Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-23

Ethel Danenberg, SB2.
The eighth grade pupils who have
q high scholastic average will have
/ an opportunity to take Spanish this
year. AS there is going to be only
+ one class that can take it, there
viii be many disappointed pupils
/ Gwendo&ynne Bibbins, SB2.
The eighth grade girls are max
| ing guest towels in sewing. These
! are to be hemstitched or cmbroid-
cred by hand,-Lorena Cass, SB1,
Johnny Mallory, popular sev
enth grade pupils is. in the hospital
] recovering from an operation Cor
appendicitis. His many friends
/ from Wilson school miss him and
hope he will soon return.-Myrle
/ Tinker, SB2.
Wilson school is very proud TO
have one of the best offices in the
city. There arc beautiful rugs,
desks and pietures.-Jimmie Nebel-
Thau, SB2.
The 7B2 sewing class are making
some very clever pot holders.-MarY
Kathryn Horton, GA.
We are very happy to have the
6A class with, us this year. The
eighth grade is the oldest class so
We are going to try to set good
example for them 10 follow.-Ethel
Pearl Cross, sB2.
In English the GA class are re-
viewing when TO use capitals and
sentence formation.-Eleanor Child
ers. Ga,
! This year our classes started their
re gular work the second day of
4 school.-Allyene Pyle, SBl.
Mckinley School
+ The interior of the Mckinley
building was redecorated during the
summer. 1t is unusually attractive
with delicate green walls, new
crcam-colored woodwork and fresh
j " painted floors. Against this
back ground are hung many inter
esting pictures. Most of them were
purchased at the art exhibit in the
Wilson school last spring. The Ven
etian shades were painted a soft
green to proYide rcstful light for
busy eyes.
Monday morning there were ls4
+ little children ready for school.
Since then 90 more have entered.
+ This is about the same number of
pupils as we had last year. Unlike
most schools, Mckinley has more
boys than girls. The 2B group is
the largest class with an enrolment
Of 80.
+ Our lB class has 35 girls and
+ bcys. Some Of them have gone TO
kindergarten and some Of them have
/ never been to school before. The
first day of school we learned a
little story about the flag. We
: like TO recite it. We have learned
another little story about the tooth
/ brush. We like that too but best
Of all we arc learning TO read and
that is real fun.
New safety posters and bulletins
have arrived at our school. Each
month different safety feature is
! pictured and discussed. This time
the subject is "Crossing Streets. y
/ We are doing all we can TO make
the daily trip of children to school
a safe one.
Miss Charlotte johnson visited
Miss Hevencr Friday. They were
/. classmates in San Diego.
/ Teachers and pupils are always
J happv TO have visitors. The fol-
lowing mothers visited us the first
week: Mrs. Marie Hucklcberry,
I Mrs. William Hayward, Mrs. Moore,
/ Mrs. W. c. Whistle, Mrs. John
4 Collier, Mrs. Knights and Mrs
! King.
The Mckinley pupils arc enjoy
ing their lunches. Mrs, Tipps sends
+ the food from the Wilson school
cafeteria. A salad or hot dish,
sandwiches, milk, and ice cream are
served Each is sold at five cents.
+ The cafeteria is recommended to
+ mothers as a most satisfactory and
healthful solution Of the school
/ lunch problem.
Harding School
4 Out of an enrolment of 357 pu-
& pills at Harding school this year, %
J are new TO the FL Centre school
/ system. This number includes child
rem whose parents arc new to the
valley and also children who have
\ not attended any school before.
There are many deer in Sequoia.
{ We gave them banana peelings. One
!. cf the deer followed me to the muse
um.-Margaret Small, "a.
] like the arithmetic in my room.
II is. great. IT is marvelous.-Finis
! Burton, 3A-
/ am sure glad school has started.
4 like my teacher too. 1t sure did
seem like a long vacation. | went
to the mountains This summer for
a while. ! went in our ear. ] have