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Spotlight Teacher - Ms. Polinsky

by: Jayla Walker & Toni Tavares

Mrs. Polinsky is a very nice and thoughtful teacher. She teaches kindergarten and has some great students. They work well together and have good manners. She has been teaching for 8 years and has gotten a lot out of it. Her favorite thing is to be with her students.

         She most of all loves playing, teaching and going outside with her students. She has 20 students in her class. All of them are special to her in all different ways. If she wasn’t a teacher she would want to be a children’s book author. She would also be an illustrator.

        She loves Harmony Leland because she loves the students, teachers, and the principals. She loves to help. If she could teach another grade it would be 2^nd grade. The reason why she would want to teach second grade is because she loves little kids and loves to interact with them. They are so fun to play with.

        Mrs. Polinksy is a very cool teacher and does a lot of work to keep her students busy. Also I think she would be a great 2^nd grade teacher. She also has a assistant teacher named Mrs. Pilot, and she is great, too.

               

Black History Performance

By Itohan Aigbekaen and Caitlyn Rachel

 

          The Black History Performance was amazing! There were poems, dances and much more. Jessica and her partner were doing a poem and so were Caitlyn Rachel, Daija Evans, Jayla Walker, and Karrington Blanks. The dance was really funny, but it was all about Black History. The skit was about a boy who asked his mom what it would be like if they were no black people in the world. They couldn’t do anything. They could not have a mirror, a table, not even a refrigerator because black people invented those things and many more. That is why black people are in the world.

We talked with the people of the dance and they say it was hard!!! In the beginning the dances were changed, the steps were shorter and everything was a mess. All the dances were 4 counts and there were all sorts of things. They even made a little song/beat to remember the steps. It was shake, butterfly, 123, earth to sky, African walk, skip hop, pulling weeds. Then they did it all over again and then circled down to the floor. The Black history performance was hard work for a few weeks, but it turned out to be a great success!

 

Justin Beiber

 by:Jayla Walker

    Justin Bieber was born on March 1, 1994. He is 16 years old. Justin Bieber is from, Ontario and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. Bieber's mothers name is, Pattie Mallette. Mallette, who worked a lot of low-paying jobs, raised Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. During his childhood, Bieber was interested in hockey, soccer, and chess; he often kept his musical aspirations to himself. 

As he grew up, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and placed second in the competition. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of many R&B songs, and Bieber grew on the site.

         

Justin Bieber was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards and 4 People’s Choice Awards so far in his career. He is recording with Rascal Flatts. On November 30, 2010, Justin Bieber was nominated for Favorite Breakout Artist for the People’s Choice Awards. He was also nominated for Favorite Music Video for the video “Baby”. The video also contained the singer Ludacris. The 2011 People’s Choice Awards aired on January 5, 2011.

 

In April of 2009, singer Usher invited Bieber to perform at a lunch in front of a number of music recorders in Los Angeles. Usher announced that the 15-year-old was a great kid for him at Def Jam Island, and called Bieber a "young phenomenon".

Spotlight Teacher

Isn’t she amazing and exciting Ms. Chitwood. Her whole name is Jennifer Chitwood. She is from Dublin, GA. She went to Georgia College and she went to State University. She went a college and university.

Ms. Chitwood is 27 years old. She was born September 13 1983. She has no children yet but, she is pregnant. She is going to name her girl Emily Faith Chitwood. Ms. Chitwood got married when she was only 24 years old.

She teaches 2^nd grade. Her class room is the second grade class on the right in the second and third grade hall. She is a great teacher. I asked two of her student’s questions and they said she is a good teacher. They do addition and subtracting in math. They also do science like how does weather affect water? The last thing they said was they wouldn’t want a teacher other then Ms. Chitwood 

Isn’t she amazing and exciting Ms. Chitwood. Her whole name is Jennifer Chitwood. She is from Dublin, GA. She went to Georgia College and she went to State University. She went a college and university.

Ms. Chitwood is 27 years old. She was born September 13 1983. She has no children yet but, she is pregnant. She is going to name her girl Emily Faith Chitwood. Ms. Chitwood got married when she was only 24 years old.

She teaches 2^nd grade. Her class room is the second grade class on the right in the second and third grade hall. She is a great teacher. I asked two of her student’s questions and they said she is a good teacher. They do addition and subtracting in math. They also do science like how does weather affect water? The last thing they said was they wouldn’t want a teacher other then Ms. Chitwood.

Valentine's Day

    February has long been a month of romance. It is the month associated with Valentine's Day celebrations. We have heard the name St. Valentine being said before us in this season of love. For Valentine’s Day, lovers normally go out or just exchange simple gifts. To know more, just read on and discover a couple new facts!

v The origin of this lover’s day goes back as early as 270 A.D.

v Valentine’s Day started with the love clash between a priest and mighty ruler.

v The modern day celebration of Valentine’s Day is believed to begin in France and England.

v Cupid (symbol for Roman God of love), doves, love birds, roses, hearts and arrows are all symbols of the Valentine’s Day celebration.

v 73% of Valentine’s Day flowers are bought by men, whereas women buy only 23% of Valentine’s flowers.

v Around 3% of pet owners prefer to give Valentine gifts to their pets, as they are more grateful than humans.

AR store

by Jordan Lucas            

 

Last week on February 8 and 9, 2011 was the AR STORE. At the AR STORE there were prizes for reading books and taking test on them. So people I hope you read your heart out. Also, the prizes were awesome, and I got to go in the back room of the library, and see almost everything they had and now I will tell you some of them like a jump rope, I spy bingo, foam fingers, super growing crystals, magic kit, puzzles, pom-poms, and shirts.

 

 Also, there’s some bad news if you haven’t been taking test then you got nothing so make sure you read your, heart out for  the next AR STORE. You never know the prizes could be greater then last time.    

Harry Potter

by Domonique Stubbs and Nailah Mapson

Have you ever heard the of Harry Potter books? J.K Rowling has written all 7 books. The main characters’ of all the movies & books are Harry, Ron, and Hermione.  The other characters’ are Slitherin, Ron’s brothers and sister, Dumbderdor, Voldemort, other students, and more professors.

The names of some of the books are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 & 2, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.  The Sorcerer’s Stone is the first movie of the series that is when Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to Hogwarts, for the first time.  Chamber of Secrets is the second movie of the series; it is when Harry Potter ignores warnings not to return to Hogwarts. When he returns to Hogwarts, him and his friends go out and find the Chamber of Secrets and find the secrets it beholds. The Prisoner of Azkaban is third movie of the series, is when Harry is back at Hogwarts he has a new thing “Against the Dark Arts” but there is trouble brewing, Convicted murderer Sirius Black , has escape the Wizard Prison and is coming after Harry. 

Goblin of Fire is the forth movie of the series, it is when Harry is in a multi-wizardry school competition.  Order of the Phoenix is the fifth movie of the series, it is when they have a warning that Lord Voldemort has returned and after Harry and Dumbledore, they are hunted down by the authorities slowly sizing the powers at Hogwarts.  Half-Blooded Prince is when Harry and his friends begin their 6^th year at Hogwarts, he finds a book marked mysteriously that belonged to the “Half Blooded Prince” and quickly learns about Lord Voldemort dark past. As Harry races against time to destroy the evil Horcruxes, he uncovers the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: The Deathly Hollows

Did you know that J.K Rowling is a girl, not a boy?  She was born July 13, 1965.  The J is for Joanne and the K is for the Kathleen.  February 2004, Rowling was listed by the magazine Forbes for having a fortune of £ 576 million making her a UK billionaire.  Also, she is the first female person to become a billionaire by writing books.  J.K Rowling got married two times and she was divorced once, and she had three children.  

 

Here is a website to get a little more on the movies.

  

 

        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295297/      

The Flu

by Jayla Walker

A lot of people have been getting the flu. I have walked around the school and all I here is coughing and coughing and coughing. It was very surprising. People in the winter need to wear coats and jackets every time they go outside. Not just a little sweater. So when you go outside make sure you have on a coat and sweater.

          Some ways to treat the flu away is to get some sleep so your body can rest, Take Dayquil, Robitusin, Tylenol, Benadryl, GO TO THE DOCTOR, Drink water, clear soda, or sports drinks. That’s all the right ways to do it. Oh and one more thing… don’t forget to wash your hands throughout the day.

          While you have the flu you also need to take medicine. Medicine will help germs get out. Another way is if you’re stuffed up you can blow your nose. So take those tips to help you to get better. I hope it works for you. Good luck with the flu. Just don’t catch it from someone else near you!

Uniforms

by: Keiara Keene

 

Everyone that goes to Harmony Leland knows the school’s uniform dress code. Everyone knows that there are only certain colors that the students can wear as their uniform colors. But do you think that if we had more colors to chose from, and wear as a uniform color, everyone would want to wear them? Maybe if we had colors like light purple and orange students might be encouraged to wear them. What do you think? Well, I asked three other questions to nine other students to find out what they think.

First, I asked,” Do you like school uniforms and why?” Lester Ruffin responded,” No, because it seems like we wear the same colors everyday!” Iyana Joseph and Caitlin Johnson both agreed that uniforms are plain and it seems like we wear the same thing everyday. They also both agreed that if they were a little more colorful, they might want to wear them even more.

            Then, I asked,” Do you agree that we should wear uniforms?” Marlow Roberson replied,” No because we have our own clothes and the uniforms don’t look good.” “No, because uniforms are boring and don’t let students express their feelings.” said Kayla Jenkins. Darrell Bridges said,” I don’t think so because of the colors.”

            Then, I asked, “Do you think we should have more days like Friday, when we don’t have to wear uniforms?” Torria Rollin responded, “Yes because most students don’t like wearing them.” “Uniforms aren’t fun and if they were fun school would be fun.” said Jordan Newell. Destinea Okafor also said “Yes because most of the students at Harmony Leland do not like wearing the uniforms.”

            Lastly, I asked some of the teachers what they think of the uniforms and they disagreed with the students. I asked “Do you think we should the students at Harmony Leland should continue wearing uniforms?” I asked three teachers that question; Mrs. Grizzle, Mrs. Salley, and Mrs. Chitwood.  Mrs. Salley and Mrs. Chitwood both agreed and said yes because the students will focus on school work and not their clothes. Mrs. Grizzle said.” I think we should keep uniforms because it creates unity within the school and children focuses on school work instead of fashion.”  So, what do you think about uniforms? Just leave a comment!

 

Spotlight Principal - Mrs. Simmons-Deveaux

by: Toni Tavares & Jayla Walker

 

Mrs. Simmons Devaux is a great principal. She helps kids to learn and become smarter. She also helps the kids whenever they need advice and when they can’t get along. Mrs. Simmons Devaux is a special part of this school. These are some questions we asked her!       

Two weeks ago we talked to Mrs. Simmons Devaux. We asked her a few questions concerning the school. We asked her six questions. The first question we asked her was “If you had to pick another job what would it be?” She answered”I would be a lawyer or a judge, if I could be something else other then a principal.” Well, that’s a good idea.

Next question was “How do you make Harmony Leland Elementary students smarter?” She said “I encourage teachers to help the students.” Well, that is totally right. We asked her “What was your job when you weren’t a principal?” Her answer was “A special Educational teacher and a normal teacher” is what she said. After that question we asked “Who’s your favorite teacher in the school?” Then she answered “Everyone in the building is my favorite!”When we asked her the fifth question we asked her” How did you become a principal?”She answered ”Lots of hard work is how I became principal.” Last but not least we asked her” Do you think H.L.E.S could be better and she said”Absoulutely”. Mrs. Simmons Devaux answered lots of questions and I hope you liked her information.