The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-02-26
IEFF DAVIS SCHOOLS
RANK WITH THE BEST
uotk of Physical Director is Also
Highly Commended.

70
following is the report of AS
,siant Supervisor Of Rural
ss SEQ Mr., John f. Coke, made
: Snnf w. P. Annette, following
y !. ,scent survey of the rural and
..lsmentary schools of Jefferson
Davis parish;
Baton Rouge, La.
February, 18th, 1921.
SaOt. W. P. Annette,
Jennings, La
Nan Mr.. Annette;
RI Recently, in company with
,.,ny supervisor, Miss Mccall,
.s Ia the following schools of
, .,' narish: Hathaway, Glen Roy
Eavlnond, Grand Marais, Wood
i 1sy Lecassine, ThornweI, Fen
~ and the elementary grades
Y N ihe Jennings High School.
" The main purpose of our vista
s,n was to observe the actual
.sss work being done by the
s I'M in a representative num-
- If your rural and elementary
.,boOIs, and to render them and
~ suDervisor such assistance as
= could in the way of improv-
ne lhe quality of their instruc-
tOn -, Ioe,
Material and definite suggestions
4, Ihe improvement of class
,oom instruction, particularly
I'm reference to reading, spell.
NJ and arithmetic. We discussed
I'm the principals and teachers
lbsir Methods, procedure, pro
Mems. etc, and gave them what
msr encouragement and advice
u could in making their work
Effective, interesting, and OF rea.
value to the child and the com
muniiy. ,
IN practically all of the schools
visited. we were impressed will
he sincerity of purpose on the
1art Of most of the teachers anc
HEN willingness and desire to
render their very best service anc
70 adopt such methods as will Sc
cure the best results from then
,IorlS. Many of the teachers were
found to be competent and wei
nined and were rendering eS
vsdally good service, while some
ocouFse, we're necessarily begin
rers and were without an!
special training and experience
However, only a relatively small
number appeared to be in the lat
lei class, and we feel that in view
ol the general conditions prevail
ing The school authorities are t.
Be congratulated and that tn,
parish is fortunate in securing
such a large number of goO'
teachers.
As regards the physical equip
ment Of the rural schools, it is t
Be noted that in practically all
communities substantial build
mgs have been erected and theS
have been fairly we'll equippe'
with desks and blackboardS
while In many cases there is i'm
mediate need for additional map
charts, globes and supplemental,
readers. / trust that the Paris
Board viii find a way to hav
these supplies added without de
lg.
Az to the work being done b
lne supervisor | feel that she
lendering the teachers and tn
NhOols Of the parish a good SCI
nee Her attitude toward tn
EofA is commendable. She az
pears to have the confidence an
@sem Of all the teachers and tn
Y TO be carrying out her SUI
,NvAo very laltnIWly.
asa whole, I wish to say that
g very much pleased with Ii
ondilions Of the schools foun
sHsl in your parish. There
whence at every hand that IL
eFlnlendent and school boar
wye been doing a remarkab
e'A IN the building up of IL
looIs Of the Parish. Your pc,
nave a splendid faith in e.
,a'loa and, under LEADERSHIP
are confident that the scho,
s,sn Of that Parish will soc
,as with the very best in Il
flsh 70 express my appreci
" q the courtesies extende