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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
6
Monticello Public School announces opening day September 4 under Superintendent Boyd Shannon. Enrollment week August 28 to September 2 prioritizes upper grades first. kindergarten offers forenoon and afternoon sessions. book sale and locker key pickup arranged.
The passage catalogues grade by grade book titles used in vocational homemaking and agriculture programs. It notes editions and authors for English, geometry, physics, typing, economics, and farm management materials, including guidance on produce yields for canning.
Mrs. Alma H. Jones of Iowa State College cautions that one seventh of U.S. high school students left school last year for work. Five million youths aged 14 to 17 worked this summer, but returning service members and the GI Bill will reshape labor needs. Education remains vital for future opportunity and health safeguards.
Wayne 4 H club Willing Workers held a meeting with Arlene and Geraldine Monk as hostesses. Members responded to roll call with their county achievement day exhibits. Arlene Monk spoke on home made polishes and cleansers and the group discussed canning. Jean Snathoff sang a Bohemian folk song and group singing provided recreation. Plans made for a picnic with the boys 4 H club. Jean and Doris Snathoff will be missed as they move to another community.
The catalog lists College Preparatory, Normal Training, Vocational Agriculture, Vocational Home Making, and Commercial General as strong departments headed by trained teachers. It notes science and math offerings, including pre induction courses and algebra geometry and physics. It also cites a four year agriculture and three year home making vocational options with project work and duties of the house.
Monti High has been a member of the North Central Association since 1915. Its Normal Training department has prepared many teachers who go on to rural schools and succeed. Teachers teach only in their major and minor fields ensuring top notch instruction. The school offers balanced curricular and extracurricular programs with activities such as M Club FFA NHS Science Club Normal Training Club Speech Club and Mathematics Club.
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