Shepherd Elementary School
The Eagle’s Scream
Target Date
Volume 5, Edition 2
Adlai Stevenson -
December 6, 2012
“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
Inside Today’s Paper The Christmas Express
The Christmas Express
The Gift of Love
A Courageous Girl
The SCAA
enjoy most are the basket-
Later, each house
you can win a prize—candy,
ball shootouts, the arts and
from the classrooms is entered
stuffed animals, treats, school
crafts, and the ginger bread
into a contest. The house with
supplies, and much more.
house competition.
the most tickets (votes) wins.
There is a $2 fee to
The Christmas Ex-
You can bring your family and
press is special. It is fun for
Edmodo, Our New Link
get into the Express, plus $5
friends because everybody is
all ages, even parents. Each
Power Point Presentatin
for ten tickets and $1 for
welcome. There are even re-
year seems better than the
School Daze
each snack. It’s a bargain.
mote control car races to play.
last. You can have fun with
Santa is there to
Each year at Shep-
You can see and talk
friends or just by yourself.
have his picture taken with
with your favorite teacher—
herd Elementary, we have
the children. The PTO
away from routine lessons and
choice of goings-on at the
the Christmas Express. This
serves pizza, hotdogs, pop-
schoolwork. The Shepherd
Express. We are grateful to
is when many holiday activi- corn, candy, and drinks.
ties are going on around the Gingerbread Houses are
Chorus sings for 30 minutes.
them for their generosity to
There are lots of items you can
Shepherd Elementary School!
school. Some of the events I
purchase. For every activity,
made by every classroom.
PTO workers have a
By Hunter B.
The Gift of Love
We are going to have to get
human. Posters are in the
a lot of help from all of you
halls here at school with some
to make a difference. Do-
of the things that can be used
animals who can’t help them-
nate some cat or dog food,
by the Humane Society.
selves. Donate some useful
along with any other items
they would enjoy.
You can assist the
save a dog’s or a cat’s life.
Please help the poor
accessories. Everything you
Girls on the Run and the Girl
do helps the cause. If you
Scouts in this worthy project.
only give a scratch post or a
assistance so that the ani-
The Humane Society does all
rawhide bone, it will make a
on the Run program is hav-
mals can feel like they have
it can to take care of stray and
difference. The greatest thing
ing a drive to help animals
a good home with someone
unwanted animals. They do a
you could do is adopt a pet or
with no homes, toys, beds,
to love and play with every
great job, but people like you
two from an animal shelter.
or food. They also need col-
day. They need care and
are going to have to step up
They will love you forever.
lars, leashes, and name tags.
support. Every pet needs a
and do your part. You could
By Haley U.
were on the island for many
Kimki sent a boat to
We must have your
This year, the Girls
A Courageous Girl
to her island to hunt.
days, they took all of the
pick up the villagers left on
gan, a tribe of Aleuts were on
pelts and skins and tried to
the island. Everybody came
the shore. They unpacked
make a run for it. A great
aboard except for Ramo, Ka-
their supplies and set up
war broke out There were
rana’s brother, who had for-
camp on the island. The
only several members of the
gotten his fishing spear.
chief of the tribe talked with
tribe left afterward. Chief
When the story be-
I just finished read-
The ship pulled out
Captain Orlov, the captain of
Chowig was killed by Captain
of Coral Cove without him.
ing Island of the Blue Dol-
the ship. The Aleuts were
Orlov, so the tribe needed a
Ramo stood on the beach,
phins. It is the story of a
there to hunt otter and seal.
replacement chief quickly.
looking sad. Karana watched
courageous girl who lived
Chief Chowig, Karana’s dad,
eighteen years alone on an
wished for the portions to be
name was Kimki. He decided
jor decision. Should she stay
island. Karana was the ulti-
equal. It was decided that
to sail to a country that he
on the ship or get off? What
mate survivor. She endured
the shares would be distribut-
had heard about to make the
do you think she did? Read
earthquakes, tsunamis, wild
ed into even amounts.
people a better life, away
the exciting book to find out!
dogs, and the Aleuts coming
After the Aleuts
The new chief’s
from San Nicolas Island.
him. She had to make a ma-
By Ellie B.
The SCAA
my brother plays football. In
our own volleyballs outside.
the spring, my brother plays
Then, we go inside and warm
basketball here at our school.
up our muscles. We line up
been familiar with volleyball
and bump back balls that the
sometime in your life. You
ball. My team has seven girls
coach throws to us. Finally,
may have played it, watched
on it, ranging from Fifth-Sixth
we scrimmage against anoth-
a game, or overheard people
grades. There are two Sixth
er team that is practicing at
talk. I suggest that you en-
I love playing volley-
The SCAA is the
gress.
You have probably
Graders on my team. We look
the same time. Their practice
roll your child in the SCAA
Shepherd Community Ath-
up to them because they know
ends at 7:00.
on the next registration day.
letic Association. It is our
how to play the sport. Our
last, we can use the whole
Bring your child’s birth cer-
school’s league for all sport-
practice starts at 6:30 and
court and serve volleyballs
tificate, and check our school
ing events. There are sev-
ends at 8:00. We work hard!
over the net. We count how
website for important news
many serves we make and
and game schedules!
eral sports that you can
When we arrive
play. I play volleyball, and
early, we bump, set, and spike
At
keep close track of our pro-
By Ellie B.
Edmodo, Our New Link
lowed to customize your pro-
word will block you. When
tar as our profile picture. We
file. Students can post a ca-
you are at your homepage,
displayed our favorite symbol
reer goal and tell their readers
you will see your picture and
and put it with our question.
about their favorite activities.
groups. This link is called
If you want to say something
“backpack”. Backpack leads
go to your profile, you have
to a friend, your teacher has to
you to items you have saved.
to click on the house link at
first see if it’s appropriate.
This year we start-
When you send a
When you want to
the top of the page. This will
You can see a lot of
posts and pictures on the
lead you there. In the right
ed a school internet link
message, you can send it to the
homepage. Mrs. Onyskin
corner, a box says five per-
call Edmodo. Edmodo is a
entire Fifth Grade or just your
gives us adages like: “Sticks
cent of your profile is done.
website that lets you do
class group. When our class
and stones can break my
tasks and talk with your
goes to Technology, everyone
bones but words will never
fusing. If you work hard and
friends. Each student has a
logs in to Edmodo. This
hurt me.” The class has to
listen to Mrs. Onyskin, you
profile picture, but it can’t
brings up your home page. An
tell her if the saying is true or
can figure it out, though.
be your face. You are al-
incorrect username or pass-
not. She let us make an ava-
Power Point Presentation
School Daze
My class did a Pow- like Power Point because
There are so many
er Point presentation in the you can add pictures to the
activities going on in our
new computer lab.
school. We have a can drive
teacher helped us.
Our text to tell a better story.
We did My teacher said we could do
the presentation on Thanks- four or five slides.
for the needy and donations
for the Humane Society.
My class stayed an
giving. We wrote about how
We have the Butter
the Pilgrims celebrated and extra five minutes because
Braid fundraiser and the Box
what they ate at the first we went straight to lunch
Tops contest. Representatives
feast. A lot of research was afterward. As a reward, we
from the Carolina Panthers
performed to get the facts.
visited our campus, bringing
did another Power Point for
Some of us had to fun and practice. After all
Cam Newton jerseys.
go on the Internet to get this, we headed back to class
There are monthly
information because we did- and did Science, went to
PTO and SCAA meetings.
n’t remember the details. enhancements, had Social
We have a Chess Club and
Pictures of turkeys, Pil- Studies, and did a Spelling
Robotics. There are Girls on
grims, Native Americans, pretest. It was a busy day!
the Run and Girl Scouts.
and food were included. We
Julia Stikeleather, Principal
We’re on the
Web
Visit Shepherd’s Home Page!
The Eagle’s Scream
http://iss.schoolwires.com/scream
By Haley U.
And so it goes . . .
Shepherd Elementary School
1748 Charlotte Hwy.
Mooresville, NC 28115
Phone: 704-664-2582
Fax: 704-660-1642
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Johnny Morrow, Editor
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By Deaysa S.
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Odd . . . But true
A flea can jump 350 times its
body length. This is like a human jumping the length of a
football field.