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Because of personnel shortages we have tried to supplement in- dividual counseling of pupils with group guidance in homerooms. We are most thankful for and appreciative of the assistance and cooperation of homeroom teachers in this respect. We feel, however, that group guidance is effective as a means of providing general information and instruction to pupils, but can never supplant individual guidance.
During each of the past three school years we have benefited some- what by having a qualified graduate student from the Harvard Grad- uate School of Education serve a practicum with us. These students devote ten hours per week for one semester to guidance activity in our schools. Miss Sally McIntyre, who worked with us in 1957, is now a fulltime guidance counselor in the Newton system. Miss Naomi Trach- tenburg, who served with us in '57-'58, is similarly employed at Groton, Mass. Miss Carol Cheney will be working with us starting at the end of this year and continuing through the first half of 1959.
In-service training of Reading teachers who had previously ob- tained Binet certificates was held during the winter and early spring of 1958. Mr. John Morabito of the Eaton School, Mr. Louis Adreani of the Junior High School, Mr. Normal Seifel of the Pearl Street School, and Mrs. Nellie Greene of the Highland School, were regular members of this training program, the purpose of which was to develop uniformity
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in the reporting of test results to supervising principals and teachers who had referred pupils for individual testing. It was agreed ad- ministratively that these teachers would be released from regular teaching duties on occasions when testing was required. Unfortunately, Mrs. Greene has since left the system and Mr. Adreani's duties at the Junior High School do not permit for easy use of his services at ele- mentary schools lacking a qualified tester.
The over-all testing program in Reading Schools continues to be quite good and second only to a very few other communities in the State. We are continually examining and experimenting with tests to find those that will provide us with the most meaningful measures. During 1958, with the able assistance and direction of Miss Barbara Hill, Supervisor of Reading, fifth grade teachers and supervising prin- cipals examined several sets of reading tests for the purpose of deter- mining which one would yield the best diagnostic clues and decided to use the Iowa Silent Reading Test in lieu of the Sangren-Woody, which had been used for several years. During 1959 a pilot study is planned for the use of new achievement tests at the seventh grade level. The testing program at the High School was expanded this fall to include the grade-wide use of the School and College Ability Test and the Thurstone Temperament Schedule at the tenth grade level. The School and College Ability Test, which is produced by the Cooperative Test Division of the Educational Testing Service, yields scores of academic aptitude in verbal and quantitative reasoning which are useful in predicting probable performance of students on College Board Aptitude tests. Because this was the first year we had used the SCAT it was administered also to the entire junior class. As the name implies, the Thurstone Temperament Schedule gives counselors and pupils some useful insight into the temperamental likes, dislikes, and tendencies of the pupils.
In 1958 Reading Memorial High School served as a center for the administration of the College Board Tests for the January, February and March dates. In 1959 we shall serve as a center again for the January, February, March and May administration of these tests.
Work that was begun in 1956 in preparing local norms has been continued sporadically as time allows. Scores on the Stanford Achieve- ment Tests for the past three years for each grade level, at each school, and for all schools together, have been combined but results have not been thoroughly analyzed or reported.
There has been a great deal of furore and excitement in recent months regarding the adequacy of American public education in meet- ing the challenge of the Soviets. Much has been written and even laws have been passed to enable early identification and encouragement of able pupils to go to college so that they may make greater contri- butions to the total defense effort of our country. As far as we in Reading are concerned, early identification of the able is not a problem. As a matter of fact, identification is the easiest aspect of a highly complex process which involves educational philosophy and organiza- tion. What many writers and legislators overlook is that it is domestic
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and other environmental influences which deter many of the able who do not go on to college from doing so. After such a pupil has been identified, considerable counseling is necessary to counteract negative attitudes more often found in the parents than in the pupil. It is unfortunate that the National Defense Act does not provide funds for the employment of additional counselors even though it provides money for the training of new counselors.
Together with the identification of able pupils is the problem of providing adequate and challenging educational experiences. Estab- lishment of Advanced Placement courses in high school require careful articulation of enrichment or acceleration programs at the lower grade levels. We have long advocated homogenous grouping at the extremes and possible departmentalized teaching of subject matter as early as the fourth or fifth grade. In order to prevent injustices that may arise from early labeling of pupils, and in order to hold to a minimum the formation of passive or negative attitudes and work habits on the part of less able pupils, great care must be taken to provide for a sufficient- ly flexible pupil placement program. This would entail more contin- uous observation and evaluation, and where necessary case study and follow-up counseling services.
Respectfully submitted,
ARA A. KARAKASHIAN,
Director of Guidance
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF HEALTH Margaret B. Clewley, R.N.
All essential health services - testing of vision, hearing, and physical appraisals, with the attending notices of failures and parental conferences - were completed for the school year ending in June 1958. The annual report on vision and hearing testing, submitted to the Department of Child Growth and Development, State Department of Public Health, is as follows:
Number of pupils tested
Vision 3499
Hearing 3499
Number who failed
86
46
Number seen by specialist
85
43
Number accepted as correct referrals
85
43
The program of physical examinations was completed for the school year 1956-57 by Dr. Wakeling and all recommendations were explained to parents in home visits, telephone conferences, or by letter. The increase in school enrollment, plus the increased number participating in athletics, has added materially to the number to be examined during this school year.
246 children were cared for at the Dental Clinic. The children receive a high quality of service from the Dental Hygienist and Dentist. There has been a sharp increase in legitimate requests for dental service, beyond what can be done under the present budget.
The annual program of inoculation with Triple and Double Antigen (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) was held in the elementary schools in the spring. The practice of offering a booster shot to the pupils of grade 9 was resumed and was widely accepted. This is in accord- ance with the best public health thinking, and will be an annual procedure. Four clinics for infants and children were held in the Town Building. A total of 355 school children and 36 babies were cared for.
The annual census of the physically handicapped, due each No- vember, contained the names of 50 children this year, 24 of these being new to our schools. Much time is spent on behalf of these children. There are two children reported on the annual census of the blind.
Arrangements have been made for nine pupils to receive home teaching, as they were physically unable to attend school.
Care of the injured or ill in school is, of course, a function of the health staff. 102 children were taken to the doctor's office for care, or, at the doctor's request, to the hospital or x-ray laboratory. The need for fulltime health counseling in the High School grows. 400 pupils have been seen since September.
The contribution of the nurse to the promotion of health programs for school children is well recognized. She plays an important part in all phases of the school health program, health services, health instruction, safe and healthful school environment, and in the active development of home and community relationships.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET B. CLEWLEY, R.N.
Director of Health
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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS AGE-GRADE TABLE - OCTOBER 1, 1958
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Total
Grade
1
53 270
15
338
2
67 271
25
363
3
58
245
21
324
4
60
237
20
2
319
5
69
239
38
346
6
93
242
22
2
359
7
116
192
21
5
1
335
8
57
164
22
4
2
249
9
187
60
12
3
262
10
1 5 201
75
8
1
291
11
4 207
42
4
1
1
1
260
12
98
88
26
4
1
217
SE
1
3
2
3
4
1
1
1
16
Total
53 337 345 333 329 355
398
275
189
220 271
394
141
31
5
2
1
3679
St. Agnes' School
1
15 69
3
87
2
16
71
3
90
3
19 39
1
59
4
13
47
2
62
5
12
35
4
51
6
15 27
7
49
7
21 24
1
46
8
8
26
2
1
37
Total
15
85
93
55
60
52
52
39
27
2
1
481
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1959 - 1960
Schools Open No Sessions:
September 8, 1959
Columbus Day Teachers Convention Veterans Day
October 30, 1959
November 11, 1959
Thanksgiving Recess
November 25, 1959
Close noontime Reopen
November 30, 1959
Christmas Vacation
December 23, 1959
Close noontime Reopen
January 4, 1960
Winter Vacation Close Reopen No Session on Good Friday
February 19, 1960
February 29, 1960
April 15, 1960
Spring Vacation Close Reopen No Session Memorial Day
April 14, 1960
April 25, 1960
May 30, 1960
Schools Close
June 23, 1960
SCHOOL ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for admission to Grade 1 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 certificate 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 unsuc- cessful.
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 regis- tration.
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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October 12, 1959
APPOINTMENTS
Senior High School
Andrian, Gail
French
Banister, Rolfe G.
Mathematics
Bartlett, Virginia
Physical Education
Dockendorff, Ruth E.
English Social Studies
Donohoe, Edwina
D'Orlando, Leonard (March)
Ham, Richard W.
English French
Mackey, Walter (March)
Industrial Arts
Miksen, Robert
Science
Murphy, James T.
Science
Reed, E. Jane
Head of Commercial Department Social Studies
Junior High School
Chapman, Richard
English
Crockett, Barbara E.
Home Economics
Green, Donald G.
Music and English
White, John W.
Physical Education
Birch Meadow School
Bears, Carol
Grade 5
*Farnham, Donald B. Stackpole, Dorothy
Grade 2
Highland School
Cawley, Mary
Grade 6
*Leonard, James M.
Grade 5 and Assistant Principal
Joshua Eaton School
Grade 1
Cox, Bertha (January) Philie, Janet Piper, Ethel
Grade 4
Lowell Street School
Lincoln, Virginia
Grade 2
Pearl Street School
Barrett, Lucille
Grade 3
Hughes, Patricia A.
Grade 2
Klein, Bernice W.
Grade 1
Needham, Shirley A.
Grade 5
Prospect Street School
Flaherty, Frances
Grade 3
Cafeteria Staff
Erickson, Dorothy (December) Joshua Eaton School - Part time
Maintenance Department
Bailey, Richard Pearl Street School - Custodian
Hubbard, Herman High School - Custodian and Night Watchmar *Returned from Military Service
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Grade 3
Grade 5
Myers, Richard T. (January)
RESIGNATIONS
Senior High School
Alden, Rachel
Austin, Dorothy
English English
Baker, Clifford W.
Chiesa, Rose
Head of Mathematics Department French Industrial Arts
Hall, George W., Jr. (March) Halle, Claudette
French
Kling, Svea
Murphy, James T.
Schumaker, Elizabeth
Soule, H. Neil
Vincent, Gerard G. (March)
Science English
Junior High School
Broadcorens, Joan N.
Home Economics English
Grayson, Elizabeth (December) Recklitis, Wilma
Music and English
Birch Meadow School
Tannenbaum, Harriet
Grade 5
Highland School
Greene, Nellie P.
Grade 6
Joshua Eaton School
Horwinsi, Amaryllis Rouvalis, Louise J. Snyder, Phyllis (March)
Grade 1.
Lowell Street School
Cronkite, Sharon L. Salva, Stella M.
Grade 4
Grade 1 and Building Principal
Prospect Street School
Stratton, Marialice
Grade 3
Pearl Street School
Bean, Annalie Hunt, Susan Mclellan, Marcia
Grade 3 Grade 2
Grade 5
Attendance Department Grundy, Robert A.
Attendance Officer
Cafeteria Staff
Brown, Jean W. (November) Ellis, Beulah
Joshua Eaton School Senior High School
RETIRED
Ida H. Johnson
High School Cafeteria
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Grade 4
Grade 6
Head of Commercial Department Science Physical Education
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL FACULTIES (Date indicates year of appointment in Reading)
School Committee Office
Robert F. Perry, B.S. (1935) Superintendent of Schools Assistant to the
Roderick E. Macdonald, B.S.Ed. (1937)
Superintendent and Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds
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 Dir. 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
J. Douglas Oliver, A.B., M.M.Ed. (1948) Walter E. Hawkes
Director of Music Director of Athletics
Senior High School
William W. Rodgers, A.B., Ed.M (1957)
Alton C. Bennett, A.B, M.A. (1947)
Florence G. Nichols, B.S.Ed. (1929)
Clarissa B. Abbott, B.S.Ed. (1953)
James M. Aldrich, A.B., A.M. (1954)
Head of Social Studies Dept. and Coach
Philip W. Althoff, B.P.E., M.Ed. (1927) Willis E. Anderson, A.B. (1956)
Gail A. Andrian, A.B. (1958)
Rolfe G. Banister, B.S., Ed.M. (1958) Mathematics Virginia Bartlett, B.S., M.Ed. (1958) Phys. Ed., Coach, Girls' Athletics Elizabeth A. Batchelder, B.S.Ed. (1916) Commercial Education Jeannette T. Bell, B.A. (1957)
Harold E. Bond. B.A., M.A. (1956)
Robert Bronner, B.A., M.Ed. (1939) Ardis V. Chapman, B.S. (1957)
Head of English Department English and Latin
Jane R. Cutcliffe, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1952) Elisabeth A. Dagdigian, A.B. (1953) Ruth Dockendorff, A.B. (1958) Edwina M. Donohoe, B.S.Ed. (1958)
English
Social Studies
Leonard F. D'Orlando, B.A., M.A. (1958) Robert H. Dunbar, A.B. (1957)
English and Coach U.S. History Mathematics
Mary H. Eaton, A.A., B.Ed. (1954)
David L. Garland. B.S., Ed.M. (1956) Robert R. Gray, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Biology and Coach Science, Mathematics and Coach French Mathematics
Richard W. Ham, A.B., A.M. (1958) Elizabeth G. Hardy, B.A. (1954)
Helen M. Hart, A.B., A.M. (1957) Walter E. Hawkes, B.S., Ed.M. (1933) Wendell W. Hodgkins, B.A., A.M. (1957) John A. Hollingsworth, Jr., B.S. (1955)
Latin and Guidance Counselor Director of Athletics English Mathematics and Coach
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Supervising Principal Assistant Principal Asst. Prin. and Dean of Girls English
Director of Physical Ed. Civics, U. S. History, Driver Ed. Spanish and English
English English Driver Ed. and Visual Aids Home Economics
Doris L. Kelly, B.S. (1956)
Anne T. Landini, B.A. (1954)
Francis J. Logan, B.A. (1956)
William F. Lorden. B.S.Ed. (1957)
Ernestine H. Macdonald, A.B. (1953) Walter Mackey, A.B., M.Ed. (1958) Robert Miksen, B.S. (1958)
James T. Murphy, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1958)
Richard E. Myers, A.B., A.M. Hist., A.M.Ed. (1958)
Social Studies
John B Pacino, B.S., M.Ed., Cert. B.U. (1945)
Commercial, Education Guidance, Coach
Hazel M. Percy. A.B. (1955) Head of Mathematics Department
Jerome H. Pierianowicz, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. Science
Frederick J. Pope, B.S., Ed.M. (1922)
Head of Science Department E. Jane Reed, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. CAGS (1958) Head of Commercial Dept. Edward W. Roewer, A.B., M.Ed. (1955) Spanish
James L. Roth, A.B. (1957)
Music Art
Geraldine F. Roy, B.S., Ed.M. (1950) Arthur L. Spencer, A.B., A.M. (1938) Head of Foreign Language Dept. English Head of Industrial Arts Dept.
Sally Stembridge, A.B. (1955)
Frederick C. Wales, B.S.E. (1942)
Social Studies and Coach
Ruth A. White, B.M. (1957) English
Derick V. Willson, B.A., M.Ed. (1955)
Industrial Arts
Helen R. Zimmerman, B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (1936) Science
Junior High School
Albert H. Woodward, A.B., Ed.M. (1940) John R. Copithorne, B.A., Ed.M. (1946) Louis A Adreani, B.S., Ed.M. (1955) Harriet S. Beattie, B.S.Ed. (1936) Stanley E. Butcher, A.B. (1949) Richard G. Chapman, B.S.Ed. (1958) Josephine Collins, B.S.E. (1957) Barbara E. Crocket, B.S.Ed. (1958)
Supervising Principal Asst. Principal and Science Science
Art
Head of Social Studies Department English Social Studies
Anna M. DeSantis, B.S.Ed. (1956)
Home Economics Physical Education
Louise J. Eldridge, A.B., M.A. (1950) Ethel L. Garfield, B.A. (1955)
Latin, French, English Special Education
Science English Music and English Industrial Arts Social Studies
Donald B. Garland, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1956) Elizabeth B. Grayson, B.A. (1957) Donald G. Green, B.ofM. (1958) Robert T. Hackett, B.A. (1957) Hazel W. Hunt, A.B., M.Ed. (1949) Helen R. Knight, B.S.E., Ed.M. (1946) Donald Lovely, A.B. (1957) Edward J. O'Gorman, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Head of English Department Social Studies and Arithmetic Industrial Arts
Dorothy B. Rice, A.B. (1949)
Head of Mathematics Department
Ann K. Roewer, B.S.Ed. (1952) Mathematics
Florentine C. Sembroski, B.A. (1956)
Mathematics
Gale M. Webber. B.S. (1956)
Commercial Education Head of Home Economics Department Mathematics and Coach Commercial Education Librarian Industrial Arts Science and Coach Science
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M. Phyllis Spencer, B.S., B.S.Ed. (1957) Business Training and Math. Forrest L. Troop, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1956) English Alice A. Welch, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1950) Head of Home Economics Dept. John W. White, Jr., B.S. (1958) Physical Education
Birch Meadow School
Ernest G. Spence, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1951) Supervising Principal
Dennis F. Murphy, B.S.Ed., M.A.Ed. (1953)
Asst. Principal, Grade 6
Carol Bears, B.Ed. (1958) Grade 5
A. Josephine Berry, B.S.Ed. (1944)
Grade 1
Donald B. Farnham, B.S. (1955)
Grade 5
Jane Gorrie. A.B. (1957)
Grade 3
Marion L. Kenison, A.B., M.Ed. (1957)
Grade 2
Marie McDonald, Perry Kindergarten School (1958) Grade 2
Marylyn Mulcahy, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Josephine Pardue, B.S. (1957)
Grade 5
Carl G. Perkins. B.Ed., Ed.M. (1956)
Grade 6
Priscilla Pierianowicz, A.B., Ed.M. (1957)
Grade 6
E. Lorraine Pulson, B.S.Ed., M.E. (1947)
Grade 6
Martha E. Ryder, B.S.Ed., Ed.M., CAGS (1949)
Grade 4
Dorothy W. Stackpole, B.S.Ed. (1958)
Grade 2
Norma L Taylor, B.A. (1957)
Grade 3
Florence A. Wood, Salem Normal (1956)
Grade 1
Rose Lentini, A.B .. M.Ed. (1958)
Special Education
Highland School
R. Hilda Gaffney, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1941) James M. Leonard, B.S.Ed. (1954)
Supervising Principal Assistant Principal, Grade 5 Grade 5
Jean W. Bennett, Salem T.C. (1955) Dorothy Burgess, Lesley School (1926) Grade 3 Ruth B. Carroll, B.S.Ed. (1955) Grade 6
Daisy W. Castine, Salem T.C. (1956)
Grade 2
Mary L. Cawley, Lesley School (1958)
Grade 6
Catherine M. Chipman, Lowell T.C. (1943)
Grade 2
Velma Eastman, B.S. (1955)
Grade 4
Edna E. Hendershot, Plymouth T.C. (1957)
Grade 1
Irene Montigny, B.A. (1955)
Grade 5
Louise Spracklin, B.S.Ed. (1957)
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., Ed.M. (1943)
Doris S. Forbes, Plymouth T.C. (1947)
Supervising Principal Asst Principal, Grade 5 Grade 3
Clara A. Anderson, B.S.Ed. (1944) Anne Baker, Conn. T.C. (1952) Herbert Baron, B.S., Ed.M. (1955)
Grade 2 Grade 6
Bertha S. Cox, Salem T.C. (1957)
Grade 1
Shirley J. Crompton, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Lorraine Domingue, B.S.E. (1952) Carolyn Kirmes, B.S. (1958)
Grade 2
Grade 1
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Helena Markham, Framingham T.C. (1934) John F. Morabito, B.S. (1954)
Grade 3
Grade 6
Helen B. Morgan, Lowell Normal (1953)
Grade 1
Janet R. Philie, B.S.Ed. (1958) Ethel W. Piper, B.S.Ed. (1958) Donna G. Rosenberg, B.A., Ed.M. (1957)
Grade 6
Gloria S. Rosenthal, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grades 4 and 5
Irene R. Royea, Aroostook Co. Normal (1928)
Grade 2
Kaye Sanborn, B.A. (1956) Harriet W. Ziskin, A.B., Ed.M. (1957)
Grade 6
Headquarters at Joshua Eaton School
Marie M. Hagman, B. of M. (1954)
Elementary Music Supervisor
Grades 1 2 3
Patricia M. Lyster, A.B. (1954)
Supervisor of Art-Elementary
Lowell Street School
Beatrice Stasinopulos, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1952) Building Prin., Grade 4
Dorothy Conron, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Grade 2
Jessie L. Goddard, Bridgewater T.C. (1955)
Grade 3
Virginia D. Lincoln, Wheelock (1958)
Grade 1
Pearl Street School
William E. Sim, B.S., M.A., C.A.S. (1956) Supervising Principal
Mary M. Chapman, B.S.Ed. (1941) Asst. Principal and Grade 5
Lucille Barrett, B.S.Ed. (1958) Grade 3
Mary Boghossian, B.S.Ed. (1956)
Grade 2
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)
Grades 3 and 4
Patricia A. Hughes, B.S.Ed. (1958)
Grade 2
Jean E. Jacob, B.Ed. (1955) Bernice W. Klein, B.A.Ed. (1958)
Grade 1
Shirley A. Needham, A.B., Ed.M. (1958)
Grade 5
Dorothy R. Payzant, B.L.I. (1953)
Grade 1
Norman R. Seifel, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (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. (1954)
Headquarters at Pearl Street School
Barbara Hill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1949)
Remedial Reading Supervisor Elementary Schools
Prospect Street School
Constance B. Loud, B.S.Ed. (1948) Frances A. Flaherty, B.S.Ed. (1958) Grace L. Gifford, Wheelock (1943) Alberta R. Mathieson, Salem T.C. (1924)
Building Principal and Grade 4
Grade 3
Grade 1
Grade 2
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Grade 4
Grade 3
Grade 5
Grade 4
SCHOOL SECRETARIES
Jean S. Underhill, Secretary to the Principal
Anna G. Freeman
Louise Davis
Elizabeth A. Brush
Isabelle H. Hull
Clarice D. Hynes
Evelyn Lazenby
Office of Director of Health
Edna M. Southard
Dorothy L. Wardrope
Reading Memorial High School Reading Memorial High School Reading Memorial High School W. S. Parker Junior High School Pearl Street School Highland School
Birch Meadow 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.
CAFETERIAS
Lois C. Piper, Supervisor
Obeline Arsenault
Senior High School
Mary Bacigalupo
Birch Meadow School
Elizabeth Bates, Manager
Highland School
Helen Beaman
Senior High School
ElsieMae Collins, Manager
Evelyn Davis, Manager
Genevieve Demenkow
Freida Doherty
Dorothy Erickson, (part time)
Edith French, Manager
Florence Harvey
Mae C. Kimball
Nellie Laetsch, Manager
Alice MacMillan
Flora MacPhail
Johnena Matthews
Elizabeth Miller
Evelyn Mullen, Manager Eva Noble
Anna Roscoe
Anna Vickery (part time)
W. S. Parker Junior High School Birch Meadow School Senior High School Pearl Street School Joshua Eaton School Joshua Eaton School Birch Meadow School Senior High School Pearl Street School Highland School W. S. Parker Junior High School Pearl Street School Joshua Eaton School Senior High School W. S. Parker Junior High School Joshua Eaton School Senior High School
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CUSTODIANS and MATRONS
Roderick E. Macdonald, Supervisor
Roy Brogan, Head Custodian
Richard Bailey
Margaret Campbell, Matron
W. S. Parker Junior High School W. S. Parker Junior High School Joshua Eaton School
Henry Gromyko
Edward F. Harrison, Head Custodian
Birch Meadow School Herman L. Hubbard, Custodian & Night Watchman Senior High School Birch Meadow School
Ronan J. Laskey
Andrew J. Lomax
Frank MacMillan
Theresa Meuse, Matron
Catherine Miller, Matron
John Miller, Head Custodian
Frank Mitchell
Joshua Eaton School Senior High School
Stuart R. Nichols
Joseph Petroni
Lowell and Prospect Street Schools
Fred Reissle, Head Custodian
W. S. Parker Junior High School All Schools
Vincent Serrentino
Reginald J. Southard, Night Watchman & Custodian Senior High School Margaret A. Thornton, Matron Highland School
Robert A. Vars, Head Custodian
Joshua Eaton School
Daniel J. White
Senior High School Senior High School
Elmer E. Young, Head Custodian
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Fred B. Gibson
W. S. Parker Junior High School All Schools - General Maintenance Senior High School Senior High School Highland School
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