Lyons High School - Lions Den Yearbook (Lyons, IN)

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GRADE TWO Dr. Marie I. Rasey of Wayne University says, HTeachers do not educate. They are bystanders. It is experience that edu- cates. The teacher's job is to arrange the pupil's environment so that experiences will be accessible to them.u My aim has been to expand old enterests, stimulate and develop new and worthwhile interests. The typical American child learns to utilize and to enjoy only a few of his talents. Therefore, the emphasis has been put upon giving the child opportunity and encouragement for expres- sion in dramatization, story telling, writing, music, and draw- ing. The entire class participated in the grade operetta, UChristmas in the Circusn. The group also gave a little skit entitled USantaU for the Christmas program. Everyone enjoyed our gift exchange and party in our room. Santa and his helpers, from our grade, visited the first four grades treating the children to candy. We worked out the story of The First Thanksgiving and The First Christmas in the form of a frieze across the front of the room. we are looking forward to a valentine party and our school exhibit. GRADE ONE Twenty-one haPPY boys and girls entered school for the first time on August 31, 1951. During the year Bruce and Frank Allen moved to Scotland and Roberta Frye moved to Bloomfield. New pupils were Kathleen Byers from Calvertsville and Shirley McCombs from Illinois. Members of the entire class participated in the Christmas operetta sponsored by the Music Department. They were Pop Corn Balls and members of the Rhythm Band. Social activities have included a Christmas and Valentine party and a birthday party given by the mother in honor of each child whose birthday occurred during the school year. Pupils in the first grade are always happy to have visitors and appreciate the interest shown in their school work. llfllvklivlfikflvlfildf Friendship is the ability to see with the heart instead of the eyes c To find fault is easy, to do better may be difficult.

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GRADE FOUR Ten girls and seventeen boys entered grade four on August 31, 1951. Since then Eugene Kirkwood and Albert Canady from Switz City Central, Connie Sue Hair from Linton, and Billy Clark from Warren Township, Marion County, have joined the group while Norma Allen has moved to Scotland, Sharon Byers to Bloomfield, and Patricia Gregg to Linton. The present enrollment is twenty- eight. Musical talents were displayed in the grade operetta. Wild animals, monkies, brown bears, ponies, and a singing clown joined the Circus Group. Karen Gastineau, Jackie Jeffers, Janet Powers, Jimmie Edwards, Jimmie Fish, Larry Bosell, and Mickey Kinnaman are studying band instruments. Art units included Indian study. Drawings and designs were worked out and crayonexed on muslin costumes. Thanksgiving centered around an early Pilgrim Village. Christmas included the usual emblems and symbols. Other favorites were Frosty, the March hare, Easter Bunny, and stained glass windows. Lettering and posters were emphasized the second semester. Special work centered around Benjamin Franklin and his famous quotations during Thrift Week. Two short plays were given. Invited guests were grades l, 2, 3, and EK and the seniors. The seniors had placed a beautiful lighted tree in the lower hall for all to enjoy a few days before Christmas and they also sponsored the school annual. Grade 2 with Santa and his helpers had treated us to candy canes. Grade 3 had dramatized a story for us and given an exhibit the first of school. Grade 5 had also invited us to their fall exhibit and their sugar-cube church scene at Christmas time. Lincoln and Washington provided patriotic study while Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter provided religious thoughts. In addition to the prescribed course of study and its sidelines, the highlights of the year have been Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday, Valentine, and May Day parties. GRADE THREE When school began in the fall there were twenty boys and girls in the third grade. Nancy Allen moved to Scotland and Gloria Jean Hamilton to Switz City. Norman Byers from Calverts- ville entered the class during the second semester. Members of the class took part in the operetta 'Christmas in the Circus.' Other activities of the class included story dramatization, modeling from fire clay, and water color and tempra painting.

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