Mr. Leatherman Raps!

Our Principal, Mr. Leatherman, challenged the 410 students at Arbor Heights Elementary School to read 2,000 books in the month of April, 1997. He said he would write and perform a rap in front of the whole school. Well, the students at Arbor Heights read nearly 2,535 books! Here's what happened on May 8, 1997 .... (look at the bottom of this page for the words to Mr. Leatherman's Rap)

(Click on the small picture to see a larger one.)
"Mr. Cool L." makes a big entrance!
"Boys and girls, I can't believe you really read all those books! Here goes...."
The Rap .... (we hope to have a sound clip here soon)
"Thanks very much. By the way, there are treats for you on the playground!"
Meeting Mr. Leatherman on the playground .... Nice job, Mr. Cool L!


The RAP...

Arbor Heights is cool school & the kids are really bad.
They read a bunch of books in just 1 month just to make me mad!

Now I was hoping that most of you would go ahead & take a nap. 
But I guess you read 2,000 books just to hear me RAP. 
Now let me tell you one thing Jack & I really think it's true. 
When it comes to finding some really great kids there's no one better than you.

Arbor Heights is a cool school & the kids are really bad.
They read a bunch of books in just 1 month just to make me mad!

Now you kids can do a lot of stuff like read & write & swim. 
The Macarena is Mr. Wilkie's thing so let's give a big hand to him. 
I've seen alot of schools in my day & you know I ain't no fool. 
The best place in the USA is a place called Arbor Heights school.

Arbor Heights is a cool school & the kids are really bad.
They read a bunch of books in just 1 month just to make me mad!

Yes, Arbor Heights is the place to be if you want a school that's fine. 
The staff, the kids, just everyone is happy all the time. 
The teachers here are mighty fine, they never blow their lids. 
But the thing that makes this school cool are the really far out kids.

Arbor Heights is a cool school and the kids are really bad.
They read a bunch of books in just 1 month just to make me mad!
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