Milford chronicle., 1961-04-14
Banneker School News

April 8. 1861, was the beginning
| of National New Homemakers OF
America Week. The four detectives
of the National MIA. for this year
are as follows:
(D To develop potential abilities
(2) To develop a better under
standing of family members and
| to contribute to their well being
CD To interpret the value OF
home economics as a basic part of
total education.
t4) To promote good will through
| getting to know neighbors at home
and aboard.
The local chapter at Banneker
is buzzing with activities. Tues
day all the girls dressed alike.
Wednesday. they helped the ele-
mentary children play games.
Thursday. they will serve cookies
and punch. This week of activities
will be climaxed with an assembly
program Friday. This assembly
will tell and show us many things
about the MIA. organization. The
girls will tell us about the general
objectives of the organization. They
will interpret the emblem. and
recite a poem spelling out the
MIA. Through a skit they will
show us how this organization
lends a helping hand TO those who
need help. They will also show us
how they promote good will by
portraying a girl from the Sudan
and Africa. How can we live bet
ter? The girls will give us the
recipe for living. Parents and Pat
rons are invited to an activity that
will be entertaining and educating.
The MIA. state convention will
be held at the Howard High School
! in Wilmington. Delaware. Saturday,
| April 10. 1861. Our chapter will be
| in attendance and will have three
candidates running for offices. Our
aspirants are: Chaplain. Emma
Warren: Historian. Ann Freeman !:
Reporter, Carolyn Loper. We wish
these candidates and all our local
MIA. girls. much success at their
convention.
The Banneker School will give
its first Science Fair Monday April
18th. and Tuesday April 18th. re-
spectively. The fair will be held in
the school auditorium. The school
will be open at 500. Mr.. John Pitts,
our science instructor and coach,
is in charge of this activity. Grades
three through nine will participate.
Parents, and Patrons are invited to
attend. Come and see the things
your children have learned in
science.
The publishing of yearbook is
very worthwhile project for any
school. 1t is both Informative and
entertaining since it is a pictorial
and written record of school year.
This year the Student Council is
publishing another yearbook for
the first time since 1858. Much ef-
fort and work has been put into
this publication in hopes that this
will be the best yearbook published
by our school. The committee has
worked hard to make this book in
teresting to both pupils and adults.
We expect to put our yearbooks
on sale not later than May 18th.
Since we are only publishing 100
copies; IL is advisable that you
make reservations for your year
book as soon as possible so that
YOU can be assured of a copy.
Banneker pupils who wish, may
begin paying for their yearbook
at any time. A record will be kept
and when the full amount of the
book has been paid, the yearbook
will be issued. Any of these per-
sons may be contacted: Richard
Morris, Chairman. Charles Mosley,
Eleanor Brady, Gloria Turner.
Alicia Harmon, Carolyn Loper.
Mrs. Eva B. Evans is their advisor.
The Banneker P.T.A. will hold
its regular monthly meeting, Mon
day evening April II, 1861. The
meeting will be held in the school
auditorium and will begin at 500
pm. All parents and Patrons are
urged to attend.
Special Education:
The boys and girls of room 1O3
have successfully completed several
puppets made of paper and paste,
better known as papier mache'.
The puppets have been dressed in
costumes of gay colors. The boys
and girls, under the supervision of
their teacher, Mr.. Leroy Jones,
will give a puppet show in the very
near future.
Come to the super market and
learn your numbers. The boys and
girls of 103 did this. They con-
structed a super market in their
classroom. On a designated day
certain foods were sold. There were
sales girls, stock boys, and a store
boss. Through this project the
children learned to count and
make change.
Fifth and Sixth Grades:
Mrs. Dora Bells class is busy
preparing for the Science fair.
They are bringing i'm different
sources of light. They are also
planting flowers and vegetables.
Poetry Time:
The Big Bull Dozer
BY Mack Arthur Days, Grade
A big tree was on the school
ground
A big bull dozer came.
Round and round it went.
Dig. dig, dig 1t went.
Up. came the dirt.
Push, push. push Ii went
Down came the tree.