THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
School News
Howard School
We have teen discussing
and comparing seeds in Mrs.
Dorothy Arney's first grade
class. We made shadow boxes
with weed seeds to decorate
the border above the black
boards. We are making fold
ers to help keep our desks
more orderly. Today we will
make little walnut-shell Santa
Marias to celebrate Columbus
Day.
Valerie Kruggel is away on
trip this week. She plans to
6end us a post card.
ing this six weeks. We can
write from one to a hundred
and know our combinations
up to eight.
Everyone in our room is a
fire marshal." We have a red
hat and a badge.
Mrs. Margaret Mann's secre
tary, Cathy Berritt transferred
from Mrs.' Margaret Mann's
second grade class to Jeffer
son school.
We are learning about the
Monarch butterfly. We found
out that it migrates south just
like the birds. It has four
stages in its life cycle: the
egg, caterpillar, pupa or chry
salis and the butterfly. The
Monarch lays her eggs after
she flies back north in the
summer. After this she dies
Butterflies have scales like
fish. We saw a film and read
two books about the Monarch
We have two new pupils in
Miss Klocker's first grade
class. They are Ronnie Hop
per and Dale Peerce.
In science, we studied about
fire prevention. Many of us
became Junior Fire Marshals.
To qualify, we had to make
a home inspection with the
helo of our parents. We had
to bring a signed report id
our teacher. Then we received
a badge and a fireman's hat.
i On Columbus Day we heard
the story about Columbus and
we made little boats with
sails. '
On Friday students in Mrs.
Ana McDaniel's second grade
class made paper sack pup
pets. There are owls, tigers,
cats, dogs, cowboys and rab
bits on our bulletin boards.
We will make up plays for
the puppets next week.
In phonics we have been
working on the short sound of
the vowels. We played many
games with these sounds. We
will work on them all year
We are getting ready for
our six weeks arithmetic test.
We have done a lot of review-
In Mrs. Audrey Berry's
third grade class we made
three dimensional pictures for
Columbus Day. We have read
and discussed several stories
about Columbus and feel that
we have learned much about
him.
We have been discussing
money in our arithmetic class.
Curt Charley brought a collec
tion of money from other
countries. There were some
old coins from our country
that look different from those
of today.
In social studies we have
been discussing buildings.
Judy Bohannon brought a set
of blueprints for us to look
at.
We are all trying to become
Junior Fire Marshals in Mrs.
Huldah Fisher's third grade
class. We are asking our par
ents to inspect our homes with
us, in order to locate possible
fire hazards.
We have a bulletin board
in our room. It shows Colum
bus's three ships and the route
he took from Spain when he
discovered the new world.
We are learning how seeds
travel and have lots of sam
ples' in our room. We have
learned that some seeds are
carried by the wind, some by
water, and some are sticky
and travel on people or an
imals. ' .
We read about Johnny Ap-
pleseed in our social studies
and learned a song about him
in music, t
We have a new girl in Mrs.
Flossie Murray's fourth grade
class.- She is Donna Pierce,
who came from Central Point.
Our class president for the
month of October is Kathy
Frohreich.
We are working on a book
to, send the children s depart
ment of a hospital or a chil
dren's hospital. We bring pic
tures from home and write
stories about the pitcures. We
are .making a cover for the
booklet, too.
In Jack Baily's sixth grade
class, we have a new student
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QUITS GSA POST - Harold
J. (Butch) Powers, former Re
publican lieutenant governor
of California, says he has quit
as deputy administrator for
the General Services Adminis
tration to campaign in Cali
fornia for the Nixon-Lodge
ticket. He says he will return
to his Modoc county ranch
after the election.
(UPI Telephoto)
Jody Givogri, who came to
us from Los Angeles.
We have been studying
about the acquistion of terri
tory west of the Mississippi
river. This week we studied
about Texas and how it be
came part of the "United
States, the settling of Utah
by the Mormans, and the Cali
fornia gold rush.
In our reading classes, in
the fifth and sixth grades, we
learned "Bravery by Ed-
mond Vance Cook and "In
Flanders Field" by Lt; Colonel
John D. McCrae. We have had
oral and written book reports,
In Mrs. Nita Birdseye'S
fifth grade class, Linda Wolfe,
Kaye Porter, Mary Wong, Ra-
mona Bielby, and Tom Moser
have chosen to sing at the
Music Teacher's conference to
be held at Hedrick Junior
High school, Nov. 11. They
will practice on Saturdays
with students from other Med
ford schools. Dr. Justin Dyrud
will direct the group.
The students from our home
room meet weekly with stu
dents from Mn Bailey's room
for review and a film on so
cial studies. We usually do
this on Thursdays to review
for our test on Friday.
Penmanship folders to hold
papers which we select each
week from our daily work,
are nearly completed. These
will help us to see If our
Denmanship is improving fast
enough so that by the end
of the year we may earn our
Writing Certificates from
Zaner-Ploser. We are hoping
to earn them in the fifth
grade, so that next year, we
may be exempt from penman
ship. .
Two boys in Ronald Quack-
enbush's sixth grade room
have been nursing bruises,
sprains and broken bones.
They are Tommy Moser and
Gene Head. Tommy broke a
finger while playing football
at home, and Gene was on
crutches for a few days be
cause of a badly sprained ankle.
Mary Wong was selected as
one of Howard's yell queens
and Cherolyn Vosika is on the
yell squad.
We have some "Astronaut"
food in our room. They are
little bugs (crustacean) that
multiply rapidly. - They are
commonly called water-fleas.
Men may use them for food
while on space flights.
In science, our class is
studying sound. Some have
made musical instuments to
produce sound.
Our room mothers this year
are Mrs. Gary Poole, and Mrs.
Elmer Dewees.
Jacksonville School
Mrs. Lilv Robisnn's first
grade room has made a squir
rel ouuetin board-a tree fill
ed and surrounded by squir
rels, leaves and nuts Thn stu
dents have been bringing in
prized stones, seeds and
leaves lor their science.
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Steven Dver is a new stn.
dent in Mrs. Marilyn Blom
quist's first grade. Judy Rob
ertson brought a Monarch
Chrysalis to school and Bill
Lroraon Drought a caterpillar
that has changed into a chrysalis.
Mrs. Rebecca Lnnff's sprnnri
erade class has been studvlnir
how seeds are scattered and
how to identify leaves of fa
miliar trees. The students also
watched two Mnnarrh VinHoi-.
flies develop from two chrys
alises, mis week we studied
about fire nreventi nn nnrl
about Columbus.
The three new students In
Mrs. Long's room are Shelly
Tomnkins. Phvllis Snnw. anri
uimora Hoiaen.
Steven Cosier is a new stu
dent in Mrs. Sally Widmer's
second grade class. He came
from Jackson school. We are
studying community helpers
in social studies and'plants in
science.
Mrs. Maude Hardy's third
grade class has four new stu
dents. They are Cathy Bower,
David Durfee, Joe McElroy
and -Nola Dver. We hnrt a
film; "Our Community Help
ers- ana we nave Been mak
ing Dnsters in ahnw the heln-
"
ers m our own community.
Mrs., Barbara Robinson's
third grade class has been en
joying the use of the school
library. The students tell each
other about the books they
have read. We also enjoyed
the film, "How Seeds Are
Scattered." Several students
made nice seed collections.
The class officers In Mrs.
Lucille McKemie's fourth
grade class are Glenna Logan,
president; Tammy O'Grady,
vice president; and Lonnie
Milligan, secretary-treasurer.
New students in the class are
John Bean, Tammy O'Grady,
Virginia Neill, and Wynne
Perryman.
We have made a spacemo
bile, using a hula hoop with
rockets. In history we are
learning about the early ex
plorers. Every Friday the
class goes to the library. We
are learning to use the card
catalog and how books are
placed on the shelves.
.Dan Davis, a student In
Mrs. Ida Mc Arthur's fourth
grade class has just rturned
from a trip to Chicago. He has
told us many interesting
things.
We have conducted a home
check for fire prevention and
received firemen's helmets
and badges.
We have completed the so
lar system unit in science. In
geography,' we are going
around the world on a make
believe trip.
Elected nffirprK in Mr TTI.
sle Rcncau's fifth grade class
are Laurie wyatt, president;
Charleen Gordon, vice presi
dent;" and Sheryl Merriman,
secretary-treasurer.
The class officers in Mrs.
Pearl Farnsworth's sixth
grade class are Linda Mcln
tyre, president; Jane Anders,
vice president; Donna Smith,
secretary-treasurer; and Ron
Skog, sergeant-at-arms.
The yell leaders are orga
nizing a pep club.
Our class is working on a
play, "In Bookland," to be
presented at the next student
body assembly.
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