The Hawk Times Urbana Elementary School Student Newspaper

Monday, June 13, 2016 Volume 1, Issue IV

Introducing... The 2016­2017 Hawk Times Crew We are happy to announce that these student writers will be informing and entertaining us with their writing skills on The Hawk Times crew next year: Carson Jernejcic, Aidan McGarrity, Isabella Rogers, Addison Planz, and Priyanka Subramanian! Congratulations and thanks to all those who applied. Don’t forget, we will still be looking for original student work to include in the paper next year!

From left to right: Aidan McGarrity, Carson

Jernejcic, Addison Planz,and Isabella Rogers. (Not pictured: Priyanka Subramanian).

Sincerely, The Hawk Times: By: Megan Braun, Grace Crosby, Samantha Filburn and Lucas Phillips This is the end of our time being members of The Hawk Times newspaper crew. We would like to

thank you for reading our articles, submitting work, and being enthusiastic about our newspaper. This has been such a memorable and rewarding experience for us. With bittersweet emotion, we say goodbye to recess and single­file lines, goodbye to The Hawks Times and UES... Hello, Middle School... here we come!

Be a Tourist in Your Own Town: 9 Fun Things To Do in Frederick, MD By: Lucas Phillips Check out these fun local attractions:

1. Tour Monocacy National Battlefield

2. Attend a Performance at the Weinberg Center for the Arts

3. Attend a Frederick Keys Baseball Game

4. Take a Bike Ride through Historic Frederick

5. Explore Baker Park 6. Explore Cunningham Falls

State Park 7. Explore Rose Hill Manor Park

and Children's Museum 8. Ride on a Vintage Train on the

Walkersville Southern Railroad 9. Visit Schifferstadt Architectural

Museum

Field Day Fun By: Samantha Filburn, Lucas Phillips Field day. The day when kids get to run and play fun games and get wet. Students in grades 3­5 had a blast on 17 different field day stations this year, while K­2 enjoyed 14 stations. Stations included classics like leaky pipe, tug­o­war, and capture the football and new stations like tic tac toe relay, spaghetti and meatballs, continuous kickball, and treasure hunt tag. When asked what she most looks forward to about field day, Ms. Schmidt, our P.E. teacher said, “I really enjoy getting to see the students being outside, being physically active, and having fun with their classmates.” Below are student reflections about field day this year:

Mason, kindergartener, said his favorite field day activity was, “Mosquito tag because you get tagged and sprayed in the face by water.”

Riley, 1st grader, said her favorite field day activity was relay race because she won the most. (See Field Day on page 2)

5 Tips for Surviving Middle School By: Megan Braun Ok 5th graders… here are some helpful tips and tricks to help you stay on top of it all next year! 1. Organize, Organize, Organize! Keeping organized is very important with seven classes and a locker. Color coding your binders and textbooks is a time saver that can be very useful. Utilize your agenda so you can stay on top of homework and long­term projects. Also, take the extra few seconds to put papers in their proper place… don’t just stuff them into your locker or bookbag! 2. Pay attention and take notes. Everything will seem to be going so fast, especially at first when everything is so new. Taking notes and paying attention will help you keep track of it all. 3. Keep track of time. You will have three minutes between classes so make sure you aren’t late. Keep talking between classes to a minimum! 4. Be you. Always be yourself and stay confident. It does you no good to second guess yourself! 5. Speak up. If someone is doing something that bothers you, tell them and if the problem continues, tell a teacher. Stay focused and organized but most of all have fun... middle school will be here soon! https://www.scholastic.com/kids/middleschoolsurvival/tips/

FIELD DAY (continued from page 1)

Ayden, 2nd grader, said his favorite field day memory is tug­o­war because he won a lot.

Dinesh, 4th grader, said his favorite field day memory is tug­o­war because it’s his all­time favorite field day game.

Self Portrait By: Gabrielle Williams, guest artist

Is It…? By: Felicia Siewe and Keira Speikes, guest writers Is it a log or a frog? Is it a tree, or a bee? What is it? I will tell you, you’ll see, Just keep guessing, hee­hee­hee! Is it a spy or a fly? Is it a flower or a spring shower? Is it me or is it glee? I give up already; tell me! It is SUMMER, silly, You could’ve guessed that, really!

Summer Bucket List For Daring, Adventurous Kids! By: Samantha Filburn

1. Make a kite and fly it on a windy day.

2. Take a metal detector to a local park (Baker Park, Urbana District Park) and find things like keys, pennies, or other buried treasure!

3. Try to survive without electronics for one day.

4. Hide pennies around the house as a treasure hunt for a sibling.

5. Ask an adult for an indoor camping day.

6. Binge­read a whole book series. 7. On a rainy day, build an indoor

fort out of pillows and blankets. 8. Ask your parents to look up a

local road with your name and drive to it.

9. Take sidewalk chalk, pour water on it, and then draw. Water Amazingness!

10. Stage an A to Z scavenger hunt and find something that starts with every letter.

Summer Is Near By: Isabella Costanzo, guest artist

THE TEACHER FEATURE: An Interview with Ms. Weaver By: Megan Braun

What got you interested in teaching? I have a brother who has special needs and I saw what a big impact his teacher had on him and how hard he worked to help make him successful. It really inspired me. What college did you go to? Kings College, PA What is your favorite subject to teach and why? Math is my favorite subject to teach because I love all of the "real world" applications that we can make! Math was difficult for me as an elementary student. Now that I am a teacher, I love teaching different strategies, so kids can discover and apply the strategies that makes the most sense to them. What would your dream house be? Pretty small and probably years from now, something somewhere in Africa. What are your favorite hobbies or things to do? My favorite things to do include: working with people who are in need, traveling, and reading books that inspire me. Hiking and being outdoors is fun, too!

Summer’s Comin’... Keep Calm & Read On! By: Grace Crosby Millions of people enjoy reading. Billions of people enjoy reading in the summer! But how do they know which books to read? Well, if you like reading and want to read in the summer, then you don’t have to go through the trouble of finding out which book to read. Here are 10 books that Mrs. Schartner recommends for anybody in any grade to read:

1. Wonder, By: R.J Palacio 2. Stepping on the Cracks,

By: Mary Downing Hahn 3. Any of the Humphrey books by

Betty G. Birney 4. Any books by Mo Willems 5. Harry Potter, By: J.K Rowling 6. Any books by Tom

Angleberger 7. Half a World Away,

By: Cynthia Kadohata 8. Absolutely Almost, By: Lisa

Graff 9. The Fourteenth Goldfish,

By: Jennifer Holm 10. Any books by El Deafo

Now here are five books or book series that I recommend:

1. A Light in the Attic, By: Shel Silverstein

2. Warriors, By: Erin Hunter 3. The Land Of Stories,

By: Chris Colfer 4. Dork Diaries,

By: Rachel Renee Russell 5. The Thing About Jellyfish,

By: Ali Benjamin

Girls on the Run! By: Addison Planz, guest writer Girls on the Run is an afterschool program at UES for girls. It teaches girls about being positive and kind and staying active. Girls on the Run is done in all fifty states now. At the end of the program, which is ten weeks, the girls run a 5k. Girls who participate make new friends and have fun playing running games.

Girls on the Run, UES Team

At UES, we have two sessions: one in the fall and one in the spring. We meet twice a week to work together and help each other. Coaches are nice and inspire the girls to do the best they can. Girls talk about what to do if they are angry. They know being mean and bullying is choosing not to be a girl on the run. Girls learn to be confident and not shy. Girls can jog or walk; they do not need to run laps. Students inspire and motivate one another, make each other laugh and have a good time running with each other. Through this experience, girls learn to believe in themselves and when it’s time for the 5k, they are ready. If you are a girl at UES who likes making new friends, being healthy and having some fun, check out Girls on the Run next year!

THE HAWK TIMES

Established in 2015 Student Staff: Megan Braun,

Grace Crosby, Samantha Filburn, and Lucas Phillips

Adult Staff: Amanda Durski, Megan James

Current Distribution: 600 copies

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5th Graders… What Are YOU Going to Miss Most About UES? By: Grace Crosby Every fifth grader is going to miss something about this amazing building! Many memories have taken place here. Many friends were made here. Many people will be missed. We thought it would be nice to ask some of the fifth graders what they will miss most about UES. Here is a wordle of their responses: