MAY ISSUE
Mercy Times
Need Something to Live For?
The Mercy Times
May Issue
The History of Play Day,
Ann, Like You Have Never Seen Before,
Ways to Have Fun Without Electricity, Charlie Klesa: The Boy Inside, Game Page & much more!
MMPA: Mercy Montessori Parents Association
Play Day Quotes From real
People.
“Awesome!” - Alton Headworth
“It’s Fantastically fun!”- Trey Vredeveld
“I wait anxiously for a year.”- Lily
Coughlin
“I’ve had eight play days and I am
going to go to eight more.”- Nicole
Curley
“I love to see all the graduates that
come back for play day.” - Carla
Booth
Play Day over the Years!
Fun facts:
Play day has been a tradition for many years and will be on for many
years to come. It all started in 1970 when Sister Jacinta saw all the other
Montessori schools having a field day and decided to start one of her own.
•There have been 44 play days.
•Some people eat more than 10 snow
Over the years, there have been many themes such as: Safari, Alien,
cones.
Super Hero, Pirate, Recycle/Green, Fiesta/Mexican, and Circus. There have
•Some people color their whole head.
not always been themes. They did not start until about 2000. Before that it
was just fun games and crafts.
•A lot of people get mustaches for face
Every year there are things that are not themed like nail painting, hair
coloring, face painting, bubbles, dress up, fruit loop necklaces, corn hole,
putt putt, snow cones, popcorn, tug-of-war and the obstacle course.
paint.
The MMPA helps put together all the activities and games for play day
each year. We could not have play day without them. Thank You for giving
all Mercy students, both past and present, all the fun of play day.
day
Check All that apply
☐ I’ve eaten more than ten snow cones at play
☐ I have dressed up crazily
☐ I have eaten 10 hot dogs at play day
☐ I have had a rainbow head at play day
☐ I have done all the crafts at one play day
☐ I have had my my nails and face painted
Happy Play Day!!!
☐ I have made a hole in one in Put-put
☐ My class has won Tug-a-war
By: Lily Coughlin
☐ I have run the obstacle course
If you checked 0-3 you are not having fun yet
If you checked 4-7 you are a cool guy
If you checked 8-10 you are awesome
✍
(I’m not saying your not awesome if you did not
check off 7-10:)
Science
Experiments!
Step 1: Go to a grocery
store.
Step 2: Get a 2 liter bottle
of Diet Coke.
Step 3: Get a package of
Mentos.
Step 4: Go outside.
Step 5: Put Mentos in Diet
Coke bottle.
Fun step: Watch
explosion!
1st grade - Kindergarden
“Winning Weekend”
The first grade and kindergarden team had a
soccer game on May 3rd and 4th. They played
Norwood on the 3rd, and St. Mary’s on the 4th.
On the 3rd, they won 4--0, and on the 4th, they
won 4--3. On the third, three different people
scored who had never scored in their time playing
Mercy soccer: Ambrose Cronican, Jackson Bush,
and Roman Saltarelli. The fourth goal was scored
by Nicholas Vredeveld. On the fourth, Nicholas
Vredeveld scored two goals, Jackson Bush scored
one goal, and Xavier Stocks scored one goal.
Although Ambrose Cronican seemed to have a
goal, the referee said the ball did not cross the
line. The Mercy coaches seemed to disagree with
the call. Mercy still got a corner kick, but there
was no other goal scored in the game. At the end
of the season, they were undefeated.
Congratulations to the team!
By: Trey Vredeveld
JP NORMILE
ELLIOT HULL
Hobbies: Sports, school
Hobbies: Sports, hiking, guitar
Favorite music: Hip hop & pop
Favorite music: RAP (Elliot claims he can rap)
Favorite music artist: Jimi Hendrix
Favorite band: Imagine Dragons
Favorite songs: Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix
Favorite songs: Forever (by Drake, Kanye West, Lil
Wayne, and Eminem) and 6ft, 7ft by Lil Wayne
STUDENT
INTERVIEWS
Plays: Baseball, basketball, golf, football, and
soccer (but he only plays video-game soccer)
Favorite show: Gator Boys
“Basketball is my favorite sport, but I like soccer
and baseball, too.” quote by Elliot
Describes his fashion in three words: Spunky,
sporty, stylish
Three words he uses to describe his fashion:
Modern, fashionable, athletic
Favorite movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Likes to go to Costa Rica
Favorite place to visit: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Favorite video game: NBA2014
Favorite video game: NCAA 14
Nicknames: E and E Swizzle
Favorite class: Gym
Favorite class: Gym
Nicknames: JP, J-Popo
Cool places to go
out of town
Favorite movie: 42
you want to go to. It takes you
four hours to fly to the Bahamas.
Colorado takes 17 hours and 39
minutes to drive to Sun Valley
( Sorry! We couldn’t find how
long it would take to fly to
Colorado! We are estimating
about 5 hours. Again, Sorry!!!!!!)
There are a lot of cool places to
go. Here are some of the best!
1. Florida (Disney World),
2. Bahamas (Atlantis),
Disneyland
3.Colorado (Sun Valley),
California (Disney Land), 5. St.
Louis (The City Museum, Look it
up), 6. Chicago (Science and
Industry Museum), 7. Columbus
(COSI), 8. New York (Times
Square), 9. Boston, 10. The last
but definitely not least,
Washington D.C. ( You just have
to go to the White House!). Now,
if you fly to Florida, it will take
you two hours. If you drive to
Florida it will take you around 12
hours. If you go to Disney World,
there are many hotels to stay at.
You can pick which one to stay at
so.... I’ll let you decide which one
The
Bahamas
Fun Fact: Every
time you lick a
stamp, you're
consuming 1/10 of
a calorie.
Times Square, NYC
UNPLUGGED
Ways to Have Fun
Without Electronics
FIRST, YOU SHOULD TAKE A WALK, ENJOY
NATURE, OR JUST GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY WITH
YOUR FRIENDS OR SIBLINGS. SECOND, YOU
SHOULD GET CREATIVE, DO A CRAFT OR MAKE
SOMETHING LIKE A BRACELET. THIRD, DO YOU
LIKE COOKING? THEN COOK SOMETHING LIKE
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, MUFFINS, OR EVEN
CUPCAKES! YOU CAN ALSO MAKE UP FUN
GAMES TO PLAY. HAVE FUN!
LOOK AT THIS FOR 20 -30
SECONDS THEN LOOK UP
-CATE ROSE
Play
Play
Day
Day
Word Search
Word Search
Edison’s
Glowing Thing
The Life of a Fly
Drawn and Written By: Liam
Student Interview: Charlie Klesa
Teacher Interview
Ann Henning has been at
Charlie Klesa, a 4th grader, performs with the Cincinnati Ballet, downtown. He usually performs at the Aronoff Center, but he also performed once at the Taft Theater. Charlie started ballet in 2012. He did it because his sister’s ballet teacher said that he would be pretty good, so he said that he would join. Charlie does acting for Children’s Theater as well. He started acting in 2013, when he saw Wicked, and he saw how good the performers were. Then he asked his mom if he could do acting. She said yes. His favorite play is: Willie Wonka, in which he was an Oompa Loompa. Some other favorite ballets are: Camelot, in which he was Young Arthur, and the Nutcracker, in which he was Fritz. If you get the chance, you should go and see him perform.
Mercy for 5 years. As a
music teacher, her favorite
instrument to listen to is
the violin, even though
she majored in college
with the saxophone. That
is her favorite instrument
to play. Her favorite color
is green. This summer,
she plans to go to
Washington D.C. with
her family and go
on a
couple of
smaller
trips.
Fun Facts
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
Starfish don't have brains.
Polar bears are left handed.