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121 1. Our grades 4-6 are using a departmental plan for the teaching of arithmetic, reading and language. 2. We firmly believe that each child should be given reading instruction at the level where he can read with success. 3. We do not assume that a child in the sixth grade can nec- essarily read at sixth grade level. He may read below or above that level. The same assumption is true for arith- metic and language arts. 4. Each pupil is tested to determine these levels. 5. All pupils in grades 4-6 have reading and language arts at the same time. The periods are a little longer than the average class period. 6. In grouping our pupils, careful attention is given to fac- tors besides reading ability. In certain cases it might be unwise to place an older child with a young group or a young child with an older group. 7. At periodic times all teachers meet and discuss whether pupils who show improvement should be regrouped. 8. Like other schools, we have a number of pupils in the intermediate grades whose reading and arithmetic skills are below fourth grade level. These boys and girls are placed in a separate group for remedial instruction. The following results we feel are significant: 1. 99% of the children are working in the class where he can work with success. 2. Disciplinary problems are gone because each pupil can do the work assigned. 3. During our five years of experiment, the median of the whole group has been lifted. 4. The advanced group are able to go far beyond the limits of work possible in 'a self contained classroom. 5. The children like the program, and the teachers enjoyed the challenge made possible by it. School Lunch Program Praise must be given to Mrs. Louise Lopes, cafeteria man- ager and her capable assistant, Mrs. Merwin Sturgis, for the efficient preparation and serving nutritious hot lunches. 1. Several changes have taken place in the National School Lunch Program. No children are discriminated against, be- cause of lack of funds to secure a meal. (It has always been the policy of the school to help those in need.) 2. If children are from families receiving General welfare they automatically receive free lunches.