Town annual reports of the officers of Southbridge for the year ending 1962-1966, Part 35

Author: Southbridge (Mass.)
Publication date: 1962
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1494


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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, Guidance Counselor


M.A.


Claire Birtz-1937, Supervisor of Art (Grades VII-XII) Lewis A. Kyrios-1938, Director of Guidance and Placement


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SOUTHBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL


Name - Year Appointed


Degree Held


Edward J. Desroches-1949, Principal


M.Ed.


Eugene Remian-1959, Assistant Principal


B.S.


Nora B. Adams-1947, Secretary


Mary C. Clarke-1962


Julie Aucoin-1962


B.S.


Phillip Baram-1963


M.A.


Paul Bergeron-1963


B.S.Ed.


Rose Brodeur-1938


M.A.


Kathleen Carroll-1962


B.S.Ed.


Eva Casavant-1933


M.A.


Constance Coderre-1929


B.S.


John Conlon-1960


A.B.


Paul DiGrazia-1963


B.S.


Thecla Fitzgerald-1926


M.Ed.


James Forkey-1962


B.A.


Jacqueline Gauthier-1960


B.A.


Persis Howe-1930


B.S.Ed.


Joseph Jordan-1959


A.B.Math. B.S.Ed.


Florence Landry-1962


B.S.


Melia LeBoeuf-1959


B.S.


Richard Leduc-1962


B.S.Ed.


Donald Marino-1958


B.A.


Harold McAuliffe-1961


B.A.


Richard McGrail-1963


B.S., Ed.M.


William Nickerson-1940


B.S.Ed.


Arnold Repucci-1962


Mus.M.


Ralph Sennott-1962


B.S. in B.A.


Meredith Suld-1963


B.S., M.A.


Gregory Sullivan-1963


B.E.


Eugene Talbot-1963


A.B.


Lucille Thimblin-1961


M.A.


Frances Troy-1927


B.S.Ed.


Roland Varin-1961


B.S.Ed.


Robert Young-1959


M.Ed.


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Barbara Kyrios-1940


COLE TRADE HIGH SCHOOL


Name - Year Appointed


Degree Held M.Ed.


Raymond L. W. Benoit-1949, Director


Frank P. Skinyon-1934, Assistant Director


B.S.Ed.


Elsie A. Hofstra-1933, Secretary to the Director Alice Nichols-1960, Clerk Robert V. Beals-1957 Paul W. Bergeron-1963


M.A.


Donald Bernard-1961


Assoc. Eng.


Anthony J. Chlapowski-1956


M.Ed.


Walter J. Glondek-1938


David F. Knight-1956


Lucian J. Manchuk-1956


Arthur R. Metras-1962


William B. Paul-1942


Frank J. Polaski-1962


Edwin J. Waskiewicz-1952


MARY E. WELLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


Name - Year Appointed


Degree Held M.Ed.


Virginia P. Slack-1962, Secretary to Principal


B.S.


John Bower-1958


M.Ed.


George Curtin-1963


B.Ed.


Alice Dion-1926


B.S.


Harold Kinnear-1959


B.S.Ed.


Claire Kirk-1949


M.Ed.


William Leach-1962


B.S.


Edith Manzi-1957


B.S.


Virginia Maywalt-1962


B.S.


Margaret Monahan-1960


B.A.


Joseph Montigny-1959


B.S.


Stanley Naumnik-1954


B.S.Ed.


David O'Brien-1963


B.S.


Raymond Renaud-1959


M.Ed.


Louise Robida-1962


B.S.


Romeo Salvadore-1962


M.Ed.


Carol Soldani-1962


B.A.


Paul Sturgis-1962


B.S.


Celestine Sweet-1932


B.A.


Peter Teguis-1963


B.S.Ed.


Robert Windheim-1959


M.Ed.


Donald Xenos-1960


M.Ed.


CHARLTON STREET SCHOOL


Name - Year Appointed


Camella Dintini-1940, Principal


Degree Held M.Ed.


Kathleen Derrick-1963, Grade 5 B.S.Ed.


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B.S.Ed.


Raoul O. Lataille-1939, Principal


Francis Flanagan-1956


Frances Dragon-1960, Grade 1 B.A. Lorene Fierro-1954, Grade 3 B.S.Ed.


Joan Little-1955, Grade 2 Dorothy Locke-1943, Grade 2


B.S.Ed.


Thomas Mahoney-1954, Grade 5 M.A.


Candide Murphy-1962, Grade 3 B.S.


Dorothy Robida-1961, Grade 4 B.S.Ed.


Virginia Sullivan-1963, Grade 4 B.E.


Carroll Vangel-1961, Grade 1 B.S.Ed.


EASTFORD ROAD SCHOOL


Name -- Year Appointed Degree Held


Constance L'Ecuyer-1940, Principal


M.A.


Laurenda Boyer-1927, Grade 5


Alfreda Brousseau-1963, Grade 5


A.B.


Josette Dupuis-1948, Grade 1


A.B.


Lorna Lusignan-1963, Grade 3


B.S.Ed.


Barrie Proulx-1963, Grade 3


B.S.Ed.


Anita Sfreddo-1953, Grade 2


B. Music


Mary Skaza-1949, Grade 1


Agnes Stone-1957, Grade 4


Florida Tarquinio-1942, Grade 4


B.S.Ed.


PLEASANT STREET SCHOOL


Name - Year Appointed Degree Held


Patricia Callahan-1939, Teaching Principal, Grade 4 M.Ed.


Elizabeth Rogers-1962, Grade 1


B.A.


Dorothy Sheriff-1945, Grade 3


Mary Winston-1950, Grade 2


WEST STREET SCHOOL


Name - Year Appointed Degree Held


Vincent J. Puracchio-1950, Principal


M.A.


Barbara A. Gianaris-1962, Grade 1


B.S.Ed.


Helen R. Golden-1948, Grade 4


A.B.


Myrtle B. Jodrey-1944, Grade 5


Katherine S. Karcasinas-1961, Grade 2 A.B.


Martha H. Koprowski-1954, Grade 2


B.S.Ed.


Mabel V. Holmes-1962, Grade 4 A.B.


Genevieve R. Long-1960, Grade 5 A.B.


Madelene Y. Proulx-1954, Grade 1 M.A.


Eva P. Salviuolo-1943, Grade 3 B.S.Ed.


Rosalie Rubenstein, Supervisor Elementary Music-1959


Anthony Santilli, Supervisor of Elementary Physical Education-1961


B.S.


Paul J. Sweet, Supervisor of Elementary School Band-1950


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1964 CHANGE OF TEACHERS


Appointed:


Phillip J. Baram-September


Alfreda Brousseau-September


George H. Curtin-September


Kathleen M. Derrick-September


Paul R. DiGrazia-September Lorna L. Lusignan-September Richard E. McGrail-September


Ralph J. Sennott, Jr .- September


Gregory Sullivan-September


Virginia Y. Sullivan-September


Meredith Suld-September


P. Eugene Talbot-September


Peter W. Teguis-September


Southbridge High School Eastford Road School Mary E. Wells Jr. High Charlton Street School Southbridge High School Eastford Road School Southbridge High School Southbridge High School Southbridge High School Charlton Street School Southbridge High School Southbridge High School Mary E. Wells Jr. High


Resigned:


Theresa Coderre-June


Ada Tieri-June


Bessie Pantos-June


Agnita Baker-June


Joan Hick-June


Margaret Polakowski-January


Retired:


Irene Gough-June


Kathleen Burns-June


Mary E. Wells Jr. High Pleasant Street School


CUSTODIAL STAFF


Joseph Brouillard-1954 Head Custodian


Telesphore Beauregard-1957


Anatole Bombardier-1957


Mary E. Wells Jr. High Cole Trade High Division of Southbridge High School Southbridge High School Eastford Road School West Street School Southbridge High School


Roger Demers-1961


Guerino DiBonaventura-1963


Wilfred P. Gauthier-1952


Adelard Lavallee-1952


John Lynch-1962 Mary E. Wells Jr. High and Pleasant Street School Armand St. Germain-1963 Mary E. Wells Jr. High George St. Martin-1953 Charlton Street School Lucas Tenczar-1963 Southbridge High School


Retired: Theophile Leduc-June Charlton Street School


Joseph Moore-December Eastford Road School


DRESSER STREET FIELD


Maintenance Staff:


Arthur Girouard-1963


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Southbridge High School Southbridge High School Mary E. Wells Jr. High Charlton Street School


Eastford Road School Eastford Road School


ANNUAL REPORT of the SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


For 1963


To the School Committee and Citizens of Southbridge:


I hereby submit my tenth annual report as Superintendent of the Southbridge Public Schools. This is the seventy-second in a series of such reports.


INTRODUCTION


Progress is once again the theme of our annual report. Modern mathematics is being taught in the first three grades and will be included in the curriculum of other grades next year. It is also being taught along with traditional mathematics to the more advanced groups in the junior and senior high schools. A new reading program selected from all those available for examination by a committee composed of Mr. Lataille, curri- culum co-ordinator in the elementary schools and the four ele- mentary principals is now in use. A new spelling series pur- chased in 1963, the new approach to mathematics and the new reading program should help us to attain a higher level of achievement in the two most demanding courses in elementary and junior high school curricula, language arts and arithmetic.


However, the swirl of change in education peculiar to this decade continues to challenge those who are constantly inter- ested in improvement of the means through which educational development may be accomplished. For the first time a sum of money has been included in the budget to allow purchase of materials and visits to other schools for the purpose of research and investigation. High on the list of our present interests is the process of programmed instruction now being used quite ex- tensively in a few communities in Massachusetts. The ungraded high school has had a degree of national publicity. In this type of school a student may be taking sophomore and junior courses at the same time for instance, and may graduate, if he has the ability, in less than four years.


Public school education has come into full bloom. It is one of the most dynamic, interesting and provocative elements in our present day living.


ENROLLMENT


The public school enrollment in Southbridge went over the 2300 mark during November of this year. The High School,


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with a population of 628, has almost reached its capacity, while Cole Trade School has a waiting list almost constantly. There are still some empty rooms available in the Junior High School and indications are that we shall have no space problems in the Elementary Schools in the years for which predictions can be made at this time.


REGIONAL TRADE SCHOOL


One of the most persistent problems facing the nation at the present time is that of unemployment in spite of the fact that the gross national product is increasing each year. Al- though the numbers of new and more places in the working world are being increased with each succeeding month, the number of people available for these positions is increasing at an equal or greater rate. Most of these new openings, as well as many of those which occur from the normal process, require people of education and, or special skills.


The Manpower Act is an attempt on the part of the Federal Government to train those who are not employed because of this revolution in requirements for places in the increasingly demanding labor market. These people, wherever a sufficient number is interested in learning a particular skill, are given the opportunity through federal subsidy to attend classes taught by qualified instructors. In Southbridge there have been two such classes during the year 1963. One included ten women inter- ested in general office work, and the other, the same number of men who were trained for oil burner service and repairs. This program on the part of government to train unskilled people to perform types of work new to them is indicative of the vast change that has been taking place.


There is little opportunity in labor, industry and business for the unskilled worker. This is due mainly to the wave of auto- mation that has swept the country during the past several years. It has led to clashes between unions and management. It has left many people idle. It has forced upon communities and especially upon the public schools the need to reevaluate in a most detailed manner conditions which lead to high school dropouts, each of whom becomes a possible addition to the un- trained, unskilled host of the unemployed.


Although one of the chief causes of pupils leaving school at sixteen at the present time is still the lure of a paying job, these opportunities are constantly decreasing in number. Another important reason for drop-outs, in our opinion, is the lack of curricular offerings broad enough to appeal to the abilities and ambitions of all pupils. The general course as we knew it years ago has disappeared from the course of study in many school systems because it prepared neither for college nor for a vocation.


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Our secondary school curricula include college preparation, business education and trade training.


It must be stated here that the percentage of pupils who enter Southbridge High School and leave before graduation is far lower than the national average and below the state average. Despite the low percentage of drop-outs, however, the number of students who leave is a challenge. Everyone in a position to help should endeavor to reduce the number of drop-outs to the lowest possible figure. In doing so they will have made a pos- tive contribution to the welfare of our country.


We are also concerned with the prospects of those who do graduate from high school who neither go to advanced schools nor have training in special skills.


The interest in vocational education has increased rapidly during the past few years. Even though out-of-town applica- tions to Cole Trade School are not now considered until Sep- tember each year and even though the capacity of the building has been increased from about 150 to 185 through the new ad- dition, there is still a waiting list each year in the more popular departments. Those who wish to attend Trade School but can- not, have the alternative of taking courses in the academic cur- riculum of Southbridge High School and, since this last is a necessity until they are sixteen rather than a choice, they be- come potential drop-outs.


Only a few girls from Southbridge are accepted each year at Worcester Trade School because the school serves Worcester first and then the towns nearest Worcester. Obviously, some of the girls in Southbridge High School would be interested in trade education if it were more readily available.


A regional six-year trade school, and several have been erected in the state, would seem to add greatly to the educa- tional opportunities in the area. It would offer courses for girls as well as boys. There would be available to high school gradu- ates course on the junior college level. Vocational education for adults would be an important part of the plan. If all the towns which showed preliminary interest were to agree to the erection of a regional trade school, the school would be of such size and such variety of offerings that the people of the area, especially those seeking particular training, would benefit greatly.


A few months ago the Southbridge School Committee un- animously requested that a survey of the town be made by the State Department of Vocational Education to ascertain the need for participating in a regional trade school project. This survey, when completed, will indicate the number of students Southbridge might send to the school if it were built and South- bridge were one of the partners. After the report of the survey is made to the School Committee and if the School Committee wishes to pursue the matter further, the next step would be


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to place an article in a warrant for a town meeting requesting that the Moderator be empowered to appoint a committee of three citizens, one of whom must be a member of the School Committee, to the regional committee.


Once again a recommendation for expansion of our educa- tional facilities is being made and once again the need will be apparent to those who take the time to investigate. The cost would be prorated to each town according to population and the state would pay a substantial part of the building, trans- portation, and operating costs of the plant if and when the project becomes a reality.


REPORT OF THE SOUTHBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL


EDWARD J. DESROCHES, Principal


Today, the secondary schools of our nation are facing chal- lenges and changes of a magnitude inconceivable only a few years ago. It is said that more changes will take place in edu- cation during this present decade than we have witnessed in the last one hundred years. We are in the midst of a "knowl- edge explosion" that is inherently suggesting a re-evaluation of the materials, techniques and content of our total educational system. We now have more to teach and the teaching must be better.


The activities at Southbridge High School in 1963 were con- ducted with a complete awareness of these demands and with a serious attempt to meet them.


GRADUATION


Graduation exercises were held at Dresser Street Field on June 16, 1963. The Class of 1963 included one hundred twenty- two members: twenty-four from the Trade Division and ninety- eight from the Academic Division. Mr. Raymond Brodeur, Chairman of the Southbridge School Committee, presented the diplomas. Following are the names of our 1963 graduates:


*Gail Marie Apostola Margaret Louise Apte


** Jane Marie Bachand Ralph Anthony Belanger


*Richard Raymond Belanger Roland Armand Belanger, Jr. Judith Ann Benoit


** Louis Albert Berthiaume Ronald Gerard Berthiaume Douglas Stanley Blackmer


Patricia Ann Boucher


*Edward Charles Brousseau


** James Nicholas Bucknam


*Carol Ann Christine Burzycki Barbara Helen Butler David Uraih Byman Leon George Caouette George Louis Carmel


** Kenneth Arthur Carpenter


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Henry Gerald Chamberland


*JoAnne Chouinard Joseph Victor Cloutier Roland Omer Corriveau


** Cornelia Joy Cronin Stuart Nissen Dall


*Michael Philip Daniels


* Margaret Joy DeAngelis


*Carolyn Ann Mongeon


*Colleen Ann Moore


** Nancy Lee DeAngelis David Warren Diamond ** David DiGregorio *Norma Jean DiLorenzo


** Marcia Gail Dion


*Carolyn Margaret Engelhardt ** Ardelle Garfield Foss


** Roger Laurent Fournier, Jr.


*Sheila Catherine Galligan Bruce Arthur Giovanello Pauline Alma Giroux


*Barbara Marie Glass George Milton Graham


** Marcia Lois Grandone *Joyce Carolyn Greene Bruce George Guilbault ** Elizabeth Anne Hall Joseph Lionel Hebert, Jr. John Thomas Hill


*Francis Edward Holden


*Donna Marie Hughes *John Francis Hurley


*David Alan Johnson *Margaret Ann Julian *Gary Mark Karp * Jeffrey Joseph Kokoszka


** Sylvia Jean Kopas Diane Elizabeth Lacasse ** Edwin John Lach Paul Leslie Lafleche Robert William Langevin


*Susan Mary Lango William Louis Lapointe William Louis Lariviere


*Diane Mary Latendress David Raymond Lenti Denis Leo


*Frances Elizabeth Libuda *John Joseph Livernois Ronald Lawrence Lomme


Janet Ann McDonald Bernard Edward Mahan


George Michael Maloney Leo Joseph Mandeville Robert Lance Martin ** Barbara Ann Mathieu *Linda Lois Miscook


** Diane Roberta Morrill *Gordon Earl Muldoon *Diane Louise Nolan Sandra Frances O'Brien Gregory Anthony Palmerino


*Judith Anne Polakowski Steven Louis Pontbriand


*Carol Ann Postemski Ida Irene Provost Paul Henry Racicot


** Paul Walter Remijan Roger Reopel Samuel Antonio Ricci, Jr.


*Gale Louise Richardson


*Diane Marie Robert


*Kathleen Sara Ryan William John Ryan Constance Irene St. Cyr Carol Cecilia St. Martin Karen June Saletnik


*Yvonne Evelyn Salisbury


*Susan Jane Schauweker Richard Thomas Serdinski


'Joan Louise Silvestri


** Peter Tracy Slack Sara Spielman


** Richard Lee Spielvogel


** Janina Wanda Swiacki Robert Szczygiel Ferdinand Joseph Szczypien


** Patricia Ann Szydlik Stanley Edward Szydlik John Guy Tardif Maxine Paulette Tetreault


Gloria Katherine Thanas


*Constance Lenore Thomas Anthony Mario Trifone David Egan Tully


*Normand Emile Vallee


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Richard Norman VanDernoot Vasil Nicholas Veshia John William Walkinshaw ** Sandra Helen Wielblad


Audrey Maria Yanka Gloria Jean Yanka Sandra Lee Yannacci


* General Average of 80% or above for four years.


* Members of National Honor Society.


SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANT'S


Scholarships and Commonwealth Grants, having a poten- tial value of twenty-four thousand nine hundred fifty dollars, were presented to members of the graduating class at the gradua- tion exercises. We congratulate the recipients and acknowledge with deep appreciation the organizations who made the awards. Recipient - Organization Amount


Jeffrey Kokoszka-A. & M. Tool & Die Co. $ 250.00


Jane Bachand-American Legion Auxiliary 100.00


Margaret DeAngelis-American Legion Post #31


100.00


Margaret DeAngelis-Charlton Street School


Parent-Teacher Association


250.00


Carolyn Engelhardt-Louis Ciprari: Nursing Scholarship


100.00


Marcia Dion-Cole-Corbin Chapter,


National Honor Society


100.00


James Bucknam-Cornell University


400.00


James Bucknam-Charles Cozzens Memorial, American Optical Co.


3,000.00


George Maloney-Exchange Club


1,200.00


George Maloney-Fraternal Order of Police,


Lodge No. 1


200.00


Colleen Moore-Harrington Hospital Woman's Auxiliary 250.00


Donna Hughes-Italian-American Club


1,000.00


Cornelia Cronin-Polish-American Woman's Club


250.00


Paul Remijan-Polish-American Woman's Club


250.00


Gloria Thanas-Dr. James M. Robertson


Scholarship, Southbridge High School


200.00


Patricia Szydlik-Bernard Shanbaum Memorial Scholarship


450.00


Janina Swiacki-Southbridge Mothers' Club


100.00


Roger Fournier, Jr .- Southbridge Teachers' Association


150.00


Patricia Szydlik-Southbridge Teachers' Association


150.00


Diane Morrill-Southbridge Woman's Club


300.00


Colleen Moore-Tri-Community Nurses


100.00


Cornelia Cronin-University of Massachusetts


750.00


George Maloney-University of Massachusetts


700.00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts Grants


14,600.00


$24,950.00


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CLASS SURVEY


A survey of the Class of 1963, conducted by our Guidance Department, revealed that 62% of our graduates went on to post-secondary education. Following is a summary of the post- secondary activities of the entire class:


At Degree Granting Colleges


American International College


1


Bentley College of Accounting & Finance


1


Boston University


1


Cardinal Cushing College


1


Cornell


1


Emanuel


1


Framingham State


3


Livingston State


1


Lowell Tech


1


Merrimack


1


Mississippi Southern


2


Nichols College of Business Administration


1 8


Northeastern University


St. Anselm's


2


Tufts


1


University of Massachusetts


7


Worcester Polytechnic Institute


1


Worcester State


3


At Nursing Schools


2


Sturdy Memorial


1


Worcester City


1


At Junior Colleges


Bay Path


1


Becker


1


Endicott


1


Fisher


1


Worcester


2


Worcester Community


3


At Business Schools


1


Carnegie Institute


2


Salter Secretarial


2


Ward


1


At Technical Schools


East Coast Aero


1


Massachusetts Radio


2


Art Schools


1


Other Schools


Massachusetts College of Pharmacy


1


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Butera School


Bryant


Burbank Hospital


ENROLLMENT


The total enrollment in the Academic Division as of Oc- tober 1, 1963 was 625. The total enrollment in the Trade Divi- sion of 186.


It is of interest and apparent significance to note the steady increase in total enrollment in the Academic Division during the past three years. From October 1, 1960 to October 1, 1963, total enrollment in the Academic Division increased by 86 mem- bers. Our projected enrollment for September, 1964, indicates a further increase in total enrollment. The continuous growth in the Academic Division is indicated as follows:


October 1961


October 1962


October 1963


September 1964 (Projected)


Seniors


100


99


132


155


Juniors


111


140


160


160


Sophomores


153


166


168


156


Freshmen


180


175


165


180


Post-Grads


1


1


545


581


625


651


LIBRARY


Our library, the "hub of curricular activities", continues to increase its services to students. More than 980 books and periodicals were added to the library in 1963. Our present col- lection now totals 1,997.


The purchase of some of the books was made possible through two substantial donations: one of $1,000.00 from the Wells Foundation and $300.00 from an anonymous donor. To both we express our deepest appreciation.


LIBRARY STATISTICS (of books already processed)


Reference Books 327


(includes set of encyclopedias)


Professional Books


42


Fiction


502


Non-Fiction


672


Periodicals


62


Newspapers


4


The average circulation per day in 1963 was 35 books; the average attendance 120 students.


CURRICULUM


In order to maintain an effective educational program in any school, a continuous evaluation of curriculum offerings is nec- essary. Following are changes, additions and studies which were made or conducted to improve and strengthen our curriculum: 1. Graduation requirements were increased. To graduate, a


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student in the Academic Division, starting with the Class of 1967, will have to pass four years of English, three years of Social Studies, two years of Science, two years of Mathe- matics and four years of Physical Education.


2. Sociology was replaced by a course in Economics.


3. The educational value of "Programmed Instruction" was studied. Sample programs in Study Skills, English, Sci- ence, Social Studies, and Mathematics were obtained and evaluated for possible use in 1964.


4. The newer approach to the teaching of Physics, recom- mended by the Physical Science Study Committee, was adopted.


5. The teaching of Modern Mathematics was extended.


6. The newer approach to the teaching of Biology, recom- mended by the Biological Science Curriculum Study Com- mittee, was adopted.


7. English classes were characterized by a greater emphasis on oral and written communication. The number of themes required was increased and declamation practices were extended.


8. Eleven more stations or booths were added to the language laboratory.


9. The development of curriculum guides for all courses of- fered was started in the Fall and will be completed in the Spring of 1964.


ACCREDITATION


Southbridge High School has received full accreditation from the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as a result of a detailed evaluation conducted by repre- sentative of the Association on December 5, 6, and 7, 1962. This is an achievement from which all of us should derive great pride. It indicates that our plant, facilities, program and per- sonnel meet the standards considered necessary to meet the educational needs of the students we serve.


In all, we consider 1963 a successful year for Southbridge High School and we wish to thank all those who contributed to this success.


REPORT OF COLE TRADE HIGH SCHOOL


RAYMOND L. W. BENOIT, Director


The enrollment for the year 1963 was 187 pupils. There was a waiting list of ten local boys. We do not have an accurate count of out-of-town boys because we discouraged many boys by telling them that their chances of entering were nil.


We were fortunate in being able to bring our equipment


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in the Metalsmith trade up-to-date. The student will now get training in heliarc, spot welding and forming of metal on a power press. There has been a need for this type of equipment for a long time, but because of the high cost we held back for a long time before asking the School Committee to purchase it for us.




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