Avondale High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Avondale, CO)

 - Class of 1940

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W The seventh and eighth 'rades started the year out with their usual vim, vi or, and vltility. During the course of the year they have had three big parties. One of the first and best parties they had was the Christmas party, which was given on December 18th. -The gym was beautifully decorated with cedar branches, and the tables were plac d in the form of a cross. The refreshments were eaten by candlcl likht. The students had the school board members and their wives as' guests at this party.: Valent1ne's day was also ,celebrated with a.party which was held the 16th of February.- The sci- ence room was decorated for.th1s occasion. ,Games were play- ed and enjoyed by all very much, -For the Halloween party dm gym was decorated with pumpkins and corn stalks, The even- lnx w.s -, spent with lots of fun and laughter. s.f' The seventh and eighth Grades has the largex combined membership of 28 students who have remained throughout the year. Two members have dropped out, Mildred Griffin amd Rmb mend Johnson. 'M ldred Griffin had to drop out because her fOlkS HQVCQ-UO,PUCblOr. Raymond was forced to drop out ' bc- cause of tll health. vwelall admire Raymond's.spunk and hope he will be able to return soon,. A, . . p nw Ihosmudonts have completed several projects this year. hOnerproJect was.a map of Avondale which they made int their arithmetic classy 'They also enjoyed several star Casin: ex- cursions where they went outside and studied the planets and 1constellat1ons.,.f .f-,--, -h..R ' , , . .- .i f GRADEZREVIEW., j t ., I -, 54 -. A .': . . V. . ' ', The.flrst grade is quite a large class this year.There are 52 pupils in the room: Miss Roller is'their teachers This 1s'her'frrst'year at Avondale and she has had - :much success in teaching these little-ones, 'They have been very interested 1n'all of their work, and have taken espeeialint- crest in the-study of h1rds.- They have aichart -with 'the picture of all the birds on it. fTh1s'hangs in the front of their room.' The reading class made a special study of birds. After the first-semesterj all of the first graders took a trip ever to the post office and Mrsi Roe showed fthem how a post'off1cd was run.- They then'returned to their room and constructed a post office of their own out of card boardfhch one had his own mail box and they wrote letters to one aunher and mailed them. They had a postmaster and went through the regular procedure of stamping and cancelling the mail. These little ones had a couple of lessons inf cooking during the yeary 2One time they cooked apple sauce, and -the second,t1me,theyrtn1ed their luck at baking cookies. E'These proved to be very successful, ' A , . V , ,. l I. . , - mist

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erm nun ' 'WGRADE Rl-'JVIEWA T ' CGQn't3 A QU ' A ,gn pp, o W ,- V 'g linffff. Q f'1 'gfff ,Ltfthe lest of the your they 1 ' .jxw X' Kgs . . ggiyffkq APfhsd'h minitdro farm in their room. T 1--Qgf s :l4 -f A, 1 ff in this ,tney,,p,1:mted all different ts'X5'J,e' f7 ' 'kinds of farm plnnts ond also some OU 11 Plfi re I A 'lfflgowsrs-' ' M ' ' Zfeafhilvfevdfn 'N' ' 1 I. 'A e GRADECREVIEW' y 'A 1 T A 1 The seoondasnd third grade hed a very lnterest1ng'year of school. Miss Frusher, tnelr teeeher,,p1enned msny interesting 'trips for them during the year. ff '+-Q At the beginning of the senool term, while cantsloupeswere still being shlpped. she arranged for them to go over to the packing shed to ses just how melohs were packed before being shipped to all different points in the U: S:. , . This group hed several parties during the year. The first one was e Halloween party. To this they Invited the first graders. Together they had a very enjpynble time.. Next came their Christmas party. This was held in their room. They had n large Christmas tree end gifts were exchanged by the pupils The next one,wes their Vs1ent1nes,pnrty. At th1s'n large box of.Valent1nes was opened and distributed among the students. Instead of having an Easter party, they all enjoyed the show Pinocchio. On May l, this group, togethfrwith the rest of the intermediate grades enjoyed a'pion1o,st City Park. M A, In Art work of all kinds, this class d1d.except1onnlly good work. .Perhaps as ydu dr1veV'pest the sodooh house, you will probably see 'birds painted -on the windows: Thestudents did- ell of this drawing themselves. They nlsokworked on paintings which ere to be sent to the State Fsir'L in Pueblo They also painted a travel scene free-handed. '- ,- During the yeer,hthe second and third graders presented two puppet shows. One was named Hansel and Gretel and the th ., th- Dut ' D 11 dn ' O erTge?. also helps? thenegtire grade school. present the Christmas Operette end they helped keep the' grounds clean during the lnst of the yosr4'Tne lhsttsixiweekshofeschoolothey worked on'n growing experiment. They planted grain and corn seeds as well as some flower seeds. N- E3 lim- , , gmsg, - ,... 1 iidil' nf S :Hifi S , ,. .

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1940, pg 97

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1940, pg 30

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1940, pg 45

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1940, pg 89

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1940, pg 61


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