Owl Outlook
Volume I, Issue – 5
April 2011
We Want To Hear From You!
You may have noticed…
Learners-
There is now a link on the District website for the 2011 Reality Check Parent Survey. If
you are an Olsen Park parent
who did not receive a mailed
survey, but want to complete
the questionnaire, this is an
opportunity to hear from
you.. Any AISD parent is welcome to go the website and
complete the survey. The only
exception would be those who
have already sent in a completed paper survey. In the
instructions for the online survey, we need your Skyward
Family Access ID/login. If you
don’t have a Family Access
login, you can follow the directions on our website to request
one. The link will be left up
until the end of April.
To honor our Olsen Park
faculty and staff, please
write a few sentences
about why you like your
teacher so much. Include
your name and grade,
and don’t forget to put
your teacher’s name on it
too!
Email or give it to Mrs.
Bowen by May 4th. You
and your teacher might
be in the news! Parents,
you are encouraged to
participate too!
OLSEN PARK PTA
SUPER PROOFERS
WONDERLAND
NIGHT
May 10th
6:30pm
Wristbands—$12
PTA will be selling tickets before and after
school starting May 2nd.
WAY TO GO,
CAMI AND CARSON!
YOU WERE THE ONLY
ONES TO SEE OUR ST.
PATRICK’S DAY TRICK.
IT WAS “NIGHT “ WHEN
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
“KNIGHT”
Hoot Happenings
In May
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
WONDERLAND
Owl Talk- Tirza Alcala
NIGHT
UIL– CHURCH AT
There’s not much going on
in April but field trips and
TAKS, so I’m going to tell
you about May. One of the
most important things in
May (I think) is Teacher
Appreciation Week! It’s a
week where we let our
teachers know how great
we think they are! We also
have Field Day, so runners,
get ready, get set, go! The
Talent Show is also coming
up, and we know Olsen has
very talented actors, singers,
pianists, dancers, and everything in between! May 10th is
that marvelous Wonderland
night we’ve all been waiting
for! Lots of our learners will
be representing Olsen Park in
UIL. There are categories
such as oral writing, and
number sense. reading, music
memory, and ready writing.
Team members compete
against all the other elementary schools in Amarillo.
Good luck! As you can see
Olsen Owls are going to be
very busy in May!
QUAIL CREEK
May
2-6
May
10
May
11
ORCHESTRA PROGRAM May
17
FIELD DAY
May
24
TALENT SHOW
May
25
5TH GRADE FIELD
TRIPS
May
4&9
Owl Outlook
Dear Olsen Park Families,
On behalf of the PTA, I’d
like to thank you for all
your support, efforts, and
time this year. Our school
year is quickly drawing to
an end, and you all have
helped to make it a wonderful year! The PTA is
working hard on our
Spring Carnival and making sure it’s a huge success! The Carnival is set
for Friday, April 29th. Be
on the look out for flyers
about it, as well as tickets
going on sale for our picnic
dinner that evening. It’s
going to be lots of fun!
Other upcoming events
include a snack sale on
April 15th (by the gym),
Wonderland Park Night in
May and the 5th graders
going to Ceta Canyon for
their Outdoor Education
Day. Before we know it,
school will be letting out for
summer break! Thank you
again for all you do for our
children, school and staff.
YOU are greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Stephanie Bridges, PTA
President
Bunny Basket – Taryn Galt
Supplies:
Scissors
Half-gallon milk or juice
carton
Stapler
Construction paper
Glue
Hole punch
Pipe cleaners
Googly eyes
With scissors carefully re-
move 1 side of the carton
(on same side as open
spout) and save it to make
a handle. Staple open spout
closed.
Cover the sides of the carton with 1 color of construction paper, using glue
or double-sided tape to fix.
Cut tot fit.
Punch a hole in the middle
of the spout, and put in
pipe cleaners for whiskers.
And glue on a set of
googly eyes.
For ears, cut out ear shapes
the same color as the body.
Then cut pink ear shapes a
size smaller and glue them
in the middle of the ears.
For handle, trim the carton,
cover with paper, & staple.
4 Step Recipe – Abigail Zbinden
Baboons are very peculiar
creatures, they can survive
long periods of time by licking
the night dew from their
fur. Don’t you wish that you
could do that and not have to
get it from the tap or buy a
bottle of purified water? I think
that would be cool. They have
many predators like leopards
and cheetahs, but sadly, we
are their main enemy. We
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hunt and kill these amazing
creatures and it’s NOT HUMANE! {That means it’s not
right}. Any way, I thought you
might enjoy this recipe that I
found.
Baboon Butter
3/4 c. peanut butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. raisins
3 sm. very ripe bananas
1 tbsp. shredded coconut
1. Mash peanut butter and
bananas. Add cinnamon, raisins and coconut.
2. Put mixture in a plastic bag
and squish it together.
3. Spread on fruit, crackers
and bread.
4. Enjoy!!
Volume I, Issue – 5
Slapping the Breeze -Nancy
Beauty
The flowers are blooming,
all the kids are laughing,
and the smell of Spring is in
the air.
Water Fight!
Bring out the sprinklers
Bring out the children
The mommas are waiting
The dogs are drooling
Bring out the sprinklers
Summertime Doings
Spring
Breezy, beautiful, and happy,
jumping, screaming, and saying, “Yippee!” tanning, swimming, and eating pizza.
Spring
The degree is 90 on the out
side where the kids are happily enjoying the breeze,
the parents are happily enjoying the air-conditioned house
inside watching the LG,
while at the same time the cat
is searching for, and pouncing
on small mice, and everyone
knows it’s summer!
Book Review— Ida B and Old Hippo’s Easter Egg - Adley Gray
Ida B., an interesting book by
Katherine Hannigan, is about
Ida B., who has an interesting
imagination. Her head is full
of thoughts, crafts, ideas, and
plans. No room for anything
else! One day, when Ida B.’s
mom gets cancer, she transforms. Her heart turns small,
hard, and sad, like a rock. Her
fun disappears. Her sweet,
sweet attitude dissolves, so
everything changes. If you
want an easier book, read Old
Hippo’s Easter Egg! Old
hippo wished he could make
Easter eggs for a kid one
Easter day. The next morning,
Little Mouse found a duck
egg outside! Once he hatched,
Little Duck was adopted by
Old Hippo! Soon, Little Duck
flew south. But eventually,
Little Duck came back and
brought… read these books to
find out the endings because I
Disaster Strikes!
-Stephen Pulliam
Japan was struck by one of
the worst earthquakes,
which caused a terrible
tsunami on March 11, 2011
at 2:49pm.. There are more
than a million earthquakes
that tremble the earth each
year. Earthquakes usually
last less than 1 minute.
Earthquakes cannot be pre-
dicted but scientists are
trying to solve how to do
it . An earthquake is a
shaking, rolling or sliding
of the earth’s surface. The
earthquake caused a gigantic tsunami that destroyed
the northeast coast of Japan. A tsunami is a gigantic wave caused by an un-
won’t tell you! Don’t forget,
your eyes can scan the pages,
but your mind must understand, too!
underground volcano eruption
or severe earthquake that can
get up to as high as 64 meters.
It caused many deaths and
many more injured. Japan is
working to clean up after the
mess and take care of the injured. America is doing everything they can to help them.
What can you do to help?!
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Kayden’s jokes and games
BRZ T GYA
URL F NGS
NOXF I NE
NVT L RI A
Y O E O P MR
L R K WS O C
I E S E AOH
RT ARP L E
P S BS CBG
AARAI NG
S E CHI CK
Words for Word Search
EGG
EASTER
BUNNY
SPRING
BASKET
CHICK
SEARCH
APRIL
BLOOMING
FLOWERS
RAIN
ALL OUT JOKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1.What’s at the end of “hair”?
2. What did the big flower say to the little flower?
3. Why did the boy throw butter out the window?
4. What did the duck say when he dropped the dishes?
5.Why did Mickey Mouse shrink himself?
6.What word is always spelled incorrectly?
Answers:
1. How could you not know? “...R!”
2. How’s it going bud!
3.. He wanted to see a butter– fly!
4 I hope I didn’t quack any!
5.He wanted to be with Minnie!
6. Incorrectly!
No Shoes! -Kayden Burns
I hope you had a good “No
Shoe Day! Kimmie Newman
in 5th grade suggested that
Olsen Park participate, so we
could see how it feels to not
have any shoes to wear to
school In many countries,
people don’t have any shoes
at all.
Olsen Park did it for the people in Ethiopia who have no
shoes. Did it make you feel
sad or angry or to think that
some people have no shoes?
Even though it’s fun for us to
not wear shoes to school for a
day, it’s probably not fun for
other people.
Our school motto, as you
probably know, is “Do the
right thing!”, and Kimmie
knew the right thing to do. At
Olsen, the school behaviors are
Responsibility, Empathy,
Safety, and Respect.
Kimmie’s idea showed a LOT
of empathy. Always remember
about how lucky we are all
lucky to have shoes.
Olsen PTA
Presents the
Olsen Park Carnival!
Friday, April 29th
5:30pm- Meal
Brisket sandwich, chips, and a pickle.
$5.00 if purchased early or
$6.00 at the door.
6:00-7:30 Carnival
Tickets are $5.00 if purchased early or
$6.00 at the door.
Fun bouncers and games, washable tattoos
(face-painting for additional charge.)
Silent Auction and yummy desserts provided by Olsen staff.
LEARNER QUOTES
Days never stop going like you never stop learning. Paton 2 nd grade
There is little room left for wisdom when one is full of judgment. Author unknown turned in by Kiley 5 th grade
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa turned in by Kiley 5 th grade
Reading is like an adventure just like learning. Roni 3 rd grade
No matter how often you close doors hoping you’ll escape learning, there’s always a crack under the door and it’ll seep through
there. Learning is everywhere. Kylie 4th grade
A circle never ends just like numbers never end. Luke 1 st grade
Your brain never stops thinking like you never stop learning. Bryson 2 nd grade
A clock ticks like your learning flows. Toby 2 nd grade
If you love your life use it to learn. Karston 4 th grade
Learning is in the dark, learning is in the light. Learning is everywhere. No matter where you are you will always find learning.
Karston 4th grade
All the world’s a stage. What part will you play? Tirza 4 th grade found this quote in the book Replay.
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. ~Vernon Howard Turned in by Kim Chavez
Love flows through the air just like thinking flows through your mind. Sarah 4 th grade
Learning is long like exploring is long. Roni l 3 rd grade
For a car to go it needs gas. For people to grow we need learning. Eleanor 1 st grade
Your soul never stops living like you never stop learning. Eleanor 1 st grade
People never stop jogging like you never stop learning. Dawson. 3 rd grade
Running needs energy but your brain needs learning. Paris 1 st grade
Springs always comes around learning always comes around. Kristin 1 st grade
You never stop counting like you never stop learning. Carly 1 st grade
You never stop working like you never stop learning. Ethan 1 st grade
Scavenger Hunt
Owls,
See if you can find these items in the newsletter:
2 bunnies, a basket, 4 eggs, a word that’s in the
newsletter 11 times and it’s a month of the year !
Color them your favorite color!