The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-09-20
Teachers Write. Articles
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To be eligible for admission into
the Senior High School pupil Unjust
have completed the work Of the
Sank Centre Junior High School,
or some other accredited Junior
High School, or completed the work
of the first year Of four-year
High School, or present state High
School Board certificates in the
subjects required in the ninth
grade.
The requirements for graduation
are as follows:
1. A minimum of II credits.
2. Three credits in Social Sci
ence. Modern History, American
History, Social Problems.
8. Three credits in English.
4. Required courses in Physical
Education.
A pupil may pursue either an
Academic or Commercial course.
The Academic course requires a
total of g credits from Academic
subjects such as English, Social
Science, Natural Science Biology,
Physics, Chemistry Foreign Lam
guage, Mathematics, Geometry,
Higher Algebra). Other credits may
be selected from Commercial, Mu-s
sic, Industrial and Home Econom-
les courses. This course is a gem
eral course and with wise selection
students may prepare themselves
for further work along almost any
line. The Commercial course Is
planned for those who intend to en-
ter the field of business, and re-
quires credits in bookkeeping,
shorthand and tipping. This has
been a very popular course. Over
1-3 of the Seniors, " Of the Jun
iors, and II of the Is Post gradu-
yates are enrolled in this course.
This year it has been made posi-
BILE for Seniors who have not had
typing to take work for no credit
in order to learn the fundamentals
as it is very valuable to people in
all lines of endeavor. However,
many students are tempted to take
the whole Commercial course who
are not intending to enter that
field, and the school is attempting
to correct this situation.
The school day is divided into
Gone hour periods with classes
every period. These periods are
used for both recitation and sup
ervised study as suits each teacher
in her carrying out of the con-
tract system. This system, which
is being used throughout the school,
provides for the individual differ
ences of pupils by providing work
suitable to each pupil and on the
ability level to which he belongs
with this system and with the num-
Der of students in Senior High
School, every teacher is busy every
period in the day. Due to the fact
that the last period in the day is
used permanently for physical edu-
cation and Glee Club activities,
many students may use it for vari-
Gus activities as well as study
and teacher conference period.
Four subjects is the average
student load although permission
is granted to carry five providing
the student demonstrates his ability
to handle them during the first six
weeks period.
It is the desire of the faculty to
keep the parents informed of the
progress of students in their work,
so in addition to the regular re-
port cards, warnings are being sent
out when a student is failing to en-
list the aid of the parents. Any
student, however, who receives
grades below 80, Is on the danger
line even though not actually fail
ing.
Pupil guidance Is one of the most
important aspects of the school.
Proper educational, social, voca-
tional, and moral guidance is need
ed now more than ever before. This
is being facilitated now through
such mediums as intelligence and
aptitude tests, character ratings,
complete reading and language re-
cords, spring registration which
provides time for counseling, vo-
cation units in courses, etc. This
year the school will try, with the
cooperation of parents, to assist in
the social adjustment of outside
students rooming in town. Advisors,
with the school nurse as visiting
teacher, will contact these homes
and students with a view toward
the better adjustment of these
students in the community.
Besides. the regular curriculum,
the Senior High School offers var
led program of extra curricular ac-
tivities. These activities are more
and more being recognized as an
invaluable part of the school offer
ing in providing an opportunity for
the discovery and training Of spec
ial interest and aptitudes and in en-
HANGING the practicability of the
so called regular curriculum. Every
teacher has under her direction two
or three of these activities. In order
to interest every student in at least
one of these activities point sys-
tenn is used, whereby he may earn
points which when he receives a
certain number entities him to a
Sank Centre monogram. About 80
of these are presented each year.
Every activity is represented in this
point system in proportion to time
and effort required and work done.
It is possible only to list these &C
tivities here together with the num-
Der who usually engage in them:
Bows Glee Club-10-15.
Girls Glee Club-(f1rst and sec
ond) 40.