DAY 2 DUEBER: AND FRANKLIN: revision

 Yesterday we drafted poems about our school. Robbie, Ms. Diane's dog found them very interesting:

The first draft is often messy, as we can see:

Ms. Diane typed them up for us to see today, and we will decide if we want any changes:

DUEBER SCHOOL, 2021

 by Mrs. Grady's class

We love our school: Fun! Cool! Awesome!

It is colorful inside – decorations of red and many colors—

and outside, with its tan bricks and a silver sign: DUEBER SCHOOL.

In the 1800s, it was big and tall, with dark red bricks.

There are smells of pizza and Mrs. Grady’s pumpkin air freshener, 

Sounds when the Canton firetrucks and police cars go by

And fire drills and Miss Shower speaking announcements.

It’s different this year:

We wear masks,

We need to be six feet apart.

We were 26, then 13, now there’s 10 of us in the room.

It always feels warm: no AC…till this year,

And next year, it won’t be a school but a food place.

We are going to miss Dueber School.

FROM DUEBER SCHOOL IN CANTON, OHIO 2021

by Mrs. Jones' class 

Our school is awesome.

On the outside yellow daffodils grow in the grass

And the tan brick building’s silver sign says, “DUEBER SCHOOL.”

In the 1800s, it was big, high, red-brown brick

Near Dueber Hampton Watch Factory.

Time. We learn time in school.

Our school smells like food, like chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy.

We like our school because it has wonderful teachers.

Our teacher, Mrs. Jones, is the best. She says:

“Booty in the chair, not in the air,” and “Sit down.       Now.”

Other sounds: the firetruck goes by.  Mr. Andy mowing the grass.

And we scream on the playground. We always do.

Last year, we talked to everyone on line on a little screen.

Google meet would keep going off.

Now we meet in the room, keep our masks up.

Next year, we go to Cedar School

And this? It’s going to be a food center.

Good-bye Dueber.

 

MASSILLON CITY SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST

Franklin is the best school ever

It has the best teachers (Gardner, Schrock, Knight)

There is a lot of history in Franklin

In 1901, the old school was taller and had taller windows,

          Fewer flowers, fewer trees

          Chimneys, pillars, a pointed roof and a lot of steps

These are some of the things we know about the old Franklin.

But now, by all the trees, before you turn in here,

You see an abandoned church and a fence where a horse used to be

(Mrs. Gardner says he got out all the time)

Then, you turn in and see a long low building, a gray wall

With silver letters: FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,

A flag, buses, cars. You hear screaming on the playground,

Our outside voices, buses pulling out.

Inside it smells like kids.

And you hear the click of cafeteria trays,

kind voices, and lots of talking and describing:

“Pull up your mask,” “You must use social distance,”

“Cough on your arm.”

You see tons of clocks, letters, and numbers.

àNext year we go to the Fourth Grade School

And learn lots of new things.