Pella High School Spotlight on Modern Instruction
Pella Public Schools showcase strong vocal music under Miss Tysseling and robust shop, vocational, and homemaking programs. Everett Vande Voort teaches social studies, Lois Sayler leads commercial studies and library, and Everett and students benefit from modern equipment, new audio visual tools, and a well stocked library of over 6,000 volumes.
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Pella
Tysseling
Everett
Pella High School
Pella High
Carl Roorda
Character Education Citizenship Essential Part Of School Course
The public school continues weekday classes in Bible study run cooperatively by churches and the school. Qualified teachers join from churches to teach devotion, Bible reading, and songs. The program stresses honesty cooperation dependability and the Golden Rule with careful progress records across grades.
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Ars Slink
Spencer Feet Spring
Speer
Henrietta Ver Honl
Seven Teachers Spent Vacation Season in Study
Seven Pellin teachers spent the summer in study earning credits and advancing degrees. Lois Sayler pursued a Masters in commercial education at the University of Town. Fred Whalley earned a Masters in music education at McPhail in Minneapolis. Everett Van de Voort and Eugene Andrew traveled daily to Drake for extra graduate credits. Mrs. John Vander Ploeg and B.C. Hughes, from Central Junior High, attended summer sessions. Vera Cannaday and Marion Aathers join as new teachers from the classroom with summer coursework.
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Lois Sayler
Des Moines
Pella High
University of Iowa
Misa Sayler
Fred Whalley
Rob Evers
Mr. Whalley
Whalley
Pelln
University of Town
McPhail Music School
Minneapolis
Everett Vande Voort
Eugene Andrew
Drake
Polla
Central
John Vander Ploeg
B.C. Hughes
Vera Cannaday
Marion Aathers
Per Pupil Costs In Public Schools On the Increase
Public school costs per pupil rose in the last year with total operating expenses of 80,602 dollars excluding fixed charges. High school cost per pupil was 180.75, grade child 123.48, translating to monthly figures of 20.08 and 16 respectively. State limits tuition at 20 dollars for high school and 10 dollars for grades, with rural districts billed 17 per pupil per month next year and grade charges capped at 10.
Free Band Instruction and Commercial Courses Offered
A historical notice advertises a balanced program including free band instruction for 11 months covering vocal and instrumental work, plus commercial courses in bookkeeping shorthand economics law and secretarial training. It lists a large auditorium for programs and assemblies and clubs and organizations for training in ship, student activities, pep, commercial, honor society, letter, science, music, journalism, and F.F.A.
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Anne ‘Tysseling
Vocational Agriculture
Theres Niehurys
Social Studies
Howard de Prenger
Leighton
Wilbur Root
Near Sully
Andrew
Marion Aalbers
Theressa Nieburg
Lois Saylor
Mias Saylor
Steenhoek Estate
Truetone
Steenhoek
Andrew Steenhoek
Walter Steenhoek
Klyn Bros
Harold de Bruin
Ae Weil
WEW
de Laval
de Laval Engineering
Iowa
Elas Ream Oned
Yerad Traction
Vander I Jon Drug Store
Ulrich Motor Co
Ulrich Motor Company
Otley
Rick Se
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