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t NEW STAFF MEMBERS: t To meet the goals of quality education, as well as to comply with everchanging state guidelines and requirements, new members have been added to the staff of the Samuel G. Davis School. This year because of so little available space, some sta members are quite literally "closeted" in what was one timpe st ckBucation room spaceff While conditions are certainly much less than ideal or even adequate, valuable services are being offered just the same. Among the new staff members this year are: Mrs. Virginia Halloran, Coor- dinator of Special Education Services, Mrs. Margaret Gill, Reading Teacher, Mrs. Kathleen Donovan Penne instrumental and strings music�i instructor. The addition of these Special EducaReading Teacher and Mrs. Lavada - tion persons reflects the determination of the Mashpee School Committee and Administration to meet the special needs of the town's children. By adding two t new reading teachers, it is the intent to further assist the Davis School teachers in the development of reading skills as the primary function of elementary educa- tion. r Two other newcomers to the Davis School faculty are classroom teachers: Miss Kathleen Riordan in Grade 5 and Miss Mary Ann Miller in Grade 3 - bothyt number of highly qualified applicants.honor graduates in their respective college classes, both selected from a large �\ a We regret the loss of services of Mrs. May L. Lopes, who retired in Novem- ber, due to poor health. She served the school faithfully for eleven years as a t Cafeteria Manager. We wish her many years of health happy ppy retirement. w To Mrs. Marilyn Strauss, our art teacher who is recovering from a �se operation, we wish a speedy and complete recovery, rious k Also, we extend to Mr. Joseph Morrison, who retired in September and who �'.. conscientiously served as custodian for many years, man ha r Y PPY years of retire- ment. CURRICULUM: The most important "subject" in the school is the child. The major goal of our school is to improve instruction. Children learn in many ways. Some learn .i best in small groups, other in larger J They learn by seeing, feeling, hearing, exploring lby example and ers need dmany aother p ways. They learn as naturally and as constantly as they breathe. Our curriculum changes from year to year. ee year For the past thrss our teachers have been developing a coordinated, sequential course r study each subject area, insuring continuity of aims and objectives in Grades stud Children in the upper grades are grouped together for certain learning experiences in reading, arithmetic, and language arts. The groups ar e not determined alone by age or grade, but by such factors as rate of learning and method of learning. Each child can pass in or out of a group when certain pre-determined facts or goals are mastered. In some subject, academic Stan- dards are set for a period of years. Some children will meet them early, others h_. Y-IC� will meet them later; but each child will make continuous progress at the rate best suited to him. 127