Emily
I’m
Emily Ealy, and I’m excited. My mum’s sisters are coming on the train to visit!
They will attend the last day of school activities with my family. In their
letter they spoke of a lady named Mother Jones they heard speak in Chicago.
Their letter said she worked to make coal mining safer. I’m anxious to see my
aunts and glad they will be here for the last day of school. I wonder if my
teacher will give me a souvenir booklet.
The End of the
School Year
By Collette
The end of the school year was both
hectic and exciting. At our high school students might be exempt from finals if
they had a high percentage in the class and good attendance. The office wanted
the names of those students on the same day as seniors’ grades needed to be
turned in to determine if they graduated. To say this was a little stressful
for teachers was an understatement because there was often a glitch.
That glitch was entering and extracting
grades from each teacher’s computer. Because the entire district used computers
to enter grades, there could be a problem with so many people using them at the
same time. Some teachers solved the problem by simply cutting off grades early.
Teachers were charged to have “meaningful activities” the last few days of
school. That translated as no movies were to be shown. I spent years coming up
with “meaningful ideas” for those days.
I stayed late at school at the end of
the year so I could have my grades posted, room ready for the summer and time
to say farewell to my colleagues before summer began. There was always a flurry
of meetings at the end, too. I had one principal who would tell us how many
days we had before it was time to return. Despite his remark, it was difficult
not to feel excited that I had those few days at home.
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