The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-18
SCHOOL NOTES
GRADES
Grade II-MiSS Taeuber


Is marks first. We get marks for
being ready first, for having clean
desks and for having a clean
floor.
Betsy Jane Burmeister's read
ing group has started new second
grade readers.
We started work in our Ian
guage workbooks and we all
think they are fun. In one les
son we were asked to write our
full names, and most of us found
we could not Now we have been
practicing writing them.
Grade II-Virginia Guernsey
We have been studying wild
animals. One of the children
suggested we make a circus par
ade and put this in the front of
our room. When it is finished
we are going to ask Miss Taeu-
ber'S children to come to our par
ade.
This week part of the group
dramatized 1.-TWO Little Red
Shoes" The other part of the
group suggested and criticized.
The audience is as enthusiastic as
the players themselves. and has
many constructive criticisms.
The children have been bring
ing interesting news items to
school and then telling a brief
story about the picture. Each
child then mounts his or her pic
ture on a piece of paper and sew
eral brief sentences are written
underneath. These were put into
a book with an attractive cover
and called "Our News Book"
Grade IV-MisS Thomson
Group II won in the spelling
contest last week which enabled
them to have the highest pile of
pumpkins by their corn shock.
The persons receiving an A were:
William Ahrens, Robert Budik,
Willard De Groat, Douglas Garn-
hardt, Helen Hendrickson, Betty
J. Huhnerkoch, Carol Lynn, June
Merry, Maxine Muetzel, Eunice
Neale, Wayne Nogaj, John Rog-
ers, Allyn Sieckert, Eugene
Starr, Roger Stoutland, John
Tiffany, Dorothy Thelan.
We have enjoyed another of our
famous pictures namely "The
Blue Boy" by Thomas Gainsbor-
ough. We plan to add the story
of this picture to our collection of
famous pictures which we are
placing in a booklet.
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Grades w and v
Catherine Mclean
Patricia O'Callaghan and Ed
ward Ingalls, have moved away.
We miss them very much.
Friday morning fourth grade
boy from North Redwood visited
our room. In the afternoon DON
ma Roots mother and James
Kline's mother came to see us.
At our club meeting a group of
children gave a short play called
"A School of Long Ago." James
Kayser was the teacher.
The fifth grade is reading about
life on the great plain. Roger
Tompkins brought some interest
ing pictures showing the clothes
of the cowboy.
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Grade VI-Miss Jacobson
Some very interesting oral
compositions were given in lang
uage class for American Educa-
ton Week. The most popular
title was "Can We Educate for
Peace" Each child seemed to
take a different phase of the
question but all stressed the fact
that it was a part of the home,
school and church's work to edu-
cate the youth of today against
the horrors of war, and that we
could educate the American peo-
pie for peace.
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Debates on 'Do Women Take
Part in the More Necessary Parts
of Business" were held in the
freshman Junior Business room
Friday. The girls produced many
true facts, and so did the boys
but the girls succeeded better in
rebuttal. The boys however did
win in the other class. Those TAX
ing part in the winning teams
were, Ada Mertz, Rose McGovern
and Carrie Jane King. In the
other class the winning boys
were Douglas Simondet, Glenn
Muetzel and Warren Lindeman.
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A witty jester is Edwin Ros-
well. Friday, November 10, he
will perform his antics on the
stage in the grade operetta, "Pud-
din'-head the First" He was the
only junior high student selected
for participation. When interview
ed Edwin answered to the ques-
ton on the type of music he liked
to sing, ~ like classical music
best" However Edwin does not
thing he will follow music as a
career.
The seventh grade home econ
omics girls finished hemming
their towels and have cut their
individual aprons. This year we
decided to choose any style pat
tern and material which we liked
personally. If you visit us room
of colorful prints, yards of bias
tape as well as rick rack braid
will greet you! The eighth grade
home "ecers" were responsible
for the aromas this week as they
cooked main hot dishes including
macaroni and cheese, italian bak-
ed rice, noodle ring and Clipped
beef on toast.
This week we honor Dean
Muetzel for making very good
soap carving in art and giving a
good talk on Niagara Falls. Bet
ty Ford for presenting the eighth
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