New Milford Junior High School - Echo Yearbook (New Milford, NJ)

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.36 ..A......,..,... ,....,..,..... EEE ,.... E656 .,...A,..Q . ...., .......,...,.,. K5 CLASS k-HSTCDI Y Date: September, 1939 - Time: 9:00 A. M. - Place: New Milford Junior High-Kindergarten. There we were, eleven of us, who are now graduating, clinging to our mother's skirts and ready to burst into tears. Our first day in school, and most of us scared stiff. We were Edith Sittig, Claire Schatz, Janet Oteiza, Emma Rieken, Catherine Wolf, Janet Ackerman, Charles Ullrich, James Sanders, Jack Hayward, Gloria Triola, and Barbara Winters. Our teacher was Miss Desmond, and I donft think anyone of us can ever forget our Hbandn. What a thrill it was, especially to be the bandleader! 'Christmas time in the kindergarten was wonderful! We set up our manger and trimmed our Christmas Tree. The upper grade children came down to visit our room and sang christmas carols for us. Time passed rapidly and before we knew it we were promoted into the first grade where we started to read and write. One of our favorite stories was uJim and Judyu. Our teacher was Mrs. Deutsch and we received our first report cards from her. In the second grade we started that one subject we did not like too well--Arithmetic. Our teacher, Miss Dugan, used to let us play a game called eraser tag. In the third grade we had Miss Williamson. This year was full of different activities. The Easter clay, the Ha1lowe'en party and the masquerade parade were all fun. , At Christmas time we had to have the biggest Christmas Tree in the school. We made our own decorations and decorated the beautiful tree ourselves. The fourth grade took us to Miss Brown and those awful fractions! We remember many weary drill sessions before we absorbed that math. In the fifth grade, while we were busily learning our lessons with Miss Stoffer, the children from Steuben School went on different trips. One of them was to the Steuben House. The class was accom- panied by Mrs. Vanderbeck. At the end of June we received our report cards, and on them was that little word, Upromotedn. We were so happy. There were two sixth grades, and the teachers were Mrs. Skidmore and Mr. Albinson. In September of this year, children from Steuben School Joined us. They were Gale wolynec, Jill Zimmermann, Dorothy Prachnaik, Jaqueline Orlino, Barbara Breece, Charles Engelhardt, Donald Dermond, Ronald Becker, James Vanderbeck, Harold Sodeur,