Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-10-15
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been studying prose and also gram
mar.
In our home room we elected of
ficers. They are: President, Peter
Hansen; vice president, Gilbert Clau-
sen; secretary-treasurer, Floyd OLE
sen; program chairman, Dorothy
Schatvet.
Our club is named "The Eighth
Grade Home Room Club"
In our art class we have been soap
carving and now we are making
Indian designs.
In science we are studying stars,
planets, the sun and the moon.
Seventh Grade.
In English we have been using our
prose and Poetry" books. The last
week we have been using our gram
mar books. -
In art class we are making trays
out of plywood in the shape of a
maple leaf. Some of them are almost
finished.
In general science we are study
ing the planets, etc. We have just
finished studying water cycles.
In geography we are having re-
view on South America for our six
weeks test. We have studied Brazil,
British Guiana, French Guiana,
Dutch Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Colum-
bia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Fifth and Sixth Grades,
The fifth and sixth grades have an
enrolment of A. Elizabeth Berge
left us this week and Evelyn Stead
is our new sixth grade student.
The sixth grade has just COM
pleted health unit on meal plan
ming. We have also learned to clas-
sify foods into the six main division.
We have organized a citizenship
club which meets every Friday after
noon for half hour. This Friday
we are planning to put on a Danish
program for grades three and four.
Prizes will be given to the best citi-
zen in each grade at the end of the
six-weeks period.
We have little mud turtle in our
aquarium in our room. We all
have our turns taking care of him.
Third and Fourth Grades.
Joyce brought a turtle to school.
His name is "Trotter." He is very
popular, but we fear he will not live
long, for he never eats the food
provided.
We are busy building furniture
from orange crates. We plan to
make bookcases and small table
if enough boxes are brought in.
We have many pretty plants in
our room. Marie, Inez and Solveig
brought plants from home. We have
many cacti planted in different
shaped pots.
Each grade has spelling tree"
If pupil gets 100 on Friday, his
apple hangs on the tree the following
week. This week the following peo-
pie have apples on the tree: Solveig,
Glenn, Franklin, Richard, Carol,
Norma, Beverly, Elizabeth, Edith,
Gloria, Norman, Joan, Eric, Donald
S., and Darrell.
Every morning we have health in
spection. In order to pass, each pupil
must have clean face, hands and
finger nails, combed hair, clean
handkerchief and have brushed his
teeth. Those who pass leave their
pumpkins "face out" but those fail
ing to pass must turn the black side
out.
First and Second Grades.
There is large enrolment of "a
beginners this year and there are Is
pupils left in the second grade since
the withdrawal of Mary Jane Berge.
We all miss Mary Jane and hope she
will be happy at her new school.
We hope to have perfect attendance
every day and should have good ex-
cuses for those who cannot be pres
ent.
We have rabbit, named Fluffy.
who seems to have been adopted as
the schools mascot. We like to watch
him eat, wash himself and wiggle his
nose. One morning Miss Nasvik
found him upstairs visiting the study
hall. One evening he hoped upon
the window and nibbled one of our
plants.
We have decided to help win the
war by taking care of the things we
have so that they will last longer
and by being helpful instead of hin
iering at home and at school. We
never chew our pencils or erasers
any more and we use our paper on
both sides. We take turns doing the
work that needs to be done in our
room.
We try to remember to be fair
and polite to everyone.