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Av. Persons
TOTAL
FEDERAL
STATE
LOCAL
Assisted Monthly
22.5%
24,731.56
13,777.20
7,539.19
3,415.17
On Aid to Dependent Children, fourteen children and adults were being assisted in January 1962; in December of 1962, eight children and adults were being assisted. The total below includes medicals amounting to $384.50.
TOTAL
FEDERAL
STATE
LOCAL
3,510.02
2,562.50
1,170.36
-222.84
On Disability Assistance we have only one case. The Federal reimbursement was increased on October 1, 1962. The total below includes medicals amounting to $2,654.10. Throughout Welfare a nursing home charge is referred to as a vendor payment or a medical bill.
TOTAL
FEDERAL
STATE
LOCAL
2,830.35
520.20
1,602.56
707.59
A recipient in a Nursing Home, if 65 or over, is auto-
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matically on Medical Assistance for the Aged. The Division of Hospital Costs and Finances increased the per diem rate for said homes for all cases on assistance as of January 1, 1962. The total below includes medicals amounting to $8,509.91.
Av. Persons
TOTAL
FEDERAL
STATE
LOCAL
Assisted Monthly
3.8%
8,944.91
4.054.95
3,259.97
1.629.99
The amount paid by the town for General Relief in 1962 was $2,905.80. This total includes medicals amount- ing to $93.35.
The amount expended in 1962 for all five Welfare cate- gories was $42,699.80 against a total in 1961 of $46,598.41. Of the 1962 total, medicals amounted to $16.069.52.
Respectfully submitted.
DORRICE M. MAYO,
Welfare Worker.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Residents and Taxpayers of Eastham :
The Board herewith submits its' report for the year 1962.
The school Dental Clinic is being continued with en- couraging results, however, letters have been sent to the parents to secure their help in making the program even more effective. We have found it feasible to increase the per treatment cost to fifty cents, in keeping with increased costs.
Polio incoulations will be continued for school children and it is hoped the response will be as good as in the past.
The Board has decided to institute a program of polio inoculations for adults. All details of this program will be published in the newspapers at the proper time and it is hoped people will avail themselves of the opportunity to protect themselves against this insidious crippler.
We have been fortunate in having no serious problems affecting the Town.
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE A. MOORE, Chairman MAURICE W. WILEY LUTHER P. SMITH Board of Health
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REPORT OF THE BARNSTABLE COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. 1962
To The Board of Health
Town of Eastham, Mass.
Early in the year the United States Public Health ser- vice approved the manufacture and distribution of Sabin Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine. Thus another method was add- ed for the prevention of this disease. Clinics for children from the age of three months through the first grade in school were organized by the public health nurses in all Towns of this County, and 9,000 children were given Types I and III of the vaccine. Plans are being made to extend this program to all age groups. There have been no cases of paralytic poliomyelitis reported in this County since the year 1959.
We have expanded the laboratory services to provide for certain chemical tests on water samples, which indicate the presence of sewage chemical pollution.
Negotiations for expanded services in our Child Guid- ance program have been carried out with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.
Staff of the Department as of December 31, 1962:
Fred L. Moore, M.D., C.M., M.P.H., Health officer
Mary Susich, B.S., M.P.H., Nursing Educational Director Anne P. Halliday. A.B., M.S.S., Psychiatric Social Worker Alice A. Dalzell, Dental Hygientist
Edward H. Tateosian, B.S., R.S., Sanitary Inspector Richard M. Sturtevant, B.S .. M.Sc., R.S., Sanitary Inspector
Leo H. Decoteau, A.B., R.S., Sanitary Inspector Ruth V. Crocker, Principal Clerk
Edwina Wheeler, Senior Clerk and Stenographer Alice M. Fleming, M.D., Child Psychiatrist (Part Time) Gershen Rosenblum, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist (Part time).
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
Administrative :
Miles Travelled
61,330
Individuals Interviewed
3,828
Meetings Attended Lectures, Etc.
367
32
Communicable Disease Control:
Visits to Cases
50
Consultations with Physicians
51
Smallpox Vaccinations
146
Diptheria Immunizations
1,766
Whooping Cough Immunizations
983
Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Salk)
437
Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Sabin Type I)
9,115
Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Sabin Type III)
9,204
Tetanus Immunizations
1,766
Tuberculin Tests
69
Child Hygiene :
Visits to Clinics (Infants)
89
Visits to Clinics (Preschool)
30
Visits to Clinics (Crippled Children)
376
Visits to Clinics (Mental Hygiene)
929
School Children Examined (Medical)
193
School Children Examined (Dental)
418
Children Given Fluorine Prophylaxis
694
Social Service Visits
1,207
Sanitary Inspections :
Water Supplies
527
Sewage Disposal
522
Schools
34
Camps
27
Rodent Control
15
Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches Housing
18
Sub-divisions
30
Restaurants
1,264
Dairy Farms
11
Pasteurizing Plants
15
Markets
67
Bakeries
8
Nuisances
19
101
94
Laboratory Speciments Examined :
Water Supplies (Bacterological)
395
Water Supplies (Chemicals)
88
Swimming Pool Waters
82
Milk Supplies (Bacteriological)
69
Milk Supplies (Fats and Solids)
4.9
Milk Supplies (Phosphatase Tests)
13
Milk Supplies (Coliform Tests)
65
Food Handling Utensils
967
Cases of Reportable Diseases :
Chickenpox
Dog Bites
215
Dysentery
2
Encephalitis
30
Measles
3
Mumps
329
Scarlet Fever
22
Tuberculosis
6
Whooping Cough
3
Infectious Hepatitis
S
F. L. MOORE, M.D., C.M., M.P.H.
County Health Officer
Agent of Board of Health
Town of Eastham
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German Measles
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Meningitis
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT
Board of Selectmen
Eastham, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
This is to certify that the books and accounts of the town of Eastham were audited by the Bureau of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, as of September 10, 1962, at which time they were found to be correct with all funds properly accounted for.
A detailed report of the audit will be forwarded as soon as possible.
Very truly yours.
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ
Assistant Director of Accounts
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TOWN of EASTHAM
OF EAST
NMOJ
AN
HAUSET 1620
PO
FOR THE YEAR
1962
ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1962
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Theodore L. Hicks, Chairman Term Expires 1963
Mrs. Marcia C. Nickerson. Secretary
Howard Brewer
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1964
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Sydney G. Pierce
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Winfred Knowles
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Walter F. Whitright, D.O.
SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. A. May Dunphy, R.N.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
General Control:
1962
1963
School Committee Expenses
$ 418.83
Superintendent of Schools Enforcement of Law Salaries and Travel
2,608.96
Other Expenses of General Control
124.69
$ 3,152.48
$ 3,148.00
Instruction :
Supervisors
$ 7,123.16
Principals and Teachers
39,475.33
Textbooks
482.99
Supplies
1,513.66
$48,595.14
$51,229.00
Operation :
Janitors
$ 4,150.00
Fuel
1,917.49
Miscellaneous-Electricity Janitors' Supplies, etc.
1,271.76
$ 7,339.25
$ 7,550.00
Maintenance :
$ 1.773.11
$ 2.944.00
Auxiliary Agencies :
Library
$ 465.55
Health-Physician, Nurse, Supplies
2,213.23
Transportation
14,462.74
Miscellaneous-Telephone, Films, Insurance, Tuition
3,411.93
$20.553.45
$17.450.00
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Outlay : New Equipment Contingencies Totals Appropriation 1962
$ 2,121.05 $ 870.00
1000.00
$83,534.48
$84,191.00
$83,916.00
Expended 1962
83,534.48
Unexpended 1962
$ 381.52
SCHOOL LUNCH DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Expenses
Sale of School Lunch-1962
$ 3,482.76
Federal Subsidies
1.755.85
Salaries Equipment and Food
$ 2,299.07
3.598.52
$ 5,238.61
$ 5,897.59
1962 Appropriation Expended Requested for 1963
800.00 900.00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Appropriation 1962
$ 2,000.00
Expended 1962
1,600.44
Unexpended
$ 399.56
OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL
Appropriation 1962
$ 100.00
Expended 1962
79.99
Unexpended
$ 20.01
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800.00
EASTHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
To the Citizens of Eastham :
The Eastham School Committee hereby submits its annual report.
Since our last report Principal Otto E. Nickerson re- tired after forty-four years of dedicated service to the school children of Eastham. A reception was held for Mr. Nickerson in June and many former students, friends and townspeople came to wish him happiness in his retirement.
Mr. Herman Downs is the new principal and sixth grade teacher, and is continuing to carry on a well-coordi- nated elementary school. Mr. Downs came from Lunenburg, and we wish to extend to him best wishes for many happy and satisfying years in Eastham.
The budgeted work of clearing brush in front of the school, and in back of the pond, has been completed. This allows more play area for the children in the back and presents a neater appearance when approaching the school.
Flourescent lights have replaced the globe hall lights in the old building. New tile ceilings in the hall and the small office and teachers' room have improved both the light- ing and appearance. New roller shades have been installed in one classroom and it is planned to replace those in other rooms gradually. The cafeteria boasts a new and larger freezer to assist Mrs. Savin in the planning of school lunches.
The majority of our teachers attended a Teachers Institute conducted for two weeks in August. This pro- gram was for the purpose of instructing teachers on methods
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of presenting new concepts of mathematics previously con- sidered too advanced for elementary students. These con- cepts have been introduced in the classrooms with satisfy- ing results.
"21 Classroom", a television educational program shown on Channel 2, was also introduced to enrich the curriculum this year. These are high quality programs with material not usually used in classrooms. A new 23 inch television set was purchased to give the school children the advantages offered by these programs and the teachers have attended two workshops on the use of "21 Class- room".
A new state law, raising the minimum salary of teachers as of January 1, 1963, presents the committee with the necessity of reevaluating the salary schedule. Several factors are involved in the consideration of teachers' salaries. Teaching as a career must be encouraged, the retaining of fine teachers must be assured and recognition must be given to those who have improved themselves profes- sionally and do fine work in the classroom.
The Committee would like to commend our teaching staff, school nurse, dietitian and the custodian for doing their utmost in their phase of the development of our school children.
Respectfully submitted, THEODORE L. HICKS, Chairman MARCIA C. NICKERSON, Secretary HOWARD E. BREWER School Committee
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Annual reports of school superintendents usually present a broad resume of recent progress in the school system, perhaps with special emphasis on a few developments of note. The several reports of other school personal, which follow in this publication, describe work in specific areas of the school program. I should like to take this opportunity to direct attention toward 1) a consideration of the quality of the educational offering in this community, and then 2) a consideration of the cost for that offering. A conclusion that the offering is or is not worth the cost should be a natural outcome.
QUALITY
Rather than to make a case for the quality of local edu- cation. or to quote comparative statistics, I should like to cite a number of questions taken from a booklet entitled How Good Are Your Schools?, which was developed for the use of the layman in "the intensive consideration of our schools ... "and" ... based on the conviction that quality education is of highest priority in our society today".
The reader is urged to use the reports contained in this volume. plus similar previous reports, plus the information he already knows about our school, plus any additional in- formation school people in the community can provide, to aid him in responding to these questions.
An effective school program
Provides an adequate program for all learners. Does your public school program provide *For all ages from kindergarten through adulthood? *For the average, the mentally retarded, the highly talented ?
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*For the handicapped and/or emotionally disturbed ?
Do all elementary and secondary-school pupils attend full-time sessions ?
Recognizes differences in learners
Does your school system recognize that children learn at varying rates. in different ways, and reach different levels of achievement ?
What adaptations of curriculum content and methods provide for children's social, emotional, physical. and mental differences ?
In what ways are outside interests of learners used to reinforce learning and to develop other interests?
Is each child challenged to achieve to his maximum capacity ? Is he placed in a situation where he can achieve a satisfactory measure of success ?
Does the school attempt to develop in each learner. appropriately for his age and ability level, a respect for work and excellence in performance, an appreciation of learning, and the ability to carry a task through to com- pletion ?
Provides favorable environment for teaching and learning
Are classes small enough to insure individual atten- tion for each child? Has your child the opportunity to take part, to ask questions, to get needed help from the teacher?
What proportion of classes have no more than 25 pupils ?
Is there sufficient space in each classroom for pupils to move about freely !
Is there work space for exhibits, demonstrations. and projects ?
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Are the classrooms well lighted, cheerful, and com- fortable ?
Develops responsible citizens
Do your school help pupils learn and practice the re- sponsibilities and privileges of citizenship in a democracy ?
Are pupils growing in the ability to locate facts and make judgments ?
Are the pupils learning to assume responsibility for their actions ?
Do the pupils have opportunity to learn to work and play in groups ?
Does your school program promote pupil initiative and creativity ?
Identifies and meets individual needs
Does your school have a well-organized pattern for testing the intelligence, achievement, aptitudes, and in- terests of pupils ?
Are the results of achievement tests, teachers' obser- vations, and other recorded data used at all school levels in planning each pupil's program ?
Does your school system have definite plans for diag- nostic and remedial work in the subject areas where help is needed ?
How does your school program provide for pupils of all ability levels?
What expert help is available for the study and treat- ment of the physically and emotionally handicapped pupils ?
Are there regular and effective medical and dental inspections ?
Is there provision to take care of undernourished pupils ?
Has home and community support
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Are standards of achievement mutually understood by classroom teachers, pupils, and parents ?
Does the system of reporting pupil progress give essential information needed by pupils, parents, and other teachers ?
In what ways are community resources and the special talents of laymen utilized to enrich the school program?
What aspects of the total educational program needed by children and youth may be best performed by the schools ? By other community agencies? By shared respon- sibility ?
Builds high morale
Do pupils attend school regularly and arrive on time?
Do they take pride in the school?
To what extent is discipline a problem ? Why?
To what extent do teachers seek out the causes of malbehavior ?
Do teachers in dealing with discipline cases avoid per- sonal emotional involvment ?
Is the morale of the staff high?
Is there a pervading sense of purpose and a climate of enthusiasm ?
Is periodically reviewed
Has the curriculum of the local schools been critically reviewed in recent years ?
Have changes been made in accordance with changing needs ?
Is the curriculum meeting the needs of children and society in a rapidly changing world?
An adequate elementary-school program . . .
. . . Is concerned with all aspects of pupil growth
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Does the kindergarten program provide a variety of exploratory experiences in art, oral expression, number concepts, music, group living, and play ?
Does the program in grades 1-6 provide well-rounded opportunities for children to learn in all of the areas mentioned above?
Are children gaining an understanding, appropriate to their level of maturity, of the world and the society in which they live ?
Are guidance services available and used ?
. Develops ability to read, write, spell, speak, and compute
Do pupils in grades 1-6 show progress in learning and using the fundamental skills ?
Do they read widely, enthusiastically, and with dis- crimination ?
Do they use numbers to solve problems ?
Are their vocabularies expanding ?
Are they growing in ability to express ideas orally and in writing?
Do tests show a growing achievement ?
Do pupils show skill in using reference materials to answer questions ?
Teaches children to think critically and imaginatively
Is the curiosity of children in science, nature, and current affairs being developed, deepened, and extended ?
Does your school program provide opportunities to investigate, apply knowledge, and make discoveries, as well as to use textbooks in all subject areas ?
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Are stimulating books and experiences available to children in the home. school, and community ?
. Adjusts the content and methods to the learners
Is the pace for learning (evident from the length and difficulty of assignments) determined by the capacities of the children ?
Do the teachers vary their methods and materials in working with children who learn at different rates?
Are special equipment and materials provided for children with impaired sight and hearing, and defective motor control ?
To what extent are textbooks of varying levels of diffi- culty used in each classroom ?
COST
Turning to the cost of education. the customary five- year comparison of cost for school operation is presented.
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
Local
$ 97,207.97
$ 86,895.68 22,007.71
$ 79,578.58
57,263.04
$ 81,294.19 63,944.81
61,997.00
Reimburse-
ments
20,665.59
20,855.84
23,023.63
33,171.59
33,660.00
Net Costs
76,361.38
88,047.56
112,067.41
114,278.00
Valuation
5,107,075.00
5,509,030.00
113,817.99 6,011,635.00
6,572,790.00
6,922,810.00
Tax for School
Operation
14.95
15.98
18.93
17.05 237
16.51
No. of Pupils
212
217
235
253
Gross Cost Per Pupil
457.67
501.86
582.30
612.82
584.73
Net Cost Per Pupil
360.20
405.75
484.33
472.86
451.69
$ 85,941.00
Region
For approximately the last generation, at least, the Town of Eastham has spent in the range of 40%-50% of its total tax income for education. In the face of the na- tional demand for making the task of education the equipping of the youth for a world of accelerating change, rather than for adult living and vocation in a world as
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viewed by adults, the need for community support will be greater instead of less than, or even equal to, the past level. Increased state and federal assistance is on the horizon, but it seems likely to apply in areas less fortunate than ours, for the purposes of equalization. It is doubtful that the local proportion of about three - fourths of the total burden will realize much relief. In other words the support for a high level of quality in education will continue to depend upon a sustained high level of local public favor and understanding. To the promotion of these concomitants my efforts are committed.
It is my privilege and pleasure to be in my eighth year of service to this town.
Respectfully submitted,
SYDNEY G. PIERCE
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REPORT OF ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR SCHOOL UNION No. 54
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I hereby submit my annual report as elementary super- visor of School Union No. 54.
In September the elementary schools of Orleans, East- ham and Wellfleet began their sixth year under the organi- zation of Superintendency School Union #54. I should like to take this opportunity to survey some of the growth that has occurred during the past five years.
On October 1, 1957 there were 474 pupils enrolled in the three elementary schools. Twenty classroom teachers (including two teaching principals), plus a supervising teacher for each of the following special subjects: art, physical education, vocal music and instrumental music, comprised the teaching staff. Orleans maintained a super- vising principal, and supported a kindergarten of which 14 Eastham pupils shared in attendance. There was only one "double grade" that existed in the school union. A bumper crop of post-war babies had swelled the fifth grade in Orleans to a membership of about 50 pupils.
On October 1. 1962 the total number of pupils en- rolled in the union has expanded to 601. The teaching staff has increased to 27. The number of supervising teachers re- mains the same, but the union now supports its own super- visor of art, a position formerly shared by both the Nauset Regional High School and School Union #54. The physi- cal education instructor, who in 1957 taught one day in each town, is now employed four days a week, two days of which is occupied in Orleans.
Each town now maintains its own kindergarten. East-
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ham established a kindergarten in September 1960 and the following year Wellfleet opened its doors to kindergarten pupils. At this writing Orleans and Wellfleet maintain two kindergarten sessions daily. The enrollment in Eastham necessitates only one session which is held in the morning.
Orleans now has double grades from the first through the fifth grade and next year all six grades will support two teachers. The steadily increasing enrollment at Well- fleet suggests that it may be necessary to divide grade one in the not too distant future. At present there are 32 first graders and 31 kindergarten pupils in this school.
In September 1959 a special class for those pupils need- ing individual help was opened at the Wellfleet Elementary School for the benefit of pupils from the three towns. Mrs. Suzanne Mckeown who was engaged to instruct the class is currently on a year's leave of absence to perform grad- uate work at Colorado State College. Mrs. Mary Gibbs was elected to serve as teacher during the absence of Mrs. Mc- Keown, and we appreciate her cooperation and tireless efforts in serving this post.
It is a pleasure to report that each school has estab- lished a central library. Eastham and Orleans support part- time librarians and it is expected that this service will soon be provided in Wellfleet. The use of the school library is an integral part of the curriculum. It is used as a source of delight and pleasure. It is a recourse center for every phase of the program. It is a place to satisfy the curiosity ; to prove a point; to enlarge upon an idea; to travel to foreign lands and to know other people; and most import- ant of all, to come to love books. It is gratifying to ob- serve the number of pupils who enjoy this pursuit.
This fall all three elementary schools subscribed to membership in educational "Television 21" Classroom. Mr. Alan Stevenson, Director of "21", Classroom, presented an orientation session to the faculty early in September
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to acquaint us with the purposes and resources available to us as participants. Each classroom teacher is free to participate in any, all, or none of the programs available at the level of her class. In various classrooms throughout the system pupils are viewing programs in science, phonics, music, literature and French. The teachers are provided with guides which suggest methods of motivation and orien- tation prior to viewing each session, plus follow-up activi- ties to be conducted at the conclusion. An evaluation of the effectiveness of this project will be forthcoming at the next report.
The Joplin reading program still in effect in Orleans and Eastham is continuing to be a desirable approach to the teaching of reading. A recent evaluation by the faculty in both towns revealed that most teachers consider this plan to be more effective than teaching reading in the regular classroom. I am pleased to report that plans are underway to establish this program in Wellfleet starting in January.
An orderly, systematic, testing program is carried out periodically throughout the system. The SRA Primary Men- tal Ability Tests are administered to kindergarten pupils at the close of the school year. Otis Mental Ability Tests are administered to grade three and to grade six each fall. The SRA Achievement Series are administered in May each year to grades two through six. Profiles are sent home in terms of percentiles comparing the pupil's progress with the national norm. The Stanford Achievement Tests are administered to pupils of grade one at this time. The Stan- ford-Binet Intelligence Scale and Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children are administered to individuals upon re- ferral for further evaluation.
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