Detroit Country Day School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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it BELOW: Our academic Kindergarten gives the children early instruction in reading and a new found confidence in themselves. BOTTOM: Amy Shcrpero, just in irom recess, Wonders at George Washington prior to a special patriotic assembly. LEFT: Third Grader Lauren Gragg reaches for a book in the expanded library made possible by the move to the Village Campus. MIDDLE LEFT: Iulie Kendrick, Second Grade, stops after gym to check for new growth in one of the hundreds of plants that beautiiy the Village Campus. BOTTOM LEFT: There're no coloring books in the Lower School! They are taught instead to express themselves ireely in their art. BELOW: Ballerinas Ann Taylor and Lisa Wayburn work out at the barre as part of the new ballet program.

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TOP: Ioe St. Cyr checks to make sure that Carl Samberg is still in one piece after that Wild train ride. ABOVE: O.K. Guys, I'll keep watch while you check out the situation inside. Doug Brooks, 3rd grade. BELOW cmd RIGHT: Lower Schoolers par- ticipate in many activities on Heritage Day. Lower Schoolers Celebrate Their Country's Bicentennial October Twenty Second, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Five was Heritage Day tor the Lower School. On this day they honored our country's Bicentennial and showed their patriotism. All the classes met in front of the Martha Mary Chapel at Greenfield Village to perform their tributes. Three grades had poetry presentations and one grade performed a square dance. The classes then went and viewed each historical building that they had been studying in their classrooms. They ate lunch at the Village and then returned to school. 'I'he trip proved to be very successful and enriching to both students and teachers. Greenfield Village enabled the students to View our heritage first hand. Heritage Day was the Lower School's way of paying tribute to the people and ideas that have made our country what it is today.

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No One Stays the Same in The Lower School Program Of the three schools that comprise Detroit Country Day, the Lower School may well be the most dynamic, with a wide variety of activities that keep the youngsters busy and help develop both mind and body. The newest activity was ballet, taught by Miss Barbara Seaver. For many of the girls, it was their first exposure to the dance: for others it was addi- tional practice time to perfect positions and steps. Field trips to the Youtheater, excursions to the Royal Oak Farmers' Market, a day at Upland Hills Farm, and a walk at Kensington Park were only a few of the many activities offered. Add the special classroom fun and learning in French, phys ed, music, art, and science. That's the Lower School! BELOW: First Graders have a playhouse for fun and instruction, too. lt's a great reward when the regular work is finished. BOTTOM: Lower School Director Iames Schultz doubles as a science teacher and capitalizes on First Grade interest in rockets for a super science lesson. Who knows what future Von Bra'un's may be listening? N ,M in ex 5 ,f Q 2 v'