"The ungraded schools at Morrison's Mills, Doak and Wisley were visited and examined, and the teachers advised as to details of organization and management. "The High School was well attended during the year, and its work was carried on very satisfactorily in the main. I am of opinion, however, that a regular system of grading for promotion from one class to the next higher in the school should be adopted by the Board, as in the case of the underlying grades, and that yearly examinations for this purpose be specially held either by the teachers, or by the Examiner, or by both. The latter I think the best. Then the Board should, I think, grant certificates to those who complete either the English or Classical course. This would mark, in the most fitting way, the close of the pupils' school life, and would be of value to them as evidence of scholarship and character anywhere. The presentation of these certificates would, naturally, be an interesting feature in the closing exercises of each year. "This school has won for itself a provincial reputation and attracts a considerable number of pupils from different sections. It might be well for the Board to regulate the admission of pupils, so far as that could be done without depriving anyone of the privileges conferred by the School Law, by fixing special times of admission, of which proper notice should be given. This would greatly facilitate the progress of all the classes, the lowest one especially. I merely throw this out as as a suggestion for the consideration of the Board. "The York Street School is doing very superior work, notwithstanding its disadvantages, under the careful supervision of Mr. Inch. The work of the primary department, taught by Miss Harvey, deserves special mention. Miss Ross will develop into a careful teacher with experience. Miss Vandine is painstaking and industrious; and Miss Duffy is a capital disciplinarian. * "In Charlotte Street School the Principal, Mr. Kilburn, is showing wise and prudent administration of his own department, as well as of the whole school. * Of Miss Thorne's well known skill and force in teaching I need not speak. Miss Porter has succeeded well with her department. She has tact, and she is naturally adapted to her grades and subjects, with an excellent power of illustration. Miss Cameron is determined, and her school is in an excellent condition of discipline. She manages her large department well. Miss McAdam is an admirable Primary teacher. * Her school takes high rank among the Primary Schools of the city. Her children all love her, and the whole tone of her school is sunny and cheerful. * * * * * "The Model School is, of course, more under my own personal knowledge. I am thoroughly satisfied with it. The Principal, Mr. Rogers, has brought his own department into a very high state of efficiency, not only as regards the essentials of school life, but he has stimulated the minds of his pupils in many excellent ways. He has given them a turn for study and reading, outside of other school work, which must be of the greatest value to them. Miss Ross is always cheerful, and She has a high ideal of duty, and she she is perfectly indefatigable. * * * * lives up to it. Miss Harvey is one of the best teachers I know. She is careful, thorough, exacting to the last degree. * She is the best trainer of children in good habits I ever saw. Miss MacLeod is growing up to her school, and will in a short time adequately fill her sister's place. She is active and energetic. "In the Brunswick Street School the teacher in charge has succeeded well. Her mild and kind ways naturally attract young children, and she is very careful and conscientious. "In Regent Street School, Miss Duffy continues to manage her department well, though it is not an easy one to manage. She has devoted much care to the teaching of all her grades, and her work shows it everywhere. She has an admirable knowledge of method in teaching. "The teachers in charge of the girls department have carried on their work with the same regularity, system, and precision of manual work which has often before been noticed. Miss McKenna's work is shown by the fact that all her girls passed the examination for admission into the high school. In many important respects her school is one of the pleasantest to visit in the city. The discipline is admirable; the children are always courteous and ready to show what they know. And the teacher herself is a lady of culture and refinement. Miss Quirk has only been in charge of her school a short time, but she gives promise of being quite equal to it. "Mr. Meagher's department suffers from the difficulty of keeping boys at school long enough to complete the eighth grade. * * * He has done good work in the essentials of school work during the past year. "At Doak Settlement, Miss Hunter has won for herself the confidence and esteem of her pupils, and their parents, in a very high degree. She is perfectly adapted, both by natural and acquired abilities, to the teacher's work. "Miss Hooper has been successful in managing the most difficult school under the control of the Board, that at Morrison's Mills, and I would have little disposition to find any fault with the teaching ability of any one who could show herself capable of controlling such a school, as she has done, in the time she has been in charge. She has made decided improvement in her teaching as well. "Miss Everett had only been in charge of the Wiseley School a short time when I visited it, but from what I saw I was satisfied that she would he quite well able to teach and to govern it properly. I was especially pleased with her teaching of the primary grades." In concluding his report the examiner congratulates the Board on possessing so excellent a staff of teachers, and on having the schools of the city in so good a condition of general efficiency. The number of Teachers on our staff during the year, including the collegiate and High School, and Model School, was: First term, twenty-five, and one assistant; second term, twenty-six, and one assistant. One assistant teacher was also employed in the Charlotte Street School for two months. Three hundred and nineteen permits were issued to applicants for admission into the Schools during the year. By reference to tabular statement A, which is appended herewith, it will be seen that the receipts from all sources, for the year ended 31st October last, amounted to $14,329.00. The net expenditure during the same period amounted to $13,991.46, of which sum $150.00 was placed to credit of permanent account. Tabular statements B and C give the names of schools and teachers, and the age, sex, and number of pupils in attendance. Tabular statements D and E furnish the names and salaries of teachers, number of pupils in each department, and the percentage of attendance each term. All of which is respectfully submitted. CHAS. A. SAMPSON, Secretary. |
