Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-14
BALLOU PREPARING
TO OPEN SCHOOLS
Pupils Enter Monday at 9
A.M.-Dates of Meetings
of Teachers Fixed.

General information to parents who
desire to enter their children in the
public schools, which open at 9 o'clock
next Monday morning, was issued
today at the Franklin School by DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools Dates of meetings of super
Visory officers and teachers were made
public at the same time.
The official statement follows:
Admission to Graded Schools.
New pupils are admitted to the
kindergartens years of age by No
yenlber ! or older and to the first
grades 6 years of age by November
! or older.
All children not on the rolls of the
public schools at the close of last
year who desire to enter the graded
schools or kindergartens will make
application for admission tickets at
the schools most convenient to their
homes. Principals will be at their
buildings September II and IS from
$50 to 10 am. and from 4 to $50 pm.
Vaccination certificates must be
presented. The law requires that no
child shall be admitted into the pubic
school who shall not have been duly
vaccinated or otherwise protected
against smallpox"
Graded School Pupils.
All pupils in the graded schools
last year, except those proinoleu ~
the high schools, will report to their
last wear rooms, from which those 10
be transferred will be sent to the high
or classes. Pupils promoted TO the
high schools will report at the respec-
tive high schools as follows, Septem'
her 20: 9 am, at Eastern ana Ouh-
bar; II am, at Armstrong, western,
Mckinley and Business; 1O:45 am, at
,'entral Maryland and Virginia puplls
expecting to enter the Columbia Junior
High School should report at that
school September II at l pm.
Admission to White High Schools.
All applicants for admission or for
advanced standing in the Central,
Eastern, Western and Business High
Schools and the Mckinley Technical
High School, other than those VINO at
tended the eighth grades or the DIS
trict of Columbia must report to thS
high sch6ol admission board at the
Franklin School, September is. from
S:45 am. to 4 pm, and September H.
from am. to 4 pm.
The board will assign pupils, If
necessary, to any examination that
may be required. Students entering
the high schools through the high
school admission board will be assigned
by that board to schools in accordance
with the directions Of the superin-
tendent.
For admission to the first year,
pupils must be prepared to take ex-
aminations in English, arithmetic,
United States history and Constitu-
ton and geography. All applicants
must present proper certificates or
records of all work completed In other
schools, otherwise no credit may be
given for such work. Examinations
may be required, but credit may be
given for some of the work done In
other schools If certificates are salts
factory.
Admission to Dunbar and Armstrong.
All candidates for admission to the
first year classes of Dunbar High
School, the department of business
practice, or the Armstrong Technical
High School, except graduates Of the
eighth grades Of the elementary
schools of the District of Columbia
will be examined by the high school
admission board at the Dunbar High
School, September Is and II, between
the hours of and 5 pm. The board
will assign pupils to the examinations
If necessary.
The requirements for admission to
first year classes are the same as out
lined above for white high schools.
Junior High and Night Schools.
The Junior high schools will open
Monday. Application for admission
should be made for the junior high
for white pupils at the Columbia
Junior High School, Seventh and o
streets the Hine Junior High School,
Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast; the Langley Junior High
School, Second and T streets north
east: the Macfarland Junior High
school, Iowa avenue and Varnum
street: the Powell Junior High School,
Fifteenth and Schools streets, and the
jefferson Junior High School, Sixth
and D streets southwest: and for the
cOlored schools at the Shaw Junior
High School. First and NJ streets, and
the Randall Junior High School, First
and I streets southwest.
Night schools will open Monday
evening, October 4. Details will ap-
pear later.
Meeting of Officers and Teachers
All supervising principals will meet
teachers at 1890 m. September II,
at Curtis School: divisions 2. 4 and g,
at Thomson School; division 3. at Pow
ell Junior High School; division 5, at
Mckinley Technical High School; di-
vision 6. at Ludlow School: division
E. at Bryan School; division 9, at
Franklin School; divisions 10 and IL,
at Sumner School; division IL. at
Franklin School: division 10, at the
Shaw Junior High School.
Principals Of normal schools will
meet their teachers September II, as
follows: Wilson Normal, pm; Minor
Normal, IL am.
PRINCIPALS of senior high schools
will meet their teachers September II,
at 9 pm, with the following excep-
tions: Dunbar at II am. and Arm
strong al 10 am.
Principals of junior high schools
will meet their teachers at 1890 am.
September II.
The assistant superintendent. in
charge of supervision of grades l to
6. will meet all teachers of grades l
TO who are new TO grade or system
at the Franklin Administration Build
ing at $50 pm. September II.
The director of primary instruction
will meet all teachers new to grade or
system of grades l TO in division
10 to 10, at the Minor Normal School
at 2:30 pm. September II.
Meeting of Directors.
Meeting of directors with their
teachers will be held september Il,
as follows: kindergarten. divisions
! to 9. Thomson, pm; divisions 10
TO 49, Cleveland, 1870 pm; domestic
science, divisions l to 9, Morse, 10
q m; divisions 10 TO ID. Mott, am,
domestic art, divisions l to 9. Berret,
pm: divisions 10 to 10, Mott, IL
m; drawing, divisions l to 9, Ber-
ret. 10 am; divisions 10 to Is, New
Bell. II am; manual training, divi-
eions TO 9, Abbot. 10 am: divisions
10 to IS, Simmons, 9 am: physical