Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-11-12
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

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Prepared b.
Miss Ida Bradley. Co. Supt- OF Schools and
( Miss Margaret Hardie. Supervising Teacher.
{ DR.. J. j. Tigert, United States
/ Commissioner of Education. has Of
fieially designated December 4th TO
the 10th as American Education
( Week.
The purpose of this IS to inform the
public of the accomplishment aud
needs of the public schools and to
secure the cooperation and support
of the public in meeting these needs.
The following topics are suggested
f for use in the schools that week:
Monday, Our Flag; Tuesday, Ameri-
can Ideals; W ednesday, The Language
of America; Thursday, immigration;
and Friday, Naturalization.
The following are some of activities
that were actually done IN the Iron
county schools last year. The main
thing to keep IN mind. however, is to
engage the general public in school
co operation and interest. to the end
that closer relations may be estab-
lished between schools and patrons.
Forms of activities:
School plays In village hall.
School parades.
Four minutes speeches by citizens.
Poster work in show windows of
+ the stores.
Visiting day Friday afternoon.
School exhibits and school items.
! Literary progress.
Meeting at school-house and sermon
at church.
Dedication of new buildings.
Discussion of school needs in clubs.
Four minutes speeches by pupils
every morning Of that week.
Health drills.
Library and musical entertain
meuts.
School fairs and operettas.
School paper.
+ One act and addresses.
Circulars seut out to patrons by
teachers
Essays by English classes.
Campaign lectures.
Pageant of pilgrims.
/ Booster programs.
Picture slides and addresses by out
side speakers.
Moving pictures.
Patriotic songs.
Campaign for new school houses
Community singing; banners and
posters.
Lecture ard school banquets.
Teachers and pupils make special
effort to do best during week.
Hot lunch campaign.
Advertising contest merchants
ads
Entertainments in behalf of gym
nasiums f0r schools.
Things 10 be emphasized In every
possible way, the public's attention
should be centered on educational
problems: The needs of better build
ings, Libraries, Fairgrounds; better at
tendance, better paid teachers; longer
school term, better vocation educa-
ton. better understanding of the
form and fundamental principles of
our government and better universal
use of the English language. Special
emphasis should be placed on the
singing OF patriotic songs, salutes to
the flag. aud short and intel esting
accounts of the essential facts in
American history. Teachers are kind
ly requested to keep record of the
activities of the week so that report
may be made to this office.
! The following from the various
schools have record of perfect at
tendance for the month of October:
Curry-Mary. Frank aud James
Swartz, Lillian, Hazel and Marie Bar
ibeau, and Lillian Lindsay. Mercer
Doris Jordan. Charles kamke, Robert
Short, Catherine and James Withing-
ton, Mildred and Vecilda Gehr, War
rem Eyenson. James Krause, Ray.
v,nn5 / ayafna Rarhar E1n-
ton Ritter, Earl Peters, and Marion
Henning. Katherine Ball, Laura
I Chrlstopherson, Louise Peters, Edna
DoIiot, Everett Barker, Margaret
, Nugent, Carrie Sargent. Clarence
Hobbs, Charles krause, Leonard
Krause, Leland Vaughn, Joseph
Drummer, Willie Drummer, Queen
Krause, aud Bonniebell Vaughn.
At the recent bazaar, which was
given at the Powell school, the sum of
So 90 was collected This will be
used for the purchase of necessary
utensils for the domestic science class.
which meets every Thursday. Miss
4 Blanche Peterson is instructor there.
A splendid Halloween program was
given at the Quincy school, last Sat
urday night. The program consisted
of a scene play, entitled. The Haunt
ed Gate, ghost and scareerow drills,
and Halloween songs. A large double
gas lamp was purchased from the pro-
ceeds of the plays.
Joseph liuardi IF the Kimball
school has earned a Home Credit A
ward, for home work done before and
after school hours,
American Speech Week is coming.
Every grammatical error caught dur
ing the week should be destroyed
November 6 to the u has been design
ated by the state superintendent an
open season for poor English. This
week should be observed in all Iron
county schools with appropriate cere-
monies.