Milford chronicle., 1960-10-07
Milford Hiqh
School News

Since the Globe Indemnity Com
pany was delayed in furnishing
the Milford Schools with forms on
which to receive applications for
pupil accident insurance, all pupils
attending any school in our dis
trict have been automatically COW
cred by our group policy which
was renewed as of October /, 1860.
The forms for enrolment have
been received and will be sent
home by pupils on Friday, October
Z.
After Tuesday, October II, 1860
accident coverage for pupils will
continue for those who have paid
the necessary premium of $500
each for Kindergarten through
grade eight and $3.50 each for
grades nine to twelve inclusive.
Senior High School Assembly
The Milford Senior High School
held it's first assembly on Friday,
September %, in the auditorium
at 2:20 p. m. The school band, un-
der the direction of Mr.. Paul Teare,
played the entrance and exit mar
ches. The hymn for the day was
"The Battle Hymn of the Repub-.
lic," followed by the reading of the
Bible by Lisa Corder and the
Lords Prayer and flag salute. One
verse of America the Beautiful"
was used as the patriotic song. The
Ninth Grade Girls Octette. con-
sisting of 10 Ann Collins, Shirley
Postles, Kaye Vreeland, Bonnie
Hoey, Anne Hickman, Marsha
Townsend, Colleen Teare, and Nor
ma Jean Bennett, sang Scarlet
Ribbons" and blue Moon"
Mr.. James Atkinson, principal of
the Junior-Senior High School, had
a few timely remarks for the stu
dent body and introduced Coach
Gocella. Mr.. Gocella introduced the
members of the coaching staff and
the starting lineup for the open
ing football game
The cheer leaders then took over
and led the student body in several
cheers. Cheer for Old Milford"
and the Alma Mater" were sung
by the student body. The cheer
leaders are as follows: Marty
Welch, Barbara Clendaniel, Mary
Lou Landlord, Sue Isaacs, Sharon
Kirby, Carol Vernotico, Helene
Western and Jackie Belts.
OrientatiOn Conferences i'm Math
On October and 4, Mr.. Willard
Hickman, administrative assistant
in charge of Institutional program,
attended a regional orientatiOn
conference in mathmatics, which
was held in Philadelphia at the
Hotel Sylvania. This conference,
first of eight to be held throughout
the U. S. this year, was sponsored
by the National Council of Teach
ers Of Mathmatics to help school
systems strengthen their mathmat-
les programs through the use of
the new materials of instruction
now available. The project, sup
ported by $4,000 grant from the
National Science Foundation, is
aimed at providing supervisors and
school administrators with the in
formation and orientation they need
in order that they may provide
leadership in establishing improv-
ed mathmatics programs in their
school systems.
Testing Program
Ninth, tenth and eleventh grade
students of Milford High School
may sign up now for two tests
which will supplement the regular
testing program of the school, Mr.
Atkinson said today.
Ninth and tenth grade students
will get an objective insight into
their scholastic development by
participating in the National Ed
ucational Development Tests.
Eleventh grade pupils who wish
to enter the 1960-61 National Merit
Scholarship competition may sign
up for the qualifying exam. Both
tests will be given at 900 a. NJ
Saturday, March IL in the school
cafeteria. Students must pay a
$1.00 fee on the day of the test
They may sign up in the high
school office or guidance office.
The annual three-hour NEDT
examination provides scores in
English, social studies, mathmat-
les, natural sciences, and word
usage, while the National Merit
Scholarship test is part of the
nation'S Iarpest indanaudapf cohoI