The new student sat down with the rest of the first graders—six-and seven-year-old boys and girls. However, Kimani Maruge was not an ordinary first grader. He was 84 years old, the world’s oldest first grader.Kimani Maruge was born in Kenya in 1920. At that time, primary education...
1Harrison School Spring FundraisersFrom the first graders'day at the zoo to the fifth graders'tour of the downtown art museum,Harrison students look forward to spring field trips each year.Help make these exciting experiences possible by taking part in these school fundraisers.Share a Harrison ...
Authorities say a teacher at an elementary school in Tennessee has been indicted and arrested on allegations of sexual abuse involving multiple first graders CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A teacher at an elementary school inTennesseehas been indicted and arrested on allegations of s...
It happened on the week long camping trip...with all the seventh and eighth graders. The teachers liked us to do one service project during these trips, and the one they arranged was trail building. We drove up to the base of the trail, expecting to dig out some rocks, turn over ...
Some students are coming out. He asks one of them, "Excuse me, do you know where the Red Star Car Factory is" "Of course, I know. I live there. My father works in that factory. It's outside the town, "answers the boy. "Is it far from here Can you show me the way, please...
“Kenya crew”.All the kids were really happy to support Joab and said they felt great about their fundraising efforts.Like the seventhgraders at Lawrence Middle School,kids can work together to make a difference in places like Nairobi.By raising money for education,kids can help chi...
They say studies show that sixth graders in an elementary school perform better on tests than sixth graders in a middle school.They also note research showing that by the sixth grade , students show signs that they will or will not finish high school.These signs are low attendance,ba...
When Sally Ride was ten years old, she had no idea that she would some day grow up to be one of America’s first woman astronauts. In fact, if you had asked her then what wanted to be, she would have said, “ I want to play shortstop for the Los Angeles
You’ll find all the peas ___, including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them ___, you’ll start to feel whole again. The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to ___, and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will ...
I can also report that to our knowledge, nobody died or was lost in the woods during our session week. But as 3rd almost 4th graders, I doubt we were very keyed-in to current events. So with Illahee shut down, and my parents, Jonesing for one sweet, sacred week during the summer ...