Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-09-19
CHOOLENROLLMENT
HERE IS BIGGEST IN
Schools HISTORY
Two Divisions of Classes Is
Necessary Due To Heavy
Enrolment

The Plentywood high school has
reached the highest enrolment in it's
history, Supt. w. E. Stegner an
nounced Wednesday. The initial en-
rollment for this year is PIT students
as compared with a total OF 206 STU
dents for the year of 1934-35. The
school had an enrolment of 200 stu
dents last year for which an appor-
tionment was based on an attendance
OF forty days or more. 1t is expected
that the net enrolment will be
considerably larger this year.
To date there have been as seniors,
43 junior, "a sophomores and IS
freshmen enrolled. Mr.. Stegner said.
The enrolment Of the three upper
classes has held up remarkably well,
each class having almost exactly the
same enrolment this fall as it fin
ished with last spring. With a fresh
man enrolment Of so or more again
next year we a well expect a to-
tai high school student body Of 225 or
80 members. Ten additional lockers
have been ordered and more will I'm.
doubtedly be needed.
Due to the increasing enrolment
in the lower years of high school, ii
has become Necessary to have two di
visions Of many classes and in a
few instances three divisions have
been made. The great majority Of
classes are heavily enrolled. Com
mercial, Home Economics, Science
and Social Science classes have at
tracted capacity groups, while the re
Quired courses are well filled. The
Sophomore English and Geometr.
classes are all over thirty in size.
The extra-curricular program o
the high school will be launched mex
week. So far only football, band ant
glee club work has been started. A
carefully planned program will b.
submitted to the students and eacl
will be encouraged to participate il
some type of activity in which he |.
interested, Mr.. Stegner said. 1t is al
so planned TO develop a we'll rounded
program for the Elementary grades
so that pupils may have better oppor
tunity to develop certain social abil
tiles that a be better taught indi
rectly through clubs ard at leas
partly directed pupil groups. Sucl
work will he supervised but an efOr
will be made to make this type 0
work as nearly pupil directed as pos
sible.
The enrolment in the Elementar
grades of the Plentywood schools i
but three less than for the complet.
school year of 1934-35. The presen
enrolment is 242 as compared wit
a total of 245 last year. The first
! fifth and eighth grades are the lai
ger ones, the others running abou
the same. There are 35 first grader
this year as compared with % las
year. The enrolment Of the othe
grades are as follows; second grad
%; third grade, 81; fourth grade, 80
fifth grade, SO; sixth grade, 81; seN
enth grade, 81; eighth grade, SO. ]
is expected that approximately tie
additional pupils will enroll durin
the next few weeks. A number hav
been i'll and have not yet sufficient
recovered to start school.
Throughout the school program
an effort will be made to enrich tn
regular courses taught, with wortl
while supplementary material d,
signed to give our boys and girls
better knowledge of the world |
which they are now living and c
the prospective changes that the
will come in contact with as the
leave school," Supt. Stegner statet
"In some of the courses in the hig
school, special units of work will b
introduced with the above objective
definitly in view. However, the star
dard courses as they have bee
taught will be enriched wherever a
opportunity presents itself. A decit
ed effort will be made throughout tn
school to adapt the work to actus
life situations. Recognition of the II
pidly changing conditions In the I'm
ted States an endeavor to teach on
boys and girls to better meet thes
changing conditions will be the poin
of major emphasis for the entir
! school year"