This study was designed to serve as a model for school districts desiring to implement an elementary guidance program. Emphasis was placed upon grades K-6, although subjects extended into Grade 8. Approximately 450 boys and girls in each grade responded to questionnaires. In grades K-3, subjects responded to happy, neutral, or sad faces. In Grades 4-6, students circled a "Snoopy" dog depicting the three emotional states. Responses were collected and tabulated for each grade level. Findings show that all shifts were from happy feelings in kindergarten to sad feelings by Grade 6. In Kindergarten, 65.4% expressed happy feelings for school work, but by Grade 6 this had changed to 12.8 %. It appears that by Grades 7 and 8, the peer influence replaces a child's desire to be around grownups. Only 5% of eighth graders are happy to be in school, and 25% are sad. By Grade 8, the school has turned-off 95% of all students. There are no attitudinal shifts from sad or neutral to happy. Children seem to express a pattern of learned dislike for school. Programs for improving attitudes of teachers, administrators, parents, and children are necessary. (Author/JLL)