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Mrs. Lazenby continues to help with her high quality of service. The demands on her time are so many that it is difficult to complete her secretarial duties. Some days there is a constant stream of pupils requiring attention, and she spends much time helping them, 'phoning home, getting taxis, and so on.
Sincerely, MARGARET B. CLEWLEY, Director of Health
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REPORTS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SUMMARY
HIGHLAND SCHOOL
Miss R. Hilda Gaffney, Supervising Principal
The Highland School staff has the largest turnover in teaching personnel of all of our schools. Six of the thirteen teachers were new to the staff when school opened in September. However, we are fortun- ate to have obtained the services of new teachers who are doing ex- cellent work in their new positions. The large number of changes on the staff that have taken place in recent years has been disturbing to parents and to the school administration. We hope that another year will find the staff intact and continuing on with the fine work they have begun this year.
In June 1955 the faculty, parents and boys and girls of the school were saddened by the death of Miss Dorothy Cronin. Miss Cronin had taught in Reading for twenty-two years. She was an outstanding teacher and had the affection and respect of parents, pupils and all who worked with her.
The Highland School no longer has room to take care of the sixth grade pupils. Pupils in this district of this grade are housed in the Junior High School and the Senior High School. Next year it will be necessary to transfer in addition to the sixth grades one room of fifth grade pupils. The High School would be a desirable location for these fifth grade children if space is available, since this would make a unit of three Highland School district pupils working together at this school.
The school has made excellent progress in music this year, having developed a good elementary school orchestra, and classes for beginners in the stringed instruments. In May the pupils presented an original 18th Century Musicale, which they called "A Mozart Festival". Much credit was due to Mrs. Jean Bennet, Mr. Oliver, and the mothers of members of the orchestra for their fine work in this production.
The Highland P.T.A. is an active and enthusiastic group. This group again sponsored a Christmas Fair and the "Highland Fling". Money raised by these affairs is used to support many of the special activities carried on in the school. Over 200 books have been added to the Wakefield Library, and mothers have generously given their time to serve as school librarians.
On February 17, 1955, a serious breakdown in the heating system made it necessary to close the school for a period of three weeks. Prompt and efficient action by the School Committee resulted in the installation of a completely new oil burning boiler which made it possible to open school again on March 13th.
During the summer two classrooms and all the basement sections were painted. Also a new stainless steel sink and automatic dish- washer were installed in the cafeteria.
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PEARL STREET SCHOOL Mr. Philip F. Lucey, Supervising Principal
ENROLLMENT. In December 1954 total enrollment was 499. In December 1955 total enrollment is 482. The enrollment per room average is 31.13. In 1954 twenty under-age children were allowed to enter on examinations. In 1955 no examinations were given and first grade classes dropped from a 35 average to one of 27. This could cause a very large first grade registration in 1956 making it necessary to add an additional first grade class. The crowded classes at the present time are the two fifth grade rooms with 36 pupils each, and one sixth grade classroom of 38. There will be no space available for a sixth grade classroom in this building another year.
During the year the teachers used the early closing days to good advantage. Parent-Teacher Committees worked together on the revision of the report card. The staff worked on the school-wide study of our Language Arts program and the selection of a suitable textbook for this work. The Parent-Teacher conferences have continued to be pop- ular and helpful, as well as the program for special help carried on during this time.
The Pearl Street Parent-Teacher Association continues to be an active and well organized group. Among the activities carried on last year were the following:
Sponsor of Youth Organizations, an afternoon Discussion Group, Hallowe'en and Christmas parties for the children, a banquet for the teachers, taxi expenses for children attending the dental clinic, scholar- ships of sixty dollars each for three teachers, a P.T.A. play, Christmas trees for each classroom, a 35-MM camera and film strip projector, and three new record players. Two lectures were sponsored, one given by Dr. Louise Bates Ames, on "Child Development", and another by Dr. Mark Murfin, of Boston University, on the topic "Your Child and Mine".
The school has received the National Safety Council Award for the fourth successive year. During the year two major safety assemblies were held.
JOSHUA EATON SCHOOL
Mrs. Eleanor M. Skahill, Supervising Principal
ENROLLMENT. The enrollment at the Joshua Eaton School con- tinues to increase. Each year for the past three years we have added one additional classroom to our school unit. This coming year we will again increase one full classroom. The increase will be at the fifth grade level, making four fifth grade classrooms to accommodate 135 children enrolled in the present fourth grade.
This enrollment increase will not change the classroom set-up at the Eaton School but it will change the picture at the Prospect Street School. In the Prospect Street School next fall there will be two fifth
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grades and two sixth grades. This means that another sixth grade class from the Eaton School district will go to the Junior High School in September 1956.
It may be noted here that we have had many children enrolling in our school since the opening of school in September. In checking the classroom registers for the period between October 1 and December 1 we find that, for this period only, we have had a 45% increase in enrollment over that for the same period last year. The actual number of pupils registered during this two month period was 48, or one and one-half classrooms! All since the opening of school in September!
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM - Curriculum. A major change in the elementary school curriculum for this school year is the adoption of a new language arts textbook. The GOOD ENGLISH SERIES, pub- lished by Laidlaw Brothers, was chosen.
This adoption was the culmination of a period of intensive study by the elementary school faculties. Seven leading language arts pro- grams were studied and evaluated. Each program was carefully checked against a critical evaluation sheet listing the many points to be con- sidered when studying a good language arts program.
When the field was narrowed to three choices, representatives and educational consultants of these three companies came to Reading and talked with the elementary school teachers. Shortly after this meeting a re-evaluation was made and a final choice was expressed. The texts were purchased and are now in use.
Another phase of our work this year deals with the matter of keep- ing individual pupil records. As time progresses new tests are adopted, different forms of reporting pupil progress are accepted, new data is collected about individual children. A cumulative record folder that was adequate ten years ago becomes inadequate today.
Mr. Ara Karakashian, as Director of Guidance, has suggested the use of a new cumulative record folder. These will be started in the first grade this year. An individual folder includes much valuable in- formation on each child, information such as achievement level, mental ability, interests, personal deficiencies and strengths, emotional and social adjustment, significant family relationships, health, scholarship record, and the like. The starting point for instruction is the discovery of the child's needs as indicated by materials available in such a record well kept.
In keeping with this same goal of knowing our children better, a committee is at work reviewing our testing program. New tests have been made available to us to help us in our work.
In addition to the regular instrumental music programs of the school, a group of 20 pupils is now organized in a beginners class for the study and playing of the violin. The group has made amazing progress to date.
Through the help of the PTA a central library has been organized and supplied with books. This library is in addition to the excellent classroom libraries in each room.
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CAFETERIA. One difficult aspect of the Eaton program is the lunch period. A tight schedule has been arranged so that the entire school group may be fed between the hours of 11:25 and 12:45 daily. Our problem is one of large numbers of children remaining at school for lunch (approximately 82%-87%) and the fact that the cafeteria seats but 130 children.
The children eat in three shifts, the second and third graders going to lunch at 11:25 and the fourth and fifth graders at 11:50. The first grade has the cafeteria by itself and eats between 12:15 and 12:45.
The children have adjusted well to the cafeteria system, but it is crowded and the schedule is tight. It would be a great improvement if we could have but two lunch shifts. This might be a possibility if the new roll-away cafeteria tables and benches could be procured for the use of the children who bring their own lunches from home. These could be used in the gymnasium and would free the cafeteria for the use of the children buying school lunches only.
The school continues to enjoy the fine, loyal support and coopera- tion of the parents through the activities of the Parent-Teacher Associ- ation. The many activities which are carried on with the help of this organization benefit parents, children and teachers alike and could not do so without the feeling of partnership which exists within this group.
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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS AGE-GRADE TABLE - October 3, 1955
Age 5 6 7 8
9 10
11
12 13
14
15
16
17
18 19 Over 21
Total
Grade 1
53 238
5
296
2
77 223
10
310
3
95 251
8
354
4
122
190 12
324
5
59 165
19
3
246
6
70 155
17
1
243
7
1 79 169
18
267
8
1 100
160
14
4
279
9
82
152
23
5
1
1
264
10
93 148
34
8
283
11
89
129
23
3
244
12
67 119
20
1
1 208
PG
1
2
1
4
Special Education
3 4
2
1
10
Total
53 315 323 383 257 248 257 293 263 260 264 235
152
26
2 1
3332
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
1
17 50
67
2
15
46
61
3
19
34
4
57
4
36
31
57
5
11 30
4
1
46
6
12 27
1
1
41
7
17 23
40
8
17
20
2
1
40
Total
17
65
65 60
46
42
48
42
21
2
1
409
Grand
Total
70 380 388
443
303 290 305 335 284 262 265 235 152
26
2
1
3741
SCHOOL CALENDAR
School Open No Sessions:
Columbus Day
October 12, 1956
Teachers' Convention
October 26, 1956
November 12, 1956
Veterans Day Good Friday Memorial Day
During Spring Vacation
May 30, 1956
Thanksgiving Recess
Close noontime November 21, 1956 Reopen November 26th
Christmas Vacation Close noontime December 21, 1956 Reopens January 3, 1957
Winter Vacation
Close February 15, 1957
Reopn February 25th
Spring Vacation
Close April 12, 1957 Reopen April 22nd
High School Graduation
Schools Close
June 6, 1957 June 22, 1957
SCHOOL CLINICS
Dental Clinic - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Eaton School - 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. Immunization Clinic - Annually by appointment
SCHOOL ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for admission to Grade I a child must have reached the age of five years and eight months on or before August 31st of the entering year. No provision is made for examination.
Upon entering school each child is required to present a birth cer- tificate and a certificate of vaccination, or in the case of unsuccessful vaccination, a statement from a doctor certifying that three attempts to vaccinate have been made, all of which have proved to be unsuccess- ful.
Registration of children entering school in September is held in the different schools during the month of May, announcement of exact time appearing in the READING CHRONICLE a week or two before registration.
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September 5, 1956
APPOINTMENTS
High School
Willis E. Anderson
Mary H. Eaton
John G. Holbrook
Social Studies Mathematics Social Studies
John A. Hollingsworth
Mathematics, Head Coach Football Home Economics Mathematics Spanish English
Hazel M. Percy Edward W. Roewer
Sally Stembridge
Raymond D. Stephens, Jr.
Mathematics, Civics English Mathematics
Karl B. vonKlock
Derick V. Willson
Industrial Arts
Barbara Zahner
English
W. S. Parker Junior High School
Louis A. Adreani
English
Ethel L. Garfield
Special Education
Richard E. Higgins
Industrial Arts Social Studies
Patricia Lyster
Business Training, Art, Science
Wilma Recklitis
English, Music
Norman Seifel
Social Studies, Science Household Arts
Highland School
Velma C. Eastman
Grade 4
Donald B. Farnham
Grade 5
Leonore M. Joffee
Grade 2
Irene Montigny
Grade 5
Marylyn Mulcahy
Grade 3
Helen M. Thebideau
Grade 4
Joshua Eaton School
Shirley J. Crompton
Grade 3
Theresa Gaffny
Grade 4
Gloria B. Rosenthal
Grade 4
Phyllis M. Snyder
Grade 1
Pearl Street School
Grade 2
Mary G. Cronin Jean E. Jacob
Grade 3
JoAnne Powers
Grade 2
Prospect Street School
Herbert Baron
Grade 6
Administration
Anna G. Freeman
High School Office
Health Department
Helen M. McKenney, R.N.
School Nurse
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Anne T. Landini
Frances L. Updike
Jane D. Jones
Edna F. Weber
Maintenance Departmnet Roderick E. Macdonald
Cafeteria Staff Genevieve Demenkow
Custodian Staff John Miller Reginald Southard
Supervisor of Maintenance
Junior High School - part time
Highland School Senior High School
RESIGNATIONS
High School
Marcia Begum
Gaetano Catalano
Joseph A. Crowley
Janet Rosenberg
Carolyn S. Wyman
W. S. Parker Junior High School
Ray C. Austin Elizabeth B. Becket
Industrial Arts English and Music
Gilbert F. Bulley
Business Tr., Social Studies, Math. Home Economics
Highland School
Carl Burri
Grade 6
Ann Cullen
Grade 3
Regina Iannazzi
Grade 5
Paula R. Kates
Grade 4
Marion H. O'Connell
Grade 4
Joshua Eaton School
Viola Guarino
Grade 1
Esther Kempton
Grade 4
Patricia Reiman
Grade 3
Ileen Sadowski
Grade 3
Patricia Thorburn
Grade 3
Pearl Street School
Jean Bickford
Grade 1
Margaret Jacobus
Grade 2
Phyllis H. Parks
Grade 3
Prospect Street School Dorothy E. Corindia
Grade 6
Administration
Sally Stembridge
High School Office
Cafeteria Staff
Irene Cook, Manager
Pearl Street School
Custodial Staff
George Rees W. Ray Yorks
Highland School Senior High School
On Military Leave James M. Leonard
Highland School - Grade 5
Shirley Hughes
English Mathematics Mathematics and Football Coach Spanish Civics
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MEMBERS OF READING SCHOOL FACULTIES (Dates indicate year of appointment in Reading)
School Committee Office
Robert F. Perry, B.S. (1935)
Robert W. Wakeling, D.O. (1955) Helen M. McKenney, A.B., R.N. (1955)
Superintendent of Schools School Physician School Nurse
Directors and Supervisors
Philip W. Althoff, B.P.E., M.Ed. (1927) Director of Physical Education Margaret B. Clewley, C.P.H. (Simmons) R.N. (1939) Director of Health Ara A. Karakashian, B.S., M.Ed. (1954) Director of Guidance
Roderick E. Macdonald, B.S.Ed. (1937) Director of Industrial Arts
Florence G. Nichols, B.E.Ed. (1929) Dean of Girls, Class Adviser
J. Douglas Oliver, A.B., M.Mus.Ed. (1948) Director of Music
Senior High School
Rudolf Sussmann, B.S.Ed. (1917) Joseph F. Fitzgerald, A.B., A.M. (1929)
Supervising Principal Administrative Asst. to Prin. English
Clarissa B. Abbott, B.S.Ed. (1953) Rachel Alden B.A. (1954)
English
U. S. History, Coach Social Studies Mathematics, Guidance
James M. Aldrich, A.B., A.M. (1954) Willis E. Anderson, A.B. (1955) Clifford W. Baker, B.S., A.M. (1944) Elizabeth A. Batchelder, B.E.Ed. (1916) Alton C. Bennett, A.B., M.A. (1947) Robert Bronner, B.A., M.Ed. (1940) Rose E. Chiesa, A.B., Cert. Superieure (1953) Stanley R. Clark, B.A.Ed. (1954) TenBroeck Cornell, B.A., M.A. (1954) Virginia Cox, A.B., A.M. (1945) Jane Cutcliffe, B.S.Ed. M.Ed. (1952) Alberta F. Drury, Salem Normal (1917)
English, Typewriting History, Coach Driver Education, Visual Ed. French Science
French, Spanish Latin English
Bookkeeping
Mary H. Eaton, A.A., B.Ed. (1954) Mathematics Home Economics Steno., Type., Class Adviser U. S. History, Head of Dept. Mathematics Eleanor B. Foster, B.A., B.S. (1954) Alice H. Franzen, B.S.E. (1947) William E. Hanlon, A.B., M.Ed. (1945) Elizabeth G. Hardy, B.A., (1954) Jennie Hilton, B.S. (1954) English, Class Adviser John A. Hollingsworth Jr., B.S. (1955) Mathematics, Head F.B. Coach Carol Johnson, A.B., (1954)
Svea W. Kling, B.B.A., Ed.M. (1940)
Anne T. Landini, B.A. (1955) Ernestine H. Macdonald, A.B. (1953) William T. McGrail A.B., Ed.M. (1953) James T. Murphy, B.S.Ed. (1953) John B. Pacino, B.S., M.Ed. (1945)
Hazel M. Percy, A.B. (1955)
English, Class Adviser Head of Commercial Dept., Class Adviser Home Economics Librarian
History, Debating Coach Science Commercial, Counselling, Freshman Coach Mathematics
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Nancy E. Peterson, B.S.Ed. (1954) Frederick J. Pope B.S., M.Ed. (1922) Samuel Quagenti, Mus.B., Ed.M. (1954) Neil C. Robinson, B.S., Ed.M. (1936) Edward W. Roewer, A.B., M.Ed. (1955) Geraldine F. Roy, B.S., Ed.M. (1950) Mary E. Shay, A.B., M.A. (1943)
Physical Education Science, Head of Department Music Civics
Spanish, Coach Art
Head of English Department Science
Arthur L. Spencer, A.B., A.M. (1938) Head of Foreign Language Dept. Latin, Dramatics, Head of Student Council English
Sally Stembridge, A.B. (1955) Raymond D. Stephens, Jr., B.A.Ed. (1955)
Frances L. Updike, A.B., A.M.T. (1955)
Karl B. vonKlock B.S.Eng., Ed.M. (1955) Frederick C. Wales, B.S.E. (1942) Mary E. White, A.B., M.Ed. (1954)
Industrial Arts Mathematics, Class Adviser Industrial Arts
Derick V. Willson, B.A., M.Ed. (1955)
Philip A. Wogan, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1949)
Biology
Barbara Zahner, A.B., A.M.T. (1955)
English
Helen R. Zimmerman, B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (1936)
Biology, Anatomy
W. S. Parker Junior High School
Albert H. Woodward, A.B., Ed.M. (1940) Supervising Principal John R. Copithorne, B.A., M.Ed. (1946) Assistant Principal, Science Louis A. Andreani, B.S. (1955) English Art Harriet S. Beattie, B.S.Ed. (1937) Stanley E. Butcher, A.B. (1949) Social Studies Industrial Arts Arthur T. Cram, B.Ed. (1954)
Elizabeth A. Dagdigian, A.B. (1953)
Latin, English, Social Studies
Louise J. Eldridge B.A., M.A. (1950)
Latin, French, English Mathematics
Thomas J. Ganley, B.S. (1953)
Special Education Mathematics
Ethel L. Garfield, B.A. (1955) Nellie P. Greene, B.S. (1954) Marie M. Hagman, B.Mus. (1954) Music. (Jr. High and Elementary) Walter E. Hawkes, B.S., Ed.M. (1933) Richard E. Higgins, B.S.Ed. (1955) Hazel W. Hunt, B.A. (1949) Physical Education Industrial Arts Social Studies Jane DeW. Jones, B.A., M.A. (1955) Social Studies Helen R. Knight, B.S.E., Ed.M. (1946) English Business Tr., Art and Science Music, English Mathematics Mathematics
Patricia M. Lyster, A.B. (1955) Wilma Recklitis, B.M. (1955) Dorothy B. Rice, A.B. (1949)
Ann K. Roewer, B.S.Ed. (1952)
Norman R. Seifel, B.S. (1955)
Ernest G. Spence, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1951) Clementina F. Sudak, B.S.Ed. (1947) Marilyn Thomas, B. S. (1954)
Margaret E. Tyacke, Boston Univ. (1926) Edna F. Weber, B.S.Ed. (1955) Alice A. Welch, B.S. (1950)
Social Studies, Science Science English Physical Education English Household Arts Household Arts
H. Neil Soule, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Mathematics, Civics English, Class Adviser Mathematics
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Highland School
R. Hilda Gaffney, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1941) Jean W. Bennett, Salem T.C. (1955)
Dorothy L. Burgess, Lesley School (1926)
Supervising Principal Grade 5 Grade 3
Grade 6 (at the High School)
Grade 2
Donald B. Farnham, B.S. (1955)
Grade 5
Leonore M. Joffee, A.B., M.A. (1955)
Grade 2
Dorothy Leslie, B.A. (1948)
Grade 1
Anna R. Martin, N. Adams T.C. (1954) Irene Montigny, B.A. (1955)
Grade 5
Marylyn Mulcahy, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 3
William E. O'Keefe, B.S.Ed. (1954)
Grade 6 (at the High School)
Janet V. Priestly B.S.Ed. (1952)
Grade 3
Helen M. Thebideau, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Marion Weagle, B.S.E. (1946)
Grade 1
Joshua Eaton School
Eleanor M. Skahill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1943)
Supervising Principal
Doris S. Forbes, Plymouth T.C. (1947)
Asst. Principal, Grade 5 Grade 3
Clara A. Anderson, B.S.Ed. (1944) Anne Baker, Conn. S.T.C. (1954)
Grade 2
Robert W. Brown, B.S. (1954)
Grade 5
Shirley J. Crompton, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 3
Lorraine Domingue, B.S.E. (1952) Theresa Gaffny, A.B. (1955) Grace L. Gifford, Wheelock (1943)
Grade 1
Glennalee Hein, Perry Normal (1952)
Grade 1
Helena A. Markham, Framingham T.C. (1934)
Grade 3
Alberta R. Mathieson, Salem T.C. (1924)
Grade 2
John F. Morabito, B.S. (1954)
Grade 4
Helen B. Morgan, Lowell Normal (1953)
Grade 1
Patricia W. Reiman, A.A., B.S. (1953)
Grade 3
Gloria S. Rosenthal, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Irene R. Royea, Aroostook Co. Normal (1928)
Grade 2
Martha E. Ryder, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1949) Phyllis Snyder, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Lowell Street School
Stella M. Salva, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1951) Building Principal, Grade 1
Dorothy Conron, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Grade 2
Jessie L. Goddard, Bridgewater T.C. (1955) Edith Whittum, B.S.Ed. (1954)
Grade 3
Grade 4
Pearl Street School
Philip F. Lucey, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1953) Mary W. Chapman, B.S.Ed. (1941) A. Josephine Berry, B.S.Ed. (1944) Mary G. Cronin, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Supervising Principal
Asst. Prin. and Grade 5 Grade 1 Grade 2
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Ruth B. Carroll, Gorham T.C. (1955) Catherine M. Chipman, Lowell T.C. (1944) Velma C. Eastman, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 4
Grade 4
Velma E. Curtin, Perry Kindergarten (1927) Frances Haskins, Aroostook State T.C. (1943) Grade 4 Grade 2 Rita M. Hewitt, Lowell T.C. (1954) Barbara Hill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1949) Remedial Reading-All Schools Grade 4
Grade 2
Ann Howe, Framingham T.C. (1947)
Jean E. Jacob, B.Ed. (1955) Elizabeth J. Kerrigan, A.B. (1950)
Grade 3
Grade 5
Dennis F. Murphy, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Grade 6
Dorothy R. Payzant, Emerson College (1953)
Grade 1
JoAnne Powers, B.S. (1955)
Grade 2
Dorothy L. Soar, Salem Normal (1951)
Grade 1
Helen D. Stockwell, Salem Normal (1930)
Grade 5
Marialice Stratton, B.S., M.A. (1948)
Grade 3
Frances E. Young, B.S. (1954)
Grade 3
Prospect Street School
Constance B. Loud, B.S.Ed. (1948)
Bldg. Principal and Grade 6
Herbert Baron, B.S. (1955)
Grade 6
E. Lorraine Pulson, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1947)
Grade 6
Beatrice Stasinopulos, B.S.Ed. (1952)
Grade 2
SCHOOL SECRETARIES AND CLERKS
High School
Myrtle W. Tilton, Secretary to the Principal Jean S. Underhill, Clerk Anna Freeman, Clerk
Junior High School
Elizabeth A. Brush, School Secretary
Joshua Eaton School
Dorothy L. Wardrope, School Secretary
Highland School
Clarice D. Hynes, School Secretary
Pearl Street School
Audrey L. Graustein, School Secretary
Health Office
Evelyn Lazenby, Secretary
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SCHOOL CUSTODIANS AND MATRONS
High School
Elmer E. Young, Head Custodian
William J. Broussard
Theresa Meuse, Matron
Catherine Miller, Matron
Stuart Nichols
Reginald Southard, Night watchman and custodian Daniel J. White, Night watchman and custodian
Junior High School
Fred B. Riessle, Head Custodian Margaret Campbell, Matron Fred B. Gibson Andrew J. Lomax
Highland School
Daniel J. Buckley, Head Custodian John Miller Margaret A. Thornton, Matron
Joshua Eaton School
Robert A. Vars, Head Custodian Henry Gromyko Erminie Dinan, Matron
Lowell Street School William A. Lloyd
Pearl Street School Edward F. Harrison, Head Custodian Roy L. Brogan
Prospect Street School
Vincent Serrentino, part time. Balance of time at other schools
CAFETERIAS
High School
Evelyn Mullen, Manager Obeline Arsenault May C. Campell Ida H. Johnson
Dorothy R. Sias
Junior High School
Elsiemae Collins, Manager Flora MacPhail Eva E. Noble Genevieve Demenkow, part time
Highland School
Evelyn M. Davis Manager Florence Harvey, part time
Joshua Eaton School
Edith J. French, Manager Elizabeth Miller Anna Roscoe
Pearl Street School
Nellie Laetsch, Manager Mary Bacigalupo
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READING HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Class of 1955 June 8, 1955
PROCESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Led by Class President Thomas Francis Halpin, Jr.
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Key-Smith Audience, Senior Class, and Band
PRAYER
Rev. Herbert A. Jerauld
SALUTATORY "Individuality - Its Importance" Duncan Mclachlan Moodie, Jr.
TORCH ORATION Thomas Francis Halpin, Jr.
ESSAY - "The Price of the Best"
Merelyn Carol Daniels, Class Honors
ESSAY - "The Value of a Liberal Arts Education" Barry Wayne Hubbard, Faculty Honors
ESSAY - "High School - How It Prepares Us for the Future" William C. Doherty Class Honors
ESSAY - "Tempus Fugit"
Helen Amelia Taylor, Faculty Honors
VALEDICTORY "Living and Believing" Joseph Eugene Gallagher
CONFERRING SCHOLASTIC HONORS
Rudolf Sussmann, Headmaster
CONFERRING DIPLOMAS
William E. Burpee of School Committee
ALMA MATER
Annie Lisle
High School Chorus
BENEDICTION
Rev. Herbert A. Jerauld
RECESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band
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CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS
David R. Abbott
Carl Wilbur Amero
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