Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-30
MODEL SCHOOL VALUABLE
 ASSET TO LEBAN ON.
Says Supervisor Garrison in His An
 nuaI Report to Committee.


 That the model school is a valuable
 statement made by L. T. Garrison, su- pervisor, to the Lebanon school com
 mittee. In part the report follows:
 The per centum Of attendance for
 all schools of the town was 80, while
 that of last year was 86. No doubt the
 falling off was due to the extreme
 winter. It is interesting though to
 notice that the attendance of the To-
 bacCo street school on per centum
 basis exceeds all other schools. This
 is a district where pupils have a, long
 distance to travel. It is noted that
 the attendance at the Center and at
 No. is only fair. In these schools
 we ought to have the best attendance.
 wish to call your attention to the
 number of days of absence. Eight
 thousand eight hundred ffty-eigflt ard
 fiva-tenths is too much absence for the
 welfare of the schools both from an
 intellectual point Of view and from a
 financial standpoint. This means that
 Lebanon loses $1s225 in average at
 tendance. During the year the law was
 invoked in two instances and no doubt
 it will be necessary to have mere pros
 cautions before the illegal detaining of
 children of school age ceases. The av- craze attendance of the schools was
 199.841, showing a decrease as com
 , tendance with all additions and deduc- tions was 221.1G3, while that of the
 previous year was 226.93.
 The banner for best attendance was awarded to the school having the best attendance each month The award was as follows: September and Octo- Der. school No. T; November, Decem- Der, February, March and June, To-
 bacco street; January, Liberty Hill;
 April. school No. 70; May, North Exc ter. Lebanon did not win the intertown banner during the year.
 The registers show that the follow ing pupils were perfect in attendance
 for the entire year: Arthur Oden, Vil- lage Hill; Cora Chappell, Liberty Hill; Ruth Campbell, Earl Campbell, Gen.
 ter; Grace L. Mahoney,- school No. 10, Certificates signed by Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb will be awarded to the above named pupils.
 The repairs for next year have been submitted in a special report.
 The Village Hill school was com pletely renovated. Ii was unfortunate | to have it burned. Eentilating boards were provided for Kick Hill and the 1 ceiling whitaned. The interior of Bab- cock Hill was painted. Ceiling was 1 Whitened at Libc+''- Hill, new black board provided part of entry set 1 off for wood roc. School No. was l painted anl the ceiling was whitened. New shades were provided at the Gen. i ter and a new floor was laid. Walls and 1 woodwork were painted at school No. l '. Slate blackboards were furnished l for No g. 4 new floor was laid at l Goshen Hill, desks were vanished and | new shades were put up.
 During the year more reading cer- l tificates were issued by the Connecti- l cut public library committee to pupils 1 in the schools. To earn aL certificate a pupil must read five books which may l be selected from a list for the differ l ent standards. This has brought the town library into greater prominence with the schools. If the boys and girls l form the reading habit-reading that l which is worth wflile-they will come
 to realize what resource and advan- l tage books are. They will have a de- | sire to read essays, history. biography, l science, geography, stories, editorials and current events. Covering such a | large field, the education will continue 1 after leaving schoole If such a reading l habit can be formed the effort will not have been in vain.
 1 Certificates for proficiency in first | grade reading, writing for first and l second grades and for proficiency in | arithmetic in grades four and five were l given to a greater degree than before. Miss Mary E. Fisher was approved | as model school teacher and she con | ducted the school at the Center so that it was very helpful to the teach
 CTS of the town A teaching demon | stration was given at each teachers meeting and the school was visited regularly by the teachers of the town. Teachers visited this school for the | entire day with definite things to look for, as follows: Under management l they were asked to note the grouping of grades seat occupatiOn division of