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Third Grade News
I^tLss Edwards brought us a Christinas
tree. She put a star and some lights and
some icicles on it. She painted it silver
Jiinmy Bryson
Second Grade News
We have a Christinas tree. Miky Hedden
brought it to us. have a manger scene
on our bulletin board. We will be out the
l8th for Christmas holidays.
We well be out till the 28th.
Jiriimy Rogers will soon be in school,
we hope.
We will go to a free movie Thursday.
I went to Lathonia Georgia to see my
Aunt Thanksgiving.
Susan I'/hitmire
Second Grade News
Wc have been going to the auditorium
every Wednesday to sing songs. Mrs. Summer
plays the piano for us and ^"^rs. Vernon
leads the songs. We sill sing Christmas
songs Wednesday and Santa Clause vjIU^ be
there. We appreciate Mrs. Summer and J4rs*
Vernon helping us.
Cheryl McCall
Second Grade News
I am going to Pennsylvania to sec
grandma.and grandpa through Christmas hol
idays. Today is Monday, December lU. We
have a Christmas tree. We have Christmas
cards up.
Jimmy Steele
This above all to thine own self
he true; and it must follow as the
night, the day; thou canst not then
be false to any man."
Vk, Shakespear
Win NOT HAVE CHRISTI4/IS ALL YEAR ROUND?
The true meaning of Christmas is
the giving of ons’s true self3 not the
giving of presents. Happiness comes
with giving rather than receiving* The
true spirit of Christmas, therefore,
should be maintained all year round.
It would be easy to carry through
the meaning of truth and sincerety if
it were not for the petty emotional
patterns such as hate, anger, and self
ishness that exist in the minds of the
parents, teachers, and students. The
children and students pattern their
lives by the emotional examples given
them by adults and fellow students.
If a parent or teacher, or other person
id-th authority, loses his temper con
tinuously, the student will develope
the same hateful traits and there can
be no true■discipline or feeling of
well being.
Why not make it our New Year’s
Resolution this year to carry the
Christmas spirit the year roimd? Why
not learn to discipline our own mimds
and 3.earn to help each other by creating
good activities and eliminating bad
influences?
If every parent, teacher, and studer
will TRULY dedicate himself to serving
the CjOOD in others, we can have the
happiest and most progressive school
and community in the country. Leti*s
you and I begin, as students, to
discipline ourselves and thereby
present our teachers and parents with
a permanent gift,
Warren V/akeman
” Men give me credit for genius; but
all the genius I have lies in this:
VJhen I have a subject on hand I study
it profoundly. The effect I make, they
call the fruit of genius; it is however
the fruit of labor and thought.”
Alexander Hamilton
” Be sure you are right, then go ahead,”
David Crockett