MAY-KING HISTORY

NOLAN REDHEAD

For the first time in Allendale Columbia history the Lower School has offered May Term to the students. Although the participation of the May Term was the teacher’s discretion, students got to choose two of four options for the first half of their day. First choice was called “Game on for Board Games” where they explore different board games. The second choice was “Codes and Ciphers” where they focus on popular codes used and code their own messages. The third choice was “Lower School Newspaper” where students wrote articles that interested them to publish to the community. And their last choice was “Recess-A-Palooza” where students learned different games to play at recess.

PROM MOOD BOARD BY CAITLIN SWARTZ

I got to visit the Lower School newspaper group and interview a few students. All of them seemed to have the same response after I told them who I was with. It was all different variations of “you are here to copy us”.

However, after I assured them I was not there to copy them and they let me in on what they were working on. One member is working on restaurant reviews of Rochester, and another is working on coverage of the other Lower School May Terms. Although I said The Howler would not copy them, I think the restaurant review is a great idea and might be used in the future!