GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Greywolf WA Reading AmeriCorps members Holly Ambro, Heather Conway and Jordan Goodman will be hosting a training for folks interested in becoming reading tutors at Greywolf Elementary. The training is targeted for new tutors and will be Oct. 1 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in room 142.
Training for former reading tutors will also be offered in the near future.
For more information, contact our Reading AmeriCorps members at 582-3300. We appreciate our volunteers’ interest in supporting our literacy learners!
Principal Donna Hudson reports that there are more than 60 new students enrolled at Greywolf in the month of August.
Librarian Dena Riccobene would like Greywolf families and staff to know they are invited to join in each morning between 8-8:20 a.m. for quiet reading time in the library. Adults need to sign in at the office. Come and help support the habit of reading every day!
HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This week’s stories are dedicated to a wonderful author named Dan Richards. He is an intelligent writer with a big heart who came back to Haller to share his love of monsters and read his book, “The Problem with Not Being Scared of Monsters.” The stories that follow were inspired by Dan’s visit. Ann Riggs’s third- graders would like to thank all the Gazette readers for taking time to read their stories!
“Monster Pet Problem”
Craig is a normal 12 year-old-kid that goes to school, plays board games and has a secret pet … MONSTER! It’s called a King Rooster, no joke about that. It is 39 feet tall with jewels on its crown. This isn’t normal. Sorry, I got carried away. On February 4, Craig had a field trip to a chemical factory. Craig wanted to bring his King Rooster to the field trip but he had no idea how he would hide a 39-foot tall rooster in a chemical lab. Craig got an idea … can you finish the story? Orin Ledgerwood
“Never Feed a ‘Cadug’ Sugar”
(Author’s Note: A “cadug” is part cat, part duck, and part dog)
(If you ever pull the lever to feeding a cadug sugar, then for sure I know you will wish you had never pulled that lever.) A girl named Dove had a cadug named Candy. They lived in a world made of sweets. One day a sugar cloud rained on Candy. She saw a drop of sugar start to fall but then….SLAP! Candy ate the sugar before it hit the ground. Dove was in shock and worried that Candy would get sick! She knew what to do. She took out a shovel and started to dig. Two hours later she found a carrot. Candy ate the carrot and was nice and healthy! Candy one day turned 14. It was a very special day for cadugs all over the world! Cadug Day was a day where cadugs got help with any problems. Candy was going to be able to eat sugar forever without getting sick. Happy Cadug Day, Candy. Pearle Peterson
“I wonder what is wrong with Slippy?”
One day there was a guy named Slippy. He loved kids and tried to give them hugs but he was too slippery. So instead of hugging them he went home and slid around in the house. Then BOOM! He fell in a big piece of plastic and wasn’t slippery. He had fun and more fun, but he wanted to slip around his house. So he took the plastic and slid and slipped and fell. What fun Slippy was having. But the problem was he wanted to hug people and to slip and slide so … he went to Cool Wish month and made a wish. He turned into a … sponge. Allie Arnold
“Zig and Zag”
Zig and Zag were always fighting. Day and night they fought over toys and books, hitting and punching all the time. They fought over toys, books and candy. Their mother did not like it at all. One day their mom said she had had enough and told them to go to their room. Zig said, “This is your fault!” Then Zag said, “No, this is your fault!” They began to yell at each other for eight hours. After they calmed down they said sorry to each other and hugged. Their mom saw them hugging when she opened the door and let them out. Later, Zig and Zag promised never to fight again. Gabriela Arcelay
“The Problem with Not Scaring Kids”
A monster named Jubble couldn’t scare kids. Jubble did not have any friends. Jubble got made fun of and when he tried to scare kids they laughed at him because he was blue and purple. He had wings and two arms. Jubble got so tired of it. He roared, “ROAR!” So he flew home. At home he was searching online and saw a recipe called Scary Cookies. When he ate one he showed everyone. He made tons of friends and scared kids and life was good. Then he realized that he didn’t want to be scary like the other monsters. He wanted to be himself. So he flew home and looked online. He found a remedy that said to drink water and he did. Then Jubble turned back into his normal self and he was happy. Ava Fuller
Tiny is a small monster who likes to play. But the only thing wrong with that is that she’s too small to play what she likes to play. So she asks her friends how to get bigger.
The next morning her friends brought buckets of water and poured them on-Tiny. She got mad. Then Tiny said, “What was THAT for?” Her friends laughed and said, “You’re big.” Tiny said, “I am?” Then she looked in the mirror and said, “I’m a sponge! Now I can play my favorite game, basketball!” Tiny will return. Shane Tenneson
Hulk lifted a wrecked car and smashed it with his Hulk hands. (Hulk’s muscles were thick and big.) Hulk threw the wrecked car at the bad guy. The bad guy had long hair. He was a scientist before some scientist guys did an experiment on him and he turned into a monster. The bad guy was wrecking the whole city. Hulk tried to stop him from wrecking the city. Brody Stanger
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
Last fall, teachers Christi Ditlefsen, Charles Kleinberg and Mark Sabo piloted the Microsoft Academy course in lieu of Digitools. Sequim students have excelled, earning top-10 honors for the State of Washington.
This year’s curriculum is updated to support our students receiving Office 365 and access to Office 2013. The curriculum includes units on Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and possibly OneNote. Students choosing to take the second semester course learn Excel, Expert Word, Expert Excel and Access and are given opportunities to earn Microsoft’s Master Certification.
The following students have earned Expert and Master Certifications: Thomas Arnesen, Megan Begley, Marshall Conway, Joshua Gaylord, Jensen Heike, Lillian Oden, Reynaldo Perez, Emily Straling, Grant Pierson and Mercedes Woods. These students were recognized at the Sept. 22 school board meeting.
