Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-25
SCHOOLS TO OPERATE
ON NEW PRINCIPLE
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In the central part of the city and
uptown district all pupils in the ninth
grade will go to the Camp Curtin
school; all pupils in the eighth grade
! residing on or north of Reilly street.
and all pupils in the seventh grade
| living on or north of seventh street,
will be sent to the Camp Curtin
building also. All grade rooms in
the Camp Curtin school are to be
closed and the pupils will be trans
ferred to other buildings in the
West End district. -,
! ''Tvhe public schools will reopen
on the morning of September 2.
| "AlI beginners and others enter
ing the Harrisburg schools Tor the
first time will be required to present
Certificates of successful vaccina-
ton before admission. Parents are
urged to attend to the matter of
vaccination at once, If they nave
not already done so, in order 10
avoid disappointment and delay as
to admission.
| 'HTwo admission periods for be-
ginners have been provided - tne
| first two weeks in September ana
the first two weeks in February. All
pupiIs now six years of age or older
| and all becoming six years OF age
prior to February /, 1919, may be
admitted during the September al
mission period; those becoming SIX
yeara of age between February 1
and July l may not be admitted un-
| til the February admission period.
! "All beginners living in the sec
ton of the city on or north OF Brlgss
street and also on or east OF FIJI
teenth street will attend the Wooo-
ward building.
"All beginners living in the Camp
! Curtain district on or north OF
Woodbine street, will attend the
| Steele building. Those living south
of Woodbine in the same district
Il will attend as follows: Those liv-
ing on or east of Sixth street VIII
attend the Hamilton building; those
living west of Sixth street will at
Camp Curtin building will no
Longer be used as, an elementary
I'm all other cases beginners
should apply for admission at the
building nearest their respective
residences.
! Pupils Who Moved Here
Pupils who have moved to LhlS
city recently who were not enrolled
in June will be admitted as follows:
"(a) Grades l to 6 inclusive -
to the nearest school building con-
tanning the grade desired (Note the
exceptions above, however, as to
grade -.
"(b) Grade Z - Hill section. to
the Edison School, corner Eigh-
teenth and Chestnut streets; Cen
tral section-all living south of Ham,
ilton street - to the nearest school
containing the grade; West End
all living on or north Of Hamilton
| 20 TrYVfin school
corner Sixth and Woodbine streets.
"(c) Grade - Hill section, to
the Edison school; Central section
all living south of Reilly street - to
the nearest school containing the
grade; West End - all living on or
north of Reilly street - to the Camp
Curtin school
"(d) Grade - Those living on
or north of Locust street and west
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to
the Camp Curtin school; all others
to the Edison school.
"(e) Grades 10, II, IL - Girls,
Central High School; Boys, Tech
meal High school.
Tells When to Report
"All pupils who were enrolled in
the schools last year should report
at the school last attended, as fol-
lows, for assignment or transfer:
"(a) All pupils entitled to admis-
sion to grades 1B to ga, inclusive,
at 900 A. M, Tuesday, September z:
"(b) All pupils living south of
Hamilton street who are entitled to
admission to grades 7B or IA, at
900 A. NJ, Tuesday, September 2.
"(c) All pupils living south of
Rely street who are entitled to ad-
mission to grades SB and SA, at
900 A. NJ, Tuesday, September 2.
"(e) All pupils entitled to admis-
sion to grades SB or SA in the jun
ior High Schools (those living on or
north of Reilly street, at 800 A. NJ
Wednesday, September 8.
"(f) All pupils entitled to ad-
mission to grades 7B or IA In the
Junior High School Chose living
on or north of Hamilton streeD
at 1880 P. NJ, Wednesday, Septem-
ber 8.
"(g) All pupils who attended
the Camp Curtin School last year
will meet, as indicated above, in
that building for their assignment
or transfer.
"All pupils who are transferred
from one building to another must
take their record cards with them.
They may not be admitted to an
other building without these cards.
The cards will be given them when
they report for transfer.
To Examine Pupils
ION Wednesday and Thursday,
August 27 and rs, the principals of
the Junior High Schools will be at
the Stevens school building, 1913
Chestnut street, to examine pupils
living within the district limits of
these schools, who may have been
tutored during vacation for admis-
sion to grades 7B, IA, SB and SA.
A note from the teacher by whom
such tutoring has been done will
examinations.
ITO these examinations will be
admitted, also, all such pupils as
have moved into the city during
vacation, whose grade in the school
last attended would seem to render
them eligible to any year in the
Junior High schools. as we'll as
those outside the city limits who
are seeking admission to the ninth
year. (By recent action of the
School Board nonresident pu-
pills of the seventh and eighth
grades may not be admitted to the
Junior High schools. If admitted
to the schools of the city they may
attend only the regular schools of
these grades in the central section
of the city,
Pupils enrolled in the Fresh
man classes of the High schools
last year who failed of promotion
should report also to the Junior
High principals at the time and
place indicated (Stevens building,