 Mount Pulaski Grade School sponsored a "Crazy Day" that allowed
teachers and students to wear odd clothes and strange combinations.
On Thursday, the school conducted a red balloon launch, creating a
red cloud that lifted off from the school playground. An
identification tag with a return address was attached to each
balloon. The last time the school had a similar launch, one of the
balloons was found in New York. Students and staff are hoping for
another far-off recovery that will give them a new contact.
Hartsburg-Emden sent balloons into the skies on Friday.
We'll wait to hear from the schools about where the balloons
landed.
The Mount Pulaski Grade School staff created a movie short that
included input from students and staff. Guidance counselor Terry
Dixon interviewed students and teachers with the question, "What
would you do with your time instead of doing drugs?" Answers
included bake a cake, play ball, study, play games, find things on
the computer, go outside and other things that reflected hobbies and
individual interests. Thinking about what you like and what you like
to do with your spare time is one purpose of Red Ribbon Week.
Another issue was smoking. It was estimated that if someone
bought a pack of cigarettes every day for a year, they would spend
$1,500. The next question was, "What would you do with $1,500
instead of buying cigarettes?" There were a lot of things students
would buy with the money -- a flat-screen TV, a treehouse, 600
packages of Oreos, PlayStation 3, video games, 40 pairs of shoes,
Pokemon and baseball cards, just to name a few.
Fourth-grade teacher Mr. Siebert made a CD of the interviews, and
students watched it on Friday morning.
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Jefferson Elementary School in Lincoln had several visitors on
Friday. Steve Dahm, assistant fire chief, helped students climb into
and sit in a fire truck. Firefighter James Reed brought along a prop
so students could have pictures taken as if wearing firefighting
suits. Paramedic Rob Kelly opened the back of an ambulance and gave
students a tour of outside compartments with emergency gear and
equipment. Kelly gave each student a coloring book and sticker. A
veterinarian from Railsplitter Veterinary brought goody bags for the
students and told them about his activity with the animals.
At the end of the school day, there was a contest at
Washington-Monroe Elementary School for the best decorated classroom
door with an anti-drug message. First place went to Miss Ewing's
fifth-grade class, second to Miss Mill's kindergarten and third
place to Mrs. Singleton's fourth-grade class.
This is the second year Miss Ewing's class won the Red Ribbon
Week decorated door contest. Each student designed their own
construction paper bird, and the birds were scattered around the
door with a larger bird as their leader. Sending the anti-drug
message, the door poster said: "Angry birds say... Do drugs and the
game's over."
[By MARLA BLAIR]
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