Edison Middle School - Wizard Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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49 Homeroom, as the word signifies, is the pupil's home for the three years he is in junior high school. In the ele- mentary school a certain number of pupils are assigned to a certain teacher and stay with her all day. In junior high school, by virtue of its organization, there is no place where the pupils stay more than one period. To bridge over the step between the elementary school and junior high school, or in other words to help the pupil feel at home in his new surroundings, he is assigned to a certain teacher in a cer- tain homeroom. This homeroom group stays with that teacher for the entire three years of junior high school and she looks after the interests of this group in every particular. 3' ' The homeroom serves many purposes. Here it is that the administration policy of the school is presented to the pupils. The numerous drives, contests and campaigns .of one sort or another are carried on through the homerooms, In fact, the homeroom is the clearing-house where school business is carried on every day. The homeroom activities are many and varied. There are business meetings, programs, game days, study hours, and once in a while a party. In Edison the homeroom meets four times a week for a period ef twenty-five min- utes. There is much rivalry and school spirit among the homerooms, and on the closing days of a contest the enthu- siasm runs high. The junior high school boy or girl enjoys the social contact that he has with his fellow homeroom members, and in the course of the three years junior high school course many lasting friendships are formed. And most all of the memories of a student's junior high school days Will he tied up with his homeroom. . Page Seventy-seven