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o provide space for the additional grades it was necessary to enlarge school facilities. Therefore lVlrs. Kinkeaid borrowed 352500, had the five room cottage raised and five rooms built underneath it. The staff was enlarged to seven, Mrs. Kinkaid gave up teaching to run the school. For two more years the Kinkaid family continued to occupy the house, but at the end of that time the growing school pushed the family out. There was, however, an apartment of four rooms in the house on San Jacinto that was rented out. Even this arrangement lasted only two years longer, because by that time the school needed the entire building. A sixth grade, added in l9l7, became the first class to graduate from Kinkaid to junior high school at South End, which was located in the building that is now San Jacinto High School. With the six grades, the school was considered complete. Daily routine at Kinkaid was well regulated. Students usually arrived early, around 8:15. The boys played games in the side yard until 8:30 while the girls chatted on the hack steps or under the huge magnolia tree, well carved with names. At the clap of Mrs. Kinkaid fshe never used a school bell, but assembled the group and brought order by use of her handsj the children gathered in line to march into the building. The lower grades would proceed to their respective rooms on the first floor. The higher grades would march up the steps that were on the outside of the building. The day began with a reading from the Bible, for lVlrs. Kinkaid was a devoutly religious woman who believed she was doing Cod's work in carry- ing on her school. Instruction and recitation followed. Subjects and teaching methods were very similar to those used for corresponding grades today. A firm grounding in the three R's was the basis of the elementary classes. Spanish or French, English, history, and mathematics were emphasized in the intermediate grades. For all classes Mrs. Kinkaid put great stress on citizenship and character building. A fifteen minute recess would break the morning. To the strains of the triumphal march from HAida,,' the children moved in orderly lines from the building. Once outside, it was time for uphysical culturew that is, calisthenics. Lunch furnished the next break from the class schedule. The back steps, the side yard, and magnolia tree became popular spots as lunches from home were brought out.
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