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Show Your Child's Larger Home By Leo Hanson The school is your child's larger home. It shares with you as a parent par-ent the faith and the hope that the life of your child will be fine and right. Carefully trained teachers know, even as you know, that the foundations of life are laid in simple sim-ple everyday habits. They know that the child who is well and happy, who is punctual and regular, who is helpful to his parents, his associates, and his teachers, and who is eager to learn is well on his way toward a good life. Your schools might be termed a garden of growing children. child-ren. It has taken centuries of effort to win the right to have schools for children. The following brief discussion dis-cussion hopes to serve as an invitation invita-tion to you to visit your schools some time during the remainder of the school year. There are approximately 5000 boys and girls attending school in the Alpine School District. These are divided into four groups. The primary pri-mary group, or the first four grades; the Grammar Grades, or fifth and sixth grades; then comes the Junior high groups, or 7th, 8th, and 9th grades; finally we have the Senior High group, or grades 10, 11 and 12. The population in these various groups here in your district is about as follows: Primary Grades 1750 given, group games are arranged, and the entire health program is made one of upbuilding. In the regular school work the studies are centered around the needs of the child. There are those of us who can remember when the cube root, apothecaries weight metric met-ric system, and many other things were taught which had no practical value whatever in the life or the child. Probably some things, the value of which might be questioned, are still being taught, but the tendency ten-dency is toward elimination of the nonessential material. Standard Achievement tests are given regularly to determine the type of results we are getting through our teaching. This enables the teacher and supervisor to analyze ana-lyze the needs of the individual or the group and apply teaching measures meas-ures to bring about a satisfactory attainment. The results of teaching, here in the Alpine School District measure up very well with like districts dis-tricts throughout the state and nation. na-tion. Life is much more complex now than it was twenty years ago. Because Be-cause of this fact the studies being given in our schools today are a great deal more numerous than formerly. The child has a greater number of experiences and interests and an attempt is being made in the schools to help him to interpret his environment correctly. All instructors in the various departments de-partments are attempting to turn out a pupil whose capacity has been increased and who has been stimulated stimu-lated to achieve up to that capacity. The teaching of students to live together happily and constructively is receiving constant attention. Self government is encouraged and od- pupils, Grammar Grades 900 pupils, Junior High 1350 pupils, Senior High 1000 pupils. During the last several years this school population varied but little. There has been a tendency toward an increase in the enrollment of the upper grades and high school. Perhaps this is in part due to the lack of ready employment. employ-ment. The lower grades, however, show very little variation in enrollment. enroll-ment. Your children are housed in fifteen fif-teen elementary school buildings in the various communities of the dis- portunity for participation is provided. pro-vided. The next time you pass a school pause a moment to think what that school means to humanity. Recall the long dark centuries when the masses were kept in ignorance. From the very beginning of man's struggle for knowlege. self respect, and the recognition of his rights, the school has been his greatest ally. Throughout the world, among upward struggling people, wherever parents share in the aspirations of their children, the school has been the means of fullest realization. Your public school is the expression of a mighty faith. It is th house of the people. It has grown up out of need and aspiration. It is the guarantee of those democratic ideals and rights for which mankind has sacrificed and suffered, throughout the ages. It is the hope of better tomorrow. trict and in four junior-senior units. All of these schools receive transportation transpor-tation service for pupils who are entitled en-titled to such service. After the child enters the school he comes in contact with the processes pro-cesses and methods which aim to bring about certain results. Stated briefly, the ideal of the Alpine District Dis-trict schools is to attain the following follow-ing objectives for each of the District Dis-trict children: 1. A healthy body and mind. 2. A thorough education, in the fundamentals. This means an ability abili-ty in reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, history, geography, health, music, language and other basic school studies. . 3. Sufficient knowledge and skill to earn a good living. 4. Training for wholesome and happy home life. 5. Training for active, useful citi- zenship. 6. The development of appreciations apprecia-tions and interests which lead to a wise use of time. 7. A character that Is trusted and admired. It is generally accepted that there are seven great objectives or purposes pur-poses of education. The above is merely a restatement of those objectives ob-jectives in a little different fashion. A very definite attempt is being made here to guarantee to your child the achievement of these objectives. ob-jectives. In this district we have no school nurse or school doctor. We do have, however, a most effective health program. It is organized in this fashion. Every doctor without exception, ex-ception, in the district, has contributed contri-buted generously of his time in giving giv-ing physical examinations to our boys and girls. Where conditions are found which need attention the parents are notified and a cooperative coopera-tive attempt is made to render assistance. assis-tance. Records of these examinations examina-tions are kept on file so that the health instructors may more efficiently effi-ciently serve the student. A daily inspection of grade students is made and any irregular or unusual symptoms symp-toms are immediately noted. It is felt by those in charge, that where all the school children from all the homes are congregated in these great groups we must be ever on the alert to protect against contagion. Parents can render a real service here by not allowing their children to enter school after an absence, due to illness without the permission of the quarantine physician. The teacher is anxious to help the physically handicapped child to help himself. Remedial exercises are |