Milford chronicle., 1920-09-03
MILFORD SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPTEMBER Z
THE MILFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
9TH, FOR THE FALL TERM.
PROF. SHILLING IN CHARGE
The INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS BE-
ING RENOVATED AND RE-ARRANGED
TOSUIT REQUIREMENTS.


ING RENOVATED AND RE-ARRANGED
T0SUIT REQUIREMENTS.
The Milford Public Schools will re-
open on Tuesday, September 7th, in
accordance with the law.
The Board of Education has COM
pleted the appointment of teachers in
the Elementary School, The names
of the teachers for the coming year
follow:
Primary SchoOl-Miss Lulu Ross,
grade 1; Miss Frances e. Elliott, Heb
ron. Md, grade 2; Mrs. W. f. McFaul,
grade 2; Miss Cora V. Sipple, grade
s; Miss Rachel B. Killen. FELTON,, Del,
grade T.
Grammar School-Miss Edna Lang
rell, Miss Susan Kern, Miss May Wat
son, Miss Violet Morris. Centreville,
Md; Mrs. Nora N. Russell. Miss Het-
tie Lowe, Delmar, Del.
High School-The appointments in
the High School have not yet ali been
made, but those that have been made
follow: Miss Anna Hall, Mrs. Elinor
B. Rosa, Miss Helen Tatman, Miss
Olive Vincent, Miss Elizabeth Hous-
ton. domestic science; John c. Loope.
agriculture; manual training, to be
appointed.
The Board of Education has in
structed the Superintendent to admit
to the First Grade in September chill
dren who will be six years of age
before the end of January. and to eX-
clude in September all children who
reach the sixth birthday after Janu-
ary.
These can enter in September, 1921,
but not before. Parents who have
children to enter school in Septem-
Der are requested to come to the
school and see the Superintendent on
Friday, September 8, or Saturday,
September 4, between the hours of
a. m. and p. m.
Any pupils who desire to submit to
determinations must make arrange
ments with Mr.. Shilling for them.
These examinations can not be had
without arrangement and can not be
taken after the third day of the term.
COMPULSORY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE NOTICE
All children who shall be seven
years of age on or before the sew
enth day of September 1920, are
subject to the Compulsory School
Attendance Law of the State of
Delaware. They should be placed
in school without delay and kept
there until the end of the year, or
until the end of the compulsory
period. The Board of Education
has a complete list of all such
fhn
and q I,sHsses of their parents or
guardlans.
The Board of Education earnestly |
requests parents living outside the /
Milford Special School District to
send their elementary children to /
their home schools, unless they are |
already enrolled in the Milford /
Schools. 1t is especially desired to .
admit NO children into the Primary 1
Grades who have not been in the
habit of attending the Milford schools
in years past. This is due to the faT
that the Primary Department is al
ready overcrowded in accommodating
the children of school age from the
Milford Special District Send them
to the home school where there is
more room.
The rate of tuition for these outside
pupils whose parents insist on send
ing them here to school will not be
less than S25 per year and will in all
be higher. 1t is payable
in three installments in advance, each
time. or upon notice from the Board.
Any pupil of the High School or
pupil desiring to enter the High
School, whether from Milford or from
some other district, should come to
the Office and see Mr.. Shilling on FRI
day, September 3, or on Saturday,
4, to choose a course of
study and be ready to receive books
and assignments without delay when
school really opens. Pupils must pre-
sent properly signed report or certifi-
cate from the school last attended in
order to secure the correct rating
here. Pupils entering from the rural
school in any grade must present
signed cards from their
County Snnerintendent stating which
grade they are entitled to enter.
The school hours will be from to !
II a. m. and from 1.10 to p. m. until d.
further notice.
Parents are urged not to allow their :
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any preventable cause. They should \
start their children on the first day
and send them every possible day :
thereafter. Give the children a chance
md the teacher a chance, by keeping
-he children in school.
Alterations Made U
The Board of Education has been a
itudying the needs of the schools all v
Iummer They have had frequent
Meetings and have thoroughly inspect g
ID the buildings. They have called in I
competent advisors. In order to ac- 0
.ommodate the school building to the s
hanging needs of the school, certain il
Ilterations are under way. These D
Fill be finished in time for the open il
ng of the schools on Tuesday, Sep a
ember 7th. a
In the Gramamr SchooA it was e
ound necessary to provide certain n
ooms with more light, and at the S
anne time provide separate rooms for !,
he grades. A corridor is being ex- n
ended through the building. on the
lrst floor from north to south. and A
b the new walls glass is being in D
talled to give as much light from the
ar-away windows as possible. One
lew window is being cut in the south
nd One partition was erected last y