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Detailed storiesinside: MorningMeeting, WhosWho, MarchMadness, and more Small But Mighty School News

March 2014

When asked for suggestions, mostof the students want all of the staffoutside to greet them somemornings. These are the differentteachers kids want involved:specials teachers (music, art, gym,library, and computer) the nurse,Dana, rs. !ucier, "urt,lunch#recess aides, and rs.

$ollansbee. "ids also want rs.%iles, rs. &icks, and studentcouncil to be more present. 'couple students even re uested

imi, $oster rammie in rs.$la*man+s room. ost of all,students want " D- to be able topresent fun songs and new learning.

Work Hard, Play Hard, Be Respectful, Have Fun!

Written by %orah aouette

orning eeting is a fairly new popular tradition at -mall -chool./very morning, the students go outside and when the first bellrings at 0:12 am classroom teachers come outside to 3oin thestudents. Typically, rs. Williamson, iss 4ike, and#or rs.-torms greet us. We always do the 4ledge of 'llegiance. There isalmost always a school chant or song.

We surveyed the students to see how much they en3oy orningeeting. -eventy two percent (567) or 895 students took the

survey. Twenty percent (6 7) of those students do not go toorning eeting. ;sually they prefer to come later or have

breakfast at home or school.


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Our Visit to Channel 6

By Mrs. $lsons Second %rade &lass

$ne day, Mrs. $lson told us that someonewould 'e coming into our class. (is name isMatt and he would 'e teaching us a'out thecommunity through )unior *chie+ement. Mattstarted to come in Decem'er and ended in)anuary +isiting our classroom i+e times. Witalacrity, he le t us and went 'ac- to his o'.

The irst thing Matt taught us was who wor-sin the community and how they get along. (ealso hel/ed us learn unit and assem'ly line

/roduction. Matt instructed us as to howmoney is made and mo+es through acommunity. Taxes are /aid and gi+en to

/eo/le who wor- or the go+ernment.

Matt wor-s or &hannel 0 as an ad+ertisement /roducer. (e 'rought his camera to ourclassroom. Matt showed us all o the 'uttons

on the camera and how it wor-s. Be ore he leMatt as-ed i the class could ta-e a tour o the&hannel 0 news studio.

$n Tuesday, 1e'ruary "", we tra+eled to&hannel 0 in 2ortland. Matt met us at the doorWe were +ery, +ery u'ilant33

4e+in Mannix was the irst tele+ision /ersonality we met. (e was in the Weather$ ice. Mr. Mannix watched o+er "com/uters seeing what the weather orecast

told him. We showed Mr. Mannix our classtem/erature gra/hs, and how we use histem/eratures to do math e+ery day.

Next, we met 5ee Nelson. Mr. Nelson as-ed iwe would li-e to him do a li+e 67/date8 ontele+ision. (e said we would ha+e to 'eS729 ;uiet.


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%he %hrill o& Happy Wheels

By Sam ains ord and *lex 5eu/old

$n most1riday nights, we do not ha+e much

ha//ening, 'ut on one snowy night thiswinter when we did not e+en ha+eschool, many o us went to (a//y

Wheels to s-ate and sociali>e. < youdid not -now how to s-ate, there is a /ractice rin- and then when you eltcon ident you can hit the 'ig rin- toshow o our mad s-ills. *t (a//yWheels, the Small School student

council had a 'a-e sale. You could 'yany 'a-ed good or a small donation. *t

the e+ent you could re;uest your

a+orite song and they /layed it or youwhile you twirled around the rin- withriends.


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Lynn Plourde

Maine author visits Small School

y orinne 'ltham


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ll #+ty rade F+ve #horus #oncert

By *lice Donahue, 9dits 'y Mrs. $sann

*n exciting way to start o the winter was a wonder ul chorus concert. 8 was the inal song with some smooth mo+es.

DyerC4aler Schools sang two songs com'ined, 8&harlottetown8 and 65i>a )ane.8


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Dark Lord, The Early Years

e+iewed 'y So/hie outhier

Dark Lord, The Early Years 'y )amie Thom/son

is nominated or the Maine Student Boo- *ward,

and rightly so. 1ull o un and whimsy, Dark Lord is a master/iece in the

great museum o literature. Thomson has created a traditional ish out owater story with a notAsoAtraditional twist. When the Dar- 5ord alls out othe Dar-lands, he lands in our in erior world. (ere he 'egins his ;uest soli-e the Wi>ard o $> to get home. With the hel/ o his riends, Soo> and&hris, he attem/ts e+erything to do ust that. ,author o Maine Student Boo- *ward winner Splendors and Glooms . This

'oo- is recommended or grades # and u/. *s the 4ir-us re+iew said, this 'oo- is 6'rilliant in e+ery way . A Drowned Maidens Hair is a'out Maud,a small naughty or/han, strangely ado/ted 'y three charita'le women.5aura *my Schlit> s/ins a no+el set in "J!J you cannot /ut down a'out aseaside city, a widows drowned daughter, and the art o the medium. *

'oo- o =J! /ages lies 'y and eels li-e I! /ages, lea+ing you hungry ormore. A Drowned Maidens Hair is a wonder ul 'oo-, which is stronglyrecommended.

Reco))ended #hapter Books 5y Mrs( Mason: Stallion y Starli!ht 'y$s'orne new Magic Tree (ouse K#J H "nderstood #etsy 'y 1isherH Taleso$ a %o&rth Grade 'othin! 'y BlumeH 5and o Stories 'y &ol erH Sti(k Do! series 'y WatsonH and E!!s 'y S/inelli

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5y nne Mason

P+cture Books : The #est Story 'yS/inelliH The Salamander )oom 'yMa>erH *nything 'y Dr Seuss (is

'irthday was March H Biogra/hieso 1amous Women March isWomens (istory month H Helens

#i! *orld, The Li$e o$ Helen +eller 'y a//a/ortH anything 'y )eannetteWinter and Simms Ta'ac-H "nitedTweets o$ Ameri(a, - State #irds 'y

Tal'ottH and anything 'y 5ynn2lourde see article, /age #

*lso, coo-'oo-s, cra t 'oo-s, howAtoAdraw 'oo-s are all good choices

or this time o year.

#h+ef *d+tors, %orah #aoutte, #laraWatson, ; l+ce 'onahue takeadvanta e of March 5e+n Wo)an3sH+story Month and settle on so)e

reat reads(

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