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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1975
Page
33
A report on five year old Les West son of the Joe Wests of Meadowdale drive NW becoming a new student at Fillmore school. He recalls the first day with puppies anxious to show visitors and names his teacher Miss Larson. He says he likes to play house and store and walks to school.
The Gazette interviews five year old Mark Goedken and other kindergarteners after school begins to learn what they like about school and what troubles them. Mark plans to show his removed tonsils in a jar and says he enjoys painting and learning poems with his teacher Miss Montross. The piece captures candid, humorous, and insightful remarks from young students about their early school experiences.
Jennifer Rose, five, daughter of Robert and Rose Roses of 4735 Danbury NE, attends Eisenhower school. She says she learned her ABCs in kindergarten and enjoys Miss Kincaid reading bunny and clown stories. Her brother David plays cards with her after school. Andy Lockhart, five, son of Earl and ?, attends Coolidge school.
On the first day Lisa Popenhagen and Tim Moody share brief school glimpses. Lisa, five, describes painting, a Red Rooster kindergarten bus, and teachers Mrs Swaney and Mr Ross. Tim, five, mentions recess, preferring to play with boys, and his pink paint shirt.
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