The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
BOARD Of EDUCATION ORGANIZED
A Report of Age and Scholarship
Standing

Standing
At the adjourned meeting OF the feillfs
Grove Board of Education last Monday
evening John w. Trumbull was elected
president. He appointed the following
COMMITTEES.
Finance-W. F. Yeager, N. S. Wood.
Property-Walter Ball, David Johnson.
Purchasing-Simon Cunningham, Geo.
H. Elkinton.
Education-W. A. Summerill, Albert
j. Bodine.
w. A. Summerill made the following
report to the Board on
G AMI SCHOLARSHIP.
Because several pupils who were grad
uated at Penn's Grove High School the
past three years were below the normal
age (1S) for graduates of a four year
course, some are Of the opinion that the
pupils in the school are being pushed III
studies beyond their normal ages and
capacities. In the development OF the
High School to the approved list, with a
four year classical course, the eighth n
ninth grades were partly combined y
the graduates of the past three years had
to take more than their usual Studies.
| Notwithstanding some had to do two
| years work in one in some studies, they
| passed creditable county examinations.
The records of the school do not now
| bear out the opinion that the pupils are
largely in studies beyond the normal age
for pupils to be in.
There are twelve grades laid out by the
State Board of Education. A normal
child beginning school at six years OF age
will be graduated from the High School
at eighteen. A bright pupil should be
allowed to go faster, but the opportunity
to do so is not SO great i'll a full graded
school as in a smaller one. A dull pupil
will no go SO far. Some who are bright
will fall behind because Of failure to
study, or fail to attend school regularly.
H AGE TEST
OF pupils in Penn's Grove High and
Grammar schools, taken iron the records
as marked down last September, will
show the following, (some having passed a
birthday since then):
HIGH SCHOOL.
Post graduates, two aged II.
Twelfth grade graduates, normal age,
II: the three are Is; one passed IS before
graduation.
Eleventh grade, third year in High
School, normal age 16 years, 1: above
normal, 3; below, l; total, 5.
Tenth grade, second year in High
School,, normal age Is, six pupils; above,
4; below; Z; total, II.
Ninth grade, first year, normal age IA;
six pupils, above, 2; below, 6; total, IA.
Total in High School, not graduates, 80.
The ages of all the pupils i'll the High
School show that thirteen are where they
should be according to their age, twelve
should be further advanced, and fourteen
not so far advanced. One pupil from
Lower PENIS Neck is advanced beyond
her age, and one below, while five of the
six from Pedricktown are advanced i'll
studies beyond their normal age. The
Borough gets 1920 for educating these
eight who come from outside the Borough
limits.
GRAMMAR
Eighth grade pupils of normal age, 10
years, Z; above normal, IA; below, 8;
total, 80.
Seventh grade pupils of normal age, IL
years, 8; above, 8; below, ID; total, %.
Sixth grade pupils of normal age, IL
years, 6; above, 6; below, II; total, 20.
Fifth grade pupils of normal age, 10
years, 9; above, IL; below, Is; total, Sc.
In all the Grammar School there are
25 pupils Of normal age, 40 above, and So
below.
STANDING IN TUDIEs
In the eighth grade on March test of
studies there were four who passed all
subjects above 70, four pupils had one be-
low, and five had two subjects below.
There should be twenty-one to advance to
the High School this year, if scholarship
was W to age.
In the seventh grade OH March test
thirteen passed all subjects above 20, three
missed one subject and one missed two.
Twelve should be advanced this year on
age.
In the sixth grade fifteen passed all
subjects in March test, four missed one
and five missed two below 20.
In the fifth grade nineteen passed all
subjects in March test, five missed one
subject and four missed two.
In the Grammar grade to judge by the
March test there should be about sixty
pupils entitled to advancement on all EN-
rollment of 120, or about the number OF
normal age and above.
The teachers report lack of regular at
tendance. Those parents who are inter-
ested in education above the eighth grade,
especially those who have children in the
eighth grade, should see that a day is not
missed from now until the county exam
ination and that night study is regular
and continuous, as the scholarship there
is lower than in other grammar grades,
according to age, the same as it has been
for wears, |