The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-28
The Kenosha Schools, by Heroic Methods
Manage to Keep Pace With the City's
Rapid Growth.
ENROLMENT NOW TOTAL
Superintendent LOOMS Describes the Development of
Present System and Tells of Plans Held =
for Future Growth

The increments to school activities
have come not because of the theories
of the school men and women but as
responses to insistent demands from
society which seem unable to solve
its problems in any other way. If
those who criticise could but realize
MED, they would have a fuller apprec-
iation of the situation.
Today it is accepted that the schools
must provide not only for the mental
development of the child but for his
physical and moral growth as well.
Many Special Activities.
1t will be interesting to note that
Kenosha in addition to fixed emphasis
on what have long been known as
fundamental" is endeavori z to
meet the requirements placed upon her
by the following special activities:
1. Open air school with two teach
ers caring for the under-nourished
children who might otherwise become
victims of tuberculosis. No active
cases are admitted. The school will
move from the NGillett to portables in
the spring.
2. Opportunity school for sub-nor-
NAL children who are unable to make
progress in the regular classes. Spe-
cial state aid is given for this work
Three teachers are engaged in this
work and two additional are to be
provided as soon as rooms are made
available by the opening of the Grant
and Jefferson schools. There are prob
ably 100 children on the waiting list
at the present time.
8. School for the deaf--two teach
ers-located in the Frank school. The
salaries of the teachers and all spe-
cial expenses are paid by the state.
A. Speech correction. Two special
teachers are employed who work in
the several schools, meeting the chill
dren who need help three times per
! week. The expense of this work also
is met by the state,
i S. Special help teachers are pro-
vided who spend their time distributed
among the several schools--to bring
up to standard pupils who owing to alb
sence or weakness might otherwise
fail. Three teachers are employed at
the present time.
+, School for Foreign Children.
6. Foreign children. Special pro-
vision has recently been made for in
structing in special groups children
who can neither read, write nor speak
the American language, but who range
from eight or ten to sixteen or eigh-
teen years. The classes run in con-
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as soon as the child has mastered the
tools of reading and is able to speak
the American language he is assigned
/ to regular classes.
z. Boys special school for incor-
rigble boys-one teacher.
g. Physical education. Regular
gymnasium work as required by law
in Junior high schools with daily exer-
cises in grades given by the regular
teacher under the supervision of the
director of physical education. Owing
to lack of facilities no physical work,
aside from athletics, can be given in
the senior high school but full pro-
vision for this has been made in the
plans for the new building.
| 8. Health instruction in all grades
10. Manual training and domestic
science work in all grades from 6 up.
Milk Lunches for Riddles.
IL. Milk lunches in all schools dur
ing the winter months. A half pint of
milk, a straw and a graham cracker are
provided for cents while under-nour-
ished children unable to pay are fur
nished the lunch free. Last year 1917
| 945 bottles of milk and 2,7o6 pounds
of crackers were used.
Recreation Not Forgotten.
IL. Recreation, Realizing the OBJ
legation to the community and that the
use of the expensive equipment should
not be confined to the day nor the chill
dren alone, provision has been made in
accordance with the provisions of state
law for the raising of a special fund
by tax for this work. A special di-
rector has been employed, schools open
ed for adult activities during eve
ming, $4,000 raised annually by spe-
cial tax and the following activities
provided for:
(a) After-school recreation for chill
dren.
OBJ Evening recreational activities
for adults, two nights per week in each
gymnasium.
(c) Athletic activities, two nights
per week in each gymnasium.
I'D Special group activities permit
ted use of gymnasiums.
(e) Playground activities during
summer for children.
81 Outdoor winter sports for both
children and adults.
| Reports for January show total of
more than $4,000 participations and
spectators in all events which is GER
tainly most creditable showing.
CorreIate Library Work.
IS. Library work
Libraries are maintained in the sem
Tor high school and in the Balm, while
in each junior high school branch of
the Simmons public library has been
j located to take care of the needs both
of the community and of the schools.
/ These branches are located in special
portable library buildings and the work
marks definite step in cooperation
between the schools and the library.
1t is one of the big things of the year.
/ A survey of what is being done by
the schools in library work will con-
vince the most skeptical that our pu-
/ pills are being trained to be readers