Central High School - Cog N Pen Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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FROM 4 EN TO PARENT | | PRINCIPAL’ KRÈ Central High School, May 6th, 1921. DEAR PARENTS: Much of life's advantage lies in grasping oppor- tunities and privileges when they are presented. The wise do not wait for opportunity to knock at their door, but prepare by hard work and effort an environ- ment which will bring opportunity. The most im- portant thing in life therefore is to recognize and take advantage of privileges for educational and material advancement when they are at hand. Your children are extended the means of completing a four year high school course in three years, with thoroughness and educational power, and without physical or mental strain. How has your child in the past made use of the two months’ summer vacation? Has your child come back to school better able to continue school work or did the summer vacation result in the ensour- agement of indifference towards education and its opportunities. A two months’ vacation has been acknowledged to be a bad feature in our American school life because it breaks down intellectual habits which required a whole school year to form. A school year composed of four three-month terms of twelve weeks each with a summer vacation of about three weeks has already proved itself an economic feature of approved educa- tional administration. I urge upon you to permit your children to take advantage of the June Ist to August 19th term of school. Please bear in mind that the pupils will have a vacation of about three weeks at the close of the summer term of the All Year High School. Very truly yours, 70 DER Veteran Principal. 13