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Kiln Vocational High School—Teachers and Students
NO.
APRIL 20,
1928.
P. T. A. WORK.
The Parent-Teacher Association has been an outstanding auxiliary of the school for the past four years. During this time hundreds of dollars have been saved the taxpayers in this community by this organization. It was through this organization that equipment was obtained sufficiently to place the school on the accredited list. The necessary things bought being a library, maps, charts, cooking utensils, magazines, papers, etc. The P. T. A. also has been wonderful in assisting the teachers in planning and arranging their work for the best service of the community. It has never tried to dominate but always sought to advise when feeling that it could be of assistance to those in the school work. In order that you; may better understand the service of the P. T. A. to the school and community we herewith submit the yearly report of 1927-28.
President, Mrs. C. R. Burke; treasurer, Mrs. W ,H. Saucier; secretary, A. B. Du-buisson.
May—Contributed $10 in cash towards the Chatauqua, and through the efforts of the P. T. A. free tickets were secured for all children of school age.
June—Two boxes valued at $100 sent to the flood sufferers.
July—Pre-chool examination of 17 children, $1.20.
August—Flowers for sicki folks, and an offering to our retiring president, $11.00.
September—Paid in full balance due on piano, $151.58; furnishings for teacherage, $87.25; balance on Encylopedia paid during this year, $52; song books for the school, $15.15; helped furinsh the clothing to enable an orphan to accept a free scholarship, amounting to $100.
October—Chairs for the studio, $15.60; through collections and donations a free dinner was served on Fair Day, $11.85 spent to meet incidentals.
November—Six bookcases and a first aid cabinet valued at $100; affiliation dues, $25; birthday offering, $5; prizes for the best kept rooms, $9.50; picnic given to the Tenth grade as a reward for helping in the P. T. A. drive, $18.18; maps for school, $56; music teacher for extra lessons, $75; county teachers luncheon, $25.85.
December—Through the P. T. A. the
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
First program of commencement exercise will be a “Musical Fair Play” given by Music Department. April 19, school auditorium, 7 :30 p.m.
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"Back, turn backward, oh time in your flight !
Make me a child—just for tonight.”
The Primary children will entertain you, take you back to the land of story books, show you how they can drill and sing, and present to you their gay little plays on Friday evening, April 20, at 7 :30 p.m.
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You probably have never realized that there are real actors and actresses within your own school. If you haven’t, you will change your mind after you have seen the Grammar Grade children perform in plays, readings, choruses and drills which will be given May 3, 1928.
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"A Little Clodhopper.”
A comedy drama in 3 acts—May 7, 1928.
Your last opportunity to see the Seniors p'erform—see them cast aside their usual dignity to entertain you.
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Commencement—the beginning and the end, end of our school life, when we “com- j mence” our business life. Friday evening, | May 11, 1928.	j
May 2nd and 3rd—The last opportunity —foi* the Seniors to display what they do not know, a week ahead of time—“Final Examinations.”
THE PROGRESS OF KILN SCHOOL SINCE 1924.
Home Economics Department was converted into a regular hospital, where 17 children were operated on for tonsils and adenoids, having a specialist and three nurses from New Orleans for the operation. The incidentals were cared for by P. T. A., $21.25.
March—Grass seed for campus, $7; flower seed for campus, $9.50; grammar school library books, $15; flowers for Mrs. Cuevas, $3.
In 1924 Kiln School had only ten grades. During the past four years the school has been made an accredited school, doing four years of high school work. There have been added to the regular school curriculum, music, expression and commercial work. The commercial work being done under the supervision of the State Vocational Board, also during these four years the Agriculture and Home Economics Departments have been improved to the extent that they, too, have been listed under the head of the Vocational Work and the three departments assisted by the State and Federal Aid to the amount of about $2,500 per year. The music is given free to the pupils in the school, the teacher paid as any other teacher on the faculty, and we plan in the near future to be able to take care of the expression as well as the music. With these improvements to the regular school curriculum, we feel that our school has come to be one of the leading Vocational Schools on the Coast.
In addition to these improvements, we have during these four years improved the Campus in that there has been a splendid wire fence inclosing five acres of the ten owned by the school. These five acres have been cared for as the school campus and a:i one may see on passing the school plant the two acres composing the front have been carefully kept and beautified with shrubbery, flowers and grass. From the main building to the front there has been a cement walk constructed, and from the gate entrance of each side a gravel road so that the children may not have to leave the campus to get off and on the trucks that carry them to and from school. There has been erected an Agriculture and Home Economics building according to plans of the State Board of Education. This building with its equipment cost about $4,000. Also, there has been added a second story to the Teacherage at a cost of approximately $2,000. These buildings, we considered necessary in order that we might take care of the many boys and girls interested in Agriculture and Home Economics and also better provide for the (Continued on Page Two)