Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-29


Sickness is always a legitimate ex-
cuse but with few exceptions it is
about the only one which should al
ways be honored by the teacher when
make up work is involved. Staying
make up work is invlved. Staying
out to work is also legitimate if the
work is to help the parents do some
thing that is much needed. 1t is
not a proper excuse, however, when
the student stays out to work to
earn money to go to a dance or some
Their entertainment. We have had
high schol students do this and then
expect their teachers to take time
from conscientious s ddents to help
the absent ones make up grades. Our
Idaho school law requires all stud
ents to be in school until they are
eighteen years of age unless they
have finished the eighth grade,
There is a provision whereby they
may be excused by the superintend-
ent if their services are badly need
ed at home. 1t has been the policy of
our school to excuse such students
if they are in the seventh or eigth
grades. otherwise the truant officer
is instructed to see that they are in
school.
FOLLOW UP WORK
The work of the student should be
observed during the school year. Re
port cards are issued every six weeks
and should keep parents fairly well
informed on the nature of work
which his child is doing. When
this work is satisfactory the student
should be praised and given credit
for it. When it is poor he should
be questioned to find out the reason
and the explanatory remarks on the
eport card should be observed. If
it appears to be the students fault
he should be urged to do better. If
he fails to respond it may be neces-
sary to take more strenuous methods.
If this plan were followed in more
homes there would be more promo
tions and less dissatisfaction and dis
appointment on the part of parents
and pupils at the end of the year.
Teachers ought to always welcome
conferences with parents about stud
ents work when the parent comes in
the spirit of cooperation. Let us
cooperate during the school year and
have a spirit of good feeling at the
end. After school is out it is too
late to make up for past poor schol-
arship. The making up process has
to come the following year.
COURSE OF STUDY
There will again be twelve grade
rooms with twelve regular grade
teachers besides two special teachers
to teach music with drawing and
penmanship. With this number of
rooms and teachers we are very well
supplied and the average room at
tendance is not excessive with an oc-
casional exception. Our high school
course will remain the same. 1t is
not as broad as some but we aim to
teach what subjects we do give well.
The classes do not average large and
as much individual attention is CIV
en- to students as possible. We main
tain a well balanced commercial
course which is very useful and prac-
tical to those students who wish to
seek a position as soon as they leave
high school and do not care to go on
to college, This work is correlated
with our regular high school work
and student may take it and grad
uate from high school in four years.
We do not give the work except with
other high school subjects. A few
exceptions have been made to this
when mature students enter the reg
ular commercial classes. 1t is not
our practice to have irregular stud
ents try to do work after school and
such times as it takes to much OF the
teachers time from her regular stud
ents.
Graduates from our high school
are accredited to the best of our col
leges and universities and have made
very satisfactory records in them. 1t
must be remembered, however, that
these best institutions are now re-
more applications for admis-
sion than they can accept and are
choosing their students very largely
On the basis of scholarship regardless
Of the fact that the applicant may
come from an accredited high school.
It is the individual that counts more
than his name, city or high school
from which he comes. A poor high
school record may keep student out
Of the institution which he wishes
very much to enter later. The best
way is to use foresight and secure a