Classes focus on making learning fun

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- It reinforces things they learned in the regular year, but summer school also gives students the chance to see school in a different light. "We try to have fun learning though the year, but we're on a more strict time schedule through the regular year," said Dr. Angela Edgar, principal of Portageville Elementary School. "For summer school, we try to make it more fun and comfortable for the students."...

Braden Riedinger colors his "organs" Tuesday during summer school at Kelly Elementary School in Benton. In a lesson about the human body, Braden and his peers, who finished kindergarten last month, traced their bodies, colored and cut out paper organs and glued them onto their bodies. (Photo by Leonna Heuring, Staff)

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SIKESTON -- It reinforces things they learned in the regular year, but summer school also gives students the chance to see school in a different light.

"We try to have fun learning though the year, but we're on a more strict time schedule through the regular year," said Dr. Angela Edgar, principal of Portageville Elementary School. "For summer school, we try to make it more fun and comfortable for the students."

Hands-on lessons combined with field trips are part of the summer session, Edgar said.

"It's also an enjoyable time for the teachers," Edgar said.

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