Hugh John Macdonald School - Searchlight Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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11 PARENTS NIGHT By Ger t rude Manners, Sandra Dolberg, and Sonia Zyla As school opened two weeks later this year. Parents’ Night was postponed until March 9. The purpose of Parents’ Night was to acquaint the teachers with the parents, and to give the parents an idea of what their children were doing in school. From 7.15 to 8,30 p,m, the parents visited in the classrooms. In the Sewing Room, blouses, skirts and aprons, made by pupils in grades seven and eight were on display. Notebooks were also displayed in some classrooms so that the parents could see the progress being made in various subjects. Most teachers said that they enjoyed this opportunity of speaking to the parents when the pupils were not present. At 8,30 p,m, the programme started in the auditorium. The theme of the panel discussion was, The School and Your Child , This panel discussion was designed to focus attention upon problems of vital interest to parents and teachers alike. Miss Truesdale, who was chairman, introduced all the teachers who took part in the discussion, and spoke of the aims of the teachers and of what the school was endeavoring to do for the student. Miss Hughes, speaking about the Library,s aid that its function was to develop in the children the love for art, music and good literature. Miss Crookshanks said that English was essential to the development of good, lear speech habits, in the formation of good reading habits and in the training of pupils to express thoughts clearly both orally and in writing. Mr, Shewfelt said that Science was taught because it gave the children aq opportunity to ask why things were the way they were, Mr, Cooke gave an interesting talk on Soeial Studies, giving the parents some idea of the kind of work the students have done and are doing, Mr, MCKillop said that technical work such as metalwork and woodwork was essential to life. It gave the boy the satisfaction of seeing the work that he him elf had produced. Since Mr, Patterson was unavoidably absent, Mr, McWilliams then spoke on The Role ff the Parent in the School , He explained that the parents could help by reducing the number of absentees and lates to the very minimum. Then a film called, The Birth of the Soil was shown to let the parents see what sort of films are shown during Visual Edufation periods. We would like to thank the teachers for all that they did, to make the evening interesting and helpful, TEACHER: Ants are the busiest ineeots we know of, L0HNE: Then how do they always have time to go to picnics? ANITA: Can you keep a secret? ARLENE: lean, but it ' s just my luck to tell things to girls who can ' t. It was raining cats and dogs, and there were poodles in the road. Degrees of comparison of bad : bad, very sick, dead.

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12 ' HOME ECONOMICS The Hugh John Macdonald School is very fortunate in having such a nice tome Economics Department. Room 16 is our Cookery Room and is very nice. It has twenty-four stoves In it, and that makes a stove for each girl when we are cooking. In Grade 7 the ilements of cooking are learned. In Grade 8 we are taught how to prepare certain meals such as dinner and supper, and it has been rumoured that the Jrade Eights can also make very good tempting pastryl The Grade 9 students Learn how to prepare and can vegetables and fruits, and study the details of cooking. Room 21is our Sewing Room. In it we have long tables on which we can out out our material. We also have six sewing machines so that we don’t have ■jo sew by hand. In Grade 7 the girls are taught the fundamentals of hand nachine sewing. They make aprons and caps. In Grade 8 the students are taught low to make good tailored blouses. The Grade Nines learn to make skirts in various styles and colours. After taking a Home Economics course like this for three years, the girls should be able to take over the duties of a house. Wilma Wilson 8-23 SHOPS I like Shops because you work by yourself and prove that you can do things a man can do. You have one morning or one afternoon a week for Shops and our period is Tuesday afternoon. I like Woodworking better than Metalworking because 3 r ou can make more projects. You have a choice of whether or not you want a big project or a Little project. Here in Shops you have separate benches so that your friend my sit right across from you. In Shops there are tools that you might not nave at home. Finally you have the satisfaction of finishing your project and painting it. Dennis Ruthig 8-23 SHOPS I like Shops because you can make some useful projects to use at home. You can work by yourself and do what you want. When you enter the Shop your sleeves must be rolled up. You must sit quietly on your bench until the teacher has checked the roll. Then you take your notebook and copy the notes which are dictated. After you have finished, you can take your project out and work on it. You must do proper work and follow the Instructions given in your book. If you cannot follow the instructions, you can isk the teacher and he will do what he can for you. You must not talk while you ire working. When clean-up time comes, everybody must put his work under the benoh, put ;he proper tools in their proper positions, and sweep off the top bench. Then you sweep the waste material off the floor. Two boys take the waste material can out md empty it. ’Then you leave the class, you put your benoh number on the board and ;urn the number to out . The bell rings and Shops is over for another week. Altorb Sobmidt 8-25