We are sorry to have Sharon Kafka leave our First Grade. Sharon moved back to Plymouth.
We had a very nice birthday party. Those having birthdays during the first four months were Billy Cudney, Gary Shank, Beverly Bornes, Vonnie Capes, Caroline McNeal, Joan Eckstein, Rosalie Miller, Catherine Philbrook, Jean Kinney, Jimmie Kinney, Frederick Peterson, Martha Rupel and Janet Capes. We were served ice cream and cake.

Our Butterfly group are now reading in More Friends and Neighbors. We are sorry so many of our group are ill. Ronald Warren and Larry Ecker are both in the Riley Hospital.
We are so glad Stephen Capes is back at school. He gets along fine with his crutches.
Lynn Baughman's and Larry Ecker's teams are tied for first place in our spelling race.
We are sorry to loose Shelia Keyser. She has returned to the Plymouth Schools.

The children enjoyed the pet show given by Mrs. Bellokopf for the fourth grade. They were glad especially for the demonstrations with real live dogs, a Boxer and a Cocker Spaniel.
    We have "Quite Some Team" in our room. Larry Stull the captain is hard to beat. Other players are Larry Sheaks, Larry Pearish, Gilbert Cockran and Terry McGovern. "All Tops" Most of the class are reading in More Streets and Roads. The stories are interesting and they love to dramatize them. In Art, Valentines have preference.

The fourth grade enjoyed a pet show recently. Ronald Drake brought a guinea pig to school and Joy Kreps brought a pet rabbit. We learned that "kindness" is the language any pet understands best. We made clay models of dogs in art class and wrote invitations to "pet pals" in the other grade classes during our English study periods. We are looking forward to another pet show next year and are hoping to improve it in many ways. We would especially like more photographs of our "pet pals" with their pets, perhaps taken this summer.

We were delighted to receive invitations from fourth grade pupils to attend their special program in the gym. Every child now wants a "Butch" or "Sugar." These were the names of the two well-trained dogs that performed for Mrs. Alex Beticoff on the origin, care, and training of dogs, was very interesting. We are also anxious to see the pictures in the new book by Mrs. Beticoff, since pictures taken at the program are to appear in it. Thank you, Mrs. Shirar and Fourth Grade for the pleasant and instructive program.
The current spelling contest shows the tables turned and the Sixth Grade is leading the Fifth Grade. The score is 137 to 114. Come on Fifth Grade. The population of our tropical aquarium now consists of Zebra Danios, Guppies, and Red Plays, as well as four kinds of snails.
The students in Junior Assembly contributed $6.86 to the March of Dimes fund.