New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-09-08

years before he is well enough pre-.
pared for second grade work. Fol
the present, Miss SEEMING will have
her class in two divisions with one
attending in the morning and one In
the afternoon. Parents are requested
to meet Miss SEEMING at her room In
the school on Monday afternoon and
register their children.
Miss Sheriff Atikin of Hartford will
have the children of the regular first
grade and she will expect to prepare
them for the second grade in one
years time.
Children under six years are not
to be admitted to the schools of the
town this year unless the sixth birth
day happens to fall in September or
October.
There will be no change in the
teaching staff of the Percival and the
Selden schools. Miss Marian Robb
of New Britain will be with Miss Lud-
dy in, the Ledge school.
Miss Mabelle Barnes of East Ber-
lin will teach the children of the
eighth grade in that district. This
item will give great pleasure to those
parents who haev appreciated the
of Miss Barnes work in
The past" says Miss Griswold.
In the Worthington school, Miss
Clark will have the fifth and sixth
grades while Miss Susanna Cobey, the
will teach the seventh and
eighth grades.
Blue Hills School
The necessity of building new
school or, at least, an addition to the
present one at Blue Hills, becomes
,ident as the thoughtful citizen con-
'iders the steady growth of popula-
ion of that outlying district" is the
opinion of Miss Griswod as expressed
o a Representative of the Herald.
Miss Griswold also said that trans
of children to the other
<ensington schools will not be at
empted this year, although there is
probability that a room in neigh
,oring house will have to be opened
While record breaking atten-
ance is anticipated, it is thought that
10 serious problem will present itself
ther than in the Blue Hills district. |
Must secure Slips
All children expecting to attend the
lew Britain High school are remind
d again that they must secure Slips |
authorizing their attendance from
1iss Elizabeth Brown, secretary Of |
he school board, or from Miss Girls
,old before Monday morning.
Children in the upper grades of the
outh school will be transported to
he Worthington school after the
hammer of last year, it was stated to-
az.
School Calendar
The school calendar for the Berlin
ystem is as follows: schools open
tuesday,, September IL, 1928; schools
lose Friday, June 20, 1924.
The Thanksgiving recess will begin
Wednesday noon, November IS and
ill end Monday morning. December
The schools will let out for the
hristmas holidays Friday night. De-
ember 21. and will reopen for the
erm, Wednesday morning, January
The spring recess will extend
rom Friday night, April II, 1924, to
tuesday, morning, April 90. Besides
ne recesses mentioned there will be
olidays OIL the convention dates in
ctober and February. Washingtons
irthday will be observed by the clos
lg of the schools, as will Memorial
ay.
Mrs. Dowd Mentioned
Mrs. Harry Dowd of East Berlin
being mentioned as a possible. new
ember of the school board. Mrs.
OVID is a popular candidate, accord
e to reports and her friends hope
lat she will be selected to serve on
lie board from East Berlin this year.
he is a former school teacher and
as always taken keen interest in
hool affairs. Her policy as stated
day is good schools with the best
suits from the amount of money
lpended on them" Being a woman
Indidate her supporters hope she ,
i'll receive first consideration at the
ucus Monday evening. She is being .
Ipported by a large nun Der Of the ,
omen voters of both East Berlin
ID the other sections of the town. !
Heads English Department
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