Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-30
SCHOOL TERM ENDED
Boys and Girls Shelve Their
Books to Enjoy Their B.
Months Vacation.
HALF-YEARLY PROMOTION SCHEME
A New Idea introduced That is
Meeting With General
Satisfaction.
HALF-YEARLY PROMOTION SCHEME

The pupils in the city schools COM
pleted their work last evening. To-
day they have been enjoying as hol-
iday, 400 of them participating as a
chorus in the Memorial day exercises.
Tomorrow they return to their places
in school and remain long enough to
receive the report cards showing their
standings in their several classes, and
their promotion cards showing their
assignment TO classes for the fall term.
The graduating exercises of the pu-
pills promoted from the eighth grade
to the high school will be held tomor-
row forenoon in the three schools in
which that grade is maintained. The
exercises at the Hawthorne school
will begin at $3.50. and at the Lincoln
and Lopgfellow schools at 10 o'clock
Invitation is extended by the teachers
and by Supt. Hayden not only to the
parents of the graduating pupils, but
to all who NAV be interested in the
work of The public schools.
The work of closing the records for
the year has engaged the attention Of
the teachers all the week School
property of all kinds has been ac-
counted for to the superintendent and
stored for safe keeping during the
summer. Teachers will be busy to-
morrow with their final work upon
the records and their final reports.
Supt Hayden states that with
the promotions which are being made
this week the new plan of classifying
the pupils goes fully into effect l
will be remem bered that the school
board>iu January authorized the SUI
perintendent to establi.h the half
wear as the interval between classes
1t has been the purpose of the super
inteudent aud teachers To accomplish
this with as little disturbance to the
schools as is possible All pupils
have been advanced in their work
since this change was ordered. Re-
views have been given TO those groups
of pupils whose best good seemed to
require il The work of the several
classes has also been rearranged to
such an extent that the classes will in
Septic IN Der take up their studies with
half-year's work as the interval be-
tween each class and the one next
lower or next higher.
Promotion Twice n Wear.
Under this arrangement pupils will
be promoted after completing a half
years work. Promotions will there
fore be made twice in each school
year. in January and again in May or
June, when the school year closes
Each pupil will be given tomorrow
morning a report card showing per-
cent standings in all his studies
Each pupil will also receive promo
ton card showing to what class the
pupil has belonged this term and in
what class he will be enrolled in Sep
tenn Der.
IL is desired by the school manage
ment that parents take particular no.
tice of the promotion cards. There
are several important changes in the
form of the card used this year and
from that used in previous years.
This years card shows promotion
from class to class, instead of from
grade 10 grade. The word grade is
still used to mean years work. The
word class meansa half-grade or half
years work.
AS prOmOtlOHS WeIe mdue IdSI JaH-
uary, the cards which will be issued
tomorrow will show promotion for
only a half year. All pupils will re-
ceive promotion cards, and all pupils
will be required to present thes G cards
to their teachers when the term opens
in the fall. Parents should therefore
see that these cards are preserved
during the vacation. Supt Hayden
states that by reason of the reviews
conducted in some of the classes a
great many pupils have been made
stronger in the work of the schools, |
and the number of pupils not pro-
MOI y is much less than in preceding
years under the old plan Pupils who
have been out of school on account |
of illness, or who for other reasons |
haYe not fully completed the work of