Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-05-27
The Onancock Public High School
Announcements for Session
of 1005--1oO6.


Announcements for Session
of 1905--1oO6.
The District School Board of Oman
cock has borrowed $1,000 for the pur-
chase and improvement of the build
ings and equipment during the pres
ent summer, and, when they are done,
will have provided the largest as well
"a the best fitted school house in the
county. The building will contain six
grade rooms, an office, and a large
assembly room-all fitted with new
desks and seats.
The course of study will be extern
ded to include, besides the seven
grammar grades, four high school
grades, with two courses for gradua-
ton, namely, the English course, in
GLIDING full four years high school
work in English, Mathematics, His
tory and Civics, and Science and the
Classical or College Preparatory course
in which German or Latin may be
substituted for some of the work in
History and Civics and Science. High
School arithmetic, which has hither-
to been taught only in one grade
will be a part of the mathematics
work in every higher grade, continu-
ing without break, the work OF the
lower grades. The work is distributed
as follows:-
Grade VIII-Grammar, Algebra,
Ancient History, Latin, Physical
Geography, Spelling.
Grade IX-Rhetoric, Algebra. Mod
ern History, Latin, Botany, Spelling
Grade X--Rhetoric, Plane Geometry
u. s. History, Latin, German, spell
ing.
Grade XI-Literature, Solid Geom
etry, Civics, Latin, Physiology, Ger
man, Spelling.
The work of the high school grades
is identical with that of the best city
I thigh schools, the fact that the system
of annual promotions instead of semi
annual ones, which is necessary III Uni
crowded city schools, making thl
possible with fewer teachers. Depart
mental work on the part of the teacher
above the third grade will be institu
ted, three being four different teacher
| in the higher grades, and four in tn
lower by this method, each teache
teaching the branches for which ne o
she is best prepared.
Drawing will be taught free in tn
first eight grades by Miss Mary Fosqu
once a week. Basketry, ratio ma
, making, and the like will be taught fire
to the pupils of the first six grades D
Miss Francis Taylor, who has take
special instruction in that line OF wori
The drawing and manual work Is &c
the purpose of training the smaiie
children in accuracy and carefulnes
as we'll as to heighten the interest
their school work.
The High School has made astonisl
ing progress in the last three year
Starting with only teac,> ers and abo'
100 pupils, it has now seven teachel
and enrolment of over 200. The hlg
standard of the course and thequalit
r Of its work is shown by the fact TIL
it is published in the University
q Virginia catalogue as one of the
= preparatory schools in the whole Sou
which are approved and accredit'
IS and to which an annual scholarship
e given. It's graduates may enter wit
70 out examination the University
Virginia, Washington and Lee ka
It doInh-M Macon Mems and Womer
Is colleges, Woman's College of Bal
more. and Richmond College, all
is whom have recently adopted unifol
ID entrance examinations. 1t is the on
1. school on the Eastern Shore OF V
GINA so honored.
II supported wholly by the schC
funds accruing to the Onanco
School District, and exists primar
for the children of Onancock. The
T. largement of the facilities, howev
will make it possible for more pup
rk to enter from outside of Onancock
ay a low cost of tuition, but its autho
NJ. ties desire to compete with no To-
graded school that may, through
ID generosity ofits patrons, have instr
L. ton afforded in higher grades. i
Onancock School fully meets the n
ire requirements of the Virginia st
p Board of Education and stands on
merits as a school worthy OF the +
M ronage of any parent on the East
Shore who is intending to send his
her child off of the Shore, or VINO
not equally good home opportunit
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