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OUT OF THIS WORLD DANCE by Katherine Many Students went to the PTO Out of this World Dance. Kai, a kindergartener in Ms. Sullivan’s class, attended this wonderful dance as a rocketship. He chose this great costume because he loves rockets and thought it was a great opportunity to dress up as one. Kai claimed that he liked the music best. He also enjoyed dancing to his favorite songs with other students at the dance. One thing that Kai would like to add to the dance is more astronauts. He says that it would be better if more had been there. One of Kai’s favorite costumes at the dance was an alien costume. He said he couldn’t choose his favorite alien, though. If he could choose, he would make the next dance a Beach Party dance. He also says that this was the first school dance he had been to and would like to come to future dances as well. OUT OF THIS WORLD DANCE by Rylee Callie, a 5th grader in Ms. White’s class, loved the dance, especially the food and decorations. Her only concern was the volume of the music. She thought it was a bit loud. Her costume was ”The Queen of Stars.” She wanted to shine like a star. She also adored the family that had hats that looked like the aliens from Toy Story. Even though the theme of this dance was quite amazing, Callie would also like a Hawaiian dance. She has been to many Bennett dances and looks forward to more! BOOK FAIR by Sophia Madelyn is in 2nd grade in Ms. Mosley’s class. She went to the Book Fair with her Grandmother. She bought Pete the Cat, Miss Smith Under the Ocean, Frozen, and Weird but True. She likes fiction books. Madelyn likes the Book Fair because she can get books that aren’t in the library. Baby Mouse books are something she would add to the Book Fair. She has been to the Book Fair before and will come again she says, because she loves the books it has. BOOK FAIR by Annie It was a busy day at the Book Fair, with parents and kids lined up, when we ran into Skyler, a 5th grader in Ms. Brown’s class. He was seen browsing with his Mom. Skyler bought Weird but True, 300 Outrageous Facts about Animals, Hitler’s Secret, and a book about the Civil War. Skyler reported ”my favorite thing about the Book Fair, is that they have many cool books to choose from.” He wouldn’t change anything about the Book Fair. This isn’t the first time Skyler has attended the Book Fair. He has enjoyed it in the past too, and hopes to return in the future. 5TH GRADE STAFF Katherine (Editor), Rylee, Sophia, Annie, Cailey, Aiden, Brooklyn, Preston, Heidi, Nate, Matti, Olivia, Terrance, Elizabeth Sponsors: Ms. Lowry, Ms. Tschirhart THANKSGIVING FEAST by Aiden Thanksgiving Feast is a special time for everybody, especially Danni. She is in Ms. Taylor’s 1st grade class. Danni was eating with her Aunt Joe at Bennett’s Feast. Her Aunt brought her food from McDonald’s. Danni loves Feast because she gets to eat with her family. She doesn’t know why we celebrate Thanksgiving, but she definitely would choose to be an Indian at the First Thanksgiving. Danni is thankful for her family and her Aunt Joe. THANKSGIVING FEAST by Cailey Noah is a 1st grader in Ms. Taylor’s class. He was eating with his mother when I asked him about the Feast. He said his mother brought him Subway for lunch. This isn’t the first Feast Noah has been to. He loves Bennett Thanksgiving Feast because he gets to go to the Book Fair. He also likes that family members can come. Noah is thankful for his family. If he could choose to be an Indian or a Pilgrim at the First Thanksgiving, he would be an Indian. FREAKY FACTOID #2 by Elizabeth Masayuki Sumida is a professor of biology at Japan’ s Hiroshima University. He is the one who bred the frog to be a humane learning tool. Sumida stated “you can watch organs of the same frog over its entire life time, as you don’t have to dissect it.” Dissecting animals for science experiments has caused problems worldwide, prompting companies to create crueltyfree alternatives. Only 1 in 16 frogs end up seethrough. Sumida’s team hasn’t yet passed the trait to offspring. FREAKY FACTOID #1 by Terrance Question: What is the greatest amount of change you can have, but still not be able to make change for a dollar? Answer: $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, 4 pennies) ”Missing Sock” by Kailey, 3rd Grade I left my sock in a stinky drawer. It was there for a week, but not anymore. It had disappeared, so had my coat. I figured out, it was eaten by a goat. I chased the goat and lost my glove. It was flown away by a dove. I jumped for it, and there went my shoe. Turns out, it got filled with some goo. It was stuck and my hat went away. Gee, this is an annoying day! Kai, Kinder Callie, 5th Grade Madelyn, 2nd Grade Skyler, 5th Grade Noah, 1st Grade Danni, 1st Grade ”SeeThrough” Frog

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OUT  OF  THIS  WORLD  DANCE  by  Katherine                Many  Students  went  to  the  PTO  Out  of  this  World  Dance.    Kai,  a  kindergartener  in  Ms.  Sullivan’s  class,  attended  this  wonderful  dance  as  a  rocketship.    He  chose  this  great  costume  because  he  loves  rockets  and  thought  it  was  a  great  opportunity  to  dress  up  as  one.    Kai  claimed  that  he  liked  the  music  best.    He  also  enjoyed  dancing  to  his  favorite  songs  with  other  students  at  the  dance.    One  thing  that  Kai  would  like  to  add  to  the  dance  is  more  astronauts.    He  says  that  it  would  be  better  if  more  had  been  there.  One  of  Kai’s  favorite  costumes  at  the  dance  was  an  alien  costume.    He  said  he  couldn’t  choose  his  favorite  alien,  though.    If  he  could  choose,  he  would  make  the  next  dance  a  Beach  Party  dance.    He  also  says  that  this  was  the  first  school  dance  he  had  been  to  and  would  like  to  come  to  future  dances  as  well.  

OUT  OF  THIS  WORLD  DANCE  by  Rylee                      Callie,  a  5th  grader  in  Ms.  White’s  class,  loved  the  dance,  especially  the  food  and  decorations.    Her  only  concern  was  the  volume  of  the  music.    She  thought  it  was  a  bit  loud.    Her  costume  was  ”The  Queen  of  Stars.”    She  wanted  to  shine  like  a  star.    She  also  adored  the  family  that  had  hats  that  looked  like  the  aliens  from  Toy  Story.    Even  though  the  theme  of  this  dance  was  quite  amazing,  Callie  would  also  like  a  Hawaiian  dance.    She  has  been  to  many  Bennett  dances  and  looks  forward  to  more!    

BOOK  FAIR  by  Sophia            Madelyn  is  in  2nd  grade  in  Ms.  Mosley’s  class.    She  went  to  the  Book  Fair  with  her  Grandmother.    She  bought  Pete  the  Cat,  Miss  Smith  Under  the  Ocean,  Frozen,  and  Weird  but  True.    She  likes  fiction  books.    Madelyn  likes  the  Book  Fair  because  she  can  get  books  that  aren’t  in  the  library.    Baby  Mouse  books  are  something  she  would  add  to  the  Book  Fair.    She  has  been  to  the  Book  Fair  before  and  will  come  again  she  says,  because  she  loves  the  books  it  has.  

BOOK  FAIR  by  Annie                  It  was  a  busy  day  at  the  Book  Fair,  with  parents  and  kids  lined  up,  when  we  ran  into  Skyler,  a  5th  grader  in  Ms.  Brown’s  class.    He  was  seen  browsing  with  his  Mom.  Skyler  bought  Weird  but  True,  300  Outrageous  Facts  about  Animals,  Hitler’s  Secret,  and  a  book  about  the  Civil  War.    Skyler  reported  ”my  favorite  thing  about  the  Book  Fair,  is  that  they  have  many  cool  books  to  choose  from.”    He  wouldn’t  change  anything  about  the  Book  Fair.    This  isn’t  the  first  time  Skyler  has  attended  the  Book  Fair.    He  has  enjoyed  it  in  the  past  too,  and  hopes  to  return  in  the  future.    

5TH  GRADE  STAFF  Katherine  (Editor),  Rylee,  Sophia,  Annie,  Cailey,  Aiden,  Brooklyn,  Preston,  Heidi,  Nate,  Matti,  Olivia,  Terrance,  Elizabeth  Sponsors:  Ms.  Lowry,  Ms.  Tschirhart  

THANKSGIVING  FEAST  by  Aiden            Thanksgiving  Feast  is  a  special  time  for  everybody,  especially  Danni.    She  is  in  Ms.  Taylor’s  1st  grade  class.    Danni  was  eating  with  her  Aunt  Joe  at  Bennett’s  Feast.    Her  Aunt  brought  her  food  from  McDonald’s.    Danni  loves  Feast  because  she  gets  to  eat  with  her  family.    She  doesn’t  know  why  we  celebrate  Thanksgiving,  but  she  definitely  would  choose  to  be  an  Indian  at  the  First  Thanksgiving.    Danni  is  thankful  for  her  family  and  her  Aunt  Joe.  

THANKSGIVING  FEAST  by  Cailey                      Noah  is  a  1st  grader  in  Ms.  Taylor’s  class.    He  was  eating  with  his  mother  when  I  asked  him  about  the  Feast.    He  said  his  mother  brought  him  Subway  for  lunch.    This  isn’t  the  first  Feast  Noah  has  been  to.    He  loves  Bennett  Thanksgiving  Feast  because  he  gets  to  go  to  the  Book  Fair.    He  also  likes  that  family  members  can  come.    Noah  is  thankful  for  his  family.    If  he  could  choose  to  be  an  Indian  or  a  Pilgrim  at  the  First  Thanksgiving,  he  would  be  an  Indian.  

FREAKY  FACTOID  #2  by  Elizabeth              Masayuki  Sumida  is  a  professor  of  biology  at  Japan’  s    Hiroshima  University.    He  is  the  one  who  bred  the  frog  to  be  a  humane  learning  tool.    Sumida  stated    “you  can  watch  organs  of  the  same  frog  over  its  entire  life  time,  as  you  don’t  have  to  dissect  it.”    Dissecting  animals  for  science  experiments  has  caused  problems  world-­‐wide,  prompting  companies  to  create  cruelty-­‐free  alternatives.    Only  1  in  16  frogs  end  up  see-­‐through.  Sumida’s  team  hasn’t  yet  passed  the  trait  to  offspring.    

FREAKY  FACTOID  #1  by  Terrance  Question:    What  is  the  greatest  amount  of  change  you  can  have,  but  still  not  be  able  to  make  change  for  a  dollar?  Answer:  $1.19  (3  quarters,  4  dimes,  4  pennies)  

”Missing  Sock”  by  Kailey,  3rd  Grade  I  left  my  sock  in  a  stinky  drawer.          It  was  there  for  a  week,  but  not  anymore.  It  had  disappeared,  so  had  my  coat.          I  figured  out,  it  was  eaten  by  a  goat.  I  chased  the  goat  and  lost  my  glove.          It  was  flown  away  by  a  dove.  I  jumped  for  it,  and  there  went  my  shoe.          Turns  out,  it  got  filled  with  some  goo.  It  was  stuck  and  my  hat  went  away.          Gee,  this  is  an  annoying  day!  

   

Kai,  Kinder  

 

Callie,  5th  Grade  

Madelyn,  2nd  Grade  

Skyler,  5th  Grade  

Noah,  1st  Grade  

Danni,  1st  Grade  

 

 

”See-­‐Through”  Frog  

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STUDENT  SPOTLIGHT  by  Preston  She  breeds  dogs,  helps  horses,  and  even  squirrels!    Her  name  is  Alannah.    She  visits  the  nursing  home  by  her  house  and  donates  food  to  the  homeless  and  the  elderly.    She  tries  to  help  others  whenever  she  can.    Alannah  is  also  very  talented.    She  is  Level  3  in  gymnastics.    That  is  amazing  for  her  age!    Alannah  is  also  a  good  role  model  for  others.    She  was  Bennett  Bear  of  the  Month  for  September.    

STUDENT  SPOTLIGHT  by  Brooklyn          Cole  is  a  kindergarnter  with  an  outstanding  heart.    He  took  action  when  he  saw  a  problem.    He  decided  to  show  that  you  are  never  too  young  to  make  a  difference.    Generously,  he  donated  to  his  preschool  food  drive.    The  food  was  given  to  the  Allen  Food  Pantry.    Cole  also  donated  books  to  underprivelaged  students  in  Allen  ISD.    He  saw  that  some  kids  don’t  have  the  privelages  he  has.  Cole  was  awarded  Bear  of  the  Month  for  Courage,  was  Mystery  Artist,  and  Secret  Athlete.    He  is  a  role-­‐model  for  all  Bennett  students.    It’s  good  to  know  a  fellow  student  is  making  a  big  difference.    

STUDENT  SURVEY  by  Heidi            What  is  your  favorite  fiction  genre?          After  the  results  were  tallied,  the  Bennett  student  body  most  prefers  humor  at  26%  of  the  vote.    Followed  closely  by  mystery  at  24%  of  the  vote.    The  students  least  preferred  science  fiction  with  a  vote  of  7%.    Also  close  to  the  bottom  was  historical  fiction  with  only  8%  of  the  vote.    The  results  of  the  survey  were  not  very  surprising  to  me,  because  I  think  most  kids  prefer  to  laugh  and  be  adventurous  or  solve  a  problem  or  mystery.    The  only  real  surprise  for  me  was  I  thought  historical  fiction  would  be  last  instead  of  science  fiction.                                        

EDITORIAL  by  Nate          Should  sports  outside  of  school  be  allowed  in  school?            Sports  such  as  football,  soccer,  and  baseball  can  all  be  dangerous.  But,  if  you  play  a  sport  outside  of  school  it  would  be  just  as  dangerous  as  in  school.  So,  if  the  two  are  almost  the  same  why  shouldn’t  they  be  allowed  in  school?      Some  parents  might  say  it  is  good  for  their  kids  because  it  gives  them  different  people  to  cooperate  with  and  get  to  know  better.    A  downside  is,  that  if  you’re  hurt  in  the  school  sport  you  might  not  be  able  to  play  that  sport  outside  of  school  on  your  real  team.    Also,  some  kids  might  not  be  able  to  throw  a  football  but  can  kick  a  soccer  ball.  If  you  were  to  sign  up  for  volleyball  and  realize  you  are  better  at  baseball,  it  would  be  a  waste  of  your  money.    Do  I  think  sports  such  as  soccer  and  baseball  should  be  allowed?  Yes,  I  think  it  could  be  a  chance  to  get  to  know  people,  practice  your  sport,  and  have  fun.  It  might  encourage  people  to  be  more  active  and  push  themselves  to  a  higher  standard.    

FASHION  FORUM  FOR  BOYS  by  Matti            If  you  are  a  boy,  I  would  not  pull  your  shorts  up  too  high  or  down  too  low  because  it  is  really  weird  and  does  not  look  appropriate.  I  would  just  wear  a  plaid  shirt  with  funky  colors  like  blue,  green,  and  red.  Or  a  North  Face  jacket  with  shorts.  Or  on  warm  days,  just  wear  shorts  and  a  nice  t-­‐shirt.  And  on  cool  days,  just  wear  jeans  with  a  nice  long-­‐sleeve  shirt.  The  key  is  to  keep  it  simple,  clean  and  appropriate.  Follow  that  simple  rule  and  you  will  always  look  nice.    You  can  also  wear  basketball  shorts  and  a  t-­‐shirt.  For  shoes,  any  tennis  shoes  will  be  fine  (Nike,  Under  Armor,  or  Reebok).  That’s  what  boys  usually  wear!!!    Also  don’t  forget  the  rainbow  loom  bracelets.  They  are  all  the  rage!  

FASHION  FORUM  FOR  GIRLS  by  Olivia              Fashion  is  cool,  but  you  don’t  always  have  to  dress  to  impress.  After  all,  who  are  you  really  trying  to  impress?  Just  wear  what  you  want  or  take  advice  from  me  and  just  wear  a  really  cute  baggy  t-­‐shirt  with  black  leggings  and  boots!  If  I  were  you,  I  would  not  trust  any  of  those  magazines  that  tell  you  to  wear  all  of  those  really  weird  and  expensive  clothes.    For  us  girls,  I  would  just  wear  a  plain  white  t-­‐shirt  with  jeans  and  a  nice  blazer  (which  is  always  cute  any  time  of  year).  Or,  wear  a  loose  t-­‐shirt  with  light  jeans  or  leggings  with  most  any  type  of  boots  that  you  may  own.        

 Cole,  Kinder  

Alannah,  4th  Grade  

   

 

CARTOON  CORNER  by  Addison,  2nd  Grade