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K - Mrs. Colossomo - One time we put all of our checked out library books in a box upon returning to the classroom. She put the box on a high shelf for a week. The next week, the entire class returned their checked out books and we got the blue ribbon on our door. She had dark hair. I missed coloring an egg because we left for CA early on spring break. I brought back a shell for every classmate. Morrika Williams may have been met in Kindergarten. I have no idea where she is. My rest rug was reclaimed by Mom at the end of the year. I was distraught, that was my rug. Looking back, what would I have done with my rest rug?!?!?!~~~~~~~~~~
1st - Mrs. Fitzgerald - A lovely white, haired old teacher. I remember I daydreamed a lot and did not finish my coloring pages. One day when cleaning out my desk, I asked if I should do them; I was told to toss them. The boy who sat in front of me had bare naked crayons, and that bothered me. He would always turn around and say "I have a bare naked crayon".~~~~~~~~~~
2nd - Mrs. Poirer - She always had a classroom pet, except the year I had her. I received a smiley face stamp because I was the only one who knew the definition of a "ladle". I think I lost a tooth in her room and didn't want it to wash down the sink. She was short.~~~~~~~~~~
3rd - Mrs. Brenner - She made me stay after school the first day to finish a worksheet. I think it was math.~~~~~~~~~~
4th - Mr. Bertelli - He sat in the back of the room to work the record player during music time with him. We sang "Sing, Sing a Song" a lot. We also copied pages in the dictionary for classroom punishment during recess.~~~~~~~~~~
5th - Mr. Bertelli - Had him for 5th grade as well. He was a quiet teacher. Not like Mr. Raschka across the hall. I won a ribbon in 4th or 5th grade for some written test we took, possibly Social Studies. I was worried about it during one tornado warning and asked Mom if I could take it in the basement with me if we needed to go for safety.~~~~~~~~~~
I always ran home to watch "Little House on the Prairie".~~~~~~~~~~
6th - I was the first class of 6th graders to go to middle school (6-8) instead of junior high (7-9). I only remember the name of Mr. Hatfield, who had a ferret and made us write to him in journals every day. I still have them. My language arts teacher had us create class stories by each person saying one word at a time around the room. The teacher I had for silent reading after lunch read "Where the Red Fern Grows" out loud to us; it is still my favorite book. I learned what a Gingko leaf looks like.~~~~~~~~~~
7th - I only remember Mr. King because one could never color a map well enough for him. I learned to color in circles at the borders and to only color in one direction. How is that Social Studies? The atlas created is still in my posession, with an awesome table of contents and index I might add! We read Old Yeller and saw the movie after reading it in my language arts class. I dissected a flower and a frog and stabbed, more like strongly poked, my lab partner with a pencil because he never helped in any way. ~~~~~~~~~~
8th - I hated Mr. Borg my math teacher. Every year I had to practice my French Horn hours the last week my practice log was due. Some time in 6-8 grade I ran for student council and made a poster, "If you don't like green beans, vote for Becky Wiens" - how ridiculous was that?!?!
