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Silly Bandz

by:  Jordan Lucas & Toni Taveres

    What are silly bands and why do many people wear and like them?  First we went to Ms.Jennifer Chitwood class and asked two nice little girls in her class named Lindsay and Mikayla. We asked them two different questions but you’ll here them later on. Also, we asked a fourth grader named Leetoria and along the way we asked Ms.Smith and Mr.Estell. Now get ready to know what silly bands are.

    When we went to Ms. Chitwoods class we asked Lenzy: “Do you like silly bands”? She said yes, then we asked her: “Why do you like silly bands”? She said “Yes because you can trade and express yourself”. Then after we were done with Lindsay her friend Mikayla said she “Didn’t like them” so we had to come back to her later. Then we went to Mr.Estell and he asked him: “Do you like silly bands”? He said “Yes then we asked him”: “Why do you like silly bands”? Then Mr. Estell said “He likes them because of there color and he likes collecting things”. Now that’s the people who like them. Now were moving on to the people who don’t like them.

    Now here’s the people who don’t like silly bands so we went back to Ms. Chitwoods class and went back to ask Michaela: “Why don’t you like silly bands”? She said “You could get in trouble with them” So then after that we saw Leetoria in the hallway so we decided to ask her:  “Do you like silly bands or not”? She said “No because they brake easily”. After we did that we asked Ms.Smith: “Do you like silly bands”? She said “Silly bands are ok but sometimes fighting involved so silly bands have there place”.

    So now do you think silly bands are good or bad to wear?

Student Council

by Keiara Keene & Jayla Walker

    Student council is where students signed up to run for secretary, president, vice president, parliamentary, treasurer and much, much more! All these students will compete against each other to win. They made 2 posters. Ms.Smith would help you find a place to put it for everyone to see it. They also have to make a speech to perform on two days, October 25 and 26. People will be voting on who they want to be elected on October 28, 2010.                 

    Your poster should have a recent picture of you. Some people use school pictures from about 2 years ago, but others use pictures from about 3 months ago. But, it doesn’t matter how old the picture is, just make should it looks like you now. It should have your name and what you’re running for. Your speech shouldn’t be over 3 minutes but, not under 2 minutes. The posters are displayed in the lunchroom. If you are thinking about running for an office and you don’t really know what the poster should look like, just go to the lunchroom and look at all the other ones.

Before the day you vote, you should visit the lunchroom or kindergarten hallway just to see who will be the best choice. You should NOT just vote for any one, like your friends. You should listen their speeches and then decide who you want to vote for. 

History of Halloween

by Keiara Keene

    Halloween, one of the world’s oldest holidays, is still celebrated today in several countries around the globe. In the United Kingdom, they celebrate Halloween with a British twist. In Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, All Souls’ Day, is their Halloween. In Ireland and Canada, Halloween, which was once a frightening and superstitions time of the year, is celebrated like in the United States with trick-or-treating, costume parties, and is fun for all ages.  The word Halloween comes from All Hallows Eve.

Did You Know…?

• A traditional food eaten on Halloween is barnbrack, a kind of fruitcake that can baked at home or brought from stores.
• Some other names for Halloween are All Hallows Eve, Samhain, and All Hallowtide.
• Halloween is correctly spelt Hallowe’en.
• A pumpkin is really a squash, and it comes from the same family as a cucumber.
• Black cats were originally believed to protect witches’ powers from negative forces.

Conference & Early Release Week

by Domonique Stubbs        

        Do you know what the next school is?  It is Conference & Early Release week!  Conference and Early release week is on October the 18th – the 22.  If you don’t know what Conference Week is, it is when your parents and teacher’s have a conference.  Early release week is when we get out of school two hours early.

                        Car riders and Bus riders get to go home early but ASP has to stay.  While you are in ASP your parents will be in the class room with your teacher having a conference.  Also, the teacher will give your some parents some stuff to sign. 

Watch DOGS

by Jayla Walker

     Watch D.O.G.S, a K-12 program invites fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father figures to volunteer at least one day the whole day at their child’s/students school during the school year. People sign up at a kick-off event such as a “Dads and Kids Pizza Night” or “Dad’s and Doughnuts” or in the office at any time throughout the school year. Watch D.O.G.S have lots of task to do while doing there volunteer job including monitoring the schools entrance, monitoring the lunch room, or helping in the classroom with a teacher's guidance by working with small groups of students on homework, flashcards, or spelling.

          The fun part about Watch D.O.G.S is that in ALL PRO DADS we talk about it. How can your father can become a watch dog? I am sure you can get information from the internet on fathers.com and people at your school. Mr. Prentice Johnson, Mr. Michael Bell, Mr. Keith Braswell, Mr. Rudy Deveauv, Mr. Jermaine Jenkins, Mr. Gerald Smith, and Kelvin Ramirez have already joined this wonderful program.

          You’re not a good dad because you’re a Watch D.O.G. You’re a Watch D.O.G because you’re a good dad. So kids ask your day or father figure to volunteer at your school and help all the students. Your fathers can help the teachers, too. I think you and your dad like this. I you do ask him if he will be a Watch D.O.G.

All Pro Dads

By: Jayla Walker 

    There was an All Pro Dads meeting held on Friday, September 17, 2010, in the schools cafeteria. Just like all the others, this All Pro Dads was a lot of fun and very interesting. As part of this month’s activity, we watched a video about how the dads could keep motivate their children. The video was about a football player named Chuck, who had to carry a 150 pound player all the way across a football field with him on his back, while crawling. Sounds kind of hard huh? Well, I think it is. Chuck’s coach encouraged him to keep going and keep going until the end. Because of Chuck’s coach’s encouragement and belief in him, now, Chuck believes in himself.

                After the video, there was a brief discussion and then some fathers and children were selected to do push ups and just like in the film, the fathers helped to encourage their children. Afterwards, there were a few students who came up front and shared with everyone what their dads do to encourage them. Riley Kolas, one of our 4^th Graders told a funny story about how her dad gives her encouragement.  She said that her dad says, “Keep your butt up!”  The entire cafeteria was in laughter!

                Once again, All Pro Dads at Harmony Leland was very exciting and huge success.  Everyone who attended, I’m certain, had a great time with their Dad’s and the other students and their dads.  If you’ve never been to an All Pro Dad Dad’s Day at Harmony Leland Elementary School, you’re missing a real treat! 

Want to get involved?  Start out by grabbing one of the All Pro Dad’s flyers from the front office and share it with your All Pro Dad.   If you tell him early enough, then, I’m sure he’ll do whatever he can to make certain that he doesn’t miss out on all the fun.  The next All Pro Dads’ will be on Friday, November 19, 2010, from 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. 

See you there!

September Break

By Adrian Mendoza

In September, we had a week of no school. It was great that we had a week off of school because we could do a lot of fun stuff. Students did a lot during this break. For the break, I went on two family vacations , three parties, and went to my friends house . I think what people did was go on vacations. I was glad that we had a week of no school. But a lot of us still had homework, oh  well, we  still had the best week. This week was so cool! 

Bakugons - Good or Bad?

by Caitlyn Rachel & Daija Evans

 

            Bakugons are sphere toys that open when they touch metal in a certain place. In our opinion bakugons are not a good toy. Bakugons can get students distracted in class instead of learning. We don’t like bakugons because they can stick on the metal Card. However, shouldn’t ban them because children can play with them at recess.

Some people didn’t like bakugons such as, Darius Evans and David Rachel. They said that bakugons aren’t good to play with because it is boring because all you do is throw them and wish that they open! We also asked Isaiah Wilcoxson and Rachel Donaldson. They said that bakugons are weird and dumb to play with.

            Only 2 people we asked liked bakugons, their names are Conner Tally and Riley Kollas. Conner said that bakugons are very cool; he also said that they don’t distract students.  Riley said that she liked them because they are fun to play with! They both think that bakugons are awesome.

Spotlight Teacher: Ms. Barnes

By: Nailah Mapson

 

    We have a new spotlight teacher and her name is Mrs. Barnes. She is strict, but also nice.  Mrs. Barnes is the type of teacher who will tell you the truth about everything. The kids that were in Mrs. Barnes class know what I am talking about. All I have to say to the kids in Mrs. Barnes class. Good luck.

Mrs. Barnes likes being a teacher because she has the opportunity to impact student’s lives by providing knowledge and life long skills.  Mrs. Barnes is a one of a kind teacher because she works hard to educate kids and teach them plenty.   This teacher wants you to go home knowing what she has taught you

Back to School Cookout and Dance

By: Jack Bseibess

 

On Friday August 27^th we had a awesome dance, cookout and family game night.  There weren’t a lot of people at the dance but at one time, I saw a bunch of good dancing. All of the food was very good. There were hotdogs, hamburgers, and much more.                                                                                                                                                                                 

There were more people outside on the bouncy house than the dance. I saw a bunch of people on the bouncy house. The line was so long it was blocking the doorway. The parent volunteers outside were working very hard to cook for the school. I hope you were at the dance.