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The Tular Times
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A Trip Back in Time
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By Molly Leftholz
Fifth graders go on a
field trip aboard a ship
called the Balclutha every
year. This happens in
September or November.
The Balclutha is docked
in San Francisco. The
purpose of this trip is to
learn about and experience a sailor’s life. On the
field trip you spend the
night aboard the Balclutha.
To prepare for the trip,
you read the book The
True Confessions of
Charlotte Doyle in class.
Also, before the trip, the
mate's pick out a bandanna for you to wear, or
depending on the teacher,
you may get assigned a
bandanna. Each crew has
a different bandanna.
The trip starts with a
short tour of San Fran-
cisco and then you and
your class go aboard the
ship. There are five
crews, each with a different job. Five students
from your class get to be
the mate of a crew. A
mate is the person in
charge of a crew. We had
to work hard from morning into part of the night.
Each crew had
night watch at a different time. For example,
the galley crew had
night watch from 4:005:00 in the morning!
During night watch,
each crew member had
to write about his experience in a log book
(journal). You also get
letters from another fifth
grade class, who are
role-playing as your
Fall Fest Was a Blast This Year!
How could the
Tularcitos students wait!
Friday’s Fall Festival was
just around the corner!
Every year the PTO puts
on the annual Fall Festival on the first Friday in
October. We have this
event each year as community building event.
Do you like
food? The Fall Festival
supported a wide variety
of food for empty bellies.
They had food such as
hotdogs, pizza, popcorn
balls, cotton candy,
shaved ice, tacos, cookies
and many more yummy
treats.
Cursive Debate
2
Fun Facts
2
Golden Ticket Raffle
2
Question Man
3,4
Class Critters
5
Sports
5
Book Review
6
family and friends. Rarely
does anybody get any
sleep. Some students
sleep in the wooden
bunks and others on the
floor. In my class there
were not enough bunks so
two of the mates had to
sleep on the floor. There
are no mattress on the
bunks, and if you sleep on
the floor you get a very
thin piece of foam. You
wake up bright and early
to get started on the work.
Trying to sleep and stay
warm is one of the most
miserable parts of the trip
besides (being on your
feet so much).
On the morning of the
Con’t. on page 5
by Marin Herro and Emma Brown
One of the favorite activities at the
Fall Festival was the
Cake Walk. Participants walked around a
circle while listening to
music. When the music
stopped, you crossed
your fingers hoping
that the number you're
standing on got picked. If
it did, you picked out a
treat. The newspaper staff
interviewed Joshua. We
asked him what his cake
looked like, he said, “It
was huge and it had lots of
sprinkles on it and it had
tie-dye cake inside.” The
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Cursive
vs.
Keyboarding
Are you looking forward
to learning cursive in elementary
school? It is becoming more and
more uncommon. Many schools
have adopted the common core
curriculum which emphasizes
technology and may be causingcursive writing to fade away. Students are devoting more time to
learning keyboarding skills instead of cursive. What do you
think?
The Newspaper staff
asked some third grade teachers
and our principal a few questions
about the topic.
Mr. G.
“Students need a balance of both because kids need to
know cursive writing. People also need to know how to
write and think without technology,” Mr. G. teaches cursive but it is a choice.
Mrs.
Mrs. Kershing teaches cursive, but does more with keyboarding. She teachers “both because google docs is important, but kids also need the skill of reading cursive”
Kershing
Mrs. Ogata
Mrs. Ogata teaches “both because cursive would be hard
to see disappear completely, but keyboarding is important
to modern day education.”
Mr. Peterson
Students should learn “both because I think keyboarding is
a necessary skill that every student needs to learn. Although cursive makes writing fun.”
Golden Ticket Raffle
At the most recent character counts assembly, Ms. Barbara drew golden tickets for Fro
and Jo gift cards which caused a
buzz of excitement among students. Students can earn golden
tickets by demonstrating our
school’s character pillars: responsibility, respect, citizenship,
caring, trustworthiness, and fairness. Students can do something
as little as picking up trash or as
By Marin Herro
By Emma Brown
big as helping a friend down to
the nurse’s office. The newspaper staff asked Mr. Peterson if
he thought that having the
golden ticket raffle would inspire adults to hand out more
golden tickets. He said, “I think
that it may result in teachers giving out more golden tickets because the drawing could be a
reminder to give tickets to stu-
Did you know….edited by
dents who are demonstrating Bobcat behavior.” The newspaper
staff also asked him why he decided to have the raffle. He said,
“Just to further acknowledge good
behavior and encourage students
to be people of character.”
Ethan Paine
1.Nintendo was originally a trading card company.
2. On Jupiter and Saturn it rains diamonds.
3. Armadillos almost always give birth to quadruplets
(4 babies at a time.)
4. A strawberry is not a berry but a banana is a berry.
5. An octopus and a squid have three hearts.
6. An ostrich’s eye is larger than its brain.
7.Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.
8.There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.
9.The elephant is the only mammal in the world that can’t jump.
10.Butterflies are cannibals.
http://www.livin3.com/50-cool-and-weird-fun-facts-that-you-should-know
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The Question Man Had Questions - Students had answers!
Kinder
What is your favorite ice
cream flavor?
What is your favorite thing to
do at recess?
What is your favorite thing to
do in class?
Kennedy
Rainbow Sherbet
Flips on the bar
To draw
Owen
Chocolate
Play with my friends
Math
Ava
Swirl
Play with my friends
Math
Jonathon
Cherry
Riding bikes
Free choice time
1st Grade
What’s your favorite food?
What do you during recess?
What is your favorite color?
Symon
Cliff Bar
Practice the rings
Black
Ava
Yogurt
Play on the bars
Blue
Delilah
Dolmas (stuffed grape
leaves)
Play on the monkey bars
Violet
Jesse
Ribs
Wall ball
Green
2nd Grade
What’s your favorite animal?
What's your favorite playground activity
What’s your favorite sport?
Nicky
Lion
Kickball
Football
Tanner
I don’t know
Kickball
Baseball
Matthew
Snake
Kickball
Baseball
Alan
Cheetah
Kickball
Soccer
See if you can
figure out where
these pictures were
A
B
taken…somewhere
on our campus….
See pg. 4 for answers
C
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3rd Grade
What instrument do you want
to play in 4th grade?
Favorite playground activity?
Favorite subject?
Ethan
Violin
Swings
P.E,
Ben
Trumpet
4-square
Math
Ella
Flute
Garden
Reading
4th Grade
Favorite playground activity?
Favorite school subject?
Favorite ice cream flavor?
Gia
4-square
Reading
Cookies n’ cream
Rocky
4-square
Science
Mint chocolate chip
Danny
Basketball
Math
Vanilla
Kaitlyn
4-square
Reading
Vanilla
5th Grade
What are you most excited
about for middle school?
What is your favorite thing to do on
the playground?
What is your favorite after school
activity?
Hannah
Seeing friends from River
School, having many teachers
and different classes and
playing violin for the 3rd year
Walking around with friends and
going to the garden
Soccer/horseback riding-English
Veronica
Decorating lockers
Hanging out with friends
Soccer
Ayden
Taking my computer home
4-square
Swimming
Jerry
New classes
Wall ball
Soccer
Answers to “Where’s that?”
A-upper level four square court
B-Lower level basketball hoop
Thank You!!
We would like to thank the Carmel Valley Business Center for
their support and for printing our
school newspaper. They are located in the Carmel Valley Village. Their hours on weekdays
are 9:00 to 6:00, Saturday 10:00
to 4:00, and closed on Sundays.
Check them out!
C-Ms. Barbara’s window
Newspaper Staff
Reporters:
Molly Lefholz, Emma
Brown, Marin Herro,
Ethan Paine, Zachary
Farfan, Jack Paine
Editors:
Michele Neuhaus
Neva Petersen
Thank you to John Bonynge and Bruce Hamilton for Balclutha pictures
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Critters in the Classrooms
There are more than just
students at Tularcitos School.
There are also class pets. Let's
meet them and talk with their
owners.
Ms. Kershing says that
her pet bearded dragon, Ida, is
fun because she is like a pretend
student and loves carrots. Ida
also likes to have her head
rubbed. Mr. G. also has a
bearded dragon named Draco,
and eight fish. Draco likes kids
and his favorite foods are kale
and crickets. The fish are also
By Zachary Farfan
fun.
Mrs. Hoover loves her
rabbit, Rudi and her tortoise
Freddy. Rudi the rabbit can live
from six to ten years and she
was even on TV! Mrs. Stasio
says that her seven year old
bunny, Shadow, comes when
called. Mrs. Stasio thinks pets
are important because they teach
the students responsibility. She
also has fish and walking sticks
because her class is studying
insects.
Ms. Golden’s bearded
dragon is named Roger. He likes
Ida
to eat kale, crickets, and apples.
Five Tularcitos teachers
have almost 20 different pets!
That’s a lot of critters! Who
knows? Maybe you will get to
be in one of these classrooms. If
you are, I’m sure you will like
them and learn from them.
Bay Area Sports!!
By Jack Paine
We are lucky to have so
many fantastic sports teams!
If you are a football fan, baseball fan, or like basketball, we
have a team for you!
Oakland A’s
Sport: baseball
Colors: Green yellow
Mascot: Stomper the Elephant
Fun Fact: Hired the first female
coach ever in baseball history
Oakland Raiders
Sport: football
Colors: Black and Silver
Mascot: Pirate
Fun Fact: John Madden was
head coach for ten years
SF 49ers
Sport: football
Colors: Red and Gold
Mascot: Sourdough Sam
Fun Fact: The cheerleading team
is called the Gold Rush (Get it?)
Golden State Warriors
Sport: basketball
Colors: Gold and Blue
Mascot: Warrior
Fun Fact: Moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco in 19611962.
extra recess. That is definitely one of the best parts of
the trip.
my life was on the Balclutha. It
was definitely a field trip to remember!
SF Giants
Sport: baseball
Colors: orange and
black
Mascot: Lou Seal
Fun Fact: won three of the last
five world series
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second day, you get to haul
your teacher up into the rigging and make a deal with
him/her. You don’t let them
down until they make a deal.
But if you don’t land them in
the right place, then you can
lose part of your deal. An example of a deal might be two
homework passes, two donut
Fridays, and thirty minutes of
When you arrive
back at school, you
can be picked up early
or you can stay and
you watch a movie.
The hardest that I
have ever worked in
Do you love to read? Here’s a book for every grade!
By Emma Brown
5th Grade
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone
By J.K. Rowling
Beloved by all, Harry Potter is a crucial book to read before you grow up.
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 11-year-old Harry Potter is living
with his ghastly relatives after his parents have died. On his birthday, he
finds out that he is a wizard and that he is going to attend Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns the truth about who he is, his full
potential, his mysterious past, and what the lightning bolt-shaped scar on
his forehead represents.
4th Grade
By The Great Horn Spoon!
By Sid Fleischman
The year is 1839. Jack’s family is about to lose their home in Boston. He
and his butler, Praiseworthy, stow away on a ship bound for the California
Gold Rush. Their hopes are high to strike it rich and they both have a serious case of the gold fever. Along the way they meet friends, go on great
adventures, they learn that life is a lot harder yet more exciting than it was
in Boston.
3rd Grade
The Indian Cupboard
By Lynne Reid Banks
Omri receives an old cupboard and a toy Indian for his birthday. He gets a
great surprise when he opens the cupboard. Who knew that throwing a toy
Indian in an old bathroom cupboard could change your life forever?
2nd Grade
Frog and Toad Series
By Arnold Lobel
In the Frog and Toad series, two friends, Frog and Toad, go on many adventures. All the while, they are showing what a great friendship can be
like and demonstrating all of our character pillars.
1st Grade
Gooseberry Park
By Cynthia Rylant
An ice storm hits Gooseberry Park and all of the residents are trying to flee.
Kona, the chocolate labrador, is trying to find his friend, Stumpy, a squirrel, whose babies are unaccompanied. Kona meets new friends and seeks
wisdom from old ones.
Kindergarten
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle
A caterpillar eats through many different foods. Then he gets a tummy ache
and builds a special house around himself. In the end the caterpillar experiences a magical transformation. The author includes many beautiful illustrations that help you picture the caterpillar’s journey.
Fall Fest con’t .
staff also asked Joshua what
was his favorite cake that he
ever got. He said, “This
one!” Abigail, another student, answered “I got turkey
cupcakes and spider cupcakes.” We asked her which
of the two cupcake designs
was her favorite. She said,
“Turkeys.”
The lower field was transformed into a Fall Fun Zone.
It was obstacle to even get
to through the obstacle
course line because so many
people wanted the challenge.
It was a ton of fun when they
finally got to the course. Once
you got in, there were large
cylinders you had to fight
through. After the cylinders,
there was a small climbing
wall. To wrap it up, there was
a fun slide.
Toward the end of the Fall
Festival, the upper level students danced to popular songs
like Watch Me (Whip/Nae
Nae), Can’t Feel My Face,
Uma Thurman, and Cheer-
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leader. Students truly let go
and danced along with their
peers. It was hard to walk by
them without stopping to
dance too. The dancing created something that felt like
a magnetic pull that made
you want to join in. Students working in booths
had to ask friends to take
their shift’s so they could
go dance.
In the end, everyone
had the time of their lives!
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