Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1920 — RENSSELAER PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

General Items. The City Schools will dismiss Wednesday evening, December 22, for the Christmas vacation and reopen Monday, January 3. Nineteen of the teachers turned in their annual Red Cross dues to the local solicitors, while the remaining ones renewed their membership in respective townships. Primary Building. The weighing and measuring for November shows a general increase in weight and development among the Primary * children due largely to the regular Physical Culture program and the more complete adjustment to school ‘routine. Out-of-town teachers visiting our school on Friday, November 26, were: Miss Davis of Hammond and Miss Sophia Hudson of Gifford. On November 24; the third story of the Primary Building was the scene of an important social event. It was “party” day for the third grade. For one hour, games were played, after which the children returned to the third grade room. Here a program, consisting of recitations and songs, was given. Refreshments consisting of ice* cream and cookies were served to about sixty pupils and fifteen patrons. Grammar Building. The Grades for the second six weeks show an improvement over those given the first six weeks. Each teacher would be glad to confer with parents and patrons, at any time relative to the school work. Considering the great amount of sickness in the community, the school attendance for the past week has been unusually good. Everyone is taking unusual precaution in the effort to keep down‘any contagion. . . Appropriate Christmas exercises are being planned for the children of this building. The regular Physical Culture work is meeting with a hearty response on the part of the pupils. High School. The records for the past month show that there has been an increased number of cases of tardiness due apparently to the fact that the pupils work until too near the beginning of the school day. While We are strong supporters of thrift and the spirit of industry among the high school boys and girls, this should not be taught at the expense of promptness. If parents realized Agt all cases of tardiness are recorded and become a part of the school record, we feel that they wosM be on time. During the absence of Mr. Woerner as jmd of the . Manual Training department, Floyd Hemphill is very successfully conducting that aepptSSt."