Show School C 00 News At Delta Elementary Our School Monday morning reflected re- re r re reflected the general emotion and unrest that exists in our world at large In the upper grades many students were arguing about the things that they had heard and read over the week end At the beginning of the class period in the grade all decided to see if we could help solve some of the arguments and make It a worthwhile learning period Some of the problems asked were How did we get those islands Of what good are me they anyway Are they worth fighting for class of people live on the islands How far are these places to our nearest harbor We are quite sure we have gained gain gain- ed much more information and know more of what people are talking about We Ve were also very fortunate to have one of the students students students stud stud- give us first hand information on Hawaii the type I of ships that travel and the time it takes take to go gothere gothere gothere there as he made a trip there last summer We Ve expect to keep ourselves our our- sel selves es es posted on the fighting in inthe inthe inthe the Pacific The rooms of upper floor are planning a Christmas carol series Each room has learned several Carols carols carols ca ca- rols for the purpose Beginning Friday Dec 12 each group will be given a day to leave their room just before the close of school and go out into the hall where they will sing a few carols Friday Dec 19 all the students from all rooms will group themselves themselves them them- s selves in the hall and combine in singing Christmas carols The carol series will be carried out in the following order Friday Dec 12 Fifth grade Monday 1 Dec 14 Sixth and Seventh grades Mr Rawlinson's room Tuesday Dec 16 16 Sixth grade Wednesday Dec 17 Fourth grade under Mrs Rawlinson Thursday Dec 18 Seventh grade Friday DeG Dec 19 all grades ed The Fifth grade glade is learning g to tomake tomake tomake make outlines which will help them to tell things in order when f giving iving oral reports We Ve have made up up two Christmas plays which we will use on our ourI I Christmas program the last Friday before Christmas The First graders in Mrs Mitchell's Mitchells Mitchells Mitchell's Mitchells Mitchell's Mit Mit- chell's room have made some Christmas poems and stories and displayed them on the blackboard I They made pictures for them and andone andone andone one says The Christmas Tree The Christmas trees are bright With toys and colored light They shine and give delight That happy Christmas night In Mrs Reids Reid's Second grade the story of oC the first Christmas is told In pictures drawn and cut out by bythe bythe bythe the students and pasted in a frieze around the room There are me shepherds shepherds shepherds shep- shep shep shep- herds and their sheep and the three wise men directed by the Star to the Christ Child There are also a lot of or jolly Santas and a package of surprises Christmas gifts ready for the mothe mothers s. s |