Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-04-14
THE EDUCATIONAL DEPT.
CONDUCTED BY COUNTY SUPT.
GEO. E. SANFORD

Lynn School, it. Dist. No. IL, Franklin
Waldo Weber. teaeher-was the first rural
school to send in project work. Mr.. Weber
came to the Office Saturday with the papers Of
SsS g his pupils on the school district survey
project. The work is neat and accurate, and
ls a credit to the pupils and teacher alike
The work was done by the following pupils
Joseph Cain. Stanley Sandwich. Joseph DoIan
Martin Dolan, Clayton DOlsn. Clayton Peck
and Alice Wooley. We believe the informa-
tien gained and the power acquired BY these
young people in working out these school sur
Ney projects are Of great value not only to the
young people but 20 the entire district
Tewalt School. District No. S. Sterling Ber-
nice Everson, Teacher-was q close second 10
report upon local project work. The school
district map by Gerhard Ramberg is one Of the
best maps have ever seen made by an eighth
grader. IL is SINAI. but the work Is perfect
Neainess and accuracy are very pronounced
IN this young mans work All Of the work
from this school Is good.
Saturday brought in so much home pro-
Ject work that l can not give special mention
to all although all Of il is very good. | feel
that the Young people who took up the home
project work and surveys were greatly bene-
fitted and that the projects help wonderfully 20
eniiven school work and arouse interest of
the entire district in the work Of the schools.
Teachers who have pupils doing this work
speak very highly Of its edueatiye value and
Of the interest the pupils take in the work.
Next year shall look for much more of
this work. The best Of this years work will be
exhibited az the Vernon County Fair next fall.
l have received some fair exhibits for next
properly label it. then send it to this office
before your school closes. Then il will be
20 be exhibited next fall with credit TO
the teacher under whose direction il was done.
Avalanche School. it. Dist. Ne. "a, Webster.
Carroll Groves. Teachers one af the large
est one room schools in the county. In fact
the school is so large that one teacher cannot
do Justice to the pupils and herself. The pa
irons of this district realize this and the board
is planning on calling a special meeting of the
patrons 20 vote for two department state
graded school there next year. This district
has good large building. that by max
ing few changes and adding some equipment
they can easily have a splendid two depart
ment school. On recent visit there We found
Miss Groves and the pupils doing coed work,
although there are too many pupils enrolled
for satisfactory work by one teacher. The
Avalanche district is 70 be commended for its
desire 20 bring about better educational con-
ditiOns there.
On a recent day I was called TO AIllard's
Prairie Sehcel, Dist. No. {. Hiilsboro, to confer
with the board. Work towards building is
temporarily at a standstill there because the
boa.S is unable 20 get contractors 70 do the
work or even bid on the work. We hope thai
this will not be the case long, as the present
building is not fl for school, neither would IL
be wise to spend any money in repairing or
remodeling il.