The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12
Interesting News Items From
Grant County Rural Schools.
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School in Vernon No. 4 opened on
Monday with a perfect attendance and
the good record was continued thru
out the. week.
Friday afternoon was spent in play
ing games and a good time vas enjoy
ed by all.
Pearl Norton, Teacher.
Troy school is industriously prac-
Using for our "Armistice Day Pro-
gram" and from all indications it will
be a success.
Our subscription for the Junior Red
Gross news is ready to send in and we
are planning on corresponding with
some little foreigner.
Our Beacon Chart becomes more
and more interesting each day. We
could not possibly get along without
it now.
Bessie Adams, Teacher.
The West side school of Troy Con
solodated District No. 2 spent Friday
afternoon playing Halloween games
games and popping corn. Master Glen
Chaplin proved to be the champion
corn pepper.
The school voted for him to be
"Chef'' Of the hot lunch for the term.
Mrs. Marion Jones, Teacher.
Joseph Konshak has been enrolled in
onr school this week. This makes an
enrolment of sixteen.
Our hot lunch club has been or
ganiZcd. The following officers were
chosen To hold Office one month. Janet
Gardiner. President, Ida Roder, Vice
President, Agatha Tillman, Secretary
and Lewis Gardner, Treasurer. The
club held its regular meeting Friday
afternoon and decided on the lunches
to he served for the week, 4 few
more articles have been added to our
list of Domestic Science supplies and
we expect the work will be both in
teresting and beneficial.
Miss Mamie konshak visited Us on
Thursday.
The eighth grade has been study ing
''Thanatopsis" and have found it very
interesting.
Lorena /. Swanson. Teacher.
Malroae No. 3 school has a Beacon
Chart and it is an indispensable help
to all of us.
Miss Nettie johnson and Miss Rea-
gin visited our school October 9th
and cave rs some helpful and inter.
talks about our school.
On FRIDAY evening we celebrated
Halloween by having a Costume par
ty. Contests We're held and were fol-
hv q peanut hunt.
Would like to ask the teachers who
have a Guhin Chart if it is as helpful
in number work as the Beacon Chart
is in reading and phonics.
Many pupils were absent Monday on
account Of the blizzard. The day re-
minded us of the First Snowfall by
James Russell Lowell.
We had no school Tuesday as it va
election day.
Florence Staudenraus, Teacher.
The hygiene classes of Pennington
No. 2 are taking up the study in story
form through the personification of
the cells. Interest has been held and Us
nv written tests all had marks;
above 80 which satisfies US it is a
method worth while.
The third and fourth grade classes
in arithmetic have each made a purse
and money and are conducting store,
making up their w problems as they
do in business, thus learning to make
change, the money table, money values
linear liquid and dry measure in every
day use, learning to write United
money, make records of bust
ness transactions and statements of
account as well as a continuous drill
in the fundamental principles Of adj
subtraction, multiplication, ard
D little of the fractions. They check
their work. and watch for errors in
another's problem. 1t is our motiva-
ton of Arithmetic.
We have a Beacon Phonetic. Chart
antkfnd it helpful in all grades.
We have had a variety Of pupils in
dogs. skunks, and some mice
a great desire for educational
matter. They along with the flies de-
to emigrate, except one dog who
will get loose and come to school.
w are p'anning a short program
for the honofing Of Armistice Dav.
Nov. II.
Mrs. Jessie Burdine, Teacher.
The pupils of East Twin Brooks No
4 gave a short program Friday after
noon at three p. M. to which they in
their parents. Owing to the busy
season there were not many present.
Mrs. G. L. Orange and Ellsworth
Schanf We're the visitors. After the
program the children ate apples with
heir hands behind them. Then they
at relay. races until they were