Identifier: alamedaalamedaco00alam (find matches)
Title: Alameda, Alameda Co., California, situated on the eastern shore of the Bay of San Francisco. A city of homes. Being a brief description of the beauties of Alameda, and its surroundings on land and water
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Alameda (Calif.). Board of Trade
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Publisher: (Alameda, Calif.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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havingcost five hundred dollars. The grammar grades have the departmental plan of instruc-tion. This gives to pupils teachers of special ability in each subject.The most of the pupils attention is given to essentials. Studyperiods are provided for in the days program at school. No homestudy is required of pupils in the primary and grammar grades.This enables teachers to supervise the study of the pupils and toaid them in the formation of proper habits of study. Classes are kept to a reasonable size. The average numberbelonging to a class in the grammar and primary grades is thirty-eight. This gives almost ideal conditions for the pupil to receivethe personal attention of the teacher. It is the policy in Alameda to make the department compactby having a few large buildings. There are in use at present sixbuildings. Free transportation within the limits of the city on tworailroads makes it possible for pupils to come from quite a distanceto school easily, promptly, and with no expense.
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Alameda has a very large school attendance in proportion topopulation, which shows not only that her population is one whichtakes advantage of school opportunities, but also that the schoolsare so conducted as to hold the interest of the pupils. The numberof pupils attending during the past year was 3,550. The populationof Alameda is 17,500. School is in session ten months during the year. There are eighty-four classrooms at present in use in the Ala-meda department; and twenty more rooms will be made availablewhen the high school moves into the new high school buildingwithin a few months. There are ninety teachers in the school department of Alameda.Teachers are selected on merit alone. All applicants for positionsare given a fair hearing. The salaries paid are as high as any inthe State. As a consequence Alameda has one of the most wide-awake and efficient bodies of teachers to be met with anywhere inthe United States. One of the attractive features of the schools of Alameda is thes

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