The Washington herald., 1917-09-15
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE..

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF TIE DISTRICT 0F
COLUMBIA.
September Il. 1917.
The Public Schools - the Dis;ric4 a. CoiJ1r,-
b.a viii open on MONDAY. September II. Isi7,
ADMISSION TO GRADED SCHOOLS
New pupils are admitted 10 the kinderEzrt.n.
At A MINIMUM ACE OF FIVE YEARS
and 70 the hrst grades AT A MINIMUM AGE
OF SIX YEARS
Al children not On the roll, o, u. publio
shols At the close q last year Who oesir, -
enter the Faded schools and kBderrnrtens win
make Application for admission ficke4s AZ re
SCHOOLS most convenient 20 their homes Prinei-
pals will b at thsir buildnFs On Frdsy and
Saturday, September Il aud IS, from s5e 10 70
a. m. and from 70 $50 y m
VACCINATION CERTIFICATES MET BE
PRESENTED.
The supervising principals viii he az their %,
spective ofticss 70 meet the tnschsrs Of fbsir
DIVISIONS On SATURDAY. September IS. a. i0.8
a. m. The teaChers Of the First and s.c-rd
divisions viii meet Al the Curtis School. Ths
principals Of normal and high schools viU n.
a. Their buildings 10 mref their teacsisrs Snsur-
oay. September IS. AZ 80 n. n. kinde-Esrtsu
teachers viii meet the director - Fnderznrtep.
At the Thomson School and the Miner Normal
school on SATURDAY. Srutemb-r l5 a. ~ = m
GRADE SCHOOL PUPILs.
All piIdls in the shaded schools last year IL
ceTt those promoted to the high sehooIs VII
report TO their last year rooms frarn ,b,~h
tho=e to be Transferred viii be sent 20 N.
higher classes Pupils promoted 70 The liza
schook will report al the respective higb saboor
al u a. m. on Monday. Seftemher r.
ADMISSION TO WHITE. HIGH SCHOOLS
All applicants for admission or for advarrsf
standing IN the Central. Eastern. Wezrrr and
Business Rish Schools and the McKirls7
Manual Training School, other than fhose ~,
attended the eighth grades of the nisfrir- ~
Columbia. must report % the high SrboI
Admlssioc Board al the Franklin School o.
THURSDAY or Friday. srTteuber Is ana "a b
tween the huurs n To p a. m. and 70 S
,. n The hoard viii asssn pupils 70 the
carnations.
Examination for admission 10 the frst ,esr ~
the high schools viii te given m saru7da-.
School
For admission 70 the hrst wear rupils nu., he
prepared 70 take examinations ~ Enalish. C;rsu,
tnar. and CompoSitiou. Arithnetic. 4. : HH
t1ry and Constitution. and -Geogrz uhy. All sp-
plcants must Ut 5sant rr0prr certificates or ~
ords OF all work cumrIetod in other E.h0as.
othe-vise no credit may b. given f1r s1ci vart.
Examinations may Be- required but credit nav
he gwen for sofne q the work done 10 Other
schools II certificates are satisfsctsrv
ADMISSION To THE CODORED HIGH
SCHOOLS.
An Candidates for admission ~ ne r-s4 v-,-
classes Of Dunbar High School. the nens-tHeBt
q Business Practice. or the Armstrong Manual
Training School, eHoeut Fr1dua'as q the efrb-h
grades Of the elemsntzry schools q the Disfrir-
u Columbia, viii he examined ~ the High
school Admission Board a. tis Dunbar Hish
sohool on THURSDAY Or Fndsy. SeTtenh~4 y
and lf betTeen the hourE a 2 md s n N
The bard VIII 1ssign puris 70 ths srnnina-
tionS
The requirements fo- admission % frsr yaar
classes are the same as outlined above far Witt.
hsh schoolA
MIGHT SCHOOLS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OPENING or
NIGHT SCHOOLS WILL BE MADE I.ATER
lsigne1J ERNEST l. THCRSTUN
Superintendent of S-f-