Old Town

Times

“ By kids, for kids!”

Volume 10 issue 2

December 2012

Pearl Harbor Day

By Geoffery Pearl Harbor day is the day to mourn the thou-sands of Americans servicemen that died at Pearl

Harbor December 7, 1944. Pearl Harbor was the

way the Japanese surprise attacked the U.S. fleet, and therefore we declared war a little bit after the

attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor took many ships, aircraft ,and men. The attack on

Pearl Harbor led to many victories, including D-Day, and

eventually the winning of World War Two.

The USS Shaw violently ex-

ploding after being hit by many Japanese bombs.

Written by: Tara and Hannah First you draw a circle attached to an oval to make the head and the body. Next you

can create any type of arms and legs you want. Then you put a triangle on top of the circle to make the hat. Now to create the eyes you may do any design you would like.

After that you can add gloves to your Santa’s arms to make sure his hands are nice and toasty. Next, make his jacket you put lines on the arms to make the sleeves. Then you draw 2 lines to the chest. After that you draw 1 more line on the waist, lastly you put 3

dots in the center of the chest to make the buttons. Now you put the fluffy ball on the tip of the hat (optional). Now draw any type of mouth you want. Happy, sad, curious or anything you want! After that you put the pants on Santa, do any type of pants you prefer. At last you add the shoes, feel free to make any kind of shoe you would like.

There you go, your own personal Santa Claus!

School Choir Program By: Garrett

Guess what? The play is

coming, the play is coming! The

school play has finally arrived. Out-

standing actors will be performing on

December 13th. Many people will be

coming. I hope the actors will be pre-

pared because they will be in the spot-

light the whole time. This program is

called “Paint The Town Decem-

ber”. I cannot wait to see this per-formance! I hope you feel the same.

JINGLE BELL RUN

By: Peyton and Drew

We welcomed the yuletide season with a nice one mile jog! This

year at Mcneil High School everyone joined the fun. This event took place

Dec.8,2012. The admission was five dollars. The jog included:

Medals for every age group winner

400 meter dash participator under 12 recieved a medal

Petting zoo

Winter Wonderland costume contest

Sound fun? We hope to see you there next year! Thank you Mrs.

Hicks for the information!

:by: Krista

Have you ever wondered what people call

Santa in Germany or in France or any

other place? Well your about to find out.

USA- Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas

Brazil- Papai Noel China- Dun Che Lao Ren

England- Father Christmas Europe- Saint Nicholas France- Pere Noel Germany- Saint Nikolaus

Hawaii- Kanakaloka

India- Santa Claus, Baba

Italy- Babbo Natale

Japan- Hoteiosho

Russia- Ded Moroz Spain- El Nino Jesus

Well have you had fun looking at the list if

you want to find out more ways of how to

say Santa Claus go on Mrs. Mustain’s

website then go on links and go to safe

google search and type in ways to say

Santa Claus in different countries then

your there. Have fun!!!

Merr:y Christmas

Protesting in Egypt: The Cost of Free-

dom

By Peyton

Once again chaos has broken

out in Egypt. In 2010 Egypt overthrew

President Hosni Mubarak because he

was a dictator. Now, in 2012, the new

president is not any better. Protesting

has broken out in Tahrir square and

Cairo University. Twenty three oppo-

nents of Mohamed Morsi were claimed to

set fire in his party’s office in many differ-

ent Egyptian cities.

All the Egyptians want is to

have a good president for once, not a

president that dictates your every move!

Many people who are protesting have

been injured. At one point the president

even released tear gas. More news will be

stated later. I just have one question for

Mr. Morsi: Do you really believe that

violence is a good way to solve problems?

Good luck to Egypt protesters.

Catching Fire

By:Emily L. and Mattie G.

We have read the book catching fire by Suzanne Collins.

It is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy.

Katniss is back and she thinks her journey is over until

the quarter quell comes around. The game makers have

decided that they will again choose a boy and girl from

each district to fight in the Hunger Games, but this time

the tributes come from the pool of victors! It’s now

official Katniss and Peeta are back in the games to fight

for their lives once more! Once Katniss enters the arena

of beaches and forests were a deadly surprise awaits you

each hour. She teams up with Finnick, Beetee ,Wiress

Johanna, and last but not least her district partner Peeta.

There alliance continues until the day they come up with

a plan to eliminate all the other tributes. When the time

comes to put the plan into action. Johanna starts to act

strange can Katniss really trust her? Read the

book to find out!

F S A N T A T C G C

A O T M Y U N N S S

M S A N R P I O N R

I H N K E K P O S E

L E E O C S W A Y E

Y Y E O W C E R H D

F J T R A M R R Z N

L S O S T E A H P I

E P T Y M X I N O E

S L L A B W O N S R

E G L O W I N G G E

By:

Krista

Hous

e Have

you

ever won-

dered

what peo-

ple

call Santa

in

Ger-many

or in

France or

any

other place

?

Well your

about

to find

out.

USA-

Santa

Claus

or

Saint

Nicho

las

Brazil- Papai Noel Chin

a-

Dun

Che

Lao

Ren

Eng-land- Father Christmas Europe- Saint Nicholas France- Pere Noel Ger-many- Saint Niko-laus Ha-

waii-

Kana

kalo

ka

India-

Santa

Claus,

Baba

It-

aly-

Bab

bo

Na-

tale

Ja-pan- Ho-teiosho

Rus-

sia-

Ded

Moro

z Spain- El Nino Jesus

Well

have

you

had

fun

look-ing at

the

list if you

want

to find

out

more ways

of

how to say

Santa

Claus go on

Mrs.

Mus-tain’s

web-

site then

go on

links and

go to safe

googl

e searc

h and

type in

ways

to say Santa

Claus

in dif-

ferent

coun-tries

then

your there.

Have

fun!!!

Merr

y

Chris

tmas

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B G I P K H R H E Y S N S J O Y K U Q

G E M N G R E N L D L A L T U U T J T U

F X R W I I E T T Y I N V O R P L L G A

A M Z R N W S S E P M T H C T G P X E F

I G W D Y A O K E H A A Y K C E M J L X

S Y E S C B R L J N F U F I T B R O L Q

X E X W C U B W G F T R C N A M W O N S

R L O S T M E Z Y L L S M G E E R T N N

S N O W B A L L S E L A H G S K G O I Y

S M U H A P P Y L N H F P L M R W H F Q

Santa Grams! By: Mia and Kellen

Student council has a new fundraiser for Sandy

victims. What are Santa grams? Santa grams

are little candy canes with a small message on them. You can give them to teachers, friends,

and others in Old Town. How much will it cost?

Just one small amount, a dollar! When will they

be sold? You can find these small candies in the

hallways. Make sure to bring a pass! Santa

Grams will be sold December 10th between the 21st.

A $ a day keeps Sandy away!

By: Peter M and Mathew L.

-Did you always want to be assistant princi-

pal? No! I wanted to be a superhero!

-Do you like interacting with children? Of

course! I love to!

-Have you ever taught older kids in older

grades? No, only 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th.

-Did you play sports in school? Yes, I played

soccer, basketball, and ran cross country!

-What is your favorite movie? The Empire

Strikes Back!

-How do you get to school in the morning?

Ride Bike and Car!

-What do you want for Christmas? Bike stuff!

Christmas

ELF FAMILY GLOWING

HAM HAPPY JOY

MERRY NOSE PRESENTS

REINDEER SANTA SNOW

SNOWBALLS SNOWCAS-

TLE SNOWMAN

STOCKING TREE TURKEY

The Mysterious Website

By: Garrett M.

Some fifth grade classes have been playing on a new

website called Sum Dog. On this website you can

customize your own avatar, buy stuff in the store,

and play awesome math games against people

across the world. You can even play this website at

home. To find this mystery website with your teach-

ers or parents’ permission go to the old town web-

site. Next click on “For Students” and finally click on

Sum Dog. Have fun!!!

CHRISTMAS IS HERE

NO MORE HOSTESS? By: Bailey Every company has to come to an end. But who knew Hostess’s would come so soon? That’s right, Hostess

has gone out of business. For good this time. After more than 80 years of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and Ho Hos,

nobody thought that would end any time soon. With a dramatic loss of nearly 20,000 jobs Hostess is gone.

Who to blame? US. The world is changing and so are we. People are starting to be concerned about health

and calories. Which Hostess has to much of in the opinion of adults. So children

prepare yourselves for a life with- out Hostess.

Elf on the shelf

By: Madeline and Emily The elf on a shelf is a magical Christmas tradition. Families all over the world

have an elf. Our elf’s names are Ricky and Simon. I don’t know about you but

our elves are pretty mischievous! Every night the elf’s meet up at the north

pole and report to Santa how their how you have been behaving. But when you

wake up he has found a new hiding spot. Who can find him first? You cannot

touch your elf or he will not come back. Your elf will arrive anywhere from

thanksgiving to December 5th. The elf’s are lots of fun so we hope you get one

soon!

MONTHLY SURVEY #1

TEACHERS FAVIROTE BOOKS

BY : DREW AND PETER

TEACHERS NAME: FAVIROTE BOOK:

MRS.LEAL THE GLASS TOWER

MRS.VARGAS RALPH AND THE MOTORCY-CLE

MR.JENNINGS WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS

MRS.VANDIVER CHARLITTS WEB

MRS.CALLAWAY THE HUNGER GAMES TRIL-OGY

MRS.THRIFT HARRIOT THE SPY

MRS.HUDDSON THE GIVING TREE

Formula 1 is mostly a sport well known in other countries across the world. Now for the

first time since 2008 F1 is coming to the United States. The best part is that it is right here

in Austin. It is not exactly in Austin it is just outside of Austin. My Dad went to one of the

races on the second day. He said it was very loud so to warn those of you who do not like

very loud things. Most of the tickets sold for about $ 1500! Although, others that cost less

like some go for about $ 100. Lewis Hamilton was the first winner at the Circuit of the

Americas track. In November the world champion of F1 was crowned.

His name was Sebastian Vettle and his sponsor was Red Bull and now

Red Bull is one of the world’s most popular brands.

Formula 1 comes to Austin by Jack

A home for the holidays By: Katelynn ou may always here on T.V, “Adopt a pet for the holidays!” Many families what to buy a pet but don’t know where to go. Here are some places where you can save a pet in Texas.

Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter in Georgetown

Austin Dog Alliance

ASPCA in Austin

Austin pets alive

Bark n Purr Pet Center

Welcome back to girl’s time. its Christmas and I am happy my birthday is coming! That why I have a special article just for you. I’m kaitlyn and we’re going to have some fun! Meg carson is an 11 year old and has trouble knowing her mom is away in war. Now it is Christmas and Meg is waiting for her mom to come to the snow man party with her. Right now she is enjoying the time with her dad and two sisters: miles and lilyanna, her dog ,cub and many of her friends. Then on Christmas day in a blissful snow upon the clouds Meg’s mom walked up with a greeting smile and all was well. They had a fun daffy of a time… Well have a nice Christmas and a

happy new year!

By: Bryson

HOHOHO!

THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ? THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE.

ALL THE REINDEER HOHOHO!

DON’T YOU LOVE THE HOLIDAYS? IF YOU DO, THEY ARE HERE.

ALL THE ELVES PREPARING THE REINDEER HOHOHO!

SANTA IS HERE GET IN THE SLEIGH TO SAIL WITH THE REINDEER

Ho ho ho ho! Alright you

Little elves

WORK

Tonight is

This year the fifth took a field trip to the

Blanton Museum of art. The Blanton is located at the

capital of Texas. The fifth grade went in separate

groups. On the fourth Mrs.Leals class and Mrs. Calla-

way’s class went to the Blanton. On the sixth Ms.

Cox’s and Mrs. Vargas’s went to the Blanton. Lastly

Mr. Jennings class and Mrs. Vandivers class went to the

Blanton. We saw many different exhibits. One of the

exhibits is the pennies (the room in the picture). There

is exactly 600,000 pennies that equals $6,000! The

object going down the middle is called communion

wafers. You find communion wafers in a church as the

body of Christ. Lastly the objects hanging from the top

are cow bones. Hope you had fun fifth grade!