THE FOLLOWING GRADED SCHOOLS WERE IN OPERATION DURING THE YEAR:: In order to secure greater uniformity in the management of Graded Schools, the following additional regulations have been prescribed by the Council of Public Instruction : The Principal shall prepare the Limit Table for each division of his school, and must forward a copy of the same to the Education Department for approval. Semi-annual written examinations for making promotions shall be held in the different divisions of each graded school. The Principal shall prepare the questions for these examinations, and shall fix the time of holding the same, but the promotion lists must be read on the date on which each public examination of the school is held. As it is not deemed proper to place too great reliance upon a single written examination, the Principal shall consult the assistant teacher of each division in preparing the promotion list. The assistant's recommendation, based upon record kept as to progress and standing of pupils claimed to be worthy of promotion, should be accorded proper consideration. A copy of all questions set for each promotion examination, together with a statement of the results of the examination of each division (on blanks supplied by the Departinent for that purpose), must forthwith be forwarded to the Education Department. KAMLOOPS. Principal, E. Stuart Wood. Salary, $85 per month. Assistant, Miss J. M. H. Pope, until June 30th, 1893; present Assistant, James R. McLeod. Salary, $60 per month. Monitor, Miss Deborah E. Matthews. Salary, $40 per month. Examined, September 2nd and 5th, 1892; present 32 boys, 21 girls; total, 53. Inspected, September 19th, 1892; present, 33 boys, 18 girls; total, 51. Enrolled during the year, 62 boys, 51 girls; total, 113. Average monthly attendance, 72. Average actual daily attendance, 59.35. Expenditure, $2,340. At an examination held September 2nd and 5th, 1892, Miss Edith A. Thexton and Master Arthur O. Cochrane, pupils of this school, passed the standard required for admission to a High School. The following is taken from the Report of the Principal :- "The average has been satisfactory in so far as it was possible for pupils to attend, but as usual, there were circumstances, such as removals, &c., which greatly lowered the percentage of regularity. "The prospects for the coming year are very encouraging and a satisfactory record is confidently expected. "In addition to those who passed the entrance examination, Miss Ellen I. Goddard was awarded a third-class teacher's certificate at the recent examination.” NANAIMO. Principal, John Shaw. Salary, $100 per month. 1st Assistant, James A. Galloway. Salary, $75 per month. 2nd Assistant, Miss Flora E. Hartt. Salary, $60 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss Christina Pool. Salary, $50 per month. Examined, December 6th and 7th, 1892. June 1st and 2nd, 1893. Enrolled during the year, 242. Average monthly attendance, 175. Average actual daily attendance, 147.60. At the Christmas Examination, 1892, the following passed the standard required for admission to a High School : Thomas B. Booth, At the Midsummer Examination, 1893, the following obtained the percentage required for admission to a High School : John T. Cowie, Colin C. McKenzie, The following is taken from the Report of the Principal: "Since my last report the two Ward schools have been completed, thus allowing the divisions of our School to be in one building, instead of being in different parts of the City, as it was last year. This change has added greatly to our convenience, and also enabled us to adopt a better system of classification amongst the junior pupils. "The schools were closed for a few weeks during the month of February, owing to the inclemency of the weather, and of late our ranks have been temporarily thinned by sickness, but in the face of these obstacles I think we have made fair progress, as the following promotion list will show from 4th to 3rd division, seventeen; from 3rd to 2nd, fourteen; from 2nd to 1st, sixteen, and from 1st to High School, eight. "The great inducements held out to boys of thirteen to fifteen years of age to work in the coal mines naturally draw a large number from the school every year, and place the senior divisions at a great disadvantage. You will notice, by the list of pupils, that quite a number of the boys of the age above mentioned have gone to work, thus carrying off the material that should go to the High School." Principal, Miss Maria Lawson. Salary, $80 per month. Girls' School. 1st Assistant, Miss Lucy A. Mebius. Salary, $65 per month. 2nd Assistant, Miss Isabel Brown. Salary, $55 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss Mary P. Haarer. Salary, $50 per month. Examined, December 6th and 7th, 1892. June 1st and 2nd, 1893. Enrolled during the year, 283. Average monthly attendance, 204. Average actual daily attendance, 168.99. At the Christmas Examination, 1892, the following obtained the percentage required for admission to a High School : Emily Raper, Mary McKeen, At the Midsummer Examination, 1893, the following passed the standard required for admission to a High School : Margaret J. Brown, The following is taken from the Report of the Principal : "The teachers of the school have all worked hard and have the satisfaction of knowing that they have gained the approval of the Trustees. The opening of Harewood and North Nanaimo schools, and the appointment of two additional teachers for the Ward schools, have relieved the over-crowding of our school, though, as you will see, we have still as many scholars as we can do justice to. "It has seemed advisable to the teachers of Nanaimo to raise the limit required for passing the grading examinations. This was done in order to give the Ward schools their fair share of work and so prevent the over-crowding of the Central schools. This accounts for the fact that there have been fewer promotions this term than last. We hope, however, that the change will add to the efficiency of the schools." NORTH WARD SCHOOL. Teacher, Miss Kate Hilbert, until December 31st, 1892; present teacher Miss Marion Gordon. Principal, Miss Josephine A. L. Dougherty, until June 30th, 1893; present Principal, James E. Norcross. Salary, $70 per month. 1st Assistant, Miss Mary J. Blake, until June 30th, 1893; Miss Jessie M. Elsden, until September 30th, 1893; present 1st Assistant, Miss Rebecca Tanner. Salary, $55 per month. J. Blake, until October 31st, 1892; Miss Jessie M. Elsden, until June 30th, 1893; Miss Rebecca Tanner, until September 30th, 1893; present 2nd Assistant, Miss Frances G. Walker. Salary, 850 per month. Monitor, Miss Jessie M. Elsden, until October 31st, 1892; Miss Rebecca Tanner, until June 30th, 1893; present Monitor, Miss Maud M. R. Walker. Salary, $40 Inspected, October 10th, 1892; present, 65 boys, 65 girls; total, 130. October 13th, 1892; present, 61 boys, 62 girls; total, 123. December 19th, 1892; present, 67 boys, 65 girls; total, 132. Enrolled during the year, 114 boys, 125 girls; total, 239. Average monthly attendance, 177. Average actual daily attendance, 120.39. |