The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-29
Juneau Public Schools 10
 Open Next Tuesday, Sept. 4;
 Many New Teathers on Staff

 Text books are furnished free to
 all pupils as in the past but each pupils is required to make a deposit
 of $1.50 for the use of the text. This is returned at the end of the year if
 and when all books are properly re-
 turned. The deposit must be paid at
 the time of enrolment as no texts : are issued until the deposit is paid
 Tn addition to the book deposit all : pupils taking Physics or Chemistry
 must deposit a $l laboratory fee to cover the cost of breakage. This will
 also be returned to pupils at the end of the year if and when all laboratory
 materials used by the students are properly cleaned and turned in at ithat time. All materials actually con- isumed by the pupil except such
 items as paste, ink, art paper, plas-
 tic clay, cutting paper, etcD must be purchased by the pupils. These
 may be purchased at any of several local stores.
 School Calendar The school calendar for the year
 1945-1946 is as follows:
 Sept. 4.-School opens.
 Oct. 12-End of first six weeks per-
 iod
 Oct 18-Alaska Day - Holiday. Nov. 1-2-Quarter Examinations.
 Nov. 2-End of first quarter.
 Nov 7-Report cards.
 Nov. 21-End of second 6-weeks per
 lod.
 Nov 22-23 (?)-Thanksgiving Holi-
 days.
 IDec. 2l-Close school, 3 p. m. ; Dec. 21-Jan. 2-Christmas Holi- days.
 }, Jan. 10-11-Semcster Examinations. Jan. 11-End of first semester. Jan. 14-Registration for the second ; semester.
 : Jan. 16-Report cards. Feb. 22-Holiday. Feb. 21-End of the fourth 6-weeks period.
 March 14-15-Examinatio March 15-End of third quarter , March 20-Report cards.
 April 5-End of fifth 6-weeks per- } iod
 April 26-May Fete. . May 13-14-15-Senior Examinations,
 turn in books. May 16-17-All other Examinations. : May 9-Baccalaureate Sunday. l May o-Examinations continued; 1; turn in books. , May 21-Refunds. May 22-Report Cards-Commence- ment.
 Teachers New To Juneau :, Miss Arlene Walker is coming to !. Juneau to fill the vacancy created
 by the leave of absence for year of Miss Marjorie Tillotson. Miss Walker graduated from St. Cloud Teachers College in Minnesota with :. a B. E. degree and major in math-
 ematics. Her home is Pipestone,
 Minnesota, and she has done all of
 her teaching in that state. For the
 past year she has been working for the Signal Corps in Washington, ID. c.
 Miss Ruth Cronkite is a graduate of the San Joe State Teachers Col
 lege in California and has an A. B. degree She will teach in the pri-
 mary grades here in Juneau as she has done during the past five years in Alameda and Atwater, California. Her home town is Alameda, Califor- : nie. Miss Cronkite, inaddition to her teaching ability, is also licensed airplane pilot. ? Band Leader Mrs. Winnifred Mcdonnell will be : the band leader and will also give } instruction on various band instru- ? ments. She will probably have one r study hall in the high school and will
 conduct the glee club work also She
 attended St. Olaf College in North l field, Minnesota, for two years and : graduated from the University of : Minnesota with a B. S. degree and l major in music Her home is in sq Hebron, North Dakota, and she has |. been teaching band, orchestra, and choral work at Kindred, North Da- 5 kota. Mrs. Mcdonnell is the wife of a service man now stationed in the ;. Signal Corps in Juneau and is the mother of a three year old child. r Commercial Work II Miss Helyn Hoskins will teach the commercial work in Juneau High ! School She is a graduate of the , University of oregon with a B. A. de- ? gree and also graduate of Behnke Walker Business College. She has : done summer work at U.S.C., U. l of Oregon, and Northwestern Uni ? versity. She has been teaching con- mercial work at Milton Freewater
 Oregon. For the past two years
 she has been office supervisor for g the American Red Cross stationed 9 at the General Hospital, Mather : Field, Sacramento California. Her e home town is Eugene, Oregon. y Miss Marian Kniffen will teach 0 the Kindergarten this coming year : She is graduate of Miss Woods e Kindergarten School in Minneapolis s She has been teaching kindergarten