The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-04-04
SCHOOL TERM NEARING END.
Teachers Reminded OF Civilizations
Resting Upon Them at Close of
session-spelling Contest to be
Held April 20.

Resting Upon Them at Close of
Session-SpeIling Contest to be
Held April 20.
Supt. J. L. Rusca has forward
ed the following letter to the school
teachers of Ascension parish:
Donaldsonville, La, April 1, 1914.
Dear Teacher:
| desire to compliment you on the
| earnestness which has character
| lied your work up to the present time
and to bespeak for the schools and
the children the best efforts of which
you are capable from now to the
end Of the session. So direct your
efforts that it may be said of you,
Well done, good and faithful SER
want Let me urge that every
school, it matters not how small, hold
closing exercise, at which time
parents, teachers and pupils
will be brought together, closer
| ties between home and school ce-
| mented, and the pupils dismissed
with a feeling of regret that school
| has terminated and with a strong de-
sire to reenter the coming year.
l want to call your attention to the
obligation which rests upon you of
meeting all requirements and thus
rounding off your labors. School
building and campus must be left clean
and in order. All school property,
library, etc., must be checked up,
building securely locked and keys
turned over to the trustees. The
expense account, consisting of all
moneys received by you for the
school as incidental fee, and amounts
realized by entertainment or dona-
tion, must be made in duplicate. one
copy turned over to the trustees
and the other copy filed with the
superintendent
The report for the last school
month, together with an annual re-
port as provided for in your report
pad, as also the entire pad, together
with your register, must be handed
in at the close of school. / shall
also require that a separate sheet
OF paper containing the membership
OF the grades as they will stand next
session. and made up of promoted
pupils together with those who have
failed in each grade, be enclosed in
your register. No warrant will be
issued for the last month until all
above requests are satisfactorily
complied with.
Following are the dates set for
the graduation exercises: Oak
Grove, Wednesday, June 8; Dutch
town, Thursday, June 4; Donaldson
vile, Friday, June 5; Gonzales, Sat
urday, June g. Commencement speak
ers will be engaged by the prineI-
pal of each school with the approval
of the superintendent.
Since the Dona1dsonyille Chief
takes a pride in assisting in the
advancement of the schools and is
always willing to publish school notes
and to otherwise assist us, let me
urge that you secure your posters,
name cards, graduation invitations,
etc, through your home printing Of
flee.
The spelling contest in all grades
from the fourth to the eleventh, in
elusive, will be held this year on
the afternoon of Monday, April 20,
as. follows: One hundred words for
each grade selected from the panph-
let sent you will be forwarded to the
principal one or two days before the
contest, said words not be exposed
until the time that they are to be
dictated to the grade. Each word
should be repeated slowly twice and
the meaning explained, when neces-
sary. Papers will be collected and
taken home and graded by teacher
in charge of grade. Assistant teach
er will report to the principal the
names and grade of those who spell
correctly ninety or more words, also
the average number of words. spelled
correctly by the grade as whole, to
be obtained as follows: Divide the
total number of words spelled correct
ly by all pupils in the grade by the
mum Der of pupils in said grade.
The principal will forward to the
superintendent the report of his
school not later than April "a. Re-
suits of the contest will be publish
ed in the Donaldsonville Chief and
the Times-Democrat.
Examinations for white teachers
will be held in the office Of the SUI
perintendent beginning at 10 O'Clock
Monday morning, April 20, and con-
tinuing on the 21st and 22nd. All
teachers holding third-grade certif-
icates and those holding second
grade certificates that ere about to
expire, as well as prospective teach
ers, are required to take these ex-
aminations.
The State Teachers Association
will convene in Shreveport on Thurs
day, April 16. Round trip tickets
at the rate of one and one-third
fare will be on sale April Ia, Is and
16, with final return limit to reach
original starting point by midnight
of April 10. Rates of 81 per day
may be obtained in private homes,
and at the new Youree Hotel, the
Association headquarters. Write
Louis N. Brueggerhoff, Shreveport, La.
Those teachers who desire to at
tend will be granted leave of alb
sence on Thursday and Friday, April
Is and IT, and they are authorized
to dismiss their classes or grades on
those two days. Respectfully,
J. Ii. RUSCA, Supt.
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