Shepherd Elementary School
The Eagle’s Scream
Volume 3, Edition 3
Adlai Stevenson -
December 2, 2010
“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
Inside Today’s Paper A Third-Grade Tale
A Third-Grade Tail
Mrs. Griggs, EC
Percy and the Battle
Shepherd’s Christmas Express
The Story Teller
Fifth-Grade Progress
Calendar updates
My name is Ellie B.
I am in Mrs. Russ’s ThirdGrade class. In Mrs. Russ’s
room, we use strategies so
we can do a good job. She
wants us to understand each
topic. In Math, we always
check to back up our subtraction problems, and we
draw out our multiplication
problems. If we do not understand something, she
helps us. She wants us to
show how we find the answer to the problem, so she
knows that we understand.
Mrs. Russ is very
creative. She always has
fun activities for us to do.
Right now our class is reading a book together called
Ramona Quimby, Age Eight.
We do worksheets with games
for homework. In the book,
Ramona starts Third Grade.
Her sister, Beatrice, is beginning Junior High School.
Ramona’s old school
has become an Intermediate
School. She has to go to a new
Elementary School. Her former friends still ride her bus.
A boy named Danny takes her
eraser. At school, he starts a
hard boiled egg fad. Classmates bring boiled eggs and
crack them on other students’
heads. Ramona got in trouble for doing that, and her
teacher called her a “showoff”. Her high hopes for
Third Grade started to go
down after that.
At home, Ramona’s
Lake Norman Elementary
she told me she would go to
while. We need two fulltime
schools. When the kids un-
the beach. Any sandy beach
EC teachers. This is her first
derstand her concepts, it
would do. One of her hobbies
year at Shepherd, and she is
makes her day. This is when
is working in her garden. She
happy to join our family.
she loves teaching most.
has two children, two dogs, a
mom began working full-time
so her dad could attend college to get his teaching degree. A lot of changes are
made in Ramona’s life during
the book. I really enjoyed it.
By Ellie B.
Mrs. Griggs, EC
Being from Little
Mrs. Kim Griggs is
cat, and husband Frank.
Rock, Mrs. Griggs is a fan of
When it comes to re-
A lot of things have
taken place recently to allow
us to have a second EC
the new EC Teacher at
the Arkansas Razorbacks
laxation, Mrs. Griggs prefers
teacher. Mrs. Griggs is glad
Shepherd Elementary. Be-
football team. “Go Hogs!”
playing with her two grand-
that she can help out. Her
fore moving here, she lived
Her favorite color is blue.
children more than anything
room is right in front of the
in Arkansas. She came here
Pizza is her top choice in the
else. She has recently become
Technology Lab if you would
because she liked Shepherd,
food category. If she could
a fulltime EC teacher here,
like to stop and welcome her.
after working at Sharon and
go anywhere on vacation,
after being temporary for a
By Wesley S.
Percy and the Battle
The Battle of the
Labyrinth is about a halfblood named Percy Jackson,
who is Poseidon’s son.
When Percy went back to
Camp Half-Blood, he found
that one of his rivals,
Clarisse, had gone into the
Labyrinth to try to navigate
it. Nobody had ever mastered the maze before.
Clarisse got back to
Annabeth, Grover, and Ty-
beth. They went back into
son went into the Labyrinth
the Labyrinth and found an
to find Daedalus, the maker
arena. Luke was there.
find that Chris Rodriguez, a
of the Labyrinth. They had
(Luke is Percy’s mortal en-
fellow camper, had been
three major stops along the
emy.) He challenged Percy to
driven insane because he was
way. Their first stop was a
fight his own brother. Percy
in the Labyrinth too long.
forge in a volcano. Percy met
accepted and beat him.
Percy and Annabeth tried to
some unfriendly Telekhines.
fend off three scorpions, and
He blasted out a stream of
got back to the camp, every-
fell into a mysterious hole.
water to stop the lava from
body was preparing for war.
They thought they were in
reaching him, and was blown
Percy got his battle gear on
the hole for a couple of min-
out of the volcano. Percy
and immediately went into
utes, but it was actually more
landed on Ogygia.
battle. In a dramatic conclu-
than an hour.
The next day he,
When he finally got
off the island, he met Anna-
When they finally
sion, his side won.
By Jeff W.
Shepherd’s Christmas Express
Christmas is right
around the corner and all
the kids here at school are
excited. We have many
activities planned for the
holiday. There will be parties and special events. We
are looking forward to vacation time at home. This is the
time of year when we eat a lot
of food and get many gifts.
One activity we have
at Shepherd is the Christmas
Express. This is where we can
buy special items and sit on
Santa’s lap—if we want to.
The activity is held in the library. We can also go to our
classrooms and make arts and
crafts. A lot of kids come to
this activity because it is more
fun for the young kids.
The Christmas express has been at Shepherd
since I was in kindergarten. I
don’t know if or how long it
was here before that. I think
the coolest part of the Express is when you get to take
a picture with Santa. You
can buy popcorn and soda
while you are there. The
staff and PTO decorate the
library with fake snow and a
Christmas tree.
If you are a new student, the Christmas Express
will help you to get to know
some people your own age.
The event also provides funds
for the needs of the school.
In the past few years, PTO
has raised lots of money. We
are thankful to have this special celebration because it
provides fun for the students.
Thanks to everyone who
makes our Christmas happier.
By Wesley S. & Brett B.
think the story is going to
end, you are only halfway
through the narrative. When
Mrs. Davis is telling a story,
she never messes up a single
word. And she never reads
the story from a piece of paper. She recalls the words by
heart, and I don’t remember
her ever stopping a story because she couldn’t keep in
mind all the events.
I’ll bet Mrs. Davis
has a thousand scary stories.
There is one about a train
wreck that happened in August of 1891. It took place
here in North Carolina. Mrs.
Davis told us a new story this
year. She called it “Ross and
Anna”. It was really good.
In fact, it is my secondfavorite story that she told
us. My favorite story is called
“Taily Bones”. I wish that I
could be at Shepherd next
year so she could tell me some
more tales. Mrs. Davis is a
great story teller.
By Cassie K.
The Story Teller
A great story teller
named Mrs. Davis comes to
Shepherd School every year
to tell us scary stories. She
was here again in early November. All the students
love her visits with us and
the many stories she tells.
Mrs. Davis has some amazing
tales, most of which were
passed down from her grandmother over the years.
Mrs. Davis can turn a
boring story into an awesome
one. She knows when to add a
scream or a screech. The tone
of her voice is always just
right, and that makes the stories even better. For the most
part, the stories deal with
ghosts. You are always wondering about what is going to
happen next. Right when you
First-Grade Progress
Shepherd’s First
Upcoming Dates:
room. Mrs. Constantine
to count by twos, fives, and
Grade classrooms have re-
said, “When we used the
tens. There is a calendar
ceived many upgrades this
overhead, we had to move
game, too. The students
year. Each classroom has a
the kids and their desks.”
said it was really fun to use,
Smart Board and projector.
Since the classes have Smart
and it’s cool how you can
Also, the rooms have been
Boards, it’s easier for every-
just walk up there, touch a
cleaned and new, brighter
one to see the material. It is
function, and it will do what
lights have been installed.
good for the students to in-
you want it to do.
asked the teachers how they
asked some of the First
brighter and easier to turn
liked the Smart Boards.
Graders’ opinions on the
on and off. Some lights can
They told us how much eas-
Smart Boards. We had a lot
be turned on without having
Dec. 1 Early ReleasDay
Dec. 3 Christmas Express
Dec. 6 PTO Meeting
Dec. 14 McTeacher’s Night
Dec. 16 SCAA Meeting
Dec. 17 Boxtops Collection
Dec. 20, 21 Teacher Workday
Dec. 22-31 Winter Break
Dec. 25 Merry Christmas
The entire staff at Shepherd Elementary thanks all of our wonderful volunteers for their time
and service. Happy holidays.
ier it is to use them instead
of kids to say that they were
to turn all of them on or off.
of the overhead projector.
cool and a little spooky.
The ceilings are much nicer
100 years ago . . .
The overhead is hard to
They said that you can do
and look more modern.
move around in the class-
Math games. There is a way
Ryn C. and I went
The high-tech lights
teract with the study topics.
to the First-Grade hall and
Ryn C. and I also
Julia Stikeleather, Principal
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in the classrooms are much
By Cassie K. & Ryn C.
Shepherd Elementary School
1748 Charlotte Hwy.
Mooresville, NC 28115
Phone: 704-664-2582
Fax: 704-660-1642
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