Elementary students buy books, celebrate Thanksgiving

by Shelby Strang and Brooke Maxson

Following the high school book fair was the elementary’s first of the year. It was held in the community room on November 24th- 26th, from 8:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. The theme was Safari this year. Despite the economy not doing so well, the book fair managed to make $500 in profit. “I’d love the sales to be better, but we were lucky to get what we have with the tough times with the economy these days,” said a grateful Mrs. Schutte, the elementary librarian. That money will go on to be spent on new books for the elementary library.

According to Mrs. Schutte the biggest turn out this year was the book, The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo which is a story about a mouse who was born too big for his little world. According to the kids, the book fair was very enjoyable. “I liked it, it was fun. I got the three Narnia books,” excitedly said Jesse Clement. “I got this SpongeBob book Fun Is Up! Something That Makes You Laugh. I really like SpongeBob. That’s why I got it,” Maresia Riggs said. There were some other things besides books. Some students thought this was the way to go. “I got a pen that has different colors on it,” cheerfully said Abby Pidd. “I got one of those bottles that has paws on them,” said Katie Rose.

Another thing that is making news in the elementary department is “ The Pilgrim Day,” which was celebrated before our Thanksgiving break on Wednesday. The second graders got to eat a breakfast and say one thing about what they were grateful for before they ate. “For breakfast we ate bananas, oranges, grapes, cereal, and a whole bunch of other fruit for our breakfast,” said Alison Toner. “We had yummy cereal, my favorite!” happily said Hunter Tuckerman. The parents also pitched in and helped cut the meal and serve it to the hungry kids.

The second graders also did other activities. “I got to say my own script and everything. I really liked that,” stated Kennedy Chesney about what she had to recite to the class. They made placemats to use for the food and Mrs. Clark’s class did letters that spelled out “Happy Thanksgiving.” Miss Cunningham ‘s class put on a play about the pilgrims and the Indians, including Mrs. Bradford and John Carter. “It was very good and a lot of the kids liked it,” said Miss Cunningham.