The Easter Bunny has come and gone
But the memories still linger on.
We have proof you know,
That April rain doesn’t stop our show.
Our apprentices added to the pleasure of our pre-Easter celebrations with special projects climaxing with an all-afternoon activity April 8th. Games were played including “Hunters Catch the Bunnies” in the yard. A record hop complete with refreshments for all was held in the gym. Names were pulled and Easter baskets were given to Debbie Hall, Rodney Herd, Gregory Williams, DeAngelo Gordon, and John Beechum.
We have continued to plan field trips to enrich our children. Rooms 202 and 203 (2nd graders) went to see the historical Freedom Train April 9th and marveled along with the teachers at all the beautiful exhibits and displays.
In keeping with springtime rooms 101, 103, 201 and 204 visited Missouri Botanical Gardens April 1st and purchased plants and viewed displays. Our first graders, with the help of Mrs. Smithers, our art teacher, shaped and made clay pots which were then fired in a kiln, then painted and glazed.
Room 201 visited the 4th R Gallery and made many unusual kites. Then, along with their teacher Mrs. Billups, they toured the Board of Education building at 911 Locust. They met and interviewed Dr. Robert Wentz, School Superintendent, and took pictures of him and many of the other school personnel.
On March 31 the faculty surprised Mary Boyts, our social worker with Mary Boyts Day. The whole month was set aside as Social Workers Month.
Mark your calendars. Hamilton Branch 3’s Annual School Picnic will be at Forest Park, May 28th.
Mrs. Pat Krippner, parent; Mrs. LeCavoli, Room 103; Mrs. Dickson, RIT; and Mrs. Deavens, principal, attended a workshop in Bethalto, Illinois, on Positive Attitudes Toward Teaching and Learning. They will share this with the faculty and anyone interested this summer in June at the school.
We will have workshops at Hamilton Branch 3 this month and you are invited and encouraged to attend.
May 6, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Values Clarification – Early Childhood Education. Shirley Deavens, Workshop Leader
May 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Tips for Organizing.
May 13, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Think Metric. Marigrace Hoffman, Workshop Leader.
On May 26 and 27 we will have kindergarten screening and parents and [word ending unclear in source] year’s kindergarteners can visit from 1 to 3 both afternoons.
If you have a child or you know anyone in the neighborhood with a potential 1976 kindergartener, please plan to attend. •
We have many thank you’s for the many things you have done to help us. We certainly appreciate your participation and assistance with the April 21 bake sale and the Bicentennial music festival at Kiel Auditorium. We are certainly proud of our 201 third graders and the great job they did with their recorders in the festival.
We could never thank you enough for all the help and hard work that went into supporting the school tax election. It makes us feel great to know that we have such wonderful parents and neighbors behind us all the way. We’ve said it many times, but we truly appreciate working with you.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1976.
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Archival transcription note: The source prints “nex year’s kindergarteners”; missing letter is explicitly marked rather than silently supplied.
Original source: SD_Times1976_05.pdf, printed page(s) 10; PDF page(s) 10.
