Fall has officially arrived and anyone visiting Hamilton Br. 3 would certainly see our fall manifestations. Rooms 201 and 204 had an extensive Nature Walk at the Museum of Natural Science and History October 11th. The children of Room 201 were curious to see if they could find some of the same signs of fall in their own neighborhood. They found and collected acorns, buckeyes, colored leaves and many other things to produce a bright, exciting fall bulletin board. Several children claim they even saw a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker in the neighborhood. You’d be surprised what you have right in your own backyard.
Room 101 presented a Fall play The Little Turtle That Could Not Stop Talking. In learning about the play they discovered the names of several animals and what they do in the fall to prepare for winter.
The Kindergarten and the First Grades took a trip to the Rombach’s Pumpkin Farm in Chesterfield, Mo., as an October activity. Most of the children and all of the teachers came back to school laden with pumpkins—some almost too big to carry. In addition to learning how pumpkins grow and seeing them still in the fields, we found out about a number of other vegetable crops grown on the Rombach Farm. Everyone had a wonderful time and the neighborhood should be sprouting a whole new crop of Jack-O’ Lanterns between now and Halloween.
After the visit to the pumpkin farm, the children in Room 103 will be studying more about pumpkins. The room will use their room pumpkin for a Jack-O’ Lantern. The students will experience eating the pumpkin seeds and also some pumpkin cake made from one of the pumpkins. They also will plant some of the seeds to see if they can grow a pumpkin.
Mrs. Aubertin-Smith’s room celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day by watching a Walt Disney film about Johnny Appleseed while enjoying apple juice and apple slices with sugar and cinnamon. A hop was given on October 12th for Room 204 because of their great record of attendance. They are credited with 10 perfect days of attendance. Refreshments were served. Keep up the good work, Room 204!
Although the children were not given a holiday from school, Columbus Day was observed through songs and all types of Nina’s, Pinta’s, and Santa Maria’s.
A bathtub in a classroom? This may sound far out, but what better place to make yourself comfortable and read a good book. The water has been replaced by carpet tile and pillows, of course. You may stop by
Room 101 to take a look. Seeing is believing.
The all-day Kindergarten program began October 4, but as we can only have the KED teacher, Mrs. Magraw, for only afternoons, only fifteen of our children are eligible for the extra session who are on a waiting list.
On Sept. 29 we had our first PTA meeting. We were quite pleased at the lovely turnout of parents. Officers were selected on a volunteer basis. Mrs. Patton will be a Chairperson; Mrs. Brown, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Higgins, Treasurer and Financial Secretary; Mrs. Rhem, Corresponding Secretary; and Mrs. Lloyd, Parent Congress Representative. Mrs. Lloyd will also serve as the alternate.
We also had several persons who volunteered to be committee heads— Mrs. Boyts, Fund-raising; Mrs. Harris, Room Mothers; Mrs. Scott, Book Fair; Mrs. Sinclair, Mrs. Epps, Mrs. Scott, and Mrs. Lloyd, Workshops; Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Sinclair, Picnic.
It was decided to have the annual PTA dues set at $2.00 per family per year. Please bring or send your dues as soon as possible so we can use our school funds to enrich learning for our children.
Many parents indicated they would like to have daytime meetings. In hopes of accommodating everyone we will have meetings night in September, day in October, night in November, and alternating each month thereafter. We hope we will see even more parents at our next meeting.
We’re certain many of you saw our Annual Halloween Parade with witches, goblins, and all sorts of scary characters winding through the neighborhood. We’d like to extend a special thank you to all the parents who sent treats so that all the room parties were a great success. And a very special thank you to the parents who helped supervise the little goblins both at school and in the parade.
Originally published in The Paper, November 1976.
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Archival transcription note: All-day kindergarten eligibility sentence is ambiguous in print; retained as written, no enrollment inference.
Original source: SD_Times1976_11.pdf, printed page(s) 6; PDF page(s) 6.
