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JUNIOR SCHOOL PAGE Honor Tea Is Held at Bell School JOHN DIAMOND Robert E. Bell School Grade 7 The Bell School faculty held a tea to honor several members of the staff on their elections to office in national educational or ganizations. Dr. Charles Cowan, superin tendent of Chappaqua schools, has been elected president of the IMetropolitan School Study Coun cil. The organization consists of 70 schools in the New York City area which exchange information and research concerning educa tions. Charles Tetleman, dean of stu dents, recently became the first president of the new Westchester Zone of the New York State Teachers Association. This zone encompasses the 48 school dis tricts within Westchester County and represents over 8,000 teach ers. Also honored was Miss Louise Krueger, Bell School reading specialist, whose \New Readers\ have just been published by Ivan Obolenski, Inc. Mrs. Robert Pomeroy has been elected president of the Westches ter Home Economics Teachers Association. CHEERLEADERS have been formed at the School of St. John and St. Mary, Chappaqua. The formation of the squad is new this year at the school. Left to right are, front row, Joan Filanci, Winifred Leaycroft, Sharon Murphy, Laura Reid, Janice Jackette, and Sandra Devins; back row, Mary Clark, Nora Kline, Mary Gallagher, Betsy Sherry, Jane Jackette, and Anita Torti, all members of one of the cheering groups. —Staff Photo by Doris B. Kirch- hoff. Remembering America's Great Poet JOHN DAY Robert E. Bell School Grade 6 Lobosco The date Jan. 29, 1963 will al ways be remembered by all \poetry lovers.\ It will be re membered by the little child sit ting at his desk in school. It will be remembered by the clerk, the butcher, the barber, and by all the people in the country. The president of the United States, sitting at his desk, sur rounded by important papers and petitions, will pau^e and think and remember it. Yes, the date, Jan. 29, 1963, will always be remembered, for on this day, Robert Frost passed away! Having lived a contented poetic life, it is no wonder that he was not frightened, agitated, or even worried when he knew his time had come. The reason I say this is that Frost did not work for fame or money. He wrote for the joy of writing poetry and nothing else. He really enjoyed his work! If there could only be more people like him. . alive! Edjrly Days In Colonies Were Hard SHARLE WOOD Pound Ridge School Grade 5 I wouldn't have liked to live 300 years ago because if I went to America it would be cold. The snow would go through the houses because they were not made very well. There would be no heat in the houses. It was hard to keep the heat because of the snow. Some of the people died from the cold. The food would be scarce be cause of the soil. The food they grew in the summer had to be stored for winter, but sometimes there wasn't enough food for the winter and some died. Some of the people were mean to others. The children had to work as hard as thier parents. The girls did the house work. The boys had to get wood for the fire, and other things. • The people didn't have much fun then, but the boys went hunt ing, fishing, trapping, which was more like a sport. The girls play ed with dolls if their parents were rich enough to buy them. They all went skating and sliding down hills. Things You Can Do in the Snow SHAWN TEAGUE Bedford Hills Elementary School Grade 3 The snow is white And very bright. It is a beautiful sight. You may have a snowball fight, i Or take a hike j If you like! Science Club erimenting JON GELLER Robert E. Bell School Grade 8 Run by Albert Hebert, the eighth-grade Science Club's 22 members have made carbon diox ide and hydrogen and are grow ing • a chemical garden plus smaller experiments. Last month they went on a field trip to the Con Edison Nuclear Power Plant at Indian Point, here they saw different forms of energy and how they were made. Other field trips are planned. Colonial Days Harsh and Cold In New England DEBBIE FISCHER Pound Ridge School Grade 5 I would not have liked to live in the New England colonies about 300 years ago because in the winter it was cold in the houses. They had to go out in the cold for food and had to chop up wood for the fire. There was not a fireplace in every room, so in the bedrooms in the beds they had warming pans. They were used to ward the beds. These pans were made of brass or copper with close- fitting tops and long wooden handles. Another reason I would not have enjoyed \this is that even if one were -sick, there would be medicine or doctors. If you were sick it would be very cold if you were in bed. Scenes Done Of Cave Men LEE POLLOCK Robert E. Bell School Grade 7 You have certainly seen the beautiful cave man drawings on the second floor. These drawings done by sixth graders were paint ed on plaster. According to Bruce Greil, after the plaster was broken, the stu dents scratched their designs on with stones. When the etchings were completed, they were paint ed with water colors. All this was done under the supervision of Miss Janice Rabin- owitz, their art teacher.. Three of Mrs. Vivian Ellis' stu dents were pictured in The Re porter Dispatch with their paint ings and those of other students in the classes of Hugh Moore and David Daniesl. Exp< Sick Puppy Named Boots DEBBIE MEDEIROS Eedford Hills Elementary School Grade 3 Once there was a little puppy named Boots. When the door bell rang, he would run to the door. If it was someone to play with Boots, he would start playing even before the child got there. One day Boots got sick. When the door bell rang Boots just lay there. Everybody was sad then. The one day Mrs. White could not stand it any more, so she called the pet doctor. \Come over right away,\ she said. When the doctor came Boots barked like anything. The doctor checked him. \He'll be all right,\ said the doctor. Then one day the children had a surprise! Boots got well again. They wereiall happy now. When the door bell rang, Boots would run to it again. He would play with the children again, and it was all 'the way. it used to be. My Boston Bull Called Pepper LYNN WEBB Douglas Grafflin School Grade 2 H Pepper is his name. He is a Boston Bull. Mother feeds Pepper. Sometimes I feed him. He loves to play with children. He has a bed in the kitchen. He likes to chase balls. He some times doesn't go out. He is a nice dog. Everybody seems to be scared of Pepper. Trying to Find Lost Lanterns BARBARA KINEEN Mohansic Elementary School Grade 4 Go My father put lanterns outside that spelled Peace on Earth. In the night, the wind was so strong, the lanterns blew away. My sister and I had to go out side the next' day. to look foH \them. We found one in the woods, and at the neighbors' we found two. One of the lanterns was on the doorstep. The wind was so strong it blew out of my hand. My sis ter, and I went outside to bring the other lanterns in. Finally, we found them all. * Next year, if $t is as bad as this year, my father will have to think of another decoration. Buying Mother A New Golf Bag For Christmas ANN MARTIN Grafflin School Grade 3-G A few days before Christmas my father, my brother and I went to a stamp store. We were looking for something. Finally I found something - it was a golf bag. I don't need a golf bag, but my mother does. It costs five and a half books. I had five books, so we had the man save it for us. So the next day we went up with the five and a half books and bought it. I had to wrap the package in pillow cases, it was so big. On Christmas morning the first thing my mother opened was the package with the golf bag in it. When my mother saw the golf bag she was really surprised. Now she can't wait for spring to come to play golf with her new golf bag. It is a waterproof golf bag. School Visits Radio Station In Mount Kisco EOBBY BARTRO Grafflin School Grade 3-G On Jan. 16, 1963 Mrs. Gas- trich's class went to a radio sta tion. It is a. very small building. It is in Mount Kisco. On the front of the building is a picture of a boy holding a sea shell. That's why the building is in a shape of a sea shell. It was very interesting. We saw a man talk on a mic rophone. He showed us around the building. There was a room with a lot of maps. It had a ma chine that took down the news from Chicago. There were two towers outside the building. The Way Ducks Build the Nest SCOTT WEBSTER Grafflin School Grade 2-H The ducks build their homes in very well hidden places. The nest is made on the ground. The nest is made near a pond. The home is usually surrounded with thorns and briars. Then the mother duck lays her eggs. She sits on them for one month. Then the mother duck has her babies. Then the little babies grow up. Yd Have Hated A New England Colonial Life BRET SMITH Pound Ridge School Grade 5 Why I wouldn't have liked Colonial life: Because they didn't have very good houses. They didn't have very good windows if any and they didn't have any heaters or any transportation. They had few books to read in school. They didn't have paper or a blackboard. They used char coal for writing and birch bark to write on. They used shutters to keep the snow out an d the roof was brush and the floor was dirt. They used warming pans to keep the beds warm. In the big houses^ the fire won't keep the room warm. They had school six days a week. Sleigh Ride On Ice EMs In Accident m PETER HENLEY Grafflin School Gradd 3-G I was riding on my sled one day in the month of December when I was on vacation. I went down the street to sleigh ride down a bigger hill. To my surprise it had ice on it instead of snow. I didn't think that it was so dangerous. I went up it. Then when I went down it I went so fast. I went up it again only this time I went up higher I went down but when I was about halfway down I ran intc a tree. My friend went up to his house because my mother was not home. They drove down in a car I was taken to a doctor. He call ed the police. He came very fast. From there he took me to the hospital. He took me to the emer gency room. I had x-rays. HUNTED WILD LIFE BILLY DECKER Grade 3 PI Mohansic School Indians men had jobs to do. They cleared land for farming and were responsible for hunting and fishing. They hunted deer, elk, moose, fox, turkey, and geese. many ANIMAL LIFE is studied in two ways at th^ Mount Kisco Elementary School — through books and through classroom projects like this one done by Mrs. Mandia's fourth grade. Carol Williams, at far left, points to classes of life while Frank Oliver, far right, points to the names of the fossil forms. In the center, left to right, are Roger Kaye, Vincent Kempter, and Florence Mess ina, holding displays which they made. Roger made the amoeba and paramecia of plastic, while Vincent and Florence made their prehistoric reptiles of clay.—Staff Photo by Doris B. Kirchhoff. The Unhappy Horse Gets Tail at Last ELIZABETH WHITBECK Grafflin School Grade 2-G Once upon a time there was a horse. This horse was very un happy, but he didn't know why! So one day he went to the rab bit's hole and asked Mrs. Rabbit why he was unhappy, but she was unable to answer him, so he went home. The next day he went to Mr. Bear's house and asked him why he was unhappy. \It is because you have no tail.\ So the horse thanked the bear and went home. The -next day he went into the forest \wcfoder- ing how to get a tail. Then he came upon an old tack lying in his path. So he picked it up; then he came upon a weeping willow tree and said \I know what J will do. I will tack the branch on me. Then the horse had his tail. New England Could Be Fun JIMMY READ Pound Ridge School Grade 5 I would like to have lived in a New England colony because it would be fun to roam around the land, go fishing every day, go boating, and there weren't many schools! You could live in a tree house and make a raft to float down the stream. It would be fun to raid on other boys and swim in the creeks. It would be exciting to go salt-water fishing in a little boat. To go hunting would be my pleasure - to hunt rabbit, squirrel, fox, deer and wolf. I like to husk corn and to climb the ladder to the hayloft in the barn. I'd like to see a real In dian or maybe a whole tribe. Anyway, I'd like to live in New England. Teacher Forms Potters' Club For Students LEE POLLOCK Robert E. Bell School Grade 7 Carl Bergman has started the school's first Potter's Club. Bob Lombardi, Bob Prezzano Bob Becker, Max Hill, Joe Sas- sano, and Jamie Robertson, all eight-grade boys, belong to this club. If possible, the club will meet three days a week, Monday Thursday and Friday. According to Mr. Bergman, the boys have already \thrown\ many beautiful pots. Later in the year, the six boys will experi ment with different sizes and shapes. How Wheat Grows for Us TORI GARLANDA Pound Ridge School Grade 3 Wheat, wheat, wheat, It has no seat. It just stands, and stands. It is just like a band. It grows and grows in the dirt It never gets hurt. Wheat is a grain. Wheat never has a pain. Good Wheat That Can't Be Beaten MICHAEL PERKINS Pound Ridge School Grade 3 Good wheat, good wheat, can't be beat, And if it's beat, it's not that neat, If it's not good to eat It's surely rotten \yheat, v When people buy it^.tj^jf say- It's rotten wheat So they'd rather h &YiQ& A juicy piece of m.'e^^ But when my motheE ^pbs a treat, *~ EST It's really a bunch oflSWheat. And now you've heard the story of \The Wheat that can't be beat.\ I* Hcwpor Rollers On the Increase At Bell School MARY BINGER Robert E. Bell School Grade 7 This year's seventh grade had more people on the honor rolls than last year's class. Last year about 4 per cent (sev en) of the students got on the first honor roll. This year about SV 2 per cent (17) got on. Last year 30 per cent (54) of the students got oh the second honor roll. This year 37 per cent (74) got on the second honor roll. This-year's eighth grade did better than last year's class. Last year 6 per cent (11) got on the first honor roll. This year 8M$ (16) got on. Last year 20 per cent (56) got on the second honor roll. This year 36y 2 per cent (69) made it. ROBERT FROST is the sub ject of this bulletin board in Mrs. McLaggen's third grade class at Mount Kisco Elemen tary School. The youngsters are starting early in learning the work of the unofficial poet lau reate of the United States, who died last month, and their board traces the ste,ps of the poet \between the, woods and frozen lake,, the darkest even ing of the year:\ Youngsters with minds on '-'Stopping by Woods on a. Snowy Evening\ are, left to right, Frances Bue- ti, Robert Zobel, Vincent Bric- cetti, Diane Odell, Billy Roberts and Cynthia Fowler. — Staff Photo by Doris B. Kirchhoff. To the Rescue Of Our Canary «/ KATHLEEN HERBERT SS. .Patrick and George School Grade 4T I have a little kitten and her name is Muffin. One day while my family and I were watching television, my kitten got our bird. My little sis ter told us and we ran to help the bird. We got her just in time. She lost part of her tail and had a hole in her stomach. We took her to the veterinary and her stomach was stitched From now on I will be very care ful not to let the bird out. How Hannah Was Taught To Be Proud PAT WILKINSON Bedford Hills Elementary School Grade 5 \Thee Hannah, thee Sally, are you still talking?\ The little girls held their breath and did not an swer. Every night they played a game and pretended they were old fashioned ladies shopping for a pretty satin dress. Hannah not only thought about it during the night but during the day also. She could not understand why she, a Quaker, could not wear fancy or frilly clothes.' She did not like her old stiff bonnet. One day Hannah was walking to the market when she heard someone calling her. It was a slave who was trying to escape. Hannah and her family helped the slave to get to Boston. As the slave got on the boat she said, \I knew I could trust you. I knew you were a friend 'cause of your Quaker bonnet.\ Hannah felt her hat and was proud of it just as it was — with out any flowers or decorations. At last, she understood what it meant to be a Quaker. Last Night the Wind Blew All Around BARBIE WARREN Mohansic Elementary School Grade 4 Go Last night when all was cold and still, The wind blew round my window sill. The trees were blowing back and forth, And the wind had come from way up north. Then next day when I looked out The wind had left twigs all about. Bells Turns Army-Navy Game Around JOHN WHITBECK Robert E. Bell School Grade 7 In an exciting game, the Army team, led by Steve Myers, took the title away from Navy and forced them into a second place tie with Notre Dame. The two Army touchdowns, both scored by Steve Myers, were on a line plunge and a pass from Chip Dawkins. The first extra point failed and the second was scored by Dick Kaspers. Navy scored once just after the first Army touchdown on a pass from Roger Meyers to Bob Na)> dozzi. The extra point failed. The score was Army 13, Navy 6. Falling from Window A Laughing Matter DEIDRE O'ROURKE SS. Patrick and George School Grade 4T 5 ' Our little brother is named, Judd. One day he was sitting;;on ' the window sill and he losUhis, balance and fell in a puddleiof mud. My mother heard a splash^n .0 came running out to see^^^E? was the matter. There sitting in the puddle j %<&wp[ with mud, laughing* suid^na^pa^ a -good time, k * '\^&^'&&W S *
