The Paws of Time SERVING LAKES ELEMENTARY SINCE 2009

L a k e s E l e m e n t a r y N e w s p a p e r

March 9, 2012

Volume 3, issue 4

Have you taken a quiz

yet? Staff writer/typist/photographer: Kaya Mickelson

Do you like to read? Many fabu-

lous students here at Lakes are partici-

pating in the Accelerated Reader Program

(AR). The AR program gives students a

chance to show how much they love to

read each year.

Every time a student reads a book,

they can go to the computer in their class-

room and take a quiz on the book they

read. Depending on the amount of points

that are available for the book, and how

many answers you get right, you receive

points. The questions are usually about

the main characters and main events.

You take the AR quizzes to track how

much you read each year. Teachers can

give rewards to the readers. Shay B. in

Mrs. Adams’ class said, “AR reading is

fun and enjoyable. I love the prizes you

get.” Shay B. has 24.3 pts. and is still go-

ing. A few of the prizes in Mrs. Adams’

class include a pencil (25 pts.), a free book

pick (100 pts.), a starburst award (175

pts.), and a giant candy bar (250 pts.).

Mrs. Wolf said, “My students collect tick-

ets for AR and save them for an auction.”

So, all you need to do is pick up a

book and

read!

Make AR

a new

academic

goal and

finish the

year off

strong!

Photo by Courtney Schrieve

Paws of Time staff members (above) presented

their Feb. issue to the NTPS board members at

their meeting held at Lakes on Feb. 22nd. Stu-

dents thanked administrators and parents for

their continued support.

Lakes’ choir organized by Mrs. Rounsley welcomed

all board members and community by performing

a few songs for all in attendance. Many com-

mented on the creativity of the use of a kazoo dur-

ing the song, “Rubber Duckie.”

Fortune Cookie Fundraiser Thank you to everyone that purchased a

fortune cookie for a friend or family member.

Lakes purchased 920 pink cookies and the fund-

raiser raised a total of $660! The

money raised will be used to pur-

chase something for the school

grounds. More information to follow.

Photo by June Taufetee

Mrs. Adams’ student, Jennifer L.

really enjoys taking AR tests.

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Upcoming Spirit Day March 16th—Rock Star Day

April 13th—Wear Purple in honor

of military families and students

April 20th—Wear Blue and Grey

Day

Believe in the magic Staff writer: Lauryn Daniels

If you’re looking for a great va-

cation spot, you can stop looking and

let Mickey Mouse and all his friends

take you on an amazing journey

through their awesome theme parks.

Of course there’s the one and

only Disneyland Park featuring their

spectacular light show, World of Color! World of Color is a light

and water show with projected screenings of famous Disney

characters. Another sight to see is the popular place for boys

and girls of all ages, Mickey’s ToonTown. It has a walk-in model

of Mickey’s house and at the end of the house you get to take a

picture with Mickey Mouse!

Danielle O., 4th grader in Mr. Pontius’s class says, “I

thought Disneyland was fun and I recommend people go there,

it is an awesome place.” If you’re looking for a high pace action

ride, then California Screaming is the right ride for you. It is

located in another theme park, California Adventure. It’s

where you dip, go straight up, then down to the ground, and up-

side down! After all that play you’ll be hungry, so go on down to

Garden Grove Restaurant (it’s a central park themed eatery)

and chow down on all kinds of 1020052 foods like: hamburgers,

chicken fingers, and more! Mrs. Lynn, one of our recess super-

visors, says, “I thought it was amazing and colorful, so much to

see and do. The food was great and I love the teacup ride and

the Pirates of the Caribbean ride!” Isaac Q., 4th grader from

Mrs. Duchesneau’s class also says, “It was awesome and fun,

but you have to walk around a lot.”

So, believe in the magic and take a trip to the happiest

place on earth!

Information source, Google, DisneyLand.com

Fun facts about gum Staff writer: Emily Kankelborg

Dubble Bubble was the first

gum made.

Gum helps you concentrate.

If you chew gum nonstop for a

year straight you will lose

eleven pounds.

There is a wall of gum in Seat-

tle at Pikes Place Market.

These facts can be found in the book

POP! The Inven-

tion of Bubble

Gum in our Lakes

Library. (image from Google/

Dubble Bubble/

images)

STUDENT SURVEY: Remember to place your survey answer in the Leopard Mailbox. (place your vote on a piece of paper and place in the mailbox located in the office, participation is important)

What is your favorite candy?

*Peanut Butter Cups

*Skittles *Bubble Gum *Chocolate Bars

Results for last month’s survey: What

is your favorite NFL team:

winner is Other.

Survey by Lauren Schutt

Student participation This month’s issue contains a survey; please

write your answers down and place them in the student

mailbox in the office. The results of this month’s survey will

be in our next issue.

Every issue will contain three or more student ID numbers

(the password you use to log onto the computer). Find your

number/password and win a prize. If you find your number

come to Room 407 to claim your prize, good luck! Congrats

Rafael A. from Miss Brown and Ally S. from Mrs. Callero’s

classes for locating and claiming their delicious prizes.

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Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Russell, an

amazing teacher Staff writer/typist/photographer: Arianna Bush

Years teaching: 8 years

Years at Lakes: 5 years

Grade you teach: 3rd grade

Family: Husband, three kids and three

cats

How I spend my time: Walking with

husband

Favorite subject: Reading

Favorite movie: Elf

Favorite book: Kite Runner

Dream vacation: Hawaii

College I attended: Evergreen State College

Someone she respects: Parents

Colleague comment: Ms. Brown stated, “I love working with Mrs.

Russell! I have known her since I was in high school, so it’s fun for me

to get to see her every day. She is a kind and helpful colleague. I’m

glad she is in just the room next door!”

3rd Grade Student Spotlight: Nina P.,

future veterinarian Staff writer/typist: Kaitlynn Dean

Age: 9

Teacher: Mrs. Russell

Home state: Georgia

Parents: Nick & Naeling

How I spend my time: Reading or playing

outside

Favorite subject: Math

Favorite movie: Brave

Favorite book: The Island books

Dream job: Veterinarian

Someone I respect: My friends because they’re nice and funny.

College I’d like to attend: I don’t know

One thing in the world I’d like to change: Things to be less

expensive

Someone famous I’d like to meet: Selena Gomez

Where I see myself in 10 years: I don’t know

Teacher comment: Mrs. Russell stated, “She’s an excellent

student, follows rules, and does great work. Nina’s a model

student.”

Super Bowl

#46, Patriots fall

to the Giants

once again Staff writer: Leif Hunter

The Super Bowl

this year was a very

close match. Patriots

vs. Giants was a re-

match of the 2006 Su-

per Bowl. Anthony J.,

from Mrs. Russell's

3rd grade class said, “

I liked it when the gi-

ants got a touchdown

and the running back

sat down on the end

zone.” The score was

21-17 with the Giants

winning the game.

The Patriots have yet

to pull off a win

against the Giants in

the Super Bowl. Wil-

liam L. said, “It's awe-

some the Giants won

because Eli Manning

is the best quarter

back and Victor Cruz

is the best wide re-

ceiver on the Giants

side.” The final play

was heart breaking

for the Patriots be-

cause they were un-

able to catch the ball,

which worked out

really well for the Gi-

ants.

Next year’s

Super Bowl

is sure to

be just as

exciting.

Tony Hawk:

Skateboarding

legend Staff writer/typist: Kaitlynn Dean

Do you like to play sports? Are you

looking for a new activity to burn off some of

that after school energy? What about skate-

boarding? Madison L. in Miss Brown’s 5th

grade class says, “Skateboarding is fun and

great exercise. You can go real fast or as slow

as you want.” Even if you have not tried

skateboarding yourself, you may have heard

about Tony Hawk the famous skateboarder?

Tony Hawk is 43 years old, was born

and lives in San Diego, California. Tony first

learned to skate when he was nine years old.

His family thought skateboarding might focus

some of the hyperactivity that caused Tony is-

sues at school and at home. It worked. Soon,

he was practicing six hours a day. When he

was fourteen he became a professional skate-

boarder. At twenty-five years of age, Tony had

competed in 103 pro contests, won 73 of them

and placed second in nineteen of them. He

was crowned Vertical Skating World Cham-

pion twelve years straight.

In the early 90’s interest in skateboard-

ing died down and the popularity of it wasn’t

as great as it used to be. In 1995, ESPN in-

vited Tony to compete in the X Games. Mil-

lions viewed this and almost over-night, skate-

boarding was back! Jamarcus G. in Mrs. Felix

class says, “The X Games are cool to watch

because of the cool tricks.”

Tony also has many video games on the

market earning him 1016591 millions of dol-

lars. Tony has won many awards such as:

Make-A-Wish’s Favorite Male Athlete, Teen

Choice Awards, Choice Male Athlete and in

2003 and 2004 he was named Nickelodeon’s

Kids Choice Awards Favorite Male Athlete.

According to Newsweek Tony Hawk is

one of the most recognizable athletes in the

United States. So get out there and skateboard

your troubles away! Information found at: Tony Hawk Official Web

site, Tony Hawks Biography, Oct. 14, 2002

Are you ever bored at home? If you are,

and you have internet access go to this virtual

online world called, Animal Jam.

You will have hours of fun with just a

click of a button. You can choose any animal, den

item, and more if you are a paying member. Any-

one can be a member, but it does cost money.

Non-members can only select a few animals: a

seal, wolf, rabbit, monkey, or a panda. While

members can choose any animal including: dol-

phins, sharks, turtles, horses, elephants, rhinos,

and crocodiles. Sapphire G. from Mrs. Conover’s

class said, “I don’t know why, but it gets boring

after a while.”

Members do have more to select from Ani-

mal Jam’s world, Jamaa. Jamaa has lots of

towns for your sea animals and land animals.

Also, you can make your animal colorful, by add-

ing clothes, wigs, and more. You can even deco-

rate your own den by going to the furniture store

in Jamaa, and there’s no age limit! Bryn T. from

Mrs. Duchesneau’s said, “It’s fun because you

can customize your animal and your den.”

The purpose of

this fun game is to be

whatever animal you

want and to have fun!

Go and play to

find out more at

www.AnimalJam.com.

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Fun on the web, Animal Jam Staff writer/typist: Ana Abbott

Read across

Lakes’ eve-

ning activi-

ties were a

huge success

with an esti-

mated 200

parents and

students at-

tending the

“Open Mic”

and Book

Photo at Google/animal jam/images

think is pretty reasonable.

Happy Teriyaki is located at

5103 Capitol Blvd. Tumwater,

WA 98501 or 1107 College

Street, Suite A Lacey, WA

98503.

In my opinion, I think

that Happy Teriyaki is a

great restaurant and I would

give it four and a half out of

five stars.

Happy

Teriyaki is a very

well known local

restaurant. Quite

a few people I know from class

or Y-care have been there at

least once and enjoyed it. You

can get a small but tasty vari-

ety of Japanese food like noo-

dles, chicken, pork, beef, and

shrimp. If you’re more of a

salad person, try the Love

Salad with their super tasty

dressing.

Isaac T., in Ms. Brig-

ham’s class, said “I have been

there three times and enjoyed

it two out of the three.” Also,

Mrs. Wolf says, “I’ve been to

the one on College St. and I

have the chicken teriyaki with

the fried rice because I think

that’s very flavorful.”

The menu states that

prices range from $7.25 to

$9.00 at the most, which I

Happy Teriyaki: Japanese Delights Staff writer/typist: Riley Fosbre

teacher friend recommended it to

me. I love Khan Academy. The

idea of providing quality educa-

tion to anyone, everywhere is

really exciting, because it gives

people the tools to increase their

understanding and knowledge-

base wherever. There have been

several times where my class has

watched some videos together,

and that really helped the class.

It’s hard to use Khan Academy

at school because our servers are

so slow, but I’d still recommend

this website to teachers, stu-

dents, and parents.”

So, if you’re lacking in

your studies and need help, go

online to khanacademy.com and

start learning today!

2 x 400 x 25% of 100 =

20,000. If you’re thinking of

doing problems like that, why

not visit Khan Academy. You

can start practicing right now

on any kind of tutorial includ-

ing math!

Khan Academy is one

of the greatest websites for

learning just about anything.

You can take all the free les-

sons you need to study up for

an exam or just practice on

your own, at your own pace.

Khan Academy is a Non-

Profit organization (A busi-

ness that is not working for

money and doesn’t pay taxes).

It was founded by Salman

Khan and his goal was to

spread free education around

the world.

Khan Academy has

over thirty million tutorials

and over two thousand video

tutorials teaching just about

anything from simple math to

black holes! Yes, THIRTY

MILLION tutorials. And new

tutorials are open to try out

every day! To start out, you

can make a free account and

jump right to tracking your

learning progress by using an

application called the Map of

Knowledge. You start out

with a couple of worksheets

and Khan Academy will track

your progress to see what is

best for you. Dominic, a 6th

grader in Mrs. Brigham’s

class said “I think it is a great

website to learn stuff for

school and I would recom-

mend it to other students.”

Hey teachers, did you

hear? If you get accounts for

all your students you can

track their progress. If stu-

dents are struggling, you can

add lessons that will help

them. Mr. Cahill, a sixth

grade teacher uses this pro-

gram and said, “I first

learned about Khan Academy

a few years ago when a

Khan Academy, learning couldn’t get any easier! Writer/typist: Sajid Amin

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Cimorelli: an amazing singing group Staff writer/typist: Mira Smith

Are you ever bored at home with nothing to do? Are all the bands these days

too plain? Need something to listen to? If you answered yes to one or more of the pre-

vious questions, then keep reading!

Cimorelli became a famous singing group on Youtube by singing covers of

popular songs. They are signed to Universal Record's Island label.

The group is made up of 6 sisters, Christina (21), Katherine (19), Lisa (18), Amy (16), Lauren (13),

and Dani (11) Cimorelli. The sisters 0162901 were raised in Sacramento, California with their 5 brothers.

The Cimorelli sisters were introduced to music by their mother, Lynne, a college music major, composer, and

former choir director. She taught the girls classical piano, three-part barbershop harmonizing, and vocal

jazz. In 2002, the oldest three sisters began to perform locally and soon recruited the other sisters once they

were old enough. Experienced in musical theatre, dance and acting, the sisters are highly skilled in the per-

forming arts. In 2007, five of the six girls launched a vocal group and released a self-titled album in 2008.

Cimorelli was born! In 2009, after posting a very energetic cover of Party In The USA by Miley Cyrus, Sara

Stennett, who is the manager of Jessie J, agreed to manage Cimorelli. Stennett helped them sign a record

deal with Universal in April 2010. The entire family of 13 then moved to southern California so the girls

could pursue their music career.

Their latest album, The Cim Fam EP, released on December 6, 2011 and featured four cover songs

(Skyscraper by Demi Lovato, Dynamite by Taio Cruz, Price Tag by Jessie J, and What Makes You Beautiful

by One Direction) with a Christmas cover (All I Want For Christmas is You by Mariah Carey) and one origi-

nal (Million Bucks).

For more information about Cimorelli, (with your parent's permission) go to their website, cimorellimu-

sic.com. They may inspire you!

Always follow your dreams, no matter how far-fetched they are. The Cimorelli sisters did just that

and look at where they are now!

Newspaper Staff Riley Fosbre, Sidney Coates, Sajid Amin, Rylee Hofstad, Marissa McGoldrick, Caleb

Linggi, Arianna Bush, Jada Daniels, Lauryn Daniels, Ana Abbott, Madison Randle,

June Taufetee, Jesse Lucky, William Montenegro, Kaley Smith, Emily Kankelborg,

Adrienne Serrano, Kaitlynn Dean, Haleigh Williams, Mira Smith, Maria O’Leary,

Cedric Maser, Leif Hunter, Lauryn White Editor: Kaya Mickelson, Lauren

Schutt Parent Volunteers: Sam Lee & Alethea Hunter Advisors: Mrs. Callero & Tracy Fosbre

Leon goes to the Zoo Cartoonist: Leif Hunter

Thank you PTA for

bringing published

author, Erik Brooks

to our school for the

day!