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PRINCIPAL MR. DUANE PITTS8 VOLUME 5 ISSUE FEBRUARY 2011

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MESSAGES FROM THE PRINCIPLE TO MRS. MUÑOZ A MUSICAL NOTE ISAT STATE TESTING

SPIRIT DAYS TWIN DAY PAJAMA DAY

AFTER SCHOOL CARPENTER ART WONDERS

BECAUSE WE CARE GIFTS CAN DRIVE

ACHIEVEMENTS MOST IMPROVED STUDENTS HIGH HONOR ROLL HONOR ROLL PERFECT ATTENDANCE

BEYOND THE CLASSES SCIENCE FAIR SPELLING BEE WINTER TALENT SHOW BASKET BALL SCHEDULE

SPECIAL THANKS

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CARPENTERNEWSFLASH

06 HONORING OUR NEW PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, Students, Staff, LSC and Community Members,

I am pleased to announce that I have accepted the position of Acting Princi-pal of Carpenter School effective January 10, 2011. It will be a pleasure to continue working for Carpenter School, and the community as a whole. Mrs. Muñoz has accepted a position at Kilmer Elementary School and we the staff, students, with her well.I have met with the staff, the LSC and the students and I would like to thank each and every one of you who have given me thanks and praise. My plan is to continue to push Philo Carpenter onward and upward. We have an amazing staff, stu-dents and parents. Our goal remains the same, achievement and success through dedication and perseverance.Once again, thank you for your opportunity to serve a beautiful community, wonderful students, and dedicated staff.||| DUANE PITTS

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I’d like to thank the local school council, teachers, stu-

dents, staff and parents for embracing me as we aim

to make the grade and choose success over failure. As

Acting Principal of Carpenter Fine Arts Magnet Cluster

School, I will continue overseeing the daily functions as

well as facilitate the school’s educational activities. My

purpose is to drive the aspirations and goals of both the

teachers and the students to new heights. Our plans are

to surge forward in educating our students. We will use

technology, better strategies and utilize our time and

data wisely.

I have 28 years as an elementary school educator

and administrator. I have taught general education,

early child-hood, self-contained special education, and

delivered instructions as a special education resource

teacher. It is wonderful to be awarded the opportunity

to work in this culturally diverse urban area my entire

career. Our objective is to develop academically success-

ful individuals. We can and we will!

08SPIRIT DAYS AHEAD!SPIRIT DAYS AHEAD!SPIRIT DAYS AHEAD!SPIRIT DAYS AHEAD!

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SEEING DOUBLESPIRIT DAY

Twin Day is when everyone in school was encouraged to find a friend and dress identically. Having to dress up the same as your friends is cool because it’s like hav-ing a clone. Twin Day was fun because you got to see the students out of their uniform and to see how creative we can be. Twin Day doesn’t really mean that you actually have to have a twin it means you can have a partner and dress up the same. It may be hard dressing up the same as your friends because you may not have the same clothes as them, but Carpenter students really tried!||| STEPHANIE VENTURA

TWIN DAY

NERD DAY

1. Maliek Green and Mrs. Davis dressed up as twins.

2. Brothers Jordan Hilson and Jaylon Vaughn dressed up as twins.

3. Joshua and Jeremiah Harris ARE TWINS!

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COLOURFUL NEWSCARPENTER’S ART CORNER

WARMTHAT THE WINTER TALENT SHOW!

CAN DRIVETHANKS FOR THE SUPPORT

Creative minds want to know! Our 6th through 8th grade visual arts club is enjoying their art supplies from our current project funded by the Office of Arts Educa-tion for World Art Chicago. Our theme this year is “My Dream City. Students devise a city plan showing where public art is found. These works of art will be watercolor dip-tychs and triptychs. The students will be exhibiting their work at the World Art Chi-cago in May. We are looking forward to the grand event and their work will be seen by hundreds of other students from around the city.The 2nd through 5th grade is working hard on finishing up their very colorful and ornate individual Mardi Gras masks for February. In honor of the Chinese new year, the students will be painting lanterns with the elements of nature as a theme. Also, in the month of February the students will be creating decorations for the African Ameri-can Assembly.We are preparing ,as a whole school, creative artists and designers for our upcoming gallery event. We look forward to the display of great art work to share with the community. Go artists!

Another spectacular year of collecting cans and

foods for the ones who need it. We acquired over 300

cans of food, due to the help of the students, parents,

staff and community.

The 5th graders won first place, which entitled

them to a pizza party. The 2nd and 3rd Grade class

came in close second and win extra computer time!

We send our “Thanks You” out to everyone.

This year we had our first ever talent show! Our wonderful students had the ability to demonstrate their talents. Spec-tators got to observe the students dance and sing. This spectacular show began with some students dancing hip-hop songs like “Whip My Hair” and “My Girl. Then, we heard some Christmas classics interpreted by our Carpenter stu-dents featuring “Deck the Halls” and “Feliz Navidad. Even though this was our first talent show ever, it was a total success! Give it up for our talented Carpen-ter students!||| ARTURO ARZATE

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BASKETBALL’S UPDEFEATEDCOUGAR’S FIRST GAMEWIN! 32-28 AGAINST PRITZKER

COUGAR’S SECOND GAMEWIN! 32-25 AGAINST LINNE

PLAYERS

Ernesto Camacho

Ramarie Oliver

Reyluis Acosta

Maliek Green

Jeremy Roscoe

Torrie Brown

Jairo Ortiz

Jordan Hilson

Anthony Wright

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GOOD BYE TO MRS. MUÑOZWE WILL MISS YOU...

Sometimes it is hard to say goodbye but when a good

opportunity comes along it makes it easier to do so.

Mrs. Muñoz accepted a principalship at another local

school in Chicago. Over winter break, she was asked

if she would become principal of Kilmer School and

she accepted. She loves Carpenter School’s stu-

dents, parents and staff but it was an opportunity that

she couldn’t refuse because of the current status of

Carpenter School. She will be greatly missed by the

Carpenter community. We wish her the best and hope

our paths cross again sometime soon.

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A MUSICAL NOTEON A HEALTHY SCALEAs you all know Mrs. Stirling had a healthy baby girl. Her name is Elsie Margaret Stirling. She was born at 8:41 p.m. on December 30, 2010 at Apprentice Wom-en's Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds 18 ounces. Elsie's eyes are blue but they may change. Thankfully, the baby was healthy and we all hope Ms. Stirling comes back soon!||| GIOVANA MEDINA

SANTA’S BIG HELPERCHRISTMAS TOYS AND BOOKSCarpenter students received books from KMR, and we thanked them all with Thank You letters. We also got presents from San-ta! He hand delivered them to every kid in our school. So every kid in school received at least two gifts this Christmas. We hope every child in school enjoyed the toys and books that they got from KMR and Santa. All the toys and books are very expensive, but every kid in school got these gifts for free. Everyone seemed grateful for what they received.||| EVELYN ZARATE & SUYANNA GONZALEZ

{but some kids figured out who santa was}

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MOST IMPROVED STUDENTS

Beyoncee Lopez 1001Axel Rubio 1001Marivel Aviles 1003Deja Louis-Pierre 1004Alvin Rubio 1004Shammond Spencer 1005AReyluis Acosta 1005BSuyanna Gonzalez 1006Joshua Harris 1007Rayan Merida-Corado 1008Mayely Bello 1010ACassandra Aguirre 1010B

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MOST IMPROVED STUDENTS FOR THE 2ND QUARTER.

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BEDWEARSSPIRIT DAYIt was pajama day on January 21 and almost everyone was in their pajama’s. I really wondered if they just wore the pajama’s they slept in last night. Everyone was wearing cute, funny, and nice paja-mas. There were cats & dogs, Hello Kitty, Tweety, stars, flowers and striped pajamas. Students mostly wore colorful pajamas. Some wore slippers, some wore socks and some wore blindfolds. I thought everyone would‘ve been embarrassed if they had to walk into school with their pajamas on, but everyone just walked into school as if it was natural for them to. It was so cute! Even some teachers were in their pajamas. Everyone was really comfortable. I hope we will do this again next year!||| Erika Conner

I thought [carpenter

students] would‘ve been

embarrassed...but

everyone just walked

into school as if it

was natural...

It was so cute!

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WACKY-TACKY DAY

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Room 1001

Antjuan Turner

Miracle Hutchinson

Metrevell Hutchinson

Sebastian Macedo-

Martinez

Jhonathan Sanchez

Mateo Ortiz

Tania Marin

Room 1004-4th Grade

Zahiyah Edwards

Ian Merida

Jalen Mitchell

Jacqueline Toxqui

Karin Urgilez

Giovanni Zuniga

Room 1004- 5th

Grade

Alexa Folgar

Florecita Avalos

Dantrell Massey

Aliyah Turner

Room 1006

Miguel Toxqui

Fernando Toxqui

Klarissa Macedo

Arturo Arzate

Israel Caldero

Ariel Villa

Room 1007

Ernesto Camacho

Joshua Harris

Jeremiah Harris

Rut Merida

Kimberly Paredes

Leslie Rubio

Niko Griffin

Room 1008

Jocelyn Corona

Vanessa Grimaldo

Rayan Merida-Corado

Room 1010A

Kevin Sanchez

Mayely Bello

Room 1010B

Rusbel Arredondo

Cassandra Aguirre

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

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Room 1004

Florecita Avalos

Room 1006

Arturo Arzate

Giovanna Medina

Room 1007

Erika Conner

Room 1008

Stephanie Ventura

Vanessa Grimaldo

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Room 1001

Ian Bermudez

Natalie Guzman

Diana Arzate

Room 1003

Chloe Saddler

Room 1004– 4th Grade

Ian Merida

Anthony Perez

Jacqueline Toxqui

Karin Urgilez

Room 1004– 5th Grade

Alexa Folgar

Kevin Franklin

Cathy Moro

Aliyah Turner

Room 1005B

Lexus Garcia

Room 1006

Ariel Villa

Room 1007

Rut Merida

Room 1008

Kiana Robinson

Ashley Moncrief

Jocelyn Corona

Alejandra Barajas

Room 1010A

Mayely Bello

Room 1010B

Cassandra Aguirre

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IT ’S ON THE STRENGTH OF OBSERVATION AND REFLECTION THAT ONE FINDS A WAY. SO WE MUST DIG AND DELVE UNCEASINGLY.

—Claude Monet

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FLY LIKE A BUTTERFLY...STING LIKE A SPELLING BEEThank you to all the Carpenter students for attending our annual Spelling Bee. The following students were the class-room winners:Cassandra Aguirre Alejandra Barajas Ramiro Delgado Zahiyah EdwardsVanessa Grimaldo Jordan HilsonAiranna McMullan Alvaro Orozco Yesenia OrtizMonica Rodriguez

“ A creative community of Learners in the least Restrictive Environment”

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Science FairCongratulations,To Carpenter’s three representatives that went to the Area 6 science fair: Suyanna GonzalezGiovanna Medina Kiana Robinson

Wonderful job!

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MR. MARTINEZMODEL PHOTOGRAPHER

ART CONTESTS!Please remember to check out the art contest wall located in the doorway of the art room. There are three art contests where art work is due March 31st.

Participate! Participate! Participate! You may win great rewards for your efforts in the arts.

28GO COUGARS!PRACTICE MAKING PERFECTCarpenter Elementary School has a basket-ball team that rocks! They are led by some incredible coaches! Mr. and Mrs. Davis are devoted to the team. We can’t thank them enough! They practice several times a week to prepare for the game, and boy, practic-ing has paid off! They have won both games that they have played against Pritzker and Linne School!

Competition is tough but we know they can pull off some big wins.

Let’s cheer them on to victory!

Games are played at

Jenner School which is

located on 1119 North

Cleveland. Please Come

out and support our

Cougars!

Here are the upcoming game schedules:February 15 vs Marierre 4:30 pmMarch 1 vs Burley at 5:30 pmMarch 2 vs Anderson at 4:30 pmMarch 8 vs Logandale at 5:00 pmMarch 9 vs Jenner at 3:45p

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State testing is right around the corner! Students in grades 3rd - 8th are required to take the Illinois state test each year. It begins on March 8th and continues throughout the week.

Please make sure that you get plenty of rest and eat breakfast! It is also impor-tant that you attend school everyday!

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:

DESIGNERSLISA DIMBERGMIANMA GUGETI

EDITORSLISA DIMBERGJORIS SOEDINGKMRMIANMA GUGETI

WRITERSDUANE PITTSLISA DIMBERGLISA MACRIERIKA CONNERSTEPHANIE VENTURAARTURO ARZATEMIGUEL ANGEL MARTINEZGIOVANNA MEDINAEVELYN ZARATEZUYANNA GONZALEZ

SUPPORTERSKMR

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