Putnam patriot., 1930-08-21
TOWN SCHOOLS
 SOON TO REOPEN
New Year Begins Wednesday, September 3rd.-Teachers
 Will Meet Tuesday
Sekool Calendsr.-An Petitions
 Filled


 The schools of the town are soon to reopen. Superintendent Leon NJ. Farrin has arranged some data of interest to the citizens as follows:
 Schools reopen Wednesday, Sep tember 3rd. A meeting of all the teachers of the town mill be held on the afternoon proceeding the open ing of schools, at the Putnam high school.
 Children who enter for the first time should bring a birth certificate. The entrance age is years and s months, for the Kindergarten; years and months, for the first grade. No vaccination certificate is required.
 Only three changes have taken place in the teaching staff. The new teachers are: Miss Tolander of Nor wood. Mass, who succeeded Mrs. Ernestine Wheeler as supervisor of music. Miss Tolsnder, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music holds the degree of Bachelor of School Music.
 Mrs. Clara Gibson of East Put nam, graduate of the Willimantie Normal School. succeeds Miss Sylvia Kurlan as teacher at the East Put nam school.
 Miss Anna Nj. keniry of Bristol, Conn. a graduate of the New Bri- tain Normal School. will succeed Miss Angelina 0'Flynn as teacher of the primary grades at the Sawyer Dist rict school. Miss 0'Flynn has been transferred to the Israel Putnam school. as teacher of a division of grade 1, succeeded Miss Mildred Torrey.
 Calendar fe3o-fs3t
 School opens Wednesday, Septem- Der 3rd. closes Friday, December 18th. sixteen weeks: school opens Monday, December 29th, closes Fri day. February goth, eight weeks; school opens Monday, March 2nd, closes Friday, April 24th, eight weeks: school opens Monday, May 4th, closes Friday, June 18th, seven weeks; {; total school year, thirty-nine weeks.
 Holidays
 Columbus Day. October 18th taf- ternoonl: Teachers Convention, Oe- tober 2lst; Armistice Day, November l1th: Teachers Visiting Day, Nov ember 21st; Thanksgiving and day after, November 27th 2sth; New Years Day. January lst; Lincoln's Birthday. February 18th tafternoonl 1; Good Friday. April 3rd.
 No School Signals
 500 a. m, no forenoon session; 12.30 D. m., no afternoon session.
 The signal is two strokes of the fire alarm sounded twice. No school signals apply only to the first seven grades. If school is closed in the morning. children are 10 come in the afternoon unless the signal is repeated at 12.30.
 Teaching Staff
 High school-Edwin L. Robinson, Principal. Lauriston F. Moves, Fran eis Curran, Abbie H. Keith, Irene R. Bernier, Jeanette C. Jacques. Eliza beth II. Smith, Marjorie H. McGilli- cuddy. Sarah C. Barber, Winifred F. Duffee, Edith M. Kent
 Israel Putnam-Lewis F. Battey, Principal. Margaret Nj. MaeConnell, Etta Nj. Whiting, Carrie B. Gas coigne. Roselle A. Lafrance, Emma ]. Dutton, Sarah B. Kent, Lucy M. Farrows, Ethel s. Strahan, Angelina o'Flynn, Gertrude C. Warner, Char lotte A. Zakolska.
 Smith Street School-Ella l. Bal lard. Principal, Eleanor NJ. Murphy, Edith Fox.
 Sawyer District seheol-Bertha ". French, Principal. Mary J. Willard, Anna Nj. Keniry.
 East Putnam school-Clara B. Gib- son.
 Music Supervisor-Lydia P. Tol- ander; Art Supervisor-G. Etta Han ley; School physician--Dr. George T.. LaMarche; School Nurse Lillian D. Morrison; School Dentist-Dr. A. E. Parent; Attendance 0fficer-Peter A. Gardner; Trade School--Hannah E.