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Page 23 text:
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In a society in which stress is placed on the need to advance in order to survive, the high school student considers his public education a most precious privi¬ lege. The student of Woburn High School is fortunate to have associated with teachers and administrators who have carefully fostered his academic advance¬ ment. As educators, they gave each of us the opportunity to realize our potential: they have taught us . . . and we have le arned much from our. . Administration and Faculty 19
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DEPENDABLE. Assistant Superintendent Jerome Lynch and his secretary, Miss Julie Doherty RESPONSIBILITY. Dr. J. Frank Hassett, Super¬ intendent of Schools Innovations Accompany Growth During the twenty-two years that Dr. J. Frank Hassett has been super¬ intendent, the school system has grown from an enrollment of 2, 990 stu¬ dents to an enrollment of more than 8,100 students. While discussing the provisions made for the individual student, Dr. Hassett pointed out some of the more significant facts of Woburn’s total school program. At the elementary level an intensive study of the reading program is being conducted, as the effectiveness of basic reading instruction pro¬ foundly influences all other areas of the curriculum. In order that the di¬ vergent problems of the students will be provided for, the reading pro¬ gram offers different levels of instruction at each grade level. Facility in reading is predicated on sound, speech, sight, and hearing. Therefore, children with speech and hearing problems receive special instruction. This year there is a class for deaf children, which is one-hundred per cent state aided, and held at the Reeves School; four of the eight children en¬ rolled are Woburnites. Twice weekly, fifth and sixth grade students with superior academic rec¬ ords receive instruction in French. During this time, the remaining stu¬ dents benefit through the added attention of the classroom teacher. A program for the academically talented children in grades five and six has also been inaugurated. Twice a week these students meet at the Gol¬ den School for intensified study of the various topics being considered at their grade level. In the Junior High School, improvement in reading speed and com- E rehension can be achieved in a developmental reading course which can e followed through to the high school level. For those who are less academically talented, the school system pro¬ vides a class which includes occupational training. These pupils work for two hours a day in either the cafeteria or Guidance Office. Based on their performance, a work record is kept and later sent to the State Employ¬ ment Service to facilitate future joo placements. Leaving the discussion of the high school’s provisions for the individual to Mr. Henry Blake, Dr. Hassett closed by remarking that the system pro¬ vides stimulating activities for individual talents at all levels. INQUIRING, Debbie Murdza interviews Dr. Hassett
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