African Safari

Among the teachers participating in Safari Day at Haywood Elementary were Mary Marcantel, Sylvia Jones, Patricia Gaietto, and Mary Burton. Barbara Gavin also dressed up but was not pictured.

“Karibu from the Watoto at Haywood Elementary Shule!”
(translation: Welcome from the children at Haywood Elementary School!)

This greeting rang out in the Haywood Elementary gymnasium Friday, February 17, as the auxiliary teachers and students enjoyed an “African Safari Day.”

There was an African hut, a campsite, elephant tracks across the floor and displays of African artifacts around the gym. Several displays set up in the gym were used to display student work, musical instruments, carvings, masks, stuffed animals and many more interesting artifacts from the African continent.

The students spent the previous week learning about the many faces of Africa. In the library, students learned about the continent’s geography. In music, they learned about the instruments in Africa. In art classes, the children made paper beaded necklaces and masks. During physical education class, students learned about the many sports that are played and enjoyed in Africa.

“We had a wonderful time dancing, drumming, and recalling the facts we had learned about this fascinating neighbor of ours to the east,” the teachers said.

Students learn about space

Mrs. Annette Hill’s second-grace class has been studying space. From the many space books they had in their classroom, students read a story called “Man on the Moon” about man’s first walk on the moon. They have also read other literature and talked about space in class. Each child wrote a story as if he/she had been on that first voyage in 1969. Mrs. Hill wore a NASA space suit on Friday.

 

Haywood Elementary students collect
food for 100 Day Celebration

These Haywood Elementary students in Mrs. Pamla Reagan’s room enjoyed the 100 Day Celebration the school had, but they created their own special project for the day. Their goal was to collect 100 cans of food to give to the Mustard Seed. “We actually collected 111 cans,” Mrs. Reagan said, adding that she was proud of the kids for their help with the project. These students along with others in the school enjoyed the day’s activities such as jumping 100 times, counting backwards from 100 and learning several new songs.