The Big Kids (6-12 years old), a few Little Kids (3-6 years), and three of the school’s five teachers are going camping this month. We’ll be spending the week of Feb. 27 thru March 3 near Washington, Mo. in a cabin belonging to our friends. Dorothy and Walter Armbruster.
Our daily schedule will include hiking, animal trapping, campcraft, and academics ranging from grammar to beltmaking. We are inviting the parents of our campers to come for a visit on Wednesday, March 1. Open house will begin at 2 p.m., and chow will be served at 6:30
Other activities at Neighborhood School this month include birthday bashes for Abe Lincoln and George Washington, and our latest science unit, “Studying the Human Body.” The unit has thus far included making a model lung, sewing organ-shaped pillows and stuffing a cloth skin with them, and learning the Heimlich Maneuver, a method for saving the lives of choking victims.
The parents have two projects this month to raise scholarship money for many of our students. February 11 we will hold a big rummage sale at Grace Methodist from 8 am to 2 pm. There will be furniture, clothing, and housewares at bargain prices. The whole neighborhood is invited to a big spaghetti dinner at Talayna’s on Valentine’s Day. The scholarship fund will receive four dollars from every $5 adult tickets and two dollars for every $3 child’s ticket. We are grateful to Mike Faille at Talayna’s for this generosity. See you there!
Originally published in The Paper, February 1978.
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Original source: SD_Times1978_02.pdf, printed page(s) 6; PDF page(s) 7.
