Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-06
TIE VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Plsd) II the'Year Which Opens Sep.
tember u.
Tn New Teachers Assignment d Pupils
improvements IN Buildings.

grades v. and VI. will be put together
at the Smith school, as they We're. last
year, at the Nash and Webster schools.
A class of these grades will also be
formed at the Grove Street school.
Just at this time there are a larger
number of seventh and eighth grade
pupils than before for several years.
Besides the regular classes of grade
VII. and grade VIII. there will be
formed a special class of these grades
together which will occupy the room in
the Smith school formerly occupied by
grade vi. 1t is planned to form as
small a class as possible, probably
about 36 Of those scholars who may
need special instruction in certain
branches. Regularly the seventh
grade will be accommodated in this
room. 1t usually takes a day or two
to organize the different schools, MAX
ing the appropriate assignments. AS
nearly as possible the division between
the Smith school and the Grove Street
and Nash schools will be drawn at
Court street-all pupils of grades III.
w., " and VI, on and below this
street will DE expected to go to either
the Grove street or Nash school. grades
/. and II. on and below Green. street
will go to the Nash school. All scholars
49, . 4, 40
will attend the Smith school. Follow
ing is the organization of the respec-
tive schools:
Smith school-Emma Clark. grade
x; Elma Clark, grade TX; Alice NJ.
Doherty. VIII: May II. Doughty, VII;
Maude Johnson. VII; Ada Edgecomb,
v. and VI: F. Belle Voter, III. AMI
w.; Isabel Reed, H.: Helen Doherty, l.
Webster school-Jennie NJ. Cottle.
grades W and VI; Amy Sturtevant,
III. and ~; f. NJ. LeProhOn, H.;
Anna Noyes, i.
Nash school-Harriet V. Enright.
grades V. and VI; Alice Clancy, III.
and w.; Jeanette Selbing, H.; Edith
McDavid. l.
Grove Street school-Mary Redmond
grades V. and VI; Louise Cony, grades
III. and vi.
Laurel Hill--Margaret Buckley, grade
I. Miss Estelle c. bearing will have
charge of the music as usual. and Miss
Alice NJ. Crosby of Hallowell takes
Miss ElaiOtt's place as teacher of draw
ing The several new teachers who
come to the district, sahiss Nears come
with the highest recommendations.
MISS Edgecomb has had bu4 little *
perience. but as a scholar She fdf{ksd
among the best in her class. both in
the HallOwell high school, and in Colby
College from which institution she
graduated in 1896. Ml4sER b&l asHeA pc
Richmond. taught Id RGtbbhd
schools after graduating from the high
school there IN '93. afterwards taking a
course in the State Normal school al
Gorham. where she graduated with
honors last June. Miss johnson of
Gardiner, is a graduate of the Gardiner
high school. also of the Lewiston
Training School. She has taught with
remarkable success in the Gardiner
schools during the past three years, the
last year and half serving as prin-
cipal OF large grammar school at
South Gardiner.
Miss Crosby has taught drawing in
the Hallowell schools for several yeats.
She is an artist and thorough teacher
of experience Miss Buckley is a
graduate of Cony High school, and be-
gins her work as regular teacher in
the Laurel Hill school. She served as
a substitute teacher. last year.
Mr.. Graves will conduct a general
N.,;
3, at $50 A. NJ, also several grade
meetings in the afternoon of the same
day. Thursday forenoon will be de-
voted to examinations of all condi-
toned pupils in grades VI, VII, VIII,
TX. and \. at the respective schools by
the teachers of these pupils last year.
The teachers of the district will hold
their regular meetings every two
weeks at Library hall. Mr.. Graves also
hopes to put into operation a new plan
for grade meetings. He plans to hold
these meetings every two weeks on
Saturday morning. in turn at the Nash,
Webster and Smith schools. He in
tends for the teacher in whose room
the meeting is held to have charge of
the meeting. to have on exhibition her
regular written work of the previous
two weeks and to outline definite ad-
vance work for the two weeks follow
ing.
These meetings are for the purpose
of unifying the work of all teachers
of the same grade.
The teachers and scholars of the Viii
lage district will scarcely know where
they are when they step into the newly
painted buildings. All the rooms are
as good as new and it must be with a
good degree of satisfaction that the
teachers begin their years work amid
SO pleasant surroundings. All the cell
ings in the Webster building have been
replastered. also the ceilings of six
rooms at the Smith school, All the
rooms have been thoroughly cleaned
with soap and water and the floors well
oiled.
Nearly all the rooms now are fur
nisheu with slate blackboard which il
great improvement over the old style
board. winch was simply the plastered
wall painted black
me furnace at the Smith school has
received attention. new CRATES being
put IN place. and some general repair.
ing made.
Mr. Ralph Herrick has toar n,