Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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candidate. They can be taken only at high schools and academies. This certificate shall rot be issued on the basis of examinations alone, as it is provided only for those who have regularly pursued a full course in the high schools and academies of this State. Experience. No previous experience in teaching is re- quired. Where valid. A certificate of this grade shall be valid only in the particular school dictrict for which it is issued or made valid by the school commissioner, which shall be a school district not maintaining an academic department. Term. An academic certificate shall be issued for a term of two years. Number of certificates. Only one academic certificate shall be issued to any one person. Extension. An academic certificate may be extended one year for each 18 credits obtained in examinations for life State certificates and earned while it is in force. Counts earned in Regents’ examinations shall not be applied for ex- tension of this certificate. Issuance of certificate. An academic certificate shall be issued only after the candidate has made an engagement to teach, approved by the school commissioner having juris- diction. But a person entitled to an academic certificate, though such certificate has not yet been issued, is legally qualified to contract by presenting a formal statement from the school commissioner having jurisdiction showing that such person is entitled to this certificate and certifying that such certificate will be issued when a contract has been made with the trustee of some district designated in such statement of the school commissioner.

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Experience. No previous experience in teaching is requir- ed. Where valid. An elementary certificate shall be valid only in the particular school district for which it is issued or made valid by the school commissioner, which shall be a school district not maintaining an academic department. Term. An elementary certificate shall be issued for a term of two years. Number of certificates. Only one elementary certificate shall be issued to any one person. Extensions. An elementary certificate may be extended one year for each eight academic counts earned while it is in force in subjects not already passed when the certificate was issued. Issuance of certificate. While examinations may be taken at any appointed time and place, an elementary certificate shall be issued only after the candidate has made an engagement to teach, approved by the school commissioner having juris- diction. But a person entitled'to an elementary certificate, though such certificate has not yet been issued, is legally qualified to contract by presenting a formal statement from the school commissioner having jurisdiction showing that such person is entitled to th: s certificate, and certifying that such certificate will be issued when a contract has been made with the trustee of some district designated in such statement of the school commissioner. Academic Certificate. Educational requirements. A candidate for an academic certificate must have completed a four year high school course and must have earned a Regents’ academic diploma. Dates and places of examinations. Examinations for an academic certificate can be taken only in January and June and as they are reached in the course of study pursued by the

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Building-. The Hammond Union School building is a modern wood- en structure and in every way up-to-date. The heating and lighting are of the best for the convenience and diligence of the student. The ventilating system warrants plenty of good fresh air. There is also a water system. The building contains five class-rcoms, each with an ad- joining cloakroom, besides a library and a physics and biology laboratory. There is ample hall space, making easy access to the rooms. Laboratories and Apparatus The library contains 500 volumes for general circulation, including history, fiction, science, travel, biography, peda- gogics, art a d miscellaneous books, works of reference, etc. Great care is taken in selection of books to procure those that will be of greatest benefit to both pupils and teacher in their daily work, and stimulate a desire for wholesome reading and develop a taste for good literature. The apparatus in Physics is suitable for illustrating the principles of mechanic, dynamics, fluid pressure, laws of mo- tion, heat, sound, light and electricity. The course in biology requires the working of thirty to forty laboratory experiments, which can be done in a very satisfactory manner, in the laboratory. The laboratory will accomodate eighteen pupils in this work. Fire Drill. Chapter 201. An act providing for fire drills in the Schools of the Sta'e.