Evening journal., 1920-11-13
2S7SCHOOLS,
7I45 PUPILS
WIN FLAGS
Children in All Three COun-
ties Make Excellent At
tendance Records
INDIVIDUAL AWARD
CARDS FOR 1898

With 2S1 ecnools claiming flags and
I,t45 pupils In the county schools an
plyine Tor individual attendance GER
tincates, Delaware children have only
10 cnntinue as they have begun lo
put The state In the very front rank
IN school attendance. Complete re-
ports from schools under the three
county boards filed Today, show splen-
did work on The part OF both The pu-
pills and teachers.
Ninety-flve schools in New Castle
county out Of a possible i4S. nave
made an average for the month OF Oc-
tODer OF - per oent.. and are thus
entitled 10 state flags. as announced
recently by the State BOARD OF Educa-
ton; 67 out Of i23 in Kent and f25 out
OF POI IN Sussex have measured up TO
The standard necessary to win The
slate emblem. Of thesa a number Of
schools have made records nearing the
100 mark and deserve special mention
In New Castle county. Hares Cor
ner, Miss Nellie Appleby. teacher.
91.2 per cent Mount Pleasant. No Sc.
Miss Mary Price. 99.2 Der cent: KIRK
wood, Miss Jeanette 4 Cam. 97i pr
cent; Williamsyille, No. Z, cOlOred.
Miss Amanda +. Price. 81 ~ per cent. T:
MarshalltOn, No. Z. cOlored 9S per
cent; ForwO0d. Miss Jennie n Pret-
lyman, 9S.3 per cent: M.ddletOwn.
Mrs. Lidie C. ID. Rhoades. g7i6 per
cent; Marshallion, Mrs. Anna p. Mote.
97O5 per Mt.
In Kent County. Pennington. No. 43.
Charles w. Spry, teacher, "a per cent.
| MagnOl a. No. 80 keturah Seideman
91-ii per cent; Houston School. NJ.
26 Elizabeth Wharton. 97-7 per cent.
| WOOdside. No. IS. n len J. MINER
/ n 80 per cent. Freder,ca school. No.
%; Alexian Haring. 976 per cent.
! In Sussex County, Blackwaier. No
26, Charles W. steele, 9S.2 per cent.
Demar No. i3i; Elsie VI. Hughes, "
per cent; Baltimore Hundred High
School C.. W Jarrett Mllv'lle " per
cent; Delmar. No. i3i, Margaret r
I Hastings. 976 per cent: Delmar No
1874 Ruth +. Jones. 9S39 per cent.
Muddy Neck, No. 70. Sallie II. Evans
Ocean View, % per cent; Selbyville
/ No. 32 Ethel Warren, "a per cent.
/ Selbyville. No. -: Daisey r. Williams
9s.u per cent; Selbyville, No. 32. r. X
/ Evans. NH per cent: Selhyvhle. No
y. Helen NJ. Matthews, 96 3i per cent.
| ROXanna No. 81, T. II. Hudson. n pei
cent: Woodland. No. 100. Addle n
! White, 99.2 per cent: Ocean View No
2S. Thomas r. Hickman. 9Sf7 per cent
state flags, 2x3 feet in dimensions
are being mailed this week 10 all
schools who have reported satisfac-
tory records. The nag. an exact copy
of the Stale flag. displays a yellow
diamond on a blue field. upon which
is emblaz0ned the great seal OF the
state. Underneath The diamond ap-
pears The datc-Decemher Z. 1857
when Delaware's representatives ar
fixed their signatures 10 tho constitu.
tion and transformed the three
counties from a little colony into q
sovereign STATE.
In addition to the flags individua
awards are ready for distribution q
the children throughout the STATE
who have made records for Perfect
and Good" attendance as defined il
the rules of the state Board OF Edu
cation. 3.79S children in the rura
schools have won the perfect at
tendance card, which means that thel
have been neither absent nor tardl
once during the month. or thesl
.I29 are N The schools of New Cas-
tie county. $50 in Kent and .iS9 II
SUSSEX. 3.347 children have made
record for Good Attendance" tha
is they have not been absent NOR
than two days during the month
4 .205 OF thes are in New Castle. 67
/ in Kent and i65 In Sussex county.
The peri ct attendance award card
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