Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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BOYS LISTEN TO BEDTIME STORY BY HOUSE MOTHER JUNIOR SCHOOL OBJECTIVES The objectives of the junior School are the maximum moral, intellectual and physical attainments of which each boy is capable. To meet these objectives, each boy is made an individual study by the instructors, and his needs build the daily program. In the beginning of the school year each student's in- tzlligence quotient is obtained. This, together with the instructor-is estimate, is talcen as a relative measure of that student's ability to learn. If he does not live up to this ability, it becomes the business of the instructors to remedy such delinquency by special classes. Class periods are forty minutes in length with an average of fifteen students in each class. This gives the teachers an opportunity for very close checking. The course of study may be divided into several general heads which are, however, so closely inter-related that it is difficult to differentiate between them. RH.-nnxo-Oral and silent reading are taught in all of the grades by the use of carefully selected material from literature, history and current events. Remedial work is given when needed. ln these cases dianostic tests are given. limaisn-language, composition ami literature, with especial emphasis on technical English grammar and sentence structure make a busy linglish schedule. l.etters home are required once a week. Si'r:i.l.1Nt:-'l'his subject is given a place of importance in all grades. A cumulative method is used which gives daily reviews ami tests in the spelling, formation and use of I1 graded vocabu- lary, with practice in the use of the distionary. Ma'rni-QM.-x'1:Cs-This course consists of the mastery of the fundamentals in grades four and five, with frequent reviews of these in the grades. Grades five and six provide for a mastery L of fractions, both common and decimal, with problems of graded difficulty. Grades seven and eight provide a good course in business arithmetic, with the beginnings of algebra in the eighth grade. GEOGRAPHY-The geography course consists of a ratlrcr com- prehensive study of global geography in the fourth grade, the geography of our own continent in the fifth grade, and a study of the physical, political and economic geography of the other continents in the sixth and seventh grades. Tlre study of the textbooks is supplemented by a study of world conditions and their effect on the geography of today. lllsroky-'l'his subject is combined with reading and geog- raphy in the fourth and fifth grades, but has a definite part on the schedule in the sixth, seventh ami eighth grades. After studying the history of ancient times and the backgrounds for our history in the sixth ami seventh grades, and intensive study of our own country's history is given in the eighth grade. SCIENCE and l'iliAl,'lill-Sk'iC'llCC, as a separate subject is taught in the seventh' and eighth grades, but is a part of every grade's program. llealth is so basically a part of the junior School work that diet, work and all activities become factors in its study. From reveille to taps, inspections for bodily cleanliness and physical well-being are going on in some part of the school. XVRITING Assn '1iYl'lNG--hxvfltlllg is stressed largely for legibility. lioth manuscript and cursive writing are taught in the lower grades. Regular typing classes are conducted for the upper grades. llere students are taught the touch system from the beginning, ami many become good typists. MUSIC-Music is a required subject in all of the grades. The more gifted cadets form tlre Glee Club which has been a very creditable organization. Private lessons in voice, piano and wind instruments are available from able instructors. Adequate quarters for manual arts have been provided and many of the cadets are showing real ability. Public speaking classes are organized for those desiring this subject.

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