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Transplant 60 Town Owned Trees
240.00
240.00
240.00
240.00
Hurricane Esther Dam. Acct. By Available Funds
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
Warren St. Sanitary Sewer Construction
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,596.60
1,596.60
3.40
West St. Sidewalk Bal. 1/1/61
1,100.00
1,100.00
948.25
948.25
151.75
West Street Wall
2,500.00
2,500.00
1,286.75
1,286.75
1,213.25
Westville Dam Relocation Bal. 1/1/61
5,000.00
From County Treasurer From Treas. of U.S.
6,489.00
67,187.94
78,676.94
67,192.94
67,192.94
11,484.00
Westwood Pkwy. Sanitary Sewer
948.70
948.70
948.70
948.70
Westwood Pkwy. Storm
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By Highway Expense To Highway Expense
Drain Construc.
4,800.00
4,800.00
4,784.25
4,784.25
15.75
Total Spec. Accounts
171,543.04
335,567.86
507,110.90
449,797.45
4,609.65
454,407.10
6,522.51 47,569.03
1,387.74
Interest and Debt:
Interest-Temp. Loans By Rebate
9,000.00
173.34
9,173.34
7,559.63
7,559.63
1,613.71
Interest-Airport Constr.
From American Optical Co.
1,050.00
1,050.00
1,050.00
1,050.00
Interest-New High
School Loan
41,123.00
By Refund
11,000.00
52,213.00
52,212.50
52,212.50
.50
Interest-New Town Barn
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Maturing Debt-New School 65,000.00
65,000.00
65,000.00
65,000.00
Fund Debt-Airport
5,000.00
By American Optical Co.
5,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Funded Debt-
New Town Barn
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
Total Interest and Debt
133,713.00
17,223.34
150,936.34
149,322.13
149,322.13
1,614.21
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Parking Meter Fees Bal. 1/1/61
14,931.15 13,898.32
28,829.83
To Parking Meters-
Salaries and Expenses
18,300.00
18,300.00
10,529.83
Federal Tax Deductions
149,059.63
149,059.63
149,059.63
149,059.63
State Tax Deductions
12,163.63
12,163.63
12,163.63
12,163.63
Deposits on Plans and Bids Bal. 1/1/61 Deposits
17,377.00
14,325.00
31,702.00
31,642.00
31,642.00
60.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Fund Income
1,397.03
1,397.03
Income Invested
1,397.03
1,397.03
Receipts
SCHEDULE OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS, AND BALANCES (Cont.)
Overdrawn Accts. 1/1/61
Approp.
Prev. Bal. Refunds Transfers
Total Receipts
Payments
Transfer To Other Accounts
Total Expense
Bal. To Var. Accts.
Bal. Forw'd. 1962
O'drawn Accts. 12/31/61
J. J. Angell Fund Bal. 1/1/61
31.27
31.27
31.27
Alexis Boyer, Jr., Fund Bal. 1/1/61 Ella M. Cole Fund Bal. 1/1/61 Fund Income
11.29
11.29
11.29
457.67
105.64
563.31
38.36
38.36
524.95
Mabel Murphy Fund Bal. 1/1/61
52.47
124.97
79.00
79.00
45.97
Mary Mynott Fund
Bal. 1/1/61
64.35
100.60
36.10
36.10
64.50
Adah Stedman Fund Bal. 1/1/61 Fund Income
97.96
135.46
37.50
37.50
Ruth Stedman Fund Bal. 1/1/61
64.17
Fund Income Smith-Hughes Fund
37.50
101.67
101.67
From Comm. of Mass.
1,713.00
1,713.00
1,713.00
1,713.00
Dog Tax Fees
(Reserve for County) Bal. 1/1/61
1,817.75
1,817.75
1,798.25
1,798.25
19.50
Sale of Land Account Bal. 1/1/61
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests Deposited
1,340.00
1,340.00
1,340.00
1,340.00
Fund Income
72.50
Fund Income
36.25
97.96
37.50
Tailings Bal. 1/1/61 State Auditing Tax
159.31
159.31 1,707.69
2.00
2.00 1,707.69
157.31
State Parks and Reserva- tion Tax
12,105.98
12,105.98
11,342.94
11,342.94
763.04
County Tax
81,273.32
81,273.32
81,820.37
81,820.37
547.05
State Examination of
Retirement System
568.36
568.36
568.36
568.36
County T.B. Hospital Maintenance Tax
36,749.03
36,749.03
36,749.03
36,749.03
Various Overpay- ments-Refunds
6,035.11
6,035.11
6,035.11
6,035.11
Total Agency, Investments and Refunds
132,404.38
236,285.86
368,690.24
337,530.00
18,300.00
355,830.00
13,407.29
547.05
Recapitulation:
General Government
123,957.00
7,182.25
131,139.25
122,015.18
50.00
122,065.18
6,227.45
2,846.62
Protection of Persons and Property
382,342.00
1,072.94
383,414.94
381,237.00
381,237.00
2,177.94
Health and Sanitation
61,460.00
5,870.58
67,330.58
63,214.32
1,551.93
64,766.25
2,238.36
325.97
Highways
11,428.42
180,586.42
13,576.63
194,163.05
191,682.80
7,564.13
199,246.93
4,458.74
9,542.62
Charities and
Veterans Benefits
417,050.00
445,512.99
862,562.99
707,266.42
61,004.41
768,270.83
5,404.80
96,884.27
7,996.91
Schools and Library
830,418.00
669,791.73
1,500,209.73
1,393,663.64
267.22
1,393,930.86
16,784.61
89,494.26
Recreation and
Unclassified
118,706.00
2,747.60
121,453.60
119,552.55
119,552.55
964.82
936.23
Cemetery and Enterprises
7,990.00
8,414.26
16,404.26
12,385.51
12,385.51
123.13
3,895.62
Special Accounts
171,543.04
335,567.86
507,110.90
449,797.45
4,609.65
454,407.10
6,522.51
47,569.03
1,387.74
Interest and Debt
133,713.00
17,223.34
150,936.34
149,322.13
149,322.13
1,614.21
Agency, Trust and
Investment and Refunds
132,404.38
236,285.86
368,690.24
337,530.00
18,300.00
355,830.00
13,407.29
547.05
11,428.42
2,560,169.84
1,743,246.04
4,303,415.88
3,927,667.00
93,347.34
4,021,014.34
46,516.57 255,359.29
19,474.32
1,707.69
1,707.69
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
Superintendent of Schools
RIDGE
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INCORPORATED
MASS.
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EYE
WEALTH
OF
THE
COMMO
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE
For the Year Ending December 31, 1961
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
DECEMBER 31, 1961
THE SOUTHBRIDGE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1961 - 1962
John Rossi, 18 Lyons Street, Chairman 1962
Dr. Ralph R. Racicot, 192 Chapin Street, Vice-Chairman 1964
Albert Langevin, 256 Hamilton Street 1964
Lorenzo Beaupre, 131 Central Street 1963
Francis Bousquet, 14 Meadowbrook Road 1963
Raymond Brodeur, 99 Elm Street 1963
Armand Bellerive, 176 Dresser Street 1962
MEETINGS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 8:00 P.M. in the office of the Superintendent of Schools, Mary E. Wells Junior High School building.
There are no regular meetings in July and August.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Robert L. Fox
Residence: 46 Columbus Avenue Tel. 4-8400
Office: Mary E. Wells Junior High School building Tel. 4-3285
SECRETARIES
Margaret R. Connolly, 14 South Street Tel. 4-6513
Mrs. Leona Lavoie, 62 Glenwood Street Tel. 4-6733 The Superintendent's office is open from Monday through Friday, from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Dr. William Langevin, 24 Everett Street Tel. 4-7358
Dr. Adah B. Eccleston, 62 Elm Street Tel. 4-8141
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SCHOOL NURSES
Mrs. Lottie A. LeBlanc, 54 Westwood Parkway Tel. 4-3359 Mrs. Pauline Boucher, 405 Charlton Street Tel. 4-7772
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter term, seven weeks
January 2 - February 16
Spring term, seven weeks
February 26 - April 13
Summer term, nine weeks
April 23 - June 22
Fall term, sixteen weeks
September 5 - December 21
NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS
During the School Year 1961 - 1962 whenever weather con- ditions are such that school authorities decide to cancel sessions for the elementary and junior high school students for the day, there will be two sets of eight blasts of the fire siren at 6:45 A.M.
Senior high school students will be expected to attend on all regular school days excepting when the weather makes travel impossible. In this case there will be three sets of blasts of the fire siren instead of two.
When it is necessary to make a decision regarding closing, schools will be closed for the entire day.
RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR NO SCHOOL
WESO
6:30 A.M.
6:45 A.M.
7:00 A.M.
WTAG
7:00 A.M.
7:28 A.M.
7:45 A.M.
WAAB
6:35 A.M.
7:15 A.M. 7:30 A.M.
ENROLLMENT OCTOBER 1, 1961
Grades
Boys Girls 5 - 7
Boys Girls 7 - 14
Boys Girls Boys Girls
14 - 16
16 Up
Boys Girls Total
1
78
69
10
5
88
74
2
27
25
60
72
87
97
3
95
88
95
88
4
87
65
87
65
5
99
84
99
84
6
86
95
4
2
90
97
7
73
78
14
3
87
81
8
81
59
38
13
2
1
121
73
9
11
23
65
77
1
3
77
103
10
59
86
4
4
63
90
11
9
12
40
50
49
62
12
1
43
57
43
58
Trade
5
60
89
154
Special
14
12
9
4
1
24
16
Total
105
94
621
581
258
198
180
115 1164
988
Total Southbridge Public Schools
2152
Total St. Mary's School
451
Total Notre Dame School
774
Total Ste. Jeanne d'Arc School
220
Grand Total (all pupils attending school in Southbridge)
3597
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appro- priations
Ex- penditures
Reimburse- ments
Balance on hand Dec. 31 1961
Salaries
$623,285.00
$607,594.50
$15,690.50
Other Expenses (Including Transportation,
Tuition, Medical Expenses, Textbooks
Supplies, Operation and Maintenance of Plant, Equipment, Capital Outlay, etc.)
147,801.00
146,975.75
825.25
Contingency
5,748.60
5,612.07
136.53
Audio Visual Aids
2,000.00
1,996.76
3.24
Music
2,000.00
1,889.04
110.96
Playgrounds
4,500.00
4,487.28
12.72
Dresser Street Field
10,467.00
10,461.59
5.41
Federal Lunch Program
3,500.00
3,500.00
General Athletic Fund
2,300.00
1,795.50
504.50
Smith-Hughes Fund
1,713.00
1,713.00
State Aid for Schools (Chapter 70)
147,293.91
Vocational School, State Grant
41,960.55
High School Tuition (State Wards)
211.83
Elementary Tuition
86.10
Vocational School Day and Evening Tuition
6,957.67
Goods Sold (Trade School)
12.00
Adult Civic Education
407.00
Cole Trade High School Clerical Services (Veterans' Reports)
43.00
Refund - Cole Trade
3.00
Refund - Insurance
55.60
..
4
.
Reimbursement - Vocational Tuition and Transportation Reimbursement - Special Classes (Mentally Retarded Children)
1,358.69 7,117.14
TOTALS
$803,314.60
$786,025.49 $205,506.49
$17,289.11
IN BRIEF Total Expenditures Total Receipts to Town Treasurer
$786,025.49
205,506.49
NET COST TO TOWN $563,229.89 A detailed financial statement will be found in the Town Accountant's report,
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SCHOOL PERSONNEL
The name, date of appointment, official title, and degree appear in that order.
Robert L. Fox-1954, Superintendent of Schools M.Ed.
Kathryn Beauregard-1922, Assistant to Director of
Guidance and Placement M.A.
Claire Birtz-1937, Supervisor of Art
(Grades VII - XII)
Dorothy Daly-1961, Supervisor of High School Girls' Physical Education
Sidney C. Gates-1960, Supervisor of Choral Music (Grades VII - XII)
B.A.
Lewis A. Kyrios-1938, Director of Guidance and Placement D.Ed.
Donald Marino-1958, Supervisor of High School Boys' Physical Education B.A.
Rosalie Rubenstein-1959, Supervisor of Elementary School Music
Helen Santilli-1960, Supervisor of Elementary Physical Education B.S.
Paul J. Sweet-1950, Supervisor of Instrumental Music
Southbridge High School
James M. Robertson-1937, Principal
D.Ed.
Edward Desroches-1949, Assistant Principal M.Ed.
Nora Adams-1947, Secretary to Principal
George Aubin-1961
M.A.
Melvin D. Baran-1961
B.S.Ed.
Rose Brodeur-1939
M.A.
Eva Casavant-1933
M.A.
Francis Cassidy-1960
B.A.
Constance Coderre-1929
B.S.
John Conlon-1960
B.A.
Thecla Fitzgerald-1926
M.Ed.
William Fletcher-1960
Ph.D.
Persis Howe-1930
B.S.Ed.
Joseph Jordan-1959
B.A.
Barbara Kyrios-1940
B.S.Ed.
Melia LeBoeuf-1960
Harold McAuliffe-1961
B.A.
M. Jacqueline McGarrell-1960
B.A.
Harry J. McMahon-1926
M.Ed.
William Nickerson-1941 B.S.Ed.
B.S.
Marion Sanford-1961
B.A.
Ada M. Tieri-1961
B.S.
Frances Troy-1927
B.S.Ed.
Roland A. Varin-1961
B.S.Ed.
Robert Young-1959
M.Ed.
Eugene Remian-1959
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Cole Trade High Division of Southbridge High School
Raymond L. W. Benoit-1949, Director M.Ed.
Frank P. Skinyon-1934, Assistant Director B.S.Ed.
Elsie A. Hofstra-1933, Secretary to Director Alice Nichols-1960, Clerk
Robert V. Beals-1957 Donald A. Bernard-1961 Assoc. Eng.
M.A.
George H. Braman-1938
Anthony J. Chlapowski-1956 M.Ed.
Walter J. Glondek-1938
Leonard W. Keyes-1959
Assoc. Eng.
David F. Knight-1956
Lucian J. Manchuk-1956
William B. Paul-1942
Edwin J. Waskiewicz-1952
Deceased
Mary E. Wells Junior High School
Lucille M. Thimblin-1961, Supervising Principal M.A.
Anita Bergeron-1961
B.A.
John Bower-1958
M.Ed.
Donald Child-1961
B.S.
Francis Clark-1959
M.Ed.
Alice Dion-1926
B.S.
Irene Gough-1914
B.S.Ed.
Claire Kirk-1949
M.Ed.
Joan Macker-1960
B.S.
Edith Manzi-1957
B.S.
Margaret Monahan-1960
B.A.
Joseph Montigny-1959
B.S.
Stanley Naumnik-1954
B.S.Ed.
Barbara Norcross-1961
B.A.
Raymond Renaud-1959
B.S.Ed.
Anthony Santilli-1961
B.S.
Agnes Stone-1957
Celestine Sweet-1932
B.A.
Robert Windheim-1959
B.S.
Donald Xenos-1960
B.S.Ed.
Elementary Schools
Raoul O. Lataille-1939, Supervising Principal M.Ed.
Charlton Street School
Camella Dintini-1940, Grade 4, Teaching Principal M.Ed.
Frances Dragon-1960, Grade 1 B.A.
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Francis Flanagan-1956
Harold Kinnear-1959
Lorene Fierro-1954, Grade 3 Dorothy Locke-1954, Grade 2
B.S.Ed.
Ruth Mahan-1961, Grade 1 Thomas Mahoney-1954, Grade 5 B.S.
B.S.
Dorothy Robida-1961, Grade 2
B.S.
Dorothy Sheriff-1945, Grade 5 William Sullivan-1960, Grade 4 Alice Toomey-1961, Grade 3
B.S.
B.A.
Eastford Road School
Constance L'Ecuyer-1940, Grade 3 - Teaching Principal M.A.
Laurenda Boyer-1927, Grade 5
Josette Dupuis-1948, Grade 1
B.A.
Carroll Hughes-1961, Grade 1
B.S.Ed.
Joan Little-1957, Grade 5
B.S.Ed.
Julia Morrill-1914, Grade 3
Anita Sfreddo-1954, Grade 2
B. Music
Marie Skaza-1949, Grade 2
Florida Tarquinio-1942, Grade 4 B.S.Ed.
Pleasant Street School
Patricia Callahan-1939, Grade 4 - Teaching Principal M.Ed.
Kathleen Burns-1958, Grade 3
Carol Monette-1960, Grade 1
B.A.
Mary Winston-1951, Grade 2
West Street School
Vincent J. Puracchio-1950, Grade 5-Teaching Principal M.A.
Helen Cragen-1961, Grade 2
B.S.
Helen Golden-1948, Grade 4
B.A.
Myrtle Jodrey-1944, Grade 5
Katherine Karcasinas-1961, Grade 5
B.A.
Martha Koprowski-1954, Grade 2
B.S.Ed.
Madelene Proulx-1954, Grade 1 M.Ed.
Eva Salviuolo-1943, Grade 3 B.S.Ed.
1961 - 1962
Change of Teachers
Resigned
Michaleen H. Barry-June
Charlton Street School
Richard Belair-June
Mary E. Wells High School
Dorothy Berthiaume June West Street School
*George Braman-November Cole Trade High School
Mary Chambers-June Charlton Street School
Donald Charlesworth-March Marcy Street School Nicholas Costa-June Mary E. Wells High School
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Elizabeth Curtis-June
Thomas Flanagan-June
James L. Healy-June
Genevieve Long-June
R. Joseph Racine-April
Charlton Street School Eastford Road School Marcy Street School West Street School Supervising Principal Grades 6, 7, 8
Charlton Street School Mechanic Street School
Charlotte Ryan-June
Robert R. Weiss-June
Appointed
George F. Aubin-Sept.
Melvin Baran-Sept.
Anita Bergeron-Sept.
Donald Bernard-Sept.
Donald Child-Sept.
Helen Cragen-Sept.
Dorothy Daly-Sept.
Carroll Hughes-Sept.
Katherine Karcasinas-Sept.
Harold McAuliffe-Sept.
Barbara Norcross-Sept.
Dorothy Robida-Sept.
Marion Sanford-Sept.
Anthony Santilli-Sept.
Lucille Thimblin-Sept.
Ada Tieri-Sept.
Alice Toomey-Sept.
Roland Varin-Sept. * Deceased
In Memoriam
MR. GEORGE BRAMAN
The entire community was saddened in November by the sudden death of Mr. George Braman, teacher of quality, friend to many, and a source of inspiration to his fellow members of the school staff.
May his many former pupils emulate his kind consideration of his fellow man, and may they have learned the lessons he has taught them well.
Southbridge High School Southbridge High School
Mechanic Street School Cole Trade High School Pleasant Street School West Street School Southbridge High School Eastford Road School West Street School Southbridge High School Mary E. Wells Junior High School Charlton Street School Southbridge High School Pleasant Street School Supervising Principal of Mary E. Wells Junior High School Southbridge High School Charlton Street School Southbridge High School
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Janitors
Joseph Brouillard-1954
Raoul Arpin-1959
Telesphore Beauregard-1957
Head Janitor Southbridge High School Mary E. Wells Junior High School
Anatole Bombardier-1957
Cole Trade High Division of Southbridge High School
Norman Demers-1961
Southbridge High School West Street School
Wilfred P. Gauthier-1952
Ernest Knowles-1961
Pleasant Street School
Adelard Lavallee-1952
Southbridge High School
Theophile Leduc-1943 Charlton Street School
Joseph Moore-1941 Eastford Road School
George St. Martin-1953 Mary E. Wells Junior High School
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FOR 1961
To the School Committee and Citizens of Southbridge:
I hereby submit my eighth annual report as Superintend- ent of the Southbridge Public Schools. This is the seventieth in a series of such reports.
At last the new Southbridge High School has been com- pleted and is an integral part of the System. More than two and one-half years have elapsed since the citizens of the com- munity voted overwhelmingly in favor of erecting a new school. The availability of this building adds about 60,000 square feet of floor space and, in addition to allowing a modern program to be administered, eliminates overcrowding as evidenced by the use of rooms which were never intended for classroom pur- poses.
A series of reports on education which began about 1940 has brought to the American public an increased knowledge of many of the problems surrounding the development of youth. Equalization of educational opportunity has been the goal of those who favor federal aid to education because, by making such aid available in varying quantities according to the need, children in the poorer states of the South would have the same opportunity as children in wealthier sections of the country. The philosophy of equal opportunity, however, may and per- haps should be applied to education within a community. A child with exceptional ability who has available to him only the means of development which is intended for the average or below average student is not being treated fairly. Converse- ly, a student of poor ability who has to face the challenge of work beyond his capacity day after day must endure the frus- tration of constant failure.
Therefore, we believe that each child should be placed as carefully as possible in the group with which he can make the most progress. He should be exposed to such work as he can assimilate, and he should have to meet a challenge which will best develop him into a well-rounded, useful and understand- ing citizen.
We have three levels of education in the Southbridge Pub- lic Schools at the present time. Gone are the days when eighth graders were moved in and out of the high school building de- pending on where there was sufficient room for them: when pupils had to be transported from one end of the town to an- other; when first graders and eighth graders sometimes oc- cupied the same building. We now have grades 1 to 5 in the four elementary buildings, grades 6, 7, and 8 in the Mary E. Wells Junior High School, and all senior high school pupils in
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one grouping. We have here an organization which, in struc- ture, is far more acceptable than any Southbridge has enjoyed in the past.
There are three classes for retarded pupils in the South- bridge School System. At the other end of the scale there are three groups in the advanced Elementary School Program, one each in grades 6, 7, and 8. The pupils in the advanced eighth grade will enter high school with four years of French, one of algebra, and a richer background in other subjects than would be possible under other circumstances.
This, then, is how we are attacking the problem of equal- ization of opportunity which must necessarily take ability into consideration. At the high school level we have honors courses and standard courses. A student who has unusual ability in English and not in other subjects may be in the honors course in English only. On the other hand a pupil with the capacity in all subjects may take the honors course in all subjects. At the Mary E. Wells Junior High School pupils in each grade are segregated according to ability; and, in so far as it is pos- sible, the same course is followed in the elementary schools. Emphasis, then, from the advanced program to the retarded classes is on careful selection, homogeneous grouping, and the offering of equal opportunity to all of the children.
The report this year is administrative in nature: an at- tempt to place before you what disposition will be made of the improvements in educational facilities. Therefore, the rest of this report will contain the aims, goals, and recommendations of those who are immediate assistants to the Superintendent in the administration of the Southbridge Public Schools.
REPORT OF THE SOUTHBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
DR. JAMES M. ROBERTSON, Principal
November 27, 1961, and the week preceding it were memorable days for the administration, faculty, and students of Mary E. Wells High School, for during those days we under- took the herculean effort of moving from Marcy Street to the new Southbridge High School. I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who helped in any way, however great or small, to make Southbridge High School a reality. My dream of over twenty-five years is now realized. It is my sincere determination to offer every advantage to the pupils that a modern educational plant and fine faculty can provide.
In accordance with your request, my twenty-fifth annual report as Principal of Southbridge High School is hereby sub- mitted.
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The enrollment for the year 1961-1962, as of October, in the academic division is divided as follows: Seniors - 100, Juniors -111, Sophomores - 153, Freshmen - 180, Post- graduates - 1, making a total of 545 students. The enrollment in the trade division is as follows: Seniors - 21, Juniors - 34, Sophomores - 34, Freshmen - 57, making a total of 146.
Program of Studies
Diplomas are granted upon completion of three different courses; namely, Academic, Commercial, and Civic-Social.
One hundred twenty-three pupils were graduated on June 18, 1961, and their names are included in this report for the information of interested citizens.
Class of 1961
Diane Janice Adamick
** Gloria Jeanne Asselin Victoria Ann Barth
** George Andrew Bednarz Arthur Lucien Benoit
*Cynthia Gertrude Berthiaume
** Patricia Sophie Bicki
*Richard Bruce Boiteau Elizabeth Irene Boland * Mary Elaine Bousquet ** Mary Jane Bousquet ** Lucille Diane Buchiachio
** Richard Drinkwater Bucknam, Jr.
John Allen Hoyt
** Helen Mary Iacobucci Joan Mary Iozzo
** Louise Jovan Thomas James Kane
** Dorothy Ann Karbowski Athena Karcasinas
** Patricia Maria Kowalski Pauline Jeannette LaFleche Bruce MacArthur Laliberte Joanne Isabelle Laliberte
** Jill Lamarine
** Diane Alice Landry Margaret Mary Langevin
Ann Hughes Lapointe Jane Elizabeth Laughnane
*Neal Michael LeBlanc
** Mary Ann Libuda
*Maralee Judith Mach Philip Carling Mathews Richard Garrett McAvoy
Mary Elizabeth Mckinstry
*William Robert Mckinstry
** Martha McMaster
*Patricia Eva Colognesi Joseph Bernard Costa
*Kenneth Charles Cotton
** Patricia Ann Nolan
** William Eugene Orzech
*Donald Peter Palmerino
*Shirley Ann Palmerino Bruce Alexander Panico Carol Ann Pariseau
*Brenda Anne Phipps
** Robert Polakowski
*Raymond Francis Pollone
** Dennis Michael Bushe Jeanne Rita Caouette Susan Irene Caplette
*Nancy Ann Carpenter
*Robert Thomas Cerny
*Linda Mary Anne Chapman Brian Douglas Chipman Stephen Robert Christo Marilyn Ann Ciesla
** Mary Ellen Morin *Eriphily Nikolla
*Shirley Elaine Damian Virginia Marie Dani
*Norma Ruth Davis Ann Mary Decataldi Suzanne Elisabeth Delehanty
*Aline Anne Despres Dennis Raymond Desroches
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Donald Edward Desroches
** Marjorie Ellen Devine Marsha Irene DiCrescenzo Richard Paul Diorio *Janice Carol Dobson
** Judith Elaine Dufault ** Judith Frances DuPaul
*Paul Lionel Dussault *James Alfred Ferron
** Patricia Louise Gallery Jeanne Aline Gaucher
** Beverly Joyce Gauthier *Patricia Ann Gay
David Allen Gibson William Daniel Gibson Ronald Michael Giovanello
*Nancy Jean Gobeille Peter Vance Gould
*William James Grandone Peter James Grant
*Doris Ellen Gravel
*Sandra Louise Green Sandra Lee Havener
* Merilyn Doris Haynes Alice Mary Hebert
** Marcia Anne Houde David Arthur Houle
Judith Lee Pontbriand
*Louisa Rapo
*Mary Rita Reil Irene Elodia Renaud
Marguerite-Ann Elizabeth Rines
Carol Ann Rizner
Richard Paul Robidoux Vincent Francis Sabatinelli
*Jane Marie Senecal
** Catherine Judith Sfreddo Bernard David Sherry Gerald Sheldon Simon
*Sharron Frances Smith ** Janice Louise Smolen
** David Rand Spielvogel Peter Lazar Spiro
** Patricia Ann Splaine
*Francis Joseph Strenk, Jr. Michael Alfred Sullivan Elmer Charles Tardif Robert Theodore Thomas
*Richard Emile Tiberii ** Judith Ann Tobia Alvin Arthur Tompkins
** Nola Marie Vincent Alice Louise Volpini
** John Stephen Volpini
Special Students
David Lee Bouthillier Shirley Constance Malisory
* General average of 80% or above for four years.
* Members of National Honor Society.
The Southbridge Plan has been modernized this past year. The enriched program for the rapid learner and the gifted stu- dent is flexible. In other words, instruction is not standardized; students are not required to take the same static program. The students are screened for individual interests and are guided into courses which will develop their potentials to the highest peak within their individual abilities. The individual program may be seen in the Southbridge High School pamphlet, "Pathways to Success."
However, The Southbridge Plan is not only for the gifted student but for the average pupil and for the student talented in skill subjects, such as industrial arts, mechanical drawing, and home economics. Girls interested in learning a trade are accepted by an agreement with the Worcester School Depart- ment in the Worcester Girls' Trade School.
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