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Primos Press Monthly Newsletter

Calendar

November

Upper Darby School District

Elementary Conferences

Nov. 19-21, 2018

Dismissal at 12:30 PM

Elementary Early

Dismissal

Dec. 5, 2018

Dismissal at 12:30 PM

Monday, December 17th

Primos Winter Concert

UDHS PAC @ 7PM

Sumdog.com is up and working! This is a great way to practice math at home.

Primos Election Day Results

Fourth grade math students, Austin Rhodes, Christina Spain, Jalen Stinson, Hector Colon did an AMAZING job sorting and counting the votes for our favorite Primos Philadelphia mascot!! Everyone had the chance to vote on Monday, November 5th. Ballots were placed in a special voting box in the cafeteria. Many votes were cast and the following are our results:

SWOOP 240 votes

PHANATIC 44 votes

FRANKLIN 81votes

GRITTY 36 votes

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Hello Primos Families, We are looking forward to the upcoming conferences with you. Our staff wishes you a restful Thanksgiving break.

I hope all of you are getting my weekly emails. If you are not, please call the main office or email me at brogers@upperdarbysd.org.

Thank you for all that you do!

Mr. Rogers

What’s Happening at Primos?

MATH: Delaware County Sumdog Contest

From October 19th through October 25th there was a Delaware County Sumdog Contest. Several Primos’ homerooms entered this contest. Aronimink Elementary School seemed to be occupying top spaces on the leader board, so it was time for Primos’ students to show their GRIT, and we did just that!!! Three Primos’ homerooms, 5th Grade Room 219, 3rd Grade Room 118, and 5th Grade room 217, made the Delaware County top 10-leader board!!!! 5th Grade Room 217 placed 1st in Upper Darby School District and 3rd in Delaware County. Salieu Jalloh placed 2nd in Delaware County by answering 956 out of 1000 questions correctly. Jorge Fernandez placed 5th in in Delaware County by answering 946 out of 1000 questions correctly. WE ARE PRIMOS PROUD!!!

ART

Third grade students made pumpkins inspired by Yayoi Kusama. Students first made drawings of large pumpkins. They then created various patterns in each section of their pumpkins. Yayoi Kusama is referred to as the “polka dot queen,” and her pumpkins feature polka dots. After adding their patterns students used chalk pastel to add color to their pumpkin. Using the chalk pastel allowed students the ability to shade light and dark areas and make the pumpkin look three-dimensional. Students also used chalk pastel to color the background; they blended colors and made patterns! I am so impressed with third grades ability to use a new material and make some beautiful artwork!

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5TH GRADE SCIENCE IS THE BEST!

BY: DAMIAN JAMIL WODARSKI

Have you ever thought about how people make cars? Right now in Science class the 5th Grade is studying Motion and Design. We are making and using blueprints to build cars. Today Rafi and I had to make a car that had to travel 39 inches in just 20 minutes. When we started we had a lot of parts and we knew it would be a challenge. We knew if we took our time, were confident and tried our best we would succeed. We made two cars and both went passed the 39-inch mark. We worked like engineers! I can’t wait to see what our next challenge will be! 5th Grade Science is the BEST!

Walk Out on Drugs

By Skylar Rothley and Hindowa Jengo

Throughout Red Ribbon Week we remember having so much fun! WE remember Crazy Hat and Sock Day, because we are drug free from head to toe. Our favorite day of Red Ribbon Week was Pajama Day; we also enjoyed bringing in canned goods for needy families.

Hindowa writes that the whole entire school went outside chanting, “Say no to drugs!” While outside, Skylar won a prize for participating in the poster contest, she won a homework pass and gets to pick a doughnut for breakfast! After the Poster Awards were given out and the fifth graders presented a poem about being drug-free, the entire school had a dance party! While the music played loudly, Hindowa remembers flossing with his classmates!

Student Council Representative Meeting @ 8:20, Wednesday December 12th

Celebrating Together This is our way of celebrating together as a Primos family. If you would like to share news about a current or

former Primos student, we would love to celebrate with you! Send your news to Mhennessy@upperdarbysd.org.

Skylar Rothley, a third grader, played for the Llanerch Hills Softball Team this past summer. Her team made it to the State Championships. The team finished in 4th place in the state. Their record was 10-1.

Skylar played third base. Her coach said she was the best third baseman on the team.

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OCTOBER FUN

Conference Week Dismissals @ 12:30

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Primos Student Council

Thanksgiving Food Drive 11/12/-11/20/18

Shopping List:

Primos Staff - Turkeys or money donation

Kindergarten - Instant Mashed Potatoes

1st Grade -canned soup/gravy/broth

2nd Grade -stuffing mix

3rd Grade - boxed desserts/ muffin mix/bread mix

4th Grade - pudding/ Jell-o /applesauce

5th Grade - macaroni and cheese/

noodle or r ice packets

Friends By Amber Page, Third Grade

They are close together.

They are always by your side.

No matter how far, no matter how close.

They will always be your buddy.

They will always be your good luck charm.

My name is Dominick Smith. I have been practicing my reading each day with Ms. Millett. I do my best each day! One of my favorite books to read is called Tim and Nip. If you would like me to read for you, stop in to Room 221-A.

Halloween Fun with Duru and Mrs. Abbott

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During Red Ribbon Week Primos’ students were recognized for their posters that support their belief that:

Life is Your Journey, Travel Drug Free

We had a hard time choosing our winners. Entries showed great effort.

Our participation winners were:

Alyvia Berry-5th Ethan Spencer 5th Fatima Afrani 5th Alanah Williams 5th Savannah Cooper 5th Lyla Thiel 5th Damian Wodarski 5th McAllen Nygepan 5th Desyrae Chenh 5th

Emily McCormack 5th Yusuf Basar 4th Adelyn Doyle 4th Madison Kaisner 4th Kalyx Christian 4th Amber Hirshbal 3rd Dahila Catlett 3rd Alex Robinson 3rd Skylar Rothley 3rd Logan Stapleton 3rd

Alyah Barttey 1st 119

Our Honorable Mention winners were:

Rawan Zuhair 5th

Skylar McCafferty 5th

Tvisha Jani 4th

Ahmed Afrani 4th

Emilee Allen 3rd

Paige Brink 3rd

Layla Stewart 2nd

Our Grand Prize winners were:

Alexa McCabe 3rd

Ansumana Koita 4th

Jaionna McDonough

5th

Home and School Fall Dance

By Jordyn Beaver, Leanna Emig, Thomas Arkhurst-Badu

Fall Dance

We saw clown costumes, vampires, Batman, cops, Zombies, and devils at the dance. We ate food like soda and pretzels with mustard. We listened to Kiki, My House, and Dogs Out. We danced in the cemetery cafeteria. We saw many of our friends at the dance.

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October Students of the Month

Stuti Upadhyay Alana Johnston Snigdha Uphadyay Suhaas Kumaresean Lorelai Gallagher Ashwin Anbalagan Natalie Murray Jackson McCabe Maebh Ennis Grainne Ennis Zeyad Ansari Steven Capuzzi Savannah Alexa McCabe Peyton Green Lily Madison Kaisner

Kalyx Phillips-Christian Lamar Davis Julia Philip Carl Dennis Jah’zae Jackson Skylar McCaffrey Jorge Frenandez Nickhil Nair Aiden Rodriquez John Rossitter Jenavie Ros Jordyn Polk Andrew Palmer Nicholas Fichera Anibal Guachichullca-Orellana Johnny Sumo Sanusi Barrie

Beautiful Fall Pumpkins

Thank you, Cameron, Zay’lon,

Eda, and Willie

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Big Month for Primos Pep Band

The Band and Orchestra students in 4th and 5th Grades have been working hard and preparing for their December concert! They are very excited to perform for the Primos community. A big "Thank You," to 5th Grade band members who performed in our Walk Out On Drugs Parade! Also, how about those 5th Grade drummers, who performed the Street Beat for the Halloween Parade? What a great job! The Winter Concert is Monday, December 17th, 7:00 p.m. at the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center.