Mattawan High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mattawan, MI)

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20 Kindergardon--Mi33 Betty Myers The kindergardon class of this year hac-L.0 members. They have learnod the alphabet, how to tell time, new 3ongs. Projects they have completed are post office, blrd3, mother goose, moans of travel storo and value of money and safety. First Gradc--Hiss Mildred Bussell The first radc has 39 nenbors. On the first group of readers thov have completed 7 books; the 3econd 6 boolc3; and third group 5 books. They have learned how ±0 -ape 11-their numbers from 1 to 20. Second Gradc--Mrs. Erma Chaffer he socond grade ha3 studied about foods, Indians, children of otk r lands and circus animals this year. They out a Post Office and a circus project. Entertainment was planned for Circus Day. Six pupil3 have moved av ay and two have entered. ’he socond grade has 10.00 in Defense Stamps. Third Grade—iliss La Vergne Fuller Hie third grade has put a -great deal of stress on the improvement o‘f reading and spoiling. We divided into two groups and one has read seven sets and arc reading individual readers. Group two has read four sets of books. We have done many interesting projects. All the holidays have been celebrated by appropriate decorations made entiroly by the children. We have made a great many improvements in depond ability and behavior. . Our room has bought .’.21.50 worth of Defense Ctamps. Fourth Grade--HjLss Cerlcne Tuesink The fourth grade this year has 'spent mo3t of its time drilling on the fundamentals in arithnentic; they have also mastered the ntultiplication tables and lon divi'sion. In English they have corrected many of their gramatical errors and have become aware of any that aro still tryin to improve. Through their geography, reading, one science, they have -gained many new concepts. Fifth Grade—Miss Paulino Abbott The fifth grade throughout the year has had three parties. The officers in our room have been room monitors, hall monitors, pledge leader and news -re•••ortorn. We have all had a chance at it. We have kopt a weather chart day by day for the last three months and the- temperature twice a day. We hope to finish the yeaj? by having a picnic.

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The Mattawan Mirror has boon very successful during the yoar 19 .1 and 19u2. This yoar theho1 has boon 130 subscribers. Tho members of tho staff are: Robert Hull, Managing Editor, (3yra.); Joyce Gildea, Circulation Manager, (2yrs.); Sports, Robert Vurderbcr, (2yrs.); Snoopy, Marian Joanetto; and the reporters are a-jverl:; Quick, Helen Branch, Ho Ion Yeager, Dorothy Jeanette, and Mary Allison. All of the members roccived Journalism Pins. Joyce Gildoa has boon appointed managing editor of the Mirror .'or the coming year. For entertainment wo wont by a bus driven by Mr. Dwaino Cotter ovombor 12 to tho Kalamaz 00 Gazette. Tho group inspected the editorial, composing, and dark rooms and also saw how the presses were run off. On April 7 the staff went to Kalamazoo to a movie, ■by cars driven by Mr. Frank Farthing and Mr. Louis Loby. !7o have made eighteen issues publishing every two wooks. A spocial F.F.A. fair edition, and programs for the All-School Play, Benofit Play, Junior Play, Operetta, Band Concort, Baccalaureate, Commencement, and other minor activities v ero made by members of the sta ff. Tho Mirror staff wishes to exprosg their appreciation to those who havo transported them on trips, tho faculty,advertisers, suberib-ors, and anyone else who has hhlped in anyway to make this paper. We hope that w0 may continue our work next year and have all of our subscribers back. SIXTH GRADE - - MISS ELISE STROUD During tho past. nine months of school tho sixth grade has made a comolete study of tho fractions and decimals in arithmetic. In English v;o have loarnoc to recognize the parts of speech, particular stress has boon placod on the correct uso of the verbs. Wo have written original compositions and poems during the year in order to learn correct punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure. In History wo have road about discoveries and happenings in tho world slnco tho Roman Empire. Geography has been divided into threo parts. Tho sixth grade has developed a particular interest in our news period which is conducted threo times a wook by a student elected by the class.