Local School Notes Highlight Student Elections and Activities
The report lists new fifth grade officers in Mrs. Vera Washburn's class at McMillan and mentions McMillan first graders tracking March weather with snow and sun. It notes Eugene Field students hearing a talk on school life, new library books at McMillan from April 12, and third quarter spelling rosters in Mrs. Clark's class. It also covers a play The Prize Shamrock by Garfield's sixth grade and a Mexico Business and Professional Women’s Club library exhibit at Hardin Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Washburn
McMillan
Darren Womack
Bobby Moon
Diane Johnson
Christy Griffith
Gary Leach
Robyn Fort
Michelle Lucas
Tammy Johnson
Darrell Pullen
McMillan School
Janice Reynolds
Marjorie Lesar
Garfield
Mexico
Business and Professional Womens Club
Hardin Junior High
The Rise of School Bus Transportation in Missouri
The 1933 Missouri School Law expanded rural student access to high school by transporting rural pupils and charging home districts with high school tuition. Over time one room schools closed and transport widened to kindergarten through twelfth grade. Mexico operates eleven routes for 675 daily riders, with two new buses and a route addition planned. Bus drivers, trained annually by the State Education Department, bear safety and behavior responsibilities, relying on parental and student cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
State Department of Education
A. P. Greens
Kim Case
Originals By Individuals The Spirit Of the Coyote Tail
A compilation of student poems with rural scenes and moments of nature. Darby Donaldson describes a coyote encounter ending in its death and a lasting spirit of the animal. James Klusman reflects dawn rays signaling a new day. John Rolfes depicts snowy scenery and children’s joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby Donaldson
Hawthorne
Hardin Junior High Volleyball Tournament Winners
Seventh grade team members Pam McKinnon Denise Herndon Vertna Brooks Rose Belcher and others competed in an inter school volleyball tournament held before school for two weeks. The winning teams are pictured above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Junior High
Pam McKinnon
Denise Herndon
Vertna Brooks
Rose Belcher
A Girl From Hawthorne School Poem
A student poem from Hawthorne School lauds teachers and the principal while noting a sparrow visiting the window to learn. The piece blends school pride with a calm classroom scene and a curious bird as quiet observer.
Wise student proverbs from Eugene Field class
Students in Mrs Simons reading class created proverbs after reading a story. Attributed lines include Dreams without work is nothing by John French and Snowballs get bigger rolling downhill than up by Robert Brown, among others from Bill Rankin Ricky Kemp Dana Myers and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Josephine Simons
John French
Peter Scharthi
Robert Brown
Ricky Kemp
Dana Myers
Sandra Creed
Michele Davis
Laura Lincoln's Return From Therapy At Georgia Clinic
Laura Lincoln returns after months at the Georgia Blosser Clinic Marshall where she progresses with a walker and hopes to use crutches soon She welcomes a new baby sister Tracy and the class continues activities like Easter crafts while visitors drop off baked goods sand bags and art work will be displayed at the public library after April 1 via the Women’s Club support
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Lincoln
Georgia Blosser Clinic
Marshall
Laura
Tracy
Women’s Club
Students Tour A P Green Firebrick Plant
Sixth grade students from Mrs. Marilyn Preas visited A P Green Firebrick Company and wrote reports about the tour. They described high temperature furnaces, microscopes, X ray defraction equipment, and the process of brick production including screenings and shaking to sift materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Green
Marilyn Preas
Robert Jeffrey
Gingerbread Men Invade Spring Class Project
Hawthorne School students in Mrs. Ogden's first year class baked gingerbread men to demonstrate division of labor. Each child helped with dough, rolling, cutting, and baking. Pupils wrote short stories about making and eating the gingerbread men, dated March 3 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynne Qogden
Hawthorne School
Forst
Andy Baker
Ricky Shaw
Andy
Mrs. Ogden
Vicky Day
Jeffrey Hatfield
Richie Brett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lester Rummans
Michelle Jerichow
Gary Barnes
Marilyn Trabue
Eugene Field School
Chris Boley
Marvin Blue
Marie Clark
Eugene Field
Mark Bishop
Keleigh Bonney
Billy Joe Campbell
Mark Campfield
Randy Clark
Brenda Davis
Lori DeLong
Andy Durham
Jane Ekern
David Fuqua
Melvin Hooke
Jenny Myers
Mike Schnetzer
Leslie Smith
Pamela Tolson
Bud DeBondt
Jean
Vietnam
Gary Eick
Dean Mackey
Michael Shay
Debbie Kirchoff
Dena Smithey
Notalie Talley
James Klusman
Hardin
John Rolfes
Marcy Hendrix
Bonnie Hinton
Debbie Woods
Dianne Schutte
Billie Sue Stubblefield
Nina Williamson
Sharon Farrah
Jennifer Doolittle
Ellen Freeman
Teresa Rentschler
Tracy Stephenson
Nada Lynch
Pam Paschal
Timothy Dysart
Marilyn Maupin
Our Friend
the Sparrow
Michael Gilman
Eric Coll
Bill. Rankin
Cerebral Palsy School
Kathy Jenkins
Columbia
Mitchell Skorupa
Crewe Cover
Nicki Phillips
Beverly Talley
Santa Fe Sociables Club
Green Company
Greens
Jeff Potts
Mr. Preas
Mr. Stevenson
Mr. Allen
Stephen Westbay
Nancy Callison
Delores Schutte
Tim Barbour
Keith Walls
Donnell Belcher
Brenda Walls
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