Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-05
School .

School .
s~ No. 2 School enjoyed a visit from
Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver, a member of
the Board of Education on Tuesday
forming. April "a. Mrs. Oliver spoke
&c the pupils during their assembly
5er.od, observed the regular routine
II work in the various classrooms
fud was impressed with the speed
md order with which the building
vas emptied during u fire drill.
Miss Dora Margaretten's IA and
Il class had an attendance of 95
srg ont for the months of March
}, ma April. This was the highest re-
"a .uri for those grades.
y NOW h a the weather permits, the
sl4sseS are having outdoor physical
I aiming. Both the pupils and teach
'ers enjoy the fresh air very much
nd the exercises are splendidly eX-
H~cuted as a result.
School No.
- The children OF No. $ school, who
ire under-nourished, were weighed
and measured again. These children
nave shown remarkable improve
men since they have their milk and
crackers daily at 10 o'clock. One
s1ild gained as much as o lbs. with
u the short space of time that the
movement was started by the Wo-
mans Club. Miss Woglam takes
charge of the distribution of the
y milk and crackers to the children
within the school.
The Anti-Tuberculosis League has
presented each und~ernourished
5hild with a toothbrush and tooth
PASTE, also a pamphlet on How to
i've long. The homo conditions of
.bese children has been investigated.
1t has been learned that two famil-
.es have kept their children work
ing until 3 o'clock IN the morning.
rhe police We're notified and the par
ants were warned.
Two Educational films were shown
sy Mr.. Letter at No. 8 school on We'd
Lesday. The children we're most in
crested in the blasting of furnaces
II the picture. The story of steel. In
he other reel, The Virgin Wool, the
skdldren enjoyed seeing the sheep
~hOrn of their woody coats.
N on Friday Miss B. Var Syckle, Miss
y Cerbo and Miss Lucy Woglam took
heir classes to the Ditmas to wit
ress a 3:45 performance of the pic
cure, Hunting Big Game in Africa,
Miss Van Syckle's and Miss Ger
sos Glasses are studying Africa and
now are using the filrn as a project.
Short Story Contest
lie SnOIL story Contest OIuuCle
by our School Companion" wa
brought to a close on Friday, April
~. and produced many original anG
interesting short stories. Stories
were submitted by all the classes II
the grammar school, and the two
best from each grade were chosen
1 by committees OF teachers. For the
0sixth grade the first choice was thu
= story written by Leon Levinson, O
Miss Cohen's class, and the SECOND
choice was that of Allie Powell. alsC
of Miss Cohen's class. Anita Jack
son Of Miss Brody's room wrote
the best short story for the seventh
grade, and Catherine Kelley of Miss
Doris room won honorable mention
For the eighth grade, Anton GLOW
inski of Mrs. Klause's room was the
first choice, and Helen Meyers o
Miss Moore's room received honor
able mention. The three best storie.
will be printed in the last issue o.
our "School Companion in May.
On Tuesday, May 8 at $3.50,
. meeting of the students from eacf
class having the highest Englisf
averages will be held in Room 81
From these, the new editorial stat
( for our next terms paper will b
chosen.