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DEAR SIR :
The growth of our high school these past two years has necessitated a curtailment in some of the guidance services programmed in the previous two years. For example, the number of vocational guidance speakers and films has been reduced because of lack of space. The two main duties of a guidance program have been carried on as before, namely, the scheduling of a counselling session for every high school student at least once a year (to review academic problems, grades, test scores, etc.), and secondly, to aid in the various "placement" steps in a students' career (reviewing vocational plans, aiding in part-time job placement, making curriculum recommendations to guide the student toward a vocational or further-educational goal of the individual's choosing).
Since other counselling time must be set aside to work with an occasional elementary or junior high student, to try to visit the various institutions of the area which help our students to continue their educa- tion, and to handle the increasing clerical duties such as college applica- tions and transcripts, several previously proposed activities have had to be postponed temporarily.
The guidance office is always pleased to schedule conferences with parents, since the underlying philosophy of the program is to collect as much meaningful data about each student as is possible, and share that information with the student, parent, and teacher.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD MACDIARMID,
Guidance Director
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SCHOOL STAFF DIRECTORY
TEACHERS -HIGH SCHOOL
Name
Subject or grade
Appoint- Years Ex- ment perience
Degree
Richard C. Snow
Principal
1958
13
M.E.
Ruth Austen
English
1945
17
M.E.
Mary Bergman
Business
1954
26
M.A.
Edna Berry
Home Economies
1957
5
B.S.E.
Marian Claflen
French
1961
22
B.A.
Richard Connolly
Business
1959
2
B.S.E
M. Therese D'Arche
Grade 7
1956
7
B.A.
William Davis
Grade 7
1959
10
M.E.
Natale Federico
Boys Phys. Ed.
1955
17
B.S.
Margaret Ferrini
Languages
1956
12
M.E.
William Howat
Manual Training
1956
12
B.S.E.
Carole Kenyon
Girls Phys. Ed.
1961
A.B.
Natalie Keohane
French
1961
B.A.
Lawrence Kerig
English
1961
B.A.
Roy Lane
Mathematics
1958
35
A.M.
Priscilla McKay
English
1951
13
B.A.
Neal MeLaughlin
Grade 7
1960
6
M.E.
Wilton J. Moyer
Social Studies
1949
21
B.S.E.
Kathryn Nickerson
Grade 8
1956
6
A.B.
Lisanio Orlandi
Social Studies
1961
M.E.
John Reedy
English
1959
6
M.E.
Robert Rotti
Grade 7
1960
5
M.E.
Maurice Sabean
Grade 8
1960
1
B.S.E.
Paul Staples
Science
1957
9
M.A.
Raymond Wallace
Science & Math.
1956
9
M.E.
Roger W. Washburn
Math
1961
B.S.
MANASSEH CUTLER SCHOOL
Dr. Geraldine H. Quint
Principal
1961
20
Ed.D.
Carolyn Lander
Grade 3
1950
23
Phyllis Cotti
Grade 3
1959
2
B.S.E.
Elizabeth J. Mills
Grade 3
1961
2
B.A.
Margaret Keyes
Grade 3
1961
0
B.S.
Rachel Weiss
Grade 3
1961
2
B.S.
Laura Clark
Grade 2
1957
7
Barbara Bussiere
Grade 2
1960
2
B.S.
Nancy Hendricks
Grade 2
1960
2
B.S.
Virginia Rasmussen
Grade 2
1961
B.A.
Frances Stern
Grade 2
1961
1
A.B.
Nena Hayes
Grade 1
1952
11
A.B.
Elizabeth Kimball
Grade 1
1956
4
A.M.
Mary E. Lucey
Grade 1
1948
12
M.E.
20
Carolyn Oster
Grade 1
1958
6
B.S.E.
Harriet Watson
Grade 1
1955
13
Harriet Erskine
Kindergarten
1946
16
Barbara Koch
Kindergarten
1961
2
M.S.
Denise Hamson
Kindergarten
1961
1
B.A.
John Cameron
Special
1959
2
B.S.E.
WINTHROP SCHOOL
Edmund E. Dodge
Principal
1959
10
M.E.
Ellen Duffy
Grade 6
1927
34
M.E.
Martha Lewis
Grade 6
1957
8
B.S.E.
James H. Dodge
Grade 6
1959
2
B.S.E.
William Heitz
Grade 6
1960
1
B.S.
Esther Goddard
Grade 5
1952
26
Norman Pfaff
Grade 5
1958
4
B.S.E.
Elizabeth Pauling
Grade 5
1957
6
Glenn Rogers
Grade 5
1961
B.A.
Margaret Batchelder
Grade 4
1920
41
Audrey Hayes
Grade 4
1961
3
Dorothy Jones
Grade 4
1953
21
B.E.
Martha Libby
Grade 4
1959
6
B.S.
Marion Hanlon
French
1959
7
M.A.
Ruth McCann
Remedial Reading
1953
19
GUIDANCE
Donald W. McDiarmid
Guidance Director
1958
14
M.Ed.
SUPERVISORS
Rupert Lillie
Art
1953
15
M.L.A.
Maude L. Thomas
Music
1923
29
Calvin Schraga
Instrumental Music
1960
13
B.S.
SCHOOL NURSE
Irene Dankowski
1959
24
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Albert Larchez, M.D.
1960
CLERKS
Rita Burridge
Winthrop-Regional
1961
Mary D. Crowell
High School
1957
5
Ann Marshall
Manasseh Cutler
1958
3
CUSTODIANS
Norris Greene
High School
1960
1
Vernal Pollard
High School
1955
6
Alfred Edmondson
Manasseh Cutler
1959
2
21
Hovey Humphrey Fred Morris Everett C. Welch
Manasseh Cutler
1942
19
Winthrop
1953
8
Winthrop (includes maintenance all schools) 1954
7
CAFETERIA WORKERS
Clara B. Lane
Manager
1957
4
B.S.
Loretta Tremblay
High School
1946
15
Ellena Foote
High School
1959
2
Lillian Cullen
High School
1957
4
Anne L. Drew
Manassch Cutler
1961
Nellie Knowlton
Manasseh Cutler
1955
6
Sadie Walker
Manasseh Cutler
1956
5
Frances Flynn
Winthrop School
1959
2
Lois Piotrowski
Winthrop School
1955
6
Dorothy Cooper
Winthrop School
1960
1
BUS SUPERVISOR
Madeline Freeman
1956
BUS CONTRACTOR
Welch and Lamson, Inc.
Contract Expires June 30, 1962
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FIFTY-FIRST COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Hamilton High School Memorial Auditorium
Thursday Evening, June 15, 1961 at Eight o'clock
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL-Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar INVOCATION Reverend Robert Perry
SELECTION-"The Lord Bless You and Keep You" Peter C. Lutkin
COMMENCEMENT THEME-"As We Are"
"The Migration of Ideas" "American Humor" "Wisdom Of America"
Nancy Alice Hall Elizabeth Guay Dawe James Arthur Mortimer
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS : American Legion Award
American Legion Scholarship
Henry Stelline Commander, A. P. Gardner Post 194, A.L.
P.T.A. Scholarship
Russell G. Cameron President, Hamilton P.T.A.
Hamilton Teachers' Club Scholarship Esther Goddard President, Hamilton Teachers' Club
D.A.R. Certificate
Danforth Foundation Awards
Jennie A. Mears Scholarship
Cable Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship Peter N. Coffin Principal, Hamilton High School
SELECTION-"Let There Be Peace On Earth"
Arranged by William Stickles
PRESENTATION OF CLASS OF 1961 Peter N. Coffin Principal, Hamilton High School
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
James E. Hall Chariman, Hamilton-Wenham Region School Committee
BENEDICTION
RECESSIONAL
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GRADUATES
*Mary Louise Ayers
George Hillman Barney, Jr.
Leonard Charles Broughton Linda Phyllis Broughton Kenneth Edward Brown
Carloyn Lillian Bryant Linda Lee Caldwell Carolyn Wilson Coe Virginia Roselyn Cook Claire Frances Cullity
*** Elizabeth Guay Dawe Mary Theresa DiFrancesco Patricia Ann Estey
Jeffrey Hayes Flanders Diana Augusta Gray
*** Nancy Alice Hall Richard Malcolm Hamill
*Richard Nathaniel Hatfield Beverly Ann Henderson Bonita Jeanne Higgins
Judith Allan Hill
August Wilhelm Hoaglund Earlita Ann Horne Arthur Chester Kirby Alan James Liporto
David Richard Liporto Maynard Arthur MacGregor *Ruth Margaret McCann Alan Bruce McRae *Robert Preston Mersereau
*** James Arthur Mortimer *Katherine Mullins Donald Barry Muise Nancy Maureen Neville Caroline D. Newbegin
*Linda Louise Noyes Cynthia Lee Perkins Janet Marie Pesce Susan Carol Pickering Beverly Anne Pray
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Richard Wilson Pulsifer Robert Morse Pulsifer Thomas Richard Pulsifer *Stephanie May Rowlands Robert Charles Sabean
Russell Mowry Sanford Donald R. Schwartz *Barbara June Smith Donald Steward Sumner Frederic Ernest Townsend
Robert Edward Lee Trepanire Anna Marie Virginia Vallone Frank Warren Wetherbee Travers Howard Wills Mary Elizabeth Woodberry
** Highest Honors *Honors +National Honor Society
CLASS OFFICERS
Susan Carroll Pickering President
Ruth Margaret McCann Secretary
Barbara June Smith Treasurer
STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
Leonard Charles Broughton Elizabeth Guay Dawe Katherine Mullins Cynthia Lee Perkins
Frank Warren Wetherbee
SUMMARY COURT REPRESENTATIVES
Bonita Jeanne Higgins, Chairman
Richard Nathaniel Hatfield Judith Allan Hill
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS
Elizabeth Guay Dawe Nancy Alice Hall
James Arthur Mortimer
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AGE OF ADMITTANCE
Pupils entering the kindergarten in September must have been at least four years of age on January 1st preceding entrance in September.
Pupils entering the first grade in September must have been at least five years of age on January 1st preceding entrance in September.
VACCINATION
Children who have not been vaccinated will not be admitted to school in September unless they present a certificate from a regular prac- ticing physician stating that they are not fit subjects for vaccination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the summer vaca- tion, as certificates of vaccination or exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle children to admission.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
As a matter of policy school will be in session whenever possible. When weather conditions are questionable parents are urged to exercise their own judgment as to whether or not their children attend school.
If it seems inadvisable to have school sessions, the following proced- ure for no-school signals will be observed. Radio stations WHDH, WBZ, WNAC, and WESX will be notified not later than 7:00 a.m. so that notification may be broadcast by them between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. At 7 :00 a.m. the no-school 22-22 will be sounded on the local fire alarm.
SCHOOL CALENDAR -1962-63
August 31
Friday Tuesday and Wednesday
Teacher Orientation and Workshop
October 12
Thursday and Friday Friday
Columbus Day - No school
October 17 Wednesday
Essex County Teachers Convention
November 21 Wednesday
Thanksgiving recess - schools close at noon
November 26
Monday
Schools re-open
December 21
Friday
Christmas recess-schools close at noon
January 2
Wednesday Friday
Schools close at regular time
February 15
Monday
Schools re-open
February 25 April 12
Friday
Schools close at regular time
April 22
Monday
Schools re-open
May 30
Thursday
Memorial Day-Schools close
June 21
Friday
Last day of school
Meeting of Principals
September 4, 5
Schools open. Pupils attend in A.M. Teachers' Workshop in P.M.
September 6, 7
Schools re-open
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REPORT OF THE HAMILTON-WENHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Hamilton and Wenham:
The year of 1961 has been an extremely active and productive one for the Regional Committee. The groundbreaking for the Regional High School, grades 9 through 12, took place May 29, 1961 and good progress has been made toward the goal of having the school in session by September 1962.
Along with the multitudinous details connected with the construc- tion of the building, the Regional Committee has been concerned with the curriculum and the selection of the faculty. Mr. Peter N. Coffin, an energetic and dedicated school administrator, has been appointed as the Regional Principal.
Mr. Coffin and the Superintendent, Mr. Hammond A. Young, have taken the leadership in preparing a "Program of Studies 1962-1963" for the Regional High School. Work was started on the selection of the faculty, and every effort is being made to secure well-qualified teachers.
During 1961, Mr. Maynard L. Diamond, who had been a very faith- ful and inspirational member of the Regional Committee, moved from Wenham and his vacancy was capably filled by Mrs. Eleanor F. Ken- nard. Also, Dr. John H. Lawson, Superintendent of Schools, who had made a strong contribution to the Regional Program moved on to another opportunity. The Regional Committee, working with the Hamilton and Wenham School Committees, selected from a large field of candidates Mr. Hammond A. Young of Lebanon, New Hampshire to be the new Superintendent. In the few months that Mr. Young has been here he has shown an able professional grasp of the educational problem of our two towns. The Regional Committee is confident that the educational program of Hamilton and Wenham is in the hands of a sincere and skilled superintendent of schools.
The Regional Committee continues to work very closely with the Hamilton and Wenham School Committees on all matters of mutual interest. The Regional Committee is of the opinion that a good founda- tion has been laid for continuing cooperation in the effort of the two towns to regionalize all the grades. This is an ultimate goal which will enable the towns of Hamilton and Wenham to give their youth the highest quality educational program with the most reasonable expendi- ture of funds.
Since the inception of the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Program in September 1957 the active and helpful interest of many citizens has been a very considerable factor in the excellent progress that has been made. By means of two comprehensive booklets distributed to every householder in Hamilton and Wenham, public hearings, press
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releases, and speaking appearances before groups in the two towns, the Regional Committee has urged all citizens to take an active interest in the Regional School Program. The Regional Committee is most grateful for the constructive suggestions it has received. It will continue to keep the citizens informed of the progress being made, and always welcome such suggestions and observations as may assist in making Hamilton- Wenham's educational effort outstanding.
Respectfully submitted,
HAMILTON-WENHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE JAMES E. HALL (H), Chairman CHARLES F. TERRELL (W), Vice Chairman and Secretary-Clerk
JOE Y. JACKSON (H), Treasurer A. WINSLOW DODGE (W), Assistant Secretary-Clerk RICHARD PRESTON (H) ELEANOR F. KENNARD (W)
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HAMILTON-WENHAM REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE Financial Statement for 1961
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
Receipts :
Hamilton
$36,382.02
Wenham
22,517.98
Net Premium on Bond Issue
10,217.51
Investment Income
1,555.79
Withholding Taxes
2.44
Total Cash Available
$70,675.74
Cash Disbursements :
PART 1-OPERATION
GENERAL CONTROL :
1. Regional Committee
A. Expense of Committee $ 105.20
2. Superintendent
A. Salary
1,965.78
B. Clerical Help
1,525.75
3. Travel
198.91
4. Office Expense
397.70
5. Treasurer
A. Salary
400.00
B. Expenses
74.16
6. Legal
Total 5,387.36
PART II - EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
1. Principal
A. Salary
$3,625.00
B. Travel 53.86
C. Clerical Help 718.30
D. Office Supplies 797.63
719.86
Total 5,194.79
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PART III - CONSTRUCTION
1. Legal Services 778.35
PART IV - DEBT SERVICE
1. Interest 1,673.43 13,033.93
Balance available at end of period, December 31, 1961
$57,641.81
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS :
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
Cash at beginning of period, January 1, 1961 $ 59,528.33
Receipts :
Bond Issue
$2,085,000.00
Less Bond Anticipation Note Out-
standing 150,000.00 1,935,000.00
Total Cash Available
1,994,528.33
Cash Disbursements.
Building :
Architect
$95,321.97
General Contract
409,452.75
Equipment
1,888.52
Site Development
499.00
Insurance
6,625.97
Advertising
150.80
513,939.01
Balance Available at end of period, December 31, 1961 $1,480,589.32 Investments $1,395,748.58
Cash
84,840.74
$1,480,589.32
INDEX
PAGE
Accountant, Report of
93
Receipts
94
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses
110
Balance Sheet
114
Appeals Board
71
Assessors, Report of
51
Audit of Accounts for 1960, Report of
121
Birth Recorded
35
Bonded Indebtedness
118
Building Inspector
49
Cemetery, Commissioners, Report of
50
Civil Defense Agency, Report of
55
Collector, Report of
80
Committee for Examining Uses of Depot Square Property, Report of
64
Conservation Commission, Report of
69
Deaths Recorded
40
Dental Clinic, Report of
47
Electrical Inspector, Report of
54
Emergency Center, Report of
66
Finance and Advisory Committee, Report of
87
Fire Department, Report of
43
Health, Report of
45
Highway Surveyor, Report of
75
Housing Authority, Report of
42
Jury List for 1962
41
Librarian, Report of
59
Library Trustees, Report of
58
Licenses
34
Marriages Recorded
38
Officers, List of
3
Park Commissioners, Report of
57
Police Department, Report of
81
Public Welfare, Report of
62
Public Works Department Study Committee, Report of
61
Regional School Committee
28
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
53
Selectmen, Report of
76
School Committee, Report of
1
Tax Rate, Valuation, Levy
9
Town Meeting, (1961 Annual), Report of
11
Transfers
108
Treasurer, Report of
79
Tree Warden, Report of
78
Trust Funds
109
Warrant for 1962
82
Water Commissioners, Report of
73
Water Superintendent, Report of
74
119
Town Clerk, Report of
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