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Show LKHI PUBLIC SCHOOL KhTORT. i A concise Statement of Work Ac-.Lcomplislied Ac-.Lcomplislied the past year. Totho School Hoard of l.ehi, District No. 12; Onntlemen: It airortls me plensute to present for your consideration considera-tion the following brief report of the public schools of talil District for the current school year, 1601-05. Local conditions prevented our btgln ning nt tlio commencement of school ycnr.Sept. .1.180L nsper county regulation. regula-tion. Nino schools were opened Sept. -';! with mi enrollment whlcliBOou reached reach-ed -lUS pupils, 11)3 of this number being classified in the Hrat grade. Although iho schools vvero three weeks Isler than schedule time for beginning tho term closed in conformlly with tho clrc-ilar No. 0, 1MI, making n short term of seven weeks but thereby bilnglng the balance of the school v car in strict ac cord with county adopted time. Tho second term opened Nov 12 and closed Feb. 1. Tho total enrollment reached i 000 pupils althnn exceedingly high per cent of nvcrogo dally attendance Tho third school term opened Feb. 4 and closed April 12. Tho enrollment In- . i reused irom COO lo C91 Tho increased enrollment of this and thr preceding term was especially obscrvablo in de- partmentsnoovo tho third grade. Lower departments we,e crowded from tlio beginning. be-ginning. Tlio fourth school term opened open-ed April 15 and closed May 17. During tli In shirt term tlio t)tnl enrollment decreased de-creased to ojs pupils. Nearly all who discontinued were boys whoso services were required on the beet farms. Tho attendance however until close of school wa decidedly large. Ours being an ngilcultural community communi-ty the school pntronsnre to be commended commend-ed for the Interest shown tiwnrd education edu-cation by ntlovvliig tholr childien to remain re-main at school oven tinder very trjlng circumstances. It ii by such practical nifslstanco from tho community that a school system equal to any may be built up for Lehl. The highest number cnrollctLflt any luiiuwa: i-irsl grade. I&.7; Second g, h2; Thiid grade, 00; l'ourth grado, oar Filth grade, 00; Sixth giade,68;Seventh grade -12; Lighlli grade. S8. Tlio total number of certificates of piomotion given was U'.7 apportioned ns lo'lows- 1-irst tobecoud, 02; Second to third, 111; Third to Fourth, 70; Fourth to Fifth, UI; Fifth to Sixth. 2J; Sixth to Sivcntti. i)U; Seventli to Eighth, 20; Lighth tu graduation, 18. 1'lie work done by pupils was, In near-l near-l nil fiw-H, Hatlsfiiclory. Energy, earn-oiiriis earn-oiiriis and pleasantness seemed to predominate pre-dominate in cae.li of the grades. Main pupils have distinguished them-sii. them-sii. sua having a worthiness of purpose and possessing much power (or self-cllott iiiipiov'imcut. The public school library was added to by tho purchase of about (65 worth of clwnco books IncludlugClinmber'sEn-evelopedia, IncludlugClinmber'sEn-evelopedia, books on travel, hiitory, science, sci-ence, nnlurc, fiction, geogrnphyj pri-fiitirv- renders, btory books, etc. It was will! thi, i)ieansgbtanfi from the school enteitainintiit tlmt the-i. purihpsi-s, were nude, Our library is yet compare utively small, however wo may justly be proud ot thu in-ginning made At present pres-ent it Miltnble place foi tho library is u uecignily. Many volumes may be had as toon as an alignments are uindo to receive them. Mne regular teuchcra were unployul and one extra teaeher lor mid h niter, uj follow-a; Mrs ILL tlaku .mil Anglo Webb, teachers ni I Urude: loiieTliiirman oil II IllUriules II. J. Taylor II mid 111 Unities. J.E. Rots 111 and VI tirades, T. Tajlor iV mid V Urades, J, AI, Anderson V amlYlUradtH, U. N. Child VII nnd V1I (.nudes, Misa Ida 'Ihuunan was engaged an the extra teacher ot III Grade, during i tie 1 1 ol winter mouths. All teachers ntivu I). vi itcttve inei)ibeM ot the U, O I'. , a number haying attended tho c iliru iiiimbei ot ulhsIoiis held at l'rovo during the jear. The dlatilct teaelicia association haa lieen well attended. Mnrkid ii'teruct has been shown In the (Uhcussioii ot pedagogical nnd other qiiesiiiuu pertaining to school work, .vliout slx'y it-giihir sessions of the local orgauUaliou have been held, Teucliera have, in addition tocurrent and inijeel-iiiueous inijeel-iiiueous scliool matters, considered tho spet i.il branches of psychology, con-stiintioii con-stiintioii ot st-ntcnecs, arithmetic und gtoltiy, A teatberi library Is established and much valuable literature Is thereby Hvuilnble to teachers In general nil teiuhi'ia nave worked sincerely and energetically ; each working oiit tho problems ot his or her own railing, yet ullwoikiug together as a harmonious unity to a deltuite end Considering all lacturs that havo conditioned, made possible, or nun ked success, as well as thotoof udcrriigalory nature 1 think it may with fairness bo stated that the ednciuicnal cause of our district is por-rtpilbly por-rtpilbly moving along the line ot ad-'unet'iiient. ad-'unet'iiient. Tin io be, hoped that each advance step tnki'ii is (liiuly li.ned, und may be truly used as n moans of still bighci improvement lo tlio end of more prattle-al prattle-al uttleieucy mid higher inoiivt euliure Hespccllully Hubiiiltled, U.N, Child, (;ity Supt, ot Schools. |