The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-11-29
PRINCIPAL ASKS
AID OF PARENTS

The Supervising Principal in his
desire to cooperate with parents in
getting the best results from the
advantages offered in the public
schools and to increase the efficiency
of the teaching, is prompted to issue
this open letter to parents and guar
dians.
In general, it may be said that
regular attendance, punctuality and
obedience are absolutely essential to
success in any system of schools.
The school board has provided
sanitary buildings ventilated, lighted
and heated in accordance with the
best known methods, and has pro-
cured skillfuI teachers.
The conditions are such as are
conducive to comfort and good work
in school,
Home study is necessary. Every
pupil in the 5th, 9Th, 7th, 8th, 9th,
10th, 18th and 18th grades has
daily four, five or six lessons to pre-
pare. One or two of these can be
prepared in school during vacant
periods, thus leaving work to be
done at home. The length of time
to be spent on out of school study
varies with different pupils and on
different days. 1t is therefore diff
cult to lay down rules to govern
home study, but in. general, it may
be said that unless a pupil is doing
considerable systematic study at
home every day, it is certain that
they are not getting all of their
school work well done. If pupils
report that they have no home study
to do, parents should communicate
with the supervising principal, so
that matters may be righted and
failure may be avoided.
1t is usually well understood by
parents that social distractions, es-
pecially on school day evenings, are
nearly always fatal to successful
school work 1t should be the rule
in all families that the pupils spend
their evenings regularly in the home,
excepting on Friday and Saturday.
Since the school duties are sufficient
to occupy all the time of the pupils,
except such as is taken for recrea-
ton or needed service in the home,
any special outside recreation or en-
tertainments during the week handi-
cap the pupils in their preparation
of lessons.
1t is only natural for pupils to be
interested in many things outside
the school room, Some of these in
terests can be turned to good ac-
count by the skillful and wise par
ent. In other cases these outside
interests invade the school room and
demrralize the entire school. A SER
les of events that take pupils away
from their evening studies, a success
sion of parties, the preparation for
any entertainment that necessitates
several rehearsals, will usually mar
the otherwise successful work of the
yerr. No amount of financial gain
can compensate the community if
the time of the pupils is commercial
lied and the school work is neglected.
In community such as ours,
nearly every home affords environ
ment for sufficient social recreation,
as we'll as for evening study, in con-
sequence, there should not be re-
quired the club room for boys, and
the exacting duties of the prepara-
ton for outside entertainment dur
ing school day evenings.
1t is therefore urged upon the
parents that they guard with jealous
care the time of their children
against the encroachments made
upon it. In many cases the objects
for which the time Of the pupils is
used are entirely worthy; and yet
education of the children should not
be jeopardized by any project that
can be carried forward in any other
way.
1t is further urged upon the par
ents by the supervising principal
that they consider the time and the
strength of their children a most
valuable asset, and that they aid the
school authorities and their children
at the same time by intoxicating
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