Onondaga Central School - Onondagan Yearbook (Nedrow, NY)

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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Pupils who are absent or tardy bring hardship and disappointment upon them- selves and also lower the aims of the school as a whole. A student attending Onondaga Central School is expected to do his best workg this can best be accomplished with perfect attendance. It is rather discouraging to return to school to find you are many days' work behind the rest of the class. The following excuses are legal: 1. Sickness of child or sickness in family. 2. Inclement weather. 3. Impassable roads. 4. Religious observance. 5. Required to be in court. All other absences are illegal, according to law and must be classified as: 1. Illegal employment. 2. Unlawful employment. 3. Truancy. Pupils attending school for a part of a day are not to leave before the close of the school day without permission of the principal. Parents desiring to have children excused for some necessary reason, should send a signed note making the request to the school office. ADVANTAGES TO PARENTS OF REGULAR PUPIL ATTENDANCE Onondaga Central School District Number 1 receives annually from the State of New York about 7022 of the total amount of money spent for school purposes. The total budget for the coming year is S54,407.71, of which 539,081.13 is received from the State in the form of State Aid, based upon attendance of pupils, the building quota, transportation quota, non-resident tuition quota, and Federal Aid for Agriculure. Contrary to common belief, State Aid is money raised by the State from taxes on the sale of stocks and bonds, income taxes, taxes on corporations, inheritance taxes, insurance tax and other forms of business taxes. NONE OF IT IS RECEIVED FROM TAXES ON REAL ESTATE. The amount of State Aid any school district receives depends upon its total days' attendance by the pupils plus the quotas as set up by the law. EVERY DAY THAT A PUPIL IS IN SCHOOL MEANS MONEY IN THE TREASURY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, and therefore a decrease in the amount of taxes to be raised locally for school purposes. It has been estimated by school authorities that the absence of a local High School student for one day, whether the reason is avoidable or not, costs the District approxi- mately 46 cents. The absence of a grade pupil for one day costs the District about 29 cents. Much money could be saved the District, and therefore the taxpayers, if pupils were required to attend every day they are able. TUITION Pupils may be admitted to either the elementary grades or high school departments without tuition charges if the enrollment makes such a procedure advisable. No tuition is charged non-resident academic pupils or pupils in the Junior High School departments unless a contracting district prefers this charge. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME We are pleased when parents and friends of the school visit to observe the actual operation of the various activities which have brought children of all ages to enjoy school work. Visitors are asked to call at the ofEce and register. They will be shown to the room or class they wish to visit. -9.. Edueati0n for effective demoeraey, in the face of conditions at home and abroad, is more than a job, it is more than a profession, it is a crusade. It is a rare against eatastrophe too imminent and too abysmal to be eountenaneed for the children of A7llBYlCll.,,-DURANT

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TO HELP STUDENTS The Guidance Department is organized to help students with their plans. It is well enough just to ramble around when out on a holiday tripg it is necessary occa- sionally to wander aimlessly for a certain amount of relaxation. But to reach a goal, even on a hike, you must make a plan and establish an objective. True, you may arrive without having done much thinking and planning, but this is the exception rather than the rule. The wise individual thinks of his future and prepares for it in the present. The schedule of studies that a student is following in high school and the activities in which he is engaging both outside and inside of school ought to be part of a plan that he has made for his life. How much of your success in the future depends upon your present education? That is a very important question to ask yourself in making your plans for each school year. To answer that question correctly it is necessary to realize that education means much more than just attending classes and doing homework. It means, for instance, learning how to think straight, how to express thoughts, how to communicate thoughts to others. It means learning how to cooperate in a friendly, helpful manner with other people. It means learning how to enjoy yourself when you are free from the obligation to do any particular thing, in other words, learning how to play, how to spend leisure time constructively. Education also means learning along what lines your abilities and your interests lie, so that you will recognize those vocations at which you will have the greatest chances for success. It means DISCOVERING YOURSELF, developing yourself, making the most of your opportunities. It means getting one hundred per cent out of life because you are joyously putting one hundred per cent into every day of life. Education carries along with all of these things, because it means development not only of your mind but of your whole self, body and soul. Your disposition toward your studies, toward your school, your teachers, your fellow-students, your parents, your brothers and sisters, your spare time-all of these are of tremendous importance to you for your own future, whatever form that future takes. It may be that you will be puzzled at some time about yourself. Perhaps your failure to be like someone else whom you admire, or your inability to achieve some athletic or social or scholastic goal, will worry you. You may wonder what vocation you ought to train for, or how much longer you should go to school, or whether you are in the right kind of school. All of these are the kind of questions that the Guidance Department will help you to think about and perhaps to answer. The counselors of the Guidance Department are interested in YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL and are eager to discuss your problems with you, problems ranging all the way from the choice of a club to the choice of a career. Their aim is helping you to find yourselfn and be able to gain more from those pleasant days spent in Onondaga Central School. REPORTS FOR PARENTS' EXAMINATION AND STUDY The report card your boy or girl brings to you at the end of each ten weeks period for your examination and signature is a fair and unbiased opinion of the school Work accomplished, of the development of character attained as recorded by the teacher or teachers your child may have. After noting any unusual condition of marked improve- ment or deficiency, please feel free to consult the teachers or the principal. Those pupils who are listed on the honor roll of Onondaga Central are ones who have attained an average of 90 or better in their school work. During the school year 1936-37 eight to ten boys and girls reached this average. Why not plan to include yourself in this group next year? -g-

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ORGANIZATION OF CLASSES In both the Junior and Senior High School departments the Home Room system is used. Each group working with its faculty advisor has its meeting, elects its officers for each term and plans its class activities. You can decide in which class you belong from the essential facts listed below. SENIORS Home Room-209 Home Room Teacher-Mr. von Schlichcen Class Advisor-Mr. von Schlichten Requirements-Three years English and 9 other units JUNIORS Home Room-2 07 Home Room Teacher-Mr. Davison Class Advisor-Mr. Davison Requirements-Two years English and 6 other units SOPHOMORES Home Room-206 Home Room Teacher-Mr. Yavis Class Advisor-Mr. Yavis Requirements-One year English and 3 other units FRESHMEN Home Room-210 Home Room Teacher-Miss Ward Class Advisor-Miss Ward Requirements-Earning of preliminary Regents Certificate JUNIOR HIGH EIGHTH SEVENTH Home Room-202 Home Room-208 Home Room Teacher-Miss Wells Home Room Teacher-Miss Alexander Class Advisor-Miss Wells Class Advisor-Miss Alexander Requirements-Seventh Grade promotion Requirements-Sixth Grade promotion Each home room teacher desires to be of help to you. When you need advice about your schedule, school work or other problems be sure to cooperate with your advisor. Make your home room the best in the school. Below are various lists showing the subjects and the years in which they should be taken. Any variation from this arrangement tends to unbalance a schedule of -10-