Show 7 WHAT'S NEW IN SCHOOL 1 0 The spirit of Christmas begins begin to tobe tobe tobe be manifest in our school 1 The Iho h busywork busy busywork work stories songs etc take ta on the Christmas spirit The Junior HIgh Hig-h School have begun work 0 ol ot Christmas Cantata Wa We hope t to push 11 this with vigor Igor and have a production production production tion that is better than ever M to toOne MOne One of the annoying and difficult things for us to handle is the matter matto of having pur our children come to school too early or too late Many Mony pupils who live with within n a few blocks of the school appear on the tho grounds as early as eight oclo o'clock k On cold mornings its hard to deny these admittance admittance admit admit- tance to the buildings but it is also hard to take care of them for such sucha a long period before school opens Our buildings cannot be opened before before before be be- be- be fore in the and 11 for the school in the tho af ae- We hope for help fr from m parents parents par par- eats on this score and trust that that- in tn inthe inthe the future children will not be sent sent to school too early to be inconvenient or too late to be profitable for all concerned lot M The great number of apparently needless cases of absences and tardiness tardiness tardiness ness in our Junior High School has lead to to toa a very Cry careful study of the situation by the faculty A committee commit commit- tee of three was appointed to draw up some rules to govern the matter of punctuality and attendance The following l letter setting Betting f forth rth these regulations la Ls Is being sent Bent to every parent w week ek We hope to see a a marked Improvement in this matter in the near future The Jetter letter letter let Jet ter is as follows DEAR PATRONS In an effort to bring the home and school in closer harmony we are sending you a tl little tl information in regard to our policy in dealing with the absences of your children We feel that it will aid us and make for more profitable work on the part of the pupils Our policy is as follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows 1 1 a When a pupil is absent he must bring an excuse written by one of his parents stating the reason for forthe forthe forthe the absence and present it to his his' home room teacher upon returning to school after ater his absence b The excuse must be signed bythe bythe by bythe the home room teacher before it is presented to any other teacher 2 2 Pupils without reasonable excuses excuses excuses ex ex- are to be sent to the principals principal's office 3 3 a No pupil is to be admitted to any class without a reasonable ex ex- excuse cuse cuso or an from his home room teacher b A pupil is given one admit only from his home room teacher c If the he excuse does not follow the admit at the appointed time the tho pupil is sent immediately to the principals principal's office 4 4 a Three per cent is to be d de deducted deducted de- de ducted from tho the pupils record in each aeh subject for every absence from that class b If the work is made up only o one per cent will be deducted 5 Three tardy marks are courted as one absence and deductions mn male e accordingly There Thera are absences that are unavoidable un cn un unavoidable avoidable and these will le t treated as special cases cases Our aim is to do away with wit need ned less absence from school No pupil can can possibly get the full benefit from froma a class he does not attend consequently consequent consequent- ly he should not expect full credit en C if the work is made up Respectfully yours youra Junior High Wo We the parents of by our signatures haIng haying having hay hav ing seen and carefully read the thc f foregoing foregoing fore fore- re- re going letter i |