The herald., 1921-11-03
SCHOOL BELLS RINGING
McDONOGH NO. 5 SCHOOL.

Everyone is busy and happy in Nc
Donogh No. School these days, for
plans for the years work in all sub
jects have been made and all are do
ing their best to carry out these
plans successfully.
Both teachers and pupils are doing
all they can to give our school a
cheerful, pleasant appearance The
rooms are gay with pretty Halloween
and other borders, suggestive of the
month. Rffaia baskets with flowers
ferns and growing bulbs give a fes-
tive atmosphere, and the golden rod
and other flowers of the season re-
minding one that autumn is here.
The children are contesting with each
other in keeping the premises free of
scrap papers and remnants of lunch
cons. Each day one of our large
American flags is placed in the boys
or the girls basement, according to
which side of the yard has won this
honor for neatness. Perhaps you
think that the girls win the flag every
time. Indeed, they do not. Our
boys are learning habits of neatness
just as we'll as our girls and take just
as much interest in keeping the
school at its best. However, the &C.
cupants of the school are not the only
people who like to improve the ap-
pearance of the place. Thanks to the
kindness and generosity of our Pa
rents Club, beautiful pictures will
soon adorn the walls of each room.
Copies of great paintings have been pur-
chased so that our boys and girls will
study these pictures just as they study
beautiful poems and great musical
compositions, so that when they leave
McDonogh No. School, they will
carry these works of art away with
them in their hearts and in their
minds. This is very generous do
nation from the mothers and we know
that everyone will fully appreciate it,
Knowing that sound body is just
as necessary as a sound mind.
teachers are daily instructing chill
dren in the art of keeping well and
Of growing into straight and strong
and healthy men and women. In all
the rooms posters are displayed to
teach good health-forming habits.
Our school nurse, Miss Minis, has
examined all the children, and has
given us suggestions about keeping
our boys and girls in the best possible
physical condition. The mothers are
helping us with this work and are
giving us the cooperation that we
need for furthering the welfare of
the children. Mr.. Macarthur, the
supervisor of gardening, will visit
us this week to direct us in
this line of work. We have one of the
most attractive school yards in New
Orleans and hope to win some honor
in the yard and garden contest, as the
school did in the past. Our hedge
has been neatly trimmed, the palms
have been put into shape. the garden
beds were spaded just before the
heavy rain on Friday, and now We
odScIly await INC dTIlNdi VI Tue gu
pervisors so that planting can be be-
gun. This will make nature study
practical and helpful. Boys and girls
will learn many useful facts about
how to plant, where to plant, when
to plant. and what to plant, and will
become acquainted with many of the
insects that harm gardens, and will
find out how to get rid of those that
are destructive. Above all. this
work, we hope, will give children a
love of plants and will inspire them
to want gardens Of their own. Indeed,
Mr.. Macarthur has in mind many in.
teresting plans that boys and girls
will enjoy carrying out during this
session.
Every afternoon from three to four
o'clock, people passing along Verret
street look over the hedge to see the
cause of the enthusiastic cheers com.
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