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English, Hayley
Sent:Friday, February 05, 2016 12:13 PM
To: Sudlow
Tiger Times
Created By
Sudlow Student Enrichment
Teacher Spotlight
Mrs. Drumm­Janoski
By: Arianna Wilkins­Wall Shekinah Clark­McNeal
1)Q:What made you want to become a teacher?
A: My mom was a teacher and I can remember visiting her classroom and working with her students. I also taught swimming lessons
and enjoyed helping students improve their skills. It was so rewarding when they mastered a stroke or dive.
2)Q:How do you handle your students when they get out of control?
A: I like to talk to them and address their behavior. I believe all students can be successful and be in control of their behaviors.
3)Q:What do you do outside of school?
A: I like to walk and work out, read, cook, spend time with my family and friends, and travel.
4)Q:When you were a kid what did you want to be?Besides being a science teacher)
A: When I was a kid, I remember playing school and can’t remember wanting to be anything else, but I was a textiles and clothings
major for about a year in college.
5)Q:Would you retire from being a teacher at Sudlow?
A: When the time comes, I will retire from Sudlow. I don’t anticipate going to any other school before I retire.
6)Q:Did you like science when you were a kid?
A: I did enjoy science. Science and math were my favorite subjects. I think I liked science because I had some really good teachers.
7)Q:Did you take science class when you were in college and if you did how old were you?
A: I took quite a few science classes in college. Some of the classes were biology, botany, geology, chemistry. Chemistry was my
favorite!
8)Q:Why are you interested in being a teacher at this school?
A: I have been at Sudlow for 17 years. After returning from teaching in Germany for 6 years, I spent a year as a guest teacher and was
at all of the intermediate schools. Sudlow was my favorite. When there was an opening, I applied and got the job! Sudlow is the BEST
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intermediate school in the DCSD!
9)Q:What's your typical day after school
A: After school, I usually try to get some exercise (walk or circuit workout), go home and make supper for my husband and I, do some
school work for the next day (grade papers, prepare lessons for the next day), watch a little tv and then go to bed!
Something else about me: I taught in Darmstadt, Germany at a Department of Defense School for 6 years. I taught junior high math,
science and home ec. The opportunities for travel were awesome, and while I was there I travelled to over 20 countries.
Valentine’s Day
This article will be about the history of Valentine’s Day. This day is also known as Saint Valentine’s Day
or The Feast of Saint Valentine. Now your thinking who’s Saint Valentine. Well Saint Valentine is a very
important person from ancient time. He was born in Terni, Italy. Saint Valentine, officially Saint Valentine
of Rome, is a widely recognized third­century Roman saint commemorated on February 14th and
associated since the High Middle Ages with a tradition of courtly love.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named
Valentinus. Several martyrdom stories were invented for the various Valentines that belonged to February
14th, and added to later martyrologies. Also added on later to the date was the mythical “God” Cupid.
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Pandas~
Pandas are some of the most fascinating creatures alive. Not only are they beautiful, but they are also very smart. The giant panda is one of the most beloved in the world too. But it is also one of the most endangered.
With only about 1,000­2,000 living in the wild pandas are still alive. Giant pandas are recognized for their black and white fur. Their ears, legs, eyes, muzzle, and shoulders are black, while the rest of their body is white.
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Their warm thick fur keeps them warm in wet mountains and in rain. Giant pandas are between 60­100 cm (2­3ft) tall and between 1­2 m (4­6ft) long when on all fours. They can weigh about 100­115 kg (220­250 lb) with
females being smaller and males being larger.
Giant pandas can reach maturity and can reproduce when they are 4­8 years old. Although female pandas can only become pregnant 2­3 days each spring. Because of this small time line pandas call each other through
scents and calls that are similar to goats or sheep, and not normal roars like bears. When a new born panda is born it is born blind with hairless, tiny, and only weighing 85­140 g (3­5 oz).
The baby panda, or cub, cannot move till it is 3 months old, so until then it is completely helpless. In this time the mother is very protective of her cub.
Wildlife reserves are setup in parts of China to help the pandas survive and give them a home for their family. Researchers are continuing to study the pandas to see how they live their normal lives.
~Megan M.
Recipe For Any Special Event These are the ingredients for the recipe brownie mix, butterscotch chips or caramel
delite cookies, thin mints cookies, and chocolate frosting. You need a big bowl and a long brownie container to cook it in. First, you make the
brownie batter (ingredients on the box). Then when it is all mixed up, you take out the butterscotch chips or caramel delite cookies (crush the thin
mint cookies and the caramel delite cookies before putting in the brownie batter). Then you put them in, but not all of them. Second, you mix it
up again to get them spread out in the batter. Then put it in the brownie container, put it in the oven (it will say what temperature you should put it
at on the brownie box and the time), then you set the time and wait. Finally, you pull it out from the oven and then warm up the frosting in the
microwave for 10­15 seconds. Then pull it out and start frosting the brownies once you have done that, then put the rest of thin mints caramel
delites or butterscotch chips on top of the brownie or brownies (you can make two batches). Then cut it up and let it cool off and when it’s done
cooling off you put the top on it and then your done. By: Alexus Kimble
My Heart Cake Recipe
By Isabella Randerson
Ingredients
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 ½ cups of white sugar
½ shortening
1 cup milk
3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
¼ teaspoon red food coloring
Steps
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
2. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix cream, sugar, and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with
milk, beating just to combine. Finally, stir in vanilla and red food coloring. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
5. Frost your favorite designs and enjoy.
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The Tickets
I dreamt that I was walking home from school when I saw a notebook lying on the ground. When I picked it up, two tickets fell out. I looked at them and saw that they
were tickets to my favorite movie. I brought them home and showed my mom. She said that I could bring a friend and go. The day when me and my friend went to the movies
was so fun. We bought popcorn and soda, and went to the mall afterwards. We had so much fun. Then, we went to the park and played. We went home at ten o’clock and had
a sleepover. That morning, I woke up and went downstairs to eat. Movie tickets were lying on the counter. I picked them up and looked at them. They were the tickets from the
dream! I started to wonder if the first part wasn’t a part of the dream. I wondered if I should keep them or find the person who bought them and give them back. My mom came
downstairs and saw me holding the tickets. She said that she put them in a notebook, but my sister put the notebook in her backpack, mistaking the notebook for ones of hers.
The notebook fell out because she forgot to zip her backpack shut. Then, I came, saw the notebook, picked it up, and out fell the tickets. Mom saw that they were the tickets
that she had bought and was super worried. once I went to sleep, she took the tickets out of my room and put them on the counter. She meant to put them in her nightstand, but
she forgot. She said that she wanted it to be a surprise for me for being good. She said that I could still go with her. When we went to the movies, we did the same things that
me and my friend did in my dream. We had as much fun as I did in my dream, too. That night, I was too happy to go to sleep. Mom and I stayed up really late and watched
movies until we fell asleep.
By: Lauren Frahm
Have A Sweet Holiday
I hope you know what time of day it is because there is love in the air. Yes, that’s right it’s Valentine’s Day soon. Did you know that it was created by a guy named Bishop
Valentine in the Roman Era? It is also bad luck to sign a Valentine's Day card. About 1 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged a year. There is a holiday for singles called
singles awareness day or S.A.D for short. The x in xo was decided to be the kiss sign from the middle ages.
Instead of choosing the one you love as a Valentine, men and women drew from a bowl to decide their Valentine in the middle ages. More than 3 million heart shaped
boxes of chocolate are sold a year. Seventy­three percent of people buy flowers and only twenty­three percent of them are women. Over one billion dollars is spent on
Valentine’s Day for cards, chocolate, and flowers. Over 189 million flowers are sold for Valentine’s Day. Did you also know that teachers receive the most cards, followed by
children, mothers, and fathers?
By Isabella Randerson
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Super Sudlow Thank you for looking at this week’s comic. Brought to you by Devin Holmes.
Elephants
Did you know elephants are one of the most emotional animals alive? A baby elephant once cried for five hours because its mother abandoned it. Or another time two elephant parents cried for hours because their baby
had died in a battle.
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Elephants are also extremely intelligent and have memories that last many years. These memories help the elephants to survive in many ways, especially during dry seasons when they need to lead their herd to a
watering hole. They can remember what animals live or hunt at what watering hole so they don’t go there and get hurt, or even die. Although animals at watering holes aren’t the only things hunting them. Humans are hunting
elephants for their ivory tusks. Because of this, elephants are going extinct.
Scientists have found a way to make the ivory tusk unsellable without really hurting the animal. They use a pink dye they use on postit notes to dye the tusks pink, because of this it make the ivory unsellable. Now the
elephant population is starting to rise back up! Today there are about 450,00­700,000 African elephants and between 35,000­40,00 Asian elephants.
Fun Facts about Elephants:
The tusk of an African elephants can grow to be 10 feet long and weigh up to 90 kilometers
Elephants can detect rain 150 miles (241 kilometers) away
Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump
Elephants can live up to 70 years
Their trunks have 100,000 muscle
The average weight of an elephant heart is 27­46 pounds By: Megan M. President’s Day
Presidents day is on Feb.15th to honor our leaders and their service but specifically made for George Washington’s birthday. Even though
George Washington’s birthday is on Feb. 22nd, we still celebrate it on Feb. 15th.
The Creation
While Washington’s Birthday was an unofficial observance for most of the 1800s, it was not until the late 1870s that it became a federal
holiday. Senator Stephen Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first to propose the measure, and in 1879.Then President Rutherford B. Hayes
made it into a law.That law mostly applied to people who lived in the district of Columbia.In 1885 it expanded to the whole country.Now it is
recognized as a popular federal holiday.
By Xander Owens­Holst
February Jokes
Q: What do squirrels give for Valentine's Day?
A: Forget­me­nuts.
Q: What did the valentine card say to the stamp?
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A: Stick with me and we'll go places!
Q: What did one snake say to the other snake?
A: Give me a little hug and a hiss, honey.
Knock, Knock,
Who's there?
Olive
Olive who?
Olive you!
Q: Why did the banana go out with the prune?
A: Because it couldn't get a date.
Q: What travels around the world but stays in one corner?
A: A stamp.
Q: What is a vampire's sweetheart called?
A: His ghoul­friend.
Q: If your aunt ran off to get married, what would you call her?
A: Antelope.
One morning Emma woke up with a start. Her husband Jim asked what was the matter, she told him, "I just had a dream that you gave me a pearl
necklace for Valentine's day. What do you think it means?"
"You'll know tonight," Jim said.
That evening, Jim came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, Emma opened it only to find a book entitled "The Meaning of
Dreams".
For more jokes go on www.guy­sports.com/humor/valentine/valentine_jokes.htm
By:KyaSue Locke and Samantha Heald
February's Amazing Recipes
I am going to share with you a recipe for February. First, I am going to show you the ingredients.
Ingredients:
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For Brine: 2 cups brewed sweet tea
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2 tablespoon smoked salt
2 pounds chicken wings
For Rub:
2 teaspoons ground cayenne
1 teaspoon ancho chile powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon smoked salt
cooking spray, as needed
1 tablespoon canola oil
Read more at http://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2014/01/sweet­tea­brined­hot­chicken­wings.html . The night before you will be serving the chicken wings, prepare the brine. Combine sweet tea, kosher salt, and smoked salt in a 2 cup microwave safe measuring cup. Microwave on high for 45
seconds or until warm and stir until salt is dissovled. Add a few ice cubes to quickly bring the mixture back to room temperature.
Place chicken wings in a medium bowl. Pour over cooled brine mixture; cover and chill for 8 hours. The next morning, remove wings from brine and place on paper towels. Discard brine. Pat wings dry and arrange on a baking rack set inside a half­sheet pan. Place wings, uncovered, in the refrigerator
for 6 to 8 hours until completely dry.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place an oven­safe wire baking rack inside. Spray liberally with cooking spray.
In a bowl, combine cayenne, ancho chile, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper. In a large bowl, toss chicken wings with 1 tablespoon canola oil. Sprinkle spice mixture over and toss until evenly coated. Arrange wings on prepared baking rack so they are not touching each other.Bake for 40 to 50 minutes,
flipping once part way through, until skin is browned and tips are crispy. Serve warm Read more at http://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2014/01/sweet­tea­brined­hot­chicken­wings.html
Strawberries Dipped in Chocolate
INGREDIENTS
4 ounces white chocolate
4 ounces semi­sweet chocolate*
12 dipping strawberries with long stems
 Prep Time: 15 minutes
 Total Time: 15 minutes
PREPARATION
Prepare a pan with parchment or wax paper on it. In separate bowls, melt each chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir if possible, melt for another 15 to 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Dip clean and
dry strawberries in chocolate(s). Carefully set them on the prepared pan. Refrigerate until hard. (Just a couple of minutes.) Store in the refrigerator. Should be eaten within a day or so.
*The better quality the chocolate, the better quality the strawberries.
Prefer bittersweet or another kind of chocolate? Use it or them instead.
For this recipe, I dipped a strawberry in the chocolate and then took a toothpick and drizzled some white chocolate over the dark chocolate.
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~A group of owls is called a parliment.
~The word ‘’school’’ comes from the ancient greek word ‘’free time.’’
~the most overdue library book was returned 288 years later.
~papaphobia is the fear of the pope.
~ 111,111,111, x 111,111,111= 12,345,678,987,654,321.
By: Alexis stovall
Thank you,
Hayley English
Building Secretary
Sudlow Intermediate School
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