Vassar High School - Echo Yearbook (Vassar, MI)

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Page CHADWICK SCHOOL PUPILS Chadwick School -- Rural Transportation The Chadwick Rural School District No. 3, Vassar, had the mis- fortune of losing its school by fire January 3, 1938.. Because of this cat- astrophe the electors of the District voted on Friday, February 14, to sengl their children to the Vassar Public Schools. Accordingly a bus was purchased, through' the State Aid Tran- sportation Program Offered Rural Districts, and the Chadwick children are now enjoying all the educational advantages offered by the Vassar Public Schools. The Board of Education and the electors of the Chadwick District are to be congratulated on making it possible for their children tc- secure the same educational opportunities as children in the city schools receive. The school transportation program of Michigan has expanded with extraordinary rapidity in recent years. In 1919 four hundred pupils were transported daily. In 1936 about 35,000 pupils were transported daily in 800 buses operated by the school districts of the state. This number of pupils does not include many additional thousands transported in other vehicles or by the parents of pupils. Greater liber- ality of state aid for bus transportation is increasing, year by year, the number of school buses in operation. The State reimburses Rural Districts for the transportation of their pupils to graded schools when such schools are closed in Whole or in part. The State provides such transportation in order to provide adequate edu- cational opportunities for all childrcn. ' The amount of reimbursement is determined by the Superin- tendent of Public Instruction but cannot exceed 840.00 per pupil tran- sported. When a Rural School District votes to close one or more of its grades, the State also reimburses for the transportation of High School pupils from that District who are at that time attending' High School, thus saving parents of such children considerable expense. For further information concerning transportation services offer- ed by the State, Rural Districts should consult Superintendent Ralph E. Brant. Forty

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4 ACTIVITIES

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Vassar High School and ltps Rural School Program Each year Vassar High School offers rural schools a Rural Athletic Meet and Play Festival in which four hundred ninety-nine pupils from twenty-six rural schools participated this year, an annual In- door Baseball Tournament, and motion pictures of Rural School Day acti- vities taken annually. It also provides speakers and vocal music to rural school Parent-Teacher Associations. It provides for girls, a new, modern, and complete Department of Home Economics for teaching cooking, sewing, and general home manage- ment, and offers the services of a trained instructor who supervises girls' home projects through the school year and during tthe summer vacation. ' In addition a Department of Agriculture is provided for boys de- signed to teach Crops and Soils, An'mal Husbandry, Agriculture Econo- mics, and offers the services of a trained instructor who supervises boys' farm projects, and cooperates with the farmers of the surrounding rural community during the school year and summer vacation. Also a De- partment of Manual Arts designated to teach woodworking, general and farm projects. It provides a High School on the four-year accredited list of the University of Michigan and the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, which maintains a staff of well-trained, experienc- ed teachers who are interested in developing the individual interests of each and every student. Graduation from High School is becoming ever more important. A high school diploma is an additional badge of character. It shows to the world that you possess sufficient energy, courage, and determination to complete a task once begun. Your high school course will strengthen your character because it will make you better able to select your life work. A high school di- ploma will add to your prestige in in the community and position in the world. Completion of a high school course is absolutely essential for ad- mission to colleges or professional schools. Statistics show that the person who possesses only an eighth grade diploma earns on the average a salary of eight hundred dollars per year. The high school graduate will average for the balance of his or her life an income of one thousand five hundred to two thousand dollars. You can graduate from High School. It will at once place you on a higher level in your community and give you a higher rank among your fellows. Page Forty one