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Since the entire edueotion process is based on a knowledge of reading, great stress is laid on this subject
beginning in. the first grade. Pictured here are eight students from the first grade at Jefferson school reading
undr the supervision of the teacher, Mrs. Ann Stoughton. The pupils are (left to right) Macki Bismark, Judith
Champlin, James Gail, Rebecca Adams, Valerie Fong (standing), Janice Asher, Marianne Fox and James Bullard.
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' The child's physical development is guarded by the public school, as well as his mental development. A
' part of every day is devoted to physical education classes, and pupils from the sixth grade in the Phoenix ele
' meniary school are shown here doing calisthenics. The 37 boys are led by Dick Dahl while the teacher, John Q.
Stewart, looks on. The boys are from two sixth grade rooms, one being taught by Mr. Stewart and the other by
Mrs. Gladys M. Sloan.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1956
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Today's Education
Tomorrow's Democracy
By OLIVE STARCHER
"Schools for a strong America" is the theme of the 1956 American Education Week which open
today throughout the nation. Started in 1921 by National Education association and the American
Legion, the special week was set aside as a time to inform the public of the accomplishmenis and
needs of the public schools, and to assure cooperation and support in meeting these needs.' -
The United States Office of Education and the National Congress of Parents and .Teachers ha 6
joined with the two original sponsors in recent years to promote American Education Week.
Oregon's Governor Elmo Smith and Mayor Earl Miller of Medford have both issued proclama
tions calling upon all citizens to observe the week. Medford ministers were asked .to call attention to
education and its importance in their services today, since the theme for opening day is "Our Spiritual
and National Heritage." Other daily topics point up the many facets of modern education. Monday's 0
topic is "Today's Education Tomorrow's Democracy"; for Tuesday the topic is "Schools for Safe and
Healthful Living" and Wednesday the theme will be "Schools for Trained Manpower' 'On Thursday0
the topic will be "A Good Classroom for Every Child" and Friday is National Teachers' day. The closing'
topic for Saturday is "Schools for a United America." "
In his proclamation Mayor Miller particularly asked the citizens to pay special tribute to teachers
for "their wise, devoted and experienced guidance of our children's educational growth." Governor
Smith pointed out in his proclamation that "the maintenance and improvement, of education at alj c
levels elementary, secondary and higher education is a major concern of the state of Oregon and
our nation for the preservation of our American way of life and the continued prosperity' of oyr
people" and that "Oregon schools are growing at such an unprecedented rate that .it is estimated
our school population will increase 50,000 by 1960 and that higher education enrollments will o
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' Jackson county schools now number 31 in the elementary division, with 1 1,020 pupils; 4'junior
high schools with 1,900 enrolled and 10 high schools with 3,400 students. In Medford there are
seven elementary schools with 3,026 pupils enrolled, two junior high schools with enrollments of
1,373 and one high school with 980 pupils enrolled. Medford also has one parochial school' with an o
enrollment of 512. The total teaching staff of the county is 679- men and women. o
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Beginning' carpentry is a new class at Eagle Point High school
ond Instructor Don rtcGovern is shown here with three students (left
to right) Charles Pettegrew and Neil Dusenberry, seniors, and Don
Collette, sophomore. The carpentry class is part of the school's indus
trial arts program and the model house, built to scale of minimalie
construction, is used in the course.
These four eighth graders at Griffin Creek school built a model
stockade in a social studies class about early day settlers. Part of the
project was to outline the method on a tape recorder. Demonstrating
the recorder is Linda Clark (at left) and other students in the class
include (left to .right) Charles Cook, Verne Van Riper and Carol
Schwieger.
Seventy students are enrolled in vocational agriculture at Crater
High school. Ernest lind (inside trailer) and Larry Sands are working O
on a horse trailer, Jerry Klocke examines a piece of fnetal and Lyle
Bigham leans on a grain- and hay loader which he designed and
built and which won him fourth place in a national contest sponsored
by Lincoln Welding company.
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'3 Visual aids equipment can be found in every modern school room today. Neil Richardson, teacher of the i
sixth grade at Briscoe school in Ashland is shown here with one of the instruments and five students from a social
udies class which was in progress ot the time of the visit. Allen Kiser. prepares to clean the lens of the machine
whieli will project the pbge of a book or"o"y piece of printed material. The students observing are (left to right,
$a'ed) Carol Ph'!ps, Marvin Morris and Nola hWelson; and (standing), Marilyn Johnson.
Thero is an ever-increosing interest in special education, ond some Jackson county schools have such classes
Pictured here ore pupils in a special -education class taught by Karl Hayes in the "Talent scfeool, but part of a
county-wide program. The class members had made a large map of the United States for study. These special0
classes are kept low in enrollment and the curriculum is built around every day exjbanences nd Cfenironment
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