Evening star., 1932-01-10
Parent-Teacher Activities

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garments made by some Of the mothers.
Miss Anna D. HaTberg OF Wilson
Teachers College spoke on The Wise
Use Of Leisure In the Home"
The Gage association will meet jan
uary II at pm. Henry Gillgan, mem
Der of the Board of Education, will be
the guest speaker.
John Quincy Adams.
The John Quincy Adams Association
will meet Monday at 3 pm. DR.. LIE
Roy E. Cowles, dean OF the College Of
the University Of Utah, will speak on
Problems Of the Teens"
There will be an exhibition by the
Stamp Club. The executive meeting
was held Tuesday at l pm.
The Glee Club, under supervision Of
Miss Clara Stack, entertained at the
Louisa Home December 81. Those tax
ing part in the program were Francis
and Frenetta Fox, Joan Kaufman, Nose
Pomerantz, Ellen Lavender, Helen Mil
Ter, Jean Guy, Louise Goldblatt, Eleanor
Burdette, Linda Plunrner, Ruth Var
ney, Sonia Haddad, Betty Allen, Evelyn
Bid and Betty Cleavenger.
Maj and Mrs. Leon Fox and Mrs. D.
Rus represented the association Wednes-
day afternoon, when members Of the
Stamp Club held an exhibition at the
Tenley-Janney School The following
comprise the club: John Cornwell.
Sam Valla, Luis Rivera. Nancy Malloy,
Mary Bass and Jan Rus.
Bowen Greenleaf.
The Bowen -Greenleaf Association
will meet January IA at 8 o'clock in
the Bowen School.
| There will be an executive meeting
January IL at 8 O'Clock in the Bowen
School
johnson.
An executive meeting was held jan
uary 4. The monthly meeting OF the
johnson Association will be held jan
uary II at 8 pm.
Edmonds- -Maury.
The Executive Board of the Ed
monds-Maury Association met at Ed
Grumback resigned as chairman of the
Child Welfare Magazine. Mrs. Dunn
will serve as chairman until a new one
can be appointed.
The association will meet at Maury
School Monday at 7:45 pm. DR.. Paul
j. Ewerhardt will speak on "The
Handicapped Child" The Study Club
will be resumed this Wednesday.
The Edmonds- -Maury Association has
taken the week of January 25 to assist
at the Juvenile Court.
Three members of this association
received certificates for attending the
all-day session of the Parent-Teacher
Institute held recently in the Depart
ment of the Interior.
The association gave a Christmas
party to the kindergartens of the Ed
monds and Maury Schools and also
contributed toward the party which
was sponsored by the State Congress
for the Receiving Home for Children.
Stuart Junior High.
Mrs. Victor ]. GauZza, president, re-
ported at the last meeting on the work
accomplished during the first half OF
| the 1882 school term. Mrs. DOM
dera. chairman of the Christmas well
fare Committee, reported large num-
Der of Christmas packages distributed
and check sent to the receiving home.
Mrs. Mildred Terrett, secretary OF the
Juvenile Protective Club, gave short
talk Prof. Charles Schwartz SPOKE on
1.-THE Parent, the Teacher and the
School"
Mrs. Charles Dunn and her commit
| tee have arranged banquet for the
members of the Stuart soccer team.
which tied for the city championship.
The banquet will be given at the school
January IS. On January ID the p :si-
dent and a committee will take few
members of the various classes to the
receiving home 10 entertain the chill
dren detained at the home
wheatley.
Back to School" day was held Tues
day preceding the regular meeting,
when many parents sat In their chill
dren's classes and learned of Modern
| Methods in Education" The Grade
Mother Plan" under the supervision
of Mrs. Alice Manning, president, and
Mrs. Nina Russell, vice president,
whereby every parent met each childs
teacher, was successful. The Girl
Scout troop, under the supervision of
the leader, Miss S. Mellichampe,
teachers, ushered the parents to the
school auditorium where questions were
answered by Miss Florence Mortimer,
principal.
The association voted to indorse the
Capper bill restricting the sale OF
firearms.
Mrs. Nina Russell and Miss E.
Gieger, teachers, spoke on the Parent
taking at George Washington Univer-
sity. Walter G. Jones, State chairman,
spoke on Benefits Of the National
Congress Publications to Local Asso-
Citations"
Mrs. B. Wan Driesen accompanied
the Glee Club which furnished enter
tainment. Mrs. Lichtman's class won
the attendance reward.
Ninety children took the Schick test
Esridau morning
The study group met Thursday with
the leader, Miss Margaret Grubb,
kindergarten teacher.
Kingsman- Pierce.
The Kingsman-Pierce Association Is
making an effort to draw parents and
teachers closer together, with a view to
discussing mutual problems. To this
end the association abandoned its reg
ular monthly meeting for December and
decided that in its stead each room
should have meeting with its parents.
Every class planned Christmas pro-
gram for an afternoon and invited its
parents to attend and remain after
school to ask questions of the teacher
or discuss problems concerning their
children with her. In some cases the
teacher conducted an informal group
meeting with the parents on subjects
of interest to both. Some discussed po-
etry, while others talked about chill
dren's recreatory reading. Miss Her.
ron's fifth grade gave particularly in
teresting Christmas cantata.
Raymond.
The Executive Board Of the Raymond
Association will meet at 7:30 pm, Mon
day. The regular meeting will be held
at pm, at which time celebration
will be held in honor Of Mrs. l.. z. Bal
lenger, who has been administrative
principal at Raymond for one year.
Mrs. j. N. Saunders, president of the
District of Columbia Congress Of Par
ents and Teachers, will speak on "Co-
operation Between Parents and Teach