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MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY STUDENTS GIVE AMERICA A HAND

November 14, 2001 The Waynedale News Staff 0 min read

Mrs. Hall’s (2nd from right), morning Kindergarten Class and Mrs. Schopfer’s fourth grade class. Student teacher, Angie Cope is far right.

Mrs. Diane Hall, Kindergarten teacher at Maplewood Elementary School, decided that a good way to give her kids a visual reminder of the American flag was to have them create one of their own. She had her kindergarten kids make lines of hand prints to represent the stripes and Jane Schopfer’s fourth grade class did the stars with their hand prints.

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