Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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ii? 5 Wt The ca! says. In response to a letter congratulating him on his 80th birthday, third graders received a note from Dr. Seuss. Brooke Fitton and Scott Tatom show the letter to their classmates. Farmer in the dell. A salesman from Mid- State Tractor Co. gives kindergartner Kris Adkins a ride around the playground during a class farm unit. Lower School '91

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Li Learning A special time was set aside each week for the library. At this time students learned library skills and literary appreciation. They were also given time to check out their favorite books. Some special activities that revolved around the library were Children's Bookweek, National Library Week and the Charlie May Simon Contest. Students in grades 4-6 read a list of pre-selected books, and voted for their favorite. Help There's a Cat Washing in Here was the P.A. winner. My favorite book was A Light in the Attic, said fourth grader Hunter Beaumont. It was a book of poetry, and I like to read and write poetry. Art, P.E. and music were some of the activities that broke up the lower school academic schedule. During P.E. students learned basic motor skills and recreational games. I like P.E. because we get to play a lot of different games like we play at camp, said jason Brawner, third Mad scramble. During a class study of the uses of the egg, third grader Daniel Gold makes an omlette with the help of his teacher Mrs. Nancy Massey. 90'Academics grader. For the first time kindergarteners were included in the art program which gave them a chance to be exposed to new materials, gain artistic skills and express themselves. Third grader Angie Cameron said, What I liked most about art is that we get to do a lot of projects. My favorite is painting and drawing horses. In music students learned about music and rhythm and were able to show off their skills in school-wide programs at Christmas and on Grandparents Day. In the spring fifth graders presented a musical, Wackadoo Zoo. Between reading, writing and arithmetic, as well as special projects, lower school students hadn't learned that school wasn't fun. Hungry, hungry hippo. Bippo the Hippo and a friend visit lower school classes to give a lecture on proper care of the teeth. Blow up. Using soda and vinegar, fourth grader Heather Hundley shows her classmates how to make a volcano. Cut up. Taking a break from reading, writing and arithmetic, first grader jennifer Wilson works on an art project. . . 'lf' .551 7 -TTY

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92 -'academics 4 - gt! UN- B LN Evil Something To Celebrate We'd been waiting for this moment all our lives and now it was here-Graduation 1984. To give you the feel of what it was like being a part of it, here's a closer look at the goings on. This hat will never stay on. Does anybody have any more bobby pins? l do. Does my hair look funny? No, it looks fine. Hey, where's all the smoke coming from? The guys set off the fire extinguisher. Oh, no! It's time to line up everyone, in alphabetical order. Oh my gosh, here we go! After this point, silence was required. We marched on slowly, as in rehearsal. After the invocation, delivered to the tune of a dog barking in the background, we were all seated. We began to search the audience for parents and friends. Likewise, they began to search our crowd for a son or daughter. They found Kirk Aronson minus socks and Shelley Cary with pink hose. Things went smoothly until the lights blinked out in the middle of valedictorian Amy Bishop's speech. On the back row, the S's through the W's practiced receiving their diplomas, left hand over right hand. Awards and scholarships were handed out to some outstanding seniors. Dr. Robert Dowda's speech covered every subject from tuberculosis to World War II as he spoke about the accomplishments of past generations. In fact, the only thing he left out was chicken pox, which some of us were still suffering from. Handing out diplomas is usually the boring part ofthe ceremony, but we all found something to smile at. Seniors like Amy Korenblat, Kathryn Krodell, Pat Moers, Mark Smith and Staci Stockburger all got a cheer or yell from friends and family in the stands. Dr. XDowda's southern accent appeared in the names Say-ra Kremer and Say-ra Burton. Tassels went from left to right and helped shoo away the mosquitoes. Seniors, still enjoying a good joke, emphasized the tradition in the Alma Mater. Hats went flying- we'd made it! ll ll ll ll