Stories from Reorganized School District No. 5, 1957

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My New School
by Kayla

My name is Kayla, and I am going to school in a new district. The year is 1957. My old school was a little wooden school.

My new school is really different from my old school. My new school's name is Reorganized No. 5. I see Mr. Decker. He is my principal. He teaches the seventh and eighth grade classroom. Mr. Decker is also our coach. I see him every day at lunch. Do you want to know what I had for lunch today? I had green beans. Do you want to know what I had for lunch yesterday? I had green beans. Do you want to know what I'm going to have for lunch tomorrow? I'm going to have green beans! We have green beans every day! I'm getting sick of green beans!

In my new school the teacher has to sweep their own classroom. When they are done, they sweep the dust into the hallway for the janitor to throw away. The janitor's name is Homer Richards. Sometimes he picks me to help him. We have fun doing it together. Sometimes he tells me a story. We laugh and laugh.

When the day ends, I go home. I have dinner. After dinner I go to bed. The next day I take some time from getting ready to talk to my mom and dad. While I'm in school my mom and dad go to work. They get paid once a month. After we visit I go back to school.

My New School
by Curtis

My name is Curtis, and I am going to school in a new district. The year is 1957. My principal is Jim Decker. He picked me to help sweep the dirt into the hallway for Mr. Richards. Mr. Richards sweeps it up and puts the dirt in the trash can.

I eat green beans for lunch every day here. There are four rooms in our school. When I went to school at Olden we would go outside to eat lunch. We played outside when we were eating our lunch. I am in the third and fourth grade classroom. I see Mr. Decker every day in the lunch room. Every single day, I see Mr. Decker.

My school is made of rock. We have one yellow school bus. The name of my school is Reorganized No. 5. This is my lunch paper that tells me what I am having for lunch, "Green beans, green beans, green beans, green beans...."

Remaining Stories

My New School
by Alyssa

My name is Alyssa. I am going to school in a new district. It is now 1957. My old school was like a little white house.

My new school has 10 windows in the front, a bell, and a big door. It is fun going to school. My janitor is Homer Richards. My principal is Mr. Decker. He is also our coach. I am in the third and fourth grade classroom. My school is called Reorganized Number 5. It's cool going to school. I love going to this school. It's fun going here. Each day for lunch we have green beans.

My New School
by Cierra

My name is Cierra, and I'm going to a new district. The year is 1957. My old school was Siloam Springs. It was a white building. It had four windows and one room. All eight grades were together. For drinking we used one bucket of water and a dipper. The school was made out of wood and had a metal roof.

Now I'm going to Reorganized No. 5. That's my new school. The janitor is Homer Richards. The grades are K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and music. I'm in the third and fourth grade room. Today for lunch I had green beans. Tomorrow we will have green beans. We grow beans at school on half an acre.

My New School
by Dalton

My name is Dalton, and I am going to a school called Reorganized No. 5. I started in the year of 1957. My old school looked a lot different than my new one. My old school had one room and six windows.

In my new school, Homer Richards is the janitor. Jim Decker is my principal. We always eat green beans. We have one-half acre of them!

I will be in fourth grade this year and a little bit of next year too. My teacher is nice to us and lets us have a longer recess than anyone else....so we can stomp on the green beans and plant carrots, corn, tomatoes, okra, plus lots of other stuff...except for GREEN BEANS! We only have one bus. My school is made out of native stone or rock.

My New School
by Donovan

My name is Donovan, and I am going to a new district called Reorganized No. 5. It is 1957. My old school was Brower. Brower was a one room school.

My new school is a four room school. We have a lunchroom in the basement. My principal is Mr. Decker. My school is made of rock. Homer Richards is the janitor. This is what my lunch list looks like, "Green beans, green beans, green beans, green beans, green beans." Sometimes I get sick!

My New School
by Dalton

My name is Dalton, and I am going to school in a new district that is called Reorganized No. 5. My old school was at Olden. It had eight grades in one room. We got water out of a bucket, and we drank the water out of a dipper.

It is now 1957. My new school is made out of rocks. All of us eat and pick green beans everyday. When it is rainy and snowy we don't go outside. Everyday we all walk to school. Sometimes my friends and I ride the bus to school. My teacher is nice to all of us.

My New School
by Alec

My name is Alec, and I am going to school in a new district. It is 1957. My old school had one room and six windows. My teacher was nice. I went to the Olden school.

I am now going to Reorganized No. 5. It has four rooms and ten windows in the front. Our principal is Mr. Decker. Our janitor is Homer Richards. Everyday our teacher picks someone to sweep the room. I have a lot of friends.

My New School
by Landon

My name is Landon, and I am going to school in a new district. It is 1957. My old school was a one room school. It was made of wood, and it had six windows. It had a metal roof with a bell and a water bucket with a dipper. When someone wanted a drink they would go get the dipper.

My new school has four rooms and five teachers. The entire building is made of native stone. Some kids are lucky enough to get folding chairs. The principal's name is Jim Decker. The grades are K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and music. Mr. Decker also teaches the 7-8 grade classroom. Each teacher has to sweep their own classroom. The teacher sweeps the dust into the hall for the janitor to throw away. Homer Richards is the janitor. He has worked in the district for about two years. My school is called Reorganized No. 5. We eat green beans every day. We have one half acre of green beans. Our school has one yellow bus.

My New School
by Caleb

My name is Caleb, and I am going to school in a new district. The year is 1957. My old school's name was Brower. Our bathroom was an outhouse outside. When we were thirsty we would drink out of a bucket with the same dipper.

My new school is Reorganized No. 5. We all go home on the same bus. There were two classrooms added on to the school, but the whole school is still constructed with rock.