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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1927
Page
4
The community thanks the Women’s Club for fencing the school tennis courts and the Tuesday Club for financial help. Courts are in frequent use. students should study at home 1.5 to 3 subjects, with punctual start times and early access to the building.
Rolfe school will open Monday September 5 1927 with new high school enrollments already underway. Enrollment is more than registering it involves planning high school courses from start to finish and the superintendent and board urge students to plan ahead for an educated future with guidance from officials and local professionals.
The Rolfe community welcomes teachers returning to their roles in the school and town life. Three new faculty members join Domestic Science, Music, and Fifth Grade, with hopes they will settle in and contribute to local social, church, and business activities.
Rolfe school adopts unified sub-primary start with two shorter daily sessions 9:00 to 11:00 and 1:15 to 3:00 for all beginners ages five before Thanksgiving. Later in year sessions lengthen by fifteen minutes. Parents urged to meet Miss Lehnus before opening day to help with name faces.
Rolfe High School balances academics with robust activities in sports music and drama. The school reports strong participation in declamation and speech and debate while the Normal Training Club and Student Council offer leadership and teacher training opportunities for student development.
The Iowa Physical Education law guides two annual health checks by a nurse with cooperation from the Child Welfare Department of the Women’s Club. Inspections aim to improve child health, school work, and family happiness, and parents are urged to respond to inspection reports.
School notes list required textbooks for each grade at Rolfe School. Students entering Monday should bring assigned notebooks for high school. Some books are shared across grades and others available in the sub-primary room. Textbooks were selected carefully and may be bought at Webb’s Drug Store.
Rolfe High School students may select Normal Training Classical Commercial College Entrance or Elective curricula. Core requirements include four semester credits per term with a 32 credit graduation total and optional Latin across freshman to junior years. Electives vary by curriculum and some are restricted.
A brief catalog note lists language books and readers including Horn Ashbaugh Speller Part 1 Geography Part 2 Jewett Physiology Hygiene and Sanitation Watson Simplified Arithmetic and other Grade VI Young and Field readers. Continued on page seven.
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