The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-11-20
VISIT SCHOOLS"
Is DAYS SLOGAN
City Schools Invite Parents
to Visit Glasses and
See Work Done.
TEACHERS ARE HOSTS

''Visit your school today" is the
slogan which the Kenosha Civic
Council is urging for today, Thurs
day, and Friday in the city schools.
This is American Education Week
and the local council is sponsoring eff
forts to make observance of the week
in Kenosha as auspicious as possible.
One of the ways this can be done, it
is pointed out, is by urging all par
ents of children in the schools to visit
the class room some day this week
and become acquainted with the work
which goes on daily in the schools.
All teachers are acting as hosts and
hostesses to parents this week, and
the interest which many have shown
has already become gratifying, ac
cording to Supt. of Schools, G. F..
Loomis.
Educationers state that the effec-
tiveness of a school is measured by
the interest people take in it. In a
community where parents visit the
schools, know the teachers and the
pupils work, they are generally bet
ter schools than in the community
where parents seldom visit the
schools.
Recently the Bureau of Education
addressed a letter to about so city
school superintendent asking them
why parents should visit the schools,
what they should observe, and what
information they should seek of the
principals and teachers. The follow
ing is a summary Of their replies:
Reasons for Visiting Schools.
l. To keep in touch with the work
of their children.
2. To encourage the teachers.
8. To get firsthand information
about the work of the schools.
A. To show their willingness to CO.
operate with the administration of
the school.
5. For the moral effect it will have
on the pupil to know that parents
and teachers are pulling together in
his training and discipline.
6. To become acquainted personal
ly with the teachers and principals.
7. To learn at frsthand the condi-
tions under which their children
spend six hours a day.
8. To learn Course of study, easy
studies, difficult studies, time sched-
ules, etc.
9. To make. it more possible for
the school officials to interpret to the
parents the policies under which the
school operates.
10. To advise school authorities as
to the needs of the district as seen
from the parents standpoint.
II. To assist in obtaining certain
things for the school that some dis
tricts seem unable to offer, such as
cafeteria equipment, victrolas, motion
picture equipment, etc.
IL. To know the conditions and
the needs of the schools so that they
may intelligently defend the reputa-
tion Of the schools and assist in keep
ing the schools from being CONNER
cialized and propagandized.
49, To view their children from an
angle other than that Of the home
and thus be able to guide more wisely
their development.
ID. In order that parents themsel-
yes may understand and appreciate
changes in courses of study.
10. To secure an accurate idea of
the detectives of modern education
and to find out how these detectives
are being worked out in practice.
Is. To aid in developing the real
school spirit in the community.
What to Observe.
1. The sanitary condition Of the
school building.
2. The general discipline and man
agement of the school,
3. The attitude of the teacher to-
ward the children.
a. The attitude of the children to-
ward the teacher.
s. The size of the classes.
6. The supply of supplementary
material as maps, dictionaries, etc.
7. The physical condition under
which teachers and pupils are work
ing.
8. Facilities offered for the deyel-
oprfYent of the health of the children.
9. To what extent their own chill
dren participate in school activities.
10. Equipment of school especially
as relates to library, gymnasium, shop
Institutional material, etc.
information Parents Should Seek.
1. What parents can do to help the
schools.
2. Whether any bad habits have
been noted in pupils.
3. What is the general school sue
cess Of the child.
4. Are the teachers salaries ade-
quate.
5. What are the qualifications de-
manded Of the teaching force.
g. General policies of the school
department.
Z. Specific facts about parents
own children.
8. Per capita cost as compared
with that of other cities.
9. Whether the child is working
up to his full capacity as determin-
ed by intelligence and educational
tests.
10. What are the vocational ten
denotes of the child if any are mani
fest
IL. Purposes of tAe various
courses of study.
II. Reasons for making or not
making changes in course of study.
10. Finances of school district, tax
rate, Indebtedness, etc.
II. Is pupil courteous and helpful.
TO his capacity and needs.
Is. Does publ show any special
apptitudes. disabilities.