Arrowhead Panther Press Volume XVI April, 2015 Issue No. 9

EDITOR’S DESK: Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful spring break! Hope all of us who took the AzMerit. did well!

Angela Wareing, Editor-in-Chief

TEACHER INTERVIEWS By Grace Gwinn and Saul Ceja

What is your Favorite Sport?

K-Mrs. Stewart-Football

1st gr.- Ms. Warren-Basketball

2nd gr - Mrs. Andrade-Weight Lifting

3rd gr. – Ms. Hurtado-Football

4th gr. –Mrs. Michalski-Football

5th gr. – Mrs. Miles-Softball

6thgr. –Mrs. Peck-Tennis

STUDENT INTERVIEWS

By: Alexis Marsilio and Olivia Steppert

Q: What’s your favorite thing about

spring break? K – Mrs. Stewart’s class: Tavion - going to the park Aria - Flowers that bloom 1st gr. - Mrs. Yost’s class: Payton - flying kites Braydon - playing outside 2nd gr. – Mrs. Andrade’s class: Quinn - going on vacation Katelyn - Trees blooming 3rd gr. – Mrs. Hughes’s class: Phiane - Spring break Natalie - swimming 4th gr. – Mrs. Weatherford’s class: Jazmin - doing homework Juan - free time 5th gr. – Mr. Mills’ class: Ben - having fun Jasmine - Colorful Leaves 6th gr. – Mrs. Peck’s class: Aliyah - the weather David - sleeping in

Instrument of the Month By: Megan Larson The Bullroarer is an almost prehistoric

instrument. It is made out of one or two

thin slabs of a certain type of wood

attached to a twisted string that the player

swings around in a circle, horizontally or

vertically. Its pitch rises and falls due to

the twisting of the instrument.

To me, the Bullroarer sounds like a

motorcycle. The Bullroarer can be heard

from far away. In two different

Australian cultures, the sound it made

was considered the voice of that culture’s

god. In one group of people the

Bullroarer was so secret that if a person

other than a few chosen men saw or

heard it, they would be killed.

The Bullroarer was used in places

from Ireland to Australia.

LOGIC MATRIX By: Tanor Loosle

2 men, Jax and Mike, and 2 women,

Adela and Isabella, each like a type of

music. One likes jazz. Their last names

are Mullin, Hardaway, Richmond, and

Higgins.

From the clues below find each

person’s last name and favorite type of

music.

- Hardaway hates country western music.

- The classical music lover said she

would teach Higgins to play piano.

- Adela and Richmond knew the country

western fan in high school.

- Jax and the man who likes rock work in

the same office building

- Richmond and Higgins are on the same

women’s bowling team.

(Answer somewhere in this issue)

Inside Your Game: Tips and Tricks - MINECRAFT

By: Angela Wareing and Caulin Moskop Want a quicker way to remove towers of sand and gravel? If you place a torch underneath, the blocks will come towering down and become “mined” and you will have your gravel and sand. If you want to have good loot in Survival Games, wait for someone to eliminate another, and run in and steal the loot. To stay hidden from the person you are taking loot from, make sure to crouch. It will make your name invisible to the other player. When you go mining, always make sure to have extra blocks or a water bucket. This will help you walk across lava lakes, especially if you see diamonds! For the best enchants possible, make sure you have a 30 plus levels and a minimum of 14 bookshelves surrounding your enchantment table.

What’s Going on in

the Music Room? By: Cody Gafford and

Kenrick Brown In music we are

having a great time.

While K-3 are having fun dancing and

exploring music, 4-6 are playing

instruments on hand. Everyone is

having lots of fun and kids like

dancing!

STUDENT SURVEY By: Skyler Hawks and Allison Gafford Q: Who is your favorite Disney

Character?

Wreck-It-Ralph - 20% Elsa - 30%

Simba - 25%

Buzz Lightyear -15%

Rapunzel - 10%

DID YOU KNOW? By: Olivia Steppert

Did you know that an apple can wake

you up in the morning as easily as a cup of coffee can?

It’s a fact! If you do work-outs in the morning, then eat an apple. It can supply you with at least one hour of energy. That’s a lot healthier than

having a cup of coffee. Coffee has caffeine and it’s true that will get you up in the morning but, if you like apples, that’s a much healthier choice. So remember to tell your parents that an apple will get you up in the morning, just like a cup of coffee – so, make the better choice!

INSIDE THE TALENT SHOW By: Allison Gafford

This year, the talent show had some amazing performances. We had so much fun in rehearsals. Basically, you would perform and while you were waiting for your turn to practice, you had free time. You got to hang out and become closer with people you didn’t really know before. On the day of the talent show, your nerves went way up. All credit goes to Mrs. O’Connell. She put so much time and hard work into the talent show, getting everything ready and losing time with her family to help us. Let me just say she did a great job at doing it, too. Well, that’s all. Maybe next year I will see YOU performing on stage.

BIRTHSTONE OF THE MONTH By: Angela Wareing

This month’s Birthstone is the Diamond. The diamond comes in many different shades of yellow, red, pink, blue, and green. The different shades of color range from very faint to very vivid. Diamonds that sparkle with intense color are very rare. A diamond makes a perfect gift for a relative, a loved one, and anyone special. Happy Birthday to all born in April! The diamond is your birthstone.

Arrowhead Panther Press Volume XVI April, 2015 Issue No. 9

SPORTS

By: Cody Gafford and Kenrick Brown In Duke’s game against Michigan, each team gave it their all but Michigan gave a 100% while the Duke’s gave a 105%. The scores were 7-1 in Duke’s favor. On the other hand, for baseball fans, baseball season has officially started! CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

By: Devyn Mook and Callie Crandall Austin Mahone - April 14th

Pharrell Williams - April 5th

Emma Watson - April 15th Kelly Clarkson - April 24th Channing Tatum - April 26th Si Robertson - April 27th

ANIMAL OF THE MONTH~

ELEPHANT By: Skyler Hawks

Elephants are the largest land

mammals on earth. The African

elephant can weigh up to eight tons.

The elephant is distinguished by its

massive body, large ears, and a long

trunk, which has many uses.

Elephants can use their trunk as a

hand to pick up objects, as a horn to

trumpet warnings, as an arm raised in

greeting, and as a hose for drinking

water or spraying water while

bathing.

Elephants roam in large herds, and eat

more than two hundred pounds of plants

every day. Female elephants have one calf

every four to five years and the calf stays

with its mother for many years.

These gentle giants need large

amounts of space to roam and also

need lots of food and water. Most

elephants have one large tusk and

one small tusk. This is because the

smaller one is used more often so it

has more wear and tear.

Elephants are amazing animals. They

are even known to mourn over their dead.

There are many similarities between

elephants and humans. To me, that is a

great animal to have many things in

common with.

12 Facts About April By: Sydney Morgan

1) Zodiac signs for April are Aries, March 21

to April 19, and Taurus, April 20 to May 20 2) The daisy, which symbolizes innocence,

and the sweet pea, are the flowers of the

month. 3) The diamond is the birthstone for April.

4) NASA announced the selection of

America’s first seven astronauts on April 9, 1959.

5) Noah Webster copyrighted the (Jax

Mullin likes country western, Mike Hardaway likes rock, Adele Higgins likes jazz, and

Isabella Richmond likes classical) first edition

of his own dictionary on April 14, 1828. 6) April is national poetry month.

7) April Fool’s Day dates back to 1693.

8) William Shakespeare, the famous English playwright, was born on April 23, 1564.

9) The United States Library of Congress

was established on April 24, 1800. 10) George Washington was inaugurated as

the first president of the United States of

America on April 30, 1789. 11) April begins on the same day of the

week as July every single year.

12) The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912.

CAMP SURF By: Callie Crandall

The sixth grade went on a trip to Camp Surf at Imperial Beach, California. It was AMAZING! The food was delicious and the counselors were really nice and funny. When the sixth graders got there, the first activity we did was play group games, such as Sharks and Minnows, Ants, Dragon Tails Alaskan Baseball, then Softball. After all those games we got some free time. The three main activities people did were volleyball, basketball and GaGa Ball.

After a while, it was time to meet at Pirate’s Cove. Everyone split up into their groups. I went to archery first

and while I was there I made six bulls eyes! After that everyone ate a delicious dinner. At night, it was time to go back to Pirates Cove for skit night! Every group got a place, a plot, and a sentence they had to include in their skit. It was really fun and the key was to be funny and really loud. The next day we did several activities. We went to a rock climbing

tower that was super tall and if you made it to the top you could see Mexico! Next, I went to Hop Into Habitat. Everyone got to choose an animal and you had to act like that animal the whole time. The people in my group chose tigers, bears, giraffes, wolves, unicorns, shark, and more! Eventually we went to the jetty. It was super fun but some people got scared about slipping into the water. Now it was time for what everybody was waiting for… THE BEACH!

It was super fun going into the water and jumping the waves. At night everyone had s’mores and sang camp fire songs. The last day had come and everyone chose their last activity. Before we left everyone went to the gift shop. Everyone was very sad when it was time to go and now that we’re back, the sixth graders are all saying they want to go back to Camp Surf!

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