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Volume 4 issue 2 R i d g e C r e s t K i d s ’ N e w s

The Ridge Crest Press

Mrs. McGuire By Jazmine Valencia

and Rahil Tahir

Mrs. Deondra McGuire was born on November 2nd in Riverside County. She went to college at Riverside Community Col-lege and University of California Riverside. She has been teaching since 2005. She is very proud of finishing college. Mrs. McGuire has a positive attitude. She teaches because she loves working with children. She loves spending time with her family and going to the beach.

Her favorite things to do is watching “The Notebook”, movies with Meryl Streep and listening to country music. She prefers choc-olate to vanilla, likes tacos, asparagus, and watermelon.

Welcome Mrs. McGuire !

January - April 2017

Our Assistant Principal, Ms. Prady By Rahil Tahir and Arianna Guillen

Mrs. Prady was born on December 20th. She played flag football and softball and liked math when she was in school.

She wishes that all kids could get along together. They should be a principal for one day.

Mrs. Prady says that she gets nervous talking in front of adult crowds.

The thing that makes her happy is going to the beach.

Fun Facts and Favorite Things

Reading Dr. Seuss books to children

Riding motorcycles

The movie “The Notebook”

Watching movies with her mom

Ms. Prady is a wonderful assistant principal !

Science Fair By Maziah Stuart

This year’s Science Fair had many amazing projects that were

creative and unique. Mr. Mandelbaum was in charge.

Congratulations to All of the winners !

Mechele Gibson’s project won at the District Science Fair and

competed in the Riverside County. Congratulations

Mechele !

Third Grade:

3rd place ………………………………………………...Moncerat Toriche

2nd place …………………………………………………Andres Linares

1st place…………………………………………………. Kaidan Klauminzer

Fourth Grade:

3rd place…………………………………………………..Mechele Gibson

2nd place…….…………………………………………...Adriana Gonzalez

1st place ………………………………………………...Maribel Baz

5th Grade

3rd place…………………………………………………..Sydney Robinson

2nd place………………………………………………….Kasey Klauminzer

1st place…………………………………………………..Charlize Alvarez

Think Together By Aliya Grihma and Nea’Omi Johnson

The after school program is

the best place ever! When the bell

rings, you go to the blue tables to

eat a snack, do your homework, and

play games. The leaders are Miss

Paige, Miss Desiree, Miss Karen,

and Miss Irma. Mr. Josh is the

main program leader.

A fun part of the program is

playing basketball against La Jolla

Elementary and the cheerleaders.

Another fun thing is we have pizza

parties for the class that has the

most marbles. Clearly, we like

Think Together !

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2016 Election News

By Maziah Stuart

2016 was the Presidential election year! We had two candi-

dates. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton represented the Democratic

party and Donald John Trump represented the Republican party. On

Tuesday, November 8 was the election. The presidential elections

are held every four years in November.

We use the electoral college. In the election, Americans vote

for a president and vice president but you really are voting for elec-

tors known as the electoral college. The electors choose the com-

mander-in-chief. This is the president. Each state is assigned a num-

ber of electoral votes. The number of electoral votes for each state

ranges from three to fifty four for a total of 538. The winner needs

270 electoral votes. The winner was Donald J. Trump. He took of-

fice on January 20,2017.

5th Grade UCR Field Trip

By Ryley Duran

The University of California Riverside (UCR) is

where the 5th graders went on a field trip. At UCR, we

went to four different classes. One of the classes was mu-

sic. It was cool because the teacher showed us an instru-

ment that she made. We got to play it !

Next, in the art class we made a project . We took

two pieces of paper, drew on one side, put a string

through both papers. When you twist it with your fingers,

the images looked like they were moving.

After lunch, we went to a music class. We were

taught that when you can read song lyrics, it helps you

read faster!

Last of all, we saw the college students dance. It was awe-

some ! Maybe you can go when you are in 5th grade!

UCR Field Trip

By Deztinee Ford

I learned a lot from UCR. We

went to an art class. We used two

pieces of paper and drew an animal

and a background for the animal .

We cut pieces of yarn and twisted it

back and forth.

We then went to a music

class and wrote our favorite songs on

a piece of paper and the teacher raf-

fled it off. We used Karaoke for our

songs.

We got to play an instrument

called a Bohemian Cristal.

Next, we went to lunch and took pic-

tures with the bear mascot and the

sign.

The next class we went to was

dance. We watched dancers. They

changed costumes a lot through out

their dance.

The Thaumatrope

“The Wonder Spinner”

The Bohemian Cristal

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Life of A Third Grader

in Mrs. Miyake’s Class

By Jaylene Arias Room 15 A life of a third grader is fun especially

when Mrs. Miyake is your teacher. I love being a

third grader in Mrs. Miyake’s class. One of the

reasons I love her as a teacher is she is so fun-

ny. Next, she loves kids. She also loves to help

out and she makes time for students. She

makes learning fun and she encourages me to

want to learn more. Another reason is that she

is a giver not a seller. She loves to give to oth-

ers. She makes it easier for her students. As

you can see, this is why I love being a student in

Mrs. Miyake’s third grade class.

Beach Bunny

By Joseph Rincon Room 10

In the story there was a blue bunny.

He was always prepared. His mom

was prepared too! But when it was

time to eat he didn’t

bring any food. But his

mom did!

Letters From Mrs. Humphreys’ First Grade Class …………Room 10

Dear Mrs. George Ella Lyons,

I like your books a lot! It’s not fair

that every one has to pay for their water that

they use. I like the book “First Prize Plant”

and “Counting On The Woods”. Have you met

your illustrator? How many sisters and

brothers do you have? If you have 34 or 29, it

would be a loud house.

Sincerely,

Ava Rodgers

Dear George Ella Lyon,

I love your books. They are amazing ! I like po-etry. It is relaxing and music to my ears. It is peaceful. I think that you are the best author in the whole wide world.

From,

Wyleigh Jefferson

Dear First Grade Friends,

Thank you for your wonderful letters. It

makes me happy to know you have enjoyed “All

the Water in the World” and “Counting on the

Woods”. You make me hopeful about the book

I’m working on now. Maybe someday it will find

readers like you!

Happy writing!

Happy Spring!

Love from your book friend,

George Ella Lyon

(Excerpt from Mrs. Lyons “thank you” letter)

Dear Brian Flora,

Do you have a water bank in America? I heard of your books. They are Amazing! I wish that you will never lose, only win.

Dear Mrs. Humphrey’s First Grade Class,

Thank you for all the kind letters about my book

“Locomotive” and about the “Max and Mo” stories. I am glad

you enjoyed reading the books and I enjoyed reading your let-

ters! Some of you wondered if Max and Mo are hamsters.

(Gerbils have long tails.)

Thank you again for the great letters!

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Babe Ruth Facts By Jaret Chavez

Babe Ruth was a professional at base-

ball. His batting average was 342.

Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs in his ca-

reer. He brought 2,213 runs in. His

team won 94 times and lost 46 times.

His first team was the Boston Red Sox .

He was an All-Star two times, seven

times a World Series Champion, and a

MVP in 1923. He retired from the New

York Yankees in 1946.

By Rahil Tahir

Harry Potter started off not knowing most things about his past. He had a horrible aunt, uncle, and cousin. He was an orphan. Lord Voldemort wanted him not to live be-cause of a prophecy said,” A boy born at the end of July will defeat Volde-mort”. He is called ”The Boy Who Lived” because he was the first ever wizard to be able to repel a curse with no cure.

Harry also got bullied and had no friends until Rubeus Hagrid came along and gave him his ac-ceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry helped a lot of people get over the bullying and helped them stand up for themselves.

My personal opinion is that Harry Potter is a great series to read and watch. I’m thankful that I came across this series. I am really happy that J.K. Rowling wrote it.

What Makes

Popcorn Pop !

By Ryley Duran

What makes the popcorn pop is there is a tiny droplet of water in each kernel. The kernel is called a hull. When the hull is heated, it turns into steam which builds pressure. Since the hull is small, it can’t hold the pressure. When it pops...it makes a

piece of popcorn!

This is weird but true. Back in the day in Mexico, people thought there were de-mons in the hull. When the hull got hot, the demons got mad and exploded. Yep, that’s

weird, huh ?

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Riddles By Jaret Chavez

1. What comes down but never goes up?

2. What goes up when rain comes down?

3. What travels around the world but stays in one spot?

4. If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?

5. What has 4 eyes but can’t see ? ANSWERS ON THE BACK PAGE

Ridge Crest Writers Rock

By Cydney Kilgore Room 5

On The first day of kindergarten, I was excited to go to school. I was not scared. My teacher was Mrs. Davis. She was nice. I learned how to read. I also learned my numbers. I did lots of ac-tivities. My best friends were Giselle and Belle. We would play on the playground. If someone was done with their snack first, then we would wait. After we were done with our snack, we would go play on the swings together and ride tricycles . That

was me in kindergarten.

Ann and Frank

By Victor Cisneros—Room 12

One day Ann and Frank went to the lake with rover. Rover

can swim well, so Frank made him jump into the water af-

ter a stick. “Jump. Rover! Jump in and get the stick,” said

Frank, and into the water Rover went with a big splash.

Soon after he came out with the stick in his mouth. Rover

did not like the game as much as Frank because the water

was a little cold. They had a fine time for a while with Rover,

and then set out for home because it was late in the day.

They could not stay out long. On the way home, Rover saw

a rabbit and away he went after it as fast as he could go.

Ann and Frank ran too but could not keep up with Rover and

the rabbit. When they got home, Rover was there. Frank

said, “where is the rabbit, Rover?” Rover gave Frank a funny

look and went away. “Oh I know,” said Frank, “The rabbit

ran so fast you could not catch it.”

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By Mivond Nehmatullah and Jayden Vang

By Jaret Chavez

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By Maziah Stuart

University

of

Iowa

Ballroom

Dance

Literacy

Night

Readers’

Theatre

Kindergarten Spelling

Bee Champ

Mianah Stuart K-2

Literacy Night Fun

African American Parent Advisory

Council Kids

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Ridge Crest Press Reporters

Deztinee Ford…....Room 22

Maziah Stuart ………....Room 19

Ryley Duran

Jaret Chavez………..Room 17

Diana Heredia

Emily Huhs

Nea’Omi Johnson

Aliya Grihma

Rahil Tahir……………...…...Room 20

Jazmine Valencia

Adrian Galeana

Thank you teachers for your phenomenal

support.

Mrs. Irons…..Advisor

Answers to Riddles

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1. Rain

2. An Umbrella

3. A Stamp

4. A Fire

5. Mississippi

If you are always trying to be “normal”, you will never know how amazing you can be.

Maya Angelou