Mount Dora High School - Stray Leaves Yearbook (Mount Dora, FL)

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This is the first year in the history of Mount Dora High School in which each class has had a supervised home room period. The third period on Mondays and Wed- nesdays has been devoted to home room activities, and all class business has been taken care of during these meetings, which are conducted according to parliament- Although this use of ary law. The and has members or class routine may be fusion. Because of the announcement or plan may home room plan is recognized as very worthwhile a variety of purposes. In this period all the of the class are assembled, and administrative handled with a minimum of con- compact size of the group, any be discussed in full. the home room is important, it has more far-reaching objectives. Its principal aims are to develop desirable ideals and habits of citizen- ship and to give the students educational, vocational, personal, physical, social, and moral guidance. At the beginning of the year, the new officers were elected after thorough discussion of the qualifications and duties of each. In addition a number of committees were chosen to serve throughout the year. Lspecially worthy of mention has been the work of the beautification committees of the three upper grades who gave their time outside of school hours to painting the lower walls and dingy radiators of their rooms. Probably the most hard-working committees have been those in charge of programs for one period each week. They ing, bers ious Seven A, George Lasharg have tried to arrange programs which are interest- educetional, and timely and which include all mem- of the class. The program committees for the var- home rooms were henfod by the following chairmen: Seven B, George Keen: Eight, Kartha Simpson: Nine, Pat Denmark: Ten, George Simsg Eleven, Sally Str-iteg Tv.elve, Mary Jo Burr. . Not only is the but it is yet in its nation. however, it and promises to grow has home room plan new to this school, experimental stages throughout the met with success in most cases in importance and influence during future years at Mount Dora High.