, 1922-05-04

them tn" kind Of work that is adapt
ed TO them.
Cb) To discover superior children
Such children should be given add
l-tional work or promoted according
to their ability.
(c) For closer classification and
grading. The results OF these tests
furnish a check on the teachers
Judgment in grading pupils.
td) To determine IL children are
working up to their natural capacity
or not. 1t often happens that pupils
are not kept busy enough and conse-
Quently they get into habits OF
mental laziness.
In connection. with this topic I
wish to say again that mid-year pro-
motions would solve many OF our
problems. as indicated in the first
part of this report. and would rec
ommend that the school be organized
on this basis as soon as it is large
enough.
Heretofore in many cases pupils
that failed during the regular school
year took a little work in the sum
mer and went on to the next grade.
This plan is very unsatisfactory IN
less carefully worked out. 1t is
manifcstly impossible for IA pupil to
make up a years work in a few
weeks of summer study. 1t also has
the effect Of causing some pupils to
become Indifferent about their
standing during the regular school
year as they think they can make up
the work. during the Such
an attitude is fatal to good school
work. If the district were able to
provide a regular summer school,
conducted by qualified teachers. as
is being done in some places. the
matter could be worked out salts
%factorily.
VII. Health and Physical Wei
Our course of study provides for
physical examinations, instruction in
health and hygiene, and physical
training. all of which are designed
to improve the child's physical de-
velopment and well-being. physical
examination of all school children,
which Is required in this state. has
been conducted in the grades by
Miss Kelner. Red Cross Nurse. and
for the High School by Mr.. Cook
PHYSICAL training director. In
many instances these examinations
have b"en followed up by personal
conferences with the parents and va
rious physical defects rcmcdied as a
result.
Miss Eelncr has also been con-
Quoting an experiment to determine
the value of milk in overcoming I'M
derweight. 4 number of h pupils
who were considerably undcrwcight
have been given milk daily and tho
,..It, L~l-,J NlThi1n lnftrttn fiu-
ures are not yet available for this
work. yet The results are very salts
factory and bear out the fact that
milk is a necessary foOd for growing
children and is an important factor
in helping to bring children up tt
normal weight.
, An interesting little playlct en-
titled "The Magic Garden.' was pu
on by some Of the school children
at Central this Spring. under the di
!; rrction of the Red Cross Nurse. TIL
, play was in the nature of a healt'
play and was designed to show tn
=, value of milk and various vegetable
. as a part of our regular diet.
/ The health work has now bee
I carried on here for two years and
t great deal of good has been accom-
@ DllSnpu. But as lne nurse has ia
@ to serve the whole county We hay
V had her only for a part of the time
The Red Cross is now unabl" I
f carry on this work any longer. an
2 it would be a mistake to let
drop. | would recommend that til
school employ a full-time schoC
= nurse to serve our school district tn
coming year. This plan is follow"
p in many cities and has heen found t
be uniformly successful. We shout
look after the health and physica
, welfare of our school children a
n well as their mental development
because the mental progress depend
directly upon the child's health an
p his nhvsical development.
VIII. Enrolment and ATTEND
: The figures given herewith ind
cate the enrolment in the variOu
buildings, and grades. The figure
are taken from the April monthly re
port:
: High School .
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