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Co-Teaching has taken place at the grade 4 level in Cameron School, Alice Murphy, Principal and Vivian Cornwall and at grade 5 level in Sargent, Harold Hershfield, Principal and Catherine McBreen. (Co- Teaching means simply two teachers combining their talents to provide better instruction for two class groups.) Team-learning experiences have been evident in Alice Murphy's grade 4 in Cameron. (Children are divided into learning teams of three or four and each team goes ahead as rapidly as it can do the work.) At all levels our Elementary Teachers are very much concerned about "providing for individual dif- ferences" but the organization of our Elementary Schools (the self- contained classroom with one teacher expected to be all things to twenty five children ranging three or more grades in potential and achievement) frustrates the most conscientious effort on the part of
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the teacher to realize success in developing each child to the limit of his ability. Elementary School Principals are fully aware of their handicaps, both as teaching-principals with no time for supervision and as teachers in a self-contained classroom organization. The 1960 Budget has set aside a modest sum of money for a month-long July teach- er Workshop in hopes that a more effective organization may be devel- oped for the new Elementary School in Nabnasset. From this research may come some constructive ideas on improving instruction through a reorganization of our other Elementary Schools.
In addition to the general classroom instruction, there are many spe- cial instructional services provided for Westford children. Art under the supervision of Mr. Warren Perkins, is aimed at pupil expression and appreciation. Unfortunately our school system is rather large for a single Instructor so Elementary children have the services of the Art Specialist but once every other week, Junior High students once a week. There is a real need for a Senior High Art Elective Course but space and services have been unavailable to date. The Academy Christ- mas Mural which was enjoyed by so many Townspeople during the Holidays is a tribute to Mr. Perkins' instructional skill and competency.
The Music Program under the direction of Mr. Frank Page has rapidly expanded beyond the confines of the classroom to include two Instru- mental Groups and several Vocal Groups. As the program has grown be- yond the capacity of a single instructor the 1960 Budget has provided funds for an Assistant Music Teacher.
Our Remedial Team has now been expanded to include 1) School Physi- cian Maurice Huckins, Jr .; 2) School Nurse Miss Dorothy Healy; 3) School Psychologist Mr. Harold Silverstein; 4) Special Class Teach- er Mrs. Laura Husted; 5) Remedial Reading Teacher Miss Beatrice Higgins; 6) Speech Instructor and Therapist Mrs. Agnes Shipp; 7) Home Teacher Mrs. Marguerite Rennie. To obtain the services of any member of this Remedial Team for a child with special needs the Prin- cipal, with full knowledge and consent of the parent, submits a re- quest through the office of the Superintendent of Schools. Our Spe- cial Teachers and Assistants wish to serve the pupils' best interests, not to impose upon them unsolicited attention.
Interscholastic Athletics offers an opportunity for many of our boys and girls to find a great deal of satisfaction in vigorous physical exercise. Athletics serve a felt need just as do Art, Music and all those special club activities including Photography, Radio, Newspaper, Science etc. Teenagers need these special outlets for their interests and energies and under Coaches Bette Boudreau, Chesley Steele, Louis Stroumbos, George Larkin and Eugene Hayes our boys and girls are re- ceiving excellent instruction in the skills as well as high type moral and ethical instruction.
The Guidance Department, under the direction of Mrs. Mary T. Quinn, is entrusted with the responsibility of identifying and interpreting student problems and assisting teachers, students and parents in the solution of these problems. Typical student problems are: choosing subjects, changing program, deciding on further education or a job, choosing Training School or College, becoming informed on Scholarship
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opportunities, applying for College or a job, choosing an occupation, and so forth.
This year the Guidance Department organized a follow-up study of the graduating class of 1959. The response from our graduates was 100%. It is interesting to note what our graduates are doing one year later.
Four year colleges or other institutions
of higher learning. 22
Working full time
27
Armed Services.
3
Married ..
2
Unemployed.
2
(Since this report, two unemployed and two boys who are working full time have applied for admission to the Navy.)
Our Testing Program helps us to understand the student and his prob- lems and to evaluate our instructional efforts. A variety of intelli- gence, achievement, aptitude and interest tests with nationally estab- lished expected pupil performances indicates the competence, interests and achievements of each of our pupils and group performances to a de- gree are a measure of the effectiveness of the instructional program. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, given in grades 3-8 early in May each year, are a measure of individual and group achievement. The testing of May 1959 is here summarized and compared with the test summaries of ten years ago. The test score is converted to grade level achieve- ment. As tests were administered in May the norm indicates that eight tenths of a school year has passed.
MAY - 1959
Grade Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Arithmetic Problem National
Concepts
Solving
Norm
Westford Total
3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.3
3.8
4.4
4
5.2
4.8
5.1
4.8
4.8
5.0
5
5.9
5.7
5.9
5.8
5.8
5.8
6
7.5
7.1
6.7
6.8
6.8
7.0
7
8.2
7.8
7.9
7.8
7.8
7.9
8
9.0
8.9
8.7
8.5
8.8
8.8
MAY - 1949
3
3.3
3.2
3.5
3.4
3.8
3.4
4
4.1
4.1
4.4
4.2
4.8
4.2
5
4.8
4.5
4.8
4.9
5.8
4.7
6
6.1
5.4
5.7
5.6
6.8
5.7
7
6.3
6.1
6.4
6.2
7.8
6.2
8
7.7
7.7
7.4
7.1
8.8
7.5
A close analysis of these tests results reveals a wide range of achievement within any class group and even remarkable ranges of achievement for some individuals among the various areas tested. Tak- en in the same sequence as appears above for grade averages, here are
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some individual class ranges, i.e., the range of scores for single class groups of 25-30 pupils.
Grade 3 Class 3.2-6.5 2.2-8.1
3.2-5.2 4 3.1-8.0
2.6-6.0
3.4-8.4
2.8-6.3 3.5-7.2
5
3.9-9.3
2.6-9.3
5.5-7.8 4.3-8.4
Note that at the 3rd grade level, achievement range varies from two years to six years in the various categories tested. This range is slightly greater among 5th grade children as should be expected. Of very serious concern is the realization that the greatest area range appears in the Reading Comprehension column, 6 years, 5 years, 6 years respectively. It is for this reason that uncertainty is expressed for the teacher's ability to develop each child to his maximum potential under our present elementary organization. Reading is basic to success in all instructional areas. The better readers will accelerate, the slow readers will achieve somewhat less than a year's growth each year, the spread will increase. Double promotions for the too greatly accel- erated and retention for the too slow, is both unjust and unprofitable.
Group performances are not so meaningful at the secondary level because these tests are more specialized and are therefore not mandatory for the entire student body. Moreover, grade level interpretation has lit- tle meaning because of the elective nature of the High School program. The School and College Ability Test (SCAT) administered to the sopho- more class in October 1959 indicates that our students compare favor- ably, as a group, with established averages. The raw scores mean lit- tle but here is compared the Westford mean with the average perform- ance mean:
Norm
Westford
Verbal
273
280
Math
289
292
Total
281
288
The real substance of the examination is the individual performance. Does a given student indicate the potential necessary for success in College? For this purpose the results are meaningful.
Twenty two new teachers joined the staff in September 1959. Of this number, six were additional teachers required because of population growth. Miss Lillian Wright retired after forty five years of service to Westford and received well merited recognition from her pupils, fellow teachers, School Committee and Townspeople.
Miss Irene Mitchell received Statewide recognition as one of eleven "Teachers of the Year" in Massachusetts. Tuesday, November 3rd will long be remembered as Miss Mitchell Day, the day when all Academy stu- dents, to show their high regard for Miss Mitchell, appeared in Sunday best, the ultimate teen-age tribute.
The new Elementary School scheduled for occupancy in September 1960 will relieve congestion throughout the system. Frost, Cameron, Sar- gent and this new Elementary will each house grades 1 - 6. Grade 7 will be assigned to Roudenbush and the Academy will then be reduced to
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a more comfortable 520 for grades 8 - 12. The optimum capacity of the Academy is 525. Within two years the pupil population in grades 8 - 12 will again top 600. It is urgent that a Committee be appointed without further loss of time to investigate pupil space needs at the secondary level and to provide this space.
Your School Committee meets regularly the second Monday of each month and special meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of the month. School Committee meetings are open to the public and were open even be- fore the passage of the "Open Meeting Law", Chapter 626 of the Acts of 1958. Meeting dates are posted in the Town Hall. The School Committee members welcome the help and interest of the citizens they are trying to serve. Good public education is everybody's business.
The Budget is a blueprint for action. A detailed and thoughtfully prepared budget helps keep the total program on course and moving for- ward. The 1960 School Budget is $504,204.00 - an increase of $50,220. over the 1959 Budget. This represents an increase of 11% for an antic- ipated population increase of about 7%.
Salaries constitute 76% of the 1960 Budget and salary increases, in- cluding normal increments as well as the schedule revision due to the new $4,000.00 minimum salary law, account for $20,000.00 of the over- all $50,000.00 increase. The balance is due mainly to the increase in the number of staff members due to enrollment growth. Copies of the 1960 School Budget have been placed in the Fletcher Library where de- tails and the explanations are available to all.
The following is the statistical material which is a part of the School Committee Report :
WESTFORD ACADEMY 1959 GRADUATES
*Carlene Marie Abrahamson
*Adrienne Selina Alcorn Kenneth Roger Bethune Norbert Joseph Boisvert Odette Marie Boisvert Clifford Noel Brady Harold Eugene Brittain
Dorothy Lillian Husted
Richard Paul Kenny
Joan Marie Labbe
Trina Mae Laney
Muriel Loretta Leedberg
Eileen Marie MacDonald
David Frederick Marshall
*Linda Irene Brown
*Elaine Mary Chaisson Judith Estalyn Chisholm *Nance Coffin Sharon Gail Conway Carolyn Mary Cote
*Yvette Theresa Cote Paul Benedict Crowley, Jr. *Victor Richard Daly Mary Cecelia Denisevich Olympia Ann DeVincentis Alan Fred Dupras Iona May Ford
*Janet Irene Gagnon John Joseph Gagnon
*Thomas Curley McAvinew Joseph Francis Miscovitch, Jr. Judith Natalie Mowll James William Mungovan, Jr. Albert Henry Munroe *Brenda Mae Newton
*Pauline Rita Parent Cora Louise Picking Pauline Mary Reeves Marcia Elizabeth Regan
*John Daniel Sharpe Paul George Smith Karoline Marie Stepinski Constance Ann Sudak Edward Timothy Sullivan, Jr.
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George Donald Gower, Jr. *Nancy Ruth Hall Ann Haran *Edna Martelle Hikel Janet Mary Holmes Roger Lawson Hughes
John Dennis Sundberg Irene Marie Terenzio Margaret Jeanne Thibodeau *Mary Tzikopoulos *Diane Lorraine Vincent Carole Ann Walsh Stanley John Wajda
*National Honor Society Member
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL - "Pomp and Circumstance" Elgar
MADELEINE SPAULDING, Pianist
INVOCATION REV. PAUL F. MULLIGAN
SALUTATORY ADDRESS - "To the Stars Through Difficulties"
DIANE L. VINCENT
HONOR ESSAY - "The Changing Mind of Man" BRENDA M. NEWTON
MUSIC - Selections - Westford Academy Glee Club MR. FRANK PAGE, Director
HONOR ESSAY - "Responsibilities of Youth" PAULINE R. PARENT
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT THOMAS C. MCAVINEW President of the Class of 1959
ACCEPTANCE OF CLASS GIFT RICHARD J. THIBODEAU President of the Class of 1960
SOLO - "Battle Hymn of the Republic" STANLEY J. WAJDA
Howe
VALEDICTORY - "Humanities in Our Modern Education" MARY TZIKOPOULOS
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS (Given by the Trustees of Westford Academy)
For Excellence in Mathematics and Science
John D. Sharpe
For Excellence in Secretarial Science.
For Excellence in Social Studies
Pauline R. Parent Mary Tzikopoulos
For Excellence in English
Brenda M. Newton
THE MOST WORTHY REPRESENTATIVE OF WESTFORD ACADEMY
Class of 1959 - Edna M. Hikel and Carlene M. Abrahamson
Class of 1960 - Roberta Spinner
Class of 1961 - Paulette MacMillan
Class of 1962 - Janet Nesmith
OTHER AWARDS
Bausch and Lomb Science Award D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award D.A.R. American History Award Balfour Award - Homemaking
Loyalty - Scholarship - Achievement Industrial Arts
John D. Sharpe
Carlene M. Abrahamson
Linda I. Brown Trina M. Laney
Yvette T. Cote
George D. Gower, Jr.
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Business Betty Crocker Award
Pauline R. Parent Janet I. Gagnon
SCHOLARSHIPS
Fletcher Athletic Club Scholarship Mr. Joseph E. Joyce, Principal
Victor R. Daly
Adrienne S. Alcorn
Westford Grange Scholarship Mr. Allister F. MacDougall Westford Teachers' Association Scholarship Mr. Henry Leyland, President
Mary Tzikopoulos
Janet I. Gagnon
Women's Auxiliary Mdsx. No. Dist. Mass. Medical Society
Mrs. Dwight W. Cowles, Advisor Yvette T. Cote
Westford Academy Alumni Association Scholarship Edna M. Hikel
Mr. Edgar S. Peterson, President
Carlene M. Abrahamson
Trustees of Westford Academy Scholarships Dr. A. Warren Stearns
Carlene M. Abrahamson, Adrienne S. Alcorn, Nance Coffin Yvette T. Cote, Paul B. Crowley, Jr., Victor R. Daly Janet I. Gagnon, Edna M. Hikel, Thomas C. McAvinew Brenda M. Newton, John D. Sharpe, Mary Tzikopoulos Diane L. Vincent
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
ROBERT J. SPINNER Chairman of School Committee
CLASS ODE - Music - "America Our Heritage" .....
Steele
Words - CARLENE M. ABRAHAMSON
BENEDICTION
REV. VIRGIL E. MURDOCK
RECESSIONAL - "Pomp and Circumstance" MADELEINE SPAULDING, Pianist
Elgar
CLASS MOTTO - "Knowledge Comes but Wisdom Lingers"
CLASS COLORS - Green and White
CLASS FLOWER - Yellow Rose
CLASS MARSHAL - Richard J. Thibodeau
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1959 - 1960
Teachers' Meeting Fall Term
Winter Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
September 8 September 9 - December 23 January 4 - February 19 February 29 - April 14 April 25 - June 19
Total - 184 Days
Days Omitted: Teachers' Convention Armistice Day Thanksgiving Recess Good Friday Memorial Day
October 30
November 11
November 26 and 27
April 15
May 30
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Westford Academy Student Council Scholarship Presented by Mr. Eguene Hayes
REMARKS
It is the policy of the School Department to keep schools in ses- sion on all days during which it is safe for buses to be operated. The widely varying conditions in the several parts of Westford make it difficult to reach decisions equally fair to all.
ON DAYS WHEN THE WEATHER CONDITION IS QUESTIONABLE, PARENTS ARE URGED TO EX ERCISE THEIR OWN JUDGMENT AS TO THE WISDOM OF SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
ACADEMY PROGRAM OF STUDIES
GRADE 7-1
GRADE 7-2
GRADE 7-3,4,5
English
English
English
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics
Science
Science
Science
Latin I
Extra Mathematics
Accelerated Reading
Accelerated Reading
Extra English
Physical Education
Physical Education
Physical Education Art Music
Music
Music
Home Economics
Home Economics
Ind. Arts (7-4,5)
GRADE 8-1
GRADE 8-2
GRADE 8-3,4,5
English
English
English
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Science
Science
Science
Algebra I
Mathematics
Mathematics
Latin I
Extra English
Accelerated Reading Art
Accelerated Reading Art
Extra Mathematics Art Music
Music
Music
Physical Education
Physical Education
Physical Education
Home Economics
Home Economics
Home Economics
GRADE 9
BUSINESS
COLLEGE
GENERAL
English *
English *
English * Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Introduction to Bkkpg
Algebra I
Gen. Science (Mechanics) Practical Mathematics
Gen. Science (Home) Elementary Bus. Math
Latin I
Ind. Arts (Boys)
French I Gym
French I
Home Economics (Girls) Elementary Bus. Math Gym
Gym Accelerated Reading
Gen. Science (Col. Bus.)
* All starred subjects are required
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Art
Art
Home Economics
Biology
GRADE 10
COLLEGE
English * Social Studies
Algebra II
Latin II Chemistry French I College Typing Speech Gym
GENERAL
English *
Social Studies Biology
Industrial Arts
Home Economics
Practical Mathematics II
Bookkeeping I Gym Typing I Speech
GRADE 11
COLLEGE
English *
U. S. History *
Chemistry Algebra II
French II
Latin III
Gym
GENERAL
English * U. S. History Industrial Arts Home Economics Psychology Basic Electronics
Typing I Typing II Gym
GRADE 12
COLLEGE
English *
Problems of Democracy Physics Senior Science Solid Geom. and Trig. English Composition * Psychology Gym College Typing
GENERAL
English * Problems of Democracy Industrial Arts Home Economics Senior Science Review Mathematics
Psychology Typing I Typing II Gym
BUSINESS
English * Social Studies Biology Typing I Bookkeeping I French.I Gym Speech
BUSINESS
English * U. S. History Typing II Bookkeeping II French II Stenography I Advanced Bus. Math Psychology Gym French I
BUSINESS
English * Problems of Democracy Stenography II Business Law Office Practice Gym
All starred subjects are required
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TEACHING STAFF 1959 - 1960
TEACHERS
WESTFORD ACADEMY
SUBJECT OR GRADE
UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE SINCE
Joseph E. Joyce, B.S., M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Boston College, Boston University)
Aug 1958
Bette Boudreau, B.S. (Boston University)
Sep 1954
Eva Brown, B.A. (University of New Hampshire)
"
1955
Mary Carrick, B.S., M.Ed. (Salem Teachers', Boston University) Rita Crowley, A.B. (Simmons)
English
=
Mathematics
1959
James Donovan, Jr., B.A., M.Ed. (Boston College)
English - Latin
=
Dorothy Doucette, B.S.Ed. (Framingham Teachers' College)
Homemaking - Dietician
1954
Harold Flaherty, Jr., B.S.Ed. (Boston University)
Social Studies
1959
Anne Frantz, B.S. (Manchester College)
English
"
"
Mildred Gagnon, B.S.Ed. (Salem Teachers' College)
Business Education
"
1953
Latin - Social Studies
1959
Social Studies - Asst Principal
1958
English
1959
Social Studies
1955
Francis Joyce, B.S. (Fitchburg Teachers' College)
Industrial Arts
1959
Science
1952
Social Studies - Guidance
1959 =
Science
1958
Irene Mitchell, B.S., M.Ed. (Lowell Teachers, Rivier College)
English
1955
Donald Morrison, B.S.Ed. (Boston University)
Social Studies
1959
Guidance Director
1952
Mary Quinn, A.B., M.Ed. (Regis College, Fitchburg Teachers') Harold Ready, B.S., C.B.A. (Boston University)
Business
1956
Mathematics
Jan 1947
Science
Sep 1958
Mathematics
1959
=
Speech - U.S. History - Psychology French
Dec 1954
120
Kenneth Robes, B.S. (Dartmouth College)
Robert Schoolcraft, B.S. (Boston University)
David Shay, B.S. (Lowell Tech Inst., Salem Teachers' College) Agnes Shipp, B.A. (McKendree Coll., Castleton Teachers, Emerson) Madeleine Spaulding, A.B. (Boston University)
Physical Education English
1958
Helen Campbell, B.A. (University of New Hampshire)
Business Education
1954
Joseph Derby, B.S. (Tufts University)
Donald Griffin, A.B. (Boston College, Fitchburg Teachers') Eugene Hayes, B.S., M.Ed. (Boston College)
Susan Hillebrandt, B.A. (Wellesley College) Bette Hook, B.A., M.Ed. (Univ. Michigan, Fitchburg Teachers')
Theodore Lapierre, B.Ed., M.Ed. (Plymouth Teachers, Univ of NH) George Larkin, Jr., B.S. (Boston College) David Levin, B.A. (Northeastern University) Donald Maclean, A.B. (Boston University)
Chesley Steele, B.S. (Springfield College) Physical Education Louis Stroumbos, B.S. (Purdue University) Aristotle Vurgaropoulos, B.S. (Boston University, Salem Teachers' ) Science - Mathematics Margaret Weafer, B.S. (Boston College)
Sep
1958
Mathematics - Guidance
1956
11 1958
English - Social Studies
1959
WM. C. ROUDENBUSH SCHOOL
Peter F. Perry, B.S.Ed.,M.Ed., PRINCIPAL (Hyannis Teachers' College, Boston University) Jeanne Gleason, B.A. (Wellesley College)
11
6
1959
Helen Skames, B.A., M.Ed. (Tufts College, Boston University)
1
6
1959
Joan Woods, B.S.Ed. (Bridgewater Teachers' College)
6
1957
WM. E. FROST SCHOOL
5
1939
Rita Miller, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Lowell Teachers' College, Rivier College) Florence Morris, (Lowell Teachers' College)
11
1
1948
Shirley Oliver, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College, Rivier College)
11
2
Sep 1959
Kathryn Wilder (Bridgewater Teachers' College)
"
3
Apr 1953
Ann Grady, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
4
Sep 1955
CAMERON SCHOOL
Alice Murphy, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. PRINCIPAL(Lowell Teachers' College, Calvin Coolidge) Ann Cogger, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
1
1957
Leola Foden, A.B. (Boston University)
1
11 1959
Josephine St. Onge, A.B. (Boston University)
11
3
1954
Vivian Cornwall, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
11
5
1955
Henry Leyland, A.B., M.Ed. (Merrimack College, Rivier College) SARGENT SCHOOL
11
5
1956
Harold Hershfield, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (M.I.T., Boston University)
5
11
1959
June Ennis, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
1
11
=
Mona Griffin, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
1
=
Jean Bell (Fitchburg Teachers College)
2
Apr 1930
Beatrice Provost (Lowell Teachers' College)
"
3
Sep 1952
Mildred Leonard, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
3
1958
Patricia Nordberg (Fitchburg Teachers' College)
4
Oct 1955
Catherine McBreen, B.S.Ed. (Fitchburg Teachers' College)
5
Sep 1956
NABNASSET SCHOOL
=
2
1946
11
1
1956
4
=
1949
2
=
Eleanor Gomes, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
4
1958
Elizabeth Chachus, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College, Rivier College)
2
Dec 1940
Madeline Goucher (Keene N. H. Teachers' College)
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Ruth Wright, B.S.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Plymouth Teachers' College) Joan O'Brien, A.B. (Merrimack College)
Grade 6
1924
6
1957
James Thomas, B.S.Ed. (Lowell Teachers' College)
SUPERINTENDENT
Lloyd G. Blanchard, A.B., M.Ed. (Dartmouth College, Harvard University) Aug 1957
SCHOOL NURSE
Dorothy A. Healy, R.N. (Framingham Union Hospital)
Sep 1941
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Frank J. Page, B.S.E. (Lowell Teachers' College)
Apr 1959
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ART SUPERVISOR
Warren J. Perkins, B.S. (Boston University)
Sep 1959
SPECIAL CLASS TEACHER
Laura Husted, B.S. (New Jersey State Teachers' College) Sep 1958
REMEDIAL READING TEACHER
Beatrice Higgins, B.S.E., M.Ed. (Bridgewater Teachers' College, Boston University)
Sep 1956
ENROLLMENT - WESTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
October 1, 1959
GRADE
ACADEMY
ROUDENBUSH
FROST
CAMERON
SARGENT
NABNASSET
TOTAL
12
75
75
11
77
77
10
75
75
9
107
107
8
133
133
7
135
135
SP
7
7
6
124
124
28
22
29
(B
24
27
130
4 (A
29
28
32
(B
21
24
29
(B
26
28
30
29
137
(A
27
23
20
22
1
(B
TOTALS
602
131
155
200
214
51
1353
Westford students attending the Acton Schools are as follows:
High School - 5 Elementary - 1
CENSUS SUMMARY - OCTOBER 1959
(Ages are as of October 1, 1959)
SCHOOLS
AGE
BOYS
GIRLS
TOTAL
PUBLIC
VOCATIONAL
PRIVATE NOT IN SCHOOL
15
46
59
105
99
1
5
14
39
47
86
85
1
13
54
53
107
100
6
1
12
75
92
167
159
8
11
58
76
134
128
6
10
66
60
126
117
9
9
71
56
127
126
1
8
65
60
125
121
4
7
70
67
137
128
9
6
83
60
143
135
8
5
67
73
140
9
7
124
4
59
79
138
138
3
161
161
2
150
150
1
159
159
0-1
159
159
-
-
2164
1207
2
63
892
28
117
3 (A
28
102
2 (A
(B
24
23
19
134
-
5 (A
123
REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE
Effective September 1, 1960
1959-60
1960-61
STEP
BACHELOR'S
MASTER'S
BACHELOR'S
MASTER'S
1
3800
4100
4000
4300
2
3950
4250
4100
4400
3
4100
4400
4200
4500
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
4
4250
4550
4350
4650
5
4400
4700
4500
4800
6
4550
4850
4650
4950
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
7
4700
5000
4850
5150
8
4850
5150
5000
5300
9
5000
5300
5150
5450
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
10
5150
5450
5300
5600
11
5300
5600
5450
5750
12
5400
5700
5600
5900
124
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL CAFETERIA
January 1, 1959 RECEIPTS
$ 2,037.93 27,673.67 2,113.13 $ 31,824.73
REIMBURSEMENTS due from State & Federal Funds
EXPENDITURES - January 1 - December 31, 1959
30,032.28
BALANCE - January 1, 1960
$ 1,792.45
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC FUND
RECEIPTS :
Balance January 1, 1959
$
Town of Westford
3,500.00
Basketball Games
770.57
Football Games
948.25
$ 5,218.82
EXPENDITURES :
Athletic Supplies, Equipment, Repair
$ 3,630.81
Referees, Police etc.
1,400.61
$ 5,031.42
BALANCE - January 1, 1960
$ 187.40
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL BAND ACCOUNT
RECEIPTS - Town of Westford $ 700.00
EXPENDITURES :
Band Supplies, Equipment, Repair
$ 334.00
Services
366.00
$ 700.00
BALANCE - January 1, 1960
125
REPORT OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Children taken home from school because of illness 188 11 to the School Physician 15
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