Upton and Eastview, Kentucky

My Town Is Important!
Joan Stith, Librarian Upton School, Upton, Kentucky Western School, Eastview, Kentucky		*Joan submitted work done by students in her two Hardin County, Kentucky schools. These are "important"* examples of a community study.**
Upton, Kentucky The Important Things About Our Town The Caring People,The Businesses, Our School, Our Teachers, Our Friends The Important Things About Our Town Upton Elementary Students The most important thing about our town are the people. They are kind, helpful, and fun. The most important thing about our town are the people. A Bit of History View our First Grade Primary students' Power Point Research about the history of their hometown. Upton students have researched the history of their school, town, and exciting news events from the past 100 years. After they posted their findings on the web page, the Upton Family of Alabama and Georgia found our web site and traveled to Upton, Kentucky. When they arrived, the students had a surprise reunion prepared for them. To learn more about what our town looks like today, play the matching game Mrs. Seymour's Class constructed by clicking on Upton Today. Mrs. Doty's 3-d map shows what our downtown looks like.		Eastview, Kentucky The Important Things About Our Town Our School, Our Teachers, The Post Office, Our Friends, The Important Things About Our Town Western Elementary Students Western Elementary School is about 4 miles from the small village of Eastview. Mrs. Branham's Kindergarteners made a Powerpoint about their hometown. They learned that their hometown was named for the beautiful view to the east when the railroad came through in the 1870s. They drew pictures of some of the businesses there, including a bank, general stores, mill, stockyard, railroad depot, and sumac factory. They had fun holding a shadow pie supper and a box social where the boys bid pennies on boxes of cookies the girls fixed. They also demonstrated an Apron party where the boys hemmed the girls aprons and a "Tacky"party where everyone dressed up in things from the attic and cellar. They learned about these activities from their research of articles in the News-Enterprise one-hundred years ago files. We found more information about the one room schools that were consolidated into Western in 1953 than we did about the town, whose businesses have mostly died out and been moved near an intersection with gas stations and mini-marts.
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My Town Is Important!