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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1960
Page
2
RoIfe Community School notes describe first and second graders sharing birthday celebrations and a fall walk observation. Students recount autumn sights, safety lessons, phonics progress, reading groups, and math reviews. Seventh grade reports include tests, football results, and Future Homemakers entries with district meeting details.
The menu lists daily hot lunches for the week including Monday chili and crackers with a buttered sandwich and milk, Tuesday scalloped potatoes with a plain sandwich and fruit, Wednesday barbecued beef on a bun with creamed peas, Thursday vegetable beef stew with cabbage wedges, and Friday potato salad with toasted cheese sandwich and milk.
In the busy kindergarten week the class explored We Read Pictures meeting Dick Jane Sally and their pets. They collected fall items like leaves seeds cattails gourds and insects. David Spencer displayed an insect collection while classmates drew insects.
The class report notes 13 girls and 11 boys in first grade under Miss Simonson. Students finished their first pre primer and enjoy reading, daily visits with reading friends, counting groups on a flannel board, and using numbers workbooks. They make charts for a new chart rack and cut out pictures beginning with sounds bh oe and apn for chants.
A classroom notes progress in science and reading as 20 students explore air space movement and animal facts. They draw family pictures and create corn figures while enjoying filmstrips about farm life and squirrels. October activities are approaching.
Mrs Nielsen's class studies Christopher Columbus and decorates for Columbus Day. Students note Columbus sought a shorter route to India for spices and silks. Larry's mother brings 24 spices for observation and smelling. garlic is disliked. The class learns many spices beyond common kitchen varieties.
Friday we drew the three ships of Columbus and planned stories about him. A movie titled The Chocolate Tree showed how cacao becomes chocolate with a taste bonus. We also watched Autumn on the Farm and films about Colonial people and Chinese children.
Kath leen Otto celebrated her birthday on the 29th and brought treats. Eighth graders discuss American history films and U N visitors, memorize If by Kipling, enjoy choral readings, sing three part songs, play soccer and football, study simple machines, book reports, decimals and fractions, prepare simple lunches, fix shop benches, and note a 27 to 7 football loss to Pocahontas.
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