The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN ON
SEPTEMBER 2

When YOU hear the next musical
nOre il will be school time-1utSday,
September > at l pm. The ola >cnOOl
bell is now silent Today. radios. cleo
trio clocks. signal bells ana chimes
make us keenly conscious OF TIME III
modern world. The modern SchOOI useS
these aS signals and ut their can me
children come back 10 school JoyouSly
and eager for the adventures OF schoOl
life. The WyandOtte public schools Wei
come your children back 10 new year
of educational opportunity next Tues
day.
Parents. too. are getting ready 10
start the Youngest in kindergarten. Ed
nc. tiOnal standards have s't the mini
mum age when he can begin. Inc re-
cent state law makes this 4 y years
Leading teachers recommend = To J12
Children succeed best III first grade
and thereafter if they enter HE 1lrSt
grade not earlier than six. Parents
have learned thN getting children
through school too young creates
probe IN. They are too young ana IN
| experienced To enter college and they
| may nor work in most occupations UNI
| til they are Is.
When you start your child III KIM
| dergarteM the mother Should come. get
| acquainted with the teacher and help
~ bridge the gap between home and
| school Here he will make new friends.
learn new ways of living and working
| with others and learn to be more self
reliant. But he will mis- The constant
L IN, no Iff
IL new lif, for him and he needs care
full sympathetic attention by home and
| school.
Children who We're in school last
semester are already enrolled. Their
schedules in the grades. in Junior and
| in senior high schools. have been com
pleted These were made out for those
entering the high schools after meet
ingS with parents and careful study
| by the students.
New students have been enrolled in
senior high school all during The sum
| mtr and enrolment will continue this
week. The number of new students
| shows Il considerable increase already
| and many more are expected. Lockers
are being distributed this week. Stu
dents can avoid the final rush aud de-
lays by looking after this now before
school begins.
Junior high and grade principals
| will be in their offices Friday Of this
week 10 enroll new students.
Many repairs and changes have been
| effected in the schools during the SUM
mer. The exteriOrS of the Labadie and
Lincoln schools have been repainted
The gymnasium at the Iabadie has
been entirely refiniShed with new cell
| ing. new walls, new floor. and lighting
fixtures. New hghting fixtures are also
being installed in the old part of the
| Woodruff and in the Iabadie schools.
| where large rooms We're inadeUua tely
| designed with but one fixture in the
| center. The driveway III the back of
| the Roosevelt has a new curb and sur
| FACING. New cement areas have been
| inSta He'd with racks for scores of bi
cycles which students use for tr:lnsIlOr-
tatiOn. The athletic and play fields
have new brick fences extending en-
tirely around them A new public ad-
dress system will announce the pro
greSS Of games. The Labadie has a
newly finished addition TO the play
field.
Back Of the Roosevelt, three tenn
pOrary buildings have been moved from
other schools and united to form large
shops for machine. electric, sheet me-
tai, and auto mechanic courses. This
will make possible the handling of q
larger number OF students in this type
of work and provide fuller accommo-
datiOns for national defense classes.
Hundreds of boys are engaged i'm
shop courses daily at the Labadie. Lin
coin and Roosevelt schools. trained BY
competent teachers in the latest meth
DDS OF this work. Wood shop including
/ cabinet work, turning. and hobby pro-
! JectS are open 10 every boy with the
ma xhmum freedom of choice i'm the sci
ectl0n and conduct vi his project.
welding Is also offered with the latest
machinery for teaching this work.
Accompanying shop work are extern
Slve COURSES in mechanical drawing in
both Junior and senior high schools.
Students completing this training have
found ready employment in industry
ana cOhege cOureS have been easy t.
pursue after completing their high
school work
/ The commercial department is filled
to Overlooking. The placement bureau
Is unable to supply all the demands
for help in this field More extended
courses are being offered i'm business
machines beginning this fall.
College prepa ratOry courses are be
ing offered on the same high level Oh
efficiency. Roosevelt students en- thu
University Of Michigan during the mast
ten years have one of the thee high
est average records of success in rhe
state. Most OF uhe teachers have tbe
Masters degree and many have con
siderable training in excess of this.
The general course offers v;A,, 10.
ec'lon OF courses for the student who
does not intend to enter college.