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For the first time during the history of the Mashpee
<br /> Report of the School System, in grades pre-school - 8, we are serving
<br /> Superintendent of Schools the educational needs of over 1000 students. All children
<br /> in grades 1-8 utilized the Kenneth C. Coombs School and
<br /> the Middle School. Our special needs pre-school class,
<br /> To the Mashpee School Committee currently using one classroom at the Samuel G. Davis
<br /> and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: School, will be transferred to the Middle School. In an
<br /> effort to meet the needs of additional classrooms, at the
<br /> The numbers of children enrolled in preschool through elementary level,we are planning to move all kindergarten
<br /> grade twelve continue to increase with the largest percen- classes next year to the Middle School.
<br /> tage of growth occurring at Falmouth High School. This year, we continued our curriculum revision efforts
<br /> Student Enrollments by upgrading the areas of English and Language Arts.
<br /> Mashpee Schools Falmouth High School The Kenneth C. Coombs School opened its doors on
<br /> Pre-School - Grade 8 Grades 9-12 September 6, 1989. Throughout the course of the year,
<br /> enrollments in grades kindergarten through grade four
<br /> October I, 1984 - 505 October 1, 1984 - 178 remained in the range of 600. The building contains thirty
<br /> October 1, 1985 - 564 October 1, 1985 - 197 regular, full-sized classrooms, an art and a music room
<br /> October 1, 1986 - 654 October 1, 1986 - 180 and a gymnasium. Each instructional space was fully
<br /> October L 1987 - 712 October 1, 1987 - 199 utilized during the Coombs' first year of operation.
<br /> October 1, 1988 - 831 October 1, 1988 - 181 The facility was officially dedicated on October 15,
<br /> October 1, 1989 - 959 October 1, 1989 - 191
<br /> October 1, 1990 - 1032 October 1, 1990 - 241 1989 in a ceremony at which numerous dignitaries ex-
<br /> pressed their support for education. Mr. Kenneth C.
<br /> Cape Cod Regional Vocational Enrollments 9 - 12 Coombs was honored at the ceremony and made a mov-
<br /> ing speech reflecting on his experiences in our school
<br /> October 1, 1984 - 48 system.
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<br /> October I, 1985
<br /> Beyond the regular academic sub ect areas of reading,
<br /> October I, 1986 - 43 i
<br /> October I, 1987 - 45 language arts, math, social studies and science, the
<br /> October I, 1988 - 45 children are provided special subject of
<br /> ferings in art,
<br /> October 1, 1989 - 47 music, physical education and computers.
<br /> October 1, 1990 - 31
<br /> The Coombs staff and expanding parent volunteer
<br /> October 1, 1990 Enrollments corps worked diligently at formulating a student activity
<br /> program that provided a varied, exciting range of school
<br /> Kenneth C. Coombs Mashpee Middle wide events that introduced many community and state-
<br /> School School based individuals to our students.The cooperative efforts
<br /> of the Mashpee Cultural Education Committee, Mashpee
<br /> Pre-first 12 Pre-school 26 Arts Council and Cultural Education Collaborative and
<br /> Grade 1 127 Kindergarten 145 numerous school-generated fund raisers helped to take
<br /> Grade 2 124 Grade 5 95 the entire school to a performance of the Velveteen Rab-
<br /> Grade 3 109 Grade 6 94 bit in New Bedford and bring people such as Jim Vetter,
<br /> Grade 4 109 Grade 7 90 Paul Richmond, Tom Lee, Barbara Herson, David
<br /> Ungraded 15 Grade 8 82 Fichter, and Yoko Watkins into our classrooms,supply-
<br /> Ungraded 4 ing a rich supplement to our educational program.
<br /> Total 496 Total 536
<br /> Visits by the Thornton Burgess Society,MSPCA,sav-
<br /> Falmouth Cape Cod Reg. Technical ings banks, and other town departments further
<br /> High School High School strengthened our pupils'appreciation of local resources.
<br /> The beautiful mural hanging in our cafetorium depicting
<br /> Grade 9 74 Grade 9 5 the culture and history of Mashpee brought together the
<br /> Grade 10 75 Grade 10 7 efforts of numerous individuals.
<br /> Grade 11 51 Grade 11 12
<br /> Grade 12 41 Grade 12 7 A pupil awards and recognition program was initiated
<br /> Ungraded 0 that regularly commended those students whose work
<br /> Total 241 Total 31 habits, achievement and citizenship were consistent and
<br /> positive.
<br /> Special Needs Programs (Tuitioned) Parent involvement was reflected in our Nutrition Fair,
<br /> Cape Cod Collaborative 2 Earth Day festivities, parenting workshops, and the ex-
<br /> Out-of-District 9 ceptional participation in the Art History program in con-
<br /> Total 11 junction with Heritage Plantation.
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