Milford chronicle., 1961-02-10
Lulu Nj. Ross Elementary
School News

We have two new pupils in our
room since we wrote our last
news. Walter Feindt and Elaine
Boggs are our new classmates.
We now have seventeen girls and
twelve boys.
Our officers for this month are:
President. Charlotte Ann Tucker;
Vice President, Marlene Martin;
Secretary. Sharon Hobbs. Each
pupil in our room has Certain re-
sponsibilities.
We buy Savings Stamps at the
stamp booth each Tuesday morn
ing. Carl Jester and Phyllis YER
ley work at the stamp booth.
We have written letters to a
fifth grade class in Abingdon, Ill.
The teachers name is Mrs. Rich
ard Bugg. We hope we get letters
from this class. We have chart
from the Parker Pen Company. We
will keep records on this chart.
We have been getting books
from the Arrow Book Club with
Mrs. Enge's group. We are very
thankful to Mrs. Enge for asking
us to buy books with her boys and
girls. We have received some nice
books. We get good information
for school, and we are also build
ing home library.
We have been making clay
pinch pots in art class. We will
put designs on them. When they
have been baked they will be hard,
smooth. and shiny.
We have been tumbling in ply
steal education class. We are also
learning to use the new equip
ment.
We get the Weekly Readers. IL
is about time to get them again.
We read about the election and
the inauguration in the Weekly
Reader. We also read about space
and many other interesting items.
We enjoy the jokes and the tests.
We have given to the Junior
Red Cross. Three girls from Mrs.
Donovan's room came in and gave
a nice talk about the Red Cross.
We received a pin when we do
mated. We are happy to help chill
dren who are less fortunate than
we are
In music we have been listening
to folk music and we have been
doing folk dances. We have learn
ed to do the Virginia Reel and
Captain Jinks. We especially like
to listen TO music or sing for ten
minutes. We have chorus every
Friday morning
We wove place mats for our
mothers for Christmas. Some were
red. green. blue. and white.
We have made graphs and
charts in arithmetic and spelling.
We have also learned to use the
compass. Soon we will be using
the protractor.
We have studied colonial life in
America. We made scrap books a
bout early life in America.
Bruce Bunting and Jack Mills
used the Opaque protector and
made a large map of the Allan
tic Coastal States. We brought
cotton. tobacco. slate. wood. and
other articles to put on the map.
We also made a winter scene
Of the New England States.
We look in the newspapers for
interesting articles and bring
them to class. We put them on
bulletin board for current news.
We are studying the solar sys-
tenn in science Each pupil has
chosen a planet on which to make
a special report. We have done
some experiments. Carl Jester did
an experiment about meteorites.
Eddie Zook and Bruce Bunting
1o1r
dren made drawings and charts.
We made a glossary from the
films we saw on space. We attend
ed an assembly and saw the new
science material in the school de-
monstrated
We have an exhibit Of five wild
animals in our room. They were
loaned to us by the Board of
Game and Fish Commissioners.
We have gray fox, a squirrel,
an otter, an opossum, and a
grounding. On January 25, Mr.
Cofer of the Board of Game and
Fish Commissioners showed us a
film on the life OF the gray squir-
rel. We were given an opportuni
ty to ask questions.
On Thursday. January 26, DR..
Edmund Cain visited our school.
DR.. Cain is a professor at the Uni
versity of Delaware. II was the
first time that many Of us had met
a college professor. He was very
nice.
We wrote this news as a class
group. We enjoyed writing it, We
hope all our parents will visit our
school this year.
Grade Mr.. ROndeau BalPs
Section Il:
A Show OF Safety
On January 9Th, officer Press
ley. from Washington, came to the
Lulu NJ. Ross Elementary School
to give a demonstration on Safety.
With him he brought his well ed
ucated dogs. The dogs were well
trained and performed very well.
The whole school attended this
safety assembly. and liked it very
much.
Officer PRESLEY has been
police officer for 10 years He also
told US of some sad experience he
has had since he has been an Off
Ger. He said to always remember,
Drive safely. work safely, play
safely. ard always be alert"
Phyllis West