Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-02-10
A GRADED COURSE OF STUDY.
For the Country and Village Schools
of West Virginia.

A GRADED COURSE OF STUDY.
For the Country and Village Schools
of West Virginia.
Topic in which Patrons are Deeply
Concerned.
PnIMAEY GRADE-Two YEARS.
RECORDS.
Teachers should keep.a record of
the advancement of their classes in
the work ofthe Course In this way
officers and patrons of the school can
easily determine the progress of pu
pills, and reports may be made to par
ents or guardians. A written state
inent, in addition to the GRADE SHEET,
should be left with the Secretary of
the Board of Education for tn. sue
ceeding teacher, explaining what Sec
tons have been finished, and how
much, by months or lessons, has been
done in Sections not completed.
PROMOTION AND GRADUATION.
Let it be understood that each and
all pupils must be advanced as rapid
ly as possible. Nc, one is to be held
back or his progress stayed in any
way. If this were so, a Course of
Study would be worse than useless.
Let the pupil go right on from Section
to Section and from Grade to Grade as
rapidly as possible, and when he is
ready, advance him, promote him, or
graduate him whether all of the mem
bers of his class are ready or not ready.
There will be advanced classes in adj
vance into which these hard working
pupils can be put. Progress is the
watchword of the Course of Study.
Every incentive to study should be
placed before the pupil, and he should
be encouraged to complete the Com
mon School Course. To do this he
must pass through the scale of promo
ton from one Grade to another until
graduation has been reached. Lei
there be encouragement at each step
and when the pupil has passed his ex
animation under the Tests of Promo
ton which are given throughout the
Course of Study, give him token If
evidence of it in the form of a certifi
cate of promotions. The following
can be supplied by the Board of Edu
cation at trifling cost, to the schools
Of its district
COMMON SCHOOL CERTIFICATE.
PRIMARY GRADE.
This certiies that - -, o
sub-district No. in the Magisteria
District of ---, in the County o
- State of West Virginia, is here
by promoted to the INTERMEDIARY
/ GRADE, -- having completed thai
portion Of the prescribed Course o
Study in the Common Branches en
braced in the Primary Grade of the
Public School OF said sub-district.
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Teacher
-- President Board OF
Education,
When the school has been properly
graded, every boy and girl in the PR
mary Grade will struggle to Obtain
the above certificate Of promotion
For similar purpose, offer the same
Involvement to those in the Intermedi
ate Grade using the following form.
COMMON SCHOOL CERTIFICATE.
INTERMEDIATE GRADE.
This certifies that -- -, o.
sub-district No., in the MagisteriaI
District Of, in the County of -,
and State of West Virginia, is hereby
promoted to the Upper Grade, as -
has this day completed that portion o
the Course of Study in the Common
Branches, viz: Reading, Spelling, Writ
ing, Arithmetic, Language, Geogra
ply and T. S. and State History EN-
braced in the Intermediate Grade OIL
the Public School of said sub district
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Teacher.
- -, President Board of Ed
ucation.
Those receiving this certificate will
pass to the Upper Grade. When pu,
pills complete the Course. they should
have thorough final examination on
the branches studied. This examiua.
ton should be under the SUPERVISE n,
or direction of the County Superinten,
dent; and those who pass it success
fully, receive from him and the men,
bers of the Board of Education of the
magisteral district of which said pu-
pills are residents, the
COMMON SCHOOL DIPLOMA
provided by the State. That the re-
suit of this final examination may be
accurately determined, teachers should
have written and oral examinations
monthly and frequent oral reviews,
throughout all of the Second Section
of the Upper Grade.
CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION.
The school law provides that certifi-
Gates of graduation shall be issued to
those pupils that complete the pre-
scribed Course of Study ending with
the ninth year, and sustain a satisfac-
tory examination upon the same.
Therefore, the teachers who may have
pupils completing the Course Of Study
should notify the County Superinten-
dent, on or before the first day Of
March in each year, and the said Su-
perintendent then prepare and have
printed list of questions on the sew
eral branches, and name a day near
the time of closing the said schools
for the year, for the examination of
graduates. These examinations are to
be written and may be conducted by
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