New Britain herald., 1927-07-25
FACULTY SELECTED
BY SUPT. MANDREY
List Of Teachers for NeWington
School Is Complete

Superintendent William II. Man
drey of the Newington schools ha
announced the corps OF teachers TO
the coming year. The entire stat
at the Elm Hill and Junction
schools will return. The staff at tn,
Elm Hill school will be Miss Evelyr
Strong, grades and 6; Miss Marie
DeRidder, grades and S. Miss Mar
garet Conway, grades 2 and 8; ant
Mrs. Beatrice Hine, grade l. The
staff at the Junction school will b.
Mrs. Goldena Wuerth. grades 6,
and s; Miss Anna Reynolds, grade.
Is. and S, and Miss Ethel Hall
grades 1 and 2.
Miss Alice r. Nelson will come
from the sixth grade in the Center
school to succeed Miss Esther
Johnson as teacher in the oppor.
tunity room at the Northeast school
Miss Nelson Is taking a specia
course in teaching exceptional chill,
dren at Yale university this sum,
mer. The other teachers at that
school will be Miss Elizabeth Green
grades 4, and 6; and Miss Del
phine Murray. grades l. and 3.
The staff at the Center school will
be grade 9. Miss Virginia Cosby;
grade 8, Charles A. Bowes, princi-
pal; grade IA, Mrs. Mary Bowhall;
grade 7B, Miss Eileen Kelly; grade
6. Miss Edith Carroll; grade S, Miss
Mildred Alderman; grade 4, Mrs
Eva B. Woods: Grade 3, Miss Alma
Carlson; grade 2, Miss Gertrude
Lewis: grade 1, Miss Agnes Gal
lagher and Miss Eleanor McAfee.
Miss Kelly, who succeeds Miss Ger
trude Meyer in the Junior High
school. Is a graduate of the three
year course at the Westfield Normal
school and has had one years ex-
perience In junior high school work.
Miss Carroll. who succeeds Miss Mel
son, has had seven years experience
and Miss Lewis, who succeeds Miss
Holster, has had nine years ex-
perience.
The Newington school committee
decided to adopt the eight-week
system as the scheme for organic
ing the school work for the follow
ing year. This means that the long
| winter term which comes to a close
with the Easter vacation will be
broken up by two short vacations.
The calendar as approved is as fol-
lows: Sept. 13 to Dec. %, 70 days;
Jan. . to March 2, A days: March
u to April 27. "a days: and May 7
to June %, "a days. The following
days out have been announced:
State convention. Oct. Fl, one
day: visiting day in fall term, one
day: Thanksgiving Day. Nov. "a and
25, two days; Washington's birthday,
one day; Good Friday, April 6, one
day: and Memorial Day. one day.
Mr.. Mandrey announces that one
teacher will be added to the faculty
during the coming year as the school
committee has decided to employ a
supervisor OF drawing and art for
the town schools, Miss Ella F. Minor
has been elected to this position.
Miss Minor. in addition to having
had successful experience as a teach
er in the grades in the city OF Hart
ford, has served as supervisor of
art and drawing In the schools of
Berlin and Cromwell for two years.
The committee has felt for some
time that this phase of the school
work deserved to be given more
careful consideration and with that
thought in mind has made this ap-
pointment. Miss Mae d. Hayes has
been reelected music supervisor of
the town schools. Mrs. Katherine Y.
Boutelle. the school nurse. has also
been reelected and will continue to
serve as school nurse for the coming
year, devoting two days a week to
the schools here. In addition to
this Mrs Boutelle Is school nurse in
the towns of Bloomfield and Rocky
Hill
Miss Virginia Cosby and Miss
Eileen Kelly are attending the sum-
mer school Of Columbia university.
Mr.. Mandrey left July % for a va
walton and will be back at his Of
fee in the Blue Hills school Aug. G.
Philip A. Mason Of the building
committee of the Newington Home
for Crippled Children has announced
that the firm of Ebbets & Frid.
architects, has been selected to draw
plans for a new staff house of the
home. Greenwood e Noerr. con-
sulting engineers. will be associated
with Ebbets & Frid.
The building will be erected on
the site of the boys old home most
of which was blown down in
heavy windstorm two years ago. The
building will probably be Of colonial
to match that OF the