Putnam patriot., 1925-08-28
Opening of the Fall Term Wed nesday Morning, Septem-
 Der the 9th
Small Turn Over In Teaching Force
 This Year

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 This Year
 The public schools of Putnam will open for the fall term on Wednesday morning, September 6. There will be general teachers meeting for all teachers in the eighth grade room in the High school building on Tuesday afternoon. September at 3.35 o. clock The superintendent of schools will cheek Gp all teachers certificates at that meeting. as the state law re- quires every teacher to be in posses sion of a valid certificate before she can receive any salary.
 4 record attendance is expected at all of the schools. Preliminary regis trations at the High school indicate that the school will be the largest in it's history. All of the available class rooms will be filed to capacity and it will be necessary to hold classes in the chemistry laboratory every period.
 All Rooms Used
 | With the opening of the present year all of the rooms in the recently built addition 10 the Israel Putnam ] kGHDui VIII De uAE0s iHt Aoui NAoao- rooms above the ground floor will be occupied by regular grades, one Of the basement classrooms will be uti- | lized as an indoor playrOom for the kindergarten and first grade. and the other room will be utilized for manual work in connection with the oppor- tunity room.
 The turn over in the teaching force from last year will be the smallest it has been in years The only change in the High school will be an addi- tional teacher in English. This new | teacher Miss Sara D. King. who will be an assistant to Miss Keith, comes directly from Mount Holyoke College where she did outstanding work in English and allied subjects. \ new eighth grade teacher is Miss Wini- l fred s. Duffee. who comes to us afs l ter number of years of efficient ser vice as principal of the Dayville school in Danielson
 New Principal 1. P. s.
 The principal of the Israel Putnam school. J. Vey Merrill comes to Put nam from Colchester. where he has been principal of the Central Gram mar school for four years. MT. Mer- , Till is normal school graduate and has had unusual success as a princl- , pal and teacher The seventh grade work will be departmentalized for the first time this year. Mir Merrill teach ing the arithmetic. geography and kindred subjects and Mrs J. Ney Merrill. college graduate, teaching the English and history
 The Smith Street, Sawyer school . East Putnam aHd Putnam Heights teachers will all be the same as last year.
 New Mu,ie Supervisor
 Mis- Annie A h oi reB4ffet comes 3 to Us as supervisor of music. to tak1 5 up the work Ieff hy Miss Josephine Estes two years ago. Miss Ash. work in Pomfret s well known in Put nam and elsewhere Under her super vision the children af the PamfreI schools have mBde n name for them selves ii music which is state wide ' Some of her pupils appeared q yem ago at the State Capitol and aceredlt- ed themselves in # manner which [ brought renown to themselves ano 2 their town. Miss Ash Will have charge of the High school orchestra and HUI Aah.a AtAitt " tHf ft7Hh ttif AA sAiAA . teachers rooms according to a regular l weekly schedule.
 The same school nurse, school phy- sieian, school dentist and attendance [ officer will serve again this year, Superintendent Fourth Year Ralph C. Jenkins will begin his fourth year of service as superinten- dent of the Putnam schools Dur ing the summer Mir Jenkins received a call to become the head of the edu. cation department in the Keeue, N II. normal school but decided to re- main in Putnam. Mr. Jenkins plans ta take courses in Clark University this winter
 Several of the teachers have taken advantage of the plan for profes- aonal study. adopted by the school committee last spring. and have been l taking normal school and college courses during the summer. Prof. fj0hu l. Alahoney in charge of the IoNtcusiou courses of Harvard and Bos- toH University will be in Putnam |earlY "a September Co arrange for eX- tension courses which will be open to teachers iu Putnam and vicinity.
 All ef tft school buildings have been rHt Ia excellent shape for the aneHue of sthsols Rooms in wheh sc4gei fever cases broke out last y.Hr h4te been cleaned with partieu- aE Fewer repairs have been
 uH the school buildings fHf- frar -.-Hr lu recent ears.
 Some Regulations
 FHrtats shoHld keep iH mind the foliov.HE ula1ious for entering children tu school Pupils should hrne rHeEf promotion cards from he schools Iaas Hst atte sae3. oB jbf first daE school Ali children must haVe been R4e5.n8tei =beiaHe entering st tHa0t aH'9ss they h1t. obtained a Wrt,en statement from physician that thelr health does HoH permit them to b. YatcinHted.
 Children e enter the first grade of Israel Putnam school must bo SIX years of age un ,he day school opens. Children whose last name Is in the first part of tbe alphabet ito Mss forrey. those in the last part ef the alphabet 60 Co Miss Warner,
 Children who have arrived at the apa of 6Va ar who shall have nrrivpA