School Credit for Home Work

by L. R. Alderman

Descriptions of parts of the work of a few high schools are given here.

In the High School of Santa Monica, California, two credits for home work are allowed out of the total of sixteen required for graduation, and pupils with a certain average standing who earn eighteen credits, two of them for home work, may graduate cum laude.

Below is given a list of tasks for which school credit will be allowed:—

One-half credit per year:—

Regular music lessons, instrumental or vocal, under
a competent instructor.
Making own clothes for school.
Doing family darning and mending.
Preparing one meal a day for a year.
Carrying paper route.

One-half credit for half-time for a year, or for full time for summer vacation:—

Clerking in store, bank, or office.
Cement work, or work in any local trades or industries.
Regular work on a farm.

One-half credit:—

Raising one-fourth acre of potatoes, melons, onions,
strawberries, or similar products.
Employment in a dressmaking or millinery establishment
for summer vacation.

One-fourth credit per year each:—

Sleeping for one year in the open air.
Retiring at 10 P.M. five days per week for one year.
Taking a cold bath every morning five times per
week on an average for one year.
Walking three miles per day for a year.

Credit will be given for the following according to the amount of work:—

Public speaking or reciting. Reading aloud to family or to invalids.

Horticulture. Gardening. Poultry-raising. Bee-culture.

Taking care of cows or other animals. General dairy work.

Sewing for the family. Doing the family laundry. House-cleaning, bed-making, dish-washing, or any other useful work about the house.

Getting younger children ready for school every day. Caring for a baby.

Nursing the sick.

Making a canoe or boat. Taking full care of an automobile. Perfecting any mechanical contrivance for saving labor about the home.

Recognizing and describing twenty different native birds, trees or flowers.

Summer vacation travel with written description.

Playing golf or tennis. Sea-bathing and swimming.

Keeping a systematic savings bank account, with regular weekly or monthly deposits.

Keeping a set of books for father or some merchant. Doing correspondence for father or other business man.

Running errands. Delivering groceries.

Singing in church choir. Teaching in Sunday school.

Carpentry work. Cabinet-making, furniture construction.

Working as forest ranger.

SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL
Date ........................ 191....
I hereby declare my intention of earning ...... credits for home or outside
work by doing .............................................................
...........................................................................
Signature of Pupil .....................................
I approve of the above and agree to observe and certify to the quantity and
quality of work performed.
Signature of Parent ....................................
I hereby certify that ........................ has faithfully performed the
above work, spending on the average ...... minutes per day for ....... days
and is in my judgment entitled to ...... credits.
Signature of Parent or Employer ..................................
Credits granted ............... Prin.......................................

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