East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1962-10-11

TO ZlSC was May 1dli IiiiiS al
River Road Camp this year. AS
an outgrowth of that expert
ence, the sixth grade pupils of
Mrs. Ruthann Banks and Elmer
Bollnow prepared notebooks
covering their week in the
woods, a number of which we
have examined.
Diaries covering morning,
afternoon and evening activities
were kept each day, including
accounts of the hikes, games
and work periods in which they
participated as well as details
of camp life.
The academic work involved
the study Of the various kinds
Of rock and their formation, the
different kinds Of leaves of
trees, and the problems of soil
conservation and plant protec-
ton.
Evening programs included
dances, lectures, motion pictures
and demonstrations, although
bad weather prevented them
from the study Of stars and
nlanets with an astronomers
telescope.
Each child was asked to write
an evaluation of his camping
experience after it was over.
| Most children liked everything
about it; whatever reservations
any Of them had were minor in
nature. There was a little
| twinge of homesickness now
and then. although children of
this age-eleven years old,
mainly-do not seem to be es-
pecially bothered in this way.
Many children included the
menus of their meals in their
diaries. You should see what
they had to eat: wonderful food,
and plenty of it!
Mark Fire
Prevention
This week is Fire Prevention
Week, and all of our schools
are marking it in some signifi-
cant way. One of the classes at
Chambers School, Mrs. Joan
Raskey's fourth grade, was CIV
en- the chance to use the schools
bulletin board to carry their
Fire Prevention messages to
then entire school, and they
went about their assignment in
two ways.
First, they painted a street
scene consisting of a long row
of houses and other buildings,
-
one of which on fire. Flames
leaped from it, and firemen with
their trucks, ladders and hoses
were attacking them.
But this was not all. The
flames were spreading to the
building next door. In this way
the children were saying that
fire prevention is not just the
other persons business, but our
business too; for the fire does
not stop at boundary lines.
Second, the children wrote
original themes on the subject
of fire and its dangers. Their
dealt with two gen
eral aspects of the problem:
what they could do to prevent
fires, and what they should DO
if a fire started. First, they
would keep their small brothers
and sisters away from matches
and fire, and themselves too;
second, if there was a fire, they !
would get the younger children
away from it. and then run to
the nearest older person or call |
the Fire Department.
The themes did these nine
year-olds much credit, and gave
tips that all of US could use.
Their bulletin-board assignment. 4
in short, could with justice be
labelled: "Well done"
Undertake
Art Projects
Three art projects were re-
Gently undertaken by a fifth
grade class at Superior School
IN connection with their study
Of Indian life and handicrafts.
The projects-a painted mural
clay pottery pieces, and plaster ,
war masks-were executed un-
der the direction of their teach
err. Miss Virginia Kurth.
The painted mural, large
picture Of an Indian pueblo, was
the joint creation Of eight stu
dents. After they had studied
pictures of pueblos in various
source books, they drew a small