Spelling Bees Take Spotlight at Home Park School
At Home Park School the spelling bee stage centers on student competition. Students from various classes spell words with focus and enthusiasm as the event unfolds.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1915
Page
34
At Home Park School the spelling bee stage centers on student competition. Students from various classes spell words with focus and enthusiasm as the event unfolds.
A Hill Street pupil writes a poem celebrating an athletic victory. The fragmentary diary style text notes teachers, students, and events around sports days, school programs, and poems linked to games. Names and places appear in garbled OCR, but the core reflects school life and enthusiasm for sport.
Formwalt pupils organize a team to enter league play as they show signs of baseball activity. The article lists players, supporters, and coaches, noting practices, anticipated opening, and hopes for a successful season with games against Gaunt, Paris, W1 Slitua Suid Lenth, and more.
Readable fragments show Crew Street School fourth graders winning races against Tur and Mill streets Shoals. The event featured many students, with notes on participation, standings, and a program including music and gardening projects.
The narrative follows Letty and Miss Orr during a school concert and after party where Letty recalls a past romance with a young man named Philip Adair. The piece weaves memory, social events, and coming of age in a small town setting with vivid, era-appropriate dialogue and observations.
The seventh grade teams set to perform in a final flag game against Fraser as Normal Training School notes progress. Reports mention two eleventh graders and a visit by Miss Smith praising all grades for wonderful work, including science exhibits and flower beds.
Report notes division 1 students celebrating Passoves day and seven large honors last week. Girls across four divisions are praised for hard work and progress in night school programs.
A list of badge winners from multiple street schools appears, with many pupils named by school and street. The article notes bronze, silver, and various badge distinctions and mentions efforts in spelling and shorthand education alongside school openings this fall.
Pryor Street Girls defeat Faith in a captain ball game amid pride in seventh grade progress. Readers note strong attendance from fourth B, praise for Mrs Hagood and caregivers, and student spelling gains as classes exchange regards.
Four teams from the North Side will compete in the Grammar League as listed in the Eds Colyum. The schedule shows games across April and May at various Oakland and edgewood fields, with some dates repeated and all events noted for the southeast diamond in the Pledemon.
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