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! WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VOL. XIII ISSUE VI !

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Monthly Mustang AHOY, MATH NIGHT! BY KATE CARLIN Tres

LEPRECHAUNS, SHAMROCKS & THE COLOR GREEN: AN IRISH HOLIDAY

Upon entering the event, you were Organ asked to place a gold doubloon into the "om Mrs. bucket for your grade. You then had the McLamb’s opportunity to enter your name in a 3rd Grade drawing to win a basket full of fantastic class. BY BETH ATHAIDE math games and puzzles. The MPR was full of games and activities all with Leprechauns, shamrocks, the color green, pirate themes. There was an estimation and pots of gold appear all over town around game called Guess the Treasure. You could mid-March. These all symbolize St. Patrick’s choose one of four buckets and then guess Day, celebrated on the 17th of March. Many the amount of goodies that were in that people have heard of the holiday, but not the From l to r: Casey Stewart, Beth particular bucket. The buckets were full of person, St. Patrick, and why his feast dayis so Athaide, Alex Daube, and Rachel Yang yummy treats like Cocoa Puffs, Dum Dum widely celebrated. lollipops, and root beer candies. Another Many details about St. Patrick’s birth are On Thursday, February 7, pirates activity was Decrypt the Secret Code unknown. Scholars have determined that St. invaded the multi-purpose room at where you had to decipher a secret Patrick was born in either Scotland or Roman West University Elementary School. message by figuring out the pattern and England. His real name was Maewyn Succat, but Was it scary? No! It was Math Night filling in the missing letters. Another fun he later became known as Patricius (Father of and the theme was π – rates of the game was The Treasure Chest Code. the Citizens), which was changed to Patrick. The Caribbean. The event was open to all It required two players. One player son of a Roman-British army officer, Patrick was 2nd – 5th graders. There was even a made a pattern using four different colored brought up as naturally as any child. One day, contest to see which grade had the See Math Night on Page 5 however, he and a few other boys were most attendance. kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. THE BLUEBONNET BREAKFAST BY: ANDREW TAN Patrick was imprisoned in Ireland for six years. Finally he escaped in a getaway boat and Do you like blueberry muffins? Did returned to Britain. From there, he travelled to you eat any at the Bluebonnet France, where he trained in a monastery for Breakfast? Did you vote for your Isabe$a Grace and twelve years. Later, he became a bishop. He had favorite book? Peyton Richardson a dream in which the people of Ireland came to The Texas Bluebonnet Award is an at the Bluebonnet him, begging him to come and teach them about award given to a really good book (and Breakfast God. its author) each year. The Bluebonnet With the Pope’s blessing, Patrick set off for award is only awarded to books in Texas Library Association, the authors Ireland. He travelled all over the country, Texas. The special part is that kids are of the books are required to be from teaching the Christian faith. Patrick converted the voters! Each year, 20 Bluebonnet the U.S., and the books must be many Gaelic Irish, who were mostly pagans at books are listed on a “master list,” published in the U.S. that time. He was widely popular and established which is selected by the Bluebonnet Our school voted at the Bluebonnet dioceses all over Ireland. He dedicated the rest of Award Selection committee. Librarians, Breakfast, which was held on January his life to doing what he thought was right. teachers, students, parents, and anyone 19. Every student from the 3rd to the Patrick’s mission in Ireland lasted for twenty interested can give suggestions for the 5th grades who read at least five of the years. He died there on March 17, A.D. 461, list. Only books that were published twenty Bluebonnet books received a which is why March 17 is celebrated as his feast within the last three years are ballot to vote for their favorite title. day. considered. While choosing books, the Each ballot had all twenty Bluebonnet For 4th grader Adrienne Grimes’ family, St. Texas Bluebonnet Award selection books listed on it. While the students Patrick’s Day is doubly special. Not only is her committee considers students’ interests, were voting, parents, teachers, and family of Irish descent, but March 17 is also her relevant content, reviews, and literary volunteers were passing out halves of father’s birthday. quality. Both fiction and nonfiction giant blueberry muffins and water. Please see St. Patrick on P. 5 books are selected. According to the See Bluebonnet on Page 5

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GETTING TO KNOW MR. MATTHEW, THE CHESS TEACHER BY DANIEL COLSON Q: What chess class are you in? A: B class. [editor’s note: The US Chess Federation has ratings starting with J class and going up to A. Above A class is Expert, National Master, and Senior Master.] Q: What is your rating? 1650 points Q: Which group do you enjoy teaching more and why; advanced,

intermediate or beginner? A: Each class has something to offer and is fun to watch the students learn. Q: What do you like most about teaching? A: The rewards of teaching kids what I know. Q: How long have you been playing chess? A: Competitively for 5 1/2 years. Q: How many tournaments have you

entered? A: 190 tournaments. Q: What is your favorite opening move? A: The Scotch Gambit. Q: Why do people call you Mr. Tortilla? A: My last name Trujillo sounds like tortilla to some people. Q: What do you like to do in your spare time? A: I like to work out and have fun! Q: What is your favorite movie? A: The Princess Bride

WEST U LITTLE LEAGUE BY DREW MICHAEL, MARSHALL OWENS & EVAN SONG If you like baseball, you should read this article. West U Little League (WULL) will kick off another great season on Tuesday, February 19th. WULL is the largest league in the United States and known as one of the largest leagues in the world. There are more than 1200 kids that participate in West U Little League baseball. You always see someone you know at the Gields whether you

are playing in the game or watching family and friends play. And, the food at the "dugout" concession stand is really good too! Opening ceremonies for WULL will be held at Wallin Field on Saturday, March 2nd at 11:00 a.m. Opening ceremonies will also kick off the West U Little League carnival. There will be games, inGlatables and lots of yummy food to help raise money for

THE MARK OF ATHENA BY LEANNA BAI Action, creativity, fantasy, and a tint of laughs are all in the new book by Rick Riordan: The Mark of Athena. It was released last year on October 2, 2012. This is the third novel of The Heroes of Olympus series, following the second book The Son of Neptune. If you read the second book, this book will proceed directly from when they are on the Argo II, the ship they built to meet the Romans at their Camp Jupiter. The passengers are the seven demigods: Jason, Piper, Leo, Percy, Hazel, Frank, and Annabeth. Their mission is to find the Athena Parthenos, prevent evil Gaea from ruling the world by closing the Doors of Death in the underworld, and to fulfill this prophecy: Wisdom's daughter walks alone, The Mark of Athena burns through Rome, Twins snuff out the angel's breath, Who holds the key to endless death. Giants' bane stands gold and pale, Won through pain from a woven jail.

Their only supplies are the ship and their minds, but now they only have their minds. At the end of the book, Percy and Annabeth fall into Tartarus and have to close the Doors of Death from there. The rest of the crew will have to go to the underground temple of Epirus, Greece to meet them. I recommend this book for 3-5th graders. It is outstanding with exciting events! The fourth book in the series: The House of Hades is coming out October 8, 2013.


the league. Please come out and support West U Little le& to rt: Evan Song, Marsha$ League and Owens and Drew Michael. have a great day with your family. Now let's play ball!

COACH SLOTH BY CHRISTINA BETTI A few weeks ago Coach Sloth spoke to the 5th graders. He was a professional football player for the Iowa State Cyclones in 2000 and helped lead them to their first winning bowl in school history. He has also been an assistant coach for the Barnstormers for the past four seasons. He has two children who give him ideas for his books; the youngest is baby Taylor, and his son is Tucker. The coach has been in many movies: We are Marsha!, Leather Heads starring George Clooney, Touchback featuring Kurt Russell and the new Batman and Spiderman movies. Coach Sloth has written four books: Sammy Sloth’s Big Golf Tourney, Sport Superstar, Big Fish, and the all new book Tucker Turtles Si!y Safari. Read all of his books. They’re STUPENDOUS! You can order Coach Sloth books online at www. coachsloth.com.


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GETTING TO KNOW MS. MARSHALL BY SOPHIA NEYLON AND COCO YU Q, What is your favorite color? Red. Q. What is your favorite hobby? A. Trying new restaurants. Q. What is your favorite book?

A.To Kill a Mockingbird. Q. When is your Birthday? A. March 28. Q. What is your pet peeve? A. People who forget their mothers. Q. Where were you born? A. Houston, TX

Q. What is your favorite flower? Q. Who is your hero? A. My Grandmother- she had gumption. Q. What is your favorite animal? A. My dog Sadie. She's a Yorkie.

Q. What is your favorite movie? Auntie Mame. Q. Where is your favorite place to travel? A. ltaly, because I love the pizza, the gelato, the beaches, and the language!

MEET CADE LIUM BY ZOE HIRSHFELD AND MEREDITH LIUM Q: Who is your best friend? A: Tate Organ. Q:What is your favorite color? A: Green and Pink. Q: What is your favorite book? A: Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Q: What is your favorite stuffed animal's name? A: Baby Lulu.

Q: What is your favorite food? A: An apple. Q: What is your favorite movie? A: Brave. Q: When is your birthday? A: August 29, 2006. Q: What's your favorite candy? A: Hershey's chocolate.

Q: lf you could have one wish what would it be? A: To get 1,000,000,000 do!ars. Q: What do you like about WUES? A: lt's safe. Q: How many siblings do you have? A: One sister and one brother. Q:What is your favorite ancillary?

A: P.E.1 Q. Who is your teacher? A: Ms. Smith in kindergarten. Q: Who do you want for 1st grade? A: Mrs. Reid.

A: Baseball, football and tennis. Q: What is your favorite color? Q: Do you have any brothers A: Pink or sisters? Q: Do you have a pet? A: One brother. Q: What are you doing during A:Yes, a dog named Texan. Q.Do you like West University spring break? Elementary School? A: Skiing in Colorado. A: Yes. Q: What sports do you like?

GET TO KNOW SAM MARIAN BY CHARLIE FUNDERBURK Q: How old are you? 9 years old. Q: What grade are you in this year? A: Third. Q:What is your favorite food? A: Chicken Nuggets Q: What are one of your hobbies? A: Football

Q. Who is your favorite Q. What was your favorite teacher so far? event in Field Day? A. Mrs. Morton. A. Fifty Yard Dash was my Q. What is your favorite event. favorite Q. What is your favorite sport? song? A. Tennis. A. “Mean” by Q. What is your favorite food? Taylor Swift A. Pepperoni Pizza.

INTERVIEW OF DIANA KENTELL BY ASHA THEKDI Q. What is your favorite book? A. Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince. Q. When was the happiest time in your life? A. My tenth birthday. Q. What is your favorite color? A. Black.

Q. What do you do in your spare time? A. Listen to music and play guitar. Q What is your favorite subject in school? A. Science is my favorite subject.

10 QUESTIONS FOR MS. ANDERSON BY ZOE HIRSHFELD 1.How many years have you taught at West U.? A. It is my fourth year. 2.What is your favorite color? A. White. 3.What is your favorite movie? A. Tombstone.

4.What is your favorite food? A. Lamb. 5.Where were you born? A. Houston, Texas. 6.What is your top New Year’s Resolution? A. Doing things I enjoy.


7.Who is your hero? A. My mom. 8.What is your favorite book? A. The Kite Runner, by


Khaled Hosseini. 9.When is your birthday? A. April 12th 10.What is your pet peeve? A. When people bully other people.

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! WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VOL. XIII ISSUE VI ! BULLYING BY SAVANNAH FARMER Bullying is a huge problem because every day, thousands of kids wake up afraid to go to school. Even if we may not see it, bullying happens all the time in schools, on playgrounds, and in our own backyard. Bullying occurs when a person is picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either in terms of physical strength or social standing. It may be as obvious as tripping or shoving a person who is perceived as weak, or as subtle as spreading rumors or making jokes at the expense of another. Bullying can also be by text message

or online. The end result is the same: making another person feel isolated and alone. Bullies can be boys or girls, but they often have the same characteristics. For instance, they like to dominate others and think that they are somehow better than their victims. Bullies like to pick on people who are smaller or shy so they can overpower them. Some bullies may feel the need to dominate because they are bullied at home. Others may simply be copying their friends and trying to fit in themselves. Whatever the reason, there is no justification for bullying. There are things that you should do if you feel like you are being bullied. You should not let the bully know that your feelings are hurt.

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Never get physical. Remain calm and tell the bully to stop. If you are able to laugh it off, this will often throw the bully off. You should ignore the bully and walk away. Talk to an adult you can trust to try to figure out the best way to deal with the bully. No one has the right to be mean to another person. You can't control other people's actions, but you can stay true to yourself. If you see a person being bullied by another, even by a friend, do not remain quiet and allow it to go on. Speak up. Tell the bully to stop. Tell a teacher or parent. Bullying is never okay.

5 QUESTIONS FOR MRS. MCALEAVY BY CHRIS NIELSEN

had to it would be I would Q: Were you Q: What solutions have you A: Get all the children that are let it go. ever bullied as a gone through to prevent involved and ask questions Q: Do you think it is a good for child? bulling? and get answers. our school to be a No Place A: There was A: I would go to an adult. Q: If someone called you a for Hate school? some teasing Q: If someone reported bulling name what would you do? A: I think it is a great and going on. what would you do? A: At this age it is kind of hard awesome idea. to give an answer but if I

ADVICE FROM THE 4TH GRADE NO PLACE FOR HATE COALITION COMPILED BY KIRK WALLER Q: What should I do when I see someone I know teasing someone else? -Concerned

sure that the teacher is aware and can help fix the problem. If you are not comfortable approaching the teacher yourself, you can ask a parent to get involved and to help you express your concerns. --NPFH

Dear Concerned, First, try standing up for the person being teased. Let them know that they aren’t alone, and let the person who is teasing know that their behavior is unkind. If that doesn’t work, seek help Q: My friend is doing something bad. I from a teacher or other adult. --NPFH know I should tell an adult, but if I do he How Q: Someone in my class is telling won’t be my friend anymore. should I deal with this? --Perplexed secrets. When classmates threaten to tell the teacher, the secret-teller says it is Dear Perplexed, wrong to tell on your friends. What It can be difficult to tell on a friend, but should I do? - Unsure it is important to remember that there will be consequences for bad choices. Dear Unsure, Sometimes a friend’s bad behavior can When someone is doing things that can even be dangerous or hurtful to others. hurt other people’s feelings, it is okay to Consider speaking with an adult but talk privately with your teacher to make asking to remain anonymous so that your

STOP THOSE FIGHTS ! BY: TESS PADON I see a lot of people getting into fights about silly things. Like who will play with me or people getting picked on by what they look like or what they wear. Lets stop that! Play with everyone and if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all. Try to make friends and if someone is hurting your feelings, walk any and cool off.


friend is not aware of what you have told. If you are really a friend to this person, you should speak up and let him know that you don’t approve of his actions. --NPFH Q: Some people call me names like “Grandma” because I like to knit. Should I give up my hobby? --Crafty Dear Crafty, It is good to have hobbies, and just because yours are different from your friends’ activities doesn’t mean that you should give them up. Explain to your friends that you don’t like being teased, and ask them how they would feel in your shoes. If the teasing continues, consider doing your knitting at home when they aren’t around, or seek support from friends or teachers who share your hobby. --NPFH

Make sure you come back to your friend cool. Remember don’t be the bully! Try to fix problems and if you see someone getting bullied, report to a adult. At recess I see tag problems like who to be it or tagging people too hard. Remember a nice thing to do is volunteer to be it. Sometimes its not are words its are ton of voice so when you want time alone or your mad just say it in a nice way. Help make sure our school is NO PLACE FOR HATE!


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! WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VOL. XIII ISSUE VI ! BLUEBONNET CONT’D FROM P1

ST. PATRICK CONT’D FROM P1

His parents named him Patrick. Adrienne’s family shared with me that Irish immigrants brought St. Patrick’s Day to the United States. New York and Chicago and celebrate it with parades. Restaurants around Houston have parties. The Grimes family has a party with Irish dishes such as soda bread and corned beef as well as lots of other food. They make green decorations and their guests dress in green flowers, and wear beads and pretend shamrock tattoos. Her father thinks it is cool that people all over the world have a party for his birthday! Ireland is called the Emerald Isle, and some people think that that may be why the color green is associated with St. Patrick’s Day. Another explanation is that the holiday occurs in springtime when everything is green. As for the other symbols, shamrocks came to be associated with St. Patrick because he used the three-sectioned leaves to explain the Holy Trinity. Leprechauns and pots of gold came from regular Irish fairy tales. St. Patrick’s Day is a widely celebrated holiday with a very interesting history. Just remember to wear green on March 17, or you’ll get pinched! SOURCE: http://www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/historyofpatrick.htm

MATH NIGHT CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 pegs that were hidden from the second player. The second player then had to crack the code by guessing which colored pegs went where. Some of you may have a game like this at home called Mastermind. Other games there were Silver and Gold, Jack Sparrow’s Magic Wheel and Fish Market. The highlight of the night, though, was the Walk the Plank game. It took place on the stage in front of a giant pirate ship created by art students from Pershing Middle School. To play this game, two players are required. One player stands at the top of the stage while the other player shows math flashcards to player one. For each incorrect answer you have to move down the plank one space. The object of the game is to answer enough questions correctly without walking off the end of the plank. In addition to the games there was a π recitation station where kids showed off their memorization skills. There was also a fun photo booth where you could pose for silly photos with your friends. Kirk Waller, a 4th grade student, attended the event and said, “The prizes and games were really fun and exciting.” Carson Nicodemus, another 4th grade student, said, “My favorite game of the night was the estimation game, Guess the Treasure.” If you worked up a pirate sized appetite you could purchase a Jack Sparrow Meal that included a choice of pizza or Chickfil-a nuggets, chips, dessert and water. All for the bargain price of $5! Another option was Chilango’s Gourmet Taco Truck parked right outside the MPR. Food trucks are very popular in Houston and it was fun to have one at this event. Math Night was a swash-buckling success. As it turns out, the third graders won the contest for the grade level with the most in attendance. All had a great time. Everyone left with his or her math skills in ship shape order and no one ended up going off the end of the plank!


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Before announcing the ranking of the books, Mrs. Russell, our school librarian, gave special recognition to students who had read all 20 Bluebonnet books and passed all the AR tests. From WUES, 532 ballots were submitted to the Texas Library Association by Mrs. Russell. Out of the total votes, 191 were from 3rd graders, 194 were from 4th graders, and 147 were from 5th graders. Did you vote? If so, what book did you vote for? Did you vote for the winner? The book with the most votes at our school was Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem with 154 votes or 28.9%. The 1st runner up was Hero by Mike Lupica with 83 votes or 15.6%, and the 2nd runner up was Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke with 50 votes or 9.4%. Misty Gordon and the Ghost Pirates and Wonderstruck were both also close to becoming the 2nd runner up. Many of my friends and I voted for Escape Under the Forever Sky because the book was suspenseful, fun, exciting, and it was set in Africa. It’s about a girl, whose mom is the American ambassador in Ethiopia. When the girl gets kidnapped, she has to rely on her instincts and knowledge to survive. If you haven’t read it,I also recommendWUES’s top Bluebonnet pick, Escape Under the Forever Sky. The official winner of the 2012-2013 Texas Bluebonnet Award was announced on February 8, after all the votes were counted. Can you guess how many students voted? According to the Texas Library Association, 173,836 students voted from 1,623 schools in Texas this year. Unlike at our school, the statewide voting was very close. None of the books even received 10% of the votes. The top three books were: •1st place: Postcards from Camp by Simms Taback with 15,189 votes (8.74% of the votes were for this book) •2nd place: Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke with 14,612 votes (8.41% of the votes were for this book) •3rd place: Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo with 12,568 votes (7.23% of the votes were for this book).

Sadly, the author of the winning book, Simms Taback, died on Christmas Day 2011. His book Postcards from Camp is about a boy named Michael who goes to camp for the first time and does not like it so he writes a series of postcards and letters pleading to be rescued. This book is unique and interesting because it has handmade postcards and letters that the reader can take out of their envelopes to read. If you like reading (and blueberry muffins), here’s the list to get you started on reading this year’s Bluebonnet books! -Aguirre, Jorge. 2012. Giants Beware! Illustrated by Rafael

Rosado. New York: First Second. Applegate, Katherine. 2012. The One and Only Ivan. Illustrated by Patricia Castelao. New York: Harper. Burg, Shana. 2012. Laugh with the Moon. New York: Delacorte. Chin, Jason. 2011. Coral Reefs. New York: Roaring Brook Press. Clifton, Lutricia. 2012. Freaky Fast Frankie Joe. New York: Holiday House. Fern, Tracey. 2012. Barnum’s Bones. Illustrated by Boris Kulikov. New York: Margaret Ferguson Books. Grandits, John. 2011. 10 Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus. Illustrated by Michael Allen Austin. For the complete list Google Bluebonnet Books


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! WEST UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VOL. XIII ISSUE VI ! JUMP SKY HIGH BY KATIE KOPEL & PEYTON HOWARD

Do you like to jump on trampolines and do cool tricks? Well, then Jump Sky High is the place for you! Located at 10510 Westview Drive, Jump Sky High doesn’t just have trampolines, it has trampoline dodgeball , pits, and arcade games. Jump Sky High has very bouncy trampolines so you can do any type of trick from back-handsprings to front flips. This place even has trampolines on the walls! So, if you’re looking for a fun place to go on the weekend, make sure to try Jump Sky High!

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THE HOBBIT BY MERIDIAN MONTHY

Do you like action and adventure? Fun and fantasy? Then The Hobbit is the movie for you. This movie is also connected to the book The Hobbit. This amazing fairy tale is about a hobbit, a hairy, short creature, who is not the type of person that goes on wild journeys to find gold and treasure. He had planned to stay home in The Shire and live his life like a normal hobbit when Gandalf, a wizard, comes. He asks the hobbit named Bilbo Baggins to join him on an adventure.

Do you think he will go? And if he does, survive? They are making it into three movies, so don’t wait to go see the first one! If you want to be courageous like Bilbo and Gandalf, you can read the book for more detail and fun and you won’t have to wait! The actors and special effects are amazing and you really feel like you’re in the movie. The movie is good and covers everything in the book plus they added a little in to make it longer. I give it a five star rating.*****

REVIEW: MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION BY NICHOLAS MCINTOSH You spawn in a forest. You need to make shelter. You know the drill! Get wood, make shelter, and survive and thrive! You guessed it, it’s Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition!

parents first]. The graphics are very smooth and there is little or no lag at all. You can build whatever you want, day or night, rain or shine, a monument, galleria, a farm house/ shack, and the Minecraft is, a game where everything world is unlimited so you can venture to the far reaches of the world. However is made of blocks. When night comes when you craft, smelt iron, gold, and monsters well come out and try to kill you [which is why you need shelter.]It is eventually diamonds and begin to mine, you realize something important. available for 1600 Microsoft Points [$19.99] on the XBLA Marketplace. You Besides the animals on the surface, can play in single player and survive and you aren’t alone. thrive, or go online with Xbox LIVE and Zombies, Skeletons, Spiders, and play with 8 friends or strangers [be Creepers [green monsters that explode careful there and check with your

when you get too close] will become hazards as you mine deeper, eventually to Diamonds, dungeons and Strongholds. You can also on the surface trade with villagers to get items that may be to difficult for you to obtain to build your world and thrive! Overall, I think that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is a safe and entertaining game and that you should try it today!

SOME FACTS I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT OUR TWO MOST FAMOUS PRESIDENTS BY: JASON BOUÉ Abe Lincoln

George Washington

• His bed is in the Governor’s Mansion in Illinois. • He was born in Illinois. • His last name is on every Illinois license plate. • He used to store letters inside his hat. • Illinois is the only state that accepts pennies in its tollbooths because Abe is on the penny.

JOKES BY SURYA RAMAKRISHNAN

• He didn’t actually have wooden teeth. • He was a famous general before he became President. • He has a university named after him. • He wasn’t an attorney. • He is on the $1 bill. There is 1 false fact for each of them. Can you find them?

The Daily Buzzer. 4. What's mummy's favorite music? 1. What is the best way Rap music to talk to a monster? 5. Who inches follow? Their ruler. Long distance 6. What is the tastiest federal building? 2. What has a head and The US Mint. tail but no body? A coin 7. What did the toy teddy bear say 3.What do they call a when offered dessert? No thanks, I bee's newspaper? am stuffed.


8. Why do they call a living room a living room? I guess people live in it. 9. What's furry and large that looks like a pony? A Great Dane dog. 10. What did the tree say when it got a hard question? I am stumped. 11. What city has no people? Electricity


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The Banana

by Talia and Anika

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The Lamplighter by Paxon Dewett

Cutie by Dillon Smith

The Drive Thru by Casey Propst

Jokes By Paxon Dewett What has an i but can’t see? A: The blinds!

What can see but has no eyes? A: The Sea! What gets wet as it dries? A: A towel (It dries YOU!) What letter has the most water?

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A: The letter C! Knock Knock? Who’s there? Cow. Cow who? Cows go moo, not hoo!

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