The Paw Print
December 17, 2013
Issue 1
Introducing the Paw Print
by Shelby Wiersma
The Paw Print crew meets twice a month. We will have four
editions. We have 2 weeks to write our story, and then we meet
one by one to get it ready to put it in the newspaper.
We have 14 kids, their names are: Carter Plasek, Ana Marquardt,
John Oberg, Owen Hezlep, Lewis Swedal, Mason Schroeder, Alex
Koep, Luke Geiser, Morgan Mittag, Meggie Reigstad, Shelby Wiersma,
Brooklynn Wuellner,Izabella Noska, Megan Blake make up the Paw
Print crew.
Contents
Introducing the Paw Print
1
Christmas Fun Facts
1
New Students
2
Art in Books
2
Winter Clothes
2
Gingerbread Houses
3
Pride Word of the Month
3
Man on the Street
3
Christmas Program
4
Spelling Bee
4
Fun with Fitness
4
Wrestling
5
Battle of the Books
5
Girls Basketball
6
Boys Basketball
6
Need A Laugh?
Where does a
snowman keep his
money?
Why do mummies
like Christmas so
much?
The reason why we do the Paw Print is to keep up with current
events. The focus is at Parkers Prairie Elementary school. Some
current events are deer hunting, program pictures, sports, and more
fun events that are happening. Make sure you read all four editions
to know what’s going on!
Christmas Fun Facts
by Mason Schroeder
1. Most of Santa’s reindeer have male-sounding names, such
as Blitzer, Comet, and Cupid. However, male reindeers
shed their antlers around Christmas, so the reindeer
pulling Santa’s sleigh are likely not male, but female.
2. According to the Guinness world records, the tallest
Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir that
was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate Shopping Center
in Seattle, Washington.
3. Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before
they are sold.
4. President Teddy Roosevelt, an environmentalist, banned
Christmas trees from the White House in 1912.
5. The world’s largest Christmas stocking measured 106 feet
and 9 inches (32.56 m) long and 49 feet and 1 inch (14.97
m) wide. It weighed as much as five reindeer and held
almost 1,000 presents. It was made by the Children’s
Society in London on December 14, 2007.
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New Student
by Ana Marquardt
Casey B. is a new student at Parkers Prairie Elementary school. She is
in Mr.Wagner’s class. She moved to Parkers October 1, 2013 from
Alexandria, because her family decided it would be best for her
siblings and her. She has six family members; her brother is in third
grade. She loves this school and her favorite subject is writing. If you
see her in the halls remember to say hi.
Casey B.
6th Grader
Art in Books
by Lewis Swedal
Michelle Olson does Arts and Books because she loves to watch kids create
and use their imagination. Kids in grades K-6 can participate. The
favorite Art activity is the name monster. The name monster is where
you write your name twice and turn it into a monster.
The art show was at the event center on December 9th it started at 6:00.
Michelle teaches kids to become creative and be proud of their work.
Michelle Olson
Art in Books
Various Artists at Work
Winter Clothes
by Owen Hezlep
If you are wondering what to wear in this cold weather here are some
tips. What you need to wear is a warm jacket, mittens or gloves, hat,
boots and snow pants. If you are in fourth, fifth or sixth grade, you
have choice to wear snow pants but you will be restricted on what
activities you can do if you do not wear snow pants. Here are some
reasons you have to wear them. It keeps you warm and it will keep
you dry. If it is ten below wind chill, recess will be inside. The office
would like you to bring your own gear but they do have some if you
don’t.
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Gingerbread Houses
by Carter Plasek
The kindergarten kids were asked to bring one special guest to come to
gingerbread house building day to help them. There were 46 kids there. The kids
built them out of milk cartons of the base and built and decorated it with graham
crackers, frosting and candy. While the kids were building them they couldn’t
stop, and every minute or so a piece of candy of a spoonful of frosting would slip
into someone’s mouth.
There were so many kids that the gingerbread building needed to take place in the
lunch room. The gingerbread house building went along with their gingerbread
man unit where they would read different versions of the gingerbread man.
Pride Word of the Month
Gingerbread Houses
by Luke Geiser
To me respect means to be nice to someone or in the lines of that. But
there are many things you don’t know about the word respect and in this
article, I discovered many of those things. To some people respect is a
foreign word. Respect means to be courteous, nice, and happy. Like say you
had a bet with a friend and you lost. The consequence (decided by the two
friends) was to run around yelling “I eat fried worms!” The respectful thing
to do would be to take the consequence. The un-respectful thing to do
would be to just forget about the whole thing. If you do the un-respectful
thing you might lose your friend. If you do the respectful thing then your
friend might respect you more than he already does.
Man on the Street
by Luke Geiser
We asked people, What is your favorite sport?
Brock P. says Football
Carter R. says Wrestling
Hali M. says Basketball
Owen H. says Football
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Christmas Program
Brooklynn Wuellner
On December 19th is the Christmas program for entertainment from the
fifth and sixth graders. It is in the new gym at 9:00am and 1:00pm so
make sure you are there. If you are there please show respect and sit
quietly.
Ms. Pearson has gone through everything you will see and more. Ms.
Pearson didn’t have to do this Christmas program but she did so make
sure you say thank you to her next time you see her. “I know I will.”
Spelling Bee
by Alex Koep
Can you spell brochure? I can. That was the
word I spelled to win the spelling bee on
December 10. All the 5 and 6th graders that
were in level 1 and level 2 participated in
the spelling bee.
The top 10 spellers will move on to the
district spelling bee at the high school on
January 8. The top 10 spellers that are
moving on are Macy J, Meggie R, Izzy N,
Faith A, Josh H, Dawson S, Graham L, Jordan
S, Micah A and me, Alex K.
Top 10 Spellers moving on to District Spelling Bee
Fun with Fitness
by John Oberg
I interviewed Mr. Noga and asked him some questions about how to
stay fit. Here is what he had to say.
Mr. Noga
1. Who should do this? He said he thinks everyone should.
2. Why should we do this? He said to do it to respect our self .
3. Where should we do this? He said you can mostly do it anywhere at
home and outside.
4. When should we do this? He said 30 minutes every day or more.
5. How should we do this? He said any way you like: play in the snow,
pushups, or any way you like.
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Wrestling
by Izzy Noska
Besides basketball starting this year we have another sport starting. Can you
guess? It’s wrestling! Jason Arvidson is the head coach. “I really enjoy
teaching the kids new moves” he said. I think the kids really enjoy him, all of
the kids that I saw had a smile on their face. And It’s not too late to join, if
you consider joining wrestling, the practices are Mondays and Thursdays from
6:30 to 8:00 at the high school. The team is going to have some Eagle Bend
kids coming over for wrestling which would be a great way to make some new
friends, while keeping in shape. I also asked a few kids if they liked wrestling
and almost all of them said that they loved it! So keep it in mind and keep
wrestling!
Battle of the Books
by Morgan Mittag
I’m talking about battle of the books and I interviewed third
grades winning team and I asked why they liked it. Mercedes said
that she liked B.O.T.B. because she liked shaking her components
hand. Bella said that she liked B.O.T.B. because she really liked
the buzzers. Mason said that he liked B.O.T.B. because he liked
rubbing it in his sister’s face that he won. Kiley said that she also
liked the buzzers. Nolan said that he liked the medals. Gus said
that he liked it for the five dollar certificate and the medal. I
asked the group how they liked B.O.T.B. and they all said it was
ok.
3rd Grade Winners
5th Grade Winners
If you’re wondering what battle of the books is then I have the
answer. B.O.T.B. is when you get put into teams. Each team has
to read the same books and memorize the author. Then they have
a battle where they answer questions about the books they read.
They get 1 point for knowing the book title, and 1 point if they
know the author. The winners get medals and a book fair gift
certificate. Grades 3 thru 6 can do Battle of the Books.
5/6 Grade Winners
6th Grade Winners
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Girls Basketball
by Meggie Reigstad
It’s the time of year for basketball, and 5th and 6th grade girls are
passing, shooting and dribbling their way to victory. That’s right, girls
basketball has started. The first practice was December 3rd. There are
three coaches, Kim Blake, Chad DeBoer and Tim Alberts. Basketball
helps kids get into shape and learn aim and also hand-eye coordination.
Their first tournament is in January 2014, so get ready for some
cheering and clapping, because The Parkers Prairie Panthers couldn’t be
more ready!
Boys Basketball
by Alex Koep
It’s basketball season for the Parkers Prairie Panthers in grades 4-6.
This year the Panthers have 4 basketball tournaments planned. There is
one on January 4 one on January 18, February 1 and finally February 15
which is in Parkers Prairie.
Joke Answers
In a Snowbank!
This is the first year that 4th graders have been able to be in basketball.
Lucky them. The coaches for this years boy’s basketball are Rod
Helling, Becky and Tom Koep and Sandy Yohnke. Special thanks to
them.
Come check us out at our tournament in Parkers on February 15.
Because of all the
wrapping!
Parkers Prairie
Elementary School
518 S. McCornell Ave.
Parkers Prairie, MN
56361
Phone:
(218) 338-4079
We’re on the Web!
http://www.isd547.com
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