Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-06
PRAISES TEACHERS WORK.
Superintendent of Schools w. 8. Mowry Reminds School Board That Progress Is Due to lnstruetors--Ef- ficient Truant Officer Valuable.

The monthly report to the town
 school committee by Wendell 5. Mow .
 ", superintendent Of schdols, con
 tains the following:
 The high school and the eighth grade
 located in the high school building re- stunned sessions Monday morning. The
 new arrangement of hours which af-
 fords continuous session from 8 to
 1 o'clock, went into effect for the
 high school building. The other public
 schools of the town will reopen for
 the winter term next Monday, Janu- ary H.
 At the close of the fall term, De
 cember A. the entire school enroll
 ment was 769 pupils. The average
 membership for the month was $50, the average attendance SIS. Six hun
 dred seventy one and one-half days
 absence of pupils are reported by the teachers. One hundred fifteen pupils wre tardy. The total number of cases of tardiness reported were 299. Two hundred seventy nine pupils had per feet attendance records for the month.
 The membership December 24 was 655.
 Arranged by grades the member ship at the close Of the fall term was as follows: High school, graduate
 students ?, seniors Is, juniors 3S,
 sophomores 43. freshmen 64; grade eight 46, grade seven 35. grade six 56,
 grade five -, grade four e, grade
 three 63. grade two 50, grade one 65,
 kindergarten g. The pupils are dis tributed among the several schools as follows; High school building, POS;
 Israel Putnam school, 235; Smith
 Street school, g.; Sawyer District r (72 enrolled); East Putnam, 15;
 Putnam Heights. IA; Gary school, 15 Copies Of the health rules adopted 1 by you at the last meeting have been distributed among the teachers. am pleased to report that there was
 comparatively little contagious disease
 among the pupils of the schools at the close of last term. The children
 at the Wihdhan County Children g home are still tluaFantined because of
 scarlet fever and they will probably
 not be permitted to return to school
 for a considerable time. A few cases of scarlet fever have also been re- ported recently in the vicinity of Wal
 nut and Upper School streets.
 In my report to you at the close of the month of September I commented
 favorahiy upon the efficiency of our
 teaching force After a. term of ac- tive supervision and close inspection of the schools and the work of the
 teachers, it gives r1e much pleasure to corToborate this first impression
 The great majority of our teachers
 merit your highest confidence and
 support and that of our citizens. They
 are painstaking in their efforts to
 promote regular attendance and to III terest the pupils in the school work Order prevails iii the school rooms and, at the same time, a cordial good spirit exists between pupils and teach CTS 1 am pleased with the progress which most of the pupils are making The credit for this progress must be given, for the most part, to the teach. CTS under whose daily instruction these pupils come. The work of your 1 truaIlt officer. too. is thorough and eff fectiVe. He has Brought into the 1 schools some children of legal schoo age, who were not previously in at l tendance, and has promoted more
 regular attendance among other pu- 1 pils which is of vital importance or | progress in their school work.
 The greater part Of the books ana l supplies necessary to furnish teachers and pupils with adequate working ma. 1 erial for the year has now been pur. ] chased. The expense for these items 1 for the remainder of the year should ! be comparatively light.