Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-13
2S7 SCHOOLS WIN
ATTENDANCE FLAGS
A Splendid Showing. According to
Reports Made by County
Boards Today.

yiAS pupils In the country schools apply
ins for individual ATTENDANCE certificates.
DVlnwarc childronhavC only to continue
So they have hegin to put the state IN IN
very front rank in school attendance.
complcte reports from schools I'm Ter the
three rountv boards filed to- ny show
splendld work on the part OF both the
uupils and teachers
Ninctv-five schools in New Castle
County out of a possible las, have made an
average, for the month at October oi ~
per cent. and are thus e titled 10 State
flags. rs announced rcccntlv Ivy the State
Board of EducatlOu: 81 out ot lZ3 IN
Kent and los ont oi POI IN Sussex nave
measured up 80 the standard necessary To
win The State emblem. oi these anumbcr
ri schools have made records uCarIrg the
one hundred mark and deserve spcclai
mention In New Castle CnuutN ttare
Corner. Miss Nellie ApplchN, teacher
% > per cent Mount Pleasant, No b3'
Miss Mar, rucr 99 = ncr cent MIX
wnod. Miss lcarr'tC 7. Cam, "a. per
crnt Wllliemsvillc. Nn Colorrd, Miss
,mands Pricc. % : per cent; Mar
-halton. \o {. colorrd, 9N per cent; tor
wool Mss Jennie y Prrttvman. 9S.3
rer cent. Niddlctown. Mrs I.idie {. ID
Rhnades. OLA per cent MarShallton
Mr. Anna Y Mote. % per cent. In
kent County. Farmm gtoi. No 41,
Charles W Sprv teacher. % per cent
Magnolia. No Is. kCturah BcIdema3,
a. 81 per cent: Houston. School No 20,
Elizabeth Wharton a. per cent Wood
side <o "a. Helcn J MlnnCr. o. 3-5 per
cent Fr,Slcrica School. No 20. AlCxlan
Harue z. ~ Is per cent In Sussex County
Rlackwatcr. No ~. Charles v steele,
~ = pcr cent. Dcim9r. No Isl, Elsie NJ
Hughes Q1 pcr cert Baltimore Hundred
HIGH school. { " Jarrett. Nlllvlllc, 81
,cr cent INclmas Ne l34 Margaret T.
Hastings. 81 4 per cert; Gclmar NJ. l34,
Ruth I loves 0S 50 per cent; Muddy
Neck VI ~, Sallie II Evans. Ocean
NieW ~ per cont. Selhvyillc No. -,
Ethel Warren. - pcr cent, S"lhv.:lle
No - ppscv 4 " tllans aS7l per
-ert Sclhvylllr VI 81. + IL Evans,
~ A. per cent Sclhvvlllc No. -, Helen
VI Matthews. a6 81 pcr cent. RnXara
\o n 7 II Hudson % pcr cent Wood
and \o loo Addr II White. a92 per
,cnt Ocean view No y. Thomas +.
HIckmSn - g.. per cot.
state facs, rs foct a. dimensions. arc
,clas mal"l thus week "a all schools
,ho have reported satisfactory records
Tho flag al exact copy ~ tho State flag,
ilspls, . GLOW d.amnnd oa a blue field
no Which : rmhlazaucd the great seal
= tho state Underneath the diamond
,pp,ar~ thc ~ December : l7S5 when
Delaware representatives affixed their
gnatire Ia the constitution and trans
ormcd the three counties from = little
,,lonv into 2 SovrrciGl state
l<nivlDvN ~ ARp C4Rns
,d,htian rs ~, flags individual
rds ar roady tor Z distribution 10 the
i.i !rcn throuEhou; thr state who have
..ic records for perfect and good at-
.endsnce a. defined Ia the Rules oi tho
state Board 81 Education,
Thrcr thousani seven hundred nlnc-
weight children IN tho rural schools
AVE won the Perfect Attendance Card
shleh means that they have been neither
absent nor 'ardy orice during the month
Of these spa are IN the schools Of New
'astlc County = in Kent ard 4S9 in
SusSeN Three thousand three hundred
.oilri y-Scvcn children have made = record
~ Good Afterdsrce that IS they have
-oi been AhscI more than two days dar-
~ tho mouth. ] pos 81 these are in New
'astie 677 ~ Kent and J 4G5 II Sussex
ountv
The Perfect attendance Award Cards
~ especially g. ,sigr... i3r the children d
Delaware ard IN the course Of the ye&~
VII constitute q se-ics commemorative Z
vents in the history II tht state vh eli
cannot be duplicated The face of the card
~ p. awarded 10 children II the schools
esrlv next week presents in colors. s view
- ~. state House AZ Dover underneath
shlch there appears the following auto
graphci uessagc = To the Children from
ths Governor al the STATE. This Reward
ard COULD well hc called a Certificate OF
Good tItl7enS'Ip .or lsthIrC promises
- well for the citizens OF tomorrow as
tho boy or glrl who i attending ioyallv
- the school dutlcs ot today Speaking
tor The state ard = yseli receipt kindly nv
hcsrtiest cpnCra,ulatlors ~gred John
Townsend Jr
The rrvcrse SIDE 81 the card gives an
teresting sketch oi tn, historic old State
HeI~e buIif IN l722 and claiming the dis
'.rctlon OF heIng the second oldest building
~ the nlted >tates ~till used as d State
HOUSE
tn Good Attendance card is Of
fteT color and bears q second message
ron Cove NOR Townsend Every dav
nat You spend ~ schoUl helps the record
LAT Delaware Is trying - altar and prom
-es better citizenship But more IN
l-.rt ant II viii help YOU 10 become better
r,,u or woman. 4 day lost is an opportuD-
~ reglected and success Is made by seiz-
- opportunity
attendance officers throughout the
tat. ar enthusiastic over the record
the schools for the first month in the
1--WE for better after dance Reports from
IT." special D.strcts are still ircomplete
q ar not included il any instance. in
- county board statistics