Southern Connecticut State University - Laurel Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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Jtssut I. Scwxrom S root An up-and-doing satellite of the college on Howe Street, Scranton School now .ranks as the most frequently visited student-teacher workshop. Made doubly useful by its earshot proximity, it has given unique' service as an experimental laboratory thrice weekly to senior Curriculum Mate1'ials students. Through these excursions, the seniors, once lurking only on the fringes of the classrooms, have invaded the kindergarten and upper grades to study the dozens of habits and child learning situations peculiar to this school. i Harboring six hundred and sixty-five youngsters- a mixture eighty per cent Italian and Jewish, Scranton has been constantly challengedi with a foreign language problem. And true to modern school ideals, these Scranton children from varied types of homes have appreciatively received all the things ithe world can offer them. I Always alive to the tradition of friendly co-operation, the strong Parent-Teachers group has this fyear gathered in a satisfying harvest, Meeting six times a year at alternating afternoon and evening imeetings they have based their discussions primarily on 'cprovisions for child recreation . In mild ldiscussion and pitched battle they have considered the club in child life, the Jewish Community Center, sand individual musical training. An unusual experience was the growing understanding of Scranton iparents for the present-day curricula, including reading readiness groups, social and emotional pupil Idevelopment inf integrated class activity, and the twenty-pupil atypical classroom. Through these ichannels Scranton School has become a closely-knit unit operating for the social and cultural needs .of its children. u l C I riff 1 8 Ess-

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HENRV BARNARD Scuoot Puppets and alabastine, tambourines and primers-- these are some of the educational symbols of the Henry Barnard School. Nurtured in the philosophy that men cannot live by bread alone, the children live days of enrichment, both practical and aesthetic. With a semi-rural environment where the string-bean and petunia variety of kitchen gardening is not unusual, Barnard youngsters are offered a bit of useful pedagogy. Flower seeds are purchased in the early spring, planted in carefully prepared plots, and coaxed into reality through a summer of religious watering and weeding. Then, in early September, these floral offerings are gathered together and exhibited in a gaily artistic Hower show. With a green hilltop setting, encircled by a sweep of free land, Barnard has few limitations as to varied activity. A loggia-like pavement of grey stones in the yard offers a natural stage for creative out-of-door dramatic play, and only this year a portion of the grounds has been transformed by a tiny white picket fence into a play paradise. An orchestra of small but tuneful proportions has been instituted and with its retinue of young instrumentalists has helped to foster musical appreciation and expression. Internal growth was also evident this year in the installation of a permanent local library open bi-weekly to Barnard pupils. Directed by Miss Edna Ballard, this young library with its cartoon posters on library living and its stack of fresh new books has been hailedlas a further step -up-grade in an already well-advanced school. , . . . , x., ,.. . . fi .. . ,.-.r ., . .. ef iw- 'ta I 9 N i