| B2 (cloio E GRAYING º)ablic Schools O sº ... SO3 & - -------------------------------------------|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-- ------- - " " " " " ' ". RNNOUNCENMENT OF THE || || || || THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. lö93 John Born MAN & Son, PRINTERs, 1893. GRAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. LOCATION. The Grayling Public Schools are located at Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan. Grayling is a village of about two thousand inhab- itants, and is one of the most thriving lumber towns in northern Michigan. The school-house is a large two-story frame building, heated with steam, supplied with the most modern conveniences and the very best sanitary arrangements. It is conveniently located and is surrounded by a beautiful lawn ornamented with maple shade trees. - ORGANIZATION. The Public Schools of Grayling are organized upon the usual plan of a course of study extending over a period of twelve years. Each year is called a grade. The grades are denominated first, second third, etc., corresponding to the year of the pupil's school life. The twelve grades are arranged in three groups, the first four grades con- stituting the Primary Department, the next four the Grammar Depart- ment, and the last four the High School Department. The pupil usually spends a year in each grade, yet if he at any time shows evidence of ability to advance more rapidly than his class the teacher in charge will report the same to the principal, who will promote him, if qualified. The Board has adopted this “graded” scheme merely to have a system such as experience teaches is necessary, and not to keep the pupil in any one grade simply to make its scheme a success. One pupil is at present in the seventh grade who has been in school but three years. - A careful examination of the detailed course of study, herein given, will show that special attention has been paid to all the common branches. Reading, Language, Spelling, Writing, History, Geography and Mathematics occupy nearly all the time of the first eight grades, while all the pupils in the High School are also required to give much atten tion to these subjects during their entire course. 6 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SECOND CRADE. 1. READING:—Remember all the principles that govern good reading. Lay much stress on expression. Pupils should learn all the punctuation marks. WoRk To Be DoNE: First term—First Reader to p. 75. Second term—First Reader to p. 100. Third term—Second Reader to p. 59. 2. SPELLING:—Continue the work as in the first grade. Never allow a pupil to pass a single lesson without being able to spell all the words. * 3. LANGUAGE:—Long's Language Lessons, Part I, pp. 21-45: Review work of first grade. Punctuation and capitalization continued. Reproduction of simple stories read or related by the teacher. Require some simple original stories. 4. WRITING:—Use tablets or slates as in first grade. Let pupils copy their reading lessons every day for practice. Continue instruction in letter forms. 5. ARITHMETIC:-Numbers from 1-100. See Soldan's Manual to p. 46. Roman notation through C. Teach Addition, Multiplication Subtraction and Division, with many simple practical problems. 6. DRAWING:—Work as outlined in Prang's Manual second Primary year. 7. MUSIC:-From book in hands of the teacher. 8. Review the miscellaneous work of the first grade. TH | RD GRADE. 1. READING:—Care must be taken that pupils read in natural tones and that they do not hurry over pauses. Teach accent and emphasis by questioning upon the meaning and sentiment of the selection read. Sup. reading, “Friends in Feathers and Fur.” WoRk: First term and second term—Finish Second Reader. Third term—Third Reader, pp. 1-93; also first half Pathfinder Part I. 2. SPELLING:—Spell orally and in writing all the words in the reading lessons; also one half of Part First, Harrington's Speller: Use Harper's Blanks No. 1. 3. LANGUAGE:—Review work of former grades. Jong's Lan- guage Lessons, Part II, pp. 1-39. Frequent dictation exercises and reproduction of stories. Require longer original stories, both orally and in writing. Punctuation and capitals continued. 4. WRITING:—Require pupils to write their reading lessons daily for practice and insist on neatness. Introduce pen and ink. Regular daily practice on ruled and plain paper. GRAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 7 5. ARITH METIC: –Continue work of former grades. Let solu- tion of practical problems be accurate, special care being taken in language used. Numbers to 1,000. Addition, Multiplication, Sub- traction and Division tables must be thoroughly learned in this grade. Roman notation through M. See Soldan's Manual, pp. 47-56. 6. GEOGRAPHY:—Teach Crawford County and Michigan. 7. DRAWING:—Work as outlined in Book I., Prang's Complete Course. 8. MUSIC:-From book in hands of teacher. FOURTH GRADE. 1. READING:—While constant attention is paid to accent, emphasis, punctuation (and inflection, the teacher should not forget that the pupil is learning to read, not merely to secure correct pronun- ciation, etc., but to acquire the information the author intends to impart. Test often in the thoughts expressed. WoRk: First term—Third Reader to p. 186. Second term—Finish Third Reader. Third term—Fourth Reader to p. 185; also second half Pathfinder Part I. 2. SPELLING:—All words found in lessons. Last half of Part First, Harrington's Speller. 3. LANGUAGE:—Teach by outline the names of the various “parts of speech,” and require pupils to point them out in their reading lessons. Frequent dictation exercises and reproduction of stories more advanced. Simple compositions carefully planned and outlined by teacher. 4. WRITING:—Continue work same as in former grades. Fre- quent movement exercises. Carefully analyze all the letters. 5. ARITH METIC:-Pay special attention to Divison tables. Require solutions of many practical problems and as concise as con- sistent with clearness. Teach Long Division. This will be the test of the child's success in mathematics. Two terms' work may be justly devoted to this important work. Never give up nor let your pupils give up until the mechanical work is so thoroughly understood that it can never be forgotten. Teach bills. 6. GEOGRAPHY:—Teach North America. 8. MUSIC:-From book in hands of teacher. 8 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GRAPANAAR DEPARTRAEMT. FIFTH GRADE. 1. READING:—Teach particularly how to use the dictionary. Use other text books (Geography, Arithmetic, etc.) in place of readers, to test the pupil's ability to grasp thought. Memorize selected passages. Work: First term—Fourth Reader, pp. 185-271. Second term—Finish Fourth Reader and review. Third term—Fifth Reader to p. 114; also first part of Pathfinder Part II. 2. SPELLING:—First half of Part Second of Speller. Teach diacritical marks as in Webster. Lay special stress on meaning of Words. - 3. LANGUAGE:—Continue Parts of Speech and teach their prin- cipal grammatical forms from outline. Continue dictation as in former grades. Do much work in composition, criticising especially punctua- tion and capitalization. 4. WRITING:—Continue work as in former grades. 5. ARITHMETIC:-In this grade the pupil begins practical work in the book (Harper's No. 2). The first half of the year the operations are familiar and, mechanically considered, only a review of the work already done. - The practical problems should be made more difficult, to strengthen the pupil’s ability to discover the relations of numbers. The pupil should be taught that a simple problem consists of two given numbers with an operation indicated by the conditions of the question, and that the work consists of two steps: First, to discover what is to be done. and second, to do it. The last half of the year is devoted to factoring, in which great skill can and should be acquired. Teach also G. C. D. and L. C. M. 6. GEOGRAPHY:—Harper's Introductory Geography, whole book. 7. DRAWING:—Work as outlined in Book III, Prang's Complete Course. 8. MUSIC:-From book in hands of teacher. SIXTH CRADE. 1. READING:—IIeed remarks on fifth grade work. Be careful of essentials to good reading. Try to interest pupils in good books, Second half of Pathfinder Part II. GRAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 9 Work: First term—Fifth Reader, pp. 114-250. Second term—Fifth Reader, pp. 250-380. Third term—Finish book and review. 2. SPELLING:—Harrington's Speller, second half Part II. Con- tinue work of fifth grade in diacritical marks. 3. LANGUAGE:—Swinton's Language Lessons, whole book. 4. WRITING:—Continue work as in former grades. 5. ARITHMETIC:—Review factoring and G. C. D. and L. C. M., and teach Fractions and Decimals thoroughly. Harper's Book No. 2. Give much supplementary work for drill. 6. GEOGRAPHY:—Harper's School Geography to map of South America. Special attention to detailed map of the United States. 7. DRAWING:—Work as outlined in Prang's Complete Course, Part IV. 8. MUSIC:-From book in hands of the teacher. SEVENTH GRADE. 1. READING:—Anderson's Historical Reader. Remember directions of former grades. 2. SPELLING:—Spell all words in all lessons and give special attention to meaning of words. 3. LANGUAGE:—Swinton's New English Grammar to Syntax. Occasional dictation exercises. Weekly essay. Pupils at this age should show some ease in the use of language and the work here may be made more technical. 4. WRITING:—Continue work as in former grades. 5. ARITH METIC:-Review the work in Fractions and Decimals. Teach the work in Harper's Second Book to Percentage. 6. GEOGRAPHY:—Harper's School Geography; from the map of South America finish the book. Special attention to the geography of Europe. 7. DRAWING. Work as outlined in Prang's Complete Course, Book V. El GHT H GRADE. 1. LANGUAGE:—Swinton's New English Grammar: all of Syn- tax and review of Etymology. Frequent dictation. Weekly essay. 2. SPELLING:—Spell all words in all lessons. 3. WRITING:—See preceding grades. 4. ARITHME TIC:-Review hastily Fractions and Decimals. Teach the work as given in Harper's Book No. 2, beginning with Per- centage and finishing the book. Give much supplementary work. 10 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE Much attention should be given to mental arithmetic throughout the year. 5. U. S. HISTORY:—Barnes' History of the Uuited States, forty weeks. 6. PHYSIOLOGY: —Brand's Physiology, twenty weeks. 7. Civil Government of Michigan, twenty weeks. Rhetoricals for Preceding Grades. This work receives attention in all the reading classes. Constant practice in composition is given in connection with the language classes. An occasional programme of exercises will be prepared to give the pupils experience in appearing before the public. During the last week of the year the eighth grade will have promotion exercises, as outlined in the calendar. Books for Reading Outside of School. TH I RD GRADE. Little Red Riding Hood. Puss in Boots. The Children in the Wood. Mother Goose. The Six Swans. The Man in the Moon. Jack and the Bean Stalk. Jack the Giant Killer. Blue Beard. Humpty Dumpty. Cinderella. FOURTH G R A D E. Tom Thumb. Goody Two Shoes. Snow White. Bonny Belle. White Rose and Red Rose. The Enchanted Princess. The Happy Family. The Brave Little Tailor. Sinbad the Sailor. The Winter's Tale. G RAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 11 Little Miss Muffet. Curly Locks Bramble Bush. Becky Long Nose. e FIFTH GRADE. ...Esop's Fables. Robinson Crusoe. Swiss Family Robinson. King of the Golden River. Arabian Nights. SIXTH C RADE. Plutarch's Lives. Adventures of Ulysses. Tom Brown at Rugby. Don Quixote. SEVENTH GRADE. Biographies of Nelson, Warren Hastings, Napoleon, Bismarck, Frederick the Great, Peter the Great, Cromwell, Newton Socrates, Galileo. EIGHTH GRADE. Biographies of Washington, J. Q. Adams, Alex. Hamilton, James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, James Madison, John Adams, Henry Clay, Patrick Henry, Bryant, Emerson, Longfellow, Franklin, Irving, Hawthorne, Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Farragut, Robert E. Lee, C. W. Field, Henry Ward Beecher, and Edison. Text Books for the Preceding Grades. Butler's Primary Reading Chart. Barnes’ International Readers. Long's Language Exercises. Swinton's Language Lessons. Swinton's New Grammar. Harrington's Speller. Harper's Spelling Blanks. Webster's International Dictionary. Swinton's and Reed's Word Analysis. Harper's Geographies. Barnes' History. Brand's Physiology. Cocker's Civil Government of Michigan. 2d. Year || 1st. 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Word Analysis, 20 weeks. English Classics, 20 weeks. -> Composition through entire year. Composition through entire year. | 5|Qlney's Algebra. Qlney's Algebra. Qiney's Algebra. Onley's Algebra. Qlney's Algebra. Qiney's Algebra. 3|German. . Physics. Physics. Physics. Physics. Physics. * Physiology, Higher, 20 weeks. Gerlman, 20 weeks. Physiology, 20 weeks. Book keeping. 20 weeks. - Jones' Latin Les Jones' . Latin Les-Jones' Latin Les-Wörd Analysis. Word Analysis. Word Analysis. i 5| sons & Gram'r sons & Grammar. sons & Grammar. Composition throughout the year. FS Composition throughout the year. tº | & Rhetoric Rhetoric ... Geometry. Rhetoric. Rhetoric. Geometry + º Gen. History. General History. General History. General History. General History. General i. istory. 5 Physical Geography, 20 weeks. Botany, 20 weeks. Physical . Geography weeks. Botany, 20 weeks. Caesar and,. Caesar and ... Caesar and United States History Review, 20 weeks. Arith., 20 whºs., 5 Roman Hist'y. Roman History. Roman History.|Composition throughout the year. - F Composition throughout the year. g|Geometry. Geometry. Grammar Review. Geometry. Geometry. Grammar Review. Tº Chemistry. Chemistry. Astronomy. Chemistry. Chemistry. Astronomy. 5 Eng. Literature. Eng. Literature. Political Economy, Eng. Literature. Eng. Literature. Political Economy Two Orations of Two Orations of Two Orations of General review of entire course. - +| Cicero. Cicero. Cicero. Senior Composition work. 3: Senior Composition work. GRAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 13 Text Books in High School. Effingham and Maynard's English Classics. Swinton's New English Grammar. D. J. Hill's Rhetoric. Swinton's English Literature. Townsend's Civil Government. Swinton and Meyer's General History. Ray's Higher Arithmetic. Ray's Elementary Algebra. Olney's Complete Algebra. Wentworth's Geometry. Nichol's Book-keeping. Guyot's Physical Geography. Story's Chemistry. Wayland Chapin's Political Economy. Gray's Botany. Sharpless and Philips' Astronomy. Harkness' Latin Grammar. Allen and Greenough's Caesar. Allen and Greenough's Cicero. Jones' Latin Reader. Steele's Physiology. Steele's New Physics. Comfort's German Course. Books for Outside Reading. NINTH GRADE:—Kings Henry V and VIII, King Lear, The Tempest, King Richard III, History of Greece, History of Rome. TENTH GRADE:—Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, King Henry IV, King John, The Winter's Tale, Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet. ELEVENTH GRADE:—Some extensive history of the United States and History of Michigan. TWELFTH GRADE:—One complete work of each author studied in English Literature. 14 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. DUTIES OF PRINCIPAL. 1. He shall assign the work of the several teachers, shall visit the various departments as often as his duties will permit, shall advise and direct the teachers in relation to instructing and disciplining their pupils, shall see that judicious programmes of study shall be instituted and that all rules and regulations adopted by the Board are duly enforced. 2. In case of temporary illness or absence of any teacher he shall procure a substitute, and no teacher shall employ a substitute without his approval. & 3. He shall have supervision of all the examinations, of the trans- fer of pupils from one grade to another, and also of admission and classification of new pupils. 4. He shall keep, or cause to be kept, all necessary School records. 5. He shall appoint teachers' meetings for instruction and con- Sultation as often as he may deem necessary. 6. He shall report the conditions of the schools at the regular meetings of the Board and make such recommendations as may seem necessary. 7. He shall have power to administer suitable punishment, or delegate this authority to the teachers, as he may deem expedient, and perform such other duties as usually devolve upon the principal of schools. DUTIES OF TEACHERS. 1. To become familiar with the general regulations of the schools and co-operate with the principal in their observance, and to devote themselves faithfully, and during school hours exclusively to their school duties. - 2. To be present at all meetings appointed by the principal and perform whatever work he may assign them. 3. To see that the rooms are properly heated and ventilated, keep- ing the temperature at about 70°. 4. To keep parents informed of all cases of unexcused tardiness or absence and also of the general progress of pupils in their respective departments. 5. To be in their respective places at least twenty minutes before school opens, and if not, to mark themselves tardy. 6. To put in some conspicuous place a programme of recitations and study which they shall follow. GRAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 15 7. If unable to be at school, to give the principal notice at least two hours before the opening of the schools in the morning or one hour before opening at noon, and in all such cases a minutely prepared state- ment of the work for the day shall accompany such notice, when possible. 8. To endeavor to secure good order in all the rooms and halls and report such cases as they may be unable to settle satisfactorily to the principal. 9. To observe all other rules which the Board may from time to time adopt. DUTIES OF PUPILS. 1. Pupils are expected to commence their attendance promptly at the beginning of each term, to be regular and punctual, to conform to all the regulations of the school, to obey promptly all dictations of their teachers, to be diligent in study and respectful to each other, to refrain entirely from the use of tobacco, or profane and improper language While at school, and to be clean and neat in person and dress. 2. Any pupil who shall intentionally injure any of the school property shall immediately procure the necessary repair. 3. All pupils who shall fail to be in their seats at the opening of school in the morning or at noon shall be marked tardy, and two such tardy marks shall be equivalent to one-half day's absence. 4. Whenever a pupil has been absent from a session and does not, as early as his second attendance thereafter, bring a satisfactory excuse, he may be excluded from the privilege of a seat in School until this rule be obeyed. The parent and principal shall in such cases be informed. 5. Pupils absent from promotion examinations will not be allowed to go on with their classes except by permission of the principal, and after passing such examination before him as he may deem satisfactory evidence of qualification. 6. Pupils must not relinquish any study in the course without permission from the Board; must make up all recitations lost by absence or failure, and if they fail to comply with this regulation, may be placed in the next lower grade. 7. Pupils are expected to walk quietly and in single files through the halls and rooms and up and down stairs at all times when the School rooms are open; to make no loud noise in any part of the build- ing at any time, and not go to any rooms belonging to other depart- ments without permission of the teachers. 16 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 8. Pupils are expected to go to and from school in a quiet manner, to use or write no profane language on or about the School premises, nor draw any obscene pictures, and they shall not have any kind of firearms or gunpowder while at school. 9. Any pupil violating any of these rules persistently, shall be be reported at once to the Board of Education. JANITOR'S DUTIES. The janitor's duties are printed on cards and hung on the walls of our school rooms. s GRAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 17 BOARD OF EDUCATION. PERRY MAN WARING... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director. WRIGHT HAVENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moderator. JOHN STALEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assessor. RASMUS HANSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trustee. GEORGE L. ALEXANDER. . . . . . . . . . .... • . . . . . . . . * * * * * - - - - - - - Trustee. Meetings of the Board. The regular meeting of the Board is held on the first Monday of each month at 8 o'clock p. m. Special meetings are subject to the call of the director and moderator. TEACHERS. W. F. BEN KELMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principal. MISS LIDA SLOAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Assistant. MISS ELLA MARWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assistant. MISS MARGUERITE McDOUGALL. . . . . . . . . Grammar Department. MISS LOUISE. M. ADAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . - c e s e e s sº e º ºs e e º e Intermediate. MISS EVIE STARK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Primary. MISS BERTHA CLARK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Primary. MISS PAN.SY HAVENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cadet. 18 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GRAYLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CALEN DAR. September–First Monday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall term begins. November—Last Thursday and Friday. . . . . . . . . . Thanksgiving Recess. December –Last day of term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tenth grade exercises. January —First Monday after New Year. . . . . . . . Winter term begins. February —Twenty-first. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ninth grade exercises. February —Twenty-second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington's Birthday. March —Last day of term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Junior exercises. April —First Monday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring term opens. May —Thirtieth, Decoration Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holiday. June —Last week . . . . . x º e º 'º e º e e º 'º º e º ºs tº Q tº tº Final examinations. June —Last day of term, Eighth grade exercises, Commencement exercises. SCHOOL HOU RS. A. M. First bell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30. Second bell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00. First hour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8:10. Recess Primary grades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ". . . . . . . . . . . . 10–10:10. Session closes. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30. P. M. First bell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30. Second bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00. First hour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05. Recess Primary grades. . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * tº e º 'º º & ſº tº . . . .2–2:10. School closes. . . . . . . . . . . ... e. e. e º e º ºs e º e º e e º e e º e º e º e º e º e º e e e º e e 3:30. TUITION. Long Term. Short Term. High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grammar Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * > e º te º e s e All tuition must be paid in advance to the principal or director. SITY OF MICH) |||ſiliili 3 9015 O7483 8338 5 0748