2008-2009: Issue #1
Welcome to the first issue of the 2008-2009 school year here at Memorial School. (Technically, this is the 6th issue since we started last year.) We hope you enjoy our stories and comics!
College Day
by Jessica
On November 21,2008, Memorial School celebrated COLLEGE DAY! Students and teachers showed off their favorite colleges by wearing T-shirts, sweatshirts, and other clothes with the school’s name on it.
Don’t be a fool stay in school! GO COLLEGE!
Environmental Club
by Valerie
The Environmental Club would like students to recycle more print, construction, and writing paper at Memorial School. Also, we would like to put more Capri Sun Juice boxes in the plastic bin at lunch so we can get money for our school. It would be great if we all pitched in to do this.
Awesome Advice
by Sarah and Abbey
Question: I’m having trouble in math. What should I do?
Answer: Thanks for writing! We suggest that you have your parents quiz you and practice as much as you can.
Hey, you! Looking for advice? Please put your questions in the box by the office!
Christmas
by:Gianna
Christmas is a time for being joyful. Christmas is always on the 25th of December. Some people go far to visit family and friends, but some people stay close and visit family and friends. For Christmas, I visit my family in Nebraska every other year, and every other year I go to my grandparent’s house in Palos. Every year in October, my family and I make raviolis to eat on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this year I get to go to my grandparent’s house in Palos and that’s where we made raviolis.
Christmas is also a time for giving. On December 6th, St. Nick comes and puts smaller presents in your stockings. Many people set up Christmas trees and decorations. Many people celebrate Christmas in many different ways.
Comic
By Reanna
How to Help Your Community Animals
by Morgan Dunn
When you look out a window and see an animal running across the street, don’t say to yourself that that animal is weird or stupid, because there are many possible reasons that animal might be in the wild. One of the reasons is their owners may have treated them badly. I would like to give to some of the vets that don’t have a lot of medicine for pets, like those. I will have a box outside the office for you to put a note on how to help animals around your community. Thank you!
Comic
By Reanna and John
Jokes!
by Tiffany and Breanna
What did the pear say to the other one? We make a great pair!
What type of nut doesn’t have a shell? A donut!
Where did the snowman take his date? The snow-ball!
What kind of dress can’t you wear? Your address!
What growls but is never mean? Your stomach!
How does a mouse feel after a bath? Squeaky clean!
What do you call a stunt wolf? A dare-devil!
What does Rudolph do in the fall? Fall down
Why did the chicken cross the rode? To get a chicken burger!
What does a rock want to be when it grows up? A rockstar!
Orangutans
by Nancy, Gabby, and Gianna
Orangutans are in the monkey family. They are endangered. There are only 5,000 orangutans left. There is an orphanage that is called Camp Leakey, and it is for orangutans. Baby orangutans put big leafs on their heads for umbrellas when it rains. Orangutans live in the rainforest. Orangutans get diseases. Some of the orangutans eat soap at Camp Leakey. They don’t like baths. If a snake bites a baby orangutan, it can die. Orangutans have to be seven or eight years old to live by themselves. A male orangutan is two or three times bigger than a female. Females are only one hundred pounds. Orangutans eat nuts, bananas, termites, fruit, ants, flowers, and leafs. They scream and bite when they take baths. These are some interesting facts about orangutans.
Saints vs. Bears
by David
Tuesday, December 8th, 2008, the Chicago Bears played against the New Orleans Saints. The Bears had 7 seconds left to get a field goal. The score was 21-24 and the Saints were winning. The Bears got the 3 points and went to overtime. The Bears got a field goal in overtime and won. They won 27-24.
New York
by Jinsung and Bailey
Poem:
I love New York others love New York to.
I see yellow taxis, and many people like Pepsi.
We are writing about the state of New York. There are many exciting things in New York. There are many parks, building, restaurants, and more! New York has so many taxis, there are even water taxis.
Central Park and Empire State Building are only a small fraction of New York exciting features. There is also Statue of Liberty. My partner, Jinsung, has been to New York. I’ve also been to New York. We talked about New York together and this is what we discovered. Jinsung saw The Phantom of the Opera and I saw The Lion King. I can describe New York in two words: BEAUTIFUL and THRILING!!!
Tony Hawk
by Jacob
Tony Hawk is one of the best skaters in the world. He is a vert skater. Vert means you use mostly ramps. Tony Hawk did the first 900. A 900 is when a skater does two-and-a-half spins. He did it in Europe. He was in a half pipe at the X Games. He was also the second person to do a Mctwist. A McTwist is when a skater performs a backside 540 front flip. Tony Hawk named it after Mike-McBill. Mike McGill was on Tony Hawk’s team. Tony Hawk is now retired. He lives with his wife and sons.
What’s up with 4th grade?
by Jessica
4th grade this year has been a great hit! With the three teachers, Mrs.Russell, Mrs.Jacobs and Mrs. Brown, everything is awesome. We are doing a lot of projects in science, spelling, writing and math.
In science we are working with water experiments. In spelling we are playing a lot of games to memorize our spelling words. One of the games we play is Sparkle. In writing we have pen pals and we write to each other. In math we are learning prime numbers and square numbers. We are doing a lot of things. That’s what’s going in fourth grade.
