The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-02-09
TRAINING sCHOOL NOTES.

AhkAA4NlNU OCHOOL NO1 ESs
Under, the supervision of Miss Groth
the senior class in Educational Seat
Work has completed projects on the
Eskimo, the Japanese and the Dutch.
A doll house project has also been
completed.
On Thursday, February 2, slides on
"The Life of Washington" and "The
Changes in Europe" were shown to the
seniors and juniors and to the upper
grades in the Model department.
The fourth grade pupils have fin
ished their project books on "The Es-
kimos." These little books are orig
inal and very interesting,
While preparing for her physical
training class one of the training
school students, in the presence of
some of the other girls, gave this or
der: "Heels on hip - placeI" Could
you do it?
Monday and Tuesday were observa-
tion days for the seniors. They OBJ
served the classes in which they are to
do their practice teaching during the
next five to ten weeks.
Last week the juniors and seniors
were busy 7Writing their Palmer Meth
cd drills in penmanship. Their drills
were sent to the A. N. Palmer COM
pany for approval on Friday.
Sixteen members of the junior class
are preparing to give play under the
direction of Miss Cuddy. The remain
ing juniors are taking eighth grade
reading under three teachers selected
from the senior class, namely, Mildred
Sheard, Linda Hanson and Ruth Mel
sen. This plan also gives the senior
girls practice in teaching eighth grade
reading,
A Kenosha County Teachers Insti-
tute was held at the Kenosha High
school building on Saturday, February
4, A Racine County Institute will be
held at the Training school next Sat-
urday, February IL. The seniors are
requested to attend as practical prob
lens in teaching will be discussed.
Gladys Lee and Teresa Thorn have
completed their junior work and are
now full-fedged seniors.
Beginning this week the training
school will be open on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings for any training
school students who wish to go there
and study from 1900 to $3.50 O'Clock.
The third quarter opened on Janu-
airy 80. The junior subjects are now
algebra, geography, civics, grammar
and composition, reading and spelling.
The senior subjects are theory, agri-
culture, geography methods and lam
guage methods. The seniors are also
doing practice teaching in the Model
department. Miss Cuddy is in charge
of physical training, the juniors taking
it on Mondays and Wednesdays and
the seniors on Tuesdays and Thurs
days.
We have opening exercises every
morning at $500. The purpose of this
is to suggest to the students suitable
opening exercises for rural schools.
The first grade in the Model depart
ment has completed it's booklets on
Toys" These booklets show the diff
ferent ideas of the little children and
also indicate the toys of which they
are the fondest. The third grade also
completed booklets on "Eskimos" and
the fourth grade on 1.-THE Animals of
the Desert" The sixth grade physi-
ology class has also made some inter
esting health posters while the seventh
grade is making booklets on the parts
OF speech. Project posters are being
constructed by the fifth grade pupils
to illustrate people about whom they
are studying in around the World
With the Children"
The senior geography methods class
Is divided into two sections. One Sec
ton is working out Hawaiian project
and the other PHILIPPINE project.
The public will be able to see some
of the work which the children of the
rural and state graded schools of Ra-
cine and Kenosha counties are doing.
as we'll as the work which is being done
in the training school in both the mod
Ell and training departments on Open
House Day at the Training school ON
March II. Through the generosity of