First-grade teacher at South Central Calhoun receives Golden Apple

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa — South Central Calhoun is a rural school district in northwest Iowa with about 900 students, and is now ...
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3 First Graders Rush to Help Teacher After She Starts Choking on Food: 'They 100 Percent Saved My Life'

Madison Swift, 23, of Lakeview Elementary School in Virginia, praised her students Kolton Hersh, 7, Dereck Contreras-Franco, 6, and Bryson Doss, 6 Lakeview Elementary School A first-grade teacher's ...
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Southwest Airlines brings virtual field trip to life for first graders

(Gray News) – A first grade teacher recently set up a mock Southwest plane in her classroom for her students to “fly” to Mexico. She created pretend passports for each student to make the experience ...
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10 Old-Fashioned Standards First Graders Had To Meet In 1979 That Prove Today’s Kids Are Likely Developmentally Stunted

The education system has changed, but that doesn't necessarily mean we've made progress. In 1979, first graders were expected to achieve a series of old-school milestones in areas that went beyond ...
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First graders learn about electrical safety from Aiken Electric Cooperative magic show

First graders from local elementary schools learned important safety lessons about using electricity Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 thanks to Aiken Electrical Cooperative and magician Chris "Doc" Dixon’s “Making ...