USA > Vermont > Caledonia County > St Johnsbury > Annual report and financial exhibit town of St. Johnsbury, Vermont 1949 > Part 5
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
February 27, 1950
April 6, 1950
April 17, 1950 May 30, 1950 June 9, 1950
School Begins
School Closes
School Begins School Closes
School Opens
Memorial Day
School Closes
September 5, 1950
October 12, 1950
Fall Term Begins Columbus Day
November 29, 1950; 12:00 Noon Thanksgiving Recess Begins
December 4, 1950
School Begins
December 22, 1950
Christmas Recess Begins
-
75
Teachers
Teresa Grace Supervisor of Music 36 Mt. Pleasant St.
Avis P. Winchell
Home Economics 79 Summer St.
Gilbert Johnson
Manual Training R. F. D. No. 3
J. Leo Messier Band Music
Montpelier, Vt.
Eunice Martin Nurse 10 Spruce St.
Frederick H. Mold Nature Study
14 Winter St.
Ferne A. Brown
Sec'y Trade School Barnet, Vermont
ST. JOHNSBURY TRADE SCHOOL
Lewis J. Streeter, Principal
Claire T. Miller
William E. Anderson
Alfred E. Burrows
Collins Farr
Gordon Woods
Herbert Wormwood
Ethel Bailey
Laura Walker
Clarence Barrett, Janitor
2 Stiles Terrace 19 Summer St. 6 Dundee St. 22 Church St. R. F. D. #3 47 Western Ave. East Barnet, Vt. Colonial Apts. 5 South St. 47 Pleasant St.
PORTLAND STREET
Hazel Humphrey
Freda B. Stearns
Marion C. Shattuck
Nettie M. Smith
Berta P. Tilton
2 Emerson St. 10 Winter St. Lyndonville, Vt. 4 Spring St. 30 Pearl St.
Norma P. Chase
Lucy M. Birch
Eleanor Dahlbergh, Principal
Henry Gilfillan, Janitor
24 Pearl St. 5 Elm St. River Road 43 Portland St.
EAST ST. JOHNSBURY
Luallie Hubbard Thelma Drown Maurice Colby, Janitor
R. F. D. #3 114 Concord Ave. East St. Johnsbury
76
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
ARLINGTON
Marion Dubuque Ruth Holmes
Doris Badger
Rosina C. Donovan
Edith F. Knapp
Madeline Russell, Principal
Alphonso White, Janitor
40 Mt. Vernon St. 9 Clinton Ave. 8 Dundee St. 8 Boynton Ave. 32 Central St. 48 Pleasant St. 69 Pleasant St.
SUMMER STREET
Dorothy Bennett
Edith Nelson
Louise M. Brown
Katherine E. Scott
Florence Wark
Lillian C. Abbott
Bertha C. Young
Hattie P. Jones
Annie M. Suitor
Velma J. McAllister, Principal
Mr. Charles Curtis, Janitor
17 Church Street R. F. D. #2 47 Cliff St.
17 Church Street East St. Johnsbury 32 Clarks Ave. 20 Summer St. 3 Central St. 2 Main St. Colonial Apts.
NORTH HALL
Margaret H. Carter
86 Summer St.
Fannie J. Silsby Jessie M. Beaton
24 Pleasant St. 34 Pearl St. 16 Green St.
Helen B. Stearns, Principal
Henry Gilfillan, Janitor
43 Portland St.
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER
Ethel Wood Joyce Duff Velma Neverett Carl R. Duff, Principal
St. Johnsbury Center St. Johnsbury Center Lyndonville St. Johnsbury Center
77
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
GRADUATES - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1949
Arlington
Sandra Jean Blanchard
Shirley Ann Davis
Barbara Jean Orr
Jane Ellen Wilkins
Carolyn J. Naatz
Mary Arline Burgess
Bruce E. Anderson
Charles G. Bailey
Alban R. Finn
Alan Melvyn Godes
Walter L. Lewis
Richard H. McGinnis
Norman C. Merrill
Center
Hazel P. Bennett Gloria G. Bryant
Claire Nancyann Carter
Donalda A. Mayhew
Marlene D. Toussaint
Richard B. Skinner David King
East St. Johnsbury
Silvia Jane Goodwin Norma Ruth Garceau Richard William Ely
Portland Street
Elaine Jennie Allen Leo Donald Beauliew Rita Rosanna Begin Karlene Marie Boardman Frances Effie Brown Orlando P. Costa Albert P. Daniell Robert Chester Desilets Lionel Sidney Easter
Gordon Lester Friend Gerald James Guimond
Donald Seames Holland
Dorothy Jean Hooker
Barbara Ann LeBlanc
Norma A. Noyes Mary Ellen Piper
Joanne May Piper
Janet Grace Smith
Ernest Myron Stone
Margaret Ellen Turcotte Richard William Turner Lorraine Ann Westover Cecelia M. Lamontagne Philip Leroy Lemere Paul Everett Lyon
Frances Ella Mooney Carole Elaine Morris
Nancy Jean Nichols
Loraine Gladys Wilkie
Harold Arthur Willey
North Hall -1
Audrey Zetta Kennison Maxine Lillian Bailey
Charles William Hedrick, Jr.
Donald Bruce McGregor Carolyn Deborah Murphy
Nanette Alaine Norris Mary Elizabeth Goss
Richard Paul Drew
Ralph Henry Bailey
Leon George LaMarre Natica Peck Marion Arlene Cota
Gerald Campbell Bailey
Shirley Ann Morse John Thomas Carroll Helen Mary Martha Pride Albert Fred Parmeter
Wayne Flemming Wright
Eugene Wayne Dennis Robert Edger Pellerin
78
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
David Caplan David Morrison Gregory Georgia Day Cushman Flora Lucinda Gallagher Leonard Horace Jones Norman Niles Sizen Frederic Darling Gilman
North Hall-2
Edward Joseph Lawrence Priscilla Ann Bean
Joyce Elaine Magoon
William Earl Gilding Lois A. Harper Theron. Allen Merchant Lorraine Jean Pillsbury Janet Effie Jacobs Charles William McPherson Marjorie Evelyn Lee Jeanette Rose Fifield Helen Juliette Vachon Janet Ann Mooney Elizabeth Alberta Sparrow
Pauline M. Garfield
Durward Conway Ellis Ruth Elaine Noyes Hayden Lee Tanner Phyllis Mae Russell
Edward Paul Gervais
Blindine Carmen Vachon
Gaetane Jeanette Poliquin Erlene Mary Bean
Andrew E. Trush Kilburn Fred Badger Paul Henry Drummond Donald Dean Hall
SECONDARY SCHOOL St. Johnsbury Trade School
Glenn Cole Drew Graydon Harold Gadapee Robert Angus Gallagher Kenneth Richard Greene Dwight Carlyle Kelsey Freddie Harry Kenney Victor Scott Lasnier Earl Sidney Leighton Gilman Wayne Long
Raymond L. Munkittrick
John Edward Nadeau Marcel Gerard Plouffe Ronald Lee Robinson Welland Burton Scott Theodore Parker Spencer George Leon Stanley Robert Harold Steeves David Paul Tower Richard Clarence Turner Robert Henry Turner Glendon William Utley Charles William Welcome Carroll Wesley White
Donald George Winchester
79
Report of School Directors And Superintendent
Expenditures
Budget
Difference
Teaching Force
$117,170.33 $118,500.00 - $1,329.67
Directors
300.00
300.00
Furniture & Equipment
2,867.64
1,000.00 +-
1,867.64
Water, Gas & Lights
1,789.85
1,800.00
10.15
Janitors
9,032.30
9,500.00
467.70
Summer Cleaning
2,000.00
2,000.00
Transportation
15,894.04
13,500.00 ++-
2,394.04
Fuel
6,071.91
6,500.00
428.09
Supp. Bks. & Material
1,251.35
400.00 +
851.35
Sch. Supplies & App.
4,287.90
2,600.00 +
1,687.90
Textbooks
3,016.18
2,200.00 +
816.18
Sundries
965.22
1,200.00
234.78
General Supplies
1,131.18
1,000.00
131.18
Manual Training Supplies
619.69
400.00 +
219.69
Home Ec. Supplies
156.08
200.00 -
43.92
Insurance
1,759.26
3,200.00 -
1,440.74
Truant Officer
85.00
50.00
35.00
Power & Equip. Shops
2,000.00
2,000.00
Telephones
624.47
500.00 +
124.47
Hospitalization Insurance
524.95
600.00 -
75.05
T. S. Ex. Cur. Activ.
204.91
300.00
95.09
T. S. Athletics
1,650.95
1,400.00 +
250.95
Maintenance & Repairs
10,518.01
4,500.00 +
6,018.01
H. S. Tuition
40,312.14
42,000.00
1,687.86
North Hall-Academy
530.00
600.00
70.00
$224,763.36 $216,250.00 + $8,513.36
Bonds-Trade School
7,000.00
7,000.00
Bonds-Summer St.
11,000.00
11,000.00
Interest on Bonds
1,795.00
1,795.00
$244,558.36 $236,045.00 + $8,513.36
T. S. Books
1,035.97
T. S. Supplies
891.27
Arts & Crafts
1,063.00
Hot Lunch
184.89
Mat. T. S. Shop & C1. Rooms
1,578.54
T. S. Vis. Ed.
48.87
Home Ec .- Academy
1,140.78
Elementary Athletics
348.37
Trucking-Plowing
250.44
-
+
-
$251,100.49
80
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand
$ 4,121.41
Received from Taxes
197,547.05
$201,668.46
State and Federal Receipts
State Aid
$45,981.95
Refund T. S. Salaries
9,295.25
Arts & Crafts
813.23
Home Economics-Academy
1,140.78
57,231.21
Miscellaneous Receipts
T. S. Tuition
9,168.93
T. S. Books
1,054.63
T. S. Supplies
879.80
T. S. Shop Fees
1,495.00
T. S. Woodworking
916.93
T. S. Machine
162.26
T. S. Reg. Fees
407.00
T. S. Radio
70.56
T. S. Ex. Cur. Activ.
89.51
T. S. Athletics
437.60
T. S. Automotive
1.30
Elementary Tuition
860.50
Manual Training Supplies
143.15
T. S. Locker Fees
140.00
Projector Rental
8.00
Insurance Refund
4.99
Rental of T. S. Building
109.00
Canning Supplies
26.70
Land Rental
46.38
Schoolroom Supplies
6.40
Textbooks
23.87
Elementary Music
139.79
Elementary Transportation
212.50
Rental School Property
30.00
Maintenance & Repair
17.75
Refund Subst. Teaching
32.00
Elementary Home Ec.
17.65
Janitor Service
3.00
16,505.20
Total Receipts
$275,404.87
Total Expenditures
251,100.49
$ 24,304.38
81
-
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
COMPARATIVE BUDGET 1950
1949 Budget
1949
Expenditures
1950 Budget
Teaching Force
$118,500.00 $117,170.33 $128,500.00
Directors
300.00
300.00
300.00
Transportation
13,500.00
15,744.30
16,500.00
Furniture & Equipment
1,000.00
2,867.64
1,400.00
Water, Gas & Lights
1,800.00
1,789.85
1,950.00
Janitors
9,500.00
9,032.30
10,500.00
Summer Cleaning
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fuel
6,500.00
6,071.91
6,500.00
Supp. Bks. & Mat.
400.00
1,251.35
800.00
School Supp. & App.
2,600.00
4,287.90
4,000.00
Textbooks
2,200.00
3,016.18
3,500.00
Sundries
1,200.00
1,713.77
1,200.00
General Supplies
1,000.00
1,131.18
1,100.00
Manual Tr. Supplies
400.00
619.69
500.00
Home Ec. Supplies
200.00
156.08
300.00
Insurance
3,200.00
1,759.26
3,200.00
Truant Officer
50.00
85.00
60.00
Power & Equip. Shops
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,500.00
Telephones
500.00
624.47
700.00
Hospitalization Insur.
600.00
524.95
700.00
T. S. Ex. Cur. Activ.
300.00
204.91
400.00
T. S. Athletics
1,400.00
1,650.95
1,600.00
Maintenance & Repairs
4,500.00
10,518.01
6,000.00
Trucking & Plowing
800.00
Elem. Athletics & Playgrounds.
1,500.00
Visual Education
500.00
Hot Lunches
400.00
North Hall
600.00
530.00
700.00
High School Tuition
42,000.00
40,312.14
50,000.00
$216,250.00 $225,362.17 $248,110.00
Retirement on Bonds T. S.
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Int. T. S. Bonds
1,245.00
1.245.00
1,140.00
Retirement Bonds SS
11,000.00
11,000.00
11,000.00
Int. Summer St. Remodeling
550.00
550.00
412.50
$236,045.00 $245,157.17 $267,662.50
82
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
T. S. Books
1,035.97
T. S. Supplies
891.27
Arts & Crafts
1,063.00
Hot Lunch
184.89
Mat. T. S. Shop & Cl. Rooms
1,578.54
T. S. Vis. Ed.
48.87
Home Ec .- Academy
1,140.78
$251,100.49
83
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF ACCOUNTS School Year July 1, 1948 to July 1, 1949
Total Revenue Receipts
$244,466.68
Expenditures
Administration
$ 8,000.64
Instruction
158,969.85
Operation of Plants
18,407.12
Maintenance
8,021.70
Auxiliary Agencies
15,241.35
Fixed Charges
1,389.37
Total Current Expense
Debt Service
Capital Outlay
Total All Expenses
$229,946.28
Expenditures Federal Adult Courses
646.80
Total Disbursements 230,593.08 13,873.60
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF ACCOUNTS
Town Year Jan. 1, 1949 to Jan. 1, 1950
Total Revenue Receipts $275,404.87
Expenditures
Administration
$ 8,110.00 165,904.10
Instruction
Operation of Plants
19,430.15
Maintenance & Repairs
15,385.65
Auxiliary Agencies
19,653.33
Fixed Charges
1,759.26
Total Current Expense
Debt Service Capital Outlay
$230,242.49 19,795.00 0
Total All Expenses Expenditures Federal Adult Courses
$250,037.49
1,063.00
Total All Expenditures Cash on Hand January 1, 1950
251,100.49 24,304.38
84
Cash on Hand July 1, 1949
$210,030.03 19,916.25 0
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR Jan. 1, 1950 to Dec. 31, 1950
Cash on Hand January 1, 1950
$ 24,304.38
Estimated Tax Receipts
$198,000.00
State Aid
30,000.00
Tuition and Other Aid
15,358.12
243,358.12
Total Receipts
$267,662.50
We recommend a school tax of $2.15 per hundred dollars of the assessed valuation, the same tax as last year.
85
-
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
TRADE SCHOOL ATHLETICS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Receipts Disbursements
Football-1949-1950 Season
Admissions
Guarantees
$ 213.14
Equipment
34.56
General Expense
67.33
Tax
3.86
3.86
Travel
239.22
$ 217.00
$ 885.46
Basketball
Admissions
$ 141.35
$
Tax
66.97
66.97
Equipment
91.52
General Expense
28.45
Rental of Hall & Janitor
278.00
Advertising
18.00
Travel
97.14
$ 208.32
$ 580.08
Baseball
Admissions
$ 4.55
$
Equipment
171.88
General Expense
4.40
Travel
7.73
7.73
Advertising
1.40
$ 12.28
$ 185.41
Extra Curricular Activities
89.51
204.91
Registration Fees
407.00
Net Cost T. S. Athletics and Extra Curricular Activities
921.75
$1,855.86 $1,855.86
TABLE 1 BONDS AGAINST TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT Jan. 1, 1950 and Interest Rate
Trade School Bonds (interest 11/2%)
$76,000.00
Summer St. Remodeling (interest 11/4%)
33,000.00
TABLE 2
Schedule of Bond Retirement
Trade School Bonds
$ 7,000.00 per year
Summer St. Remodeling Bonds
$11,000.00 per year
Officials
$ 540.49
86
Report of Superintendent
To the Board of School Directors and citizens of St. Johnsbury, Vermont
I have the honor of presenting you my fifteenth annual re- port, it being the fifty-eighth in the series.
STATISTICS
1. Population, Census
2. School Census August 1949
312
Number of children 8-15 years
975
Number of children 16-17 years
230
Number of children becoming 6 between Sept. & Jan. 1949 41
99
1,657
3. Distribution of Schools by Grades
Grades
1
2
3
4 5
6
7 8 Total
Summer St. So. 34
34
26
21
22
22
26
21
23
22
251
No. Hall
39
31
139
Arlington
28
31
21
13
20
15
128
Portland St.
41
41
27
31
30
29
25
27
251
Center
12
16
7
12
11
12
6
13
89
East
7
6
3
4
6
6
4
2
38
T. S. Elem.
28
20
48
150
148
110
102
112
106
112
104
944
Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Spec. T
Trade School
34
38
17
21
38 148
Mt. St. Joseph :
Elem.
138
H. S.
49
St. Gabriel
105
St. Johnsbury Academy-Resident
297
Students Attending Lyndon Institute
6
1,687
38
31
Number of children 6-7 years
Number of children 18
1,681
87
-
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
BUDGET FOR 1950
We have been planning and improving on a pay as you go basis.
Salaries and tuition costs are to be increased in line with increased costs and increased income.
We are not asking an increase in local tax rate for schools for next year. All budget items are listed on a conservative basis. Several new items have been added to the budget for plowing snow, playgrounds and athletics, visual education and hot lunches.
NET COST PER STUDENT A.D.A.
The yearly cost for each resident student at the St. Johns- bury Trade School in average daily attendance was $178.98 for the school year ending July 1, 1949.
The yearly cost for each resident student in the elementary grades in average daily attendance was $161.52 for the school year ending July 1, 1949.
The cost per student increases if the attendance in school is poor. The state requires us to figure the number of students present on each day regardless of the net enrollment in the school.
Seventy-two per cent of the total cost of the schools is spent for instruction, salaries and instructional materials.
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
Major repairs and improvements were made at the Center and East St. Johnsbury Schools.
Center School-
School building was painted one coat. Cellar walls and coping were rebuilt. Cellar floor was given a new top and the basement lunch room was redecorated.
East St. Johnsbury-
Classroom walls and ceilings were covered with sheetrock and both rooms were painted. The chimney and cellar walls were rebuilt. The front steps and porch floor were renewed. The school building was stained and painted. The school yard was filled and graded.
Next summer the outside woodwork on the Arlington School should be painted.
Six rooms at the Trade School and the assembly hall should receive new paint.
88 .
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
The Center school should have the fifth and sixth grade room sheathed and painted. The new coverings on the cellar stairways and girls' basement should be painted.
There will be the usual summer cleaning and equipment repairs by the janitors.
SCHOOL CENSUS AND ENROLLMENTS
The school survey made by request of the State Department of Education shows enrollments beyond capacity in the North Hall and Portland St. Schools. The Portland St. School has forty-one in the first and forty-one in the second grades.
Below are the births in St. Johnsbury since 1941. The second column given is for resident births :
1941 - _ 218 131
1946 - 345 180 1942 - 260 159
1947
445 248
1943 281 163
1948 - . 438 - 211
1944 - 266 134
1945 277 145
1950 ?
1949 443 211 ?
These increased births will mean over-crowded classrooms, less teacher time and more poor starts for pupils.
We should plan to build a new school building or an addi- tion to the Trade School building for all of the seventh and eighth grade students by September 1952.
This addition with eight classrooms, lunch room and gym for both the junior grades and Trade School could be construct- ed for $250,000.00.
The new classrooms would remove the over-crowded condi- tion at North Hall and the Portland St. School.
TEACHING FORCE
The teachers are helping to mold the nation's future by giv- ing: unselfish service to the young people of our community. Most of the members of the town realize the value of this ser- vice and should know that we appreciate their cooperation and help.
The work at the Museum, under Mr. Mold's instruction and direction, is receiving much favorable comment by teachers, students and parents.
Plans are underway to improve the coaching and support of recreation and athletics at the Trade School and in the junior grades.
The young people of the community are our best asset.
The reports of the principals, special teachers and the nurse are printed as presented to me.
89
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
NATURAL SCIENCE (Frederick H. Mold)
I respectfully submit my second report as natural science instructor to the third through eighth grades of the St. Johns- bury Public Schools.
The teaching schedule and procedure has remained the same as it has been since the resumption of these classes in 1948, each class coming twice a month, receiving instruction in the same subject matter for a two week period. The amount of work given varies directly as the age of the group.
In the spring as weather permitted, early morning bird walks were added to the work, and were optional for the students. A total of 80 children attended these, coming mainly from the 7th. and 8th. grades. In the fall, the sequence of the orders of life on the earth were used as subject matter.
I should like to take this opportunity to express my grati- tude to the school department, whose members have displayed a comprehension to which is attributable the major part of any success experienced in this joint venture.
90
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
ST. JOHNSBURY TRADE SCHOOL REPORT (Lewis J. Streeter, Principal)
I respectfully submit my fourth annual report as principal of the St. Johnsbury Trade School.
The cumulative registration for the current school year is as follows: Freshman 39, Sophomores 40, Juniors 19, Seniors 21, Veterans 34, Post Graduates and Special Students 11. The arrangements for Grades I and II and the Homemaking classes for Grades VII and VIII remain the same as of several previous years with the same efficient teaching staff.
Again our enrollment has increased over the year previous. Much of this increase is due to a larger number of veterans enrolled under the G. I. Bill. In fact, it is safe to say for the remainder of the year, that the school shops have reached the point where the size of the classes for the shop instructors, are too large to secure a satisfactory result in most of the shop pro- grams. In a shop course, a fair teaching load is about 15 stud- ents. Class records show that some of the shop classes run into the higher twenties which is too many students per instructor. Academic teachers can teach more pupils in a given class due to the nature of the instruction.
There are practically no opportunities for student employ- ment under the cooperative part-time program. If more oppor- tunities for such employment were available it would alleviate some of the instructional difficulties, due to the size of the class- es, in the more popular vocational courses. In some instances it is difficult to create practical shop jobs when all work must be done indoors, as is the case during much of the school year. It is quite probable that it may be necessary to restrict boys from participation in shop programs other than drafting, until they reach the Sophomore year. To carry out this above plan it would presumably require an addition to our already over- loaded academic teaching force. We are at present short one related training instructor, making it necessary for the principal to either teach a class, or supervise a study period each period of the day, which is decidedly unsatisfactory.
At present Freshman boys during shop weeks receive their shop training in the nature of an exploratory course.
91
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
In May vocational aptitude tests were given to all Grade VIII students who seemed interested in attending the Trade School. Some attempt is made to submit the individuals of the various classes to standardized English and vocational tests, but it is very difficult to work out a satisfactory testing program with out limited teaching staff. It would be very much worth- while if the town of St. Johnsbury would employ a Guidance Director whose duties would be to test, direct, and "follow up" students in the public schools of the town. Much could be said concerning this subject.
A school with as many boys enrolled as will be found in the Trade School needs an Athletic Coach. The present faculty members have given liberally of their time to assist the students in an athletic program with the three major sports. A success- ful Athletic program requires a person with some training in this field. There are more than enough extra-curricular tasks for all of the teachers, even if they were relieved of the task of coaching the varsity teams. . At present the athletic situation at the Trade School is not a desirable one.
There are other school matters which could be discussed in this report, perhaps more profitably than the above. However, in spite of certain handicaps, of which no organization is with- out, it is the candid opinion of the principal that the Trade School is making satisfactory progress toward the ultimate goal of developing a better trained citizen.
In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the students, parents, school committee, superintendent, and teachers for their cooperation during the past year.
92
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
MUSIC (Teresa Grace)
I respectfully submit the following report.
The music curriculum serves as a means of integrating the child's personality through a rich variety of musical experiences by helping him to secure his correct singing voice; develop graceful rhythmic response to music; develop an interest in in- strumental music; and develop genuine love for and apprecia- tion of good music.
Rhythmic expression through singing, Dalcroze Euryth- mics, folk dances and rhythm bands has been stressed through- out the entire elementary program. Square dancing has been introduced in the seventh and eighth grades.
Individual attention has been given whenever necessary to develop free and correct use of the voice in singing. Syllables. taught by the "song method", are introduced at the beginning of the second grade and continued through grade five. Ear training for development of tonal and rhythmic thinking is in- cluded in the program from grade two through grade six. Two part singing is introduced in grade five; three part singing in grade six and continued through grades seven and eight; four part singing is introduced in the Junior High.
The aim of the appreciation program which is continued in all grades, is to develop desirable attitudes toward music by providing for the growth of skills and knowledge to promote these attitudes. The appreciation program for grades five through eight are based on the text, "Making Friends with Music" and several records have been purchased.
The Trade School Glee Club has been continued and we hope to participate in the Hilldale League Festival and the Burlington Festival.
The Junior High orchestra has been continued.
Fifteen grades participated in the Folk Dance Festival which was held in May. Proceeds from the Festival have been used to purchase records. The children have gained valuable experi- ence and happiness from the Christmas programs, P. T. A. programs and other programs in which they have taken part.
I wish to thank Superintendent Adams, Mrs. Burgess, and the teachers for their kindness and excellent cooperation.
93
ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN REPORT
ARLINGTON SCHOOL (Madeline V. Russell, Prin.)
The fall term opened September 6th. with a total enrollment of 122 pupils. Grades 7 and S were transferred to North Hall leaving the first six grades, with one grade to a room. This greatly helped the over-crowded rooms in the primary grades. Miss Ruth Holmes joined our teaching staff for grade two, and Mrs. David Silsby transferred from Grade 8 to North Hall. The rest of the staff remained the same with some changes in grades.
The regular curriculum has been followed with the follow- ing items deserving mention :
The milk program has been in progress since November 14th, with a daily average of 110 1/2 pint bottles of chocolate and plain milk being served. Apples have also been served at recess time.
Mrs Eunice Martin, R.N., our school nurse, deserves much credit for her efficient work. Under her supervision there have been immunizations for small pox and diphtheria, health exam- inations and dental work. We appreciate the time and effort given by Dr. Gould and Dr. Reed, and Mrs. McNamara, R.N., and Mrs. Willard, R.N., for assisting.
Mr. J. Leo Messier comes every Tuesday to give instru- mental lessons.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.