Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-09-21
WILL OPEN MONDAY.
High School Departme It Of Our
Public Schools Will Receive
Pupils Monday Morning.

The high school department OF
our public schools will open next
Monday morning and Superinten-
dent Willis expects an enrolment
of le pupils from town and several
from the country. This will be a
very good start, and we predict that
within three years our high school
will have enrolled from 80 to 40 OF
Bear Lakes young men and young
ladies. Bellevue, a town less than
half as large as Montpelier, has a
high school and on the opening day
this year 81 pupils were enrolled.
A numb ber of those, of course. come
from the country, and when the
people of our county and abou,
Cokevllle and even as far as Star
Valley, come to realize that Mont
pelier offers superior public school
advantages, we look for many pupils
from these outlying districts to be
enrolled in our high schools.
The establishment of this higher
department of education is one of
the very best moves that has ever
been made by the citizens of Mont
pelier. 1t Ia an institution that will
be appreciated more and more as
the years 60 by.
The enrolment in the grades In
both buildings was increased con-
siderable this week and is now past
the 400 mark. Superintendent
Willis is quite well pleassd with the
way work is progressing.
The school hours as adopted by
the board of trustees are as follows:
From . to HAS a. m. and from ]
to S:45 p. m. The pupils of the
first primary are dismissed 35 min
utes earlier, both at noon and even
ing. No recess Is given to any of
the grades except the first and Sec
ond primary.
The following article from the
Spokane Spokesman Review in re-
gard to the duty of parents in help
ing to make q school successful ls
timely and we'll worth the thought
full consideration of all parents:
"Reopenlng Of the schools brings
relief to many hard working moth
ers whose home duties during the
past three months have been increas-
ed as the are every summer by the
added cares OF watchfulness at all
times over their little ones. The
task is now taken off their shoulders
for FIVE or six hours of the day and
placed on those of the teachers.
Loving and devoted though every
mother is or should be toward her
children she is not to be blamed for
the change incident to the school
session.
"But the mothers nor the faith.
ers, either-should not consider
themselves free from responsibility
Oh the departure of the child fol
school. The parents duty remains,
though it lies in different direc.
tion. II the shool is to do the chile
the full measure of good that is ex
pected of il there must be home IN
terest IN the studies and experience
at school.
"The child that goes to school il
the morning and returns in the af
ternoon, and spends It's leisure tins
in play or at such home tasks as ar'
given some of the Young hands t.
do, without any parental inquiry il
regard to studies and the progress
being made, soon feels the lack O
encouragement, and ia the majorit,
of cases is likely to go through schoo
in prefnnctory manner. Encoul
aged by home interest the averag,
child will display much greater i'm
provement than when such interes
is lacking.
''Eyery mother ought TO find tim
to make at least an occasional ylsi
to the school, know the teacher an,
learn something Of the educationa
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