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Show A Word to Parents, School has been in successful operation for four weeks. There is always plenty of opportunity to improve and "Improvement" is our motto. We desire the hearty co-operation of tho parents and citizens s.nd school officers of the district in making this a banner year. We have begun be-gun in good shape .to accomplish this end and there is no good reason why we should not be successful. suc-cessful. We have introduced this year a regular course in music throughout through-out all the school from the second grade up. We have also introduced intro-duced agriculture for the boys and domestic, art for the girls of the two higher grades. Mr. Clarence Jones a graduate of this department of the Agricultural Agri-cultural College of Utah conducts Lthe agriculture forJ;he fesud. Just a word "to parents. Every teacher in the school is a friend of yours and a friend to your children and the principal befriends be-friends all three -teachers, parents par-ents and children. There are bound to arise from time to time misunderstandings and we wish to have them straightened out at once. This will be almost impossible, im-possible, however, if the parents' par-ents' do not make known the facts as they understand them and attempt at-tempt to secure first hand information in-formation from the teacher or principal. It is but fair to both parties to have a clear under-stadning. under-stadning. One other point. We find many children out of school at the beginning be-ginning of the school year, some of them helping their parents harvest the crops; others work-fng work-fng for wages and- still others doing neither. These children linger a month or so behind the work at first and then many parents and children expect that they can enter the grade to which they were promoted and carry on the work without trouble. For the exceptionally bright child this may be the case but in, the great majority of instances it is a severe handicap to the child for the rest of the year. The school at present is quite closely graded and a (month of work means exactly that and if the subject matter has been missed it is very unlikely that it will ever be made up. Your child is as bright as any other child but as a rule no brighter and you should not expect ex-pect more of him than is demanded de-manded of his school mates. If we are not mistaken, business houses and managers of different industries are laying themselves liable to the law for contribtuing to the delinquency of children wheYi they employ children with- H in the compulsory school ago Ibbbh during the school season. We bbbI would like all the children given , H the same chance in school but if rsBBfl we put children back in a grade H below because they are not able H to carry the work because of this ILbh absence We do not wish to bo , IbbB looked upon as the unfair people; Ibbh we arc not to blame. 1bbH i bbbS Now we arc going to issue a ' flH standing invitation to parents lfcLI and the public to come and viait vyt a- k w(bbh our your schools Come at P'-M ti " i beginning of the chooLyekr andMm H as to the advancement ofnbevT fHn k'lH pupils. (The editor of: our home " j i H town paper should make himself t x M acquainted with the schools be- -. V fl cause he is supposed to know all Lfl about such things.) We do not ' M issue this invitation as a matter ' , M of form nor to show our good H manners but we mean every fl word of it. It holps its, it helps H the children and it helps you. H When the monthly reports arc H handed to you for your signature '' H you will have a good opportunity H to question the child on the sub- jH jeets in which low marks, are H given. Watch the deportment H mark. A child should never be tjH allowed to be satisfied with a low ilLsfl mark in deportment. You, par- H ents, can do much to help both H the teacher and child in this H matter. Here is a remark that H is very often heard from par- H ens: MMy children never bring their troubles home to me; they M know better. I wont listen to H any of them." The intention H back of such a remark is no ' M doubt good but the practice is M not exactly wise. There should be such confidence between par- M ent and child that all troubles M CdUld be lai before the parent. fl To listen is not to side with them jB against the teacher, which is a M bad policy until the facts are ful- H ly before you but you should H listen to their troubles and ad- H vise them wisely. Question them 's H closely abouttheir associates and ' j H you villpossibly aid them to I H avoid the beginnings of bad H habits; which can be cheeked , H easily ' at tho first. Be loyal to H the child and to the school and H show your interest by occasional- H ly dropping in and paying us a H friendy visit. H Respectfully, H E. B. 'DALLEYf ' M Principal. fl --': . . |