Mountain View

Riverview

Valley View

Longfellow

Most people believe in lepurchans .I

believe in them, too. Like a lot of peo-

ple that believe, I want to get proof

that lepurchans are real and prove

that I’m right about lepurchans. I like

St. Patrick’s day because It’s the one

time in a year to get proof for me. Do

you believe? Do you have proof? Have

you seen proof but never gotten to

get it? The last question I asked hap-

pened to me. Most of my family didn’t

believe me but they would have done

the same as me if they were lucky

enough to even see the proof. I be-

lieve in only part of what lepurchans

are said to be. The part I believe in is

that lepurchans are real, smart, and

small.

Lepurchans are not magical or ugly

[although some may be ugly] or are

monsters. Lepurchans are fascinating

but not to be made fun of or to anger,

for example bison you don’t want to

anger or spiders or carnivores and

bees and so on. Again lepurchans

aren’t stupid so if you want to catch

them you need the right gear. Lepur-

chans may not only live in Ireland they

could also be around Ireland or even

in the closest country to Ireland to

stay hidden. That’s all I have to say

about the LEPURCHANS!

Garret Bodily, Valley View Grade 4

Today I’m here to tell you

about the history of St. Patrick’s

Day. His feast day is the same day

as St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick is

one of two main saints of Ireland.

You think his color is green, but it’s

blue! Most people thought it was

green because he was repre-

sented by shamrocks.

St. Patrick wasn’t native to Ire-

land, he was native to Wales. He

was captured by soldiers when he

was 16. He was a slave in Ireland

for a number of years. When he

was freed he went home to his

family for a while. After a few years,

he went back to Ireland and be-

came a priest there.

He died in Ireland of old age,

but is still celebrated to this day.

By Liana

This year for St. Patrick’s

Day the leprechaun did these

things. He knocked over CDs,

opened drawers, and got in really

high cabinets somehow. He also

got into my mom’s purse and ate

half of her mint tic-tacs. He left lots

of candy and he left chocolate

covered oranges. For a trap he

would walk in a box and step in

tape. The tape got stuck on his feet

and there was tape around the

trap. What happened on your St.

Patrick’s Day?

Happy St.Patrick’s Day!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liana Patterson, Grade 5 Valley

View

In boxing it is really fun. The

place I go for boxing is Electric City

Boxing Club (ECBC). The first thing

you do is you have to run around

the Expo Park. The age you have to

be is 6+. Another thing is you get to

go on trips to go fight. Like Idaho,

Missouri, and even Great Falls. But in

order to go in trips, you have to work

really hard. After the run, you come

back to hit the bags. When you hit

the bags, you have to have gloves

on. After everyone comes back

from the run, we get on the mat.

When we get on the mat we have to

do stuff like sit-up’s, push-up’s, and

jumping jacks. We train 2 hours for 5

days. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednes-

days, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I

like where I work out at Electric City

Boxing Club.

~Jonathon Cocohran, Longfellow

Electric City

Boxing Club

Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice is one of the most famous

wide receivers. Jerry Rice is known for one

handed catches. Jerry Rice is known for

one handed catches, but in my opinion,

he is better than Odell Beckam Jr. He was

named the best football player ever, and

Jerry has been to the Pro Bowl 13 Times.

Not only has he has won three Super Bowl

rings, but Jerry held over 100 records by

2014.

He has been on the Sanfransisco 49ers,

Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, and

the Denver

Broncos.

He is now 53.

By Nic Kidd,

Riverview 5th

grade

UFC 196

Las Vegas By Teague Furr

Holly Holm VS Meisha Tate

Three minutes into the 5th round of the UFC 196 fe-

male fight Meisha Tate forced Holly Holm into submis-

sion. This was one of two of the main fights on Satur-

day, March 5. Holly Holm was the predicted winner of

this match after knocking out undefeated Ronda

Rousey. So you can imagine her shock after being beat

The #1 Bobcat

Fan (Mrs.Helmer,

Longfellow’s

math coach)

What lead Mrs. Helmer into teaching?

In high school, she had had a class in which

she could go help preschoolers. She has been

teaching for 8 years in 5 different schools. She

finds many things other things rewarding

about her job, and more is rewarding each

year of her career. Her most memorable stu-

dent was a first boy that lived in a home. He

always came to schoo, and ready to learn.

Mrs. Helmer has learned that in the

classroom, everyone’s circumstances are dif-

ferent. She thinks the hardest part in the edu-

cation system is knowing that each student

learns differently and adapting to that. In her

career, Mrs. Helmer has struggled watching

teachers required to teach an enormous

amount in an unrealistic amount of time.

If Mrs. Helmer could speak to all kids

right now, her valuable lesson she could offer

is KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!! ~Marisa and

Kaitlin, Longfellow

Evan Blalock’s Spelling Adventure

(Longfellow Elementary)

On March 1st I went to the City Spelling Bee at West Elementary School. A spelling bee is where kids that are gifted in spelling go to compete with other kids that are gifted in spelling. I was one of the two kids that got to go there from Longfellow Elementary because I got elected for the School spelling bee and got first place. There were fifty kids there some in 5th some in 6th some in 7th and even some in 8th grade. I got to the 2nd round, the word I got in the first round was broadleaf and the word I got out on was geoponics.

My Friend the

Rock Man

Jim Johnson

Mr. Johnson’s favorite teacher was his high

school math teacher, who made a big im-

pression on him. (He is also his favorite per-

son.)

Jim Johnson also ran the Olympic torch in

1999 and 2002. He was nominated by 2 gals

he saved from the Grand Canyon when they

were lost. Chevy was sponsoring the Olym-

pics.

His perfect day in the winter is nice snow for

cross country skiing with a little bit of sun. In

the summer he likes digging crystals with little

kids. In the fall it is a beautiful day hunting. His

goal is to run 100k by the time he is 75. He is

at 87k.

If he could go anywhere in the world He

would go to Machu Pichu because he likes

ancient American civilizations. He got inter-

ested in gems because he took a college

class 3 times where you

made gems into sterling

silver jewelry.

By Brooke

Romney,

Riverview grade 4

The Iditarod is a race with husky dogs in Alaska. It started on Satur-day March 5th, 2016. There were 85 partici-pants from vari-ous places. The race trail is in Alaska; it’s 1150 miles long. I think something

that’s cool is that the word Iditarod means clear water and was named by the Swagelok Indians. The race is held annually near An-chorage, Alaska.

The Iditarod

Race is a race with

dogs and sled racers.

They race from Anchor-

age, Alaska to Nome,

Alaska. It’s where peo-

ple race with dog sleds

and it’s a 1000 mile

race. If you win you get

a lot of money.

~Zane N.

NOME, Alaska – Dallas Seavey won his third

straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Tues-

day morning, crossing under the burled arch

on Front Street in Nome for his fourth overall

title in the last five years.

ADVERTISEMENT

Seavey completed the nearly 1,000-mile race

in a record time of 8 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes,

16 seconds. He arrived in Nome at 2:20 a.m.

He said at the finish that he spent the first two-

thirds of the race "dead on my feet" and had

never been so tired.

"This was a heck of a trip, all the way from the

start. It was up and down," Seavey said. "But

we made it work."

The Iditarod started March 6 in Willow, about

50 miles north of Anchorage, and took mushers

across two mountain ranges, down the mighty

Yukon River and along the wind-scoured Ber-

ing Sea coast.

Eighty-five mushers began the race, but 12

have so far scratched, including four-time

champion Lance Mackey. He dropped out

Monday, citing personal health concerns.

The Iditarod had its ceremonial start March 5 in

Anchorage despite a lack of snow this winter in

Alaska's largest city. About seven train car

loads of snow were shipped from Fairbanks,

but ultimately were not used.

Seavey's record time beat the old record he

set in 2014 of 8 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes, 19

seconds. His only loss in his Iditarod racing ca-

reer was to his father, Mitch Seavey, who won

in 2013.

~courtesy of the Associated press

Easter Fun

Zone 1. Q. What do you get if you pour hot water down a rabbit

hole?

A. Hot cross bunnies!

2. Q. What do you call a rabbit with fleas?

A. Bugs Bunny!

3. Q. Why shouldn’t you tell an Easter egg a joke?

A. It might crack up!

4. Q. Why did the Easter Bunny cross the road?

A. Because the chicken had his Easter eggs!

5. Q. What did the rabbit say to the carrot?

A. It’s been nice gnawing you!

6. Q. How does the Easter Bunny travel?

A. By hare-plane!

7. Q. Why did the Easter egg hide?

A. He was a little chicken!

Zander R, Riverview

Be in a pool of marshmallows or a pool of M&M`s? I asked 4th grade at Riverview elementary to see what they thought of the question…

Class 1

Class 2

The winner is pool of M&M`s the total of M&M`s is 29 and the total for pool of marshmal-

lows is 28!

By: Ireland Osentowski, Riverview Elementary

Pool of marshmallows Total:14

Pool of M&M`s Total:15

Pool of marshmallows Total:14

Pool of M&M`s Total:14

St. Patricks Day

Jokes:

Q: when is an Irish potato not an Irish potato? A: when it’s a French fry!

Q: what did the leprechaun do for a living? A: He was a short order cook.

Q: what type of bow cannot be tied A: a rain-bow.

Contributed by Olivia, Riverview

Dr. Seuss Biography Theodor Seuss Geisel was an

American writer and illustrator He was

born on March 2nd 1904. He is a very fa-

mous kid’s author and young kids love

his books. After the war he wrote If I Ran

the Zoo (1950), Horton Hears a Who

(1955), If I Ran the Circus (1956), The Cat

in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole

Christmas (1957), and Green Eggs and

Ham (1960). Every one of his books was translated into 20 different languages by

his death on September 24th 1991.

By: Conner

Brost

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! The m

ore that yo

u read, the m

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u w

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. The m

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u learn

, the more p

laces you'll go

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on't cry becau

se it's over. S

mile becau

se it hap

pen

ed. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. A person's a person, no matter how small.

You h

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brains

in y

our

head

. You h

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feet

in y

our

shoes

. You c

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Dr.Seuss Facts by Marky Douglas Valley View 1. Dr Seuss’s real name

was Theodor Seuss Geisel but his friends and family called him ‘Ted’.

2. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts and died of throat cancer on 24 September 1991 in San Diego, California. 3. Ted married twice but never had any children. When people commented about this, he used to say ’You have ‘em; I’ll entertain ‘em.’

THE LORAX:

MOVIE vs. BOOK

The movie

THE LORAX is

based on a fic-

tional book by Dr.

Seuss. The best

part of the book was when the

Once-ler said to the boy,

“UNLESS someone like you ca-

res an awful lot, nothing is go-

ing to get better. It’s work.” (I

really like that quote).

The best part of the

movie was when the Once-ler

gave all of the animals marsh-

mallows.

The book and the movie

were different because the

movie had a huge name and

and Thneedville where it is for-

bidden to leave the city to go

to the Onceler. In the book,

you can just go to the Onceler.

I prefer the movie be-

cause it has a lot of singing

and the animation is beautiful.

I recommend this movie to

anyone who likes a life and

fantastic art.

I give this book AND movie

My Favorite Dr.. Seuss Book is...

My Favorite Dr. Seuss Book is the Foot Book

First it tells you about feet.

Next it tells you about some more

feet. After that it tells you about

even more feet. Finally it tells you

about so so much more feet.

I give this book 4 hats because its my favor-

ite book. ~Ethan, Longfellow

I like six by seuss because I like the story of the

1000 hats.I like the book i think i saw it mull-

berry street. I GIVE THIS BOOK FIVE HATS.

~Gary, Longfellow

My favorite Dr.Seuss book is the ABC book. I give it 5

hats.~Kaiden, Longfellow

My favorite Dr. Seuss book is The lorax. Someone cuts down a tree. The Lorax jumps out. The Lorax tells him to stop for all the ani-mals .I give this book a 5 hat rating because it makes me laugh.

~Declan , Longfellow

My Favorite Dr.Seuss Book Is The Lorax The Onceler Cut Down Some Trees To Make Some Thneed’s .The Next Day The Onceler Cut Down The Lorax’s Tree .The Lorax Was Mad So He Tried Taking The Onceler’s Hut Down.Then The animals Had To Move Because there were No More trees. I Rate This Book 5 Cat In The Hat Hat’s because It’s Very

Funny And Cute. ~Derek, Longfellow

My favorite Dr. Seuss book is Green eggs

and Ham.

Sam wants the Grinch to eat green eggs

and ham. Sam asked the Grinch a lot of

questions. At the end, the Grinch ate the

green eggs and ham and he like them.

My favorite

Dr.Seuss book is Green Eggs and

Ham.

Sam wants some-

one to try green

eggs and ham.

He does not want

to try green eggs and ham.

He tries them and liked them.

I give this book 5 hats because I really like the

book

~Rheanna, Longfellow

The book Green Eggs and Ham by: Dr.

Suess the book is Fantasy. The best part of the

book was when Sam I Am asked the other

character to eat the green eggs in a box with a

fox. I recommend this book to my friend Kam-

ryn. Out of five possible hats, I give this book

Five hats! ~Caimbrie Brost, Riverview

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Chickens By Addi Mickelsen, Mountain

View Grade 5

Chickens are all over

the world. They come in all

shapes and sizes. But, did

you know the chickens sleep

with one eye open? Or the some farmers give hens bro-

ken seashells to help hens lay eggs with strong shells? In

this article I will tell you lots of fun information about

chickens.

There are hundreds of different types of breeds

of chickens all over the world. One type of chicken is

called a Leghorn. Leghorns have white feathers and are

kept for their eggs. Other chickens, such as Bantams,

are kept just for a pet. Some chickens are kept for their

pretty feathers that are strong colors. One of those

chickens is called Polish Crested Chickens.

As you know, most chickens are kept at farms.

But, on an island called Kauai, there are wild chickens

all over the island. Almost everywhere you look there is a

chicken. Some chickens are free range chickens. These

chickens are released in the day, and at night they

come back to their coop to sleep.

Did you know that chickens don’t have any

teeth? So, what can they eat? Chickens eat small

pieces of food; they also swallow it whole. Chickens on

a farm eat feed, which is made out of grains like wheat

and barley. They also eat wheat. To them it’s grains of

goodness. Sometimes chickens eat grass and scratch

the ground for bugs.

Why do we farm chickens? Some chickens are

called layers. Layers will lay eggs to be eaten. Some of

the eggs will become chicks. Other chickens will be-

come broilers. Broiler chickens are grown for their meat.

Poultry farmers collect fertilized eggs. They keep them in

a hatchery. A hatchery is a warm place where eggs

can be hatched. A few days after the chicks hatch,

they are sorted into these two groups.

Hens start to lay eggs when they are around 5

months old. Hens can lay up

to 300 eggs a year. For an egg

to be fertilized [or grow a

chick], a hen must mate with

a rooster.

In my opinion, chick-

ens are awesome. I hope

someday I will get chickens!

THE INVENTION OF POTATO CHIPS

~by Mountain View Third Graders

(Team Leader- Cooper Lieby)

Once upon a time the world only had

lucky charms. They didn’t have any food, they

just had lucky charms. The leprechauns de-

manded more food, but one day someone

suggested potatoes. He saw a leprechaun

wandering about and went up to him and

asked, “Where do you find potatoes?” So the

leprechaun said, “It’s at a place where the

king of all potatoes is and he’s big, fat, and

mean”. So the king would not give any pota-

toes away. One person that wanted more

food snuck in to the king’s castle and stole po-

tatoes. He brought them back to the others

and they ate and ate until they ran out of po-

tatoes.

They looked all over the land; they

could not find any potatoes. A little boy was

farming and he saw a little oval shape thing

lying in the weeds. So he ran up to it and he

could not believe what it was. It was a potato!

So he planted the potato. Then they had 1,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000 potatoes! But one

leprechaun got tired of potatoes, so he cut

them very thin and

fried them. He had

invented the PO-

TATO CHIP.

Ever since

people found out

about potato chips,

it’s all anyone would

eat. Everyone got

fat from potato

chips. Even so, their

favorite flavor was

Lucky Charm potato

chips.