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Show supervised home Study It was indeed unfortunate for the high school that the prevailing epidemic epi-demic necessitated the closing of the schools. We were getting a splendid start in all the work, and the attitude of the students was the best, hence our keen regrets because of this enforced en-forced vacation. But we have tried not to sit passively down and bemoan our fate, but instead have introduced a system of supervised home study which, it is believed, will greatly make up the loss of regular school work. It should be distinctly understood . that school in its usual form has not been resumed. However, in nearly all subjects the work is proceeding under this new system. Briefly the plan is as follows: typewritten outlines out-lines and instructions for study are prepared in each subject, and a copy given to each student to take home. Each of these outlines covers one week's work. All studying is done at home, but about two or three times per week each studeat will come to the high school building at a specified speci-fied time to consult, privately, each of his teachers. During this consultation consul-tation any questions the student may wish to ask are presented and the problem made clear by the instructor, i Also assignments made in the work are checked off after the student has satisfactorily reported. -This work is a required part of the year's study, and before anystudent will be given credit for a course he must have completed this part of it. However, students Will be permitted to work off t these assignments later, if he is not , in a position to do them at present. Students are urged to make use of this vacation to do as much of the year's work as possible. With the regulations that are being enforced, there is no danger of the influenza being scattered in the least. Gauze masks are worn by students and teachers at all times while in the building. Only one student is interviewed inter-viewed at a time in any rpom by a teacher, and mingling of students together to-gether is absolutely forbidden; as a matter of fact, the schedule of students' stu-dents' visits to the school is so Arranged Ar-ranged that there are only about a half dozen here at one time. Much of the interviewing is done out in the open air. Each student is at the building onlj about a half hour at each visit. , With the proper attitude of pupils and the hearty cooperation of parents a great deal will be accomplished and after regular school reconvenes it will be found that not so much will really have been lost by this unfortunate unfort-unate closing of the schools. ir g u |