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Show Visiting Teacher Helps Sick Child With School Work When boys and girls are sick and unable to attend school, there is no reason for them getting behind be-hind in their lessons, providing parents and teachers cooperate. In Springville, Mrs. Jessie Whitney, Whit-ney, visiting teacher, puts in several hours daily going from home to home, where children are confined. She first goes to the child's teacher and gets the assignment as-signment 'or determines what the class is studying and then takes the lessons to the boy or girl. Approximately an hour is spent with each child, according to his condition. During the time he discusses his lessons with the teacher tea-cher and she makes an assignment assign-ment for the next day. The teacher makes the visit only to children who are able to receive visitors. Where the child has a contageous disease or if he should be too sick or there is a condition where he cannot take school work the teacher does not make regular visits. Children in junior high school as well as the elementary grades have received assistance. When children are confined to their home for any length of time due to illness, the parents should notify the teacher or the principal. Also the parent must secure a statement verbally or written from the child's physician physic-ian stating that he is able to take school work. Then the prin-(Continued prin-(Continued on Page Two) Visiting Teacher Helps Sick Child (Continued from Page One) cipal or teacher will notify Mrs. Whitney and she will begin her special instruction. In some cases, children have been ill for some time and parents have failed to notify their teacher of the illness. In such cases the child does not get the special school lessons. As a result when he goes back to school he is behind be-hind in the work. For the special instruction from Mrs. Whitney, there is no charge and in all cases where she has given the class work, the child maintains his standing in his grade. |