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WASILLA SUPERINTENDENT
EXPLAINS ACCREDITATION
I
WASILLA—There are appar
ent misconceptions of high school
accreditation and what it means
to a school, superintendent James
Pendleton of Wasilla school de
clared this week. He said many
questions recently had arisen
concerning the purpose of ac
creditation and what it means
to a school’s students for that
I school to lose accreditation.
He explained that although
there are many minor accrediting
agencies, territorial school law
is the chief accrediting agency
for Alaskan high schools. How
ever standards are set by recog
nized accrediting agencies
throughout the United States and
its territories.
Wasilla high school, the small
est in Alaska to be accredited,
met the standards of the North
west Association of Secondary
and Higher Schools in 1945, and
was placed on the approved list.
The purpose of this Association
is to fix and maintain certain
minimum standards of high
schools.
Nine standards have been set
up by this Association, which
vary in some degree according to
the size of the school. The
Northwest Association requires
that standards be met in these
fields:
Building, healing, lighting,
ventilating, cleanliness and
l equipment;
Adequate library and lab
oratory facilities;
Attendance and scholar
ship records;
Minimum graduation re
quirements;
Atmosphere, efficiency of
instruction and morale;
Preparation and experience
of teachers;
Teacher-load, clerks, secre
taries, extra-curricular activi
ties;
Pupil-load — amount of
school subjects being taken;
Requirements pertaining to
athletic events.
Committees of the Association
meet annually to revise or im
prove these standards and to
advise, approve or reject high
schools already accredited who
are not meeting standards.
Many colleges recognize these
standards which have been set
up for accredited high schools,
as sufficient requirement for col
lege entrance. Therefore stu
dents from unaccredited high
schools often are required to in
dicat their preparation for high
er education thi’ough acievement
and aptitude tests.
Work's All Finished
A. E. Wickman and H. McMa
hon, auditors who have been
checking the books of the Mata
nuska Valley Farmer’s Cooper
ative Association in preparation
for the coming annual meeting
an Feb. 25, completed their work
last Friday. The men left the
Valley early Saturday.
The
Letterbox
(Editor’s Note: Roger Langdon,
president of Wasilla’s Commun
ity Club, last week received tltis
letter from Don Foster, super
intendent of the Alaska Native
Service, in answer to one writ
ten by Mr. Langdon concerning
the site for a proposed ANS hos
pital.1)
Dear Mr. Langdon:
This is in reply to your re
quest for a report on your loca
tion for the proposed 400-bed
hospital which the Indian Serv
ice contemplates building it*
Alaska in the near future.
The hospital is referred to as
the “Anchorage Hospital” in our
request for funds submitted to
the Bureau /jf the Budget and to
the Congress. However, no def
inite decision has been reached
regarding the location. All pro
posed locations including the
Matanuska Valley, will be given
careful consideration before a
final decision is made. Deter
mination of the location of the
hospital will probably not be
made until after the appropria
tion for the project is made by
Congress.
We appreciate your interest in
our medical program in Alaska
and feel reasonably assured thaf
your location will be given care
ful consideration before a final
decision is made. We are for
warding your letter to the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs for
his consideration.
Very truly yours,
DON C. FOSTER.
Homemakers Plan
For Institute
The part Homemakers’ clubs
will play in the Farm and Home
institute planned for Feb. 17
through 20 this year, was the
principal topic of discussion at
last Monday’s Homemakers’
Council meeting.
In addition to their plans for
serving luncheon for those at
tending the four-day sessions, the
Homemakers’ clubs will take an
active part in the week’s pro
gram.
A number of demonstrations
are planned, according to Miss
Marilyn Johnson, home demon
stration agent, who attended the
Monday council meeting. A
weaving demonstration is sch^
duled for the program, as well
as a class in glass etching.
Sessions will be split for men
and women, during that week,
although some classes will be
joint meetings. Time and place
of the meetings, as well as indi
vidual speakers to appear on the
program, will be announced with
in the next few days.
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