The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-08-28

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paign County, Ohio"
Regulations ana Rules If the Union
Schools Of HillsborO, o.
For the School Year beqianin0 !Ssptembsr
lst. 1862.
l. The School year shall consist Of
Al weeks.
2. The first session Of 16 weeks, shall
begin on Monday, Sept. 1st, and close
on Friday, Dec. 18th, 1862.
3. The second session of 13 weeks,
shall begin on Monday, January 5th,
and close on Friday, April 81, 1863.
4. The third session of 12 weeks,
shall begin on Monday, April 18th,
and close on Friday, July Sd, 1863.
5. A public examination of pupils
shall be held at the close of each session.
6. The bells Of all the school houses
shall be frst rung at 80 minutes past s
o'clock A. NJ. for the morning and Is
minutes past o'clock, P. NJ. for the af-
ternoon session. They shall be rung a
second time at Is minutes before 9
o'clock, A. NJ. anfat half past o'clock
P. NJ. at which times tho schools shall
be opened for their appointed duties
A recess will be given at Is minutes
past 10 o'clock, A. NJ. and at As minutes
past 2 o'clock, P. NJ. for the girls; and
at half past 10 o'clock, A. NJ. and at 3
O'Clock, p. NJ. for the boys.
Z. During the opening exercises,
which shall consist of Scripture Reading
or Prayer, the doors shall be locked, and
all who come thereafter, shall be marked
tardy; and those who arrive so min utes
after school opening, will not be admit.
ted during that half days session, and
the loss oftimc will be charged against
them.
8. At 10 minutes before 12 VI. and at
20 minutes past o'clock, P. NJ. the
recitations will be closed, the roll called,
absentess marked, the scholars dismiss.
cd in an orderly manner in single file,
and the bell rung to notify parents that
the school has closed.
9. Teachers are required to be in per.
son at their respective school rooms, be.
fore the ringing of the bell the first
time, to have the room in order, the
temperature regulated, to suppress all
noise, to see that the pupils enter the
room in an orderly manner, to allow no
standing or walking on benches, chairs
or desks, and to allow no playing in the
school room at any time. They shall
receive and return the salutations of
their pupils, at their entrance into, and
departure from school; maintain among
them, ut all times, the most perfect
order and quiet; repress all communi-
cations among them; record in the tables
furnished by the Superintendent, all
tardiness, absentees, faulty recitations,
misdemeanors, and other matters there
in called for; they shall use due diligence
to prevent injury to the buildings
furniture, and appurtenances; they shall
administer discipline in a deliberate
manner, in which theyare quested to be
mild, but firm; admonishing and rea
soning with pupils who err, and if no
amendment follow, and it become nec-
essary to resort to other means, th ey
are authorised to-
1st. Restrain pupils at recess.
I'd. To detain them after hours OF
duty.
Sd. To ohastiso by corporal punish
ment.
4th. To suspend thom from school
for time, according to the nature Of
the offence.
10. In case OF suspension, tho parents
or guardians of pupil will be made aO-
quainted, by the Teacher, with the de
cision.
IL. Onco every week, during term
time, there will bo held, on Friday
evening, at 4 o'clock, Teachers Meet
ing under the direction of tho Superin
tondent, which each Teacher must
attend-unless absent from town nec
essarily, or sick---and there present I
written abstract of the doings Of thu
week then ending Each Teacher is
also required to attend, at all times
during tho progress of examinations.
IL. Students are expected to have
their names enrolled on the irst day o.
tho session; to attend with regularity
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