Sherburne-Earlville Elementary School News       • Principal Mr. Douchinsky •   Issue 1 2009-10
Alambria Springs Farm
By Brandon S. 3-O’Connor
Drawn by Isabel
After the pumpkin plants sprout, the vines get
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I live in Lebanon, New York near Brian, Amy
and Cory. They own Alambria Springs Farm.
It is a CSA, which is Community Supported
Agriculture. This means people buy a share of
the farm for a year. These people give the money
to buy seeds. Then, Brian and Amy are able
to plant four or five big gardens. Brian has a
huge water tank with a hose hooked to it, on his
tractor. He drives around and pushes a button to
spray water. He does this to water the seeds so
they sprout. Once they sprout, the plants grow.
The plants start to get bigger. Sometimes, Cory
comes down to get me. He brings me to his house
so I help Brian plant red and green lettuce with a
hand-planting machine.
is a bushel or more every week. People can
pick their own vegetables like green, purple
and yellow beans. They take them home and
eat them. Sometimes they have to cook them
first like beets. Sometimes, they store them like
pumpkins, potatoes, winter squash and carrots.
We keep the honey for special occasions like
sore throats.
I help around the farm. Besides planting, I make
sure that the trees stay straight so they don’t fall
over. I also muck the horses by shoveling the
manure. I love the goat the most even though
she was a little bit “kicky” when I first met her.
I was only seven when I first weeded the goat
pen. Now, I brush the goats off. I also wash the
goat’s horns because they get really dirty when
they eat. They put their heads down and they
stick their horns right into the ground. After the
girl goat had a baby, I milked her. First, I had to
clean her udder off and wait for it to dry. Next
I had to squeeze one teat and pull the other. I
squirted the milk into a bucket. Later, Brian took
it to the milk shed and put the bucket into cold,
cold water. This cools the milk. Then the milk is
filtered and dumped into jugs so Amy can make
goat’s milk cheese.
larger and longer. They have yellow blossoms.
The farm makes me happy because farming
When the flower dies away, underneath is a small is what I wanted to do when I was a little boy.
green pumpkin. They grow and ripen.
Now I have. I learn new things all the time.
Farming is cool and vegetables taste really
Amy and Brian pick the vegetables ready for
good! If this sounds good to you, you could join
harvest. People come to the farm every Saturday next year. Here is their website so you can learn
to get their share of the “veggies”. Each share
more. www.alambriafarm.com
Pumpkins
By Devin P.
3-Eaves
It was fall. Joe was in the pumpkin patch and noticed ants on the
pumpkins. Joe went to tell Miss Apple what he found. She decided
that the pumpkins needed to be picked. She couldn’t pick them all
by herself because there were too many. She asked for help picking
the pumpkins before the ants ate
them. Joe and his friends decided
to help pick all the pumpkins
the next day. Over night, it got
very cold and a frost covered the
pumpkins. Joe and his friends
saw the frost on the pumpkins
but there were no more ants! The
next week the pumpkins were
ready to be picked. Joe and his
friends filled the hay wagon with all the pumpkins!
The Pumpkin
By Katelyn C.
Drawn by Hannah M.
Leaves
3-Eaves
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One day, the first grade class went to the
pumpkin patch. Sara found a pumpkin that
was too heavy to pick up. She asked the bus
driver to help her pick it up. The bus driver
helped her load the pumpkin onto the bus.
When they got back to school, they took the
seeds out. Then they made a pumpkin pie
with the teacher. They put plastic on it and
took it home.
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By Jonathon K.
Drawn by Abbie E.
3-Eaves
In the fall, the leaves changed color and fell off the trees in my backyard. My mom
asked me to clean them up. I had to start up the leaf blower to clean them up. My
lawn looked clean after I used it. Then one day, a windstorm blew the leaves onto
everybody’s lawn. The whole neighborhood got together with their leaf blowers.
We made a huge pile of leaves. After that, we had a neighborhood leaf
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jumping party!
Wanted
Do you feel inspired to draw? Do you like to write? Do you enjoy research? Do you
see your name in print and feel special? Do you like to work with friends? Well, now
you can contribute your work to the school newspaper! Share a drawing, keep busy
on the weekend by requesting an assignment.
ANYONE CAN SUBMIT QUALITY
ELEMENTARY STUDENT WORK!
Art Work
Here are the guidelines:
• All art must be black line (marker
preferred).
• Use white paper
• Images must float in the middle of the
page unlike your art teachers’ usual
advice.
Articles, Poems,
Jokes or Stories
• Write an article and bring the hard copy.
• Share something cool you have written
like a poem or story.
• You can request a newspaper
assignment.
* You can work with your LA teacher to edit
the writing and submit a final draft hard
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Just stop by Ms. Hammond’s room during
copy to Ms. Hammond
Please, do not come during class time.
10th period on Wednesday afternoons.
Teachers:
To send your student’s work to Ms. Hammond, you
could do one of two things - type the story in the body
of the E-Mail or send their file as an attachment. Hard
copy is also acceptable.
To attach a file:
1. With your message open, click the “Attach” button
just above on the menu bar (it is
a small paper clip icon.)
2. Choose the storage place from the pop-up menu.
3. Select the file and click “Choose File”.
4. Your file is now attached and ready to send.
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Coloring Page
Drawn by Travis W.
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Thanks to all the contributors!
Editors:
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Brandon S. 3
Devin P.
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Katelyn C. 3
Jonathon K. 3
Abbie E.
Isabel C.
Hannah M.
Travis W.
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Advisor:
Ms. Hammond
We try to
preserve the
students’ voice
during editing.