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Show • MIDVALE JOURNAL AND MURRAY EAGLE Jordan School District Is In Fine Condition - Report Superintendent's Annual Report (Continued from Last Issue) Retentions Out of the total of -14!17 enrollme;nt > in the elementary schools there was a total of 164 retentions. It is interesting to note the causes assigned by teachers and principals for these ra.tentions. rrhey are as follows: lnabili~ to do the work . ..- ......_. GO Irregularity in atte;ndance .. ... 46 Sickness or physical weakness ...... 17 Indifference and carelessness ---.. ··· 14 Retarded ·-·· ...... --· . ····-·- .. ·-·-·- 11> Immaturity _ ........ - .. -- - ............._._ ,.... 6 Subnormal ........................... _ .. - --··· ···--·-··- · 5 Lack of knowledge of English ...... 5 No reason assigned ···- ................. 11 " Total ....... _·..... -·- .. --· ---............. 164 It _will be noted that these causes may overlap, e ..g., i,nability to do the work may be 'due to several of the oth ~r causes assigned, such as immaturity, lack of knowledge of English, sick ness or physical ailments. When any of these were.manifestly present, it is fnir to assume that they were assign- l I = .. = ------------------------------------------------= .. =>0~ 10 =~~K::>O~K::>OK::>O~ toc:=>tO< •!• •!• •• I·: •!• •!• •!• ·~ •!• •!• ... :t + + + + + + -t• ••• • J. •!• •!• .:+!••••. ·~ + + + + -t• •!• -!:• •!• •!• •!• ·~ ·~ ..:t+ ••• J. ·~ ·~ + + •lo :t:+ + i+ + + + :t+ *+ •!• - + + Prices are lower, delivery is prompt, the coal you select is stored in your bin--and .all wolTy is over for the year when you buy your coal now. More and more users are . every year learning of the advantages-not to mention actual savings-by having their winter's supply of coal put in during early summer. :+ + + -t• + + + ·~ •!+ ••• + ·~ + •!• + +:• •!• •!• •!• ·~ ·:· ·!~ •Z. + •!• •!• ~~----------------------------------------------------- + + TELEPHONE YOUR ORDER TODAY Midvale 212 ~ the cases handled: Our Janitorial service, with one or that not one cent of the funds he han• ToW cases handled ·---·-................ __ 600 two exceptions, has bee,n usually good. tiled ever to his knowledge went as• Court cases .............--..... ----· - ·------· 50 This again is due largely to perma- tray. Honesty, i;ntegrity and devoStealing ·----- -·---··--·-· ·-·-·---- 12 nency in tenure. Since we have been tion to duty were characteristics so Immorality ..... __ .. ..-·-·--·-·--·.. ··- 3 rating our janitors as we do teachers, pronounced in his character, that when 12 and recognizing merit in advance in one thinks of the man, one inevitably Truancy -.. -----·····-······---·-·-··- _ 3 salary, they have taken pride in plac- thinks in terms of these qualities. In Drunkenness ....... --·-·----·-·-·-- ·-Of the pupils required to come to ing their wo1·k on the highest plane Mr. Thompso,n's passing, the Board school there was a.n increase in the possible. Securing a good rating has lost a valued and trustworthy servant. number of those adjusting and doing made them feel more secure in their Miss Nelson has shown unusual abil· good work. rW e had 18 pupils th• positions anti has, therefore, te.n ded ity in taking up the work where Mr. came in for ~nly part time work who to more permanency and higher effi- Thompson left off. stayed to thP finish and have volun- ciency. In conclusion, may I suggest again Several extE>nsion courses in adult tarily stated that they intend to gradthat the past year has brought most uate. We had one high school grad- education have be€n conductetl.in the uate thjs year who three years ago district throughout the year, fo:;tered satisfying returns for all the efforts was one of our most stubborn rase!. . and supported by State a.nd Federal put forth i.n behalf of our schools. The idea that a pupil who is forced agencies. These cours s have proved They are in the most prosperous coninto school .never makes a good stu- of real value, wherever given, in arou dition in their history. This condident ;~ wrong. There is still a high sing interest among patrons in social, tion is due largely to the wise and percentage of nonadjusted cases but economic, civic, industrial anti educa- prog! essive policies adopted by the the 1numbers are decreasing and with tional problems of thf' day. Board of Education. While individual a little more fore-thought on the part Parent-Teacher as,;ociatio.n s have board members may differ in their of officer and teacher this condition been active in all communities of the views and may freely express these can be overcome. district. Their attitude has invaria- differenc_,.s of opinion i,n arriving at Teachers Principals and Supervisors bly been constructive and ~ooperative conclusions when Board action has One hundred seventy-eight teachers and has added a sense of so1idarity once been taken, there has been no de· principals and supervisors were em- and unity which has given our teach- fection from their ranks-they have ployed in the district during the past ers the finest ki,nd of moral support. l!tood by Board action as a unit. Such year. Only thirty-four of these, or In many schools these organizations allegiance, such team-w k cannot fail about 19 per cent were new in the have installed playground apparatus to bring results. I congratulate the district. We have had as high as a and other equipment which have con- board members upon your broadmind56 per cent turnover in previous years. tributed ' materially to the value of the ec!ness, your business ability, your It is still too heavy for the good of school plant. We appreciate .most willing:ness to spend time out of all the system, but it is far more satis- keenly the support these organiza- proportion to the meagre salary you factory tha:n it has been. It takes tions have give;n the schools. and we draw for your services, and especially time for a teacher to adjust to new solicit their continued cooperation and do I thank you for the wholehearted " ' and undivided support you have given conditions and standards of require- go d win. ment, and the first year in a system It is with a feeling of deep sorrow m , without which I soould have faled From my experience of the last year is never the teacher's best. Perma- and a sense of great lo that I refer len far short of the goal we have it is my opinion that a great majority nency makes for efficiency. Fo~ the here to the pas ing away of our trust- reached. of the cases of school-delinquency are fourth year in succession one hu;ndl'W ed friend and co-worker, Mr. ThompRespectfully submitted traceable directly to the teachers of per cent of our principal's accepted son, who was the oldest employee of D. C. Jensen, the school and the particular curricu- reappomtment-a record which is cer- the Board, having been with the disSuperintendent. lum imposed upon the children; that tainly unusual to say the least, and a trict from the time of its organization 1s, the nece ..;sity of taking subjects i situation which is doing much to sta- July 1, 1905. During the 22 years of Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and Rudy which the children have ;not been lead bilize and strengthen our system. As ser'!'ite there passed through Mr. Robertson of Midvale and Mrs. Alma Sr., were guests of Mr. and to see any value. is the pri.n cipal so Is his school. Thompson's ~nds millions of dollars Wheadon, Ro~tso.n and Mrs. Mary Levi Mrs. Next in importance to the teacher The professional standing of teach- of public funds, and it is safe to ~ay Maynard on Tuesday. and the curriculum, in school delin- ers and principals has been greatly quency is the organization and spir~ improved since the scholarship reof the homes, followed by the commu- quirements were increased. All exnity or social influence. cept seven of our teachers have now • myself express me In co;nclusion, let reached the standard set three years as having been ve~y happy in my ago, and all but two or three. of these Continuous Classes in Sewing and Art work, and having profited tremendous- will have met the standard before the Offered at the ALICE GRACE SHOPPE ly by it. My desire is to give the opem;ng of ' school next September. <'hi!dren of this district my very best Of the total of 178 teachers, principals Man M BUILDING, DRAPER, UTAH servicP. and Supervisors employed during the Tuition very reasonable. Come and see what we have Yours sincerely, year, 122 or 70 per cent, earned .addito offer. T;1ursday and Friday afternoons . D. A. Wootton. tional college credits either by attending summer school, extension classes, ' The nature of the attendance work or by taking correspondence work. is changing i;n the district. A few Our teachers are, therefore, students ~ years ago the antagonism of the par· ~ts well as teachers, a;nd the student ent was one of the serious problems attitude of_ mind adds marvelously to the officer had to contend with. Dur- their teaching efficiency. ing the past year this has almost enThe resolution recently passed by tirely ~een supplanted by a spirit of the Board requiring Jr. High certificooperation on the part of the parent. cation of all seventh, eighth and ninth I.n fact this new attitude is such that grade teachers after the year 1928-29 we have hacl call~ for help in dealing ts a forward looking movement which with children over 18 years of age. will do much to put our Jr. High I feel t!lat this condition is one of the schools on a higher plane of achievebest proofs of the necessity of the me,nt. work. Our supervisors have maintained a Below is given a brief summary of very high standard of work throughout the district in their various lines. Latest Styles, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed They have been constantly; "on the "A Chance t. Fit You is All We Ask" job" as1dsting the weak, encouraging the strong, checking results, and u.nifying the work of the district. The fine cooperation of supervisors, principals and teachers has; made possible PHOXE MIDVALE 117-W ~4 WEST CENTER STREET the high grade of worlc achieved thruMIDVALE, UTAH out the school system. Each of our P. S. -Celebrate the 4th of July in Midvale with a new suit supervisors has very definite objectives in view. They can,not take a group of teachers and reach these objectives in one year. The process of learning Is a gradual growth. We be• gin in the first grade to reason out for skills and attainments which arA brought to fruition perhaps in the 12th grade. This illustrates the tmportance of a consistent program from the first to the twelfth grade, and of permanency in our teaching corps and especially in our supervising staff who til do so much to correlate the work from grade to grade and who have tha entire course of trai;ning from beginning to end in view. Here again, permanency of tenure has been a decided advantage to the district in being able to carry out well-planned polides ' for several years in su6!cession. 100 per ce:nt of our teachers were again • members of the J. T. A., the U. E. A. and the N. E. A. which show5 a commendable professional attitude. Miscellaneous Topics It will be inadvisable to go into detail In the discussion of many phases of our school system which really merit such treatment. Our health work is Improving In efficiency every year, and patro;ns have now a con-. structive and wholesome attitude toward it. More home calls, health talks, and follow-up work in getting physical defects corrected is b~ing done. The cooperation rendered by the county health department under the direction of Dl'. Paul hu helped systematize our work and put It o;n a higher service plane. Jordan District probably has the best transportation system in the 1 state. It has done more to equalize opportunities of education than any other one thing. Most of the students e. g., who atte,nd the Jordan High from the valley towns have shorter distances to walk than the Sandy students who live beyond main street. Surely this is approaching the conditiQn of equal opportunities for all. each has carrit=tl a modest teaching loaJ as well. Brief reports submitted by the attendance officers follow: Bi.ngham, Utah, May 20, 1927 Supt. D. C. Jensen: Dear Sir: The following is a brief summary of my work for the past year: No. of visit~ · to homes of patrons 542 No. of attendance cases referred Pd as the cause, and when no more to Juvenile Court _ .. - ---- - -· - 7 t . speci fi r or d e fi mte cause was apparen -... o f cour t cases oth er th an "~o. .. the,n "Inab1hty to do the work" as as8 attendance ·-................ - -····-·--·--....... ...:;. 1 . Cases of theft investigated .and . 3Jgned. 5 ···-·-----.. ----·-·····-···-The interesting feature of th1~ stu- · solvecl dy is that, where~s a few _years ago Other problem c'a ses handled ----· 12 · 1 . my specta ''Poor Attendance was assigned ash a , N o. of s t u d E)n t s m rause for abo~t 95 per cenl t 2o8f t e 1 cla~ses ... . ............ -- ·-·- .. . ·····- -·· 42 h . per N cases of retentwns. now on Y o. of cours<:s taug t ...... ··--·-· .. 14 f It v·1;;1•ts t o h orne of pat ro:ns range d , m· rom cent of the cases seem to resu ht · t tl t f h · . . spece1g 1a ac e thiS Ca use T tJme from a few mmutes to (J or 7 · • ific causes are now assigned seems to hours. These visits involved a variestut!y1.ng are indicate that our teachers ty of f~tctors, uch as physical welfare these individual cases far more closPof children, economic status of family than they did when only two or ly, health of family, friction between teachers and parents, friction bethree causes were assigned. Probably no employees in the dis- tween children and teachers, friction trict have put in more hours per day, among children, moral conditions of or have manifested more zeal for the children and parents-one case where welfare of the children of the district, mother of children lived illegally with and especially for those who are un- a man not related to children-this fortunately situated, than have our at- case affected the welfare of the childte;ndance officers. The effects of their ren's education. Some of the visits efforts are manifest in the foregoing or rather series of visits resulted in tables and · reports resulting in in- complete reorganization of homes, to creased efficiency out of all propor- the atlva.ntage of the children. Cases were referred to the Juvenile tion to the actual cost of this work. 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