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Has the school committee been able to staff your schools with this kind of teacher? We believe we have. A list of personnel employed in the public schools as printed in this report, reflects a depth of academic training and a highly important degree of experience. The seventy four professional staff members hold ninety four degrees from thirty four different colleges and uni- versities. Fifty members of the group have served more than three years in this school system and have been elected to tenure. Your committee believes this is an exceptionally well-trained and experienced staff.
In line with its policy of recruiting candidates of high potential and retaining only those who demonstrate both the desire and ability to improve their classroom teaching, the school committee has established the minimum teaching salary at $4,800 - a $100
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increase over the previous schedule, established recognition for election to tenure, and increased the maximum salaries by $200. Your committee believes this action will provide the desired calibre of additional staff members.
One sound method of upgrading the educational personnel of our school program is through in-service courses and graduate study. In 1963, the staff participated in in-service courses in modern mathematics, handwriting, and social studies. Courses in French and art are scheduled for the spring term of 1964. More than half the staff participated in advanced academic programs during the past year at colleges, universities, and in the National Defense sponsored science, foreign languages, and mathematics programs.
The recruiting of qualified personnel to staff the additional classrooms and to fill vacancies caused by marriage and resigna- tions is a continuous process. One hundred five colleges and universities have been notified of the position vacancies for Sep- tember, 1964. Applications are being received and interviews scheduled. In line with the record of past years, it is reasonable to predict that for each teacher employed, fifty applications will be processed and ten candidates will be interviewed.
The committee has intensified its efforts to evaluate accurately the effectiveness of the academic program. One major criterion used has been the standardized testing results. Using the Stan- ford Achievement tests and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Wil- braham pupils rank in the seventy-eighth percentile on the conti- nental United States norm, and in the fifty first percentile on the geographic regional norm. Based on the above average median I. Q. of our student population and the above average socio- economic level of the community, this school system is achieving satisfactory performance when compared with the nation and with comparable communities in the northeastern region.
Of major concern to the school committee and a challenge to the long range continuance of a program of academic excellence in Wilbraham is the substantial increase in the number of pupils. Comparative enrollment figures for a five year period, as printed in this report, combined with the pre-school census figures, indi- cate steady increases not only in the number of entering first grade pupils, but in the number of families with school-age children moving into the community. Two figures emphasize the growth pattern: between October 1, 1962 and October 1, 1963, one
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hundred seventy one pupils were added to the grade 1-8 enroll- ment; and as of October 1, 1963, two hundred ten children were recorded as eligible to enter grade 1 in 1964.
As necessary in the development and operation of a good edu- cational program as qualified and experienced teachers, is the requirement that adequate instructional space shall be provided. Since 1949, Wilbraham has faced the need for additional class- room facilities with determination and positive action by author izing seven school expansion projects. With the completion of the new elementary school on South Main Street in the spring of 1964, there will be seventy classrooms, all but six constructed since 1949, serving grades 1-8 in this community. Each of the four school buildings is a complete educational unit carefully planned and equipped to function safely and efficiently. The enrollment projections, based on pre-school-age children now living in Wilbraham, indicates a 1969 enrollment of 2,325 pupils and a need for eighty six classrooms, sixteen more than now exist.
The school committee met with the Board of Selectmen on December 17, discussed these figures, and requested that a School Survey Committee be named to study the enrollment projections and physical facilities, and to recommend an immediate and a long range program of action.
Since May of this year, representatives of the Wilbraham School Committee, in joint action with members of the Regional District School Committee, have been studying the present and projected work demands of the administrative function for the combined Wilbraham Local and the Regional District systems. When the Regional District was formed in 1956, it was educationally desirable and economically efficient to coordi- nate the academic programs and utilize the business experi- ence of an existing administrative organization by jointly employing a superintendent and sharing office space, equip- ment, and personnel. Since this program was established, no changes, either through assignment of responsibility or through the addition of personnel or equipment, have been made in the administrative office. In the past seven years, enrollment and personnel have more than doubled, five school construction proj- ects have been undertaken, and the annual operating budgets have increased by nearly one million dollars. Enrollment projec- tions indicate that the next seven years will require an accelerat- ing expansion of staff, facilities, and budgets. It is the assignment
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of this study committee to recommend programming, equipping, and staffing of the business administration and educationally sound and efficient utilization of funds and personnel.
The school committee recognizes with appreciation the efforts of all the personnel employed in our schools. The academic growth and professional attitude of the teachers, supervisors, and ad- ministrative staff; the constant attention to operational details and to the health and safety of the pupils by the supporting staff; and the uniformly excellent maintenance of buildings, grounds, and equipment by the custodians, all result in a school system of which we are proud.
The assistance, encouragement, and suggestions by citizens and elected officials of Wilbraham have greatly aided your school committee in its guidance of the school program. We shall con- tinue to strive to fulfill our responsibility by providing direction for the educational program in Wilbraham.
ALEXANDER W. MARCO, Chairman
ETHEL M. MUSSELMAN
HARRY DABAGIAN
BRUCE A. STEPHENS
CLAYTON L. THOMAS
SCHOOL STATISTICS Enrollment
The enrollment of pupils by grade as of October 1, 1963 is shown below:
Grade
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Spec. Total
Stony Hill
112
123
116
135
130
616
Memorial
195
190
152
19
556
Pines
74
89
94
85
86
428
186
212
210
220
216
195
190
152
19
1600
Census Report and Comparison October 1, 1963
Census
Year Born
Year to Enter School
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1957
1963
186
173
163
157
154
1958
1964
210
189
185
162
139
1959
1965
181
162
145
127
84*
1960
1966
209
181
152
112*
1961
1967
159
138
89*
1962
1968
128
79*
1963
1969
99*
* 9/12 of year recorded
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Children in School Census and Their Distribution October 1, 1963
5-7 Years
7-16 Years
Total
Boys
291
892
1183
Girls
262
845
1107
Total
553
1737
2290
Distribution
In Public Schools
381
1582
1963
In Vocational Schools
6
6
In Private Schools
17
142
159
Not enrolled in any school
155
7
162
553
1737
2290
Number of Pupils in Elementary Schools by Grades Five Year Period 1958-1963
As of October of each year
Grade
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Spec.
Total
1958
148
136
126
126
133
147
122
104
92
19
1153
1959
172
162
140
123
143
133
170
101
*
23
1167
1960
186
185
167
151
129
136
148
157
*
23
1282
1961
186
187
184
175
156
141
149
138
*
17
1333
1962
190
193
198
196
178
165
146
147
*
16
1429
1963
186
212
210
220
216
195
190
152
*
19
1600
-
* Grade 9 now at Minnechaug High School
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1963-1964
First Term: Wednesday, September 4 through Friday, December 20
Second Term: Monday, January 6 through Friday, February 14
Third Term: Monday, February 24 through Friday, April 17
Fourth Term: Monday, April 27 through Friday, June 19
School will close on all legal holidays, Friday, October 18, Hampden County Teachers' Convention, and Friday, March 27, Good Friday. Schools will close at noon on November 27 for Thanksgiving.
The Wilbraham School Committee schedules regular meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Special meetings are scheduled as required; all meetings are open to the public.
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1963 BUDGET
Salaries
1963 Appropriation 1963 P. L. 874
$507,816.00 10,000.00
Others $153,184.00 11,000.00
Out-of-State Travel $80.00
$661,080.00 21,000.00
1963 Budget
$517,816.00
$164,184.00
$80.00
$682,080.00
Community Program
$ 4,500.00
$ 1,500.00
$ 6,000.00
1963 EXPENDITURES
Out-of-State
Salaries
Travel
$515,477.10
Others $145,176.68 1,562.61
$21.08
Total $660,674.86 1,562.61
Total Expenditures
$515,477.10
$146,739.29
$21.08
$662,237.47
Community Program
$ 4,423.90
$ 1,460.04
$ 5,883.94
1964 BUDGET
Out-of-State
1964 Appropriations 1964 P. L. 874
Salaries $595,128.00 16,000.00
Others $157,215.00 16,000.00
Travel $80.00
Total $752,423.00 32,000.00
1964 Budget
$611,128.00
$173,215.00
$80.00
$784,423.00
Community Program
$ 4,500.00
$ 1,980.00
$ 6,480.00
An examination of the 1963 budget estimate, 1963 expendi- tures, and the 1963 year-end account balances reaffirms the school committee's decision to recommend again to the voters a total appropriation for the 1964 budget. As evidenced by the plus and minus balances in account expenditures in the 1963 budget, the committee must have flexibility of management within the budget appropriation to continue to provide an effective academic program and efficient business operation. In the late summer and early fall of 1962, the 1963 budget estimates were developed and were, at that time, reasonable forecasts of the amounts needed. The total expenditures are at 97.09% of the budget estimate, but within the budget, as shown by the account balances, emergencies devel- oped during the year:
1. Principals' Salaries (plus $1,225.56) - one principal elected to accept a ten month employment contract instead of an eleven month contract, as anticipated.
2. Expense of Principalship (plus $678.94) - the cost of operating a new school office for a full year was less than anticipated.
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Total
1963 Appropriation 1963 P. L. 874
3. Custodians' Salaries (minus $496.51) - due to illness, there was need for a long term substitute on the custodial force.
4. Fuel (plus $4,908.38) - a below average degree day re- quirement occurred, and better operating efficiency of the systems was achieved.
5. Expense of Operation (minus $573.34) - increased pupil enrollment and additional area to clean, light, and maintain.
6. Repairs and Replacements (minus $1,459.87) - a new roof was installed on the 1923 section of the Pines School.
7. Transportation (plus $4,664.50) - use of sidewalks, effi- cient utilization of equipment, and the reduction in out-of- town transportation of tuition pupils resulted in this saving.
8. Tuition (plus $7,754.91) - only after pupils sign up for Trade High School and the adult evening program is sched- uled can we determine the exact tuition costs.
9. Miscellaneous Auxiliary (plus $1,668.31) - is insurance costs, and includes estimates on the Pines School addition.
10. New Equipment (plus $1,642.20) - savings were realized by repairing existing equipment.
1964 BUDGET ANALYSIS MATERIALS CREDITS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH
Account
1963 Estimates
1963 Actual
1964 Estimates
Chapter 71, Section 7A
(Transportation)
$38,000.00
$41,720.91
$42,000.00
Chapter 70, Section A
87,971.00
87,971.93
90,571.00
Vocational
6,500.00
5,283.67
5,000.00
State Wards
300.00
668.82
600.00
School Adjustment Counsellor
3,600.00
3,600.00
3,600.00
Special Class
7,000.00
7,618.42
7,500.00
Chapter 70, Section 3B
(Regional membership)
13,195.00
13,195.79
13,585.00
Total
$156,566.00
$160,059.54
$162,856.00
Operating Budgets
$682,080.00
$662,237.47
$784,423.00
Less: Credits
156,566.00
160,059.54
162,856.00
Net Cost to Wilbraham
$525,514.00
$502,177.93
$621,567.00
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The Massachusetts Department of Education has established a new budget expenditure reporting form for all public school systems; the 1964 budget appears in the new form here.
1964 BUDGET New Massachusetts Department of Education Budget Form
Account
Salaries
Others
Out-of-State Travel
Total $300.00
1
Exp. of School Com.
$300.00
2 Supt's Salary
$10,600.00
10,600.00
3 Business Office 9,023.00
1,950.00
$80.00
11,053.00
4
Supervisors' Salaries 24,345.00
24,345.00
5
Principals' Salaries
34,204.00
34,204.00
6 Principals' Offices
13,892.00
1,080.00
14,972.00
7
Teachers' Salaries
437,825.00
437,825.00
8 Supplies Instruction
16,312.00
16,312.00
9 Textbooks
9,222.00
9,222.00
10
Library
8,031.00
3,360.00
11,391.00
11 Audio Visual
1,600.00
1,600.00
12 Guidance Services
7,986.00
1,058.00
9,044.00
13
Psychological Services 6,570.00
6,570.00
14
Attendance Services
7,765.00
7,765.00
15
Health Services
8,108.00
1,100.00
9,208.00
16 Transportation
62,902.00
62,902.00
17 Student Activities
100.00
100.00
18
Custodians' Salaries
42,779.00
42,779.00
19
Supplies - Maint.
10,424.00
10,424.00
20 Fuel
13,980.00
13,980.00
21 Utilities
10,786.00
10,786.00
22 Maint. of Grounds
700.00
700.00
23 Maint. of Buildings
8,810.00
8,810.00
24 Maint. of Equipment
1,600.00
1,600.00
25 Insurance
4,426.00
4,426.00
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New Equipment
5,630.00
5,630.00
27 Tuition
17,875.00
17,875.00
Total
$611,128.00
$173,215.00
$80.00
$784,423.00
Community Budget $4,500.00
$1,980.00
$6,480.00
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Financial Report 1963 BUDGET ANALYSIS MATERIALS MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET FORM
Account
1963 Budget
1963 Expenditures $249.12
1963 Balance
1964 Budget
Expense of School Committee
$255.00
+
$5.88
Superintendent's Salary
10,150.00
10,150.00
.00
Business Office Expense
10,252.00
10,099.65
+
152.35
11,073.00
Out of State Travel
80.00
21.08
+
58.92
80.00
Supervisors' Salaries
21,410.00
21,154.63
+
255.37
23,265.00
Principals' Salaries
27,024.00
25,798.44
+
1,225.56
34,204.00
Expense of Principalship
13,238.00
12,559.06
+
678.94
14,792.00
Teachers' Salaries
397,627.00
397,945.47
318.47
469,156.00
Textbooks
9,591.00
10,018.17
427.17
12,582.00
Exp. of Instr., Supplies
14,814.00
14,579.75
+
234.25
17,970.00
Custodians' Salaries
34,622.00
35,118.51
496.51
42,779.00
Fuel
14,230.00
9,321.62
+
4,908.38
13,980.00
Exp. of Operation, Misc.
17,775.00
18,348.34
573.34
21,060.00
Repairs and Replacements
10,575.00
12,034.87
1,459.87
11,260.00
Health
6,649.00
6,780.68
131.68
9,209.00
Transportation
64,852.00
60,187.50
+
4,664.50
62,902.00
Tuition
20,250.00
12,495.09
+ 7,754.91
17,875.00
Misc. Auxiliary
4,946.00
3,277.69
+ 1,668.31
4,706.00
New Equipment
3,740.00
2,097.80
+ 1,642.20
6,630.00
Total
$682,080.00
$662,237.47
+$19,842.53
$784,423.00
Less :
Available P. L. 874
21,000.00
1,562.61
+ 19,437.39
32,000.00
Amount to Appropriate
$661,080.00
$752,423.00
Community Program
6,000.00
5,883.94
+ 116.06
6,480.00
1
1
-
$300.00 10,600.00
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PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE WILBRAHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Name
Position
Year Appointed
Education and Professional Training
Office : Irving H. Agard
Superintendent
1950
Eva M. Ellis
Executive Secretary
1959
Joann L. LedDuke
Bookkeeper
1957
Anna B. Tupper
Secretary
1958
Stony Hill School :
Alan J. Rubin
Principal
1955
Ruth Fay
Secretary
1962
Gina I. Frangie
Grade 5
1954
Amelia Riley
Grade 5
1957
Alice Kozlowski
Grade 5
1962
B.S., State College at Westfield
Claire Formwalt
Grade 5
1963
B.S., State College at Fitchburg
Alice Foley
Grade 4
1955
State College at Westfield
Mildred Powell
Grade 4
1960
B.S., Univ. of Nebraska; Univ. of Mass.
Virginia Sternberg
Grade 4
1961
B.S., American International College
Eleanor Fink
Grade 4
1962
B.S., Boston University
Charlotte Prochnow
Grade 3
1957
B.S., M.Ed., State College at Bridgewater;
Springfield College
Therese Dowd
Grade 3
1957
A.B., Our Lady of the Elms College
Adele Kochanek
Grade 3
1962
B.S., Springfield College
Mildred Smith
Grade 3
1963
B.S., Indiana University
Marion Holland
Grade 2
1922
Springfield Teachers College
Judith Backus
Grade 2
1962
B.S., State College at Westfield
Madeleine Martin
Grade 2
1962
B.S., State College at Westfield
Valerie Lundberg
Grade 2
1961
B.S., Springfield College
B.A., M.Ed., Lafayette; State College at Fitchburg Burdett College
B.A., M.A., American International Col.
B.A., M.Ed., American International
College; Springfield College
B.S., State College at Worcester
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PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE WILBRAHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Continued)
Name
Position
Year Appointed Education and Professional Training
Stony Hill School:
Clara B. Merrill
Grade 1
1944
Farmington State College
Joanne S. Ewig
Grade 1
1955
B.S., M.Ed., Skidmore College;
Springfield College
Stella C. Mondoux
Grade 1
1958
B.S., State College at Westfield
Georgina W. Childs
Grade 1
1963
B.S., M.S., College of St. Rose; Syracuse Univ.
Henry P. Hyde
Custodian
1954
Thomas Farnham
Custodian
1958
G. Frederic Boyce
Custodian
1963
Ella Lindsay
Cook
1957
Isabella Rollins
Cook
1953
Yvette Damoulakis
Cook
1961
Helen S. Los
Cook
1962
The Pines School:
Helen S. Strauss
Principal
1930
B.S., M.S., Columbia; Springfield College
B.S., Teachers College, Danbury, Conn.
B.S., State College at Westfield
Mary Ann Herndon
Grade 5
1963
B.S., American International College
Marjorie Befford
Grade 4
1958
State College at Fitchburg
Evelyn Salisbury
Grade 4
1961
B.A., University of New Hampshire
Virginia M. Popp
Grade 4
1962
B.S., State College at Westfield
Emma B. Habin
Grade 3
1960
B.S., State College at Westfield
Judith M. Arnold
Grade 3
1962
B.S., Russell Sage, New York
Paula F. Coonan
Grade 3
1962
B.S., M.Ed., Springfield College
Rosemary Birtwell
Grade 2
1961
B.A., State College at Westfield
Judith E. Bready
Grade 2
1963
B.S., State College at Westfield
Patricia Frydryk
Secretary
1961
Ruth C. Hood
Grade 5
1959
Charles Lockwood
Grade 5
1962
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Elizabeth Cuthbert
Grade 2
1963
B.S., Elmira College, New York
Mary E. Johnston
Grade 1
1950
Ruth S. Geigel
Grade 1
1961
Catherine Alaimo
Grade 1
1961
Michael Pyzocha
Custodian
1954
Mitchell Misiaszek
Custodian
1961
Emily G. Bready
Cook
1960
Jean Lajzer
Cook
1960
Julia Dougal
Cook
1952
Evelyn Dabrowski
Cook
1962
Memorial School:
Richard J. Curry
Principal
1954
Richard S. Ullery, Jr.
Guidance
1958
Florence LeVan
Secretary
1956
Marion Castaldini
Secretary
1956
Muriel Boyce
Junior High
1960 -
A. Louise Bradley
Junior High
1952
Audrey Dabagian
Junior High
1961
Marion Didrikson
Junior High
1959
B.B.A., American International College
Robert P. Garvey
Junior High
1955
B.A., M.A., St. Anselm's;
American International College
Rosemarie Gill
Junior High
1960
B.S., State College at Salem
Ruth W. Herter
Junior High
1959
B.A.E., Rhode Island School of Design
Kenneth H. Hultstrom
Junior High
1961
B.S., State College at Fitchburg
Ruth S. Johnson
Junior High
1961
B.A., Oberlin College
Frank Marshall
Junior High
1958
B.S., Springfield College
Paul E. Pesce
Junior High
1960
B.S., State College at Salem
James Rafferty
Junior High
1957
B.B.A., University of Massachusetts
Julia Rosenbeck
Junior High
1954
B.A., Springfield College
State College at Westfield B.S., Rutgers University B.A., Our Lady of the Elms College
B.A., M.A., American International Col. B.A., M.Ed., American International Col.
B.A., M.Ed., State College at Framingham; Boston University
B.A., M.A., American International Col.
B.S., Douglas College
PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE WILBRAHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Continued)
Name
Position
Year Appointed Education and Professional Training
Memorial School:
Cleone Smith
Junior High
1959
A.B., Middlebury College
Irene Walinski
Junior High
1957
A.B., M.Ed., Our Lady of the Elms; Springfield College
Joseph K. Zych, Jr.
Junior High
1958
B.S., Springfield College
Thomas Lennon
Grade 6
1958
B.S., American International College
Doris Kline
Grade 6
1960
College; Boston University; Wesson
Elisabeth Barnes
Grade 6
1962
B.A., University of Mass.
Gordon Bates
Grade 6
1958
B.S., M.Ed., Springfield College
William Kozlowski
Grade 6
1957
B.S., M.Ed., State College at Westfield
Henry Marcoux
Grade 6
1963
B.S., State College at Westfield
Garwood Whitney
Grade 6
1963
James Tremble
Grade 6
1960
Madeline Harrington
Grade 6
1952
John Polaczak
Head Custodian
1949
John Wnuk
Custodian
1959
John Nordin
Custodian
1962
Emma Chamberlain
Cook
1956
Charlotte Babineau
Cook
1960
Eva Cloutier
Cook
1958
Marjorie Goewey
Cook
1960
Supervisors and
Special Subject Teachers:
Ruth G. Backus
Elementary Supervisor
1953
Bruce C. Kurtz
Physical Education 1962
State College at Framingham B.S., Springfield College
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B.S., M.Ed., State College at Westfield
B.S., Springfield College
B.S., M.S., University of Mass.
B.S., M.Ed., R.N., L.L.B., Simmons
Hospital; Western New England College
Elizabeth Richards Millicent G. Green Marguerite G. Brady
Physical Education 1962
B.A., Oberlin College
Handwriting
1938
State College at North Adams Perry Normal
Librarian
1942
Esther Johnson
Music
1949
Marion H. Mckinstry
Art
1956
Margaret M. Kiely
Adjustment Counsellor
1959
B.A., M.A., American International
College; Springfield College
Merilis Scott
School Psychologist
1960
May Jenkins
Manager, Hot Lunch
1950
Health:
Janet M. Horacek
Nurse
1954
Arthur Goodwin
Doctor
1947
R.N., Springfield Hospital M.D., Tufts
Transportation :
1932
George W. Motyka Florence Butler Paul Douillard
1962
1962
Changes in school personnel not shown in the preceding chart are: Elizabeth R. Benson, teacher, resigned, June 30, 1963 Charles T. Coolong, teacher, resigned, June 6, 1963 Nancy M. Rico, teacher, resigned, June 30, 1963 Jean Podgorski, teacher, resigned, April 12, 1963 Mildred Lockwood, teacher, resigned, December 28, 1962
State College at Westfield Massachusetts School of Art
B.S., M.S., Fitchburg; Springfield College
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Report of the 1962 School Building Committee
At the 1963 Wilbraham Annual Town Meeting, the voters approved an appropriation of $525,004.00 and authorized the construction of an elementary school on South Main Street. A contract was signed with the Petronella Construction Company of Thompsonville, Connecticut, low bidder, and work was started in May.
No major problems have been encountered, and the building is now rapidly approaching substantial completion, with the neces- sary furniture and equipment being scheduled for delivery and installation in the late spring and early summer.
An open house and an opportunity for the citizens of the com- munity to inspect this educational facility will be scheduled when the building is ready for occupancy.
DORRANCE T. GREEN, Chairman
FRED T. GOOGINS
DORIS C. BOWMAN
LARRY D. LEWIS
ETHEL M. MUSSELMAN
EDWIN M. OSGOOD
ANDREW G. DUZSIK
FREDERICK B. SEAL
Report of the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District Committee
Again, as in the last two annual reports, the District Com- mittee believes that Minnechaug High School can be judged and evaluated as an educational institution and justified as an annual major financial expenditure by the record of its graduating classes. It is because the citizens continue to support a strong academic program for all the pupils of this School District that your committee is able to report continued growth and improve- ment. Members of the 1963 graduating class are now engaged as follows:
4 year colleges
59
2 year colleges
15
3 year nursing schools
1
Technical and Vocational Schools
5
Employed
23
Military Service
11
Married (girls)
4
Status unknown
7
Sisterhood
1
Post graduate study
2
128
34
Combining the first three graduating classes from Minnechaug High School, the following totals develop:
4 year colleges
151
2 year colleges 40
3 year nursing schools
10
Practical nursing
4
Technical and Vocational Schools
22
Employed
58
Military Service
24
Married (girls)
8
Status unknown
15
Sisterhood
1
Post graduate study
2
335
Based on the above tabulation, the school committee is proud to report that 45% of the graduates of this high school have enrolled in four year degree granting colleges, a 1% increase over the figures reported last year. With 68% of the graduates enrolled in four year colleges, two year colleges, technical and vocational schools, and schools of nursing, 17% gainfully em- ployed, and more than 7% in the military services, it is evident that this school is making progress towards fulfilling its stated purpose of being a comprehensive public high school that will meet the educational needs of the majority of the pupils in this district.
Among the outstanding achievements at Minnechaug in 1963 must be listed: the five Barr Scholarship winners, the first time that any school has achieved such a record; the winning of the final contest in the televized quiz program, "As Schools Match Wits"; the Western Massachusetts and State Championships in swimming; and the Western Massachusetts track championship.
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