By: Sarah Crown

Two years ago, when I was 9 years old. I saw a video online of a girl making lip balm. I thought it was so cool so I showed my parents. The girls recipe went something like this...

• Vaseline
• Essential oils
• Food dye

My mom thought the recipe was a little off but we did it anyway. It turned out okay, but I knew we could do better.  

We researched how to make lip balm, and with the help of my dad we had our own recipe in no time.

First, we experimented… We ordered flat, round, plastic containers online and started working. We bought a big cube of beeswax from Michaels and grated it into a bowl. Then, we melted the beeswax and mixed in honey while it cooked. We also added in our secret ingredients. When it finished my mom poured in the hot mixture into the small containers. Then we put them in the fridge to harden. We tried three more times until we got it just right. Next, we tried it, and it was amazing! My dad set up a website: sarahsbeezy.com

We’re still working on more products, but we plan on making more bath items such as:

Beard balm, (a gel to put into a beard to make soft. My dad's idea) detangler, soap, and deodorant. My parents also ordered cylinder shaped containers instead of the flat ones to put the lip balm in. They were clear and had a little space near the bottom of the tube that we filled with lip balm. Most lip balm companies do not have that space filled. Which makes our containers have more product than other businesses.  I helped make a logo on my dad's computer, so he called a company who helped us make the labels. We bought a huge roll of the labels and put them on our containers.

After two years of hard work we are finally done. Besides the website we are ready to roll, and I hope you spare a few minutes to buy some

Beezy.

By: Sofia and Angelina

Argentina  or  Colombia       

Español:

Hicimos una encuesta por qué Sofia’s papa es de Argentina, y Angel’s mama es de Colombia. Queríamos ver qué país la gente quería visitar. Argentina tiene hermosos lugares como la Patagonia, y Iguazú. Colombia también tiene lugares hermosos como El Peñol. El voto de ángel es Colombia porque ellas mamá . Usted ya sabe. El voto de Sofía es Argentina porque ellas papá.

English:

We did a survey because Sofia’s dad is from Argentina and Angel’s mom is from Colombia. We wanted to see what country people would like to visit.

Argentina has beautiful places like Patagonia.

            

Colombia also has beautiful places like El Peñol

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Angel’s vote is Colombia because of her mom. You already know. And Sofia’s vote is Argentina because of her dad.

INTERVIEWS:

Mrs.Skidmore: From colombia

Us: What’s your favorite food from Colombia?

Skidmore: ajiaco (a kind of soup) it has chicken, potatoes, corn, and rice pudding

Us: What city in Colombia are you from?

Skidmore: Bogotá.

US: What's your favorite city to visit?

Skidmore: Cartagena Coast, San Andres

Us: What do you miss about Colombia?

Skidmore: Food, holidays, friends

Us: Why do you think people would like to visit Colombia?

Skidmore: The food (like hotdogs), the mountains, the deserts, the Pacific/Carribean oceans, and to get the best coffee in the world.

Mrs. Taylor Interview:

from Argentina

Us: What is your favorite food?

Taylor: Milanesa.

US: What city in Argentina are you from?

Taylor: El Mantel.

US: What city is favorite city in Argentina?

Taylor: Buenos Aires.

Us: What do you miss most about Argentina?

Taylor: Family.

Us: Why do you think people would like to visit Argentina?

Taylor: They have loving people, the beauties, the glaciers, the food, the south is beautiful, and Patagonia.

Mrs.Partida

      Written by: Lily R. with assistance by: Sofia P.

                           and  Angelina R.

From the left: Sofia P., Mrs. Partida, Angel R., and Lily R.

About Mrs.Partida:

Mrs. Partida has recently moved from being a 4th grade math teacher to a math interventionist teacher and I would love to see how she likes her job being a math interventionist. So, we are doing an interview with her.

Interview:

US-How do like your job?

Mrs.Partida-I love my new job! I think what I like most is I get to work with a lot of different grade levels.

US-Would you like to be a teacher again?

Mrs.Partida-I miss teaching 4th grade and I miss being in the classroom but I am happy with my change!

Us-If you had to be a teacher again what grade would you teach?

Mrs.Partida-Oh that's a good one, I’d probably go back to 3rd or 4th grade.

US-If you had a different job what would it be?

Mrs.Partida-So, if I wasn’t a teacher, I would want to own my own flower shop and make bouquets and homecoming mums.

Us-Do you wish you had a class pet, If so what animal?

Mrs.Partida-I love not having to clean Hamilton's stinky cage, but I would love to bring my Bella here. Bella the beagle.

US- What grades do you tutor?

Mrs.Partida-I work with kinder-5th grade math, so all the grades and they all have something that is my favorite about them.

US-Who was/is your inspiration to be a teacher?

Mrs.Partida- So, I had lots of really good teachers growing up and I had some that were not so good and that always made me feel unwanted and not smart. So, I felt like I needed to prove (something to) them, but I always wanted to be a teacher. Like when I was little, I would set up my dolls and play school and I would have a list of names and call rollcall.

                      What we learned

We learned that Mrs. Partida loves her new job and that she does not have to clean Hamilton’s, the hamster, stinky cage, but she would love to bring her puppy Bella here.  She also always wanted to be a teacher and she learned a lot from the teachers she had - good and the bad.

How Much is Too Much This Christmas for the Business Fair!  

By Emma E.

Kids start their set up for the Business Fair.  Emma E. on the left and Jackson M. on the left.

This Christmas is the most expensive time of the year. So, this is the big question. How much is too much for the Business Fair? The fair is to raise money for the fifth grade field trip.

Fifth graders are expected to make an item ,and give it a price, so they finally give it a name. Moms and Dads give their kids money to spend on Christmas items.  So, how much should kids have to spend?. The limit is $10, so is that too much?

Zackary O. and Evan P. plan to sell their items at the Business Fair.

Theatre club

By: Sarah Crown

During R.T.I for the last few weeks Aurelia and I have been working on the Theatre Club lesson plan for the first six weeks of club days. This includes getting a play from Mrs. Seamen, getting the costumes for that play, and having kids audition for the roles. With only one day a week to practice for the play we have to work quickly. On the first, week we explain what we are going to do in theatre club and hand out the audition forms. The second week is auditions. Aurelia and I decide what roles everyone will get with the help of Mrs. Brent (the counselor). On the third week, everybody will get their parts and we will begin rehearsals. Then, on the fourth week, rehearsals without the script. Next, On the fifth week, we put up the backdrops and everyone tries on the costumes. Finally, the sixth week is when we do dress rehearsals and do our performance. I hope you sign up for theatre club asap because of +all of our hard work putting it together.