The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-12-02
There shall be three School terms in each year as foows


term and closing about the last of April.
The third shall begin the first Monday May
IL weeks to about the 10th of July.
These shall embrace the allowed
by the State School Law of the leaving eight
Christmas Monday Years The second vac
ton will be about week immediately prior the first Monday
May And the third or long vacation will be of about five weeks cu
ding the last week July and the whole the month of August
The Schools shall be heretofore of the three gradhe Primary
forms And the prices grades shall
be for the ordinary English branches heretooe the Primary
in the intermediate school the dollar fifty per
term weeks and the High school the dollars
scholar for the term of ii weeks.
SECOND:-Eramination and Grading.
There shall be in the course of each year. of the
scholars each of the grades; the close of the
December and the other the close a the July.
these semannua examinations grading
determined and scholars shall be promoted from the lower the higher
grades returned from the higher the lower grades according
their proficiency in their studies
grading of the scholars
shall conducted committee be appointed the District the
grade another only the decision of said committee In the
neglect the part the District appoint said
committee when appointed the Trustees shall be authorized to appoint
committee for the specified determine by themselves
such transfers OF the scholars as they Judge eXpedient
THIRp.-Te1chers.
mary schools may o"layed in the Ineme
ae school The High school shall be taught by male teacher who
addition writing reading spelling shall
required conduct than twelve ecaon day In
twelve rectatons per day are High
competent assistant competent assistants
otedThat resolution appended said committees
port be adopted as follows
ResolredTha previous regulations
adopted and printed by the Town
lin October si6 as far they are anned or modified by
the rules adopted at this meeting be continued in force
TIE foowing are the Rules referred to IN the foregoing Rso-
luom clnaind in the Sehedule Of Ruls odopted and
d printed by the 1own Committee in October, 1916.
The books used and the studies pursued these Schools follows
Primary sehoo,s--the i0cest Crate.
Spelling Reading Cards and Charts Galudes Spelling Book,
Swans Primary Readers Nos 81 Russels Primary Reader Rus
sells Sequel Genleaf Primary Mental Arithmetic Mehels
. % % % GS0gp Ss csys %ass nDs Pns ana an |n d %
Backboasd and States fixed in frames below the Backboard
i Intermediate School-nle second Gradc.
Gaaudetts Spelling Book Russels Sequel and Introduction Wells
Grammar Cobun Lessons Morse
Geography Outline Maps GaaudSs Istrstiys Defoer Emo
oogy Botany occasional exercise Wocester Dictionary.
High scnoos-he highest Grade.
Ecsuonrv Rsaier American First Class Book Wells Grammar
Cobun's First Lessons Greeneafs National Arithmetic Wood
siology Pennansp Natural Mental Philosophy
Chemistry Botany Geology and MneraoEy geba Geometry
6 Tgonomery Mensuaion Surveying Navigation Astronomy
The BIBLE or TESTAMENT used the
studies those adopted by the Towns Committee in the 18th of
foregoing Rules And books studies permitted in the
ea grades other than those designated for them respectively
Primary taught by competent Females The In
tsrmedas and Hsh sehoos by competent Mn In the Hsh
School Female assistant occasionally employed when the number
At the close Of the Terms after suitable examination the children are
transferred from grade the next grade according to their mental
qualifications and improvement
Rules Committee the Town have author
lied other aud special Rules for the t District peculiar
character of its graded schools has rendered
In the Primary the discipline is chiefly left the discretion
of the teacher who from ask
d the Trustees
In the intermediate and High School besides the ordinary discipline
OF the teachers the following general Rules in force
J. Every scholar shall be his the time appointed for
opening the school, scholar entering school after the
its being opened be excused for aness the written
verbal request of the parent guardian employer
No scholar having taken his school, either the forenoon
afternoon shall be from attendance before the closing
ne o the q
Every scholar absent from school for halliday more SHALL
for such render satisfactory the teacher
scholar shall be held responsible the Trustees for all
belonging to, connected with, the schoolrooms
em and the street in front of the sameknow the Union
Meeting Loexendg from the north side the Meeting
to the large Stone Post the Northeast of the Episcopal Par
onage Lott and scholar shall go beyond these bounds during
g. The North yard the Academy confined to the Girls and the
south yard the Boys and the Boys shall the yard
appropriated to the Girls and vce
L. No scholar shall during into dwelling houses
nsuou to the Playground into the yards belonging to the
Is PENALTIES
For the violation of Of the above Rules single quarter the
Penalty shall be n follows:
- |. For the first offence Re eprjmond nv the teacher
e or he Seona offence public Repyimand and such other
" PUNISHMENT as he teacher may deem proper.
B. For the md offence from the school for the remain
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