Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ADELPIiI A CADENI XT. 21 IV. System of Supervision.-Every student in the Academy is directly responsible to some member of the teaching force, who exer- cises control, subject to the sanction of the Faculty, over the daily work of the students assigned to him or her. In the Collegiate De- partment such officers are called H class advisers. The system of Faculty organization enables the Principal to meet every teacher in the Academy every week. In this manner it is intended to secure prompt and accurate knowledge of the scholarship and deportment of every scholar. Parents are requested to cooperate in this work of supervision by communicating freely with the class officers or Princi- pal, and especially concerning the nature and extent of the pupil's study at home. V. Attendance and Discipline.-In order to form systematic business-like habits and to make the most of the time devoted to education, pupils are required to be regular and punctual in attend- ance and in all school duties. A teacher cannot be responsible for the backwardness of those students who allow trifling causes to inter- fere with their attendance. It is also particularly desirable that the pupil should not lose time during the first few weeks of the school year and at its end. A fortnight more of vacation in Autumn or Spring cannot often be worth the risk of falling behind in studies. Pupils who have been absent or tardy are expected to state the reason therefor promptly to the teacher in charge of the room. If no reason for absence or tardiness is known to the teacher, or the reason given seems insufficient, notice of such absence or tardiness is imme- diately sent home. lfVritten excuses signed by the parent are not necessary unless specially requested. It is only desired that parents should know the testimony of the roll books and should cooperate with the teachers in correcting any possible carelessness or delinquency. Students who persist in wrong conduct, or who fail in diligence, will be carefully and kindly warned of the consequences of wrong-doing or of indolence. Parents will also be notified of such deficiencies by the periodical reports or by special inforniation. Students who are disobedient or wilfully inattentive after warnings will be removed from the Academy. It is hoped that parents will become acquainted with the teachers

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20 KLDELIJIJI ACADEAIX'. The diploma of the Academy is given to every student who com- pletes any one of these prescribed courses. If any-regular student in the Collegiate Department goes from the Academy to a college or uni- versity, the diploma of the Academy may be granted to him or her in due course upon evidence that an equivalent of the remaining work in the Adelphi curriculum has been satisfactorily performed in the class-rooms of such a college or university. In the Art Department students may follow any special lines of art work, under most advantageous conditions of light and space. The Department of Physical Culture offers facilities for outdoor and indoor exercise of all kinds and grades. From the beginning of the Adelphi Academy this Department has performed an import- ant and prominent work in it, The curriculum of this Department is coterminous in years with that of the Academy, and special stu- dents are enabled to pursue special lines of exercise under competent direction. III. Admission of Students.-Applications for admission should be made on june I2, 1895, or on September 18, 19 and zo, 1895, at the Academy. Admission at any time is granted to those who can show evidence of ability to take up t e vvork of any class. Newly admitted students are not finally graded by the results of examinations, but by the evidence of their daily Work in class during the weeks immediately following their admission. Every student in the Academy is assigned to a teacher, who exercises careful and constant supervision. Stu- dents from other schools who have not had all the studies offered in the earlier years of the Adelphi, may be admitted under special con- -ditions, enabling them to make up the omitted work. Pupils from any other schools applying for admission to the Adelphi Academy should, if possible, present records of rank and latest promotion in the schools which they have been attending. Persons who wish to enter the Academy for the purpose of study- ing special subjects must give satisfactory evidence of ability to pursue such studies, and must conform to all rules of order prescribed for those in the regular courses. The privilege of pursuing special subjects will be withdrawn from all who fail to comply with such regulations.

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22 ADELPHI DEDJY. who have charge of their children. At the close of each daily ses- sion there is opportunity for conference between parents and teachers, but such interviews should not occur during the school session. Time is allowed in every class for some study in school hours. Teachers will remain after the close of a day's session for the purpose of aiding thosevwho deserve and need help. Members of the Collegiate Depart- ment and of the upper grades of the Academic Department are ex- pected to study at home daily from one to three hours, according to age and capacity. Every student who is able to pursue a regular course of study is expected to do so. VI- ReC0l'dS of Rank.-In the Academic Department of the Academy carefully prepared reports are made monthly to the parents, showing the scholarship, punctuality and conduct of each pupil, Parents are requested to examine these reports regularly, sign them promptly, and return them to the Academy. A summary of these reports is kept as a permanent record. In the Collegiate Department similar reports are prepared and sent home at any time if the Faculty orders it, or if the parent requests it. The teacher uses no marking-book in recitation and no numeri- cal marks are placed upon the reports. It is especially desired that students shall not study merely to get marks or to make a favor- able comparison of percentages. Letters instead of figures are therefore used on the reports, in the belief that they allow more room for a teacher's judgment, afford an equally satisfactory record, and operate less as an unhealthy stimulus. The reports of class-work which are presented to the Faculty weekly throughout thepyear are made the basis of the final record of scholarship in any subject. Formal examinations at the end of work upon any subject are given only to students who have been absent from the class for some portion of the time and to those who have been delinquent. In thus abolishing formal examinations for the mass of students, and in substituting therefor the evidence of daily work in the class-room, the Faculty of the Academy feels that it is promoting the right kind of scholarship, discouraging that pernicious form of study known as 'fcrammingf' and establishing a wise