Sheldon, Iowa — The third-grade classes of Mrs. Arnold, Mr. Buchholtz and Mrs. Jansen at East Elementary in Sheldon attempted to tour various businesses in downtown Sheldon on Friday, October 6th. This tour is a part of their social studies unit on the history of Sheldon and their reading unit about changes.
The classes split up and one class went to Northwestern Bank to look at the historic pictures hanging there. Another class met with Mayor Tricia Meendering at the Sheldon Community Services Center to learn about her job and how the City Council meets and makes decisions for the town. The third group, Mr. Buchholtz’s class, stopped at KIWA Radio. While here, they learned about all the different jobs held by the employees at the radio station, they toured one of the studios, and they recorded the Pledge of Allegiance.
Due to lightening, the students all ended up at the Community Services Center where they had to remain for the duration of their field trip. Despite the bad weather, they were able to make good use of time there, and had the opportunity to tour the Police Department and learn a bit about some of the procedures that take place there as well.
