The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-07-03

OF interest 10 many TeduerS VI Ahc
Record:
herewith present the report OF the
Canon City Graded Schools for the
year closing May %. 1913. In gather
ing these statistics We have tried TO
keep in mind the fact that the mem-
bers OF this Board are keeping in
close touch with the public schools of
this city, and that much OF the ma
terials OF this report have been gone
over with them, either in committees
or in Board meetings. Therefore We
shall try to make our report as brief
as possible. and yet give you the an
nual summary which may remain rs
a part OF the permanent record
The record books show that $50
pupils we're enrolled in the Graded
Schools, while the enclosed report
gives only SCI new names on file. as
last year, this difference is made up
OF those students who were transfer
red from one building to another in
our district, and of those who entered
and moved away again before they
had done sufficient work to be count
ed in the permanent record. OF those
enrolled 460 are males and 401 fe-
males. The average daily attendance
was $685. This represents an at
tendance for the year OF 96.45 per cent,
or higher per cent Of attendance than
has been attained in the last nine
years; with the exception OF last year
when the attendance reached the high
water mark OF 96.S9.
The table OF percents of attendance
for the past nine years is as follows;
Year ending June l, 1905. .....-90.5
Year ending June /, 1906. ....... 1913
Year ending June l. 1907.
Year ending June 1; 1908. ...... .s5.S
Year ending June l. 1909. $50
Year ending June !. 1910.
Year ending June !. 19l1......-. .s6.2
Year ending June ], 1912. s6.s9
Year ending June /. 1918. .s6.i5
Our attendance the past year was
fully up to that OF the previous year
with the exception OF one extremely
cold week in January. which lowered
the average for the whole year.
The number of cases OF truancy for
the year was Il as against SO last
year, and 2s5 the preceding year. This
shows n decrease from the previous
years, and as usual many of these
were simply cases where the parents
failed to write excuses, and conse-
quently the teachers marked them
truants.
The new course of study prepared
by us last August was followed dur
ing the year, and the reports OF
progress from the various teachers
show that the work prescribed was
completed in nearly every case.
The promotion lists show that e3
pupils completed the grade work and
received certificates emitting them TO
enter High School. Some OF these may
move away but all have promised MS
TO try to enter some High School next
fall. In the entire district only 25
pupils failed OF promotion. This is
less than three per cent of the num-
Der enrolled. A very small number
of failures as compared with the
fifteen per cent which statistics give
as the average In our representative
cities.
We have continued the plan OF
spelling adopted last year and have
had four spelling contests this year.
These contests show good progress
made during the year. In these con-
tests fifty words are written and fifty
spelled orally. and all the pupils Of
the district above the first grade take
part. In the last one two classes
made q perfect record. twenty-five
classes made an average of less than
one error per pupil. and 290 pupils