The Paws of Time SERVING LAKES ELEMENTARY SINCE 2009

L a k e s E l e m e n t a r y N e w s p a p e r

May 4, 2012

Volume 3, issue 6

Learning in the Learning Center has never been so cool! Staff writer/typist : Lauryn White

Do you need extra help with reading, writing, or math? If you do, then you probably

know Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Nereim, Mrs. Abernathy, and Mrs. Pontius. Sometimes you’ll see them in

the portables, or in the learning center helping kids. A question most students at Lakes ask is,

How many students do the L.C. women see in one day? Well, Mrs. Reid sees 40 kids that are

mostly 4th-6th graders. Mrs. Abernathy sees about 30 children that are K-3rd each day and Mrs.

Pontius sees approximately 25 (including the kids that she greets in the morning). Also, Mrs.

Nereim sees 15 kids in one day! That’s about 110 kids they see in a SINGLE DAY!

Sometimes you may see them talking amongst themselves when they have free time, or

talking to students. Mrs. Abernathy says, “I like to interact with everyone.” The ladies love to

be surrounded by students that are confident and ready to

learn! Mrs. Nereim, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Abernathy and Mrs. Pon-

tius make learning really fun and cool. They are bubbly and al-

ways encouraging and determined to get you the academic help

you need! Take it from Danielle T. in Mrs. Brown’s class, “I

know Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Nereim. Mrs. Nereim is very cool and

nice and funny and Mrs. Reid is a really good math group

teacher and she is very nice.” Here is the thing; don’t ever feel

bad, because you need extra help, because with the help of

these ladies, you’re sure to have a blast!

Plants, trees, flowers. . . Oh my----The Leopard Crew! Staff writer/typist/photographer: Leif Hunter

Do you like the outdoors, working in nature and learning about plants and trees ? Well,

if so the Leopard Crew is the perfect after school activity for you. Mrs. Felix has run the Leop-

ard Crew for 11 years. She stated, “I did not expect 100 children to sign-up this year and it

takes lot of time to organize and put the teams together. It's challenging to keep up with my

class and the Leopard Crew.” She also said, “I hope the kids enjoy taking care of our school and

playing and working. I hope they feel proud when they see their

projects around the campus.”

Not only does Mrs. Felix enjoy the outdoors and main-

taining the school grounds, but so does Mirabella G. from Mrs.

Davis Reid's third grade class, she said, “I joined the Leopard

Crew to learn how to plant plants. I can't join the Leopard Crew

next year because I am moving.” Katryna T., also from Mrs.

DR’s class stated, “I joined the Leopard Crew because I like go-

ing outdoors. I want to join the Crew until I'm in 6th grade.” Continued on page 6.

Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Nereim, & Mrs.

Pontius make learning fun.

Mrs. Felix

models

how to

complete

a mural

with Mrs.

Binetti

and her

nephew,

Apollo at

her side.

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Upcoming Spirit Day May 24th-Multicultural Day (wear

clothes that represent your culture)

Big Time Rush, a popular boy

band Staff writers: Haleigh Williams & Cedric Maser Typist: H.Williams

Have you heard of Big Time Rush? If not you’re

missing out on a lot. First, of all they’re a boy band,

their career started when a TV show aired in 2009. The

first episode was ‘Big Time Audition’, a sneak preview

of the upcoming series.

Kendall Schmidt is the band’s leader. His career

started when he was five in a CHEX commercial. He

moved on from show to show (brief appearances never

long term until Big Time Rush). He also co-wrote the

song “Music Sounds Better with U.”

Logan Henderson originally had a role as a

small bully on Friday Night Lights. He also had other

small roles on other shows too. His role 1023143 on the

show BTR would be the brains, Logan Mitchell. Mira-

belle G., a 3rd grader in Mrs. Davis- Reid’s class likes

him because, “He’s cute and nerdy.” Logan co-wrote one

of their new songs “Cover Girl.”

Carlos Pena Jr. is the oldest of the group; you

might know him from Ned’s Declassified

School Survival Guide as King Bee. His role on

the show is Carlos Garcia, a corn-dog loving, helmet

wearing guy.

Finally, it comes down to James Maslow. He

made an appearance on iCarly in the episode ‘I Saw

Him First’ as Shane. He joined San Diego’s Children’s Big Time Rush continued on page 5.

STUDENT SURVEY: Remember to place your survey answer in the Leopard Mailbox. (place your vote on a piece of paper and place in the mailbox located in the office, participation is important)

What is your favorite activity to do at

recess? *Football *Spinners

*Jump rope *Other

Results for last month’s survey:

What is your favorite school

lunch: winner is Other.

Survey by Marissa McGoldrick

Student participation Remember to drop off Dear Leopard let-

ters in the student mailbox in the office

when you need advice concerning a

problem.

This month’s issue contains a survey, please write

your answers down and place them in the student

mailbox. The results of this month’s survey will be

in our next issue.

Every issue will contain three or more student ID

numbers (the password you use to log onto the com-

puter). Find your number/password and win a prize.

If you find your number come to Room 407 to claim

your prize, good luck! Congrats Arthur from Mrs.

McCann’s class for locating and claiming his deli-

cious prizes.

When? Staff writer/typist: Mira Smith

Cool summer evenings with a slight breeze,

Lilies in full bloom as pretty as can be.

Bees working furiously at the first taste of

fall,

trees in full leaf and sunflowers tall.

The scent of fresh cut grass and outdoor

grills,

the coldness of popsicles giving you chills.

Reading a book in a hammock

under a tree,

swatting at mosquitoes who

won’t let you be.

When will those days come?

BREAKING NEWS The PTA will be holding elections for the

office of Treasurer and Secretary for the

2012-2013 school year. If you are inter-

ested please contact Anna Coleman at

tatianasmom@gmail.com. The elections

will be held at the next PTA meeting on

Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm, be

sure to attend!

Page 3 Volume 3, issue 6

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs.

Adams, Animal Lover Staff writer/photographer: William Montenegro

Years at Lakes: 21 years (also taught

in Minnesota, Texas, Germany and

Hawaii)

Grade you teach: 5th

Hometown: Olympia, WA (previously

Dover, OH)

Family: Husband, daughter, son, 2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 Llamas

How I spend my time: shopping, gardening, traveling

Favorite subject: Math and Social Studies

Favorite movie: The Desendents

Favorite book: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Dream vacation: Hawaii

Someone I respect: My children for their achievements

College I attended: Ashland University (Ashland, OH), City

University

Someone famous I’d like to meet: JK Rowling

One thing in the world I’d like to change: Everyone would live

to their potential

Where I see myself in ten years: on a vacation cruise to a warm,

sunny tropical destination

Colleague comment: Miss Brown says, ”Being new to 5th grade,

Mrs. Adams has been an awesome mentor. She is very

knowledgeable about the 5th grade standards.”

5th Grade Student Spotlight: Autumn H., future soccer star Staff writer/typist: Lauren Schutt

Age: 10

Parents: Jason and Jennifer Hakes

How I spend my time: Play soccer and

basketball

Favorite subject: Math

Favorite movie: Anne of Green Gables

Favorite book: Fable Haven series

Dream job: Pro soccer player

Someone I respect: Mom

College I’d like to attend: A college

Someone famous I’d to meet: Mauro

Rosales (Sounders player)

Where I see myself in 10 years: Playing soccer at a college

Teacher comment: Mrs. Kamenz says, “I think Autumn is a

wonderful student. She engages in the work and seems to like

to find answers to what she is stuck on.”

Lakes Bingo Night, a

PTA success Staff writer: Emily Kankelborg

BINGO! I got a prize,

yay! That is what you would

have heard if you attended

Bingo Night. At Bingo Night

you play bingo and eat pizza.

Briana Barnes, a former

Lakes student and Mr. Bar-

nes’ daughter, was the per-

son to do the announcements

about what was happening

and called out the bingo

numbers. Briana replied, “I

had a great time and I can’t

wait until next year to come

back.” Taylor T. from Mrs.

Russell’s class said, “It is

kind of fun getting the

prizes.” Oh yeah, I almost

forgot, there was an auction

with baskets you could bid

on and win. The Pamper

Your Pet basket was sold for

the most, it sold for $80 to

Zac Q. from Mr. Cahill’s

class! The money from the

baskets will be go into the

fund for the purchase of the

new playground equipment!

Mr. McDonald commented,

“Bingo Night is great and I

think there would have been

more people if it was rain-

ing.” (It was the first sunny

day in months.) Thank you

to the PTA for putting on

Bingo Night. Also, thank you

to all of the volunteers who

helped, including the News-

paper students. It was a

great event! We even had

kids help with composting

and it was a great event. So

you should plan on coming

next year to have a fun time!

Berry Shortbread Dreams: a recipe worth trying! Staff writer/typist: Mira Smith

As you get home from school everyday, instead of your usual chips or soda

as a snack, why don’t you try some jam filled cookies? This shortbread recipe is

amazing and really easy! It has only five ingredients, and I bet you have all of them in your kitchen.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened 2/3 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup seedless berry jam (I recommend raspberry)

First, in a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the extract and gradually add

flour until dough forms a ball easily (it should be a little sticky). Then, cover and refrigerate the

dough for 1 hour or until easy to handle.

Roll the dough you just made into 2 in. balls. Place each one inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Using your thumb or a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center and fill it with jam.

Be sure to level the jam out , or it will not 1014547 cook evenly!

Bake at 350 degrees F for 14-18 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from

baking sheet and transfer to paper towel to cool. Note: Parent permission needed to use the oven. This recipe and others found at Allrecipes.com

wand. You even try to de-

feat a dragon. The more lev-

els you defeat, the harder it

gets.

Many students from

Lakes have visited the Great

Wolf Lodge. Elena P., from

Mrs. Kamenz’s class said, “I

swam in the water park and

went to the arcade. I like

the water park.” Visiting

the lodge is a great family

activity. “My brother did

the Magic Quest, but I pre-

fer the water ok that they

give you with the park,” said

Thomas Shively, in Mr. Pon-

tius’s class. “My favorite

part was this stand of ice

cream cones and I went

there.”

Get ready to yell ,”We’re go-

ing to the lodge!”

It’s a hot day out.

Maybe your parents will ask

you if you want to go to the

Great Wolf Lodge Water

Park. What would you say?

Staying overnight there is so

much fun and you would be

able to play in the water

park. It will be cold when

you first get in, but then it

will feel warm. It is about 80

degrees inside the water

park with really awesome

water slides. It is only about

a 30 minute drive to Grand

Mound where the lodge is

located, just off I-5.

One slide is a swirly slide

and another is a tornado.

Then there is a river slide

and a wave pool to play in.

There is also a little kid’s

pool for little brothers and

sisters to go in. They have

hot tubs in case you get cold

and need to warm up. Then

when you finish swimming,

go down to your room to

shower and change clothes.

You will be all ready to visit

the restaurant in the lodge.

They have ribs, pizza and

hamburgers, just to name a

few items. The food is

pretty good!

Another thing to do

while you stay, is to buy a

magic wand. Magic Quest is

a game where you go treas-

ure hunting to find crystals

and objects in a book that

they

give

with the

pur-

chase of

the

Great Wolf Lodge, splash into fun! Staff writer: Jesse Lucky

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Are you looking for

something to do in your

free time? Well stop your

looking because Pop-

tropica.com is just the

thing for you! It’s one of

the most awesomely fun

things online!

What’s so fun about it?”

you might ask. Basically,

you have your own virtual

person, a blimp and a map.

You can fly all over Pop-

tropica.com and land on

various islands such as:

Shark Tooth, Time Tan-

gled, Mystery Train and

Reality T.V. In Mystery

Train you are a citizen go-

ing to the Chicago Worlds

Fair on

a

seem-

ingly

normal

train

trip. Then , bam! The lights

go out and something is sto-

len! Your job is to find out

who stole the phonograph

[made by Thomas Edison in

1893]. A lot of characters

will try to trick you into

thinking they didn’t do it,

but remember, sometimes

the crook is the person you

trust most .Emily B. ,a

fourth grader in Mrs. Cono-

ver’s class thinks the game

is great, she said,” I like it.

It’s actually kind of fun to

me.” Madison, also a fourth

grader in Mrs. Conover’s

class says,” I like how you

can go on the different is-

lands.” Mrs. Davis Reid ,a

third grade teacher also

said ,”I wish I could be a

Poptropican and live on a

tropical island forever.” So

don’t miss out on all the fun

and sit there bored, join

Poptropica and have some

fun!

Big Time Rush continued from pg. 2

Choir at the age of six.

James co-wrote the song

“Elevate” (note: Elevate is both

a song and the name of their

new album).

BTR is known for their hit

songs; “If I Ruled the World”,

“Elevate”, “Music Sounds Bet-

ter with U”, and many more!

You can get their CD ‘Elevate’

at any

store that

sells

CD’s.

Wonderful world of Poptropica Writer/typist: Jada Daniels

Page 5 Volume 3, issue 6

Pals Program to the

rescue

Staff writer/typist:

June Taufetee

Are you

a new student that needs help

getting around? Well the PALS

PROGRAM is here to help! Mrs.

Turlove is the staff member that

put this helpful program

together. This helpful group

helps by; taking a new student

on a tour around our school,

meeting the specialist teachers,

and the office ladies. This helpful

group does this because they

want our new student to feel

comfortable, and welcome to our

school. Mrs. Turlove stated, “It’s

a great way for kids to know the

school. And good for the 5th and

6th graders to show some

leadership skills, and give kids

the tour.” Brianna S. In 5th

grade from Miss. Browns class is

participating in the PALS

PROGRAM. She stated “Yes, I do

like to interact with the new

students I meet.” So if you’re a

new student that needs help

getting around, the PALS

PROGAM is here to help.

Dear 6th and 5th grade Aspire/TAG Parents,

Would you like to say a few special words to your 5th or 6th

grader as they prepare to leave elementary and enter middle

school? If you do, The Paws of Time Newspaper has an oppor-

tunity for you to consider. The last issue of the year will be a

fundraising opportunity for us and a special way for parents to say

good luck to their future middle school child. For only $5.00 you

can help our newspaper and wish your child well. We will include

a (2X1 inch space) head-shot photo of your child and a tagline of

no more than 15 words. (You can view last year’s 7th issue on our

website.)

You can either email a photo to ycallero@nthurston.k12.wa.us or

we can use the school photo that was taken in the fall. All photos

are due by May 18th. (Limited space available, please consider us-

ing kindergarten or younger age photos.)

Image found at Google.com

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PSP mania, get your game on Staff writer/typist: Maria O'Leary

The PSP-3000 (Play Station Portable) is

a hand-held game console that has taken Amer-

ica by storm! It's rating is a 4.3 out of 5 stars

according to the PlayStation website. It was

first introduced in 2003, but did not go on the

market until May 11, 2004. Brennan M. in Mr.

Cahill's class says, “You can take it anywhere

you want!”

The PSP has lots of cool options! The

first option is the photo perk, where you can

download any pictures you would like. A second

option is the music perk, which means you can

listen to all your favorite songs anytime, any-

where! The third option is the video perk. You

can watch any video or movie you download. A

PSP can go online to the “PlayStation” stores to

shop for content, but remember to ask your par-

ents before you go online. The fourth option is

the video game perk. The only way you can use

this perk is if you buy a game disk or download

one from the store.

There are hundreds of games including

action/adventure with comics, movies and TV

shows on the Universal Media Disks (UMD).

One popular game discussed by students at

Lakes is, “Little Big Planet.” Pele M. in Ms.

Felix's class stated, “I like the PSP because you

can watch videos and go online.” A fifth option is

to plug in your PSP to your TV with an exten-

sion cord. You can view your PSP main screen

and select things with the TV remote. You may

also go on Skype.com if you have Wi-Fi so you

can play and chat in multi-player games and

listen to the radio too! The PSP costs about

$130.00 and the games are $10.00 to $30.00 at

department stores. You may

find that PSPs are a fun,

exciting system that you

and your friends are sure to

Newspaper Staff Riley Fosbre, Sidney Coates, Sajid Amin, Rylee Hofstad, Marissa McGoldrick, Caleb Linggi,

Arianna Bush, Jada Daniels, Lauryn Daniels, Ana Abbott, Madison Randle, June Taufetee,

Jesse Lucky, William Montenegro, Kaley Smith, Emily Kankelborg, , Haleigh Williams, Kaya

Mickelson, Cedric Maser, Leif Hunter, Adrienne Serrano, Lauryn White, Lauren Schutt, Layout

Designer: Kaitlynn Dean Co-Editors: K. Dean, Mira Smith, Maria O’Leary, Parent

Volunteers: Sam Lee, & Alethea Hunter Advisors: Mrs. Callero & Tracy Fosbre

Leopard Crew cont. from pg. 1

Four teams make up the Crew this year.

Students have been busy clearing the forest's

pathways and working on the outdoor amphi-

theater. They have also been pulling weeds in

the flower beds and planting new flowers. The

murals the students have been creating will be

placed around the school for all students to en-

joy.

The Leopard Crew welcomed a special

guest this year, Marianne Binetti. Mrs. Binetti

is a well known author and plant guru as well as

Mrs. Callero's sister-in-law. Mrs. Binetti spoke

to one of the teams on the Crew and answered

student questions. She also 1008505 walked

around our school campus with the students and

helped them while they planted some new plants

in the school flower beds.

Mrs. Binetti said, “I first became interested in

gardening to get away from my ten brothers.”

Also, what she likes most about being a gardener

is making things beautiful. As a master gar-

dener she teaches other people how to grow

plants. The hardest part about her job is telling

people their plants are going to die. As far as be-

ing a well known author and gardener, Mrs. Bi-

netti shared, “It comes in handy, because I get

free plants.”

Another reason the Leopard Crew is a

great after school activity, you never know who

you’re going to meet that could inspire you to

further your interests. Maybe you could be a

master gardener someday!

Thanks for supporting

the Paws of Time.

Look forward to our

last issue on June 8th