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The Associated Boards of Health has appointed a special committee to study and present a procedure of recording and reporting the various health activities within their towns.
DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICE
This year the topical fluoride program was carried out in the elementary schools in the Towns of Truro, Mashpee, East Falmouth, Wellfleet, and Eastham. During the summer topical fluoride clinics for children entering kindergarten were held in Orleans and Eastham. A screening was done in Mashpee for all grades and an Oral Hygiene Index and serarning was completed in Sandwich. The O.H.I. is a new method of examination for the purpose of classifying the oral hygiene status of the mouth. It is useful when assessing tooth brushing efficiency and when evaluating the dental health practices of a community.
Much more educational work was done in school sy- stems this year emphasizing the importance of a clean mouth and trying to motivate children to good dental health prae- ticos. Frequent and proper brushing, well balanced diets exclusive of sngar as much as possible, visits to the dentist at least twice a year. are still the three basic practices for good dental health. Preventive methods such as topical fluorido treatments and the taking of fluoride tablets are excellent, but as they do not reach all our children, education and motivation of the three basics still remain our most important concern.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATIVE
Miles Travelled
57.728
Individuals Interviewed
3,311
Meetings Attended
446
Lectures, Talks 36
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IMMUNIZATIONS
Smallpox vaccinations
108
Diphtheria immunizations
294
Tetanus immunizations
294
Pertussis immunizations Poliomyelitis vaccine
294
Trivalent 216
Sabin Type I
697
Sabin Type II
546
Sabin Type III
614
INFANT AND SCHOOL HYGIENE
Inspections by Dental Hygienist
1,375
Children Given Fluorine Prophylaxis
548
Total Fluorine Treatments
548
Oral Hygiene Index (2 months period)
249
MENTAL HEALTH
Clinic Visits Social Service (8 months period) 205
Clinic Visits, Psychiatrist (8 months period)
85
Clinic Visits, Psychologist (8 months period) 133
CRIPPLED CHILDRENS SERVICES
Visits to Crippled Children's Clinic
410
GENERAL SANITATION
Field Visits
Water Supplies
550
Sewage Disposal
628
Schools
78
Camps
50
Rodent Control
13
Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches
56
Housing
18
Subdivisions
17
Lodging Houses
2
Day Care Services
61
Restaurants
1,295
Dairy Farms
8
Pasteurizing Plants
4
Markets
28
Bakeries
2
109
Laboratory Specimens
Water Supplies (Bacteriological)
333
Water Supplies ( Chemical) 366
Swimming Pool Waters
57
62
Bathing Beach Waters Shellfish
10
Food Handling Utensils
880
CASES OF REPORTABLE DISEASES
Animal Bites
281
Chicken Pox
118
Dysentary
1
German Measles
314
Measles
27
Meningitis
3
Mumps
22
Salmonella Infections
3
Scarlet Fever
13
Tetanus
1
Tuberculosis
9
Tularemia
1
Infectious Hepatitis
S
Syphilis
16
Gonorrhea
9
Undulant Fever
1
Respectfully submitted.
MARY SUSICH
County Health Officer
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REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMISSION
To the Board of Selectmen :
A highly successful girls program was initiated this year under the very capable Miss Gail Strathdee. Softball and volleyball leagues created much interest with the girls and a great deal of spirit was displayed during the games. Another phase of the program creating interest was Art and Crafts. Five projects were completed including such things as pressed floral pictures, creative mobiles, fire- building, etc. The remainder of the girls program followed the same planning and activities as the boys.
Attendance this past summer showed an increase of fifty-eight children. Also, there was an increase of fifty- four summer visitors. Attendance ran high during the month of July, showing an average of sixty-two per day. The average attendance in August was forty per day. Figures showed an increase of youngsters in the 8 and 9 year old bracket.
Playground competition with Orleans was for boys only. Games were played in softball, basketball, baseball and volleyball. As always, this competition provided the largest attendance in our weekly program. The Lower Oape Olympics were held at Orleans and this included boys and girls.
This year a new event, Lower Cape Team Field Day, was held at Provincetown with three towns participating. With a bit of planning on the part of the Recreation Di- rectors before the playground season begins, I am sure
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that this will develop into another highly successful athle- tic meet. This event also included girls although no other town has a formal girls program as such.
A new phase of the program this year which proved to be very popular with the boys and girls was our league competition within our own playground. This included softball and volleyball for girls and basketball and soft- ball for the boys. It is recommended for the future that girls leagues in other sports which would require a smaller number of participants would be more practical. A great deal of enthusiasm was shown for this pilot project and with a few minor adjustments a better program will be developed for next year.
Another new phase of the program this year included half hour clinics held three mornings a week for boys and girls. These clinics included a short lecture session fol- lowed by demonstrations and drills on fundamentals in the following sports :- tennis, basketball, soccer. volley- ball. track and field hockey.
Special events included Penthalon, Bowling Tourna- ment, Junior Olympics, Tennis Tournament, Miniature Golf. Swim Meet, Overnight Campout, and Field Day. Most pop- ular of these was the overnight campout when twenty girls and twenty boys, with four supervisors, spent a day and an evening at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham.
During the winter basketball sessions are held every Wednesday afternoon for boys of the 5th and 6th grades. On Saturday mornings the 5th through Sth grades partici- pate. An ice skating rink was made possible by laying plas- tic over the new basketball court. The firemen flooded the rink and Mr. Guy Farrell provided the lights.
Mr. Harold Jennings served as M. C. at the Hallowe'en
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Party, and Mrs. Helen Hayes as general chairman, assisted by the Recreation Commission members. Mrs. Edith Gill and Mr. Jay Schofield were in charge of the Teen Age dance. Prizes were awarded and refreshments served to over 250. These events were held in the Town Hall audi- torium.
Ribbon awards, program awards and trophies were given to both boys and girls for participation in various events.
The Recreation Commission wishes to say a special "Thank You" to our coaches and umpires and instructors, and to Mr. Leo Miller, Recreation Director, for a job well done.
Respectfully submitted,
GUY L. FARRELL
EDITH K. GILL
WILLIAM H. HAYES
FRED G. CAREY, JR.
KENNETH R. HIGGINS
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TOWN OF EASTHAM
N OF
FAST
NMOL
USET 1620
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PORI
FOR THE YEAR 1964
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1964
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Theodore L. Hicks Alfred R. Mills, Secretary
Mrs. Marcia C. Nickerson, Chairman
Term Expires 1966
Term Expires 1967
Term Expires 1965
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Sydney G. Pierce
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Winfred Knowles
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Edward Komando, M.D.
SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. A. May Dunphy, R.N.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expenditures
Budget
1964
1965
Administration
School Committee
Salaries
200.00
200.00
Other
235.99
300.00
Superintendent's Office
Salaries
Professional
1,437.60
1,300.00
Secretary and Clerical
1,205.70
1,170.00
Supplies and Materials
115.55
120.00
Other Expenses
460.74
475.00
Total Administration
$ 3,655.58
$ 3,565.00
Instruction
Supervision
Contracted Services
$ 450.00
$ 450.00
Salaries
Professional
2,016.64
2,109.00
Clerical
488.00
508.00
Principal
Salary
7,020.00
7,639.00
Teaching®
Salaries
42,183.00
44,127.00
Supplies and Materials
1,839.21
1,800.00
Other Expenses
564.24
650.00
Textbooks
389.20
750.00
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Library Services Supplies and Materials Audiovisual
748.58
640.00
117.82
120.00
Total Instruction
$55,816.69
$58,793.00
Other School Services
Attendance
50.00
50.00
Health
Salary
200.00
200.00
Supplies
20.00
Transportation
Contracted Services
15,340.92
17,000.00
Food Services
Salary
900.00
400.00
Student Activities
Other Expenses
100.00
Total Other School Services
$16,490.92
$17,770.00
Operation and Maintenance
Operation of Plant
Custodial Service
Salaries
$ 4,488.42
$ 5,050.00
Supplies and Materials
441.38
500.00
Heating
2,082.34
2,100.00
Utilities
914.84
1,050.00
Maintenance of Plant
Grounds
Contracted Services
145.50
300.00
Materials
35.00
Building
Contracted Services
1,839.26
1,500.00
Materials
92.82
50.00
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Equipment
Contracted Services
313.25
100.00
Materials Replacement of Equipment
16.40
25.00
91.94
100.00
Total Operation and Maintenance
$10,426.15
$10,810.00
Acquisition of Fixed Assets
Equipment
950.00
1,274.00
Programs with Other Districts
Tuition
Special Class
340.64
1,000.00
Vocational
1,065.85
2,400.00
Transportation
Special Class
810.00
900.00
Vocational
1,372.66
2,000.00
Total Programs with Other Districts
$ 3,589.15
$ 6,300.00
Contingencies
1,000.00
Totals
$90,928.49
$99,512.00
Out-of-State Travel
133.70
150.00
SCHOOL LUNCH DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Expenses
Federal Subsidies
1,780.08
Sale of School Lunch 1964
3,813.24
Salaries
1,526.10
Equipment
3,978.31
$ 5,593.32
$ 5,504.41
1965 Appropriation
400.00
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EASTHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
To the Citizens of Eastham :
The Eastham School Committee hereby submits its annual report.
This academic year was marked with two resignations which the Committee accepted with regret.
Mrs. Alice Guarino, our third grade teacher, resigned to move with her family to Vermont. Dr. Walter Whitright, our school physician, left Eastham to concentrate his prac- tice in Hyannis.
Miss Rebecca Moore. a graduate of Duke University, was elected to teach the third grade, and Dr. Edward Komando has accepted the position of school physician.
Dr. Dickson conducted his usual dental clinic, and. as there were children with too many cavities, he could not complete the work. He could. however, do a partial job on each child and recommend further treatment.
A summer remedial reading class was conducted at Orleans Elementary School with eight Eastham children enrolled. Their attendance was good and progress was made by most students.
At our own school a special speech class was held during the summer. Twenty-seven students from Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet Elementary Schools attended and some need further instruction. This course tied in with our pre- vious survey of speech defects among our school children. The costs will be 50% reimbursed by the State.
Special projects of repair and maintenance were car- ried out during the summer. The corridor floors of the new building was re-titled. The furnace needed extensive repairs,
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and the freezer was equipped with a new compressor sup- plied by the New England Refrigerating and Heating Company under the warranty. In the early fall two new dry wells were installed.
The Committee voted on a new salary schedule including raises as a result of a new State law which sets $5,000. as a minimum starting salary. The new salaries are to become effective in September, 1965.
The Committee adopted new policies with reference to complaints concerning school personnnel and personal leave for teachers.
The children of the upper grades made instructional field trips to the Gardner Museum in Boston, the U. S. S. Constitution, the herring run and the Brewster Museum in Brewster. The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will set up field trips for the teachers for which they may attain credits for in-service training. The three towns of Orleans, Eastham and Wellfleet will divide the cost of the program of various phases of natural history.
Our enrollment jumped this year due to the influx of government employed families. Our budget allows for sev- eral items to take care of the increase in pupils. The Federal Government will reimburse a portion of the expense of edu- cating each of the children from federally employed families.
The members of the Eastham School Committee would like to urge all townspeople to attend the Committee meet- ings, and ask citizens to put forth any questions or sugges- tion they might have relative to the betterment of our school.
Respectfully submitted, Marcia C. Nickerson, Chairman Alfred Mills, Secretary Theodore Hicks
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Eastham School Committee :
Over the last five years the number of Eastham pupils in grades K-12 of the public schools has increased 30%. As the postwar babies have moved on to the secondary school, two-thirds of this growth has been in grades 7-12. At present there is about the same number of Eastham pupils in the six grades at Nauset Regional High School as there is in grades 1-6 at Eastham Elementary School. This may lead one to think that our growth has leveled off, and that now, as our elementary pupils move up, secondary enrollments will remain fairly even for a time. But there are more than thirty Eastham pupils in private elementary school mem- bership, and most of them will enter Nauset at the ninth- grade level. In addition, there is no indication that the num- ber of new families moving into the community will decrease. The total number of Eastham pupils now (public and pri- vate) is one-third greater than the total number of births recorded in Eastham for the birth years of these pupils.
In other words, our growth has been steady, and, unless something unusual happens, it will move steadily upward for some time to come. The result is that Eastham, along with communities everywhere-but particularly along with Wellfleet, Orleans, and possibly Brewster-will be faced with the question of additional school facilities, first at the secondary level, and then the elementary.
In two or three years Nauset will reach its capacity, whether or not the present tuition-pupil policy is continued.
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Should all four towns consider and approve the admission of Brewster to the Region, the need for new construction would be immediate.
At the elementary level there has been a 13% influx since October first. It seems unlikely that this surge will con- tinue or be permanent, but the need for additional facilities will have to be studied carefully through the latter years of this decade.
These circumstances carry with them the ugly prospect of cost, and here again we may look to the past for forecast. During the same five-year period that our enrollments were increasing by 30%, the valuation of the Town increased by about the same percentage (31), the cost to the taxpayers for schools increased by 23.5%, and the percentage of taxes for schools decreased from 55 to 47. Meanwhile, recent capital costs were being amortized and the quality of the educational program was being improved, as the accompany- ing reports of the School Committee and members of the staff will attest.
For many years Eastham has ranked low, among Mass- achusetts towns of comparable size, for its tax rate and high for its level of support for schools. This is so be- cause Eastham has the advantage of a large proportion of non-resident or retired taxpayers who do not require expensive school services.
It is a privilege to work in this field in communities that are able and willing to pay for good schools, for, quoting a New York Times editorial, "The most urgent national task is to improve education. A nation that will not invest sufficient money in its children is a nation that is writing off its future".
In keeping with custom the following table of operating cost information is presented.
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1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
Local
$ 79,579.
$ 81,294.
$ 85,941.
$ 85,471.
$ 90,917.
Region
57,263.
63,945.
61,997.
76,759.
92,995.
Reimburse- ments
23,024.
33,172.
33,660.
33,974.
35,826.
Net Costs
113,818.
112,067.
114,278.
128,256.
148,086.
Valuation
6,011,635.
6,572,790.
6,922,810.
7,440,305.
7,885,760.
Tax for School Operation
18.93
17.05
16.51
17.24
18.78
No. of Pupils
235
237
253
283
305
Gross Cost Per Pupil
582.
613.
585.
573.
603.
Net Cost
Per Pupil
484.
473.
452.
453.
486.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sydney G. Pierce
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL
With a great deal of satisfaction, I render my annual report. This satisfaction comes not from reaching an ulti- mate goal but rather from the progress made toward edu- cational excellence.
This progress is due in no small measure to the coopera- tive, forward looking attitude of the Eastham faculty and staff.
Considerable progress has been made in the area of mathematics. We have initiated a more modern mathematics program in kindergarten through grade six.
The teachers prepared themselves for this change by completing two courses in modern mathematics. The last of which was quite extensive, lasting more than eight months, ending in May, 1964.
Modern mathematics provides a new approach to the teaching of mathematics at the elementary school level. Pre- viously children were taught processes - concepts came later, in secondary education. With our new program mean- ing comes first. Children from kindergarten onward, using this new learning system are being taught mathematical concepts . . . sets, order relations, operations, properties, measurement and systems of numerations. They are learning why-as well as how-to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, with an ease and understanding rarely achieved by tradi- tional methods.
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Other areas have received attention also. The use of education television has been continued. Viewing facili- ties have been improved. Aided by funds provided in part by the National Defense Education Act we were able to install television antenna and electrical outlets in rooms
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three, four, five, and six. This installation enables us to avoid some scheduling conflicts which arise when the regular viewing location is in use by another group.
One hundred and fifty-two books have been added to the school library and circulation is at a high level.
During the spring of 1964 the fifth and sixth grades made a worthwhile visit to the U. S. S. Constitution and the Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
The school was used during the past summer for a speech clinic. The purpose of the clinic was to aid children of school union 54, (Orleans, Wellfleet, Eastham) with speech problems.
A temporary two way communications system was es- tablished between the Cape Cod Hospital and the school. This unique installation enabled a fifth grade pupil to con- tinue her education while convalescing.
For the second straight year American Education Week was observed by inviting parents. to confer with the teachers on an appointment basis. These appointments were held over a three evening period. Sixth grade pupils again per- formed admirably in their role as parent guides. The re- sponse to this program has been most heartening. Demonstra- ting, to me, the real interest both the parents and the teach- ers have in Eastham children.
The teachers and I would like to express our apprecia- tion for the professional and progressive attitude extended to us by the Eastham School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools and the Elementary Supervisor.
Respectfully submitted,
Herman D. Downs
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REPORT OF ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR -SCHOOL UNION 54
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I hereby submit my annual report as elementary super- visor of School Union #54.
CURRICULUM - This fall a significant change in the teaching of arithmetic had been made throughout the entire elementary school system. This new mathematics program is concept-orientated and emphasizes understanding of the underlying patterns, relationships, concepts, and principles inherent in our mathematical system. The method is a shift from "memorization of facts" and "rules" to learning through guided discovery. It is felt that this approach to the teaching of mathematics is fullfilling the growing need for an effective modern mathematics program in the elementary grades. This program has come about through two years of teacher preparation ; a two week summer workshop conduct- ed in 1962 and an In-Service Program held last year from October through May. Continuing teacher education is being carried out throughout this school year as the faculty is periodically viewing a series of teacher-training films which offer assistance in classroom presentation.
Starting February 1st an In-Service Course in Natural Science is being offered to the staff. Marshal Case, Curator of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, will conduct a series of eleven lectures and two field trips. In conjunction with this program Mr. Case will set up a Nature Trail on the grounds of each of our elementary school. We must begin early to emphasize the necessity of conservation, for this is one of the crucial problems that our youth will face. The early development of, appreciation for, and understanding
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of our natural environment can not only enrich the child's life but create an awareness of the need for man to protect natural resources.
Although no definite plans have been formulated for the upgrading of the social studies curriculum, the following consideration reflect the thinking of the Superntendent of Schools, Mr. Pierce, the Principal of Nauset Regional High School, Mr. Ellis, the Head of the Social Studies Department at Nauset Regional High School, Mr. Greenman and myself :
1. To arrange for a series of demonstrations of class- room equipment and material to make known to the staff the kinds of things that will enhance the instructional program.
2. To offer a series of lectures by prominent persons representing the following related disciplines :
a. Sociology
c. Economics
b. Anthropology
d. Political Science
3. To provide continuing education for teachers in the form of a course designed to meet the specific needs of our social science curriculum with the purpose of revitalizing the program from Kindergarten through Grade 12.
Mr. Ellis shares with us the awareness for the need for more articulation between the elementary and secondary schools. Some steps have already been taken in this direc- tion and we look forward to continuation of this close as- sociation with Nauset Regional High School.
SUMMER PROGRAMS - An experimental program in reading instruction was offered last summer to those stu- dents of Orleans and Eastham Elementary Schools whom the school felt would benefit from extra guidance. Mr. Anthony Peters of San Bernadino, California, who has had much ex- perience working in similar programs on the west coast, conducted the program. Daily sessions were held for a period of six weeks. Thirty-seven pupils participated in the pro- gram, eight of whom were from Eastham. Two Remedial and
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two Improvement classes were held daily. It is strongly recommended to continue this program next summer for it was well received and proved to be beneficial to the students. not only in the strengthening of reading skills, but in the restoration of confidence, without which little learning can take place. We are grateful to Mr. Peters for the creditable job that he did and hope to secure his services for the coming summer program.
A Speech Clinic for pupils of School Union #54 was hield at the Eastham Elementary School during the month of August. We were fortunate indeed to secure the services of such a well-qualified Speech Clinician as Mrs. Diane Rose to conduct this Clinic, particularly as the Cape has no facilities to offer children having speech difficulties. Twenty-seven children attended the Clinic-six from Wellfleet. seven from Eastham and fourteen from Orleans. It is hoped that Mrs. Rose will be able to continue the program this coming sum- mer.
The Orleans Elementary School Library was kept open this summer for its fourth season. It is gratifying that Mrs. Quinn's statistics show almost a doubling of the number of volumes taken out over last year. Increased interest of our own pupils and summer visitors as well was also noted.
Starting January 1965 Wellfleet's School Library will be serviced by a librarian. This service will enable the Well- fleet pupils to have the strong recreatory reading program that has been made possible in Orleans and Eastham. We are appreciative to the School Committees for their generous support in encouragement and provision of such well-equip- ped libraries.
SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL - We are grateful that the elementary schools are well-staffed in Art. Music and Physical Education. Starting this year these Supervisory Teachers are all devoting full time to the elementary schools. We recognize the tremendous responsibility that is ours in helping to foster the cultural values of the next generation.
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Youth, like springtime, is the best time to plant seeds. We hope to cultivate creativity, imagination, resourcefulness and an appreciation for the beauty in life. We are proud of the splendid programs offered by our Supervisory Teachers and consider them to be an integral, vital part of our total curriculum.
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