St. Nicholas School

The Chatterbox

February 13, 2012

Volume 4, Issue 2

Special points of

interest:

Spirit Day 1

Mother/Son 2

Father/Daughter Event

February Calendar 3 March Calendar 4

What is a Friend? 5

If I were Principal… 6

All About Fish 7

Locks of Love 8

Open House 9

Artwork 10

Gold Club Winners 11

Gold Club Winners 11

Another fun-filled Spirit Day took place in our gymnasium on Friday, January 13.

The crowds of children were loud and happy when they watched the two 8th grade teams

play each other in Basketball. The two teams were split between the Blue/Gold team who

was ran by Rachel Assad, Soula Bacoulis, Anthony Fam, Danielle Haber, Genean Jue,

Athanasios Kaplanis, Mia Kezios, Eleni Maglaris, Steven Nassif, Janelle Wahba, Angel

Whabi, and Stephanie Younan and the Pink/Purple team by Irene Boyias, Nikolas Chapas,

Kristine Daily, Alexander Dinsmore, Jasmine Elkess, Marina Elkess, Michael Gorgy,

Verna Halim, Mora Kerollos, Brandon Limeres, Michael Nasrallah, and Angela

Theodosiou. The Blue/Gold team won by 12 points with a score of 54. Parents came in to

support the players and cheerleaders during the game. All the cheerleaders were fantastic.

Gabriella Guidi, Sophia Kaplanis, and Yakira Webb came in First place. Athena Bacoulis,

Brooke Bermudez, Elizabeth Cashen, Alexi Defolsom, Angelika Ivanov, Sandra Messiha,

Giselle Nunez, Jana Palmer, Georgia Psihalopoulos, Kaitlyn Steinberg, and Madison

Teopaco took Second place. Great job to all of you! The children, parents, teachers and

staff had a wonderful time. Can’t wait till next year!

Mr. Truby and the 8th graders

getting ready to play

Far left last row: Angelika Ivanov, Giselle Nunez,

Elizabeth Cashen, Athena Bacoulis, Madison

Teopaco and Alexi Defolsom. Row below that:

Georgia Psihalopoulos, Brooke Bermudez, and

Kaityln Steinberg. Front Row: Jana Palmer and

Sandra Messiha.sharing their rewards.

Left: Sophia Kaplanis, Yakira Webb and

Gabriella Guidi cheering for their school

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Bilal Gosen getting ready to strike! Mrs. Younan and Mrs. Hamati having a good

time with their children.

Ms. Stark bowling with her son, Max.

Far left: Maksym Wasylyn, Nicholas Andrews and Alexander Younan

Far Left: Sophia Perris, Sabrina Azzuz,

Alexandra Pappas, Alexia Savas, Soula

Bacoulis, Eleni Maglaris and Stephanie

Younan enjoying their evening.

Left Top Row: Kaitlyn Steinberg, Genevive Xilas, & Athena Bacoulis Left Second Row: Connie Spiropoulos, Elizabeth Cashen, Jana Palmer.

Left Front Row: Ava Wheeler with sister, Brynne Wheeler.

Some of the fathers were having too much

fun that night!

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FFFeeebbbrrruuuaaarrryyy 222000111222 SUN. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATU

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1 Parent

Conferences

Middle School –No

School

PS-Grade 5 12:00

noon Dismissal

5:30 6th & 7th

Conferences

Ballroom/Savalas

2

Valogram

Sale Begins

3

4

5 6

7

Boy’s

Basketball

3:30 pm @

Home

8

Boy’s

Basketball

3:30 pm @

Westmark

9 10

Valogram Sale

Ends

6:30-9:30 pm

7th

/8th

V-Day

Dance

11

12 13

Open Enrollment

Begins for New

Students

14

Boy’s Basketball

3:30 pm @

Home

Valograms will

be Distributed Happy Valentine’s

Day !

15

Open House

For New

Students

Savalas

6:30 pm

16

Open House

For New

Students

Savalas

8:30 am

17

18

19 20

Presidents’ Day

NO SCHOOL

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22

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25

26 27 28 29

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MMMaaarrrccchhh 222000111222 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT.

1

7:00-9:00 PM

Spelling Bee

Grades 4-6

2 3

4 5 6

7

8

9

10

11 12

Summer

Enrichment

Registration

Begins

13 PS and PK Assembly Education Through Nature 10am-11:30am Savalas

14 15

16 17

18 19

20 21

Spring

Pictures

22

23

9:00-10:00 am

Greek Program

Ballroom

24

25

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30

Report Cards

Third Quarter

31

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What is a Friend?

A friend is a kind person. They play with you. A friend is nice and shouldn’t be

mean to you at all.

Marina is my friend because she plays with me. She cares if I get hurt. We’re

like sisters. We care for each other.

Everyone in my class is my friend, the girls and the boys.

By Faith Stevens

What is a Friend?

A friend is a person who helps out someone when they need help. A friend is

not an enemy to you.

Nickolas is one of my friends because he has helped me out when I’ve been hurt.

He is also a good friend because he is nice.

By James Kontos

What is a Friend?

A friend is someone nice to you. A friend is someone you judge from the inside

and not the outside. A friend is someone close to you. A friend is not a bully.

I have a friend named Julian. Julian is my best friend because at recess in

Kindergarten he was the only one who asked me to be his friend. He was nice to me

the first day in Kindergarten.

I have more friends; Nickolas, Luke, Costa, James, Sebastian and Ryan.

Nickolas showed me around the classroom.

By Mark Messiha

What is a Friend?

A friend is someone who you can trust. You can depend on them. They will be

there when you need help. I have lots of friends. They are so kind and always so

generous.

My friend, Karen, is the best. She is awesome. I love her so much. She is

always there for me. We play a lot. We love to play on the monkey bars and do word

searches together. It is fun.

I love all my friends. I am so glad I have them with me, and I hope we will

always be friends forever.

By Markella Savas

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If I were the principal of St.

Nicholas School, I would let students

have free dress more often. I would

also let them go to P.E three times a

week, and I would definitely give

children less homework on Mondays.

I would let children have free

dress often because if they can’t find

their uniforms, they can just have free

dress.

I would let students go to P.E

three times a week because they need

fitness and its fun and good for the

students. As a principal, I would not

give that much homework on

Mondays because they just returned

to school and they must be tired from

the weekend.

I know being a principal is

hard work and a great opportunity,

but that is what I’d do if I were the

principal of St. Nicholas School.

By Dimitra Siapkas

If I were the principal of St.

Nicholas School, I would make

change the time when we get to

school. I would change the time

from 8:15 am to 9:15 am because

everyone is late, and it is too early

for me.

Another thing I would

change if I were principal is PE. I

would change PE because there

needs to be more sports like

Basketball and Volleyball.

The last thing I would

change is less homework because

there is a lot. This is what I would

do if I were the Principal!

By Ian Mena

If I were principal of St.

Nicholas School, I

would send my students more

often to the library because that

way they will get a better

education and they will be better

readers if they have trouble

reading.

Another idea of mine

would be for the children to be in

art more than once like twice a

week. I would give them another

art period so they will learn more

about it.

My last idea would be for

the children to learn more than

Greek. I picked this idea because

they would have a better

opportunity to have an important

job. These are my ideas when I’ll

be principal.

By Sophia Pineda

If I were the principal of St. Nicholas School, I would make recess 30 minutes because the children at recess

would have more fun and the children in study hall after they finish their standards, they could do the work that they

have to make up or rest their head if they don’t have any.

I would also give the children a longer lunch so that they don’t go home with food in their lunch box. I

would lower the prices so that more people would keep their children here longer even though the economy is bad.

I also would have a banner that says “Prices Dropped, Open House”. That would make it great for the

school!

By Jacob Huebsch

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In 3rd Grade Science, students study adaptations of plants

and animals, and the environments in which living things

make their homes. These are examples of an aquatic habitat,

complete with adaptations for defense: spines near the tails,

false eyes and camouflage.

Hailey Huffman 3-2 Ryan Wielage 3-2

Daniella Hanna 3-2 Nina Waslyn 3-2

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In the Spirit of Easter, St. Nicholas School will

be collecting brand new shoes, socks and shoe laces.

These items will be distributed by Buckner

International to at-risk children in the United States

and to Orphans in 55 countries around the world.

This is something we like to do every year to

help Orphanages who do not receive enough funding to

support the children in their care. One of the greatest

and most immediate needs is a pair of shoes.

The Shoes for Orphan Souls drive will be on

Friday, March 23, 2012, so any shoes, socks or shoe

laces that you may want to donate, please give to your

children to bring to school.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to

help these children who are in need.

-St. Nicholas School

HOW TO CHANGE A

TIRE Knowing how to change a flat

tire is important in case you get a flat

tire on the road. To change a flat tire,

you will need a jack, a lug nut wrench,

and a spare tire.

First take the jack and the lug

nut wrench and the spare tire out of the

trunk of your car. Place them on the

ground near the flat tire. Next, place the

jack under the frame of the car near the

flat tire and raise the flat tire off the

ground with the jack. Then, loosen the

lug nuts with the lug nut wrench and

move them from the tire. Put them

where they will not get lost. Take off the

tire; replace it with the spare tire and

using the lug nut wrench tighten the lug

nuts on the spare tire.

Finally, lower the jack so the

spare tire is resting on the road, put the

tools and the flat tire in the trunk of your

car and drive away!

By Nicolas Nasrallah

Connie Spiropoulos, one of

our students in Mrs. Carpiac’s class

along with sister Marina

Spiropoulos in Ms. Chobanian’s

class cut their beautiful long hair

and donated it to “Locks of Love.”

Locks of Love is a public non-profit

organization that provides

hairpieces to financially

disadvantaged children in the

United States and Canada under age

21 suffering from long-term

medical hair loss from any

diagnosis. What a nice gesture!

Parents & Students,

Make sure not to forget that on

Monday February 20, there will be no

school since it is Presidents’ Day.

School will resume the following day.

St. Nicholas School is having “Free Dress Day” on

Tuesday, February 14. Please make sure to wear red!

Hope everyone has a lovely Valentine’s Day.

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Wednesday, February 15

At 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 16

At 8:30 a.m.

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These are Art Nouveau Angels done with acrylic paint. Eighth grade

students were inspired by the artwork of Gustav Klimt.

(1862-1918)

Stephanie Younan 8-1 Genean Jue 8-1

The Artwork below is known as “The Great Wave” using

acrylic. First graders were inspired by artist, Hokusai. (1760-

1849)

Tiffany Gharib 1-1 Victoria Popescu 1-1

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Gold Club Winners

If you have any questions or comments regarding anything written in The Chatterbox, please use the following email address:

info@stnicholaseducation.com. It would be greatly appreciated if you could send us any pictures you take at the various

school events. You can put them on a disc and drop them off at the office or email them. We use photos for our yearbook,

our Chatterbox, our church bulletin (The Wonder Worker), as well as for our archives

January 2012

Class

Student

K-1 Bianca Basinger

Dorian Darghali

K-2 Vincent Gargaro

Katherine Pappas

Briana Zdenek

1-1 Mia Metzidis

Victoria Popescu

1-2

Jazelle Decastro

2-1 Giovanni

Zanjanipour

2-2 None

3-1 James Kontos

Julian Nunez

Markella Savas

Sebastian

Schlesinger

3-2 Hailey Huffman

4-1 Matthew Messiha

Christina

Stavropoulos

5-1 Cathy Kollmorgen

6-1 None

7-1 Caitlyn Chadwick

8-1

None