1

per, detergent, and

fruit (canned and in

cups). Thanks to all

students who donated

items for the food

drive!

Food Drive is a Success! By: Zach B.

Valentine’s Day Celebrations By: Haley C.

Fitch Bulldog News

This year, stu-

dent council held its

annual Food Drive.

During our food drive,

all of the classes col-

lected food. To keep

the Food Drive fun,

points were assigned

to each food item.

Some items this year

were worth more

points than last year.

This is because the

food bank we sent the

food to was in need of

some things more than

others. If the items

they needed were

worth more, people

would bring them in. If

a student brought in 3

points worth of food

they were able partici-

pate in CRAZY HAIR

DAY!!!! Another way

that students could

participate in Crazy

Hair Day was if their

class reached a 30

point goal. If they met

the goal, the whole

class could participate

in Crazy Hair Day.

Some of the

items we needed this

year were: toilet pa-

friends and have a lot of

fun.

The Valentine’s

Day parties were a blast! In

fifth grade we all made

boxes in math. Each of us

also made our own ice

cream sundae. In my class-

room there was caramel,

magic shell, chocolate syrup

and sprinkles to decorate

our ice cream. We also

played games and won

prizes.

In fourth grade

they decorated brown bags

for there Valentine’s. Every-

one got to talk with their

Quar t e r Th r ee

Inside this Issue:

• Battle of the Schools

• Teacher Interviews

• Science Olympiad

• Comics

• Student Surveys

• Book Reviews

• Poetry

• K-Kids News

• Field Trip

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dents with Crazy Hair!dents with Crazy Hair!dents with Crazy Hair!dents with Crazy Hair!

Valentine’s Day Party

Fun!

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Journey to Play House Square By: Erika R.

the final battle against the High

School, but Fitch is very very very

GREAT at Basketball!!!!!!!! WHOO

HOO!!!!!!

On Thursday, February 12,

2009 , there was a basketball game

called The Battle of the Schools at

Olmsted Falls High School! This

basketball game was not only a

basketball game it was a basketball

game where four schools battle

against each other, Falls Lenox

against Fitch, and the Middle

School against the High School.

Teachers played from all four

schools! FITCH beat Falls Lenox,

and went to the final battle; the

HIGH SCHOOL won against the

Middle School and also went to

the championships! In between

games people paid a dollar to take

a shot on the court.

For the final battle, all you

had to do was get a bag of pop-

corn and a drink and you were set

to watch the most intense basket-

ball battle ever! Sadly, Fitch lost

almost time for lunch and if

we stayed, we would

probably miss the Valen-

tine’s Party. That day was

fun for everyone.

The fourth graders of

Fitch Intermediate School

went to Playhouse Square

to see the play Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. There were kids from almost

every city around Cleve-

land. The play was great!

There was singing and

dancing. When the play

was done, everyone

clapped and cheered. In

my opinion, I wanted it to

go on all day. But it was

Battle of the Schools By: Rebecca M.

Hoops for Hear t By: Michaela B.

place in the gym and others

took place in the hallways.

Students who participated

could have won some of

these prizes: a water bottle,

a Wii, a pogo stick and lots

more.

Mrs. Zbin organized

Fitch’s Hoops for Hearts

activities. Students partici-

pated in Hoops for Heart

to raise money for the

American Heart Associa-

tion. In February, 4th and

5th grade students came to

Fitch and had fun! Some of

the events were tricks

where they taught you

how to spin the ball on

your finger. We also played

Bump which was a game of

getting people out. You can

do this by getting a basket

before the person in front

of you. Some stations took

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Book Review-My Side of the Mountain By: Eli

Meet Mr. Vormelker ! By: Rachel W.

think she

is an

awesome

teacher!

Mrs.Pilko is a very

nice 4th grade teacher. Her

classroom is at the end of

the 4th grade hall, she

teaches science and lan-

guage arts. Her favorite

unit is “Land and Water”.

She loves teaching but if

she could be anything else

she would be a nutritionist

or personal trainer. She also

loves traveling; she loves

the Caribbean it is her fa-

vorite place to travel. She

also enjoys music her favor-

ite genre is rock. When she

was in school her best sub-

ject was language arts. I

too! His

favorite

sports

team is

the

Cleveland

Browns.

His favorite book is Robinson Cru-

soe.

You would be lucky to

have a great teacher like Mr. Vor-

Mr. Vormelker is my 5th

grade teacher here at Fitch. He

teaches Science and Language Arts.

In Science we do a lot of hands-on

experiments including ecocolumns

and building, designing, and testing

cars.

I interviewed Mr. Vor-

melker and here is what he had to

say. At Fitch Intermediate School,

his favorite thing to do is work

with students. He went to Bald-

win Wallace College.

Mr. Vormelker has two

kids, Clay and Katie. Clay is five

years old and Katie is three years

old. Mr. Vormelker and his family

live in Brunswick.

For fun, Mr. Vormelker

likes spending time with his family.

He also likes watching football

rating it because

it is exciting. I

also enjoyed it

because it is a

good story and

if you like na-

ture you should

read this book.

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George is

about a boy named Sam Gribly

who runs away from his New

York City home to live alone in

the Catskill Mountains. He gets

a pet falcon, which he names

Frightful and makes friends with

a raccoon, Jessie Coon James,

and a weasel, the Baron Wea-

sel. Near the end of summer he

meets and makes friends with a

man who he calls Bando. Will

he make it through the winter.

To find out read this book.

I would give this book

five out of five stars if I were

Meet Mrs. Pilko! By: Madison Z.

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Comic! Comic! Comic! Comic! By: Marisol L.By: Marisol L.By: Marisol L.By: Marisol L.

Quar t e r Th r ee

What’s Your Favorite Type of Music?

By: Marisol L.

Several Fitch students were asked

what’s their favorite type of music.

Here are the results!

Way to Go Wrestlers!

By: Haley C.

Congratulations to our “O.A.C.

State Tournament Bound” wrestlers who

include: Joey Marysiak (who also won the

Take Down Teams heart award), Jared

Leidich, Michael Iler, Noel Carabello. Alter-

nates for this tournament are Hunter Toth

and Brian Felix. (Third grade Jaden Mende-

luk also qualified.) Also congratulations to

Ohio youth wrestling League State Tourna-

ment qualifiers Joey Marysiak, Tony Caraffi

and Jared Williamson.( Sixth grader, DJ

Williamson also qualified.)

What’s Your Favorite Type of Animal?

By: Gina S.

Favorite Type of Music

Jazz

4%

Classical

4%

Rock

37%

Country

31%

Pop

24% Jazz

Classical

Rock

Country

Pop

What Is Your Favorite Animal?

Panda

52%

Toucan

6%

Zebra

6%

Tiger

15%

Chimpanzee

21% Panda

Toucan

Zebra

Tiger

Chimpanzee

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Book Review!Book Review!Book Review!Book Review!

By: Erika R. By: Erika R. By: Erika R. By: Erika R.

The Warriors series is a great series if

you like mystery. It is mainly of cats and their

problems with the other clans. The different clans are Thun-

derClan, ShadowClan, WindClan, and RiverClan. The author

is Erin Hunter, but she actually is three people. The authors

didn’t want their readers to get mixed up, so they made up a

name. In the books, you spend most of your time in Thun-

derClan. You spend your time learning about Rusty/ Firepaw/

Fireheart/ Firestar. The adventures that they have are thrilling

because the authors show a lot of detail so you can have the

best visual picture. There are over 20 books and a website. I

would give this series 5 out of 5 in ratings.

Poetry

“History”“History”“History”“History”

By: Taylor H.

History is fun,

History is cool,

History is a subject,

You do in school.

There is Martin Luther King Jr;

There is Abraham Lincoln,

They all fought,

For what they believed in.

There is Amerigo Veccpucci,

Magellan and Balboa,

Christopher Columbus,

(Who was kind of kooky.)

History! History!

It’s so much fun.

So take your seat,

Because the fun has just begun.

ComicComicComicComic

By: Emily By: Emily By: Emily By: Emily

KKKK----Kids Kids Kids Kids

By: Taylor H.

On Wednesday February 4,

2009 the K-KIDS made Valentine’s

Day door hangers for resi-

dents in the hospital. The

door hangers said things

like “Happy Valentine’s Day!” or “I

love you” on them. The patients,

I’m sure, will love all of them!!

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Science OlympiadScience OlympiadScience OlympiadScience Olympiad

By: Zach B.By: Zach B.By: Zach B.By: Zach B.

This year, our school participated in the Elementary Science Olympiad at Cleveland State

University. Science Olympiad is a science competition for kids in 4th-6th grade. The Olympiad

consists of many different events relating to Science like Periodic Table, Anatomy, Metric Meas-

urement, and lots of others. We studied for a long time for the Olympiad. We practiced before

school, after school, and during recess. We were so excited when the day, February 21, 2009,

finally came!

We arrived at CSU by bus that Saturday. All of our team was together, including 6th grad-

ers, for the first time as we piled into the auditorium for the opening ceremony. After that we

went back to our “base” where we relaxed before our events. During the day we all had our

events. Then, the moment we all waited for, the science show and award ceremony!

We all ran to the auditorium in excitement! The science show was really cool. There was

this scientist who put Mentos in pop, and lots of other cool experiments. Then the award cere-

mony. We got first place in events like Bugs, Reflection Relay, and lots of others. The final

award was the overall trophy! We got 4th place out of 24 schools all over Northeast Ohio!! Con-

gratulations Science Olympiad Team!