Phillips County herald., 1923-03-08
County School Notes


\. A. met Monday evening to choose
the persons whom they wished to put
in nomination next Saturday after
noon when the County Council will
meet at Holyoke
The County Council OF the Parent
Teachers Association will meet at the
Court House at 1880 p. M, at Holyoke
to elect the officers of the organiza-
tion for the coming year.
The teachers examination will be
held at the Court House at Holyoke
and at the High School building at
Haxtun. Teachers, or any one who
=. cares to take the examination should
report to either place at nine o'clock
a. M, on Thursday and Friday, March
15 and 16.
The Primary department of the AM
herst school have new sand table OF
which they are very proud and will
make good use Of.
The spell of sickness has mitigated
the past week and many of the stu
dents and teachers, who were suffer
ing, are back to work again.
Buford Trego, who was sick for the
past three weeks with pneumonia. is
able to be up and around again and
will be back to school in few more
days
The County Spelling contest will be
held at Holyoke, March II. One stu
dent will be permitted to represent
his school at that time. Where there
is more than one room in each school
each room will be allowed represen-
tative. The successful student in the
County Contest will be given the op-
portunity to enter the State Contest,
which will be held at Denver. March
&c. All expenses are paid including
transportation and lodging while
there. All students will he under
the supervision of chaperon.
The Holyoke grade school has given
NE list of the work which they have
done and have thought the teachers
Of the county might get tip as to
what other schools were doing.
shall print similar report of other
schools later.
The eighth grade have finished
their Reading Circle book. reached
page $50 in Pearson and Kircherg
English; .246 in Arithmetic. Stone e.
MILES: i05 in Agriculture. Benson &
Belts; Civics. page 266. John A.
Rapp; History. page 32s. Montgom-
cry. Leading facts of American His
tory; Penmanship, page A, Palmer
Method
The Seventh Grade uses the same
text books besides Oyerton's Ply
siology. some Of the books are grad
ed but are by the same authors.
They are on mage 129 in Physiology.
13S in Arithmetic. 13i In English.
one half the work in Geography.
completed the book in History. Spell
ling and Reading.
The Sixth Grade are doing Story
texts in English. reached page 81,
three-fourths of the work in Reading
is finished and finished The Central
States in Geography. finished per.
centage. Spelling page 35 ]. n. Hunt
speller. History page eis Bourn and
Benton.
The Fifth Grade have finished their
text in Physiology. Arithmetic. Geo.
graphy. English. They are studying
Jofferson's Administration. page i6i.
and Reading on page ESQ They con-
TEMPLATE reviewing and studying the
special phases OF the work from now
on.
The Fourth Grade are ON page zoe
in Reading; 2t: in Arithmetic: 175
IN Geography (Southern Statcs,:
finished the History; and page se3 in
English.
The Third Grade have completed
one Reader and are on pages 275 and |
POI In the ether: pages l0l in Arith. |
metic and liz In the Speiler. They
are following the State Course of
Study in English There are two
divisions In this room. The Tarr
and McAiurry Geography is also
used.
Alph Swobe las been appointed TO /.
take the place OF Rober, McClenahan |
In District No. SO as Chairman. and |
John Arena in District No. Is. to sue.
ceed Paul Newman as chairman of I
tho Beard OF Directors Both MIR /
Mcclenahnn and Mr. Newman moved
out OF thair districts.
The Misslon OF the Public School
address OF Frank Ice Wright