New Britain herald., 1927-12-24
WOULD ESTABLISH
 JR. HIGH SCHOOL
Superintendent Staples Planning
 to Revise Courses
BAPTIST CHURCH PAGEANT
Christmas Exercises Tomorrow Eve nins-All Churches to Observe Day With Special Services and Musical ProcramS-Bricfs.

l The revision Of the secondary school system here to permit the es- , tab!shment of q junior high school | embracing what is now the sixth 1 and seventh grades and the first
 year Of high school is contemplated
 by Superintendent Leon c. Staples, ! who has prepared tentative schcd- : ules Of subjects for the suggested
 junior high school. MT. Staples be- i HeVes that the changes he has in
 mind would result in holding more
 pupils through the high school years | than Is now the case as q wider
 variety of subjects would be pre- | sented.
 It has been his experience. Mir.
 staples says. that the more diversi- tied q choice is offered. the more / chance there Is Of there being some i lh'nS to attract and hold q pupil and prevent him from leaving school. ] By applying this in Sufficld. where he was before hero, Mir. Staples had 1 excellent results. he says.
 Under the proposed plan only the six lower grades would be retained in th" primary school buildinps,
 nc thr"c years Of junior and three years Of senior high school would i D" handled together in the present
 hleh school building. which could accommodate 500 pupils without
 croWdng. the superintendent states
 several of the speciality rooms arc
 used only portion of the time. and those would be available for classes and study groups. while the entire Schcdule could be arranged so as to chect a maximum Of comprcssion and allow tho handling of all 5On children by the use of all rooms dur Ing every period.
 In the junior high school colrsa as tentatively skctchod by the supcrin- tendeni, therc would be several "trv- out conrsc,' such as q general lanenag" course to test fitness for studying foreign languages and Farlous manual training courses 10 orlDg out any particular adapta- ton. hes", of course. would be in
 The senior high school would Of Ter fonr courscs---a college or nor m2l school preparatory co,IreD. T commercial course, general course. ana a cooperative one. These would allow the pupils to follow their own particular lncllnations and choose the course most suited.
 It IS also planned to have ar engagements made with the New Brit am State Trade school for coonera- 'loa between that institution and 'Ae local high school in order that 't boy may spend half a day at ore school and half at the other, DnIo hoys or high mental standing and lIiNS!cai condition will be allowed to take this course.
 Preparatory drafts Of the suh;acts for both junior and high schools nave been drawn up ly Mr StanIes "ho VIII submit them first 70 his 'o'ch'ng staff for their suggestions
 A'N will then come before thn school committee. which will ..1.n h"h mto consideration for prob "''S long period. IL is likely that l many changes will be made in these ! early plans, but MT. Staples believes mat 'hiS plan will eventually be ap- | proved and will result in q more cr- Hci"ht and satisfactory system Of secondary education.
 Pageant At Baptist Church |
 Tn" annual Christ mas e,crcis.e ! VIII be held at the Baptist church . 'omorrow evening at 6 o'clock. Tho proeram will he divided into two portions, the first consisting Of songs and r"citat!ons by the Sunday school pupils and the second being q pa i