our education system , providing another choice for our students in their need to develop their full potential.

During the year 1963 much emphasis was given to Audio— Visual Aids, the potential of T.V. in education, and a searching look at Screen Education. At our Semi-annual Meeting, held at Kensington our theme was Education and the Struggle for Excel/ence. Mr. Harold Simpson, National Past President, as guest speaker said in part “the whole movement of Home and School had its inception and development around the challenge and struggle for excellence. . . Home and School can mould and interpret an educational system that will meet the requirements of the years ahead.”

During this year emphasis was placed on the development of communications at the committee level. In an effort to reach many people, our P.R. Chairman, Mrs. Helen MacDonald, arranged a series of seven radio programs entitled What’s New in Home and School. We concerned ourselves with such questions as Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Indian Education, and Safety. We also held an informal meeting with the principals of the regional high schools to determine how our Federation could best serve the teachers, parents and students of these schools. It was apparent that the problems at the high school level differ from those at the elementary level. Subsequently, booklets Know Your School were supplied for distribution in these areas.

At our Annual Meeting, we deliberated on Reflections on Modern Trends and considered Elementary School Consolida- tion, Financing Education, Trends in Subject Teaching, Vocational Screening, Reading Methods and Problems, Home- work, Grading, Vocational Guidance, Library Needs, and Extra Curricular Activities.

In July 1964, during our Centennial celebrations, the National Convention was held in Charlottetown, hosted for the first time by our Provincial Organization. The responsibility of organizing was expertly carried out by our General Program Chairman, Mrs. Jeannette Gleeson.

During this year, emphasis was placed on the need for Guidance Counsellors. It may be noted at this time there were no courses in our universities for Guidance Counsellors and,

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