Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
SCHOOL TO OPEN SEPT. 9TH
superintendent C. w. w. Schantz
Announces Innovations and His
Teaching Staff for Coming Year

Superintendent C. w. w. Schantz
Announces Innovations and His
/ Teaching Staff for Coming Year
! Superintendent C. w. w. Schantz
of the Smyrna Special District
/ School, who with his family have
been summering at Rehoboth, was
/ in town last week making final
plans for the new school year. The
Smyrna Schools will open for the
Fall and Winter term on Wednes-
day, September 9th, at 8.45 a. m.
Parents and guardians of children
should see to it that those children
under their care will be in readi-
ness for the opening. Irregular at
! tendance has been the cause of
large number of failures in the
past years. Parents should also
loog after the general health of
their children, and have any physi-
cal defects corrected, in order that
the children will not miss school on
account of personal illness, another
outstanding cause for failure in
school work. All the necessary
text books, supplies and equip
ment are in readiness for the open
ing date. Buildings have been re-
paired and thoroughly cleaned.
The teaching staff, which undergo
es some changes the coming school
year will have among its members
seven new faces. Mr.. Herbert E.
Pearl of West Chester State
Teachers College, will have charge
of Physical Education. Miss A.
Jean Easton of Columbia Univers-
ity will have charge of the Music
Department. Miss Henrietta Skriv-
an of the University of Delaware,
will have charge of the Home Eco
nomics Department. Mr. Edward
H. McCabe will teach Junior So
cial Sciences (History, Civics, and
/ Geography. Miss Ruth G. Kauff-
man of Millersville State Normal
College will take one section of the
fourth grade. Miss Elizabeth Mar
ton of the University of Delaware
will take one section of the third
grade and Miss Helen Q. Foard of
the Illman Training School will
have charge of the Kindergarten.
Smyrna will be one Of the schools
in the State opening a public Kin
dergarten this year. By an act of
the General Assembly, approved on
April IA, 1881, $4,000 was made
available for Kindergartens for the
years 1931-33; this sum to be al
loted to the various school units
thruout the State. The rules and
regulations require children to be
four years eight months of age to
be enrolled in the Kindergarten. In
order to receive the appropriation
Of $50 per pupil from the State, q
child must attend at least 40 days
in each semester. The pupils will
be divided into two sections. Sec
tion I will attend from nine to
eleven thirty in the forenoon, and
Section II from one to three-thirty
in the afternoon. The session are
to be 2 IL hours each. The ofic-
ers and teachers staff for the
school year 1882 officially COM
pleted is as follows:
C. w. w. Schantz, A. B.. A. NJ.
Superintendent
Miss Margaret L. Slaughter.
Secretary to Superintendent
SPECIAL TEACHERS
George w. Wright. B. c. S. . Commercial
Frank H. Hynson, B. NJ. E.. B. E. E..
Industrial Arts
Herbert E. Pearl. B. s.. Physical Education
A. Jean Easton. B. S............ Music
Helen D. Wright. B. S. .......... Art
Henrietta Skrivan. B. s., Home Economics
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Fannie B. Shorter. A. B..
TheIma NJ. Rogers. B. S. ........ Science
Senior Social Science
Dorothy A. Knots. ABB. Latin and French
Vola NJ vogel, A. B.. High School Math.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
--''''' Junior High English
Helen P. Start. Normal Certificate;
junior f1tkn hdlH.
Edward H. McCabe, A. B.,
Junior Social Science
ELEMENTARY
Bessie c. Matthews. 1st grade certificate.
Sixth Grade. Sec.
Doris T. Smith, End grade certificate,
Sixth Grade, Sec.
Carolyn Van Pelt, 1st Grade certificate.
Fifth Grade. Sec.
Elizabeth T. Pryor, 1st grade certificate.
Fifth Grade. Sec. .
Helen E. Scout, LIST grade certificate,
Fourth Grade, Sec.
Ruth G. Kaufman. 1st grade certificate,
Fourth Grade, Sec. ?
Mildred S. Burchard, lst grade certificate,
Third Grade, Sec. l
Elizabeth Martin. 1st grade certificate.
Third Grade. Sec. ?
Lulu V. Robinson. 1st grade certificate.
Second Grade
Julia w. Griffith. 1st grade certificate,
First Grade. Sec. l
Caroline E. Stats, 1st grade certificate,
First Grade. Sec. 2
Helen C. Foard. 1st grade elementary.
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