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Revised School Hours
A pre-school evaluation of the elementary school time schedule by the staff of the Birch Meadow School resulted in the adoption of an experimental time schedule at this school. The previous time schedule had been predicated on the idea that children went home for lunch, and did not remain at school. However, the adoption of a school lunch program in recent years has made our former time sched- ule unrealistic and inconsistent with the expanding demands which have been placed on our educational program.
A mid-day lunch and recess period of one hour and longer consumed much valuable school time, created a difficult problem of supervision, and was detrimental to the health and safety of our youngsters. This long period at mid-day resulted in great fatigue for our pupils, and did not maximize the learning time of our afternoon session.
The new time schedule which will become effective on January 2, 1958 at all large elementary schools provides for a limited noon program. This new schedule will increase the actual instructional time in the school day.
Instructional Program
The necessity of continually improving the instructional program of the elementary schools has been uppermost in the minds of the elementary school staff. The continual appraisal of our present cur- riculum is an ongoing process. This year, however, there has been no major curriculum revision. The improvement has been focused on improving the use of our supervisory staff.
The role of our elementary supervisors in Art, Music, and Remedial Reading has undergone a significant change since the last school year. In the past, the supervisor has been viewed as a teacher of children and an aide to teachers in the improvement of instruction in specific school subjects. With an increase in our elementary school staff, and a new view of the role of the supervisor in education, the supervisor is presently conceived of as a person who serves as a con- sultant to teachers, a resource person whose aim is to improve the total instruction of all pupils by improving the knowledge and methods of each teacher. Workshops and individual conferences in specific con- tent areas have considerably improved instruction.
An additional workshop opportunity was presented to our elemen- tary school staff in September, 1957, when Miss Martha Ryder was selected to offer an in-service course on science. Miss Ryder has done considerable work in this field at Boston University and is regarded as an outstanding science educator. The purpose of this course was to make the latest materials and methods in science education avail- able to our staff. Over one-third of our elementary school staff is cur- rently meeting with Miss Ryder. Living in a world in which science has become increasingly more vital and responsible for such dynamic change, we feel that our science program at the elementary level is becoming more stimulating and informative.
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Reading has also been one of the few communities in Massa- chusetts to appoint a School Adjustment Counselor, a position which was authorized by the State Legislature and compensated for by the State. Mr. William O'Keefe, a former elementary school teacher in Reading, has been appointed to this position. Mr. O'Keefe will work with children who have specific problems in relation to academic, social, and emotional growth. The increasing importance of the role of guidance in the public schools has made this position a necessity to many school systems.
In the field of guidance, there is also an increasing awareness of a need for a special class composed of primary grade children. As our school population expands, our attention is focused on meeting the individual needs of each child. At present we do not have a special class for children of primary school age. Children who do not have the ability to pursue a normal school program are now in regular classrooms. It is our feeling, however, that these children could pro- gress more satisfactorily if they were grouped together in a small class under the leadership and skill of a teacher who has been trained for this specific purpose. During the coming year, considerable atten- tion will be focused on this problem.
As another phase of the instructional program, we are anticipating the use of educational television in the elementary classrooms in the near future. WGBH-TV, Channel 2, and the State Department of Edu- cation are planning to begin programming of selected content areas. Communities in Eastern Massachusetts have been invited to participate in this program. It is our feeling that Reading should participate in this experiment, especially in view of its success in other communities throughout the country.
Submitted by
R. HILDA GAFFNEY WILLIAM E. SIM ELEANOR M. SKAHILL
ERNEST SPENCE Supervising Principals
ANNUAL REPORT - SUPERVISOR OF HEALTH
Mr. Robert F. Perry Superintendent of Schools Reading, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Perry:
All essential health services - testing of vision, hearing, and physical examinations - were completed for the year ending in June 1957. Testing programs would be of no value if they did not result in the correction of defects found. In case of failure, a letter is sent to the parents telling of the failure and advising examination by a qualified doctor. This letter is accompanied by a form for the doctor to fill out
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and return to school. After due course of time, if no action is taken, a home conference is sought to determine why.
The report of Vision Conservation program activities reads as follows:
Number of children tested 3478
Number who failed 194
Number seen by Eye Specialist 192 Accepted as correct referrals 192
The remaining two pupils, both examined previously, refuse to wear the glasses prescribed.
Report on Hearing Conservation Program:
Number tested by Pure Tone Audiometer 2445
Number who failed the final Pure Tone test 12
Number seen by a physician 12
Accepted as correct referrals 12
The program of physical examinations was duly completed for the school year 1956-57 by Dr. Wakeling, and all recommendations were ex- plained to parents in home visits, telephone conferences, or by letter. The program of weighing and measuring was carried on in all Elemen- tary schools and Junior High School.
The granting of additional funds for the running of the Dental Clinic allowed us to augment the program by the services of a Dental Hygienist, which has resulted in more children being cared for.
The Salk Polio Program was completed in February 1957. Clinics were held in all the schools. A total of 2838 children received vaccine. Many members of the teaching staff who started their series of inocu- lations at this time, were completed in October. Approximately 3143 Reading children have received protection through these clinics.
The annual program of inoculation with Triple and Double Antigen (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) was held in all the elementary schools in the spring. Four clinics for infants and children were held in the Town Building. The school clinic is largely a booster clinic, although a few in the first grade receive their primary inoculations. A total of 403 school children and 56 babies, received vaccine.
The school months from September 1957 through December have been very busy. Vision testing, except for absentees and new students, has been completed in all schools. Audiometer testing has been com- pleted also, except for the Senior High School, which is now in progress.
The annual census of the Blind continues to have but one child who is attending the Emerson School in Malden. Thirty-five children were reported on the annual census of the Physically Handicapped. Of this number, four were new cases. Considerable time is spent on behalf of these children.
The problem of the retarded and emotionally disturbed child con- sumes hours of time. In the case of a retarded child with a physical
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handicap, it means the obtaining of records and recommendations from the hospital and doctors as to the child's capabilities physically and mentally, and the reporting and interpretation of these to the school and the home. There would seem to be a definite need of a Special Class for the younger group of these children. Guidance of the physi- cally and emotionally disturbed child is even more subtle. Many con- ferences have been held with the Guidance department and home visits made for them.
Seven children have required home teaching and I have obtained a teacher for them.
Care of the injured and of illness in school is, of course, an essen- tial function of the health staff. There has been, and is, considerable illness. A total of 373 pupils have been cared for in the High School alone since September.
There has not been adequate time for classroom conferences, but this will improve in January. The Public Health Nurse is the teaching member of her profession and it is our hope that we bring something of value to those whom we serve.
Sincerely,
MARGARET B. CLEWLEY
Director of Health
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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS AGE-GRADE TABLE - October 1, 1957
Age
5
6 7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Total
Grade
1
69 263
20
2
354
2
57 233
25
315
3
59 232
19
1
311
4
76 237
32
0
1
346
5
80 250
19
2
351
6
113 191
20
1
1
326
7
54
166
26
2
1
249
8
76
141
19
1
237
9
7 207
83
9
4
310
10
5 217
47
3
1
0
1
1 2.75
11
1 173
41
4
219
12
7 140
37
8
1
193
PG
3
3
SE
1
1
2
4
1
0
1
10
Total
69 320 312 335 336 396 265 266
177
238
304 236 189
45
8
2.
1
3499
441
3940
Parochial School
1
16
67
2
85
2
17
46
1
64
3
13
49
1
63
4
12 37
4
53
5
16
29
5
50
6
19
28
1
48
7
10 29
1
1
41
8
14
23
37
Total
16
84
61
62
54
52
43
44
24
1
441
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1958 - 1959
Schools open
September 8, 1958
Teachers' Workshop - September 3, 4, 5, 1958
No Sessions:
October 13, 1958
Columbus Day Teachers' Convention
October 31, 1958
Veterans' Day Good Friday
November 11, 1958 March 27, 1959
Thanksgiving Recess
From noontime Reopen
December 1, 1958
Christmas Vacation
From noontime
December 23, 1958
Reopen
January 5, 1959
Winter Vacation
Close February 20, 1959 and reopen March 2, 1959
Spring Vacation
Close April 17, 1959 and reopen April 27, 1959
Schools close
June 19, 1959
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.
SCHOOL CLINICS
Dental Clinic - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Eaton School - 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Immunization Clinic - Annually by appointment
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November 26, 1958
APPOINTMENTS
Senior High School
Bell, Jeanette
Chapman, Ardis V.
Home Economics Social Studies
Dunbar, Robert H.
Gray, Robert R.
Halle, Claudette
Hart, Helen M.
Hodgkins, Wendell W.
Lorden, William F.
Pierianowicz, Jerome H.
Rodgers, William W.
Principal Music Physical Education
Schumaker, Elizabeth M.
Vincent, Gerard G.
English and Latin Social Studies
Junior High School
Collins, Josephine
Grayson, Elizabeth B.
Industrial Arts
Hackett, Robert T. Lovely, Donald J.
English and Social Studies
O'Gorman, Edward
Industrial Arts
Spencer, M. Phyllis
Business Training and Mathematics
Birch Meadow School
Dye, Joan W.
Gorrie, Jane L.
Grade I Grade III Grade II
Kenison, Marion
Grade I
Odegard, Carolyn Pardue, Josephine
Grade IV
Pierianowicz, Priscilla
Grade V
Tannenbaum, Harriet
Grade V
Taylor, Norma L.
Highland School
Hendershot, Edna *Leonard, James M. Spracklin, Louise
Joshua Eaton School
Cox, Bertha Green, Donna L. Horwinski, Amy Rouvalis, Louise Ziskin, Harriet
Mathematics
Mathematics and General Science French English English Commercial Science and Mathematics
Roth, James L.
White, Ruth A.
Social Studies English
McDonald, Mary F.
Grade II
Grade III
ยท Grade I Grade VI Grade III
Grade I Grade V Grade IV Grade VI Grae VI
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Pearl Street School
Hunt, Susan B. Mclellan, Marcia Woolaver, James H., Jr.
Grade II Grade V Grade VI
Administration
Davis, Louise Southard, Edna Walsh, Norma C.
High School Office Birch Meadow School Office Superintendent's Office
Custodians
Laskey, Ronan J.
Birch Meadow School
MacMillan, Frank
All Schools - General Maintenance
Mitchell, Frank
Joshua Eaton School Pearl Street School
RESIGNATIONS
Senior High School
Cornell, TenBroeck
Cox, Virginia
Durant, Frank A.
Fitzgerald, Joseph F.
Administrative Assistant
Florence, Evelyn K.
Physical Education Commercial
Hanlon, William E.
History
McGrail, William T.
History
Morris, Gilberta Robinson, Neil G.
English
Shay, Mary E.
Civics English English
Updike, Frances L.
Watson, Eleanor B.
Home Economics Mathematics
Junior High School
Bacon, Barbara
Cram, Arthur T., Jr.
Jones, Jane D.
Morelli, Savino
Sudak, Clementina F.
English and Reading Industrial Arts Social Studies Industrial Arts English
Birch Meadow School
Dye, Joan W. Fillmore, Susan G.
Grade I Grade II
Highland School
Brown, Robert Leslie, Dorothy Scott, Lydia
Grade VI Grade V Grade III
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White, Mary E.
French and Driver Education English and Latin Music
Franzen, Alice H.
Petroni, Joseph *Returned from Military Service
Joshua Eaton School Gaffny, Theresa Martin, Anna
Grade IV Grade I
Pearl Street School Kerrigan, Elizabeth C'adorette, Jo Anne
Grade IV
Grade II
Administration McMullen, Margaret (deceased)
Superintendent's Office
Custodians and Matrons Buckley, Daniel Lloyd, William
Highland School Lowell Street School
MEMBERS OF READING SCHOOL FACULTIES
(Dates indicate year of appointment in Reading)
School Committee Office
Robert F. Perry, B.S. (1935)
Roderick E. MacDonald, B.S.Ed. (1937)
Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds
Robert W. Wakeling, D.O. (1955)
School Physician
Directors
Philip W. Althoff, B.P.E., M.Ed. (1927) Director of Physical Education Margaret B. Clewley, R.N., C.P.H. Simmons (1939) Director of Health Aldona F. G. Bell, R.N. (1956) School Nurse
Assisting the Director of Health
Ara A. Karakashian, B.S., M.Ed. ( (1954) Director of Guidance
William E. O'Keefe, B.S.Ed. (1954) Youth Adjustment Counselor
Assisting the Director of Guidance
Roderick E. Macdonald, B.S.Ed. (1937) Director of Industrial Arts J. Douglas Oliver, B.E.Ed., M.M.Ed. (1948) Director of Music
Senior High School
William W. Rodgers, A.B., Ed.M. (1957) Supervising Principal Ara A. Karakashian, B.S., M.Ed. (1954) Assistant Principal and Dean of Boys, Guidance Florence G. Nichols, B.S.Ed. (1929) Asst. Principal and Dean of Girls Clarissa B. Abbott, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Rachel Alden, B.A. (1954) English James M. Aldrich, A.B., A.M. (1954) History
English
Philip W. Althoff, B.P.E., M.Ed. (1927) Director of Physicad Ed. Willis E. Anderson, A.B. (1955) Civics and Driver Education Dorothy M. Austin, A.B. (1956) English Clifford W. Baker, B.S., A.M. (1944) Head of Mathematics Dept. Guidance Elizabeth A. Batchelder, B.S.Ed. (1916) Typewriting, Office Practice
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Superintendent of Schools
Jeanette T. Bell, B.A. (1957) Alton C. Bennett, A.B., M.A. (1947) Harold E. Bond, B.A., M.A. (1956) Robert Bronner, B.A., M.Ed. (1940) Ardis V. Chapman, B.S. (1957)
English and Mathematics Head of History Dept., Coach English Civics, Driver Ed., Counseling Home Economics French
Rose E. Chiesa, A.B., Cert. Superiere (1953) Jane R. Cutcliffe, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1952) Head of English Department Elisabeth A. Dagdigian, A.B. (1953) Robert H. Dunbar, A.B. (1957) English and Latin History Mary H. Eaton, A.A., B.Ed. (1954) Mathematics David L. Garland B.S., Ed.M. (1956) Biology Robert R. Gray, B.S.Ed. (1957) Mathematics, Coach George W. Hall, Jr., B.S. (1956) Industrial Arts Claudette T. Halle, B.A. (1957) French Mathematics English, Latin and Counseling English
Elizabeth G. Hardy, B.A. (1954)
Helen M. Hart, A.B., A.M. (1957) Wendell W. Hodgkins, A.B., M.A. (1957)
John A. Hollingsworth, Jr., B.S. (1955) Math., Phys. Ed., and Coach Doris L. Kelly, B.S., M.A. (1956) Bookkeeping and General Business Svea W. Kling, B.B.A., Ed.M. (1940) Head of Commercial Dept.
Anne T. Landini, B.A. (1955)
Francis J. Logan, A.B. (1956)
William F. Lorden, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Commercial Librarian
James T. Murphy, B.S. Ed., M.Ed. (1953)
Science
John B. Pacino, B.S., M.Ed. (1945) Commercial, Counseling, Coach
Hazel M. Percy, A.B. (1955) Mathematics
Jerome H. Pierianowicz, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1957) Science
Frederick J. Pope, B.S., Ed.M. (1922) Head of Science Department
Edward W. Roewer, A.B., M.Ed. (1955) Spanish and Coach
James L. Roth, A.B. (1957) Band and Chorus Art
Geraldine F. Roy, B.S., Ed.M. (1950)
Elizabeth M. Schumaker, B.S. (1957)
Girls' Phys. Ed. and Coach Science
H. Neil Soule, B.S.Ed. (1953) Arthur L. Spencer, A.B., A.M. (1938) Head of Foreign Language Dept. and Dramatics
Sally Stembridge, A.B. (1955)
English
Gerard G. Vincent, B.A. (1957)
Frederick C. Wales, B.S.E. (1942)
Gale M. Webber, B.S. (1956)
Ruth A. White, B.M. (1957)
Civics and History Industrial Arts
Junior High School
Albert H. Woodward, A.B., Ed.M. (1940) Supervising Principal
John R. Copithorne, B.A., M.Ed. (1946) Asst. Principal and Science and Head of Department Science Art
Louis Adreani, B.S., Ed.M. (1955) Harriet S. Beattie, B.S.Ed. (1937)
English and Latin Industrial Arts Civics and Coach
Derick V. Willson, B.A., M.Ed. (1955)
Home Economics Mathematics
Ernestine H. Macdonald, A.B. (1953)
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Joan N. Broadcorens, B.S. (1956) Stanley E. Butcher, A.B. (1949) Josephine Collins, B.S.E. (1957) Anna M. DeSantis, B.S.Ed. (1956) Louise J. Eldridge, E.S., M.A. (1950) Ethel L. Garfield, B.A. (1955) Donald E. Garland, B.S.Ed. (1956) Elizabeth Grayson, B.A. (1957)
Robert T. Hackett, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Walter E. Hawkes, B.S., Ed.M. (1933)
Hazel W. Hunt, B.A., M.Ed. (1949)
Helen R. Knight, B.S.E., Ed.M. (1946)
Donald Lovely, A.B. (1957)
Edward O'Gorman, A.B. (1957) Wilma Recklitis, B.M. (1955)
Dorothy B. Rice, A.B. (1949)
Ann K. Roewer, B.S.Ed. (1952)
Florentine C. Sembroski, B.A. (1956) Mathematics
M. Phyllis Spencer, B.S.Ed. (1957) Business Training and Math.
Forrest L. Troop, B.S.E., M. Ed. (1956) English
Alice A. Welch, B.S. (1950) Household Arts, Head of Department
Birch Meadow School
Ernest G. Spence, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1951)
Supervising Principal
Dennis F. Murphy, B.S.Ed., A.M.Ed. (1953)
A. Josephine Berry, B.S.Ed. (1944)
Asst. Principal, Grade 6 Grade 1 Grade 1
Joan G. Dye, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Grade 2
Jane Gorrie, A.B. (1957)
Grade 3
Marion L. Kenison, A.B., M.Ed (1957)
Grade 6
Marylyn Mulcahy, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Josephine Pardue, B.S. (1957)
Grade 5
Carl G. Perkins, B.Ed. (1956)
Grade 6
Priscilla Pierianowicz, A.B., Ed.M. (1957)
Grade 4
E. Lorraine Pulson, B.S.Ed., M.E. (1947)
Grade 6
Martha E. Ryder, B.S.E'd., Ed.M. (1949)
Grades 4 and 5 Grade 5
Beatrice Stasinopulos, B.S.Ed. (1952)
Harriet Tannenbaum B.A. (1957)
Grade 5
Grade 3
Grade 1
Highland School
R. Hilda Gaffney, B'.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1941) Jean W. Bennett, Salem T.C. (1955)
Supervising Principal
Grade 5
Grade 3
Dorothy L. Burgess, Lesley School (1926) Ruth B. Carroll, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 6
Grade 2
Grade 2
Grade 4
Household Arts and English Social Studies, Head of Department Social Studies Physical Education Latin, French, English Special Education Science
English Industrial Arts
Physical Education Social Studies
English, Head of Department English, Social Studies
Industrial Arts Music and English Mathematics, Head of Department Mathematics
Susan G. Fillmore, B.S.Ed. (1956)
Norma L. Taylor, B.A. (1957) Florence A. Wood, Salem Normal (1956)
Daisy W. Castine, Gorham S.T.C. (1956) Catherine M. Chipman, Lowell T.C. (1944) Velma C. Eastman, B.S.Ed. (1955)
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Nellie P. Greene, B.S. (1953) Edna E. Hendershot, Plymouth T.C. (1957) James M. Leonard, A.A., B.S. (1954) Irene Montigny, B.A. (1955) Louise Spracklin, B.S.Ed. (1957) Helen M. Thebideau, B.S.Ed. (1955) Marion Weagle, B.S.E. (1946)
Grade 6
Grade 1 Grade 6
Grade 5
Grade 3
Grade 4 Grade 1
Joshua Eaton School
Eleanor M. Skahill, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1943) Supervising Principal
Doris S. Forbes, Plymouth T.C. (1947) Asst. Principal and Grade 5
Grade 3
Clara A. Anderson, B.S. Ed. (1944) Ann Baker, Conn. S.T.C. (1954) Herbert Baron, B.S., Ed.M. (1955)
Grade 2
Bertha Cox, Salem T.C. (1957) Shirley J. Crompton, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 3
Lorraine Domingue, B.S.E. (1952)
Grade 2
Donna L. Green, B.A., Ed.M. (1957)
Grade 5
Amaryllis Horwinski, B.A., M.A. (1957)
Grade 4
Helena A. Markham, Framingham T.C. (1934)
Grade 3
John F. Morabito, B.S. (1954)
Grade 4
Helen B. Morgan, Lowell Normal (1953)
Grade 1
Gloria S. Rosenthal, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Louise J. Rouvalis, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Grade 6
Irene Royea, Aroostook Co. Normal (1928)
Grade 2.
Kaye Sanborn, B.A. (1956)
Grade 5
Phyllis Snyder, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 1
Harriet W. Ziskin, A.B., Ed.M. (1957)
Grade 6
With Headquarters at Joshua Eaton School
Marie M. Hagman, B. of M. (1954) Elementary Music Supervisor Patricia M. Lyster, A.B. (1955) Elementary Art Supervisor
Pearl Street School
William E. Sim, B.S., M.A., Cert. of Adv. Study (1956) Sup. Prin.
Mary M. Chapman, B.S.Ed. (1941) Asst. Principal and Grade 5
Annalie D. Bean, B.S. (1956) Grade 3
Mary E. Boghossian, B.S.Ed. (1956) Grades 2 and 3
Velma E. Curtin, Perry Kindergarten School (1927) Grade 2
Frances Haskins, Aroostook State T.C. (1943)
Grade 4
Ann M. Howe, Framingham T.C. (1947)
Grade 4
Susan Hunt, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Grade 2'
Jean E. Jacob, B.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Marcia I. Mclellan, B.A. (1957)
Grade 5
Dorothy R. Payzant, B.L.I. (1953)
Grade 1
Norman R. Seifel, B.S., Ed.M. (1955)
Grade 6
Dorothy L. Soar, Salem Normal (1951) Grade 1
Helen D. Stockwell, Salem Normal (1930)
Grade 5
James H. Woolaver, Jr., B.S.Ed. (1957) Grade 6
Frances E. Young, B.S.Ed. (1954)
Grade 3
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Grade 6
Grade 1
With Headquarters at Pearl St. School
Barbara Hill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1949)
Remedial Reading All Elementary Schools
Lowell Street School
Stella M. Salva, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1951) Building Principal & Grade 1
Dorothy Conron, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Grade 2.
Sharon L. Cronkite, A.B. (1956) Jessie L. Goddard, Bridgewater T.C. (1955)
Grade 4
Grade 3
Prospect Street School
Constance B. Loud, B.S.Ed. (1948) Bldg. Principal and Grade 4
Grace L. Gifford, Wheelock (1943)
Grade 1
Alberta R. Mathieson, Salem T.C. (1924)
Grade 2
Marialice Stratton, B.S., M.A. (1948)
Grade 3
SCHOOL SECRETARIES
Jean S Underhill, Secretary to the Principal
Anna G Freeman
Louise Davis
Elizabeth A. Brush
Isabelle H. Hull
Reading Memorial High School Reading Memorial High School W. S. Parker Junior High School Pearl Street School Highland School
Clarice D. Hynes
Evelyn Lazenby
Health Office
Dorothy L. Wardrope
Reading Memorial High School
Joshua Eaton School
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
Radio announcement, when possible, over WNAC, WEEI, WBZ, and WLAW between 7:00 and 7:45 a .m. Fire alarm 2-2, repeated three times, at 7:15 a. m. for the High School; 7:30 a. m. for the Junior High, and 7:45 a. m., for elementary schools.
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CAFETERIAS
Lois M. Connor, Supervisor
Obeline Arsenault Mary Bacigalupo Elizabeth Bates Helen Beaman
Jean Brown
Elsiemae Collins, Manager
Evelyn Davis, Manager
Genevieve Demenkow
Beulah E. Ellis
Edith French, Manager
Florence Harvey
Ida H. Johnson
Mae C. Kimball
Nellie Laetsch, Manager
Alice MacMillan
Flora MacPhail
Elizabeth Miller
High School
Evelyn Mullen, Manager Eva Noble
W. S. Parker Jr. High School Joshua Eaton School
CUSTODIANS and MATRONS
Roderick E. Macdonald, Supervisor
Roy Brogan, Head Custodian
William J. Broussard
Margaret Campbell, Matron
W. S. Parker Jr. High School
Fred B. Gibson
W. S. Parker Jr. High School Joshua Eaton School Birch Meadow School
Edward F. Harrison, Head Custodian
Ronan J. Laskey
Birch Meadow School
Andrew J. Lomax
Frank MacMillan
Theresa Meuse, Matron
Catherine Miller, Matron
John Miller
Frank Mitchell
Stuart R. Nichols
Joseph Petroni
Fred Riessle, Head Custodian
Vincent Serrentino
Prospect St. School -(Part Time)
Reginald J. Southard, Night Watchman and Custodian
High School
Margaret A. Thornton, Matron
Highland School
Robert A Vars, Head Custodian
Joshua Eaton School
Daniel J. White, Night Watchman and Custodian
High School High School
Elmer E. Young, Head Custodian
High School Birch Meadow School High School High School Birch Meadow School W. S. Parker Jr. High School Birch Meadow School W. S. Parker Jr. High School High School Joshua Eaton School Birch Meadow School High School High School Pearl St. School Joshua Eaton School W. S. Parker Jr. High School Joshua Eaton School
Anna Roscoe
Pearl St. School High School
Henry Gromyko
W. S. Parker Jr. High School All Schools - General Maintenance High School High School Highland School Joshua Eaton School High School Pearl St. School W. S. Parker Jr. High School
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