The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-02-20
| COUNTY SCHOOL, NOTES |
ID. W. PEARCE. Co, Supt.


The N. E. A. meets at Cleveland
Feb. 23 to q. AS many superinten-
dants as possible should, attend. It
is seldom that this great meeting is SO
readily accessible for us as this year.
Bad roads and much sickness have
for some time been making inroads on
school attendance and school prog
ress. However it is most generally
conceded that it is unwise to close
schools when the children are out at
different times and for some time as
is generally the case at present, by
keeping the schools going, the teacher
has an opportunity Of working individ
ually with the children and thereby
can do much to keep the children up
in their work so that the loss will be
as little as possible. There are spots
in the county where children are kept
out of school because the parents are
afraid to send them. We feel that
rather large number of the people
are taking advantage Of the situation.
There is something in the habit of get
ting scared. One thing is certain
many children are not getting the ed
ucation the state intends for them to
have. One would be surprized at
the number of children kept out of
school in Medina county on the ex-
cuse of needing the children to work.
If the families are in needy circum-
stances should the relief not come
from some other source than the chill
dren? Community spirit and pride
should be on the side of the welfare Of
the child and not with negligent pa
rents. | have on file in the office,
statements of parents as follows:
"We do not believe in education" /"
There are children almost blind also
for whom nothing is being done.
I have had the opportunity of dis
cussing school questions this year at
the following Farmers Institutes:
Valley City, Poe, Spencer. Mr.. Nc
Fadden has spoken at Weymouth,
Sharon and Poe.
1t is now time for teachers to be
planning and collecting materials for
the Fair Exhibit next fall. In order
that the work may be of the right
kind and properly exhibited, the tea
chers are urged to read carefully the
rules governing the exhibit. Every
school should be represented. The
fact that any teacher does not expect
to return to the same position for the
coming year should not prevent that
school from having an exhibit. The
display will be made in the name of
the school, the pupils and the.teacher
making the exhibit. "Honor whom
honor is due"
Quite number of teachers thru
out the country are securing supple
mentary reading material for the low
er grades. Purchases are made some
times by the boards of education,
sometimes by the pupils and some
times from the premium money from
the fair exhibit last year. The secur-,
ing of such material is commendable
for Medina county as whole has
done very little in providing proper
supplementary reading material eth
er in quantity or quality. Children
learn to read by reading. One little
book cannot supply the amount of
reading material needed in any school
that is doing what it should for the
pupils. The Ohio Pupils Reading
Circle books should be secured for
every school. These books are we'll
selected and graded. s. ,s,ss aisa
Every teacher has been supplied
with the words for the Wayne Me-
dina spelling contest. Lets get busy
now. ..-r