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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1937
Page
6
Bowen and Washington school notes describe Valentine box activities, Lincoln birthday programs, corn exhibit talk, and upcoming events. Students miss peers, celebrate with parties, and prepare projects and athletics including a seventh grade book purchase and eighth grade plans.
Dorothy Pedric notes Yvonne Krueger Joyce Vandenberg lead in library reading while Darlene and Joyce recorded fourteen and thirteen books respectively. Fourth graders study Japanese people and plan a cross cultural book project as Miss Larson displays country pictures for study. Room decorations feature valentines in rooms II and III with a tulip plant and red heart box, and Blaine Easter returns after illness. Room IV nurse Miss Slabbard reports sixty eight students on the diphtheria Shick test with toxin antitoxin planned.
Roberta Gaines was absent last Monday. The first grade plans a Valentine party on February 15. Second grade won a dollar room prize at the PTA meeting. Students wrote letters and made pictures for John Pfotenhauer who is sick. Dolores Wilek earned all A’s with perfect citizenship. Art class features valentines and posters from the Milk Foundation aiding geography work. Sixth graders await Travel Contest winners. ten students entered booklets about trips to New Orleans. Participants include Shirley Spoolstra and others. Seventh grade builds a Valentine house for an upcoming party and displays old valentines. New spelling charts on board. Early in the semester, thirteen eighth and ten seventh graders earned perfect scores. Seventh graders plan trips to Wanzer Dairy and Schulze Bakery. Both grades took writing tests to pursue National and Zaner-Bloser certificates.
The Franklin School stunt show is postponed to give groups extra time to prepare. Plans call for Lincoln School to host to accommodate a larger audience. Amateurs should submit applications promptly to compete for the cup. Grade seven and eight note a Valentine box for a celebration next Monday. The manual training room nears completion and boys look forward to using the new shop.
First graders finish The New Pathway to Reading and begin Elson primer as Roberta Kuester misses school for illness. Second graders prepare patriotic program for February 19. Third and fourth graders finish farm animals lessons and plan 12 by 18 inch farm scene drawings for exhibit. Bible history unit starts during Lenten season. Fifth and sixth grades rehearse Honey Pirates operetta after Easter, with health and geography studies ongoing. Seventh grade completes first semester social studies review and begins Changing Civilizations in the Modern World with special projects. Eighth grade starts A History of American Government and Culture, plus geography projects. Lincoln Washington program set for Friday at 2 PM in the auditorium, with school melody band making its first appearance. parents invited.
The text emphasizes nature shaping events to provide a pleasing voice for listening, suggesting harmony between natural order and human perception. It frames nature as a guiding, benevolent force shaping what we hear and experience.
A historical quiz compiles questions and answers about Illinois history. It covers school expansion under Governor Powell in 1857 58 Lincoln's Illinois settlement near Decatur motor fuel tax adoption 1927 29 blue lick and 1786 defeats of George Rogers Clark Beveridge birthplace NY July 6 1824 Temple Bradley as Clark biographer and local Galesburg founder William Selden Gale Knox County supervisor.
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