Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29
ENROLMENT WILL
Be ON INCREASE IS
PRESENT ESTIMATE
Several Schools Will Delay
Opening Until Harvest
More Advanced
in County

Sheridan county's 2,100 students
prepared this week for school open
ing, which will be general in the
county mex Monday.
1t is estimated that over 700 stud
ents will be enrolled in the county's
eight high schools. while well over
1900 students will be enrolled In ru-
raj and town grade schools.
brentwood schools will open
Wednesday morning, Sept. 4, as an
nounced in the last issue of The
Herald.
The elementary and high schools
at Medicine Lake will begin with
registration, Monday, Sept. 2. Indi-
cations point to the usual heavy en-
rollment in all grades of the Medi-
cine Lake schools, Supt. A. L. Ked
lie has announced. Wednesday, Sept.
4, actual class work will begin. An
all-time bus will be run from Re-
serve carrying students to and from
their homes to the Lake institution.
The Comertown schools, which
were to open next Tuesday, will not
open until Monday, Sept. 8 The OPP
ening has been postponed a week to
enable pupils to help out through
harvesting.
Westby's schools will also open
Sept. 8. A report from there this
week indicated that an unusually
large enrolment was expected in the
high school there this year in view
Of the fact that so pupils registered
for high school work last Saturday
evening.
The Redstone schools will official
ly open Monday according to al an
nounceanent revealed this week.
Students at rural schools in the
county will dig into their books
Tuesday, the first official d9y of the
school year, County Superintendent
Olaf Aasheim has announced.
Outlook Schools
The Outlook public schools will OPP
en- Monday, Sept. 8, according to a
letter received from ]. B. Alexander,
superintendent, who will return this
week from western Montana points.
Supt. Alexander said that registra-
ton of high school students will take
place Monday morning of the open
ing day. Following registration the
program will be run through accord
ing to schedule.
The superintendent said that it
will be necessary for those entering
the freshman class to present their
eighth grade diplomas in orde to be
officially registered. There will be no
exceptions to this regulation.
The Outlook high school is not on
ly fully accredited by the state de-
partment but also has the distinc-
tion of being a member of the North
!, west Credit association, In honorary
organization for superior schools.
Fourteen solid courses will be Of
fered in the school this year, includ-
ing three laboratory sciences. Phys
les. biology, and general science;
two mathematic courses, three social
science courses, one commercial,
four courses in English and a foreign
language. No high school instructor
will be teaching outside Of their ma
jor or minor fields.
; The same extra-curricular program
will be maintained as last year, with
addition of the Girl Scout organiza-
ton under the direction Of Miss Es-
ther Jensen. The complete person
mel of the faculty is as follows:
GRADE SCHOOL - First grade,
Mrs 0. c.. Short; second and 3b.
I Mary Lou Sunderland; ga and
fourth, Esther Jensen; fifth and
sixth, Donald Steele; seventh and
eighth, 0. C. Short.
HIGH SCHOOL - Social science,
j. B Alexander; natural science and
mathematics, R. L. Rasmussen; Eng
fish and French, Elizabeth Davidson.
The indications are for a consid-
erably heavier enrolment in the
high school with the grades running
about the same as last year.
DooIey Schools
The Dooley schools will open Tues
day, September 8. The usual conf
plete four-year schedule will be Of
fered in the high school. Dooley is
fortunate in having secured as their
new principal. William w. Carver of
Missoula, who has taught in various
large systems including Great Falls,
and who holds a Masters Degree
from the University of Southern Cal
ifornia. Mr.. Carver will be in charge
OF English, journalism history, and
, the social sciences, and will also di-
rect dranatics. having had extensive
experience in this line in several
state organizations.
Additional high school work will
be conducted by Miss Margaret
Knight, also Of Missoula, who has
, specialized In mathematics, science,
and music, who will be in charge of
the school band, and other music ac-
~tivitles. Work in foreign language
and commercial subjects will also be
offered.
7 Harold Austin will return to be in
I charge Of the seventh and eighth
| grades. and OF athletics. Mr.. Austin
has been attending the University of
Montana this summer. where he has