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Custodians continued to provide excellent competition for the other Daniel J. Brown schools on the Cape.Vanessa Peters and Mark Malone wer Chester N. Franklin named as the recipients of the Fredrick H.Pocknett Sports- Melvin R. Harper manship Award for Athletics. Mark Malone was named Jayne E. Hendricks Junior Teenager of the Year; Lisa Lopes was our John P. McDonald, Jr. Oratorical Champion and Jennifer Booth was the Spell- Dorothea L. Stebbins ing Bee Champion for Grades 4, 5 and 6. Cafeteria New faculty members for the year included Julie A. Eleanor F. Ringling Manager Walsh — Grade 2, Carol L.Flynn — Grade 3, Lynda W. Margaret M. Cox Clark — Grade 4, Robert O. Bailey— Grade 5/6 Science, Joann G. Michaels Marlene T.Andre — Grade 5/6 Social Studies, Robert J. Suzanne M. Toomey Miceli — Alternative Learning, Susan M. Heisel — Drivers Elementary Science, Donna M. Berger — Special Educa- Sheldon J. Ashby tion,Sandra J.Alberico — Chapter I Instructor and Diane Ann H. Mell C. Freitas — Chapter I Instructor. We welcome them to our school and hope their experiences will be professionally rewarding. In conclusion, I wish to thank the students, staff and parents for their continued interest and support which has Report of the enabled our school to provide an outstanding educational n environment for the children of Mashpee. p� j 1 inclpal Respectfully submitted, To Dr. Lincoln A. DeMoura, Charles P. Liberty Superintendent of Schools, the School Committee Principal and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: I am pleased to submit the Tenth Annual Report of the Mashpee Middle School for the calendar year of 1987.The year closed with the school enrollment at its highest level in ten years(726). All available classrooms are being util- ized to their maximum capacity and a portion of our beau- tiful Library has been transformed into two additional teaching areas. Our former Related Arts areas of Home Economics and Art are now filled with students studying To the Mashpee School Committee and Social Studies and Alternative Learning Skills and with our the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: expected increase of our enrollment for next year,we will have to utilize five(5)classrooms at the Samuel G. Davis As Mashpee's first full-time Superintendent of Schools, School in the Fall of 1988. Enthusiastically, our students I am pleased to submit my first annual report.In all, 1987 and staff are looking forward to the opening of our new was a year of changes, adjustments and progress. In August,the Mashpee Public School System became an in- elementary school in the Fall of 1989. The existing educa- _ tional program has been expanded during the year to in- dependent school district. The formation of our own clude three additional elementary classes for Grades 2, 3 business office has presented a unique personal challenge. and 4,and one middle school class for Alternative Learn- Mashpee currently is experiencing a period of rapid ing. We have been very fortunate to be able to maintain growth.The school system has been impacted with student all other existing academic and related arts programs. enrollments. Since 1984, our student enrollment K-8 has The outstanding performances of our students continued grown by 41%. this year. Our students participated in the Southeast Music Festival in Taunton,our instrumental music students per- Student Enrollments K-8 Falmouth Enrollments 9-12 formed at the All Cape String Jamboree at Barnstable High October 1, 1984 505 October 1, 1984 178 School, our school hosted the All Cape Band Workshop October 1, 1985 564 October 1, 1985 197 and our vocal music students performed at the All-Cape October 1, 1986 654 October 1, 1986 180 Chorus Workshop at the Barnstable Middle School. Ad- October 1, 1987 712 October 1, 1986 180 ditionally, our Marching Band participated in three October 1, 1987 199 parades, culminating with its appearance at our own out- door spring concert in June.The Music Honor Award win- ner for the year was Mairead McKay. Our athletic teams - 102 -