Inside this Month...
- Classroom news and stories
- Martin Luther King pictures and information
- New Year’s Resolutions from reporters
This is a special “thank you” to all the news reporters who have done such a great job so far this year. Many
have put in extra time and have even missed recess!
In this edition, all of the stories were typed on computers by students. Special thanks to Hoa for helping with
the typing. Keep up the great reporting in 1997!
Jamie and Janae
Room 25, Grade 5
As you know we are having a Hoop Shoot Contest and Poster Contest. Congratulations to the people that made
it to the finals, and Good Luck.
In our class we are taking the Sanford test of basic skills. It is boring but easy.
On Feb. 1, 1997 9 of the 26 students are going to the Opera House to perform. We will be playing 11 different
songs. All the songs are based on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We will have to get up at 7:30, and we have
to be there by 8:30. We will be there from 9:00 to 10:00 and perform 9:00 to 10:00, and we will get free
tickets to the show after we perform.
Jessica and Andy
Room 9, Grade 3
The week before last week we had a substitute. His name is Mr. Randall. He works at the Seattle Science
Center. He is our favorite substitute because if we are good we can play Silent Ball. He is very nice to us.
Joke:
Why did the cactus cross the road?
Give up?
He was stuck to the chicken!
Lencho
Room 16, Grades 2&3
We spent 2 weeks with an artist building a paper mache sculpture. It is made out of newspaper, chicken wire
and wood. It is called “Writing Student”.
It is 10 ½ feet tall and 77 inches round. He moves his hand like he is writing. It is unisex and it’s brown.
It is left handed and it takes 5 seconds for the arm to move up and down. Its birthday is Jan. 17, 1997.
About Ms. Hammes
by Mary, Room 23
“My name is Ms. Hammes.
I am a speicial education assistant in Room 23. I have worked in the Seattle School District about
10 years. I love working with speicial needs children. I have a BS in psychology from the University
of Wisconsin and am certified to teach.”
The Party
by Kira
Three kids, Teddy, Lencho and Kira, were playing when Lencho said,”Let’s have
a party for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
“But who is going to come?” Said Teddy.”
“How about J.J, Margo,Taylor and Nick?” said Kira.
She got up and got four cards and four card envelopes and layed them on the floor. She wrote on the date,
time and where, she put the cards in the envelopes and mailed them.
Three days later on the day of the party only Taylor came. They waited for 10 minutes. Then Kira said,
”J.J, Nick and Margo are not here, so lets make a play.” So that’s what they did that day.
The End
Hannah and Demario
Room 14, Grade 2
We spent two weeks building a dragon with Monad Elohim for the Dr. Martin
Luther King assembly. Two people from our class dedicated our dragon to Dr. Martin Luther King because
he was a brave, noble, and courageous man. In Vietnam the dragon stands for bravery, courage, and nobility.
Courtney and Lauren
Room 15, Grades 2 & 3
News:
With Mr Monad Elisan we made masks. We had so much fun.
We had an assembly. We read about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s book.
We went to Pinocchio. It was fun. I went with Lela. I like the blue fairy and Pinnochio the best. Some of
us sat on the floor. We had a good time.
New Year’s Resolutions:
- Donate lots of food for the homeless.
- To not eat as much sugar.
- To be a better person all around!
Bryan and Koriann
Room 21, Grade 5
In our class we are working on book reports for Readers Choice books .
In music we are working on many different songs for the Martin Luther King Jr. assembly . In computers we
have been working on touch typing.
An interview with
Ms. Bailey
By Bryan and Koriann
As you know, Ms. Bailey is our music teacher . We learned some things about her. She loves our school more
than any other one she’s been to . She likes every single one of the classes. For high school she went to
Evergreen. That’s by where most of you went swimming . She used to be on Broadway here in Seattle. That’s
the end .
Brittany and Matthew
Room 3, Kindergarten
We are writing in our journals. We are working on our letters A and B. There are puppets in our room. We
just got a puppet theater.
We are making alphabet books. A and B are already done.
Adam and Jed
Room 7, Grade 4
Our class just finished testing for reading and math. People should come over and look at our class’s
resolution, and we’re starting long division. We’re also doing fable book reports for January, and we just
started reading “Hatchet”.
New Year’s Resolution:
Work harder, get smarter.
Doran and Bronson
Room 19, Grade 1
We just got letter stamps for our work shop. We use the stamps to write words. We are reading, “Sing a
Sweet Song.” On Friday, January 24th we are taking a field trip to the Museum of Flight. Each day Mrs.
Ballard chooses four pictures of airplanes colored by the class for our “Air Flight” poster.
We are sorry that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died. He changed the laws so that all people are treated
equally.
It was fun to play in the snow with my friends. Sledding down the hill was scary. I liked seeing my dad
on TV when we were out sledding.
New Year’s Resolutions:
- To spend more time with my dogs.
- To improve my diving.
- I promise to listen.
Ashley and Travis
Room 8, Grade 4
We are making clay whistles. We are still working on our posters. We are also still working on our class
project that we started with Monad Elohim. It is a big whistle that a whole bunch of people can play on. We
are learning about Martin Luther King.
Lucy and Cameron
Room 1, Grade 1
We put on a play for MLK’s Birthday Celebration Assembly. It was about the Bus Boycott. We planted
paperwhite narcissus bulbs on rocks in milk cartons. They are really growing! We will go to the Museum of
Flight on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Sandra and Mary
Room 23, Grades 3, 4, 5
We did a poem about Martin Luther King, “We Shall Overcome”. We are writing about salmon . We
are doing a story
about salmon. We write in our journals what we do in the weekend.