Twenty-five Certs a War. MARCH. 1909. Vnl. IX. No.12.
LONGWCOD SCHOOL
As all but five of the children of
the Orphanage are in the Public
School it may be interesting to the
readers of the News better to he. r
about the school from the children
who attend. 1 w«»ulcl add to the in
terest of : he li ••owing ■etter**. * ou'd
we show you the penmanship • t the
children whk'n is very conmietidul le.
Wood Island, Alaska.
To the Ri-.uie:.- of the \>\o better,
Dear Friends. I know yon read the
News better fr* in here and this is
why I am writing.
We go to a Public School. We
used K» go tnschool in min'd kitchen,
and now wehnv, i r,i. e school hous. .
It was first a Uom house then a car
penter shop and n« ..! Public Si hool
house.
Sometimes the wavo< mil almost
ntuler our school-house.
We can keep a to ord »<f the tides,
we can tell what hour will he the
lowest tide :.nd 'vhat hour will le
the highest tide.
There rue many pretty shel's in
front i t our school-house.
line day there were all kinds of
pretty sea weed . ml we or went out
and brought what we thought was
pretty. We It tghl thetn in and
drew them the best \u could and
painted them. mic we stuck on
pretty shells or on some rock or coral.
We found a number of real Alaska
oysters.
We had a nice time on Abraham
Lincoln s birthday.
(Mir school room was trimmed with
Hags bunting, and spruce wreaths.
We learn 1 how brave, strong and
honest, he was aud that he was a
sell made man.
Wt are learning some patriotic
m n_ . The boy^ are very fond of
patriotic pieces and like to say them.
We are getitig things ready for the
Yukon Fair. The children in the
Primary Grade also, are making
pretty things for the Fair. We hope
you will see all their drawings and
storv about Wood Island.
We are sorry to give up Roosevelt,
but we are glad that Taft our Pres
ident.
I will cow say good-bye.
From,
Tina Anderson..
Word Island, Alaska
To the readers of tlie News better,
Mv dear friends.
I never saw you; but would like to
to see you.
Would vou like to hear about our
school?
We all no to the 1'ublic School.
Some id us on Wood Island live at
the mission.
We voted in our school for the
President; all the rest of the children
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