East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-02-07
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es in between times. This will cut
down on the amount of toting of
"book bags" from the Main Library
and should encourage the children
to do more reading, with the
books there so close.
At present, the room looks
fresh and bright, with a brand
new coat of paint. Much of Pros
pect is being painted now, for
that matter, and the necessary
odor is everywhere in the building.
Three Friday afternoon activity
groups are being continued from
last semester, when they were
started at Prospect. They are in
ceramics, folk dancing, and music
appreciation. Mrs. Hazel Strug-
giles, fifth grade teacher, is plan
ming to take over the ceramics
group, as the first of the full
time teachers to accept charge of
one of these special interest
activities.
Mayfair
There is a raised balcony at one
end of the gymnasium at Mayfair,
separated from the floor level by
a solid brick wall that extends to
about waist height above the bal
cony floor. The children in Mrs.
Dorothy McCabe's fifth grade
have decided that this is won
derful place to present a puppet
show, because they can. crouch
unseen behind the wall, hold the
hand-stocking puppets above their
shoulders, and present lively
show for their mothers and class
mates seated in chairs on the gym
floor below them.
This has become a major project
for the children. They have made
hollow papier-mache heads to fit
over their hands, fastened dresses
and suits below them which will
cover their forearms, and painted
two back-drop scenes to be placed
behind the rear wall Of the bal
cony for their settings. They have
even constructed "palace" out
of a carton, through whose win
dows puppet heads can be made
to appear.
The play they have chosen to
present is "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs," and part of this
play is good and part is scarey.
So the two scenes they have Gre
ated are of different moods: a
bright and sunny one, and dark
and forbidding one, with gaunt,
bare trees.
All this preparation will culmi-
nate in their production of the
play on the afternoon of Thurs
day, February 21st, at 2:15.
Mothers of the puppeteers are es-
pecially urged to be present.
ROzelle
Mrs. Sarah Johnston, kinder
garen teacher at Rozelle, has
received a Bachelor of Science
degree Cum Laude" from West
ern Reserve University. "Cum
Laude" means with praise" and
it is high honor indeed. We con-
gratulate her on her achievement.
Rozell is also happy to have its
auditorium back in service as an
auditorium, after period of
crowding during which it had to
be used as classroom. Many ac-
tivities involving several classes
at once can again be carried on.
Caledonia
The second grade at Caledonia
is studying the postal system, and
the fifth grade is studying the
solar system. Stated that flatly,
the subjects may not sound so in
teresting. But you should see the
rooms in which the studies are
going on!
In Miss Kate Warmers second
grade room, there is a post office
where the buying Of stamps, can
collation., and other postal activi-
ties can be carried on, and where
arithmetic can be learned, too.
The children are learning about
the ancient messenger systems,
the Pony Express, and modern rail
and air deliveries. Stamp collec-
tions are being displayed, and
some of the children are planning
to take up this activity as hobby.
Papier mache models of the