St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-11

be pla Led on the provisional list Of
} junior high schools this year, addi
tional laboratory apparatus be in.
stalled, that few more desks be
purchased, and some additional
books fer the library. The building
would make much better appear
ance and last a longer time if it were
we'll stained inside and painted over
outside. An effort should be made
to have running water for the lab
oratory as well as TO rdrinking pur-
poses within the building. The
smaller heater now in the building
should be removed and larger ones
installed. Two or three additional
teachers desks should be provided.
AS soon as these conditions are
met, and the Department of Educa-
ton is informed thereof, we recon-
mend that this school be placed On
the provisional list of junior high
schools this year.
Yours very truly,
CHAS. F. TRUDEAU.
Domestic science outfit has been
ordered for the Talisheek school, SO
that regular classes in sewing and
cooking may be conducted during
the year. A sewing machine has
been ordered for the Sun school, and
we are expecting that work in the
same line can be done at Sun as is
being done at Talisheek. The only
obstacle in the way of this is the
i
at all possible for US to secure an
other teacher for Sun, | would rec
ommend it now.
October /, 1919.
Mr.. E. E. Lyon, Superintendent, Gov
ington, Louisiana:
Dear Sir:-I beg to submit the
following as my report as Elemen-
tary Scaool Supervisor of the parish
for the month of September:
| have visited the following
schools: Abita Springs, Folsom,
Lewisburg, jacksonville, Progress,
Middle Road, Onward, Pearl River,
Pilgrim Rest, Ramsay, Robert, Sill
dell, Waldheim, Audubon, Central
and Vaudeville.
l have not found it possible to get
to all If the schools this month and
neither have l thought it advisable
to take the schools in rotation, but
on the ether hand have visited the
schools where we had young and in
experienced teachers and have psent
from one hour to two and hall
days in each of them, depending on
the conditions found. My help has
| thn nf
teachers to organize their work in
the matter of correcting schedules,
getting the children properly classiti-
ed and distributed throughout the
schools. In some schools have
been doing actual teaching in order
to demonstrate proper methods and
devices used by the modern teachers
A great deal of my time has been
taken up in showing the young teach
ers how to teach reading by the use
Of phonics. | am strong believer
of thi smethod of reading and believe
that If this is followed up consist
emily that the beginners will soon get
a foundation that will assure rapid
results in reading.
l have been taking to these young
teachers some of the very best ma
terial on various elementary sub
jects, such as outlines on the teach
ing Of phonics, outlines for teaching
arithmetic by grades, language in
the elementary grades, and Also
stories and songs for the primary
children.
| l expect to be ready to show you
at the next meeting some OF the re-
suits Of the standardized reading
tests new being given in the parish,
and expect that this will give us an
exact idea of how our schools and
pupils stand compared with other
schools of the State and country.
You realize that careful examine
ton of our school children is neces-
sary before we can tell exactly where
to concentrate our attention during
the present year.
The schools in the entire State
have been getting very poor results
in the matter of reading. as has been
shown by Prof. J. M. Foote, State
Supervisor of Elementary Schools.
II this is true in a majority OF the
parishes of the State, it is probably
| true in ours, because we can only
expect to be an average parish in
those Particulars.
/ Although my work is to aid all
of the teachers in the various ele-
mentary school subjects, we shall
place particular emphasis this SEES
sion on the subjects of reading and
spelling because we realize that good
reading is the foundation Of all good
school work and no satisfactory pro-
sress can be made unless a child
can understand or comprehend what
he reads. tt is for this reason that
we are now giving the tests in silent
reading.
In closing, l wis hto express my
appreciation for the kind treatment
and interest shown by the various
teachers and also by the patrons
wherever l had the opportunity OF
meeting them. Trusting that this is
only a beginning of a very success
full year, l remain,
Yours very truly,
| MARY H. SUGG,
| Elementary School Supervisor
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER E. LYON,
| Superintendent.
| The following report from the ex-
ecutive committee was read:
Covington, La, Oct. 3, 1919.
| Ct Tammany Parish School Board