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APRIL IS TEACHING CAREER MONTH April is Teaching Career Mcnth throughout the United States—in the cities, the towns, the villages, and the rural areas,Mr. Wiite announced today. Teachcrs and supervisors of Montgomery County schools 3alcng with members of the school board, will take part in the observ ance, Mr. White said. These local individuals and groups will join with the National Education Association, v/hich estab lished Teaching Career Month in 1958, to focus public attention on the need for getting and keep ing the best possible instructors in elementary and secondary schools and colleges, The theme this year is ’’The Teacher Molds the Future”—an educator of our children from kinder garten upwards, as a builder of free and demo cratic citizens, as an advisor who may guide a student solve a knotty personal problem, or per suade a student not to be come a dropout. The men and v;omen teach« ers in the teaching pro fession, including those in colleges, make up a working force of more than two million. They form the largest professional group in the United States, out number the Federal Post Office . Department about four to one,and just about match the number of civil ian employees in the Federal Government, Even with so large a number, however, more qualified teachers are needed to fill vacancies now and in the future, NEA I(esearch studies show. In the public elementary schools, adequately train ed instructors are urgent ly required to handle the increasing number of pupils. These pupils now total nearly 27,000,000, Their teachers, says NEA Research, have the largest class loads, are respon sible for the background upon which further educa tion depends, and often lack adequate professional preparation. In the public high schools, with a current enrollment of nearly 15,000,000, the situation is different. The problem is not the number of teachers available, but one of distribution. There is a shortage in special fields, including science and mathematics, technical and vocational education, English and foreign lan guages, physical and health education for women, and home economics. In its campaign for better schooling where needed, the National Education Association is using Teaching Career Month. 1, To show that for our n aticn's survival,teachin g must be the pre-eminent profession in /onerican life. 2, To improve our nation’s schools by pro viding increasing numbers of fine teachers. 3, To do this by encour aging qualified young people to consider teach ing as a career. M-, To urge topflight teachers to remain in the profession. 5, To inspire teachers to speak out for 'their profession and encourage others to enter it, 6, To inform parents and other citizens of the opportunities and rewards the teaching profession offers today’s youth. Page 3 Valentine King and Queen Crowned On Friday, February after the tv;o victorious West vs, Rohanen games, Marie Thompson and Gene Pridgen were crowned Valen tine King and Queen. The Monogram Club selected eight girls and eight boys, two from each class, to be voted on by the entire stu dent body for the crowns, Marie was given a gold charm for the title and Gene, a bottle of English Leather. After being per- sentcd with these gifts there was a ‘ spotlight dance for the two winners; Later, everycne joined in. Merit Test A large number of juniors took the 196 Nation al Merit Scholarship Qual- fying Test on Tuesday, March 10. The test was administered by Miss Jane Lewis, Guidance Director. The qualifying test is a three-hour examination of educational development. The test scores of stu dents examined in March will be reported to their schools before May 15, The scores are used by counselors in many high schools to help students make decisions about col lege attendance and field of study. Many students who do not expect to win a scholarship takes the test in order to learn more a- bout individual strengths and weaknesses in areas measured by the test. All errors in this news-, paper are April Fool jokes.
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