is a Relay for Life member. This

is what she had to say about

Relay for Life, “I am happy to

help Relay because my father

died of cancer and I want to

make sure there are smaller

amounts of cancer related

deaths.”

So as you can tell Relay for Life

is an important event.

Do you want to hear live bands

for free? Do you want to get

cool stuff? Do you want to walk?

Do you want to help cancer?

Then come to the Hewitt Truss-

ville High School stadium to help

Relay for Life on April 29th. If

you’re a cancer survivor, come

to the Trussville Senior Center

on April 28th for a free dinner at

6:30 provided by Legends

Smokehouse. (No reservation

required)

What is Relay for Life? It’s a

charity started by Dr. Gordon

Klatt (From Tacoma Washing-

ton) in 1985 to help raise money

to find a cure for cancer. Dr.

Klatt raised $33,000 (and walked

83 miles) in 24 hours by having

friends pay $25 to walk half an

hour with him at Baker Stadium

in Tacoma, Washington. Now

relays are held at colleges and

communities in over 21 coun-

tries.

At a Relay for Life there are

always at least these three

events: the survivors lap, the

luminary ceremony and the fight

back ceremony. The survivor lap

is where cancer survivors can

run or walk a lap around the

track to celebrate a victory over

cancer. The luminary ceremony

is where candles are lit inside

bags. Each luminary bag has the

name of a person who cancer has

affected. The fight back ceremo-

ny is where you make a personal

commitment that can help keep

you from getting cancer. For

example, some people make a

commitment to stop smoking.

I interviewed my mother. She

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Relay for Life by: Caleb W.

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

The White

House

2

The Largest

Dinosaur

3

Our Principal 4

Team Sports 5

Reader’s

Corner

6

Saber-Tooth

Tiger

7

Glogster by: Caroline H.

P A I N E I N T E R M E D I A T E

S C H O O L

The Husky Herald A P R I L 1 5 , 2 0 1 1 V O L U M E : 1 I S S U E 2

S P E C I A L

D A T E S O F

I N T E R E S T :

April 26:

Recorder

Concert

April 27-28:

4th Graders

take ARMT

pilot

May 5:

2nd Grade

Parent Night

May 20:

5th Grade

Extravaganza

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P A G E 2

The Gateway Arch

The White House

The Gateway Arch by: Carson S.

Washington Monument by: Steven S.

The White House by: Michael R.

For 200 years the White

House has stood as a symbol

of the presidency, the U.S.A.

government, and the American

people. Pierre L’Enfant chose

where to build the White

House but James Hoban built

it. There are 132 rooms, 35

bathrooms, and 6 levels in the

Residence. There are also 412

doors, 147 windows, 28 fire-

places, 8 staircases, and 3 ele-

vators. President Theodore

Roosevelt officially gave the

White House its current name

in 1901.With five full-time

chefs, the White House kitch-

en is able to serve dinner to as

many as 140 guests and hors

d'oeuvres to more than 1,000.

For recreation, the White

House has a variety of facilities

available to its residents, in-

cluding a tennis court, jogging

track, swimming pool, Movie

Theater, and bowling lane. As

you can see the White house

has many things and I hoped

you enjoyed reading about it.

posed to be a statue of George

Washington but it didn’t hap-

pen. Money was tight and the

Civil War made building this

even harder and longer.

George Washington died in

1799 when he was 67 years

old. A monument for him had

still not been built. A Wash-

ington Monument committee

was formed. They hired Rob-

ert Mills, who was an architect,

to design the monument.

The Washington Monu-

ment is a historical land-

mark that is a reminder of

the military success of

George Washington during

the Revolutionary War.

George Washington’s lead-

ership in battle helped us

become the United States

of America.

The Washington Monu-

ment wasn’t supposed to

happen. There was sup-

Construction of the Washing-

ton Monument finally started

on July 4, 1848 and was fin-

ished on December 6, 1884. It

was officially opened to the

public on October 9, 1888.

It cost $1,187,710 to build

the Washington Monument. It

is 555 feet and 5 1/8 inch tall

and 55 feet and ½ inch wide. It

weighs 90,854 tons. About

500,00 people visit this monu-

ment each year.

was Eero Saarinen. Eero Saari-

nen won the contest with his

sleek arch. He was American.

The Arch is 630 feet wide and

630 feet tall. It weighs 43,000

tons. The Arch was built to

stand up to fast winds and

earthquakes. Construction of

the arch began on February 12,

1963; they finished building it

on October 28, 1965. It took

about $13 million to build.

The Gateway Arch opened to

the public on July 24, 1967.

The Arch’s nickname is The

Gateway to the West. It is

located on the banks of the

Mississippi River in St. Louis,

Missouri. Over 300,000 peo-

ple visit each year. You can go

inside the arch. There is a 5

person elevator to take people

to the top. There are windows

at the top to look out from.

The St. Louis Gateway Arch is

an elegant monument to west-

ward expansion in the USA.

The monument reflects St.

Louis role in the westward

expansion of the United States

in the 19th Century. They

chose an arch design because it

was very strong. There was a

competition to find the best

design for the Arch from 1947-

1948. The architect that won

The

Washington

Monument

The Birds Are Falling by: Mattie Kat H.

P A G E 3

Have you heard about birds

falling from the sky? Well they

have been in Alabama, Arkan-

sas, Kentucky, and even in Swe-

den! In Kentucky they called it a

“Kentucky Meat Shower!” It

started on New

Year’s Eve. When

a farmer went

outside and saw

lots of dead birds

falling from the

sky! No one

knows why this has happened.

But not just birds anymore lots

of other animals like fish. Some

scientists think that it was from

a cause in weather or disease.

Others think it is a sigh of some

type. We are hoping to find out

what all this means. So for now

we just need to take care of

our environment and hope to

find out what is wrong.

From the reporter who only

writes the truth. I’m Mattie Kat

with all your news.

and plants. It was thought to weigh

about 100 tons! An elephant

weighs about 5 tons. Argentino-

saurus was measured to be 120

feet from head to tail. A football

field is 160 feet across from sideline

to sideline. Argentinosaurus could

have comfortably fit across a foot-

ball field from one team’s bench to

the other team’s bench.

Dinosaurs lived millions of years

ago. No person alive has ever seen

a dinosaur. Scientists who study

dinosaur fossils have been able to

put dinosaur bones together to give

us a pretty good idea of what they

may have looked like a long time

ago.

The largest dinosaur ever to live

was Argentinosaurus. It ate leaves

will find that their ancestors were

bigger and used as sled dogs.

Did you know that Pomeranians

have a nick-name? Their nick-name

is Pom-Pom. They are black, white,

brown, and orange. They are very

nice and loyal dogs.

Did you know that Pomeranians

are the most popular dogs in

America? When full grown they can

weigh 5-7 pounds and measure 7 to

8 inches long. They are a small

dog.

A lot of people have loved them

ever since they were found. They

were found by a royal family in the

19th century. If you trace the Pom-

eranians back further than that, you

Dead birds

on a

highway in

Arkansas.

Pomeranians by: Anna S. and Morgan G.

The Largest Dinosaur by: Logan

Argentinosaurus

P A G E 4

Mrs. Bruno,

Principal of Paine

Intermediate School

Our Principal, Mrs. Bruno by: Dalyn D.

Mrs. Summers is a fifth-

grade teacher who is well-

loved by students and facul-

ty. Students say she encour-

ages them in A.R. by meeting

with them each week and

discussing goals, points, and

progress. Students also say

that she comes up with fun

and exciting projects. She

doesn’t do that alone she

meets up weekly and some-

times daily with other fifth

grade teachers. Sometimes

her students inspire her to

come up with fun and exciting

ideas.

Mrs. Summers doesn’t

just teach. She has 2 children,

Jack who started kindergarten

this year and Jake who is 2

years of age. She loves playing

with them and their dog, Fred.

Mrs. Summers also enjoys

reading, cooking, shopping,

and watching movies. Mrs.

Summers got her undergradu-

ate degree from Auburn Uni-

versity and her master’s degree

from U.A.B.

This will be Mrs. Summers’

13th year teaching. Since she

was a child she wanted to be a

teacher. She has always loved

working with younger students

and watching them learn and

grow.

tend that she was Trixie

Belden sometimes when she

was not at school. As an adult,

Mrs. Bruno enjoyed reading

Gone With The Wind.

Mrs. Bruno has been a prin-

cipal for 12 years. She has

been a principal at Leeds Ele-

mentary School and Paine

Intermediate School, and an

assistant principal at Hewitt

Trussville Middle School and

Hewitt Elementary. Each day

at school is different for a

principal, because she has

many things that she needs to

do. But Mrs. Bruno tries to

visit as many classrooms as

possible each day. She talks

with teachers, students, and

parents; reads reports and

professional literature; meets

with teachers; and plans or

participates in professional

learning.

Have you ever wondered

about our principal Mrs. Bru-

no? Mrs. Bruno grew up in

Greensboro, Alabama, a small

town south of Tuscaloosa.

When she was a child, she

enjoyed throwing the ball with

her dad and reading. When

she was little she loved to read

a series of books called the

Trixie Belden Mysteries. In

fact, Mrs. Bruno would pre-

N E W S L E T T E R T I T L E

Meet Mrs. Summers by: Rachel R.

Mrs. Summers

5th Grade Teacher

Our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Akin by Brooke M. & Alex T.

We are going to tell you a

few interesting things about

our Vice Principal Mrs.

Akin! She has been a Vice

Principle for 4 years. Be-

fore she was Vice Principal

she taught special education

here at Paine Intermediate

and at Hoover High School.

Mrs. Akin said she has a big

dog named “Big Ears!”

When we ask Mrs. Akin if

she was an Alabama or Au-

burn Fan she replied

”Alabama! Roll Tide!”

Have you heard the great

news? Mrs. Akin is having

a baby! She recently found

out that she is having a boy!

He is due this summer Au-

gust 2nd.

So there you have it!

And you know a little more

about Mrs. Akin than you

did before?

Mrs. Akin,

Assistant Principal of Paine

Intermediate School

Team Sports by: Calista J. and Hailey H.

P A G E 5

Club Day is something new at Paine

Intermediate. Students choose a

club that interests them. The clubs

are Choir, Newspaper, Art, Library,

Reporter, SWAT, Computer, Dra-

ma 1 or 2, Husky Helpers and

Team Sports. Clubs meet twice

each month on Wednesdays.

The Team Sports club is directed

by Coach Chrisenberry and Coach

Minor. They said that Team Sports

gives students an opportunity to

learn and play different team sports.

The coaches hope that students will

play these sports at home and in

the community when they are not

at school.

The Team Sports club has had

guest speakers about nutrition and

field trips such as walking the trails

in the woods at the Trussville

Sports Complex.

use. With a long board you do not

have to paddle as fast, because the

board is longer and will pick up the

waves better. Long boards are

better for big waves, like a 40-foot

wave.

Short boarding is a lot harder

than long boarding. Short boards

are round on one end. Short

boarding requires paddling much

Surfing became popular in the

1950s. Some people surf for fun,

and some people are more serious

about it. People started to have

contests in surfing.

There are two types of surfing

short boarding and long boarding.

The long board has a point on one

end. First time surfers use long

boards. These are a little easier to

harder. On a short board you can

turn better. Good surfers can do

360`s and stuff like that on short

boards. Short boards are better

for small waves.

Whether with a short board

or a long board, surfing is fun

but also hard!!

There are estimates between 30-

40 different kinds of dolphin spe-

cies. Each dolphin has its own

whistle to identify itself. Scientists

believe there is more than 1 species

of Bottle-Nosed Dolphin. A Bottle-

Nosed Dolphin can live between 40

-50 years.. A Bottle Nosed Dolphin

can live between 40-50 years. Dol-

phins eat mostly fish and squid.

Dolphins eat up to 30 pounds of

food a day. They have 2 stomachs,

1 is for storing food and the other

is for digesting.

Dolphins are a very exciting spe-

cies.

Have you ever swum with a dol-

phin? I am going this summer. Dol-

phins are cute. They love to inter-

act with humans. They are smart

and friendly. Dolphins are very

playful.

Dolphins cannot go into a full

deep sleep. Dolphins sleep by rest-

ing half of their brain. When they

are awake, dolphins can see very

well.

Dolphins by: Joely and Olivia

Surfing by:MeganM.

“Promise me you

will always

remember – You

are braver than

you believe,

stronger than you

seem and smarter

than you think”

Christopher

Robin to Pooh

5th graders members of the

Team Sports Club

Our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Akin by Brooke M. & Alex T.

enough platelets to make a good scab.

They would bleed and bleed and

bleed. People who have ITP have to

get their blood taken once a week so

the doctors can know their counts.

One of the only cures for ITP it is a

bone marrow transplant. The process

of getting a bone marrow transplant

can They take up to 6 months. You

and you lose your hair because you

have to get chemotherapy.

CASEY’S CAUSE raises awareness

of ITP because the founder Stacey

Grant had a daughter who died of

this sickness. Casey Grant went to

Paine Primary and was in second

grade when she passed away from

ITP. She had brown eyes with freckles

sprinkled across her nose. Casey died

from ITP when she was in second

CASEY’S CAUSE is an organization

created to raise ITP awareness for

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic

Purpura. It is abbreviated ITP.

This basically means low platelet

counts and a ton of bruising. Platelets

are blood cells that clog your blood

when you get a cut and help to make

a scab. Platelets are a type of blood

cell. They clog your cuts so you don’t

bleed too much.

ITP doesn’t affect you much or

make you feel sick, but it can give you

internal bleeding if your platelets get

too to low and you hurt yourself. For

example, an average person’s platelet

count is about 300,000. People with

ITP have 1000 platelets, a much lower

count than the average person! So if

a person with ITP skins their knee or

something, their body would not have

grade. Her mother said she was a true gift from God

and a sport all-star.

CASEY’S CAUSE has an annual fun run and 5k

each year in May to raise money for research so that

one day ITP can be cured. This year the fun run and

the 5k run will be May seventh it will start at the

Trussville mall at 8:00 a.m. There will be water and

breakfast before the run begins. First there will be

the 5k and then the 1 mile fun run.

To learn more about CASEY’S CAUSE go to

http://www.caseyscause.org/.

Lemony Snicket wrote these books called the Series of Unfortunate

Events. They’re about three children named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny

Baudelaire. Their life just changed a whole lot, because in the first book

they found out that their parents just died in a house fire. They were

trying to cook a special dinner for them, but it turned into a tragedy.

They now had to live with a family member named Count Olaf. You may

think he is a nice man at first, but he is a greedy man that wants to kill

the children and steal their family fortune that is left for Violet when she

gets older.

The children are going through a journey to get away from Count Olaf.

If you just go to our school library, the Trussville City Library, or Books-

A-Million you will find these GREAT books and learn

more about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire and

their amazing experiences.

There are 13 books to this series.

Have Fun and Enjoy!

CASEY’S CAUSE by: Helena Steen

Reader’s Corner by: Kaitlyn R.

The gods are not real they are just made up they are

mythical creatures. The gods I’m going to tell you

about are Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades.

The first god I am going to tell you about is Zeus. He

is the lord of the sky. He has a lightning bolt which is

a piece of powerful lightning that controls all the

lightning strikes in a storm. Zeus lives at Olympus.

The second god I’m going to tell you about is Posei-

don. He is lord of the sea. He can control the oceans

with his hands he can make big waves happen or any-

thing happen with the water. He has a trident. A

trident is like a big fork. And he was responsible for

most drowning and shipwrecks. Poseidon lives in the

seas. For my last god I’m going to tell you about is

Hades. He is lording of the underworld he is ruler of

the dead he barely even leaving the underworld.

Hades lives in the underworld. Zeus, Hades, and

Poseidon are the

three gods of

mythology.

The Gods by: Jacob O.

PAGE 6

Soccer is called football in every country except the

United States and Canada. Every four years soccer play-

ers participate in the World Cup. The country that wins

the World Cup is the best Soccer playing country in the

world. There are millions of Soccer players all over the

world. In some countries, Soccer is the only sport they

know. There are many important positions in Soccer.

The most important position is the goalie. The goalie

stands in front of the goal and blocks shots from the oth-

er team. Another important position in soccer is the

midfielder. The midfielder shoots at the goal and tries to

get a point. There are many more positions in Soccer.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.

The Husky Herald was

written by 5th grade stu-

dents who are in Newspa-

per Club. This online

newspaper has been a

work in progress during

the spring semester.

Students were responsible for determining and

researching their own topics.

We hope that you enjoy this edition of our

school newspaper

Soccer by: Evan O.

Saber Tooth by: Anna S.

The Saber Tooth Tiger became extinct 10,000 years ago. It

looks just like a tiger except it has long fangs. Like a tiger

some of them have stripes, but most of them are just tan

colored. Their fangs are 4-5 centimeters long. They can

grow up to 50cm long and 2.1 meters tall. Their fangs were

used to hunt and kill animals.

PAGE 7

This is an exciting time of the year with lots of beautiful weather, and

fun events going on, but the counselors at Paine Intermediate want

to encourage all of our students to make sure you are being respon-

sible and respectful towards one another. It can be very easy to join

the crowd in teasing or picking on someone at recess or on the bus,

but it shows the highest level of character when you make the right

choice not to say or do things that would hurt someone’s feel-

ings. Another issue that we are seeing is kids getting left out of clubs

that other students are starting. It can be a lot of fun to start a club

for you and your friends, but make sure you aren’t excluding class-

mates from joining your club, and please don’t give a test that some-

one has to pass to join. This will also cause someone’s feelings to get

hurt. This time of year is a lot of fun, but in order for

everyone to enjoy our last two months together we

need to work on being kind and respectful!

Counselor’s Corner