New Britain herald., 1930-09-03
SCHOOLS REVIEWED
 IN FALL BULLETIN
Department Issues Statement Outlining Aims and Purposes

According to bulletin issued by the school department today the New Britain school buildings are equipped with gymnasiums, music halls, art roms, shoe rooms, cook ing rooms, sewing and dressmaking rooms, playrooms, kindergartens. libraries and auditoriums because the officials in charge are sponsoring modern educational program.
 The bulletin is being sent to homes throughout the city and it calls attention to the opening of school for the fall term on Monday, September s. According 10 the bulletin:-
 The opening day of a new school year is important and significant. For the little ones who for the first time enter school and for their parents the day is full of meaning. For older children it means an op- portunity to make a fresh start and a new beginning. For the youth of high school age it means the close approach of the completion of pub lie school life and the need for mak- ing plans for life work and for making the most of the few remain ing years of school opportunity.
 We appeal to all parents to dc everything within reason to make it possible for their children to come to school with sound health, and tc continue in school as long as the law requires and as much longer as is possible.
 Says Education Pays
 Tn these days more than in any former age. education pays. The lack of education is serious ob. stacle to success.
 The school may reasonably ex- pect that the child will come to il prepared and ready to make the most of school opportunities. Par. ents are responsible for the health of their children in much larger measure than the school, and they should do all that can be done tc send them to school free from il health and from all physical handi. caps that can be removed.
 The school undertakes to provide correct heating, ventilation anc lighting, sanitation, medical anc dental examination, physical exer else, play, and instruction in hy giene, but the home controls thu child's diet and hours of sleep. Int child who comes to school with { stomach upset because of improper or inadequate food, or tired out be cause of late hours and lack O sleep and rest cannot do his schoo work successfully or even well. { body that is comfortable and no tired out is necessary for clea head, and a clear head is needed t dc good work in school.
 Responsibility of Home
 Nor does responsibility for tn education of the child rest upon tn school alone. The child is educate by all the contacts that he make with the school, the home, tn street, the newspapers and magazine books, moving pictures, and man other things that he sees or hear: Education is a mental enterprise shared by the school and the home but the school has control of tn educational conditions for approxi mately only six hours of every day while the home can control condi tions during the remaining eightee hours of the day. If the home fail in it's responsibility, it not only fail to do it's duty, but it makes it muc more difficult for the school to q it's best for the child.
 The child who in his home industrious, obedient and respect full brings these same attitudes { the school and is likely to be sue cesstul in his school work. Tn child who lives in a home wher there is respect for law brings t school an attitude of obedience an
 respect for authority.
 Every parent knows that CT vironment and the example of the
 mates and elders are the mo: powerful influences for the forms
 tion of the tastes, attitudes an
 habits of children.
 Tt is, therefore, the responsibilit of both the home and the school 1 ' surround the child and youth wit such a wholesome environment an such wholesome influences and reg sonable direction, that reverenc honesty, courtesy thrift, industr
 cleanliness of body, thought ar speech, fair play and helpfulne , may become fixed in habits ) thought and action.
 "Thousands of New Britain pa
 ents viewed the great education e hibit which was given in the Semi / High school last April. The mo
 significant thing shown by this e
 hibit was the fact that the schoc
 of New Britain are training II
 alone for proficiency in readin writing and arithmetic. nor are tn : aiming primarily to train for a jo Training Children For Life : The comprehensive character l the exhibit must have convinced t s thoughtful observer that the schoe K are making an honest effort to tra l boys and girls for all the possibil 3 ties and demands of life. The N = Britain schools aim to produce ( l soundness of body, CD alertness ,. mind, (3) a feeling of social respo = sibility. The New Britain schot Q are training not only for occup f tions, but the responsibilities
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