Hazen High School - Hornet Yearbook (Hazen, AR)

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Ideas differ on the importance of grades Better make good on this exam because you'll have to take it home and have it signed or No recess for a week if you fail this one could possibly be teacher attitudes to the question of grading. According to Mr. Larry Anthony, guidance counselor, grades consti- tute only a part of the total learning process while the child is in school. A parent should be concerned with the totally developed child, rather than the one versed only in books and knowing nothing of social skills so necessary in today's world. In the end, however, individual teachers established personal policies on grading and high grades became symbols of status for some elementary students. For others, grading added to the pressures of learning. Are grades really an indication of what a person knows? Grades are only a tradition. Ifwe can ever devise a way of measuring student knowl- edge and relating it to the parents without giving a grade, we will advance in education. Mrs. lean Oholendt So far no one has come up with a better evaluation of a student's progress than the grading system. We know that grades are important to students and parents, so until a better way can be worked out, I feel sure it will survive. Mrs. Eagle Boyd Getting better grades in elementary school puts such pressure on the kids. Thev become more interested in what they score rather than what they learn. At Hazen, the system of checks is great for student morale and parent information. Miss Mary Reaves Often, parents use grades as a means of comparing their own children. Parents should remember - each person is an indiv- idual and can best perform on his own level, without comparison. Mrs. Diane Buffalo Xxillif A .fuk ff- Xb Y . 4 ai Y ixxX Jw Grades - Pro or Con!16d

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41 faq In order for the child and parents to understand the progress being made, grading or reporting is important. At present in the primary division, only a check is given on the student's prog- ress ! no letter grade. If a progress report is not sent to the parents, I believe a teacher-parent conference should be held. 4 Miss Geniece Harper 'sv- F 1 1 I think grades motivate some students ff while others find them stumbling blocks reinforcing their negative attitudes toward leaming. Until we completely individualize ' ' '?dUFaTEF 3fldwEe continued if W only as'a'mea'ns'6'f'letting parents know their student's progress. Mrs. Rhoda Carden fix

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A' Q f -0- , . . 5 l We ge! Must teachers find weekends indispensable Putting your feet up after a hard day at work is part of the reward of being a teacher. Unable to spend a great deal of time sewing, Mrs. Carolyn Stallings squirreled away a few hours each week retreating to her Singer. Spearheading numerous Study Club activities further monopolized her free time. Mrs. June House and Mr. Mike McNabb shared a love for relaxing with their children. Enjoying her daughter's classical style at the organ, Mrs. House relaxes with a good book or the daily paper. Mr. McNabb, however, took five only after his son, had gone to bed. G.l. Ioe and I have fought many a bat- tle, he said. Mrs. Mary Sibole and Mrs. Barbra Volner simply liked being outdoors. Working in her flower garden, Mrs. Sibole unwound by planting and nuturing her tulips. Mrs. Volner en- joyed long walks and found fall af- ternoons fun times to take them. Regimented studies were obliter- ated from Mrs. Patty Escola's rnind on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings as she taught dancing lessons. An accomplished gymnast, she relaxed as she was teaching 1701 Mug Mob Q-r ,E M211-