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Show EXCERPS FROM ANNUAL REPORT JORDAN SCHOOL . -v,,.vj ... A plan (o save one year of each pupil's life by having the work of ' twelve years completed in eleven was put iuto operation for the first time at the beginning of the . present yeur. The work to be covered cov-ered during the first six years, as outlined in the state course of study, was so rearranged as to be eovered in five years in our ehools. The work of the Junior High and the seni r high was . changed only slightly, bo that we (till have three full years of work in each of these schools. We have .Icmonstratcd this year that it is possible to do one and a fifth vear's work outlined in the state course in one year in the elemen-ary elemen-ary grades, mastering all the fwentit Is of elementary education in five years instead of six. We are thoroughly convinced that our pupils w ill be betiier prepared for junior high school work after one vear of kindergarten and five ele-nentary ele-nentary years of elementary work now than they were after six ) ears of elementary work ten . y ?ars ago. Our schools have made 4 progress in primary methods. The V, facility With which our primary du'dren aequire-the elements of '.earning is simply marvelous. In eading, for, example, our pupils end more and with greater facil-ly facil-ly during the first year, and do it with greater ease an' interest, ban they iwed to in the first two .'ears of school. We are conviuc-dso, conviuc-dso, tha .' one full year on kinder-artcn kinder-artcn work will do much in the vay of preparing the child to do ffective first grade work in the vay of KOi inl ndjnstinent, oral ex-resriion, ex-resriion, ability to take and fol-ow fol-ow instructions, in addition 16 acquiring many skills and much n v lecigo which will be of ser-ice ser-ice in future training and development. devel-opment. This will aid materially n making ecrtairt the mastery of the elements of education in the ive years preparatory to eu'.ttring 'he junior high school. . ' ? In order to make this adjustment adjust-ment as early as possible, the fifth md sixth grade pupils were given practically the same work this past year. In all the tess given Juriing the year, it was rather surprising that the fifth grade pupils stood practically equal with he sixth, aiid in some eases they ac. ually rated higher. Both grades were, .therefore, advanced to the junior high school at the close of the present year.. In the junior and the senior high schools a real opportunity presents itself for enrichment of the curriculum and laying a broad oundation for effec ive citizen-diip. citizen-diip. We have, therefore, reser-ed reser-ed the full s'x years for this period in which we aim to give a borough preparation for entrance o college for those w-ho wish to continue their formal education further, and for those who wish o enter the industries we shall have provided such knowledge and skills as to make of them effective ef-fective citizens. As a direct result of the building build-ing operations which have been carried on during the past four years, w e have now been able to " organize three year junior high schools at Draper, Midvale, River-ton, River-ton, Sandy, Union, and West Jordan. In the west; end of the district the junior and senior high ire combined . in the Bingham high school. In the seventh, eighth and ninth grades we had vhis year a total t enrollment , of 1495 students. Ten years ago the enrollment in the same grades was 1042. The enrollment in the junior jun-ior high school grades alone has, therefore, increased 43.5 in ten ears, which enrollment in grades uie to six, both inclusive, has increased in-creased only 19.3. The increased enrollment in the junior lu'gh has carried over int6 he senior high school. Ten years igo there were enrolled in grades en, eleven and twelve, 219 students. stu-dents. This year in the same grades the enrollment was 700 ind increase of about 220. Not mly are more than twice as many students attending the senior high but they come to it better prepared pre-pared than formerly, and the grade of work they are able to do is of a higher standard. i |