Big Rock High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Big Rock, IL)

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Although twerty-seven chlldren were actually enrolled dur- lflg the year, at the close the re were twenty two The Chrlstves opcretta, In Quest of Santa Claus was pre- sented by the puplls of the lour lower grades dlrected by our mus1c te Cher, hrs Be gman, assn. sted by the room tear-hers The llttle glrls w re elther dolls or sunbeans, and the llttle boys were rabblts One of the most excltlng + .mes of the year was meetlng Santa Claus at Waterman Each chlld 5 t to slt beslde hm ln h1s slelgh and talk to hlm Mr FILCRBS t ox us ln the bus The tmp to B ooo cld Zoo w s much more moanlrgful to us after havmt 1 ar-ned the lndlvldual characterlstlcs of the annuals :Ln a unlt we w rked out on Ulld .anlmals t onal mov1es, fllrn-strlps, phonograph reoords, plo- tures, toys, games ani books all help d to cnrlch our loarnlzg malklno + 1.1. fu st yea. of llvlng, by mornlng and playlrg together a tremerdously lmportarxt, blsy, and happy one. SLCOND GRADE For the fl rst t1IID the second grade was a s1ngle unlt The year began wlth twenty puplls enrolled Later Ln the fall, Llnda Dans ard Larry Eisenberg golmd our class, Illfiklflg the total twentyhtwo In the sprlng Gary Olsen, Joe Beyke, and Donald Asklrs moved away he ln return galncd two new puplls, Judy Webster ard Mlchael Deyo Our year closed wlth twenty one chlldren ln the second grade For Halloween the class entertalmd thelr mothers by pre- sentlng two plays and some songs Refreshments were served fol 1OW1l'lg the program. At Chrlstmas we had our room decorated for the season We had a Chnstmas party 1n our own room also. . v . . , . I A A 1 , . , . . Q 'VT M . Q. ' ' g .L 1 Q . . nl . . K, A Y Q 9 I 0 I 0 Jw O -'N U n I 0 l l u lv . ,N 1 I V -I V -L . ,-,,. . , , r ld a , - 1 u A 9 Q l ki A ry G-1 , 2 , . - I An lf. 5 . I . of g . -, in . . . . 7 . Ldacaoz - X, ,: ' C' ' . L.n . 1 1 M . . It ,,. . kg A,. I . i -1 , A . T'l . . . X . . , Y X I . . , . . I . I . I, . . . , - I wi N V . , - . . . - . . Q . .

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KINDERGARTEN me klndergarten was a new project this year Its purposes a.e to help the beginnlng school chald adgust gradually to the change from home to school erxvimrment, to help him learn to cooperate and share with others hrs can age, to help him gain some of the rrdependeme requlred of him in the first grade and flnally, to help ham find a comfortable place :Ln the group of chlldr-en A part of the school cafeteria was curtarned off fcr the use of the kindergarten, and was fitted out viii! puzzles, paints, crayons, hammer, and saw It has been a pleasant spot the mole year th rough. The beginnlng up consisted of Patridc Finley, James Fickas, Gary Beck, honas Thorson, Sandra Hyatt, Bose Marie Jorgensen, Sharon Thomas, ard Cheryl Lerfheit A typical day's program included plans for the day , story tins, songs, games, work and play tune, dramatizatrons, bend rhymes, and short enpe The tnpe were the outgrowth of study units planned for the children. Stories of flremen led to visits to the Blg Rock fire engns and the No 1 Aurora Fire House Stories of cows and dairies preceded trlps to the llooseheart dairy barn and Oatman' Dairy A train ride ani a tmp to the zoo were further hlgh- 11Q'1tS rn the kindergarten year Y FJERST emma The year began with twenty one pupils enrolled. The latter part of the frrst same ster changes began to take place Carolyn Armlntrout moved to Batavia, Henry Harper to Sandwich, while Mano James from Kaneville, and Sharon Wilson from Dixon ,joined our ranks Tre fir st of March found us musing farewell to Bonnle Jones who Wert to Kaneville, Mary Jorgensen to Waterman, Marrlyn Sampson to -Wlbum, and Jerry Gray to Hinckley, whale we were happy to welcome James 'Webster from New York, Rita Deyo from Iowa, Loren Hinchee from Geneva, and our previous classmate, Henry Harper back from Sandwich ' . ' I . - . . , A V -' I O u 'Y' , , - ' ' . .U ' I 1 ' ' . ' O - ' . . . . . . D . . - e K A . I . . 0. , , i -V ' 'D .' . - e ' ' t ' . , , 0 . ' . , , - - . ' 4 , . . 1 - 4 - - ' ' . .. .. ,,. ' Il . . . . . Q - 1 C K -I . Q V I O l ' ' ' ' s 1 , , . Y - ,. - , . Q ' ,, A . 4 ' 1 . . I b A 1 . . . 0 1 p ' ' I - . . .. , . , I . . . - , o , I . , , ' 5 . 1: i 4 ' ' ' V . I ol I - lt ' l, ,l 0. 'Q 0 D O . . o

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In the annual ODI'lS'U'03S operetta all the children took art Two glrls were chosen to be f2JI'1eS For Valerrt3.ne's Day several of the mothers sent treats for the chlldren. Each ch1ld has hls own lrrilvldtal Va ents. e bag Whlilh he or sne decor ted In Aprnl our mothers had p rt 1n SCPVZLUQ for P T A Mrs Castr r and Mrs Raymorri were thls year' room mothers and wer a gre t help throughout the year In the Sprlflg the boys and glrls agarn V1 lted Brook fleld Zoo although they were there lest year, they were stall :Lnterested lfl the many armnals they saw. was a happy experlence for them to see themselves on the screen Art, ImJ.SlC, and physlcal educatlon were an important part of our currlculum lnrough these classes we had great opportunltles for creatlveness and demonstratlon of skllls Every class was engoyed by the group A pleasant year erried wlth everyone anxiously looklng forward to vacatlon and thlrd grade. THIRD GRADE The 'f'h11'd grade was taught by Mrs Bermoe Thorras Twenty-elght boys and girls were enrolled ln the room for the year 1950-1951 DUI'1I1g the year many actlvltles were engoyed by the group The P T .-r room mothers, Mrs Cllfford Butler ani Mrs Dean Granart treated the chlldren on three occaslons, Halloween, Valtnt1ne's Day, and easter Many chnldren treated for thelr bzrthdays dllrlfg the year . , , P ' . . . r - Q 8' . . 1 1 3 ' ' c o 4 4 C 0 . S , e a . . . Q. - . . . Cn l Movirg pictures' taken of the children were shown. It , . U AAFYV 0 . . I i . . ' . . I V. V 0 . 0 , 0 . 1 . .I ' . 4 if I . ' , . . . Q ' ' 7 A 0 U