Addison Macavian, a fifth grader at the School Around Us in Arundel, talks with schoolmate Isabel Grabowski at the Blast From the Past diner in Waterboro. Students from the School Around Us in Arundel are studying the 1950s and went to lunch at the diner Wednesday dressed in 1950s attire, including poodle skirts and letterman jackets that they made themselves.

Gina Romagnoli, a third grader at the School Around Us, adjusts her hair in a mirror at the diner. As part of the 1950s study unit student interviewed senior citizens and have learned dances from the era, including the twist.

Fourth-grader Isabel Grabowski sips on a soda at the Blast From the Past diner in Waterboro during a 1950s-themed lunch visit.

Wearing a letterman jacket, third-grader Otis Evans talks with another student while at the Blast From the Past diner in Waterboro.

Dressed in a poodle skirt, Addison Macavian laughs while talking with a friend at the Blast From the Past diner in Waterboro on Wednesday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Hazel Thomas, left, and Macy Simoncic, both sixth graders, at the School Around Us in Arundel, walk arm-in-arm through the diner during their lunch visit.