Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PART PART PART PART PART PART I “ A YEAR OF PROGRESS IN THE SCHOOLS II - THE TEACHING STAFF III - THE PUPILS IV CURRICULUM STUDIES V - EXTRA - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES VI - FINANCES PART VII CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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PART I- A YEAR OF PROGRESS IN THE SCHOOLS. 'The following items of progress are the result of efforts on the part of the Board of Education, the superintendent, the teachers, the pupils, the school Janitor or the combined efforts of two or more of these. I. PROGRESS WITH REFERENCE TO PUPILS- 1. High school enrollment of tuition pupils reached a new high point. 2. A merit system of government in the high school devised and used. 3. Two class memorial pictures provided this year, one by the class of 1333 and the other a Washington portrait by the class of 1932.. There are now seven correctly framed and beautifully colored pictures in the assembly room and all are memorials to classes since 1920, 4. An honor roll of genuine signi ficance adopted this year. II. PROGRESS WITH REFERENCE TO THE CURdJCULUH- 1. The curriculum of the high school made more practical by the adoption of an original plan for vocational training in the skilled trade occupations, 2. Biology replaced in the curriculum as an elective one-semester subject for 10th and 11th grades to be offered every other year. 3. Advanced algebra offered to a regular class of 22 pupils. The subject is an elective one for 11th and 12th grades, 4. Penmanship instruction continued throughout the school. The results of the work this year have been very gratifying. 5. creative art taught in the Junior high school this year as well as in the first six grades. 6. An evening school for adult women was held for a period of le twelve weeks, the class meeting one evening each week, IIIPR PIc3S3 WITH REFERENCE TO BUILDING; GROUNDS AND EQUIPMENT - 1. dockers provided for care of clothing and eauipment of those par-icipating in athletics. 2. Water pipes replaced to Increase pressure in the building. j. A dozen steel folding chairs added this yeor, making a total of dozen now available for use for entertainment, or other uses, VJ ;'alnuts from Gettysburg and from Arlington National Cemetery -ere planoea by the Boy Scouts on the school grounds. „me Economics equipment improved through the addition of a can scaling machine to permit the preservation of foods in tin c?ns . J . PROGRESS WITH REFERENCE TO EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES- 1. A Boys Octette added to the list of music groups. 2. Wrestling added to the activities list as a winter sport. ar fundsnadopted mPr°Ved financial accounting system for extra-curricul ■rant; tr°°P .”aiat£iaed- advance- ■ v M? uKX6os f?R•s -e to more thr-n 450 seiocuon ’ library.b0°k raCk and bulletia board were constructed for use in the library last ear! b°°kS and b°Und - 3r-0: icals v'ere added to the 3. Health and oral hygiene promoted through use of dental clinics. - 4 -