Month: October 2017

By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Pre-k and kindergarten students at Perdido Elementary School are enjoying learning about the American folk hero, John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman. They have learned that he got his nickname from the fact that he planted apple trees throughout the Midwest of America. Of course, the idea that he wandered around barefoot with a cooking pot on his head for most of his adult life intrigues all…

By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News       It’s fall! The days are shorter and the nights are cooler. The leaves are turning yellow, red, and orange, giving a colorful salute to summer. First graders in Miss Jesse Reed’s class are welcoming autumn into their classroom and celebrating the changing foliage with a variety of fall-themed activities and lessons. Students are building literacy skills as they follow Fletcher (the fox) in…