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Central Washington University

Elementary School

1935

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The Third Grade Conducts A Post Office, Mabel T. Anderson, Amanda Katherine Hebeler Jul 1935

The Third Grade Conducts A Post Office, Mabel T. Anderson, Amanda Katherine Hebeler

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Because our third-grade children were often asked to go to the down-town post office to mail letters or to buy stamps, this group of pupils decided to have a school post office. Group discussion and planning began immediately. While plans were being made, the following problems arose and had to be solved: 1. What supplies shall we need? 2. When can we buy our supplies? 3. Where shall we get the money to pay for these supplies?


The Festival Of Nations, Amanda Katherine Hebeler Jul 1935

The Festival Of Nations, Amanda Katherine Hebeler

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The Festival of Nations, an all-school activity of the Edison Elementary School of the Washington State Normal School at Ellensburg, has through three years of experience proved itself very rich in social learnings. The festival idea began when a bazaar was suggested as a means of earning money to meet the special activity needs of the school. The teachers agreed that any project used to raise funds should also be of real educational value. It should be related, so far as possible, to the interests of the children in grades two to six inclusive, since these would be the groups …