Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-08-30
OUR CITY SCHOOLS.


schools of America, are going to be
greater this year than ever before, the
Superintendent and the Board of Trus-
tees are endeavoring to make the work
of the Shoshone Schools as inclusive
and practical as possible. To this end
we are placing particular emphasis
upon the Industrial and Commercial
branches of our High School work.
In the Industrial courses the boys
will learn the essentials of wood and
metal working, which will give them a
practical knowledge of these subjects
to their own advantage, and at the
same time carry out the plan as pro-
mulgated by the National Educational
Association, to equip and train those
boys that are likely to be called into
the military service To fit them for
work in the special branches, or on
the other hand prepare them to take
their places in the industrial world
and fill the vacancies of some one that
las been called.
For the girls there will be classes in
cooking, sewing. sanitation, preserving
canning, and household chemistry. In
these courses the principles of conse-
walton and the Importance of economy
will be impressed upon the students.
This will be a course which should be
urged upon all girls of high school age,
and by the Introduction of the Junior
High School plan it will open these
courses to girls of the seventh and
eighth grades
The work in the commercial depart
ment will be extended to take in all
courses necessary to the thorough com
pletion of a commercial edcation. The
purpose of this course viii be to so fit
the stduent with a commercial edu-
cation, that, upon the completion of
their high school work they will be
qualified to accept a position in an
Office or business firm without further
preparation in a commercial college.
This course viii not meet the require
ments of University entrance, and it is
not intended for that purpose, but to
meet the needs of that class of students
who do not expect to be able to con-
tinue their education beyond High
School.
To make our High School. of as great
value as possible to the greatest num-
Der of students we have decided to
fully establish what is known as the
Junior High School, or. as better known
the Six-Six plan of division. BY this
we mean that rather than divide the
work into the eight years grade work
and four years high school, it will be
divided into six years grade work and
three years in the Junior High School
and three years of Senior High School
work. In this way the seventh. eighth,
and ninth grades will form the Junior
High School, while the tenth, eleventh,
and twelfth grades will be known as
the Senior High School We have sew
eraI reasons for this change. First il
will give the advantages of High
School work. methods and teachers to q
greater number, and at the same time
better coordinate the work of the
grades and the High School.
It is our desire that the patrons Of
The Shoshone Public Schools will fully
appreciate this step and that you viii
end your assistance and help to make
he plan prove successful in Shoshone,
Is it has in other school systems Of this
md other states.
In the Junior High School we viii
offer the regular courses in Industrial
work and languages as they are given
n the upper high school grades. Please
1eep this in mind and thereby assist
your children in selecting their courses
1t the opening of school,
All Junior and Senior High School
students will report at the High School
building next Friday or Saturday, 9Th
md 7th of September and classitica-
ft,
,nde the seventh and eighth grade
Students. Glass work will not begin
however until Monday, September 18th
1t nine o'clock.
Work in the lower grardes will begin
1t the same time and it is our desire
o have as many as possible begin with
he regular opening of school and avoid
ate entrance if possible. If the child
loes not enter school until several !
weeks after the opening it will be
iecesary for him to make up any work |
hat he might have missed, therefore
t will be to the childs advantage tc-be |
eady to begin his work on time. All
hildren which have not completed the |
ighth grade and are under sixteen
ears of age are required by the state |
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chools during the time that those |
chools are in session, unless excused |
or physical inability TO attend. If
ueh should be the case you will please
with the Superintendent
nd receive permit for the child TO
emain out of school, for that term.
We hope to make this years work in
hoshone Public Schools one that will
enefit both patrons and students. To
O this 1t win be necessary to have the
omplete cooperation of both patrons
nd students. We want you to feel
hat this is your school and that you
re vitally interested in its activities.
We want you to become acquainted
18th the teachers and the work here,
nd to that end we invite you to feel
zee to visit the schools at any time,
nd at all times give US your assistance
making the Shoshone schools as
ood as the best,
J. E. wesson. Supt.