Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1920 — RENSSELAER SCHOOL NOTES [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER SCHOOL NOTES

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 “ohes renewed their membership in their respective townships. Primary Building. The weighing and measuring for November shows a general Imyeuse 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 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 for 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, school attendance for the past week has been unusually good. Everyone Is taking unusual precaution In the effort to keep down any contagion. Approbate 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 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 that all cases of tardiness are recorded and become a part of the school record, we feel that they would co-operate with us by insisting that their children be on time. Our basketball team meets the Reynolds team on the home floor*, this (Friday) evening at 8 o’clock.

The management thought this fall when this game was scheduled that a fairly easy team had been chosen for the opening game in order to test out the locals, but when the day arrives we find that the visitors have an apparent mania for winning their games. During the absence of Mr. Woerner as head of the manual training department, Floyd Hemphill is very successfully conducting that department.