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Don’t forget to turn your clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 8, when Daylight Saving Time begins!
GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Congratulations go to Madelyn Pickens from Nathalie Maynock’s fifth-grade class. Madelyn created the winning design for the 2015 Irrigation Festival Button.
There were 246 entries submitted and 154 of these entries came from Greywolf students.
Additionally, we’d like to congratulate Hannah Bates from Caryn Little’s fourth-grade class and Henry Hughes from Nathalie Maynock’s class. Both students created a top five button design which will be made into notecards and offered for sale during the 2015 Sequim Irrigation Festival in May.
Thanks to all students who submitted a design for the contest. All the student artwork was amazing!
HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Feb. 10 was the 100th day of school! Second-grade teacher Kaylee Kinsey had her students write about what they would do if they were 100 years old and what they would buy with $100. Here are some of their writings:
If I was one hundred years old I would go sky diving. I would fly a plane to New York City. I would be the best knitter ever! I would have a pajama party with one hundred of my friends and family! If I was one hundred, I would go to the moon! Paige Krzyworz
If I had 100 dollars I would buy school lunch, water color markers, a book for poor people, a race car, AR books, a computer and a hamster. I would buy Flat Stanley books, a flip chart, a glue stick, a car, a brand new lunch box. A soccer ball for play soccer! A new math book and a phone! That is what I would buy with $100! Maximilian Cortes–Whiley
If I found $100 under my pillow I would buy a phone, a waterproof phone. A game, like Monopoly Empire. I would buy an emerald wallet, diamond paper, candy and some mood rings, necklaces and bracelets. I would buy a brand new lap top and Ty! Also, ice cream like chocolate, vanilla, rocky road, strawberry, birthday cake and every kind of ice cream there is! Max Ryan
If I found $100 under my pillow I would buy three baby puppies. One puppy would be a yellow Lab, another would be a golden retriever and then a German Shepherd like Officer Miller’s police dog that we met! I would also buy some new clothes and a brand new Kindle! I would get a phone and a new house! That’s what I would buy with $100. Sondra Santiago
Students in Ione Marcy’s first grade are working on informational writing. Students choose a topic they know a lot about and write to teach their audience. Their goal is to introduce their topic, write some facts and interesting details and add a concluding sentence. Here are a few of their stories:
“All about My Dog JD” by Lucy Spelker
This book is all about my dog JD. Sometimes JD does naughty stuff and sometimes JD does good stuff. My dog JD likes to get on the couch. My mom does not allow it. Now he has to go in the kennel with Paisley. Paisley is my little dog. JD likes to dig holes like Paisley. JD likes to sleep with my brother. I love JD. His favorite place to be scratched is behind his ear and his bottom. The last thing I want you to know about my dog JD is he listens. He is good sometimes. He protects me and my brother.
“Super Cars” by Shaan Deol
Super cars are not regular cars. They are race cars. Super cars are fast. They can go over 200 miles per hour. The fastest car is the Hennessey Venom. It goes 275 miles per hour. The slowest car in the world is a 1940 Beetle car it can go for one mile per hour. Super cars are the fastest cars in the world. The Lamborghini Aventador is the second fastest car in the world. The Lamborghini goes 255 miles per hour. Most important, super cars are the fastest cars in the world.
“Penguins” by Kyle Green
Penguins’ eggs are smooth. They are hatched in two months. Emperor Penguins: Penguins are furry. They are big. Emperor penguins are the biggest. Fish: Penguins eat fish. Striped fish and black fish. Penguins like fish. How do penguins move? They waddle and toboggan and swim. How they take care of their babies: They put their baby on the feet to keep warm so it doesn’t freeze to death and die. The mommy spits food in the baby’s mouth. Finally, if penguins go under water, they would want to watch out for whales and seals and sharks because the mommy will get eaten and then the daddy goes to get food and it will drop the baby and it will freeze to death.
“How Cats Die” by Ryan Stites
This book is about how cats die. If you’re a little kid you might need to know this. Do not put a cat in the water because it will scratch you up. It does not like to be wet. I mean it! Do not feed a cat chocolate because it will die. I mean it! It will die because chocolate is not healthy for cats. Do not pull a cat’s tail because it will bite you. It will hurt the cat. I mean it! Do not leave the door open because the cat may run out the door and it might go in the street and it might get run over and it will die. To sum it up, feed cats their cat food, give them water and a loose collar so it won’t hurt them.
“A Trip” by Ellie Lawson
If you are going on a trip with your family you need food for the trip. You need something to drink like water or a smoothie. Kinds of food for a trip: grapes, bananas, green beans, broccoli and apples. Kinds of things you need for a trip are a blanket, a pillow and a light if you want to find something that you want to go to bed with. Kinds of games for a trip: video games,
I-Pads, phones, tablets and a PSP. It’s a little tablet you can play games on. Finally, you can drive there or go on a plane.
“Be a Friend” by Kaylee Torres
Be a friend. First you find someone to be your friend. You ask to them politely to be your friend and maybe your friend will say yes or no. Then your kind friend will say let’s take turns playing at recess. And you can have more than one friend. Next when recess is done you don’t talk to your friend so you don’t get distracted. And if you are doing math and your friend is next to you and he is talking to you just ignore him so you don’t get in trouble. And last you have a new friend to play with all day long.
SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL
Don’t miss the opportunity to see 60 middle school students perform in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at 7 p.m. March 5-6 in the Sequim High School auditorium. Admission is free, but donations will be gladly accepted. Proceeds go toward funding future musical projects. This production is directed by choir teacher John Lorentzen and Robin Hall.
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
State Knowledge Bowl Tournament for all divisions, sponsored by Educational Service Districts in Washington State, takes place Saturday, March 14, at Arlington High School. Our 2A division squad is comprised of captain Eli Berg, Mikaele Baker, Ryan Root, Jerry Bryan, Sahil Singh and Anthony Creasey. Teams compete with each other by answering questions. The questions cover math, science, history, language skills, literature, music and geography, as well as other general topics and current events. Competition consists of a written round of 50 multiple choice questions and four oral rounds of 50 questions each. Practice competition was held in Bremerton in December 2014, two regional competitions took place Jan. 14 and Feb. 4 in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend. The highest scores ranked in order by school size determined placement from this area to the State Tournament.
Laura Gould, biology teacher and Knowledge Bowl coach, added that only 18 teams across the state made it to the 2A tournament and that Sequim High School has the largest number of Knowledge Bowl participants in our ESD region. Our school supports five squads, while most schools only support two to three.
For more information about Washington State Knowledge Bowl, visit statekb.esd123.net.
Steve Mahitka, agricultural science teacher, shared that a group of Sequim FFA students traveled to Sumner High School to compete at sub-districts on Feb. 25. Each competed in the prepared public speaking event. This is a speech written by the contestant on an agricultural topic that must be 6-8 minutes in length. They are asked five minutes of questions at the end of the speech. At the contest, Amy Tucker took fourth place and will compete at districts on March 25 in Yelm. Erin Vig and Zoie Overby each took fifth in their flights and are alternates for the contest in March.
There will be a Fine Arts assembly at 10 a.m. March 5 in the gym. The public is welcome to attend. Performances by the band and choir, talent show winners, flag team and the Splinter performance group from Aspire Academy will be featured. A slide-show will showcase creative writing and visual arts. The assembly is arranged by leadership student Amanda Sanders.
Junior prom is from 8-11 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the cafeteria. In preparation for the prom, all guest request forms are due in the office by no later than 3 p.m. March 5.
Senior party organizers Stephanie Price and FaLeana Wech are asking other parents of seniors to turn out for a planning meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 9 in the school library.
