The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-13
Academic Course Offered At
Forest Hill Correctional School

In last weeks instaIlment q dis
eussion on the academic work con-
Quoted at Forest Hill was told rel
alive to work done in grades five
and six. This weeks installment
will continue the discussion on AGA
|demic work telling Of grades nine,
ten and the Bible class.
Grade Nine - Matte Carolyn
Smith
We'll, kids, I guess that we have
made history for ourselves. Can
you beat it? The ninth grade is
the smallest class at Forest Hill.
Can you guess how many members
there are in that class? Well,
won't have you guessing too long.
There are only two of US trying
to hold the banner for ninth grade.
The subjects taught in this class
are shorthand, tipping. business
English, business mathematics,
and history. At first We thought il
impossible to get shorthand, but
now it is one of our favorite SUBJ
jects.
I'VE shall have two more sub
iects added to our schedule when
the Home Economics teacher ar
rives. They will be home economics
and science. VIII We be glad to
make use of our beautiful home
economics classroom with its mod.
ern facilities? There are six ma
chimes, electric stoves, sinks, and
refrigerators-all the modern equip
ment needed for an up-to-date
course.
Glasses are conducted every
day at Is minute intervals. We are
trying to make the honor roll this
month and it really takes q LOT
of study"
Tenth Grade - Gloria Norris
"Well, here is the news of the
tenth grade class. We have been
having quite a time with our clas-
ses for the past two months. One
of our hardest subjects is short.
hand. It isn't too bad now that
we've learned the alphabet, but
you can imagine how difficult !,
was before that time.
"Some of our other subjects are
history, math, English and tipping.
In history We are studying about
the Roman Empire. We have learn.
ed that Rome was burned and that
the Christians were accused of set.
ting the fire. We have also learned
about the Greeks and what con.
tributions they made to civiliza-
ton.
"The tipping class is one of the
most interesting. We have a group
of girls who can type from 20 to
Is words per minute. They prac.
tice each day in order to gain more
speed. Our instructor bought us
some competent typists' tests in
order to compete In the awards
when we are able to type at least
thirty words per minute.
There are six girls in the tenth
grade. We work faithfully together
to keep abreast of the ninth
grade. We even try to make bet.
ter grades and try to keep a Ger.
tain distance ahead of them in our
work; however, it is really hard
to do"
Bible - Bettye Ann Foster
1--WE are now studying 36 Of the
66 books of the Bible. There are
three girls who know all thiry.six
of them and have almost learned
the entire number. Each morning
the Bible class has an interesting
lesson.
Every Sunday we have church
in the auditorium. Sunday school
is conducted in the morning. Dur
ing this time Bible discussions are
held.
The Salvation Army came out to
visit us and give a very inspiring
program.
Our theme is: "All who have
gone astray, we try to turn to the
Lord"
In next weeks installment a dis
cussion Of the academic work will
be- continued.