TE AROHA SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 141, 13 February 1886, Page 2

TE AROHA SCH OOL COMMITTEE.

The usual mont. dy meeting of the above (which lapsed through lack of a quorum on the Wednesday previous) was held in ii c school room on Wednesday e\ ruing hist. Present : Mess. a J. Gibbons (vhnirman), J. A. Dobson ( ec), J. Ilott, G. Wilson, J. P. Vause, and It. M.tckie. Minutes of the, previous meeting were read all' J confirmed. The Treasurer reported a credit bal mice of £3 8s 6d at the close of the financial year, 30th Jan., ant the following is* a copy of the annual report forwarded to the Board of Education :-— Tr Auoha, Jan. 29th, 1886. SIX, — In accoi lance with the regula tions I beg to submit the annual report of the st.ite of the i.istrict School, To Aroha LoldHeld. The number of" children now attending the school is much the name an .it tiie beginning of the yenr, but although there bus been no marked increase in thi* respect, I am glad to be able to say that the average attendance has inoreased considerably. The average of the past quarter is 106, being t'*e highest recorded since the opening of the (school. This increase is in some measure attiibntuble to the introduction of: the compulsory clauses of the Education Act, ami partly to the increaf-rd interest taken by the pupils, 12 of whom obtained good attendance certi iicatea, and many of the others being nearly entitled to them. At the beginning of the year Miss Cleave was lemoved t< the Thames, and MiBB Gibbons appointed in her place. Two of the Inspectors have visited the school during the year, Mr O'Kullivan to make his annu.il inspection and Mr Fidler at the end of October to conduct the annual examination in Standards, in whioh ninety per cent of pauses was obtained. ■sT4»e"4fwp6et«>r etpressed himself pleased with the satisfactory con dition of the school. Tlw head and assistant teachers have given satisfaction to the Committee in their conduct of the school. The school groundn have been planted with trees, and a few flower bed-, laid out by the children. — I have the honour to be, Sir, Yours, etc. J. Gibbons, Chairman The usual monthly report of the head master was received, in which he stated his intention to at an early date commence the formation of a school library, and stating that all locally raised subscriptions for this purpose would be subsidised by the hoard of Education to an equal amount. In response to a request from the hea.i I master, it was resolved that filters be

— ..... , - . „"j r . i I, i „ „j procured, also tt globe fo*. the use of the scholars. rfevfral small accounts were pnss»d f«^r jtajmeiit.