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mrs. BU(\JCH
If you had passed through the
doors of the Gakona School during
the first week of October, you would
have been startled to see our norma
lly tidy building wallpapered with
colorful campaign posters. N.ine of
the boys and girls in the upper gra
des had been nominated for the offi
ces of School President, l/ice-Presi
dent and Secretary-Treasurer. The
Candidates spent a hectic week of
vote-soliciting and speech-making.
Then, on Friday the entire student
body voted on special ballots Cor
their ■ favorites. It was announced
the following Monday that Morris Ew
an had been elected President for a
second term and l\Jorman and Louise
Ewan had won the offices of lieep. &
Sec .-Treas.
The days of September did not
linger at this little red school
house as. we took advantage of every
one. The students quickly settled
down to master the 3R's and to wBrk
on various projects related to thier
studies. The Fourth Graders recently
completed a large 3r x 5* map of Ga
kona on heavy cardboard. The map
shows allimportant land features,
highways and buildings. Paint and
crayons were used for color. The
children learned many interesting
facts about our community. As a cul
minative activity in Health class,
the children are planning a chart to
illustrate six-signs of good health.
The Third graders are most enthusi
astic about writing cursively. The
Second Graders are busily learning
the sounds of letters to prepare
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themselves for spelling words soon.
The choldren are learning many fas
cinating things about their envirn
ment in their Science and Social Stu
dies-, books which are new to them this
year. The First Graders are most fort r
unate to have some of the newest read
ing books on the market. The stories
are meant to appeal to this genera
tion and they are beautifully illustr
ated. As part of the reading readi
ness program, the children are memor
izing nursery rhymes which they enjoy
thouroughly•
The children never seem to tire
of Art. One of the most successful
projects so far was sketching a still
life arrangement set up by one of the
teachers, coloring it and then, paint
ing the entire picture black. The
technique is called "crayon batik."
The areas which had not been crayon
ed retained the black paint. The cra
yoned parts appeared quite luminous.
In the upper grades’ classroom
the Eighth Graders used their artis
tic ability and recently gained know
ledge in Science to construct a bull
etin board scene which the entitled
"RACE THROUGH SPACE." A Russian and
American rocket were shown parallel
to each other speeding toward the
moon. In the distance were several
sattelites orbiting the earfeb. The
Fifthe Graders are tackling molecular
structure, while the Seventh Graders
are studying the classification of
living and non-living things. Also in
the field of Science is the subject
of weather which the Sixth Graders
are -studying diligently.
The student body is going to
continue publishing "THE WORTH UlIWD"//