Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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' KULTURED KINDERGARTEN Christine Carlson-Perry Valantine In the K1ndergarten,the Kindergarten- ers don't spend all their time in play. They are learning the sounds of all the consonants, and soon will be able to read such two vowel words as Hboatn and ncoat.n For the Mothers'Club Meeting they drew and painted animal pictures. Each child held his picture up as the class sang a song about that animal. The Kindergartners showed their creative ability at Christmas when they produced candles, bookmarks, pencil holders, and hot pads for their parents. Mr. McGee gives them his scraps of wood. From these mere scraps have come marvelous boats and radar units. A A favorite pastime of the children is the acting out of stories. They have their own stage where they act out such dramatic stories as nThe Three Bears.H They are also unsur- passed in the field of art. Almost everyday they turn out painted master pieces. The subject of their paintings range from cats and dogs to submarines and airplanes. The athletic period consists of parades with big bass drums, bowling, shuffleboard, baseball, football, and tending the garden. Mrs. Scallan and Miss Lee think this is the nicest class they ever had fjust as they thought last year's wasll Maybe children get better each year!

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CURTAIN'S UP! Melinda Martin The play is ready to start! Scenery is on, plot is set and characters are in place. The play is simply the Senior Nur- sery in action. The scenery has been set for a school room with a surrounding yard of objects of play, shaded by the long swinging branches of sycamores. The plot is the main activities of the seniors experience. The characters are twelve students, ages four going on five. Seven play- ers are boys and the remaining parts are taken by five girls. Directing the play is Mrs. Owen with her assistant, Mrs. Crandell. The play is sure to be a success. The curtains open, and there are the children on the porch, playing with bicycles and other such objects. The clock on the stage is almost 8:55, and music is ready to begin. Mrs. Owen is patiently waiting for the children to be seated. With an autoharp on her lap, she playscinrds and shows pictures while the child- ren sing along. The children are enthusiastic in music and many might become our needed muscians of 1995. The music is over and on goes the play through such scenes as assembly refreshments, and into free play, and constructive art. The hands of the clock are now at 10:30, and the children are busily cleaning up and being told stories. The next scene is set for a time of rest with music. This music intro- duces them to a classical style. Lunch is then served. The rest of the time consists of free periods and naps, but we all can see the children have learned their lines well in how to be polite, thoughtful, follow directions, and 1 l be happy without having their own way Come again for another day when the play will be shown, and maybe you can see them tie their own shoes and quietly bow their heads as they say the Lord's Prayer. 'X' ii- 'X' -X- -X-

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FIRST GRADE SCHOLARS Greg Tryon - Peggy Hank You really don't know how hard those First Graders work until you've visited their workroom. These little people accomplish much in nine and one-half months. Their teacher, Mrs. Swan, keeps them going all day. They have a tasueof politics in the First Grade which includes elections held every week. The thirteen little scholars, nine boys and four girls, have many sub- jects, reading and arithmetic, also spelling, language, and penmanship. They also have a touch of Natural Science. By the end of the year, in reading, their most important subject, they will have read five readers, two or three classics, including UThe Tale of Peter Rabbitn and HPelle's New Suit,u and three Carden books. They have a goal of reading at least seven books in their free time at school. In Natural Science they learn about different birds and man animals. In spelling, the class learns how to spell Htwo vowel wordsu and they learn the Hshort soundu in words. At games these little speedsters ex- press many talents including Jumping rope, tether ball, sandbox sculpture, relay races, and the boys play 'Davy Crockett.u They also express some talents during their lunch period be- tween ll:2O and 12:30. You wouldn't believe some of their appetites! This class is not herded into groups according to their educational talents. They remain one big scholastic family.