Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-11
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This present schoo' year shall see the
ins aiiation of = great step forward IN
the betterment ef o1r school sy.teu.
TINS Is th~ Insugurssson Of Stsndsrd.xs-
tion IN all secead and third Glaze ss,.-
trlcts IN Coaoesdo. the plan having beeu
carefully Thought out by our State So
perIntendent of fut'ic Instructson, Mrs..
Mary c. c. krsdford-
she and her State Coau ittee Of five
coauty suI'erintendepts have work ed out
a system for grading tbs schools Of the
state.
February 18th has been set aside =.
standardization Day, at which time ali
schools IN second and third class dis
tricts. with approprsate ceremony, Gill
post their score cards, thus taking the
iirst step toward Standardization. All
directors. teachers, and patrons of the
school are cordially urged to unite in
making this . hanner day in the school
history Of Coiorseo.
The State Committee has made three
divisions for standard schools, viz: peo-
bationary, approved, and superior,
scoring respectively IS, IS, and IS per
cent.
standard sch0Ols Of oil classes shsll
be designated by tablets fastened in Q
conspicuous place ~ the outside Of the
school earning such honor-a super,or
school to be desagnsted BY On ivory
white tablet with the nause Of its class
Inscribed " scarlet letters, wig: State
of Colorado, Standard School, Superior
Class. An approved school to be desig-
mated BY . siHsIlAr Tablet with its name
in blue letters; Q probationary school
with similar tablet inscribed With the
name Of its class in black letters.
The county containing the greatest
Of superior schools will be
known Is the superior county of Colo
RADIO and will receive . Colorado flag.
The responsibility of the standardiz-
ing the schools is placed upon the di-
rectors and teachers, and the following
minimum basis will be used in grading
the efficiency and classifying the schools
1. THE SCHOOL PROPERTY
~ points.
ts) The School buildings-16 points.
1. Heating-One of the standard
heating 9, stems such rs the Smith or
the Waterbury or = jacketed stove with
a ventilsting system.
2. Lighting-At least one square foot
of glass for each six square feet OF floor
space. Windows to be well supplied
with shades and to be located at the left
side and rear of the class room.
3. Ventilsting-See Heating
4. Cleanliness Oiled floors or the use
of sweeping compound, no feather dust
era few drops of oil on cheese cloth
insures sanitary busters
At least once q month, floors and win
dows to be washed, woodwork and fur
nture to be cleaned.
Necessary disinfection and frequent
removal of all waste matter. Use of
sanitary drinking cups or bubble foun-
tain in compliance with state board of
health regulations.
4. Room Capacity-A minimum of
200 cubic feet Of air and Is square feet
of floor space for each pupil.
8. Interior Seating of
pupils, arrangement of blackboard,
teachers desk and other furniture.
Z. Outside Appearance-Well de-
signed and well painted.
s. Selection of Site-Convenience,
health and beauty.
(b) The School Equipments points.
]. Modern furniture.
2. Locked library, including annual
purchase of pupils reading circle books
and other desirable literature.
3. Standard phonograph, such as the
Victrola or the Columbia or other
musical instrument.
4. Good pictures or other art agency.
5. Tinted walls and well finished
woodwork.
(c) The School Grounds-S points.
l. Size-Minimum one acre, but two
or more strongly recommended.
2. Esthetic and economic value-well,
kept lawn, shrubs, trees, good fence.
3. Playground apparatus.
(d) Teachers Residences points.
II. FUNCTIONING VALUE
60 points.
(a) The school as community center,
10 points Use of school house for lee
lures, entertainments, community ga
therings of a social, religious, economic,
or other community betterment char
scter.
(b) As a means of training children
so points.
l. Use of Colorado Course of Study.
2. County uniformity of text books.
3. Punctuaiity, interest and attend
ance Of pupils.
a. Salary of teacher.
5. The teachers personality, pre-
paration, teaching ability, attitude to-
ward children, community and profess
sional growth, loyalty to district, coun-
ty and state.
The teachers ability to organize and
manage the school, to adapt material to
the needs and understanding of the
children, to get cooperative activity
from children, to arouse the initiative
in each pupil, to coordinate school and
community life.
Each county superintendent appoints
a committee of six persons to aid her in
standardizing the schools Of her county.
They must be three of the teaching pro
fession, and three outside the profession.
| have appointed the following commit