New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
NEW REPORT CARD
 lS ADOPTED HERE
Emphasizes the Habits and Atti-
 tudG3 Of the Child
FOR USE IN GRADES l-6
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 X new report card for use in the grades from one to six in the elc- mentary schools has been adopted hore and is now being used. Ac- cording to Superintendent of schools Leon (. staples. this new report card emphasizes the habits and attitudes which tho school considers worth while in the elementary grades. If a habit or attitude listed is needing special attention. q chccl, mark will clearly indicate where jmnroyrmout is desired. This card oudrayor3 to give parents q picture Of the Gcpr @ oC adjustment of their child 10 tn@ school program,
 The standing Of the child in thr various subjects taught in school ls not indicated in tn" usual way ay letters o" figures. The attempt n indicate the ro}&tiv" position of a child on H percentage scale in any i subject is always based on the arbi- trary judgment Of a teacher it Is claimed. II a child is successful within the range of his own ability. he should hr 90 marked, in Mr. Staples opinion The scholastic Iat- ing of the ch,ld is hy no means a . correct index Of childs achieve 1 m"nt, he says,
 Mr. staples bolieye.; that. after all, . the success Of the child in school ;- the joint rcSpousibility Of home and school. The school will always wei come the parent for conference and Visitation. A closer cooperation b. tween homo and school will hcn overcome most of the difficulties cu- counterod by the child. he says.
 The new report cards will bn is- sued four times during the school year, namely, in November, Fubr;l. ary, April and June. They are du, on the l5th of the month listed.
 The marEim@ scheme is us fol- lows: Where attitudes and habit. are satisfactory no mark of any kind appears: where Improvement is desired q cheek mari, appears.
 The habits and attitudes of The child arc divided into three classes. namely, health, citizenship and work habits. Under health habit on the report card the following statements arc listed; Has habits of cleanliness, uses tooth brush r"gu- larly. has good posture and is ot normal weight
 The citizenship statements are Is reliable, is courteous, works wei with others. shows self control. i. obedient, plays fair, is careful ot property. days absent and time. tardy. The work habits are listed as follows: Does not give mp easily is s"lf-reIiant does not waste time does careful work, and exercises best efforts.
 Whether or not the child follows out these practices will he indicated by the marking system indicated above. As explained by Supcrin- tondont Staples, the above system shows the habits and attitudes of the child and shows where special attention is needed. Tho new re- port card is an experiment by Mr staples and it is hoped it will meet with 1h" favor and cooperation of the parents Of the school children A new marking systom has also been devised for th" school sun- jccts A plus mark indicates good work and minus sign shows that the child is in need of special at tonton. The list of subjects in ] oludcs number, language subjects social subjects, music and art na- ture and health, and physical cdu-