The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-30
CITY SCHOOLS
TO OPEN NEXT
TUESDAY MORN
Schedule in Local Schools will
Not be Affected by War
Measures
GOOD ATTENDANCE IS URGED
Lower Grade Pupils will Report at
Washington and Others at
High School Building

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School opens Tuesday, September
4th this year, Monday being Labor
Day and therefore a holiday. Many
rumors relative to a later opening of
school for pupils belonging to the ad-
vanced grades seem to have gained
currency but are without foundation.
The state superintendent of schools
especially urges that all schools begin
at the usual date and continue as US
ual and that the war be permitted to
interfere not at all with the regular
conduct of the schools. The opening
of the local schools on the usual date
therefore, is in line with recommends
tions made for all the school author
ities Of the state.
The hours of attendance will remain
the same as they were prior to the
change made last year on account of
the time lost thru the epidemic of
measles. Those hours are from nine
in the morning to eleven-thirty and
from one-ffteen to three in the after
noon for primary grades, and from
nine to twelve and from one-fifteen
to three-thirty for the advanced
grades and high school.
The amounts required as deposit
to insure return of textbooks and to
reimburse the district for any damage
to books or desks will remain the same
as heretofore, namely, fifty cents in
grades up to and including the sixth
and one dollar for all grades above the
sixth. These deposits are due when
the pupil first comes to school and
should be paid at that time.
The seventh and eighth grades will
be in the high school building again
this year and all other grades in the
Washington building. Pupils who
have not attended school at Kennewick
prior to this fall will report to the
principal, Mrs. Bone, if in the sixth
or lower grades, for admission and
assignment to the proper room. If
in the seventh grade or higher such
pupils should report to Mr.. Lewis at
the high school building. In all such
cases pupils should bring report or
promotion cards with them the morn
ing Of their enrolment. IF they are
entering high school they should pre-
sent eighth grade graduation certifi-
Gates.
One departure from the usual GUS
tom heretofore the superintendent par
ticularly wishes to call to the atten-
tion Of the patrons Of the schools:
Children in the grades will NOT be
excused from attendance the after
noon of the opening day of school this
year. Therefore those children living
in the country should provide them
selves with lunches, and the drivers
of the different busses should call for
the children at the usual time of dis
missal, three-thirty. High school pu-
pills will enroll Tuesday morning as
usual and will then be dismissed un-
til Wednesday morning, thus permit
ting time for the formation of such a
schedule in the high school as will
eliminate the largest number of con-
flicts possible.
Many inquiries have been made re-
garding the probable date of teachers
Institute, rumor placing it upon the
second week in September. Mr.. Lewis
has had word from the county superin-
tendent-elect that institute will not take
place this year until some time in
October.
Parents are especially urged to send
their children to school the opening
day and continuously thereafter, both
because that is what the law contem-
plates and requires and because it is
a serious handicap to a child's sue
cess in school work if he has been COM
PEELED to miss several weeks time
from his studies. The great majority
OF cases in which pupils have difficulty
in keeping up with their classes are
due to that very cause, situation not
always appreciated by parents, es-
pecially of high school children, who
need the help of the children at home.