S. Ed.
1940
English, Public Speaking
Holy Cross (a) Mass. State (b)
Columbia (c)
English, Drama
Radcliffe (a)
Newswriting, C. and G. B. U. (b)
Science and Algebra
Vassar (a)
Wellesley (b) Clark (c)
Columbia (c) Harvard (c)
Home Economics
Continuation School
Framingham T. C. (a)
Fitchburg T. C. (c)
Notes-(a) Bachelor's Degree (b) Master's Degree (c) Graduate Work
Principal
B. U. (a) (b) (c)
Harvard (c)
Mass. Ext. Service (c)
Secretary to Principal
Mary E. Wells High School
Commercial and French
B. U. (a) (c)*
French Math. Middlebury (a) (c)
Jr. Red Cross
B. U. (c)
Social Studies, Testing
B. U. (a) (c)
Commercial and Student
Council
Simmons (a) B. U. (c)
Columbia (c)
Home Economics, Sr. Red Cross
Wheaton
Simmons, Fitchburg T. C. General Science Guidance, Safety, Biology, Coaching
R. I. College of Ed. (a) (c) Clark (c) Mass. State (b) History, Social Studies, Glee Club, Assemblies B. U. (a) (b) Sringfield (c) Trinity College (c)
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C. Estelle Hefner, Ph. B.
1933
Persis F. Howe, B. S. Ed.
1930
Columbia
(c) Clark (c)
Dorothy M. Lanphear, B. S.
1935
Ed.
Raoul Lataille, B. A.
1939
English, Guidance
Worcester T. C. (a) Clark (c)
Chemistry, General Science
Visual Ed., Coaching
Assumption (a)
Harry J. McMahon, Ph. B.
1926
M. Ed.
Chemistry, Physics
Aeronautics and Coaching
Holy Cross (a) B. U. (b)
Harvard (c)
Alma Ruth Norton, B. S. Ed.
1941
Flora Tait, B. S. Ed. 1939
Commercial, Math., Coaching
Salem T. C. (a) B. U. (c)
Occupations, English
Dramatic Club
Framingham T. C. (a)
B. U. (c) Cornell (c)
Mathematics, Coaching
Bates (a)
Norman Tardiff, B. S.
1942
Frances Troy, B. S. Ed.
1927
Commercial
Salem T. C. (a) B. U. (c)
Margaret Vannah, B. A.
1941
Commercial
Mass. State (a)
Bay Path Institute
COLE TRADE SCHOOL-Regular Faculty
Clark H. Morrell
1931
Director B. U., State Courses Fitchburg T. C.
Margaret R. Connolly
1922
Secretary to Director N. E. School of Secretarial
Science
Georgette Desaulniers Harold Andrews
1942
Clerk Mary E. Wells
Painting and Decorating
Fitchburg T. C.
John Benson
1942
Machine Related
Northeastern U.
George H. Braman
1938
( Cooperative) Factory Maintenance
Northeastern U. State Extension
William Delaney, B. S. 1940
M. Ed.
General Vocational
Academic
Boston T. C. (b)
Boston University (a)
Walter J. Glondek 1938
Machine Work
Cole Trade
Fitchburg T. C.
Clark University
Leo Grenier
1936
1926
Industrial Printing
Southbridge H. S.
Notes-(a) Bachelor's Degree (b) Master's Degree (c) Graduate Work
Machine Work
Cole Trade
Fitchburg T. C.
Ernest Hall
1941
Latin and English
Brown (a) B. U. (c)
Commercial
Salem T. C. (a)
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Nels H. Johnson
1 st Appt. 1937
Clarence Knowles
1942
Emery A. Lavallee
1926
Placement Co-ordinator
Fitchburg T. C. State Extension
General Vocational
Norwich U.
Wood Fitchburg T. C. General Vocational, Related
Northeastern U. (a) General Vocational Machine Lowell Textile
General Vocational Machine Related
Wentworth Institute State Courses
Myron Sibley 1941
Factory Maintenance Sheet Metal
Worcester Boys Trade Fitchburg T. C.
Cabinet Pattern Making
Fitchburg T. C. (a)
COLE TRADE SCHOOL-National Defense Faculty
Anita Farland
1940
Harold Stewart 1941
Machine Work Worcester Boys Trade Defense Training
CHARLTON STREET SCHOOL
Jennie G. Monroe 1905
Patricia P. Callahan B. S. Ed. 1939
History, Geography Science-6, 7, 8
Westfield T. C. (a) Extension Courses (c)
Grade 5
Worcester T. C. (a)
Grade 3 Hyannis T. C. (a) (c)
Grades 1, 2, 3 Lowell T. C. (a)
Frances M. Moschella, 1939 B. S. Ed.
Emma E. Nicol, B. S. Ed. 1940
Eva A. Poulin, B. S. Ed. 1933
M. A.
Elizabeth Robinson, B. S. Ed. 1942
Marie J. Saunders
1924
Dorothy G. Staknis, B. S. Ed. 1942 Notes- (a) Bachelor's Degree (b) Master's Degree (c) Graduate Work
Position College Attended Co-operative Machine Shop Lowell Textile School Gen. Electric at Lynn Fitchburg T. C. Electrical Cole Trade
William Nickerson 1941
Raymond Peterson, B. S. 1942
William Paul
1942
Herman Polley
1933
Frank P. Skinyon, B. S. 1934
Clerk Mary E. Wells
Acting Principal
Bridgewater T. C.
Florida G. Demers, B. S. Ed. 1942
Edith C. Howes, B. S. Ed. 1942 Irene L. Lidwin, B. S. Ed. 1942
English-6, 7, 8
Worcester T. C. (a)
Grade 1 Lowell T. C. (a) Bradshaw Bus. College History, Geography 6, 7, 8 Clark (b) Worcester T. C. (a)
Grade 2 Hyannis T. C. (a) Wheelock School
Mathematics-6, 7 8 Westchester T. C. Extension Courses
Grade 4
Bridgewater T. C. (a)
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EASTFORD ROAD SCHOOL
Margaret G. Butler
1 st Appt. 1892
Position
College Attended Hyannis T. C.
Sylvia Claflin, B. S.
1929
Bertha Foley
1912
Grade 2
Irene Gough
1914
Geography, Science, Music
Worcester Domestic Science School
Julia C. Morrill
1914
Grade 3 St. Joseph's Normal
Pauline M. Roy
1923
Grade 5 North Adams T. C.
Ruth W. Sampson
1930
Lenore Thompson
1942
Bay Path, Mass. State Grade 4 Westfield T. C. B. U., Miami U. English, Social Studies History, Science Gorham N. S., Smith College B. U. Cornell
Bertha Wallace
1922
Mathematics, Art, Spelling
Hyannis T. C., B. U.
MARCY STREET SCHOOL
Laura B. Desmarais 1922
Principal
St. Ann's Academy
Art, Music Fitchburg T. C. University Extension
Marjorie Campbell, B. S. Ed. 1933
Mabel Chamberlain
1902
Hannah Cook B. S. Ed. 1929
History, English Literature Bridgewater T. C. (a) Columbia (c) Simmons (c) Grades 1, 2 State Extension Courses Science, Geography Literature
Bridgewater T. C. Hyannis T. C. (a) (c) Extension Courses (c)
Camella Dintini, B. S. Ed.
1940
Grades 3, 4 Worcester T. C. (a)
Mabel Joy
1915
Julia Yott
1917
Grade 5 Salem T. C. Mathematics, English, Reading
Fitchburg T. C.
Notes- (a) Bachelor's Degree (c) Graduate Work
Principal Remedial Work Grade 1 Westfield T. C. Columbia (a) Worcester T. C. Extension Courses
Extension Course, B. U.
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RIVER STREET SCHOOL
Cecelia Sousa, B. S. Ed.
1 st Appt. 1940
Position
College Attended
Acting Principal Special Class (girls) Manual Arts 1 Wellesley Salem T. C. (a) (c) University Extension
Gladys H. Cowan 1942
Special Class (boys) Academic Manual Arts III
Farmington State Normal, U. of Maine
Margaret E. Hyde, B. S. Ed. 1942
Special Class (boys)
Manual Arts II
Salem T. C. (a)
Elizabeth E. Monahan 1942
B. S. Ed.
Clara M. Reed
1918
Special Class (boys) Westfield State Normal Extension Courses
WEST STREET SCHOOL
Laurenda A. Boyer 1927
Corinne Beaudreau 1924
Ruth M. Bissett, B. S. Ed.
1942
Grade 3
Grade 5
Celestine M. Carey
1932
Zenon A. Gerry, B. S. Ed. 1941
Grace Palmer, B. S. Ed.
1942
Edith M. Randall
1920
Grade 2
May O. Simpson
1911
Principal Boston University Grade 1 State Extension Courses Bridgewater T. C. (a) Bridgewater T. C. (a) Geography, History Spelling, Science Our Lady of the Elms Hyannis T. C.
Mathematics, Science Spelling, Art Bridgewater T. C. (a)
English, Literature Reading, Arithmetic Worcester T. C. (a)
University of Vt. (c) State Extension Courses
Grade 4 Worcester T. C. Extension Courses
Notes-(a) Bachelor's Degree (c) Graduate Work
Full-time Substitute
Grades 1, 2
Worcester T. C. (a)
University Extension (c)
Emma E. Cadwell, B. S. Ed. 1942
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SPECIAL TEACHERS
Claire Birtz
1 st Appt. 1937
Position College Attended
Special
Margaret G. Butler
1892
Laura B. Desmarais
1922
Director of Continuation St. Ann's Academy Fitchburg T. C. University Extension
Dorothy Dolan, B. S. Ed.
1942
Music Supervisor Lowell T. C. (a)
JANITORS
Rosario Bertrand
1936
West Street School
Armand Gaumond
1942
Mechanic Street (Cole Trade)
Felix Lavallee
1923
Mary E. Wells High School
Rodolph L'Homme
1935
Mary E. Wells High School
Ludger Leveille
1942
Charlton Street School
Napoleon Martel *
1937
Charlton Street School
Henry Masse
1942
River Street School
Armand Mathieu
1936
Eastford Road School
Omer Metivier
1938
Marcy Street School
Joseph Moore
1941
Mary E. Wells High School
Charles Quevillon
1928
Cole Trade School
Notes-(a) Bachelor's Degree * Leave of Absence
Worcester School of Art, B. U. Director of Americanization Hyannis T. C.
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STATISTICS FROM SCHOOL REGISTERS School Year Ending July 1, 1942
Aver. Tot. Daily Boys Gls. Tot. Mem. Att.
Aver. P. C. Mem. of Att.
High School
225 348 573 573 495.8.
520.66 94.65
Charlton St. Grade VIII
20
15
35
35
29.8
30.52 96.37
Eastford Rd. Grade VIII
10
6
16
17
14.2
14.97 94.88
Marcy St. Grade VIII
12
18
30
30
27.14
27.80 97.59
West St. Grade VIII
14
15
29
30
25.69
26.72 94.80
Charlton St. Grade VII
29
24
53
53
23.74
24.70 96.55
Eastford R. Grade VII
13
12
25
26
22.37
23.31 95.95
Marcy St. Grade VII
37
23
60
60
25.80
27.25 94.67
West St. Grade VII
23
15
38
38
34.43
36.53 93.96
Charlton St. Grade VI
21
18
39
39
36.26
37.65 96.37
Eastford Rd. Grade VI
16
15
31
33
29.53
31.31 94.28
Marcy St. Grade VI
14 24 20
17
37
37
34.14
35.63 95.82
Charlton St. Grades I & V
15
9
24
31
27.34
28.65 95.56
Eastford Rd. Grade V
17
16
33
37
45
41.03
42.81 95.81
Eastford Rd. Grade IV
13
15
28
29
27.63
28.61 96.66
Marcy St. Grades III & IV
22
12
34
35
29.91
31.41 95.18
West St. Grade IV
15
16
31
31
26.47
28.23 93.72
Charlton St. Grade III
21
26
47
49
40.50
42.01 97.35
Eastford Rd. Grade III
11
15
26
28
26.06
27.25 96.23
West St. Grade III
18
10
28
32
28.65
30.36 94.44
Charlton St. Grade II
22
20
42
44
39.10
40.76 96.14
Eastford Rd. Grade II
16
13
29
30
27.49
28.92 94.75
Marcy St. Grades I & II
8
21
29
31
26.71
29.08 91.87
River St. Grades 1 & 11
19
16
35
38
29.44
31.75 92.73
West St. Grade II
14
17
31
33
29.89
31.48 94.78
Charlton St. Grade I
19
16
35
35
30.37
32.11 94.55
Eastford Rd. Grade I
16
11
27
29
24.67
26.61 92.70
West St. Grade I
17
10
27
29
25.64
27.61 92.95
River St. Manual Arts I
14 14
14
12.38
13.20 93.14
River St. Manual Arts II
22
22
23
18.91
19.91 95.29
River St. Manual Arts III
22
22
22
16.84
18.55 90.63
Cole Trade Day
282
282 282 111.86 122.81 92.83
Cole Trade Cooperative
250
250 250 114.02
121.01 96.98
Continuation School
21
21
21
11.61
12.9
90.65
19
21 19
41
43
35.21
37.31 94.35
West St. Grade V
40
36.82
38.34 95.67
Charlton St. Grade V
13
32
38 45
37
33.04
34.35 96.16
West St. Grade VI
16
35 40
41
36.99
38.85 95.14
Charlton St. Grade V
33.95
35.64 95.44
Marcy St. Grade V
20
21
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ENROLLMENT BY AGE AND GRADE September, 1941-June, 1942-Girls
Grade 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14
15 16 17 18 19 Tot.
13 38
54
11
72
58
IV
18 30 1 22 41
6 4
67
V
85
VI
2
70
555X
1 17
20 2 32 55 29
3 4 1
5 29 1 48 10 1 1
93
69
XII Ungraded
1
1
5
2
14
13 54 64 61 60 70 64 71 85 111 115 57 50 11
886
ENROLLMENT BY AGE AND GRADE September, 1941-June, 1942-Boys
Grade 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Un- Tot.
known
1
14 48
6 13 34 15 1 3
66
15 31
9
1
65
IV
51
V
15 37 13
4
2
75
11 36 23 20 12
102
VIII
1 15 26
9
4 1
56
IX
1 10 15 22
9
1
58
X
1 2 19 36
7
5
70
XI
1 11 1
5 14 21
1 5
54
XII
41
Ungraded
1
3
4 23 5
3 11
9
3
44
12 2 7 1 18 32 11 1 14 30
1 10 6
4 12 2
4
6 10
54
IX
119
X XI
6
3 29 32 4 12 46 10 1
68
82
VI
5 26 9 42 15 11 5 4
8
1 7 2 7 5
68
14 61 56 54 52 75 77 96 78 86 84 62 31 6 1 833
36
16 43 3 18 30 7
63
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL MARY E. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL
To the Superintendent of Schools:
In accordance with your request, my sixth annual report as Principal of the Mary E. Wells High School is hereby submitted.
The enrollment for the year 1942-1943 is divided as fol- lows: Seniors, 106; Juniors, 113; Sophomores, 155; Freshmen, 121; Post Graduates, 4; a total of 499 pupils.
PROGRAM OF STUDIES
Diplomas are granted upon completion of three different courses : namely, Academic, Commercial, and General.
One hundred and five pupils were graduated on June 25, 1942, and their names and courses completed by them are included in this report for the information of interested citizens.
CLASS OF 1942-Academic
*Ruth Diana Abrams
*Robert Oliver Aucoin
*Mary Elizabeth Dirlam
*Pauline Gertrude Ethier
*Roslyn Lois Goodwin
*Mary Ann Hazelton William John Hogan Alexander John Kowalewski
*Fred Lincoln Morse Juliette Anne Perron
* Joseph Harvey Richard
*Jean Catherine Robertson
*Jean Francois Roy Francis Thomas Swiacki
*Bertha Caroline Swyncicki
* Thomas Grant Walkinshaw
Commercial
Marie Theresa Asselin Felicia Antoinette Bednarz
*Azelie Delma Belisle Eileen Estelle Bolduc
*Gertrude Eva Bouvier Juliette Marie Brault
*Norman Leopold Hebert
*Doris Mae Hickox Panayota Marie Kraly
*Pauline Anita Langlais
*Julia Nellie Lichorowiec
*Claire Janet Lusignan
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June Barbara Byron
*Mae Ethel Chaffee
* Antoinette Christo
*Marjorie Louise Cole Helen Anne Damian
*Georgette Theresa Desaulniers
* June Desrosier
*Lorraine Rita Desrosier Ruth Lorraine Dionne Lorraine Constance Donais Virginia Mary Dzura
* James Henry Eagles Barbara Shirley Ann Egan
*Marjorie Helen Finlay
*Gloria Thelma Fisette
*Dorothy Ruth Merrick
*Lucille Ruth Pinsonneault
*Rubia Claire Pinsonneault
*Lorraine Anita Proulx Louise Elizabeth Quattrocelli
* Marie Louise Richard *Helen Ann Ryczek
*Elaine Claire Salva Shirley Lorraine Salva
*Olga Rita Salviuolo
*Rose Mary Sanek *Violet May Savory
*Ethel August Smith Gloria Anne Tetreault Christine Elinor Williams
* Alice Cecilia Zadonek
General
Jeanne Antoinette Bombardier Vincent Richard Boniface Harold Lincoln Briggs * Jean Louise Buckley Noel Joseph Butler
*Frank Sibley Chipman, Jr.
*Robert. Ernest Cote
*Barbara Clare Cudworth Dino Alfred DeAngelis Charles Homer Demers Armand Peter DiFederico Margaret Joan Diorio
*Norman Charles Franz Lionel Louis Gagnon Carl Hard Barbara May Harman
* Marjorie Conant Hobson Emilienne Antoinette Jolin Jesse Elias Jones III Margaret Ann Keenan Vasilikie Elizabeth Kollios
* Martha Elean Koprowski
*Herman Chester Laskowski
*Louise Elizabeth LeClair Sarah Ann Lenti Minor Edward Mclaughlin Eugene Louis Mathieu
*Norman Roger Mathieu
*Juliette Maria Matte Norman Kendall Morong
* Marvin Porter Morse Russell Edwards Morse Gerard Clarence Pelletier Joseph Raymond Phaneuf Eugene John Remian Richard Leon Renaud Mario Joseph Ruzzoli Chester Joseph Ruzzoli
* Agnes Anne Stevens Joseph Theodoss Howard Anson Thompson Sophie Tsoules
Richard Paul Wagner
David Bruce Whittemore
Dorothy Christine Wiessner
# Annie Dorothy Young
* General average of 80% or above for four years.
In the preparation of this report, each department has submitted a report of its work, and I have drawn freely upon this material. I wish to take this opportunity to express my
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appreciation to each and every teacher who has submitted material to make this report a comprehensive study of the high school offerings.
This year I plan to depart from the regular report and dwell upon our wartime curriculum. Since pupils are on a one- session day, half of our enrollment is taking active part in the all-out war production effort. In fact, two hundred of our students who are sixteen years old and over are employed by local industries between the hours of one and five daily.
Much has already been accomplished in the Mary E. Wells High School to mobilize students for war-related preparation and service. Some of the objectives of this wartime program are as follows:
Guidance into Critical War Services and Occupations .- The guidance directors have given much time and thought to this problem. Individual conferences with pupils have ironed out many difficulties, and we are trying to place the pupils in the positions for which they are best fitted.
Periodically, the Mary E. Wells High School engages in a program of testing, and as most of the class "A" high schools also participate in these testing programs, a comparison can be made with other leading class "A" high schools throughout the nation.
These tests are valuable for the following reasons:
1. They may be employed for the diagnosis of individual pupil difficulties.
2. They may be used as a means of comparing our own local achievements in any subject with those of other representative secondary schools in all parts of the United States.
The following figures will show actual results in a num- ber of individual tests.
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ALGEBRA II Cooperative Achievement Test
Mary E. Wells
90%
Average ******= 2%
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GEOMETRY Cooperative Achievement Test
Mary E. Wells
90%
Average
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88
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86
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84
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82
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GENERAL SCIENCE Cooperative Achievement Test
Mary E. Wells
90%
Average *= 2%
88
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86
National
84
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82
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80
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CHEMISTRY Cooperative Achievement Test
Mary E. Wells
90%
Average ******= 2%
88
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86
National
84
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82
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PHYSICS Cooperative Achievement Test
Mary E. Wells
90%
Average
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88
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86
National
84
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82
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U. S. HISTORY
Factual Relations in U. S. History
Raw Scores
70
68
66
64
62
Mary E. Wells
60
58
56
54
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48
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46
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LATIN Cooperative Achievement Tests Two Semesters
Reading
Grammar
Vocabulary
Total
T. Scores
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51
50
49
48
47
46
45
44
43
42
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Massachusetts
40
High Schools
39
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The following quotations are from letters received from the statistician of the Cooperative Test Service of the American Council on Education :
"As you can see from the table, all classes are considerably above average."
"You can see from the tables that your English students are considerably above average in vocabulary, literary ac- quaintance, literary comprehension and usage."
"The average student in Intermediate Algebra is superior to 70% of the students in representative public secondary schools."
"The students in Plane Geometry are a superior group and the average student ranks above 74% of the national group."
"The students in Physics have scores which vary from the 29th to the 97th percentile, with the average score falling in the 75th percentile."
The results of these and other tests administered to the Mary E. Wells High School pupils have greatly aided our guidance officers in recommending colleges.
During the past five years, we have had pupils admitted to the following colleges and universities:
Bates College Boston University
Carnegie Polytechnic Institute
Connecticut College
Holy Cross College Jackson College
Lowell Textile School
Massachusetts State College New Jersey College for Women
Becker College Bucknell University Clark University Harvard University Hunter College LaSalle Junior College University of Maine New Hampshire University
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Norwich University Pennsylvania State College of Optometry St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake, Michigan Smith College
State Teachers Colleges : Bridgewater and Worcester Tufts College Weslyan University
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