Silver Lake Regional High School - Torch Yearbook (Kingston, MA)

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SENIOR AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES This is Q tribute to those members of the doss of 1962 who have been rewarded for their extraordinary talents and accomplishments. These students hove enhanced the reputation of their class by their endeavors to improve their school and communities. The class has more than its share of award winners in science, Eng- lish, music, and government. Its activities have ranged from dramatics to formal dances. All have been made successful by the efforts and talents of this sort of person, one who is willing to give up time and energy to produce some- thing of which to be proud. These ore the people who will lead the world of tomorrow. The first few of their accomplishments are shown on the following pages.

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REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE Mr. Brendan I. Dalton, Chairmon Halifax Mr. George W. Cushmon Secretary-Treasurer Kingston Mr. Charles M. Chose Plympton Mrs. Edith Cobb Kingston Mr. Benjamin Conant Pembroke Mr. Francis C. Downing Pembroke Mr. Basil W. Flynn Pembroke Mr. Henry Hammond, Jr. Halifax Mrs. Priscilla R. Holzworth Plympton Mr. Howard B. MbcForlone Kingston For the past seven years Silver Lake Regional School District lias been growing in population and in productivity and its educational standards have been rising. Silver Lake ' s relatively strong performance in recent years has been greatly assisted by the excellent administration and the fine staff of teachers. It is of primary importance that we maintain our leadership in education, science, and research and that we provide sufficient incentives to hold and up-grade the quality of our teaching force. Real estate taxes alone cannot long continue to shoulder the entire financial burden of the ever spirallng cost of education. It is clear that the tax base must be broadened and that courageous leadership on the local, state and national level must face this issue and find an equitable solution. Our aim during the current school year has been to make available a sound educational program for all Silver Lake students. In our effort to achieve this we have been concerned with physical expansion of the school ond also the character of the curriculum offerings. The need for more classrooms stems from a rapidly increasing population within the school district. Almost immediately fol- lowing the completion of the junior high school wing, it will be necessary to begin study as to the character of possible further construction at some future dote. The careful translation of concepts into girders, bricks, and mortar that make a school is time consuming since both the interests of the students as well as the taxpayers must be considered. The scope and character of the educational program is of equaL concern to the committee. Buildings alone cannot moke an educational program. It is the teacher that is the catalyst of the learning situation. The liaison groups from both the school committee and the foculty hove met monthly throughout the past year:, A port of their time has been spent on discus- sing ways of further improving the scope and quolity of the educotionol program. Pupil-teacher clossroom ratio, policy relating to substitute teachers and extra curricuior activities for students would be some of the representative topics con- sidered. Detailed Courses of Study, prepared by the staffs of the several academic departments, in cooperation with the high school principal, were also adopted by the committee. These tools will prevent any possible overlapping of instruction by our mony staff members. Further, this systematized presentation of subject matter will moke possible a closer integration of the work of the elementary schools with that of the Region. Our participation in the Union Workshop last June ond July that instituted o unified elementary course of study demonstrates clearly our recognition that problems in education con best be solved by cooperative effort on all levels. As Silver Lake continues to grow both in size and quality there will be problems to be solved and issues resolved. However, o$ faculty, administration, students and parents work together in this common goal the future appears bright. A ?

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Daria Montanari Adrian Stair, John Doody, June McCombs, Kathie Hall D, A. R. NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST AWARD RECIPIENTS The class of 1962 has been represented in many outstanding achieve- ments, both within and without the state. Our success in these achieve- ments started in our Junior year, when four of our class were honored as representatives of Girls ' and Boys ' State, at Bridgewater State College and the University of Massachusetts, respectively. Early in our Senior year, we elected a Good Government representative end a Daughter of the American Revolution representative, who attended the annual activities in Boston. We also had a Betty Crocker winner who competed in nationwide tests, and a Bausch Lomb winner, who was eligible to compete against 600 other students for a scholarship from the University of Rochester. Special recognition was given to six of our students. This year we had four seniors who placed in the National Merit Scholarship test, two semi-finalists and two recipients of letters of commendation. Late in the spring of 1961, a representative from Silver Lake was selected from students from Plymouth County to attend the National Youth Confer- ence on the Atom, held in October, in Chicago. In addition, for the first time we were honored to have a National Council of Teachers of English winner, who was one of the 870 winners out of 5000 entrants. These awards point out the contribution of the Class of ' 62 to all fields thus far, and we feel sure that our class will continue to set high standards of achievement in the future. BAUSCH § LOMB Jonofhan Binns