New Britain herald., 1922-09-20

come to be very much to our profit ! to establish full lsix year high school
 with Junior and senior departments
 The Junior High School
 The establishment of the junior high
 school is undoubtedly the most valua-
 bls and the most successful change
 which has been made by the school
 committee since consolidation was effected. It affords the finest type of
 schooling for children of early adoes- cent years. Increasingly, as the school
 grows in size, it gives opportunity for an adjustment of the school facilities to the individual child, instead of ex-
 pecting our children, each of whom
 differs from his fellow to profit by an absolutely uniform school pro-
 gram.
 At present the junior high school is available only for children of the
 seventh grade in kensington. All seventh graders should enjoy its privi- leges as we'll as the children of the other grades
 The junior high school reached the limit of its growth on the simple double session plan as operated last year. Even with the exclusion of seventh graders from other parts of the town, the school had reached the point where further growth meant a part time" or two platoon plan. For that reason it was recommended that the committee introduce the tenth year, corresponding with the first year of the senior high school for the coming year. This looks forward to the addition of the other years, so that by 1924 Berlin vii, have a com plete high school department.
 Why Six Near High school
 The chief objection urged against a High school in a town the size of Berlin is the fact that it is usually !. small High school employing only few teachers.
 Before Berlin esta ablished its Junior High school there were more than 100 students attending non-local High schools. In proportion to the rest of the school population, and in view of the increase of High school atten- dance the country over, this was less lIldl SIOulu nave Dct1l tApeClbu. l lt fact that it was less may be attribut- ed largely to the fact that Berlin did not have its own High school.
 With the addition of the children of Junior High school age, who need a type of school more like that of the High school than they do that of the elementary school, the number of children in our High school is in- creased to the point where the school is no longer a small one, increases it, in fact, to the point at which such schools can be administered most ad- 
 The six year school affords an op- portunity for greater specialization of teachers. as well as the offering or subjects and electives not possible ln smaller schools. At the same time it tends to reduce the cost of instruc- ton throughout the whole school since 1t reduces the number of teach CTS with very small numbers of chill dren to teach.
 There are many arguments whicn are valid and might be advanced In favor of such school These have been discussed at various times ana places. It remained for the father of one of the pupils of the school 10 advance one of the strongest; Sue. a school would build up a strong local pride in good school, and it would tend to wipe out the sectional ism that is so strong in Berlin through bringing together at the High school ago all of the boys and | girls of the town.
 Probable Size of High school
 In the past twelve years the schoo population has doubled. In that sa C. period the High school attendance | has merely doubled. In other words our High school registration during ! the past decade has only kept step | with the normal growth of the town | the country, however, 1t | has far outstripped the growth in ele- schools As was indicated above. this is probably due in large | part Of the fact that there was not ! local High school available,
 careful study of present regis .rations and tendencies, without re- gard to the growth that will cons with a local school, indicates as probable miAinanm, . Junior Hign