Gilbertsville Central Rural School - Yearbook (Gilbertsville, NY)

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morial Day. Our room boasts of three members in the school orchestra and several who hope to qualify by another year. The spring months have brought much of unusual interest in the out-of-doors and its lessons in na- ture and science. As the year closes most of us feel that wehavc acquired interests which will carry over into something to be developed into a hobby or a deeper life interest. - SHAW SCHOOL. DISTRICT NO. 3 The Shaw School opened this year with an attendance of seven. Two more came the last of May. Our attendance for the iirst five months was 100 percent. The average for the year is 99 percent, an excellent average for small children, considering the severe weather we have had. There are five pupils who have neither been absent nor tardy during the year, The pupils received 515 for their Morris Fair project. We had a party for Hallowe'en and a Christmas entertainment. On Arbor Day we cleaned the schoolhouse and yard. In the after noon we went on a Nature Study field trip and had a picnic. VVe are planning on the movies for the last day of school. The chil- dren would rather go to the movies than have a picnic. , TOWNLINE SCHOOL. DISTRICT NO. 4 Registration for the year was seven. It will probably be the same next year. Two pupils, Katherine Stark and Richard Gratsinger, have been present every day and have not been tardy. Several school parties have been given for the children, and one for the parents at Thanksgiving. The annual Christmas party was, as usual, a great success. It was held at Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilbe1 s. A short three-act play, Grandpa's Christmas Spree, was given, in addition to the Christmas tree and a supper. Woi'k and play have gone smoothly. A unit on the Far North and a unit on Holland were enjoyed by the children. Altogether, we have en- joyed a pleasant and profitable school year. ' LOBDELL DISTRICT NO. 6 We felt ourselves very fortunate in numbering thirteen. Since then one has left but three new ones have entered, leaving us with fifteen. On Friday mornings we decided to have a short assembly period when we sang, gave recitations and tried to do as our bigger brothers and sisters who come to the Central school do. ' At Christmas we fixed a stage and presented two plays. Although this was our first appearance in drainatics and one of our girls had to be the miserly uncle, we did very well. After vacation, when the thermometer was registering between thirty and forty below, we spent our spare time on jig-saw puzzles and became quite clever at them, Of necessity, we postponed our Valentine party, just having our valentine box, until Saint Pa'trick's day. Then we all be- came Irish and spent at very pleasant afternoon and served refreshments. When Arbor Day arrived, we gave the building and the school grounds the customary cleaning. After placing all our dead grass and leaves, as well as small sticks, on the brush pile we set it on fire and between showers roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. 9

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Report of Grades and High School Work FIRST GRADE The first grade students have been unusually fortunate this year in being able to go through the year with very little interruption because of epidemics. Chapel has been a ti1ne of great pleasure and greater participation for the small children since we have had primary chapel alone, rather than with the higher grades and high school. We have done four major activity unit studies! 1. Farm. 2. Doll House. 3. Garden. 4. Circus. We have gained rapidly in our ability to read. A great part of this gain has been due to our pleasure in reading from the new readers which the Board of Education has furnished this year. l1... ..l. SECOND GRADE The second grade has had a total registration of nineteen for the year. The attendance has been better than we reported last year. The year has been lilled with work and pleasure and has passed too quickly. A love for reading has been developed to a marked degree, and an increas- ing interest has been shown in all subjects throughout the year. THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES The third and fourth grades began the year with forty-four pupils. We have lost some of our members and gained others. At one time our number was forty-seven. We come now, at the end of the year, with forty-four members. Our room had charge of the Thanksgiving progra.mwin general as- sembly. We gave the same program for our mothers at ou'r Thanksgiving party. Thislyear we have enjoyed moving pictures as well as slides in con- nection with our geography work. The sand table has also been used in correlation with geography. Miss Mirick has very capably had charge of our Bible Study work again this year. In nature study work we have had many live specimens to study in- cluding: Turtles, pigeons, tad poles, salamanders, moths and butterllies. Hygiene has been interesting with our Clean Hands paint book to help us along the path to cleanliness. Our year has been most delightful and helpful to both teacher and pupils so we have well earned our summer's vaeationt T.. ,,, GRADES FIVE AND SIX The closing school year has been very pleasant in many respects. A brisk contest in both history and geography has raised our averages and taught us better how to study these subjects. NVe have given three pro- grams, the outstanding one being that given at the Town Hall on Me- 18 L I

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During the past few weeks our every recess, noon hour, and spare time before nine has been spent in developing a very efficient baseball team. Vve feel we would now be able to take on any team around these parts. 'We are very anxious for the last day of school to arrive for we expect to spend it at Gilbert Lake. All in all, we feel we have spent a. very enjoyable as well as profitable year. .-.i.....l.,... HAKES' SCI-IOOL. DISTRICT NO. 8 Our attendance this year has been thirteen pupils, except for about a month in the middle of the year. Shirley Smith has the honor of perfect attendance, having been neither absent nor tardy for the year. Two chil- dren, Loyal Shoemaker and Shirley Smith, have finished their work in this school and will enter the seventh grade at Gilbertsville or elsewhere this fall. At Christmas time, we enjoyed a Christmas program and tree. On Arbor Day, we cleaned up the school grounds and planted a small flower garden, We observed Flag Day by singing patriotic songs with flags and giving the flag salute. Last February our school subscribed to the Weekly Reader for the various grades. This periodical has been very enjoyable as well as in- structive to the pupils. VVe will all be interested to hear that our little crippled friend, Robert Crandall, has enjoyed a very profitable year. He has completed the work of the fourth grade, plus iifth reading and spelling. On the whole, we have passed a very successful year and will close with a picnic at the Tillson Homestead. MAPLE GROVE. DISTRICT NO. 6 tMORRlSl Maple Grove scli-ool has had a. shifting enrollment this year. Last fall fourteen pupils were enrolled, Later two were changed to Oneonta, three to Gilbertsville and two to Morris. This spring three from South Edmeston were added to the enrollment. 310.72 was taken in on the school exhibit at the Morris Fair. This money was used for swings and books. A May Day party vi as enjoyed at the home of the teacher by twenty- two of the children who are now enrolled and those who have gone on to other schools. Enjoyable programs were held for Hallowe'en, Thanks- giving, Christmas and at the close of school a promotion exercise and an- nual community picnic was enjoyed. 20