Show SCHOOL FOR HOME i A WORD TO PARENTS the school cannot hope to accomplish its mission without the hearty cooperation tf of the home the school ought to bo be of some assistance to the homo home in order to establish a closer union between the home and the school that each may assist the othor other in the accomplishment of its com plex problems and to come nearer the modern view ot of education viz that school is not a preparation for life but bilt that school life and that to live well moll purposely today is the safest guarantee that we will live well and efficiently tomorrow to morrow it has been decided to put the following system of giving school credit for home work to a test it cannot be ac accomplished cotil without the united efforts of parent and teacher we reel feel assured of the support of the parent please be prompt ind and accurate in sending bending report to teacher each monday coining mo ining keep this sheet on oil file for making out your report to teachers home work for which school credit is offered rain min rising batore 7 7 d without being called 5 building a fire 5 milking a cow 5 cleaning out a barn 10 getting in ili tuel fuel 5 turning cream separator 10 churning or making butter 10 currying and bru brushing shing horse 5 gathering eggs feeding the chickens j in olgs 77 feeding horse j 3 feeding cow 5 blacking clacking Clack ing stove 5 making and baking bread 60 making biscuits ir 10 preparing a meal for family 30 washing dishes 5 wiping dishes 5 watering flowers ta 5 sweeping floor 5 dusting furniture etc of 1 loom 10 scrubbing a floor 20 I 1 making beds each 5 starching washing ironing clothes worn avorn to school each week 90 bathing each bath 20 practicing music for 30 minutes ao 10 retiring before 9 primary grades Z 3 retiring before grammer grades 10 gathing bathing and dressing the bady 10 sleeping with bedroom windows open opell each night reasonable credit will be offered for time actually spent in garden work cleaning yards and walks alks and other useful home work rules of the home credit contest 1 parents or guardian must send an itemized list with signature affixed to the teacher esery monday morning this list must contain a record of the work nork each child has done dally 2 each week tile the teacher will re cord in tile school record the credits carped e by each pula 3 once each month tile the names of the six pupils of each school who are in the lead will be published in the county papers 4 when a pupil has credit to tile the amount ol of six hundred minutes earned he may be granted a holiday provided not more than one holiday be granted to a dupla each month and provided also that he be has no unexcused absent marks during the month 5 five per cent will be added to examination results of all pupils who have presented one report of home work ork each week to the teachers 6 forfeitures each excused absence forfeits all credits due unexcused tardiness 25 off less than 00 90 in deportment 1071 10 off coming to school without hands arid and face washed hair combed teeth cleaned and clothing in order 10 off |