The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11

To PARENTS
IS ISSUED
Look at the Score Card OF
Your Ki0'S First Moth In
School WlTk

The report cards snOwng the re.
suits OF the first months work in
the city schools will be sent out this
afternoon paren are requested TO
examine same carefully and note the
condition OF their chiidrens work.
/ The requirements for promotion are
given on the cards and parents can
/ tell whether or not their children
are doing satisfactory work II they
lare not the fault may be with the
Ichild, it may be with the teacher. or
lit may be with the parent. II the
| caildren are in the upper grades un.
satisfactory work may be due to the
pupi's doing no study at home, II
may be due to irregnlarity In attend
ance or TO some physical defect MS
I'LL health, loss of sleep, etc There
are so many possibilities that would
account for it that parents are urged
to confer with principal and teacher
so that tle best results may be oh.
tanned It is highly important that
parents should visit the schools,
ESPECIALLY the rooms in which their
children arel and get acquainted
with the teacher and give encour-
lagement to pupils, BY such coOpera-
tained. II is highly imp0rtant tnat
pupils should not nave to remain n
la grade more than year The cost
to the taxpayers Is increased, less
satisfactory work is done and the
child loses very valuable time. Every
time a child fails il costs the city
$3.50 year or half year IS
worth while for while some might
thing that its only tneir eighth or
eleventh year and Is not SO valuable
yet If that child goes through hign
school or college 1t IS their ntne-
teenth year, or their twcnty-lirst pr
twenty second year In fact IL Is a
loss of a year and it Is Il very seri
ous loss to any child Therefore we
urge in tne interest Of the boys ana !
girls OF the city that parents help
the teachers all they can that in 50
far as possible failures and nonpro- |
motion may he eliminated The chlel
reason for maintaining A and B
classes in each grade Is that tune
may be saYed to tne individual chlii
for which the schools exist, and so
pupils may enter twice a year, anu |
falling any time may have but ball |
years time loss.
Parents Must Give Aid
Parents OF children who have no
entered school are urged to send
them as soon as possible because
tney are required by law to attend al
least six months and II started so
llie not only are they behind with
their work. but i'm the spring II the
need their help 1t viii be
necessary for the children to remain
IN school until they have completed
The six months attendance. IT par
ents have no need Of chldren's help
at work, such children ought TO be
in school right away. The attend
lnce officer is looking after cases ol
non attendance Each morning and
each afternoon immcdl ltey alter the
opening of the sessions the teachers
'eport to the principals and the prln-
,ipals TO the attendance ollicer an
.ascs OF absence likely to be those
If children who SHOULD beat school
t is the intention 70 follow up trli-
lncy very carefully and to eliminate
I If at all possible
The department Of individual In
was opened two weeks 80
With Miss Alma Carson in chlrge
70 this department we are sendlnS
III children who need Individual help
iueh al can not be given IN room
If forty pupils. It is in realty
model scaool in many respects. In
he first place only few pupils are
,here at ime 70 peVons wa
lod that each teacher in a school
hould instruct fortyfiye or fifty
children II would be an eye opener =
zee the excellent resui $ obtained
lere where the teacher has but a
ew children and can give individual