Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1961-1970, Part 9

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1961-1970
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1002


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28 William Howard Eveleth


28 Carol Ann Porcaro


Donald L. Babbin Paula M. Pasquina


Louis V. Tomasetti


Joanne B. Sasso


Thomas E. McDonald Dorothy M. Tryder William Joseph Clark Elizabeth A. Furrier


Philip DiPietro


Edith Millicent Pope Earl Louis Richard Gloria J. Carbone Kenneth D. Crumrine


June T. Anderson


Howard Eveleth Jeanne L. Whiles


David Joseph Porcaro Carole Ann Bickford


May


3 Bradford Lyle Robinson


3 Donald George Nicholl


3 Matthew Taylor Gilbertson


6 Jo-Ann Theresa Plankey


7 Kimberly Ames Maddison


Frances Elenor Ellsworth Arthur LeRoy Anderson Carole Elizabeth Jonah 8 Paul David Anderson


9 Donna Maria Musto


9 Catherine Janet Moran


9 Gregory Neal Collier


11 Joan Rachel Bregman


16 Leith Elaine Atkinson


Paul Bradford Robinson Eveline Beach Russ


John L. Nicholl


Jean M. Rossiter


John Robert Gilbertson


Elaine Marie Sartorelli Francis W. Plankey Emilie Reiff


David Garfield Maddison


Donald Foster Musto


Theresa Claudia Pitman


Henry E. Moran


Janet D. Weiss


Elizabeth A. Melican Everett E. Collier


Herbert A. Bregman


Elaine Susan Goldfield


Gordon Douglas Atkinson, Jr. Elaine Marie MacWilliams


Clifford Harrison Miller, Jr. Loretta R. Foglietta Terence E. Gibbons Marilyn Weinstein Leo Melman


Constance Emma Gratcy


Frances Stefanilo James M. Corbett


Joseph R. DiRocco


William T. Donovan Cecile Theresa Chouinard Renald Joseph Sirois Pauline A. Eovine


E. Hugh Kinney Anita A. Lajoie


Lieselotte E. Hochlenert


Nancy A. McCarthy Charles E. Connor


Parents


Harry William Parshley, Jr. Louane Irene Pierce


Frank Joseph Bohaczyk Ruth T. Morgan


William V. Walczak Jeanne E. Miller


15 Cynthia Louise Gerlek


16 Philip John Brooks


18 Kathryn Joan Woodbury


22 Virginia Mary Hager


24 Wendy Lee Campbell


25 Robert Cleary


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Date Name of Child


19 Linda Guidi


20 Julie Ann Duggan


21 Sheryl Ellen Vallis


26 Brenda Lianne Trenholme


28 Jay Lars Peterson


29 Christopher Thomas DiPietro


Joseph DiPietro Regina Binton


Date Name of Child


7 Daniel Francis Donovan, Jr.


11 Elizabeth Ann Pickering


11 Robert Matthew Brause


17 George Joseph Trahan, Jr.


18 David Alan Movsesian


23 Karen Selma Munroe


27 Jason Christopher Corbeil


Parents


Daniel F. Donovan


Lois Moran Herbert Raymond Pickering Elizabeth A. Brigham Donald William Brause Helen Margaret Boland George J. Trahan, Sr.


Dorothy M. Cannon Edward Movsesian Shirley Ann Briggs George Irving Munroe


Helen May Elo Richard L. Corbeil Marilyn M. Michaud


June


7 Sandra Jean Morton


11 Sandra Ann Lepke


15 Brett Richard Miller


17 Pamela Karen Perkins


18 Gary Robert Kaneb


19 Paul Arthur Adinolfi


19 Sharon Dee Gillette


21 Sandra Kim White


July


2 Susan Marie Fayles 5 Diane DerAnanian


5 Judith Ann Hunter


5 Gregory Harral Hunter


7 Bernadette Jean Boy


9 James William Wilkinson


10


Thomas Joseph Colbert


12 Sonja Jill Reckeweg


19 Michael Karl Engel


19 Carol Priscilla Harriss


23 Carl Stephen Maglio


24 James Christopher Gagnon


30 Debra Jean Munroe


30 Linda Jeanne Austin


Albert M. Fayles Margaret F. Dow John Der Ananian Beatrice R. Garabedian Windsor Harral Hunter Marilyn Fitzgerald Windsor Harral Hunter Marilyn Fitzgerald Angelo V. Boy Barbara A. Sarnie Richard Walter Wilkinson Beatrice Ann Wessendorf Edward Peter Samiljan Mildred R. Lampert


David V. Colbert Helen M. Kelley Donald Arnold Reckeweg Leona Louise Alexander Karl R. Engel Regina M. Helbig Donald G. Harriss Evelyn F. Colleran Robert A. Maglio Adrienne A. Caggiano Waldo Joseph Gagnon, Jr. Eileen Dorothy Fuller Charles Joseph Munroe Ronetta Jean Foglietta Lawrence Edward Austin Ruth Ann MacNeil


Harry James Aikens Carol Holmes


September


13 George Michael Rogers


Hamlet Rogers


Mary Parlitsis


14 Thomas Joseph Landergan


14 Mark Stephen Connolly


18 Keith Brian Gordon


20 Richard James Mello


20 Kristen Charlotte Forney


22 Peter Eric McCall


Faye D. Eaton


29 Harold Robert Hawkes, Jr.


29 William John Mosher


29 Timothy Thomas Smith


Robert Foster Smith Ethel Maybelle Stearns


October


2 Jayne Frances Sousa


6 David William Johnson


15 Lisa Virginia Kautz


William L. Kautz


20 Carolyn Rae Jones


Virginia M. Grace Larry D. Jones Joan C. Beherell


21 25 Jeffrey Gest Megrue Jonathan Kimball Lummus Roger C. Lummus, Jr. Gloria A. Chadbourne John F. Megrue Sally B. Morrison


27 Gail Andrea MacIver


Harold Neil Lloyd MacIver


Alma Priscilla Leving Joseph S. Burak


Barbara S. Lukaszewska


November


2 Paige Suzanne DeRosa


15 Paul Leolyn Marcy


21 Frank Robert Fitch


28 James Drell Rubinstein


Arthur Ralph DeRosa Gail Dorothy Carleton Harvey G. Marcy Eleanore R. Speare Peter Nowell Fitch


Martha Burrage Kennedy Harvey Rubinstein Shirley D. Drell


August 5 Suzanne Aikens


Parents


Marino A. Guidi Agnes Cecelia Baker John Patrick Duggan, Jr. Karen Rea Simpson Charles Peter Vallis Shirley J. Hotis William M. Trenholme Elizabeth M. Southwick Roger G. Peterson Jane P. Burkle


Edwin G. Morton Kay Capifali George W. Lepke Helen R. Farrington Richard Dallas Miller


Marjorie A. Maynard


Walter L. Landergan Mary E. O'Shea


Thomas F. Connolly Anne M. Dowling Elwin Ray Gordon, Sr. Olive Caroline Frye James A. Mello Virginia A. Scalise


Robert Ellsworth Forney Joanne Carolyn Jones Ernest J. McCall


Harold Robert Hawkes Gertrude Dolores Pierce William Mosher


Eunice Demetriou


30 Gary John Burak


Francis Albert Sousa Marie Ann Martin William Oscar Johnson Jean MacAlpine


9 Wendy Ann Samiljan


Paul Perkins Verna Ruth Cole John Albert Kaneb Virginia M. Pyne Priszo Arthur Adinolfi Josephine Bramante Stewart George Gillette Dorothy Ruth Ramsdell Raeburn White, Jr. Evelyn M. Beckwith


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Deaths


Report any errors or omissions to Town Clerk


Date


Name


Years


Mos. Days


Date


Name


Years


Mos. Days


July


2 Addie M. Hooper


75


10


16


9 William E. Foley


57


0


1


5 George W. Lepke


42


6


18


21 Edward Yoffa


10


7


18


24 David Joseph Gibbons


70


4


30


21 Carl E. Ahlquist, Sr.


76


0


0


22 Eva Nelson


76


9


1


28 Frederick Darlington Bosche


78


10


19


February


1 Robert W. French


76


6


25


6 George H. Carder


74


6


2


20


Ida May Pope


86


8


25


20


(Boy) Kinney


78


2


21


22


Helen M. Brown


73


7


18


March


8 Gertrude Louise Sayers


79


2


10


April


18 Jean M. Schmalfuss


46


6


24


29 Emma Crosby


90


11


14


29


Charles H. Tannenbaum


58


4


24


May


9 Charles F. Ryans


68


5


24


14


John M. Lynch


88


0


0


15


Catherine Rini


53


0


5


November


4 Theora A. Ferguson


77


10


7


5 Katherine M. Kiley


37


0


0


15 Helen L. Roberts


85


5


7


26 Mildreth P. Rourke


57


5


16


28 William F. Donovan


45


9


5


June


2 Isabel DeMarino


45


0


0


11 Norma Edith McKillop


74


5


25


22 Walter Evans


67


6


9


21 Edward A. Harris


86


0


0


29 Ethel G. Morton


59


8


3


31 Emma A. Branch


90


2


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1960 Births


Recorded in 1961


Date Name of Child


Parents


Albert P. Sykes Marion A. Illingworth


May


21 Robert Stewart Flint, Jr.


Robert Stewart Flint Linda Procurot


November


8 Dale Edward Landess


Glen I. Landess


Ellen M. Anderson Robert Winthrop Miller Elaine Bennett


Date Name of Child


Parents


December


4 Ruth Deborah Cohen


Robert M. Cohen Shirley G. Bloch


6 William Henry Harrison Chapman, 3rd


William Henry Harrison Chapman, 2nd Juanita G. VanNest


7 John Joseph Gallagher, III John Joseph Gallagher, Jr.


12 Russell Philip Craig


Russell H. Craig


25 Christian Allen Coffin


Proctor A. Coffin


Barbara Tucker


29 Daniel Francis Lape


Roger H. Lape


Eleanor E. Murtagh


1


15


21


Emery J. Godin


80


11


15


21 Helen H. Kellogg


61


0


21


24 Meyer Baker


41


0


0


October


3 Joseph Frederick Ferguson


63


1


14


7 Harriett Celestia Brown


95


9


24


15


Elizabeth Mann


71


0


9


17 Clara I. Swiatek


68


1


22


19 Grace M. Emerson


75


0


0


20


Amy A. Fisher


78


8


12


21


Walter P. Roberts


87


0


0


28


Jacent Matel


70


0


0


31


Grace W. Place


63


1


4


August


3 Gustaf R. Berg


70


3


13


September


6 Harry Tebbetts, Sr.


68


11


12


7 Agnes Johnston


82


9


24


15 Marion Cusick


61


5


0


16


William J. Condon


80


10 William Miano


51


0


0


21


Alice J. Morris


11 Susan Bennett Miller


December


2 Herbert Eugene Richardson


80


0


26


March 12 Martha Ann Sykes


Karen Jean Lilley


Phyllis E. Cunningham


76


January


2 (Girl) Callahan


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ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT 1961


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List of 1961 Graduates


Susan Jane Adams Robert Waldo Aldrich Susan Allen


Karl Rupert Anderson Nancy Gail Applin Richard Gerald Ayers Carol Arlene Bacon Bruce Robert Bardh


Barbara Harriett Bessom


Richard Henry Billson


Charles William Borjeson, Jr .*


Charles Kent Bosworth


Richard Martin Bosworth


Douglas Arthur Boyle


Noreen Frances Keleher


Patricia Theresa Kelley


John Hancock Kimball, Jr.


Joan Emily Lancaster Judith Andrea Lape


Diane Louise Lapham


Peter Douglas Clapp


Gerald William Lawson


Richard Everett Conley


Cynthia Ellen Lengyel


Harold Drury Lewis Howard Clark Lewis Kenneth Allan Lindberg, Jr. Jane Baker Lingel


Kathryn Anne Littlefield


Diane Lois Lothrop Roger Carl Lundskog


Robert Paul MacKendrick Donna Earlene Macleod Warren Charles Mason Joyce Eleanor Mazza


Valerie Ann McCarthy Edward James Mckay John Andrews Medland Charles Sylvester Meeker* Paul Daniel Miller Romuald Francis Monkiewicz Charles Edwin Moulton Douglas Reay Murdock Nancy Jane Nelson


Mary Jane Nugent Susan Marie Oquist Janice Mary Paltanovich


Robert Anthony Pasquale Robert Bradley Paterson Jeanne Emily Pearson Peter Warren Pecci Steven White Pelton*


Ardis Florence Perkins Bruce Stephen Perkins Roy Daniel Peterson Patricia Ann Plankey David Henry Pote Jon Allan Procurot


Francis Joseph Rauseo


Joseph Anthony Ricci Thomas Ralph Rich Arthur Joseph Roberto, Jr. Linda Arnold Roberts Lucie Arnold Roberts Gary Crowell Ross


Janet Elaine Salter


Diane Marie Saporito


Henry Charles Schwarz, Jr.


Federico Oscar Decada Judie Owens Shell Bartlett Howland Sherman


Frederick Stoddard Sherwin, Jr. Robert Jackson Shoemaker


Richard Joseph Spillane James Donald Stevenson, Jr. Richard James Stewart Lynda May Suckley Nancy Jane Thompson


Robert James Thornton James Edward Thurber Robert William Trayers* Linda Louise Trefry Walter Judson Waring Sharon Anne Watkins Linda Susan Young


*Certificate


Susan Terrill Hamilton Marcia Harrington


John Joseph Harrington


David Roger Hatch Dianne Marie Havey


Robert Altstetter Haynes Paul Minton Heaslip Bruce Paul Hillman


Harry Tarrant Hunt Richard Paul Johnson


Owen Jones Allan Harold Jordan Gordon Paul Kallenberg


Martin Walter Brown


Janet Christina Caracostas Patricia Helen Carey Cathleen Carter Cynthia Diane Chaffee


Donald Joseph Cordova* Mary Michele DeGroff Arlene Jeanette Dempsey Derek Atherton Detjens Gerald Bernard DiPietro Stephen Howard Doane Patricia Mary Donovan Richard Woodbury Doremus, Jr. Dario Maccagni


Cheryl Lee Dudley William Charles Duston Peter Moffatt Edgar


Nancy Elaine Enwright


Linda Ruth Epstein Richard David Evjy Gail Isabel Fudge Elizabeth Jane Gandolfo Diane Gedrewicz Dorothy Cheryl Gibbons Janet Ruth Gillette Carol Lynn Groncki Charles Shevlin Hackett


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Annual Report


The schools of today are faced with many challenges. Each year since the advent of the space age, more and better education has been expected of the schools. At a time when more is expected the school population is growing, the supply of good teachers is not keeping pace, and the costs of education are rising. There is an increasing public awareness of the importance of education to the future of our nation, and the press is flooded with articles urging more science education, more stress on a speaking knowledge of foreign languages, greater emphasis on phys- ical fitness, and more attention to the academical- ly talented students. When the schools plan pro- grams to meet the needs of the more able, they are often confronted with the criticism that the average student is being forgotten.


In this report are indicated some of the ways in which your school department is endeavoring to give adequate science preparation to those qualified, to offer increased opportunities in lan- guages, to stress physical fitness, and at the same time to give each child, whether he is talented, average, or a slow learner, the opportunity to develop to his highest potential.


Personnel


We necessarily are concerned with such problems as transportation, housing, equipment, and the cost of all of these items, but fundamen- tally, the most important factor in the entire ed- ucational process is the teacher. Your superin- tendent and principals spend a considerable amount of time in the selection of new teachers.


Superintendent and principals in conference


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MACHINES


Elementary Science Class


This starts with a study of the records and recom- mendations of many applicants. From these are selected a small group of the most promising to be interviewed for each position. Travel, both in and out of the state, is involved because when- ever possible an applicant being considered is ob- served at work in the classroom.


Newly-appointed teachers meet with the su- perintendent and principals for orientation before assuming definite teaching duties. They have an opportunity to become familiar with the philos- ophy and policies of the school system and with their individual assignments. They are intro- duced to our methods of grouping, subject-mat- ter outlines, and grading practices. The new teachers learn what specialists will be available to assist them, and this year were taken on a tour of the town to acquaint them in general with the community in which their pupils live.


In-service training of personnel has not been neglected. All elementary teachers participated in a science workshop this year and teachers of Grades 1 through 6 had a map and globe work- shop which, in this era of changing world geog- raphy, was extremely helpful.


In the high school, the department heads hold regular meetings to coordinate the work of the department, to share information on new materials and techniques, and to discuss ideas for strengthening the department. The depart- ment heads also visit teachers in the classroom, and work with them individually to recognize their problems and to develop effective proce- dures.


The Rev. Ariel Chute while in Lynnfield kept a select school, in 1850,


which was greatly appreciated.


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Student receiving guidance from Director William Coughlin


There is a very high interest on the part of our teachers in acquiring further training. During 1961, approximately 50% of our teaching staff took courses, either during the school year or in summer sessions. Several high school teachers studied new developments in science and mathematics in courses sponsored by the National Science Foundation.


Conventions and conferences are also im- portant in keeping teaching and administrative personnel abreast of new developments in educa- tion. Your superintendent attended the annual convention of the National Association of School Administrators, and two principals attended the National Principals' Conventions. Lynnfield also had representatives at various regional and state conferences.


Our schools have continued the practice of accepting student teachers from several of the accredited colleges in the area. More and more attention is being focused on this important part of a teacher's training. Most of these students


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spend a period of six weeks in our systen under the guidance of experienced teachers. They first observe, assist in planning, and later take over the actual teaching. During this period the col- leges send faculty members to observe the stu- dent teachers at work in the classroom. From these practice teachers, Lynnfield has acquired some excellent, regular staff members, young men and women who are already familiar with our school system.


In September, 1961, the teaching staff was enlarged. One of the additions was a third guid- ance counselor to provide the recommended min- imum of one counselor for every three hundred high school pupils.


The part-time speech therapist is now a full- time member of the staff, working with children at all grade levels, including the high school. One hundred two children are at present receiving therapy, and classroom teachers and many par- ents are working closely with the therapist in helping the boys and girls overcome their diffi- culties. The Director of the Boston University Speech and Hearing Department has thonght highly enough of our work in this field to observe it several times and ask us to permit a student teacher to observe and assist our therapist.


Part-time assistants were added in music and art, and provision was made for increased time


Speech Therapist Miss Haberman


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Linwood E. Clarke, Jr.


Leonard Nihan


to be given to remedial reading work at the ele- mentary level.


At the end of the 1959-60 school year, both the principal and assistant principal of the high school resigned to take positions elsewhere. From a considerable number of applicants, Mr. Lin- wood Clarke was elected principal and Mr. Leon- ard Nihan as assistant principal. Both men came highly recommended and both have had exper- ience in high school administration.


Curriculum


The elementary course of study outlines pre- pared last year has proven very helpful and has been especially valuable to teachers new to the system. Emphasis has been placed on the basic arithmetic, reading and spelling, and the achieve- ment tests indicate good results. In these fun- damental tools of learning, sixth graders as a group entering high school were achieving well above the national norms, and their test scores compared favorably with similar groups in high- ly-rated New England school systems.


By grouping within the classroom for cer- tain subjects, by team learning, and by various


Senior High science class


Elementary Art class directed by Miss Silke


other methods, provision has been made to en- courage each child to progress according to his ability. Opportunities for the more able students to do individual research have been increased, while the slower learners have more time to spend mastering the fundamentals.


Science at the elementary level is being em- phasized. A number of teachers of the interme- diate grades have taken courses to increase their understanding of the new phases of science. With National Defense Funds a portable scientific lab- oratory together with a cabinet for science mate- rials was purchased. This has made possible many simple laboratory demonstrations and ex- periments for the intermediate grades.


The elementary program was enriched early in 1961 when for five weeks Lynnfield had as a guest observer, Miss Carmen Ochoa, an elemen- tary teacher from Mexico City. Miss Ochoa was one of a large group of foreign teachers spending several months studying in the United States un- der a Federal grant. The pupils in many of the


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elementary classes heard first-hand information about our southern neighbor and the life of the people there. Teachers and administrators also profited by discussing with Miss Ochoa the educa- tional methods in use in Mexico's largest city school system.


An excellent source of curriculum aid in both the elementary grades and the high school was the Community Resources File prepared by the Parent Teacher Association Council. Many res- idents listed in this File have contributed to the school program by coming to the schools at ap- propriate times to talk to classes on their work, hobbies, or travel experiences.


In the high school the curriculum has under- gone some changes to bring it into line with pres- ent-day thinking. The Grade 9 Civics course has been replaced by a more intensive one called American Government, which stresses the opera- tion of our government at local, state, and na- tional levels.


The high-ability groups in mathematics and some of the sciences are using college-level text- books, and in several areas specific preparation for advanced placement in colleges is being given.


Lynnfield High School has entered the Mass- achusetts Mathematics League, and in competi-


Student Audio Aid class


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Elementary vocabulary work


tion with North Shore schools its team of ten members has compiled a fine record.


Beginnings in large-group teaching were made in the social studies and science depart- ments. In these groups, new material is pre- sented in lecture form, often illustrated through the use of such audio-visual aids such as televi- sion, slides, and the overhead projector. The lec- ture work is supplemented by textbook assign- ments, problems, research and map or laboratory work done either as individual projects or in small groups.


Public speaking was added to the course of- ferings. This gives training not for competitive speaking, but for the kind needed in situations which arise in college or business life.


The language laboratory purchased with Na- tional Defense funds is in almost constant use. It has aroused greater interest in foreign lan- guages and is proving very advantageous. A "French Team" is being formed for oral compe- tition with similar teams already in existence in other schools. We are evaluating the results of our conversational French classes in Grades 7 and 8 and stabilizing the language program.


High School language laboratory


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Senior High boys' gym class


Plans are being made to offer a second modern language in the high school next year.


The music program has continued to grow with large numbers of elementary and junior high pupils taking instruction on instruments. All elementary pupils are receiving instruction in note-reading and in the sixth grades three-part choral music is part of the program.


To meet a need for better study habits a course in this is offered to all students in Grades 9 through 12. Students in Grades 9 and 10 may also elect a six week's course in Reading Improve- ment. This is not remedial work, but develop- mental reading for those who recognize their need to improve either their comprehension or their speed.


In the physical education program, training for physical fitness has been the major objective. In all elementary schools a daily, ten-minute exer- cise program has been introduced. In the high school a comprehensive fitness course is carried on, weaknesses determined by tests, and the exer- cise periods planned to correct these weaknesses.


Junior High gym class


Hearing Testing


Health


Two forward steps have been taken in the health program. A two-year dental survey in cooperation with the State Department of Public Health was begun early in 1961. A dental hygien- ist examined the teeth of all children in Grades 1, 3, and 5. Reexaminations of these same chil- dren are scheduled for early in 1962, and from the results of this survey, it will be determined whether or not there is need for any dental pro- gram in the Lynnfield schools.


A simple diabetes test was conducted for two groups of students. This was a voluntary test and was carried on by the seventh grade science and tenth grade biology classes in cooperation with the Health Office.


Guidance


With the addition of a third counselor, the Guidance Department is now able to keep in closer touch with individual students. The record on college admissions is good, and in the future


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Mrs. Minnigh and her first grade students climbing the "spelling ladder"


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should be even better as many of our graduates, by their scholastic achievement in college, are re- fleeting credit on their high school. The compre- hensive testing program has been continued and results interpreted to parents to aid then in ad- vising their young people.


Our school system has been selected to par- ticipate in two programs of national interest. The Educational Testing Service, the national or- ganization which administers College Board Ex- aminations, is currently making a study of Aca- demic Prediction and Growth, hoping to obtain information on how early predictions can be made of (a) academic strength of Grade 12 pu- pils, and (b) characteristics of high school drop- outs. Several types of schools are being used in this study and Lynnfield is in the group with few drop-outs and a high percentage of pupils going on to further education. For this study special tests were administered to students in Grades 5, 7, 9, and 11. In return for our assistance in this study, students in Grade 12 are being permitted to take College Board Examinations without pay- ing the usual fee.


A second program in which Lynnfield is to participate soon is one designed to increase the supply of trained guidance counselors. To this end the National Defense Education Act provides certain colleges and universities with funds to give counselor-trainees actual experience in field work in public school systems. Because it has a good program in operation, our high school has been selected as one of the pilot schools where some of these counselors-in-training may do their field work.


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Lynnfield Varsity Basketball


Elementary band directed by Mr. Cagliuso


Extracurricular Activities


It is difficult to define some of the so-called extra-curricular activities as such for many are tied very closely to the academic work in various areas.


The High School has become a member of the National Forensic League. Many students are learning techniques of research as well as receiving training in speaking as part of their preparation for participation in the League's de- bating tournaments.




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