The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-05-16
TEACHERS ELECTED.
EeDGrt Of the Superintendent to the
Board OF Trustees, Showing a Very
Successful Year.


Trustees of the Scotland Neck
Graded School at a regular meet
ing held in the school building Tues
day night, May 7.h. The report
was adopted unanimously and Prof.
Aiken was reelected superintendent
for another year. Prof. Aiken has
filled the position for the past two
years in very satisfactory manner.
The report follows:
In making my report, l feel that
| should say in the beginning that
this has been an unusual school year.
TIE late beginning did not seem
very favorable for a successful year.
] think it remarkable that the teach
ers have succeeded in doing the
same amount of work that has been
done here to-fore and that they
have done it so thoroughly This, l
feel sure, could not have been done
if we had not taken steps to make
up the time by doing some teaching
on Saturday and later in the after
Moons. This extra teaching was
under! aiken seriously by teachers and
pupils and in most cases we have had
the cooperation Of the patrons in
getting the pupils to attend the
Saturday sessions.
The work of the 10th grade, which
is composed of IL members this
year. while not yet being up to the
standard that we have set for the
school, is in advance of that done by
the 10th grade last year. 1t IS my
plan now, provided it meets with
the approval Of the beard, to stand
ardize the school by advancing the
pupils grade for each year instead
of having a double first grade. This
will give us eleven grades for eleven
years instead Of ten grades for
eleven years as we have by the pres
ent arrangement Of the grades.
There are two reasons for doing this:
1t will prevent pupils going from this
school to other standard schools from
having to enter year too low and
it will give our high school credit for
four years instead Of three years.
The eighth grade will then be the
first year Of the high school and this
is the lowest grade that the State
recognizes as high school work. The
teaching force will not necessarily
have to be increased by this arrange
ment. There will be another teacher
needed for the high school AS soon
as the board can afford to arrange
for one. It will b recalled by the
board that another teacher was
promised for this work when the
tenth grade was added. While we
are managing to get along without
this teacher, we will not be able to
carry out the work as outlined until
we have another teacher for the
high school.
recommend for election the fol-
lowing teachers:
First and Second Grades - Miss
Mary w. Rice.
Assistant for the above grades
Miss Alberta Aiken.
Third Grade-Miss Eleanor Smith.
Fourth Grade Miss Corneiia Josey
Fifth Grade-Miss Bessie Hancock.
Sixth Grade-Miss Mary Mayo.
Seventh Grade -- Miss Helen M.
billiard.
Eighth and Ninth Grades-Miss
Annie Dunn.
Tenth and Eleventh Grades and
Pr;ucipal-Miss Margaret Lewis.
For the Music Department--Mrs.
". r. Bond, teacher; Miss Alberta
Aiken, assistant teacher.
For the Colored School: First
Grade-Catrie Powell; Second and
Third Grades-Leah Shields; Princi-
pal and Teacher of Higher Grades
Thomas Shields.
| recommend that the board adopt
permanently the hour for the school
as used this year, with the exception
that the doors of the school be open
ed at $40 a. m. instead of $50 a. m.
The hours will then be as follows:
S::A0-Doors of the building will be
opened.
9:OG-Regular school work will
bigin.
-, 1O:45-A short recess.
l2:3C-Dinner recess Of SO minutes
l:2O-Afternoon session will begin.
3:3C-School will close for the day.
recommend that school be an
nounced to begin the second Monday
in September next fall instead OF
the first Monday.
7 recommend that the board make
Nv, which cIrhf~