| Show an address to patrons of the schools BV THE the establishing of a schools attendance of pupils text books etc to the patrona of the pub ie schools oi the schools of this city will open on tuesday morning september ard 3rd an we desire at this time to call yoni attention to a fe w important facts concerning teem we solicit your earnest operation cooperation co in making the coming school year a profitable one to iho pupils and satisfactory to the parents ya rents school boards and teachers can accomplish but little in the great cauca of education without the active aid and moral support of parents hence we desire to join forces with you in raising our school system to a standard of excellence that none shall surpass man SCHOOL at the of many parents and believing that such a department should ba and could be maintained in connection with our public school system the board of education has established a high school to be opened at the same time and run concurrent with the other grades all pupils who have completed our eighth grade course or a corresponding course are eligible to entrance into the high school and are invitto in vitta to pursue the the course the branches to be taught during the first year are as follows geography natural history hi atory civil govern ment physiology and hygiene bookkeeping algebra drawing and elocution the first six heina obligatory and the last four elective studies realizing the financial condition of the taxpayers and their inability to deec heaby burdens in the way of increased taxation the board has made no provisions for enlarging our school room capacity during the present year though they are well aware of the crying want for more room we shall be obliged to economize econom iza the beet ore can the room we now have it afi especially advisable therefore that pupils in the lower grades should eom mence their attendance with the opening of school as in all probability the schools will be very crowded during second and third terms and possibly the younger children will be obliged to discontinue during the winter months fhe importance of every child who expects to enter and complete a given grade daring the year commencing school the very first morning cannot be toa strongly urged parents who keep their children out of school for one two or three deelse after the opening of school not only do a grave injustice to heir own children but they also retard be progress of those who do commence en time A certificate of promotion to a given grade entitles the holder to ad mireion anio that grade at the beginning of the term and not after the class has moved up the course for a week or a month as the case may be and so pupils entering late in the term may be obliged to drop back into the next lower and repeat work which they have already done or wait until an other class starts at the point where they are entitled to enter AND punctuality educational progress pro aress in tu a consid erable extent commensurate with regu arity and punctuality in attendance fot this reason as well as to assist their children in acquiring the able habata of promptness and devotion to duty parents should insist that their children are regular and enact ual in attendance at school compulsory it is unnecessary to remind parents who have the welfare of their children at heart of the compulsory provisions of the school law it will suffice therefore to simply state that the school law requires the attend ance at some school health permitting ot all children between the age of eight and fourteen years for at least weeks of each year the board expects to enforce this requirement duri ing the coming year ENTRANCE AND promotions all pupils entering our schoola for the first time except in the first grade and thosa who expect to enter a higher crade than that which they were in last vear must present their of promotion oro motion or pass an entrance examine aaion admission to oar schools is free to all resident children between the ages of six and eighteen years and nine others however when room will permit choso residing hi the city temper rily and those over age will be admitted upon the payment of a tuition fee to the clerk of the board resident students of all will be admitted to the high school BOOKS following is a list of text books in uso in the district schoola echo ola with contract prices if a higher price Is asked do not pay it but repart the matter to bupt supt W 8 rawlings Raw linga new franklin primer and first reader 25 new franklin second readers 35 third readers 50 fourth readers 65 fifie readers 85 seaside and wayside no 1 25 2 35 a 50 4 60 our world no i 50 modern spelling book 25 harpers first arithmetic 35 harpers second A rith metio 65 studdards stoddards dards intellectual arithmetic 40 Apple tons algebra 1201 maxwelll maxwells Max wells introductory gramma 45 maxwelll maxwells Max wells advanced grammar 65 hydea first grammar 35 Apple tons elementary geography 60 Apple tons higher geography Ger graphy 1 35 Mont eitha physical geography copy books nos 1 8 10 michaels copy book nos 1 10 10 primary history 65 barncs brief history 1 10 smiths primer of physiology 35 smiths elementary physiology 60 hygienic physiology principles of philosophy macaba our government 75 doles american citizen 90 introduction to physical ical science Tal mapes domestic science 80 halmagee Tal magee first book of nature 50 gays business book keeping entry A 66 gava business bookkeeping single and double entry 1 40 drawing elementary 80 augsburge drawing simplified 1 03 masons new first music reader 25 masons new second music reader 40 masons new third music reader 40 new music 90 hildena Til dena common school bong reader 35 by order of the city board of education E A WILSON president 3 M clerk |
