Douglas Island news., 1916-10-20
PARENrTEACHEB ASSOCIATION

It pleasing to note that the great cause .of education all over the United States k keeping step in the march of progress with .othcr institutions and departments and that
 interest in the cause k increasing year by year. The middlc-agcd man or woman of today sees a mighty change in the public school system of today as compared with that of from twenty to forty years ago and |thcv rejoice that their children are rccciv- linz advantages that were denied to them |Thc parents of the present day are cooper Iatmg with the teachers of their children land the results obtained from such coop Icration are directly beneficial to the chil- Idrcu Today the school, with the aid and Iassistaucc of the parents, is assuming re- responsibilities that formerly belonged to the home. the church and other organized in- IStitutions
 Here in Alaska and, to be more explicit right here in Douglas, the public schools are in the front ranks of modern progress and advancement. and that condition is due ro the fact that the teachers are being backed i'm their efforts in behalf of their pupils by the parents of the pupils. The oldrashioncd notion that, once the child has reached school age, the parent ls relieved of all responsibility for the education ot
 and marking out of policy for that child k not held here or in any other progressive community. There must be harmonious co- operation between the home and the school
 and without it the progress of the average child i'm matters educational will be very slow
 The relations between the school and home affect in a very vital manner the pro- gross and ultimate success of the pupil. It k a matter for congratulation that these relations are in the majority of cases SatlS- factory and the behavior and progress ot the pupil colTcSpondingly so. If the child is allowed undue license at home, partlcu- Iary in the matter of his behavior towards his elders and supcrOrS, if he IS permitted to criticisc his teachers and in turn hears such criticism from his parents, that child will of a certainty be the cause of amending trouble and complaint in the school room It is not possible for the child to be mruly at home and at the same time exhibit satlS- factory conduct on the street, on the play ground OF in the school room. The only laStinglv satisfactory remedy for mlScon- duet and i'll behaviour on the part of theI child k for the teacher and the parent toI get together, discuss the case calmly and diSpaSsionatcly and arrive at mutual al grccmcnt for thorough cooperation in thcI future
 Recently parcnt-teacher association was organized here and the nature and a.. mount of benefit which will accrue from itI will depend to a very great extent on the attitude of the parents toward such organ iZatiou. The teachers may be depended upon to do their share, but if your child isl to obtain the best results from school at tendance. it is necessary that the parents not only help the child, but also aid the teachers in every possible manner. Three different agencies or factors are found inI every successful school-pupils, teachers and parents And where they work togeth- l er there are bound to be good and lasting