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Show Know Your Schools .... What Should Schools Accomplish? While there is considerable disagreement dis-agreement about where the major emphasis should' be in our schools, the participants in the Duchesne County Rural Education Conference Confer-ence came' to a general agreement on several specifics concerning what our schools should accomplish. accom-plish. 1. We should prepare as many of our students for college as possible. pos-sible. Our aim should be to prepare pre-pare all students to become better citizens. It is recommended that two high school diplomas should be granted. One: A certificate for 12 years attendance and two: A diploma for accomplishment. 2. It is felt that vocational agriculture agri-culture should continue' to be of fered in all of our rural high schools. Algebra and one other advanced mathematics class, (could be con-I con-I sumer math), should be required j of all high school students and that three years of math be offered of-fered in all our high schools. 4. While athletics is important in the school curriculum, good sportsmanship and education should come first. Because of the competitive nature of athletics and the "win" attitude students wh probably could benefit most from athletic activity are not permitted to participate. 5'. Health and physical education should continue to receive emphasis empha-sis in our schools. It is felt to be the' responsibility of the teacher to inform parents of any symptoms symp-toms of illness or physical defects de-fects of the students. More stress should be stressed on good eating habits in the school lunch program. Health education should not be a class that is taken only when it is raining outside, but should be considered con-sidered as one of our most important im-portant classes. 6. Music, art and literature should be offered as electives in all our high schools. Students should receive increased encouragement encour-agement to take art, literature and speech classes. 7. The gifted children in our schools are not being challenged. (Continued on Back Page) KNOW YOUR SCHOOLS . . . (Continued from Page 1) It is recommended the teaching be geared more to the level of the capable students; that better teaching materials and reference books be provided and that more adequate counselling be provided in the planning of a student's program pro-gram of studies. 8. Special classes, where feasible, feasi-ble, should be provided for the physically, mentally and academically academi-cally handicapped children. 9. The teaching of honesty, tolerance tol-erance and the ability to get along with others should still be one of the most important purposes purpos-es of the school. This responsibility responsibil-ity should be shared by the parents, par-ents, for after all a student is the product of his home as well as of the school and the community. |