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GROUP 1 - 2/1KJ
Peculiar Elementary,
Peculiar, Missouri
29/1/2007
Hi everyone! I'm very excited to be working with you the next several
months with our tooth tally project. It sounds like a lot of fun!
My name is Emily Jeter and I teach at Peculiar Elementary in Missouri.
On the map we are located about 30 miles straight south of Kansas City.
Our school consists of grades K-4 with our enrolment close to 500
students. Currently my classroom has 22 students, 10 boys and 12 girls.
Peculiar, the town where we are located, is a smaller town. Our
population is around 4,000. Some people wonder how the city got the name
of "Peculiar". We are told that "In pre-Civil War times the pioneer
settlers decided their drowsy, maple-shaded hamlet ought to have a name.
After several sessions in the general store they narrowed the choice to
three names, but couldn't settle on any one. All three names were sent
to the post office for consideration. All three were in use elsewhere.
They decided to appeal directly to the postmaster general, agreeing to
let him make the final decision. 'We don't care what name you give us,'
they said, 'so long as it is sort of peculiar.' Probably with tongue in
cheek the postmaster general wrote a long and courteous reply. He said
he had given their predicament grave consideration. 'My conclusion.' he
wrote, 'is that in all the land it would be difficult to imagine a more
distinctive, a more peculiar name than Peculiar.' and Peculiar it has
remained ever since." {Found in a clipping courtesy of Gladys Stanka.}
Thank you for letting me share a little bit about where we are from. I
hope to hear from you all soon.
Emily Jeter
1st Grade Teacher, Peculiar Elementary
Hi from
Missouri!!
It's storming really hard right now. We've had several tornadoes touch
down around us. Hopefully it will be over soon.
We lost 3 teeth! The kids were so excited.
Emily Jeter, Peculiar Elementary
10/4/2007
We lost 8
teeth: 3 by girls, 5 by boys
Emily Jeter, 1st Grade Teacher, Peculiar Elementary
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