The staff at the Tyrone Area Elementary School tries different techniques to enrich children’s learning at the school.
One of those techniques includes creating unique displays in the library main window.
TAES Librarian, Ms. Mary Jane Rudakewich, is in charge of arranging the displays in the window, and she also finds books that tie into the displays. This way the displays can be used as an education tool.
“She has a talent for display,” added Mrs. Jeanette Ober-Lauck, gifted support teacher at the elementary school.
Some of the elementary teachers bring in items for the displays, and a different theme is featured each month.
“It’s just fun to watch the children check out the things,” said Rudakewich about the displays.
Past displays include such items as: doll houses, fire trucks, dinosaurs and family member military photos.
This month’s theme is Clover Farm, and memorabilia from the old-time neighborhood stores has been brought into the school by Ober-Lauck.
This display may be of interest to the people of the community because, according to Ober-Lauck, there once was a Clover Farm Warehouse in Tyrone located across from the Tyrone Armory.
Ober-Lauck has been collecting Clover Farm memorabilia for over 20 years. Items in her collection include food can labels, Depression ration coupons, miniature sewing kits and glass food jugs, to name a few.
Rudakewich said some of the books tied into the Clover Farm display are on subjects such as baking, milk making, and careers found in supermarkets.
Ober-Lauck invites area residents to stop by and look at the display located in the lobby of the elementary school. Visitors are reminded to sign in at the main office to obtain a visitor’s pass before viewing the display.
Next month, there is a scheduled “countries of the world” display because the third graders are completing reports on different countries.
Also, one display each year is dedicated to the teachers at the school. Some examples of past teacher displays include: “guess the teacher” with old school photos, “favorite Christmas gifts of teachers” and “Teacher hobbies”.
