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During the spring teachers of Kindergarten through Grade Two met to evaluate their present program and to
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examine materials to meet existing needs. As a result of these meetings, materials developed by the Greater Cleve- land Council for the Social Studies are being used in these classrooms. Evaluation of this material is being carried out through individual records and periodic meetings of the group. New maps and globes have been purchased for use in all primary classrooms.
A committee of teachers and principals of the three schools has been formed to develop a project for the ac- quisition of materials under NDEA Title III to improve the instruction of Geography. The guidelines for Title III projects require schools to examine their present programs in terms of weaknesses and strengths, to determine needs for improvement and direction, and to indicate long range (five year) plans for the strengthening of instruction in the area of the curriculum chosen for each project. As a result of the first meeting of this committee, an in-service program designed to improve instruction in social studies was agreed upon as the next important step.
Arrangements have been completed to have Dr. W. Linwood Chase conduct a course in social studies methods from January to May 1966. Dr. Chase is a leader of national prominence in the field of social studies education. He has served as Professor and Dean of the Boston Univer- sity School of Education and is a past President of the National Council for the Social Studies. We are fortunate to have a man of this caliber to work directly with our school system.
Field Trips have long been considered valuable means of enhancing the curriculum of todays schools. The use of Resource People in the classroom has been another method of enrichment. This office has compiled an extensive list of Field Trips suggested by teachers, and another list of Resource Persons available in the community. These lists should be particularly helpful to teachers new to the system and the community.
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SUMMER PROGRAMS -- The summer Speech Correction Classes were conducted again this year by Mrs. Diane A. Rese and were held in the elementary schools of each town; Orleans, Eastham and Wellfleet. The Speech Classes began on Tuesday, July 6, and were held for six weeks until Thursday, August 12.
Thirty-two children attended with each child receiv- ing a private lesson for a half hour each week. Twelve students attended from Orleans, seven from Eastham and thirteen from Wellfleet. Attendance was excellent with only six absences during the six weeks.
This service is greatly appreciated by parents and teachers and we believe it to be unique in the Cape Cod area.
A summer Reading Program was offered for the sec- ond season to pupils of Eastham and Orleans Elementary Schools. The classes were held weekdays at the Orleans Elementary School for a period of six weeks. Mrs. Fern Freeman, Reading Specialist, Bourne School System, and Mrs. Constance Newell, Grade One teacher, Orleans, each instructed three classes. A total of forty-three pupils from grades two through six participated; fifteen from Eastham and twenty-eight from Orleans.
The summer program is designed to supplement, ex- tend and enrich the reading experience for those pupils who need more time to acquire skills because of learning pace. Few of these pupils are considered "remedial" in the sense that their achievement in reading lags far behind their learning rate ability.
SCHOOL LIBRARIES -- The school library programs are continuing to grow in terms of materials and increased service. Under the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, Title II, P.L. 89-10, additional materials may be acquired as an outright grant with no matching funds required by the local community. Committees at each elementary
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school have been formed to evaluate existing materials, identify needs and begin a selection of materials for pur- chase as soon as the guidelines have been received from the State.
SCHOOL LIBRARIES - ELEMENTARY AND SECOND- ARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 - With the Congres- sional Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 federal funds made available to local school systems have been substantially increased. The vast amount of planning and paper work required to unleash funds through these projects becomes more and more time consuming. Large school systems are hiring full time personnel for the single purpose of developing federal projects in order to profit the most from this Act.
TESTING PROGRAM - The Elementary Supervisor is re- sponsible for organizing and executing the testing program throughout the schools. All group and mental ability tests are administered by the elementary supervisor. The a- chievement testing program is administered by the class- room teachers under the supervision of this office.
Each year in May the SRA Primary Mental Abilities test is administered to all kindergarten children. During this month the Stanford Achievement Primary Battery is administered to pupils in Grades One, and Grades Two through Grades VI are tested with the SRA Achievement Series. In May 1966 we plan to administer the revised Stanford Achievement Series to all grades. Individual pro- files are sent home with the report card in June.
During the first two weeks of October the Otis Quick- Scoring Mental Abilities Tests are administered to all pupils in Grade III, (Alpha) and Grade VI (Beta). Thus there are three group mental ability evaluations recorded for each child entering Grade VII, and six achievement tests.
Individual Intellegence tests are administered when
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the need for deeper insight is felt to be needed for any child who may be having a learning problem. One of two tests is administered by the elementary supervisor as the occasion arises: Stanford-Binet, Intelligence Scale, Form L-M: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Forty such individual tests were administered this past school year.
Diagnostic reading tests are also administered on a individual basis.
ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL - Freeing the Elementary Supervisor of the responsibilities of the guidance and test- ing program should not only provide fuller and deeper service to classroom teachers, more careful attention to the instructional program and the curriculum, but should put us in a somewhat better position to develop projects under the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Moreover, securing a person to devote full time to the testing and guidance program will add dimensions of greater depth and breadth to this important area of the school program.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara N. Wright
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REPORT OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SUPERVISOR
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I hereby submit my annual report as Supervisor of the Physical Education program in the elementary schools of Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet.
J am pleased to report that in my estimation the physical education program has been improving each year due to the interest of many taxpayers in seeing that the schools have the necessary funds to provide and improve playing spaces and equipment. Each year we have added something new to the program and hope to go ever forward.
The Kraus-Weber screening test for muscular strength was given and as usual most of the failures were in the first grade. Those failing to pass were assigned to classes and given conditioning exercises to do in class and at home. Much enthusiasm is always shown in the first four grades in the activities of the Amateur Athletic Junior Physical Fitness test which helps to prepare them for the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Physical Fitness Test which is given when the pupils are in the fifth and sixth grades. This test, under the program Operation Fitness, U.S.A. sponsored by the President's Council on Physical Fitness, has been given to the children for the past six years and marked improvement has been shown in the results. The tremendous success of this program throughout the country was spoken of on a T.V. program recently by Stan Musial, Executive Director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Con- sultant to the President.
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At this time I wish to thank the School Committees of each town, Mr. Pierce and Mrs. Mayo for giving me time off to attend the Regional Physical Fitness Clinic held at Northeastern University on November 5th and 6th. Without a doubt, it was one of the most instructive, func- tional and interesting that I have attended. I have been and will be able to incorporate so much of the material in my classes. This clinic was sponsored by the President's Council on Physical Fitness in cooperation with the Mass- achusetts Department of Education and the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education and Recrea- tion. The many demonstrations emphasized what a good physical education program should strive to accomplish through exercise, muscular strength, muscular endurance, circulatory endurance, flexibility, agility, poise and bal- ance.
A play day for a hundred girls from the three towns was held in May at the Orleans Elementary School. The girls were placed on color teams and had fun getting acquainted with each other during their games of soft- ball, basketball and volley ring. Field Day programs were held at each school during the month of June.
It would be advantageous to the children and the program if jumping pits could be put in on the play areas of the three schools. We already have the jumping standards and cross bars.
I would like to see the necessary arrangements made at Wellfleet to use the playing space across from the school for the children to play soccer, softball, touch foot- ball and track and field. The area behind the school is not adequate and I believe more windows were broken this year than ever before.
Respectfully submitted,
Ethel T. Reed
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REPORT OF THE ART SUPERVISOR
It is with pleasure that I assume the responsibility for the art program for the elementary grades of School Union 54.
My report for the year is, for the most part, a look to the future rather than in retrospect.
The importance of the art program cannot be suf- ficiently emphasized, with a view of gaining the more comprehensive cooperation of both parents and teachers. Expression in art work encourages in a direct way the growth of a child's personality. It is the integrating force which preserves and promotes awareness, an increasingly complex awareness of self relating to the philosophical and social worlds as a self-motivating being. The teachers' responsibility is to provide the child with the widest pos- sible creative experiences to help him broaden and deepen those understandings. These experiences permit him a wide scope of individual reaction, choice, and of complex ex- periences and evaluation. In the world of art he must gain the discipline of the expression as a basis and the confidence needed in a self-directed action. The confi- dence inspired is of utmost importance, and to engender this the parents and teachers must themselves accept a discipline of relating to the world which the child is ex- pressing. The child's expression is valid and important to the extent that it relates to his own world. All children have imagination. It is only when the child is pressured into conforming to adult standards in his desire for ap- proval that he loses direct and spontaneous self-expression. The child will request the knowledge and skills he feels he needs when he is ready for them.
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My goal for the year in a broad sense is to provide the children with as many materials to use as possible, to encourage them to find materials in their own environ- ment, and to direct them in their most effective use; to develop awareness of the immense potential within their own imagination in the use of these materials; and to inspire in them a confidence in their work through en- couragement of individual endeavor and in creating as many displays of their work as time and space permit.
Museum visits have been and will be scheduled throughout the year. These field trips are most effective in broadening the child's view of art and life as expressed in various cultures and at different times, with a particu- lar emphasis on the complexities of our life today. It is to he hoped that involyement with beauty will lead the child to recognize it in the most every day environment and thereby enrich it.
In November grades three and six went on a field trip to the Chrysler Museum in Provincetown. Mr. Kuchta of the Museum provided the groups with a most inter- esting survey of the exhibits. Other visits are included in the art program both to the Chrysler Museum and to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum of Boston.
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Three films on techniques used in handling various media will be shown throughout the remainder of the year. 'The first will be a film on water color; the second will be on three dimensional design in different materials; and the third will be a flight into a totally unfamiliar realm, that of encaustic painting. These will not only be instructional viewings but should encourage individual experimentation and further exploration into all media.
Book Week was celebrated with an exhibition of work in the Orleans and Eastham Libraries. The topic was land-
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marks of the area. A display of Christmas cards was shown at a local business establishment prior to the holidays.
The Chrysler Museum has suggested sponsoring an ex- hibit of student work in the spring. And our annual Wind- mill Green Exhibition will be held as usual in June.
It is to be hoped that plans will be forthcoming for the construction of art rooms in the Eastham and Well- fleet Schools. In the interim the teachers are to be thanked for their fine cooperation in helping the Art Supervisor to cope with the problems in the handling of art materials in the classroom.
Respectfully submitted, Margaret Pow-LeSeigneur
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
"Because they wear the warmth and color of the senses, the arts are probably the strongest and deepest of all educative forces." 1. Since we as music educators, are concerned with the place of music in the curriculum, it is essential that we understand our own purposes more fully and seek ways of making them clear to others. It is with these thoughts in mind that I respectfully submit this report.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Mrs. Dorothy Wordell teaches and supervises the vo- cal music classes at all levels on a weekly basis. It cannot be called vocal music alone. It is coordinated with the
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instrumental music classes in the sense that instruments are used by the students. Many of the instrumental music pupils join with them in the classroom situations. I am pleased to report that this method of teaching has shown a marked improvement of the fundamentals of music as regards the instrumental music pupils as they pursue the study of instruments at the fourth grade level.
It has been said: "The hope of the American School System. indeed our society, is precisely that it can pursue two goals simultaneously: give scope to ability and raise the average". 2. A course of music for the general student must teach respect for music as an art; a course for the special music student must teach technical skills. By en- couraging such interchange, education will ultimately re- move the limitations without assailing the values of special- ization. Mrs. Wordell and the elementary school staff are to be commended on the effectiveness of the music pro- gram at this level. Enough cannot be said concerning the role of music as a balancing factor in the development of the child. Progress in the sciences and our growing control of the physical universe must be matched by spiritual and cultural progress.
1. Harvard Report on General Education, 1945
2. Harvard Committee, op. cit., p. 35
Respectfully submitted,
Frank Bertelle James
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I hereby submit my annual report as School Physician for the Eastham Elementary School for 1965.
There were 155 pupils examined in grades, first through sixth.
The following immunization schedules were adminis- tered in accordance with school regulations.
Diphtheria-Tetanus Vaccine boosters were given to 24 pupils in the fifth grade.
Diptheria-Pertussis-Tetanus vaccine boosters were giv- en to 11 pupils in the first grade.
! wish to express my sincere gratitude to the school nurse, Mrs. May Dunphy, for her spirited fine cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
Edward W. Komando, M. D.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
It is with pleasure that I submit my 10th annual report.
Minor ailments treated in school clinic 314
Weighed and measurements all grades 155
Home visits 48
Sent home from school sick
40
Physical examinations by Dr. Komando all grades 155
referrals
2
Massachusetts vision test all grades
155
referrals
4
Massachusetts hearing test all grades
155
referrals
1
Pre-school home visits 20
School Nurses meeting and lectures (2)
Held at Eastham, Orleans, Harwich, Chatham, Wareham 6
Health Education lectures given in school
"Menstruation" 5th and 6th grade girls "How to catch a cold" all grades
Conferences
Teachers 40
Doctors
4
Social worker 4
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Clinics
Dental examination only all grades 155
Kindergarten registration, physical examinations 17
Fluoride Treatment by Mrs. Alice Dalzell, held in July for children entering Kindergarten 3 clinics attended 19
Influenza vaccine given to staff by Dr. Komando D.T. vaccine to 5th grade 24
D.P.T. vaccine to 1st grade 11
Communicable diseases
Chicken pox 14
Measles 8
German measles 3
With a sincere thank you to everyone concerned with the school health programme, for their help, advise and cooperation.
Respectfully submitted
A. May Dunphy, R. N.
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ENROLLMENT BY GRADES
October 1, 1965
Grade
Boys
Girls
Total
K
11
13
24
1
10
8
18
2
11
13
24
3
16
9
25
4
7
10
17
5
9
17
26
6
11
8
19
7
15
13
28
8
11
13
24
9
8
19
27
10
12
10
22
11
11
11
22
12
8
15
23
Total
140
159
299
TABULAR STATEMENT OF GRADES ELEMENTARY
1956-1965
GRADES
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
K
21
19
21
24
24
24
1
12
20
15
18
22
14
24
19
18
2
19
17
23
18
18
22
18
21
24
3
16
21
14
20
17
18
23
19
25
4
20
16
20
18
18
21
17
27
17
5
20
22
18
18
19
19
24
19
26
6
12
19
17
21
20
22
21
27
19
99
115
107
134
133
137
151
156
153
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SCHOOL CENSUS
October 1, 1965
BOYS
GIRLS
Five years or over and under seven
29
31
Seven years or over and under sixteen
104
122
133
153
DISTRIBUTION OF ABOVE MINORS
In Public Day School : Five years or over and under seven 50
Seven years or over and under sixteen 200
In Private School Membership : Five years or over and under seven
10
Seven years or over and under sixteen 21
In State and County Institutions and Special Schools : For Defectives and Delinquents
Five years or over and under seven Seven years or over and under sixteen 2
In Vocational School Membership : Seven years or over and under sixteen 3
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SCHOOL CALENDAR UNION NO. 54 EASTHAM-ORLEANS-WELLFLEET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 1966
January 3 Monday
Reopen
February 18 Friday
Close usual time, mid-winter Recess
February 28 Monday
Reopen
April
8
Friday
No school, Good Friday
April
15 Friday
Close usual time, Spring recess
April
21
Thursday
Reopen
May
30
Monday
No school, Memorial Day
June
17
Friday
Close mid-morning Summer recess
September 7 Wednesday All schools open
October 7 Friday
No school, County Teachers Meeting
October 12 Wednesday No school, Columbus Day
November 11 Friday No school, Veterans Day
November 23 Wednesday Close mid-day, Thanksgiving recess
December 23 Friday
Close mid-day Christmas recess
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CORPS OF TEACHERS-1965
Name
Position
Prepration
Degree
Service Experience Began in Prior To Eastham September
Home Address
Herman D. Downs Principal and Teacher Grade 6 Della Macomber Teacher Grade 5
Bridgewater State College
9/5/46
22 yrs. Orleans, R.F.D.
Esther K. Handel Teacher Grade 4 Rebecca A. Moore Teacher Grade 3
Duke University
B.A.
9/9/64
1 yr.
Eastham
Alice Joseph Teacher Grade 2
Bridgewater State College B.S.
9/9/57
18 yrs.
Wellfleet
Vesta Gould Teacher Grade 1
Hyannis Normal
9/8/43 30 yrs. Orleans, R.F.D.
Barbara N. Howes
Teacher Kindergarten
Hyannis State College
B.S.
9/12/60 121/2yrs. Dennis
Barbara N. Wright
Elementary Supervisor
Tufts College
B.A.
9/9/57
13 yrs. Orleans
Frank B. James Director of Music
New England Conservatory of Music
9/9/57
8 yrs. West Chatham
Margaret Pow-Le Seigneur,
Boston University M.A.
9/8/65
7 yrs. Wellfleet
Art Director
Ethel T. Reed
Physical Ed. (Elem. )
Sargent School of Education
9/9/57 33 yrs.
North Eastham
Dorothy E. Wordell
Vocal Music (Elem.)
University of Maine M.Ed.
9/5/62 10 yrs. East Orleans
Boston State College
11/48
28 yrs.
North Eastham
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B.M.
Boston University B.M. 9/9/61 24 yrs. Chatham
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
WARRANT
TOWN of EASTHAM
With
Recommendations by the Finance Committee
IN OF EAST
IN
NAUSET 1620
5
ORDO
FEBRUARY 23. 1966
7:00 P.M.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in the County of Barnstable :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Monday, the Twenty- first (21) day of February next at 7:00 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this Warrant and to meet in the Town Hall at 10:00 o'clock in the morning on Wednesday, the Twenty-third (23) day of February next, then and there to elect all necessary officers.
POLLS TO OPEN AT 10:00 A. M. AND MAY CLOSE AT 6:00 P. M.
Article 1. To see in what manner the Town will vote dispose of its refunded dog tax.
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Recommended that the Town place the refunded dog tax at the disposal of the Public Library.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1966, and issue a note or notes therefore, payable in one year and renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44. General Laws.
Recommended.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor-
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row money from time to time in anticipation of reimburse- ment for the financial year beginning January 1, 1966, and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable in one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Recommended.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $1,000.00 for the establishment of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Chapter III, Section 74, General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended $400.00
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the Town and in a local news- paper fourteen (14) days at least before the sale, or at private sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they authorize to hold such sale may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for this purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended $3,800.00
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COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF ARTICLE 12 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Appro. Transfers Balances 1965
Item No.
Approp. 1965
1 Accountant
$ 2,400.00
$
$
$ 2,500.00
2 Accountant Expense
600.00
20.62
600.00
3 Assessor's Abstracts
350.00
5.75
400.00
4 Assessor's Clerk
-0-
3,100.00
5 Building Inspector
2,000.00
3,200.00
6 Certification of Notes
10.00
8.00
10.00
7 Custodian
4,200.00
4,400.00
8 Election and Registration
1.600.00
274.19
1,675.00
9
Finance Committee Expense
75.00
58.35
75.00
10 Legal Expense
4.80
1,500.00
11
Office Clerk
2,600.00
2,700.00
12
Secretary of Finance Committee
50.00
50.00
13
Selectmen and Assessor Expense Tax Titles
1,700.00
1,400.00
15
Town Hall
5,200.00
1,629.94
5,500.00
16
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
2,000.00
1.48
1,850.00
17 Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Out of State Travel
-0-
150.00
$ 27,385.00
$2,269.89
$ 383.51
$ 31,410.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
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