The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-03-20
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Reported by Miss Stewart, of the
Oakland Supervisory Unit


surely the teachers of the Oakland
Supervisory Unit are helping to make
men and women of their little boys
and girls. Libraries have been pur-
chased in ten schools. County loan
libraries have been placed in twenty
schools, and State loan libraries have
been placed in twenty schools. Ever
so many schools have arranged among
themselves to bring in good books
from the community. The reading
habit is truly being formed in many
of our schools now. One little boy in
the fourth grade in Kitzmiller school
has read twenty-five good wholesome
books since Christmas-a normal,
healthy, happy boy.
Several schools have been improved
in physical way-new steps, new
shades, new floors. The most recent
and the most outstanding perhaps
from the standpoint of community
spirit is that of the work being done
at present in the primary room of
the German school. The patrons
themselves laid the new floor. The
community is buying paint and will
decorate the interior in the most APP
proved shades Of buff, tan and cream
to harmonic with the oiled floor and
to soften the eastern light from the
bank of windows at the left.
Handbooks on Health Training in
Schools are now in every school room
of the unit. 1t makes vast differ
ence in the work being done in n.y.
giene, too. In Dodson-Shallma third
grade a happy little club, called the
Health Crusaders, are pIacticjng the
formation of health habits as we'll as
getting knowledge on how to keep
we'll.
A brief backward glance over the
series Of teachers meetings just
passed, tells us that we are moving
in the right direction. First and fore
most, teachers are beginning to make
business of teaching. Forty-five
professional books have been bor-
rowed and are being used by sixty
two teachers. This is in addition to
the books on reading being studied
by all teachers of the unit. Second,
the attendance at teachers meetings,
with the exception of but one meeting,
was almost unaffected by stormy
weather and bad roads. Third, the
work which teachers were asked to do
in their school rooms and without in
preparation for the meetings was will
lingly and gladly done in almost every
case. Three teachers who were storm
bound at the one meeting sent a spe-
cial delivery letter at once, mailing
their lesson plans and assignments.
Can spirit be better?
Miss Mary Pickrell, of Red House,
has purchased for her school COM
plete set of stereoptic views for use
in geography work. This is the Key
stone set and contains printed mater
ial about each view.
photographs in ten school rooms are
making easier the task of the daily
preparation Of the teacher, making
easier also the seat work of our boys
and girls. Is your school one of the
lucky number? One teacher says
she can make sixty copies in fifteen
fol
| only ten minutes. How long does it
take your teacher?
The Oakland Grammar school is
working out splendid piece of CO.
operation. The language work of the
seventh grade on Wednesday was de-
signed to serve for seat work for
the second grade. 1t was being we'll
done, too, and was distinctly worth
while. We wonder if other schools
are trying this plan? Would teachers
! like to know about it?
Some wonderfully good programs
have been held during the past six
! weeks in. the Parent Teacher Asso-
| Citations along the Western Mary
land Railroad. Surely the publicity
committees of these organizations are
going to let us hear about the good
things that they do.
Hutton and Dodson-Shallmar are on
the road to the organization of good,
live wire Parent-Teacher Assoeia-
tions. Then if we can interest the
only two remaining two-teacher
schools in the unit, the county objec-
tive for this year will have been at
| tanned.
Miss |. Jewell Simpson, State SUI
pervisor of Elementary Schools, spent
three days, March 5th, 9th and 7th,
in Garrett county attending the teach
ers' meetings scheduled for that per-
/ iod of time. Her assistance was of
distinct benefit to both supervisor and
/ teachers and Garrett county appre-
GATES her expert guidance in the
work of improving the schools for our
!