The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-06
Good SCHOOL
YEAR DRAWING
NEAR ITS END
After Successful Year Public
Schools Prepare for Gradu-
alton and the Vacation

The school work for the past
year is drawing to a close at the
Juneau Public School Examinations
are now generally being held in the
various grades and in the High
School. The High School examin-
ations will be completed this week
and the school year will then be
practically completed there. The
High School students will devote
most of next week to the various
school activities incinental to com
mencement.
School sessions and examinations
will be held until Wednesday of next
week for the grades Thursday and
| Friday of next week will be de
voted to school picnics and Other
diversions on the part of the stu
dents while the instructors are check
ing and marking the examination
papers. The school year will be over
on Friday of next week.
Commencement Exercises
AS a starter for the commencement
| exercises of the school, the ninth
| grade girls of the Domestic Science
class last night gave a dinner to the
| members of the faculty and then
wives and the school board members
, and their families. All attended
with the exception of Grover
VIM, of the school board, who was
out of town. The girls cooked and
served the dinner themselves.
Bruce of the Presbyterian Church
will deliver the Baccalaureate ser
mon at the Methodist Church. The
services will include special music
for the occasion, and will start a
| 8 p, m.
School Play
The Seniors will give their schoo
play, Nothing But the TRUTH OF
Tuesday afternoon and evening at til.
Coliseum Theatre. Wednesday even
ing, starting at s o'clock, the com
mencement exercises will be held il
the school auditorium. At this TIM
there will be the presentation of tn
diplomas to the graduating class
and an address by l.. d. Henderson
Territorial Commissioner of Educa
ton. With it, the school year an
the school life will be finished for tn
Seniors as there will be no schoo.
session on Thursday and Friday.
Successful Year
The school year just closing
said to have been a most successful
one in the Juneau Public School
Much work has been accomplished
not only for the good of the schoo
itself, but for the community.
The work may be divided intf |
two main phases, though these ar,
so closely related at times, as t. |
be practically inseparable:
The work in the community and tn |
work as confined to the building |
and the regular program:
School work-Manual trainin'
classes resumed: new tools anf
power saw, Mr. LAM in charge.
Home economics course improved |
broadened and made more practical |
school lunches served to pupils am |
teachers; screens made to separate |
kitchen and dining room. Mrs |
Breakey has been teacher, since Mis-
Jones resigned last fall.
Work in physical training ant
boys and girls athletics has received
considerable attention, under the Iii |
rection of Mr.. LAM and Miss Saxton |
Forty minutes day given in the |
elementary school to organized pla,
I and physical exercises, this unde
the teacher of the room
Normal training work ORGANIZED
under Mrs. LAM This is the onl'
school in the Territory giving the
full course this year The work has
been quite successful, the girls now
taking the Territorial examinations
| the plan for next year will be t.
insure larger attendance, an
| should draw students from A Wild
area.
The High School library has been
catalogued and enlarged This worF
done under the direction of Mrs
LAM A grade library has beer
started.
To mention the specific ways IL
| which the general teaching has been
improved, would take too much time
| for description.
Community Work
An attempt to interest The people
more in the work of the schools
organization of the Parent Teachers
| Association which has been very
successful, school notes in daily pap
ers, contributed articles dealing with
some particular feature Of education
educational sermon in church, etc
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