Message from our Principal

Owl Talk- Taryn Galt

updated periodically by

both parents and students,

must become normal be-

ginning in the 6th grade

Nothing could lead to a

greater transformation of

our schools than moti-

vated and goal centered

parents and students.

Even though the article

talked about 6th grade, we

would like to participate

in this activity at a level

appropriate for children in

grades 3-5. Your child

will be given a piece of paper with a place for

short term academic goals

and a place for some long

term goals. Please have a

meaningful conversation

with your child about their

goals. You might discuss

how goals impact the di-

rection for their future.

KINDERGARTEN FIELD

TRIP TO AMAZING FUN

FARMS

Oct.

24

SNACK SALE TO BENE-

FIT OUTDOOR EDUCA-

TION—3:00PM

Oct.

26

4TH AND FIELD GRADE FIELD TRIPS TO AMA-

RILLO LITTLE THEATRE

Nov.

7

HAT DAY!!!!!!!!!! Nov.

20

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

BEGINS! Nov.

21

Hoot Happenings

In October/November

October 2012 Volume 3 Issue – 1

Owl Outlook

Olsen Park Parents,

Recently our superintendent, Mr.

Schroder, shared part of an article

written by Bill Betzen. The arti-cle stated:

Parents should be writing about

goals and dreams for their child in

letters to their child. Schools can

encourage this. Students should

be reading those letters and then

writing about their own personal

goals in letters to themselves.

Both letters should be updated

regularly and archived in a visible

place of respect in their school, passed many times daily by all

students. These goals should not

be forgotten. Such a process will

lead to many priceless conversa-

tions between parent and child,

and high achievement levels in

school.

Credible goals, documented and

Once the parent and child

sign the goal form we will

post them on a bulletin

board in the cafeteria. We

hope the practice of setting goals will be one small way

to plants seeds of possibili-

ties within your child.

Alan Nickson ,

Principal

Olsen Park Elementary

Olsen Park is starting out great!

The 5th graders took a field trip to the Marchapalooza, (Battle of the bands) between Tascosa,

Caprock, Amarillo High, and Palo Duro on October 16, 2012. The fourth graders went on a field

trip to the Amarillo Art Museum. The kindergarteners went to the fair, and they will be visiting a pumpkin patch too.

Here’s some important dates this month , so we’ll be prepared! On October 19, we get to have a

Snack sale for Outdoor Education. You better look pretty on the 25th of October ,because it’s

picture day! We did a whole lot of fun things this month… but we have more fun things coming

in November! Like on November 20th , we get to have a Hat Day! An d if you didn’t get to smile

big on October 25th, you can do it on November 30th! We’ll I guess that’s all the important and

fun dates I have for you, so I guess I’ll tell you more next month!

Olsen Park

PTA

Olsen Park PTA is once

again encouraging Olsen

families to collect box

tops off your favorite

foods to help support

EDUCATION!

Party Pretzel Pumpkins — Paige Bentley

CRAFT - Leaf Rubbings- by Alexandria Winkle

After you get those

things, place a leaf with

the vein side up, under 1

piece of white paper.

Then take unwrapped

crayon and hold it hori-

zontally and rub crayon

over paper where you

placed the leaf. Continue

rubbing with crayon un-

MATERIALS:

White paper,

Crayons, without their

wrappers

Leaves-collect several

different sizes

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Just cut out the box tops

and bring them to school.

Let’s get started collecting those box tops!

til you see your leaf ap-

pear on your paper! It

will be the color of your

crayon! You can make

many leaf rubbings in

several different fall col-

ors like red, yellow, or-

ange, purple, brown, and

gold.

Please bring all of your

box tops to school

and give them to your

teacher by October

19th! Start now so we can

earn money for

our school!! Please label with your teacher’s

name so you can get

credit. You can find box tops on most boxed

goods like cereal,

yogurt, etc. boxes.

Ingredients:

1 bag Mini Pretzels

1 package White chocolate

bark 1 bag Green or brown M&M’s

Red and yellow food coloring

Wax paper

1 Tbsp. Crisco

Glass bowl

Spatula

Microwave

Here is a yummy, fun, and

safe fall treat for kids!

Make sure you have parents

help, first you need to get your bowl, make sure there is no

water in it, or the chocolate

will harden .Add your choco-

late to the bowl and put it in

the microwave. Every five to

ten seconds, take it out and

stir. When it is melted add

Crisco and food coloring to the

chocolate, stir well. Finally,

you can dip the pretzel in the

chocolate and add your

M&M’s and lay them on wax

paper. .Now you can enjoy.

The American people get to

vote for a new president every

four years. 2012 is an election

year. This year there are two people called candidates run-

ning for President. A presi-

dent can run for a second

term, so President Barack

Obama is running again.

President Obama is from the

Democratic Party. The other

candidate is Mitt Romney. He

is from the

Republican Party. You do not

have to be a Republican or a Democrat to run for president.

One of the requirements to be

a candidate for president is

that you have to be 35 years

or older. On November 6th the country will vote for the

president. Some people will

vote early because they will

be out of the country or busy

that day. Most people make

their decision on whom to

vote for by watching debates

on TV to see what each candi-

date will do to help our coun-

try be the best it can be. You

have to deicide who you will think will do the best job

leading our country.

The biggest issues people

worry about are education, health care, and money spent

on war (national security).

Have you done your research?

Who would you vote for No-

vember 6th if you were 18?

Third, fourth, and fifth grad-

ers are Olsen Park will con-

duct their own mock election,

so listen and learn all you can about your candidates!

DOWN, SET, HOOT HOOT!!! Olsen Park 5th

grade boys are out to tackle

the other teams. We prac-tice every Tuesday and

Thursday at Olsen Park,

learning plays and posi-

tions. We recruited 17 players. Not all of us are

Olsen Owls. 8 of our play-

ers are from other schools. Even though we are from

different schools we come

together like we are from 1! We had our 1st 2 games

September 22nd and sep-

tember30th. Unfortunately

we lost or first two games. At our next practice, we set

up a new offense and de-

Presidential Election—by Brennan Stockard

Olsen Park 5th Grade Football—by Brennan Stockard

Houston Texans Professional Football Team—by Anson Shull

head coach is Gary Kubiak he was a coach for the

Denver Broncos for 20

years. In 2006 he became the head coach for the

Houston Texans. The

Houston Texans current

Quarterback is Matt Schaub # 8. One of the best

players in the NFL is run-

ning back

Arian Foster. He plays for Houston

He is 6-1 and he is 26 years old and weighs

229 pounds.

His jersey is number 23.

The Houston Texans are a professional Football team in

the NFL. The Houston Tex-

ans were founded in 2002 by Bob McNair. Before the

Houston Texans were created

the oilers were in Houston

until 1996, then they moved their team to Tennessee and

are now Known as the Ten-

nessee Titans. Houston’s

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fense. We didn’t give up; we just decided to try something

different.

We have 3 wins in a row now

we are 3-2. Our changes and new skills helped our team

improve! As we look forward

to the rest of the season, we will work hard to win more

games than we lose.

So come out and show your school spirit by cheering us

on at one of our games!

Interview with Mrs. Kupka—

Andrew’s jokes and games

1. Why didn’t the skeleton

cross the road?

2. Where does Dracula keep his

money?

3. What is a ghost’s favorite

fruit?

4. What did the casket say to the

other casket?

5. What happened when

Dracula first met his wife? 6. What did the skeleton buy

at the market?

7. What do you get when you

put a snowman in a haunted

house? 8. Why do they put fences

around graveyards?

9. What do you call a duck

with fangs? 10. What’s a ghost’s favorite

carnival ride?

(Answers on page 6.)

s m m v t d u p c t m t

s l n r e r r c v k u o

n g m u m m y c a n d y

d w h c o s t u m e s r

l e h o n t s n p e u s

e n k i s a o k i w e l

e r m a t t l a r o p a

e s v n e c l u e l d m

p r n l r e h e c l r r

n i e t s n e k n a r f

u k m d e t n u a h r o

s n i k p m u p p s s d

candy costumes Dracula

Franken-

stein ghost Halloween

haunted monsters mummy

pumpkins skeleton vampire

witch

By Taryn Galt

1. What school did you come from? “Avondale” 2.How long have you worked for AISD? “28 years.”

3. How long have you been an Assistant Principal? “10 years.”

4.Have you had any other jobs?“I’ve been a school counselor. 5. How has it been here so far? “Great. I’ve been here twice. I was a school counselor here.

6.Do you miss your old school? “I miss the kids a lot. And my friends too. But I wouldn’t change back.

7. Were the rules at your other school different then they are here? “The rules aren’t really different, but the way you do things are different.”

8. Did you work at an Elementary, Middle, or High school before you came here? “I’ve always worked at an elementary

but back then they had 6th graders there in the elementary schools.”

9. Did you work at a school in another position? “Yes. Teaching and counseling.” 10. What’s your favorite food or color? “Mexican and Seafood”.

11. Do you have any siblings? “I have a sister named Dena.”

12. Do you have any children or pets?“Michael and Nathan (2 sons) Husband Ed Yorkie-Poo (Kennedy) Poodle (Jackie).” 13. What’s your favorite animal?“Dogs.”

14. Where did you go to school?“Canadian Blue Ridge (one room school house).”

15. What would you like to tell the Olsen Park community? “I’m very thankful to be here, this is an amazing place to be. I really love it here.”

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Owl Outlook

as soon as possible!

Thank You!

BY CAMERON SEYMOUR

The Heroes of Olympus is packed with adventure! This is for people who like Greek mythology. It is about a

teenager named Percy Jackson. He is the son of Poseidon/Neptune. He has two friends one named Frank Zhang

and the other named Hazel. But they have to rescue the god of death from the giants. Will they save him or will

Gaea awaken before they get there? You will have to read it to find out!

If you don’t like myths, magic, and monsters, you might like The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It is about a cater-

pillar that eats a lot to become a butterfly. Will he finally do it after 1 week of just eating? Find out in this exciting

book!

By Taryn, Paige, and Alexandria

Answers to Jokes:

1. He didn’t have the guts! 2. The blood bank!

3. Boo berries!

4. Is that you coffin?

5. It was love at first bite! 6. Spare ribs!

7. Ice screams!

8. Because everyone’s dying to get in!

9. Count Duckula!

10. A roller ghoster!

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A person of character is . . . a good person, someone to look up to, to admire, A person of character is someone who

knows the difference between right and wrong, always tries to do what is right, and sets a good example for every-

one. Also a person would make the world a better place and lives according to the six pillars of character, which are

trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. For this month we will be talking about words that describe Trustworthiness:

Integrity- do: Stand up for your beliefs, follow your conscience, always have courage, and be honorable and up-

right. Don’t: lose heart if you fail or don’t get what you want. Reliability-do: Keep your promises, honor your words ands commitments, be dependable, do what your supposed to

do, return what you burrow, pay your debts, and be on time.

Honesty-do: Tell the truth and nothing but truth, be sincere. Don’t: lie, cheat, steal, and don’t be sneaky and decep-tive.

Loyalty- do: Stand by and protects family and friends, be a good friend, look out for those who care about you, and

keep secrets between the people you trust. Don’t: betray trust, let your friends hurt themselves, treat others how you

would like to be treated, and don’t ask a friend to hurt other or gossip.

These Olsen Owls received Outstanding Owls for being trustworthy: Ruth Vasquez, Deaven Tijernia, and Brandon.

Great job, Owls!

Learning is like life, there’s new ones every day. Tyler 5th grade

Sharing doesn’t get you more stuff but it does get you more

friends. Sarah 2nd grade

Everything you do you have to practice before you do it. Colton 2nd

grade

The clouds never stop moving just like you never stop learning. Bryce

2nd grade

A camel never finishes its journey as you never stop learning. Dustyn 2nd

grade

Smilers wear a crown. Losers wear a frown. Baron 5th grade

Learning is like eating, it fills you up. Roni 5th grade

Learning is like stairs, when you reach the top you go to higher

ones. Bradley 2nd grade

Baboons never stop climbing like you never stop learning. Hank 1st

grade

The clock never stops ticking like you never stop learning. Jerra 2nd

grade

You never stop seeing things like you never stop learning. Jerra 2nd grade

It’s not over when you lose; it’s over when you give up. Calista 5th grade

Life is like learning, you take wrong turns and right turns. Avery 5th

grade

It’s not about how you fall down. It’s about how you get back up. Ezrie

3rd grade

You can get up and try again if you had a problem in school, and try, try,

try, try with all your might. Sarah 2nd grade