Cambridge Elementary
Lil’ Indians
Volume VI, Issue 1
Mr. Flint’s 6th Grade
October, 2016
By Lexi Alpy, 6th Grade
In Mr.Flint`s sixth grade social studies class we have been studying different artifacts. The artifacts dated back to the 1800s. The objects we
looked at ranged from early entertainment devices to a large wooden
stick. In this lab we learned about the people from long ago, and learned
about the lifestyles of people before us.
We also have been studying cave paintings. We did paintings with water
colors on small pieces of slate. You may notice that if you look at the
paintings there are no trees, clouds, the sun, rivers, campfires, and a few
other things. This is because we did not include anything the people long
ago did not include, and archeologists have never discovered any cave
paintings with those objects.
Inside this issue:
Mr. Romack Visits 2
2nd Grade
Do You Know...
3
Thank You, PTP!
4
Music Notes
4
4th Grade News
5
Recycling
6
Sports Center
7
Lexi Alpy studying artifacts
Irish Step Dancing 8
Student Council
8
Zachary Toleman cave painting
Mr. Romack Visits 2nd
Grade!
By Mrs. Whitman’s 2nd Grade Class
Mr. Howard Romack visited the second
grade classes. He taught us about how
plants and animals get ready for winter.
Mr. Romack brought along some live
animals to show us. We saw turtles, frogs,
snakes, insects, and salamanders. We
went to the playground and discovered
our flower beds and maple trees were
great places to study plant changes.
Do you know why leaves change color?
Why do some animals migrate, hibernate
or stay for the winter? The next time you
see Mr. Romack, ask him! Thank you, Mr.
Romack!
Sadie McMillan, 2nd Grade, makes a
new friend!
My Trip to North Carolina
By Isaac Olvera, 6th Grade
Have you ever been on an exciting vacation?
Well, I have, and I’m going to tell you all
about it. Over summer break, I went to North
Carolina. The beach’s sand was white and
fluffy. I was stung by a jellyfish, but the
vacation overall was good.
I went to a place that was an aquarium and a
zoo. There were birds, snakes, fish, and even
an albino crocodile! I also went to see a
battleship. I saw its missiles, engines, guns,
and tons more. It was so exciting! That was
my awesome vacation.
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Mr. Romack talks to 2nd Grade
Lil’ Indians
Do You Know...
Do you Know Mya Richter?
Do You Know Daniella
Mauro?
By Samantha Nolan, 5th Grade
Mya Richter is ten years old. She was
born September 20th, 2006. She goes
to Cambridge Central School, is in 5th
grade, and her teacher is Mr. Ogilvie.
Her favorite school subject is reading,
but she needs some improvement in
math. Her favorite special is art because she gets to have fun and make things the way
she wants.
Mya’s favorite after-school activity is soccer. When she
grows up, she wants to be a lawyer and then a judge.
Some of the things that Mya is afraid of are kidnappers,
robbers, mountain lions, viruses, bullies, and death.
Mya’s favorite movie right now is Spirit. Her favorite
book is Amulet. Her favorite food is quesadillas. Her
most favorite thing on earth to play with is a hoverboard.
Great job! You made it to the end! Now you know some
things about Mya Richter!
CCS Construction
Project
By Jeb Gulley,
6th Grade
The school is
building a new library
and a new gym! The
new library is supposed to be done by
February. The new library will be the size
of three classrooms. The gym is
supposed to be done by next year. The
school just put in new flooring when the
gym flooded. I can’t wait until the new
gym and library are done because then
we can use them!
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By Aaliyaha Clark, 5th Grade
Do you really know who Daniella
Mauro is? Her favorite color is purple.
She is eleven years old. Currently, her
favorite thing to eat is clam chowder.
She says her favorite book is The
Thief Lord, and her favorite thing to
do is to jump on her trampoline.
Daniella makes friends by helping
people and being nice. She likes
spending time with her siblings,
Nathan, Dean, Talia,
and Rianna. She has
fun playing with
them. She says
spending time with
her siblings helps
them get to know her better and better
every day. Those are some things
about Daniella Mauro!
Rockets!
By Willy Saltmarsh, 6th Grade
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Blast off!
What time do you think it
is? Time for rockets! We
are making them in 6th
grade and man, is it fun!
To see in them fly in the
sky, our baseline is to
stand back 100 feet because it is safer.
We launched the rockets on October
17. Alison McLenithan’s rocket pencildived, and her parachute lit on fire!
Lil’ Indians
The Library
By Gavin Krizan, 5th Grade
The library is a place with lots of books. It
has graphic novels, world records, and
even chapter books. You can use the
computers to write stories and articles.
The library teacher is Mrs. Cummings, and
she teaches you a lesson each time you
come. Thank you for reading about the
library!
Thank you, PTP!
Recently, the PTP purchased new playground
kick-balls, soccer balls, and footballs for all the
grade levels and character education shirts for
the staff. Many CCS assemblies and Arts In
Education field trips are funded partly by the
PTP. Thank you to the PTP and to Mrs.
Blanchfield for working tirelessly to improve
CCS for our staff and students!
Reading Time
By Kateri Murphy,
6th Grade
I asked Cambridge staff
and students what types
of
books they enjoy. The
least favorite type of book
to
read is a tie between
non-fiction, history, and
science fiction. Fiction was a close
second least favorite. James Toleman said he
“doesn’t enjoy fiction because it’s not interesting and
it’s unrealistic.”
Music Notes
The students in Mrs. Chadwick's and Mrs.
Smith's music classes are studying music
from Latin America in preparation for the
Alex Torres Orchestra performance. The
Elementary Band is working on the piece
'Guantanamera'. The Elementary students
are studying the cha-cha and merengue as
well music from the Alex Torres Orchestra.
A surprising second favorite was sports books. Jacey
Nieckarz sais she enjoys sport books because she’s
“familiar with the topic.” I thought Sports books would
be the favorite, but it wasn’t.
Now, what we have all been waiting
for...Cambridge’s favorite type of book to read…..it is
MYSTERY! Mystery is Cassidy Hurley’s favorite
type “because it has suspense and is always
interesting!”
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Beginner Elementary Band is about to
start. Please make sure all permission
forms are turned in to Mrs. Smith!
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4th Grade News
Introducing Corey Papik!
Corey is in 4th Grade. He just moved to Cambridge from East
Northport, Long Island. He went to the VA with his grandpa on
Long Island. There was a kids’ place there with fun things to
do. His grandpa moved with Corey and his family to Cambridge. Now, Corey lives in the village. He likes the village
because there are so many places he can go just walking that
are close to his house: the pizza place, Subway, and Rite Aid.
Corey likes to read about Pokemon and games, His favorite
video game is Super Smash Brothers. Now you know a little
more about Corey!
Simone Biles
By Linnea Breault, 4th Grade
Have you ever heard
of Simone Biles? She
is a famous gymnast
that has been in many
competitions. She
was also in the 2016
Summer Olympics—
you probably saw her!
She has won nineteen
Olympic and World
Championship medals.
If you like gymnastics, you will like
Simone Biles! She can do backhandsprings on the balance beam and
front flips off the uneven bars. She is
also very good at the vault. She has
been doing gymnastics her whole life,
and she is on the USA gymnastics team.
Do you have a sport you really like?
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Henry Snider Visits Mount
Adams
By Elliot Byer, 4th Grade
Have you ever wondered what happens on
Mt. Adams? It is really cold up on top of the
mountain. “There are many obstacles on the
trail that make it harder to climb the mountain,” says Henry Snider. It took him and his
mom and dad four hours to get to the top.
His mom burnt the noodles on the first night.
Henry had
two days of
experience
on the steep
mountain.
“On the second night,
we had
eight-monthold pepperoni and cheese and crackers,” he said. The
pepperoni was “still good.” So that is how
Henry and his parents climbed Mount Adams!
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Mrs. Smith’s Room
By Sarah Foyle and Elizabeth Lauver,
4th Grade
There’s exciting
news in Room 52!
We have a class
pet named Rosie.
She is a guinea
pig. Rosie lives in
a big cage that
has her food and
a guinea pig igloo.
Our teacher calls
it a pigloo! We clean Rosie’s cage every
other day. Rosie eats guinea pig pellets,
sweet grass, and fruit and vegetable scraps
that we give her. Rosie’s fur is soft. Rosie
uses her senses like we do.
We also have crayfish. Our crayfish live in a
gray bin with upside-down flower pots to
hide in. We have to put sand at the bottom.
The crayfish molt. We had to do an experiment to see what crayfish eat, but we still
are not positive. Crayfish shells are hard.
Crayfish use their antennae to sense things.
We love having class pets! Do you have
any?
Recycling
By Emily Lathrop, 5th Grade
Do you like to get up in the morning, look out
the window, see the wet grass with nature all
around? Listen to the birds chirping? Watch
birds soar and smell the clean damp earth, and
see the beautiful colors of nature? I know I do,
but we could lose all of these beautiful things
about our earth, all because people don’t recycle. So, if you don’t want to get up in the morning and see nothing flying, look at brown grass
and leaves, and smell nothing but garbage and
gasses, then recycle! So, spread the word. Tell
a family member or a close friend., and start
recycling today.
Fun Facts about Recycling

Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to
power a TV for three hours.

Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.

Recycling a stack of newspaper just 3 feet high saves one
tree.
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Sports Center
Cambridge Tigers Vs.
Poultney
By Kadyn MacNeil and Alex Luke,
6th Grade
The hardest game of the season for the Cambridge
Tigers—a home game! Cambridge Tigers kicked the
ball off to the Poultney Vipers. Cambridge Tigers defense stopped Poultney 4th and 13, and they punted
the ball back to the Cambridge Tigers. The Cambridge Tigers quarterback Kadyn Macneil handed the
ball to Isaiah Johnson. The next play, Isaiah scored a
touchdown!
Isaac Olvera made a great kick-off. The Vipers got
stopped at the 23 yard line. Then Alex Luke did an
end around and got helmet to helmet contact by 42,
but the ref didn’t call the penalty! The next play, the
Tigers scored. The final score of the game was 33 to
12 Cambridge Tigers!
Cambridge Wildcats 2016
By Hailey Shaw, 6th Grade
The Cambridge Wilcats were on a roll this season
until the first competition against Colonie Pop
Warner. There were only two teams, Cambridge
and Colonie. Cambridge lost the first competition,
but got a trophy for second place. We dropped a
girl during the competition. Our final score was
38.42 and Colonie’s score was 52.38.
Wildcats practiced three times a week. When it
was time for the next competition, Cambridge got
beat by Colonie again and lost!
At the last competition, a girl popped her arm out
of place, and then Cambridge was up next! The
competition was on! Colonie won again, and the
Wildcats lost! We tried, and did way better than we
have done at any competition before - second
place, but it was fun!
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PE News
By Mrs. Phillips and Mr. I
Welcome back all! It is great to have
everybody moving again! The students
have just completed their Physical Fitness Test. It has 5 parts: Sit and
Reach, Pull-Ups, Sit-Ups, Shuttle Run
and the Mile. The students did a great
job with it. Some of them earned a
Presidents or National Award! If they
do not remember their score, there will
be a copy in with their report card. Nice
to have all of the students trying to
achieve a Healthy Fitness Level.
The Kindergarten and First graders had
the privilege of having Miss. Betsy, a
Mindfulness and Yoga instructor from
Saratoga. It was a very interesting
time…ommmmmmm.
As a reminder please remember those
sneakers! Thank you and welcome
The Olympics
By Drew Berthiaume, 6th Grade
Heard you heard about the Olympics
yet? Well, this is a short summary
about the Rio Olympics 2016. This
year, Michael Phelps was talked about
a lot. Phelps won several gold medals
and had a great run in the Olympics,
Are you into Track and Field? There is
a shot put, discus throw, javelin throw,
and several more in the Olympics.
There have also been a lot of new
world records set in all kinds of sports!
Well, I hope you have found this interesting, and remember, you could become an Olympian and set world records too!
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Irish Step Dancing
By Neve Marotta, 4th Grade
Have you ever wondered what Irish
Step Dancing is like? Well, if you have,
then this is your lucky day! I started
taking Irish Step last September. Here
are some things we do in class.
Last year, for the show, we got organized from the shortest in the middle to
the tallest on both sides. You could do
any step of the Beginning Jig. You and
the person on the other side who was
the same height as you would have to
agree on which step to do.
This year, we are learning a dance
called the Tow Hand Reel. You stand
with your partner and cross your arms so that the taller person’s arms are on top of yours. Then, you do two hop-twothrees at a time in a square. Then the taller person spins you.
Next, you do the same thing again but this time the other person swings you around so that you are facing them. You end in
a clasp. Well, we’ll see you next time in the Lil’ Indians Newspaper!
Student Council
By Daniella Mauro, 5th Grade
Have you guys ever wondered
what happens in
Student Council? Well,
I’m here to tell you. We
do things like food
drives and try to save
money. Other things we
do are to put up decorations for special occasions, for example, Spirit Week. Those are
some things we do in
Student Council. I hope
you liked it!
Cambridge Kids Can!
CCS
Lil’ Indians Staff Editor:
Minette Cummings,
Elementary Librarian
[email protected]