Somerset High School - Raider / Memoirs Yearbook (Somerset, MA)

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W. Sullivan R. Tavares R. Taylor L E. Ward J. White V. Winslow B. Worton R. Worton A. Zagorski 27

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t Principal McDermott After completing four years as principal at the Somerset Junior High School, Mr. Carl W. Mc¬ Dermott has become the new principal of the high school. He was welcomed to his new position by both students and faculty on October 20, 1969. Mr. McDermott brings with him a varied and impressive back¬ ground in education. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1952 and worked for his Master’s at Fitchburg State College. After his intense years of study, Mr. McDermott taught as a regular classroom teacher and then be¬ came principal at the junior-senior high school in Ayer, Massachu¬ setts. Besides being a capable ad¬ ministrator, Mr. McDermott was a successful head football coach and guidance director in Winthrop, Massachusetts. As the chief director of Somer¬ set High School, Mr. McDermott envisions a school which would foster a sense of pride within each individual teacher and student. He believes that this may be accom¬ plished by increasing the amount of responsibility given to the stu¬ dent. This would result in a co¬ operative educational community in which student and teacher would work together. 29