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Table of ContentsHoughman Herald
Inaugural Edition
BLACK OUT BULLYING WEEK
January 27, 2016
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Last week we had "Black Out Bullying Week" at Forest City Elementary and enjoyed many fun activities throughout the week.
On Tuesday we all put a negative thought on paper and threw it into the "TOXIC WASTE BIN" as we entered the cafeteria for lunch. Wednesday, we made some new friends by partner-reading with children from other grade levels. On Thursday, we gave compliments and if a teacher heard the compliment the student got a Hootie that was worth five Hooties! Friday morning we wrapped up the week with an amazing pep rally. We got to sing songs and even learned a new one written by Mrs. Schouburgh. The best part was getting to see our school mascot "HOOTIE" dancing and waving.
Just because we had a special "Black Out Bullying Week" doesn't mean that anyone should go back to being mean. Every week we all should act like it's "Black Out Bullying Week" and be nice to one another.
Keep Calm
and
TBK
Credits: Joyce, Alexa, Sunjay, NaKayla, Aliyah, and Anderson
This is Dr. Holmes. Teacher of music, recorder, orff, and chorus.
Dr. Holmes has been a music teacher for 33 years, 8 years in Mississippi and the rest in Florida. Her inspiration to become a music teacher was from one of her college professors.
Recorder began meeting again last Wednesday, January 20th. The following day chorus met Thursday the 21st, and orff met this past Monday the 25th . The next performance will be May 22nd and the theme is musical montage. Grades 4 and 5 can participate in chorus, 3rd graders are able to join recorder, and orff is exclusively for 5th graders. Dr. Holmes has sent letters home about these important dates.
These are the orff instruments.
This is the coach of Physical Education and Cross Country: Coach Hartman.
Cross Country is a club for students to practice running and go to other schools to race against other Seminole County students. Practice is in the morning from 8:05-8:30. To attend these practices you must bring back a permission slip to Coach Hartman. All grades, Kindergarten through Fifth Grade, can participate.
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Owl News Network brings Forest City students the news each morning. There are many jobs to get the news on-air. The jobs are: Anchor 1, Anchor 2, Special Corespondent, Sound Engineer, Video Engineer, Director, Media, Teleprompter, and Two Multi-Experts/Floaters. If you are in 5th grade you can apply at the end of each trimester. Fourth graders can apply at the end of the school year.
School Clubs
This is Mr. Schimmel. He runs the Owl News Network.
Math club is a very important problem solving class. The questions are very challenging for many of the 4th and 5th graders that attend math club.
Math Club meets at 7:30 A.M. on Tuesdays. The students who attend Math Club meet in Mrs. Walton's classroom to start the morning with challenging math equations.
Students reveal their answers to the teachers and discuss if the answers are correct or incorrect. If the answers are incorrect then both teachers explain how to get the right answers.
Mrs. Walton, 4th grade teacher and Mrs. Baptist, math coach, run the Math Club and help students when they are stuck on problems.
Credits: Jessica, Aliyah, Karla, and Adrian
Calendar and Events
January and February 2016
EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS
January 25 Literacy Week Kick Off
February 4 Dad's Breakfast
February 10 SAC Meeting
February 15 No School Presidents Day
February 19 Hootie Store Grades 2, 4, and 5
February 24 End of Second Trimester
February 25 Start of The Third Trimester
February 26 Hootie Store Grades K, 1, and 3; Hat Day
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January 25th through January 29th students at FCE will be celebrating Literacy Week by participating in many exciting events about reading. Also, we will be learning about students that are in an orphange in Albania. FCE students will be writing letters and sending books to these children far away from us.
Coming soon ...in mid February!
Forest City will be kicking off the Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser. This important event raises money for the American Heart Association.
This is Literacy Week at FCE!
"Literacy Changes Our World"
Credits: Danielle, Ashton, and James
Getting to know Miss Crum
Miss Crum: "Well, I’m very excited about it. The teachers and staff members voted for me so it’s nice to be recognized by the people that work with me. Even if I don’t talk to them every day they notice that I’m doing a good job teaching so that means a lot."
Interviewer: "How do you feel about being teacher of the year?"
Interviewer: "What's your favorite part about being a teacher?"
Miss Crum: "My favorite part about being a teacher is to be able to help students learn. And if they start to have trouble with something and then start to understand it...it's that little light bulb that goes off and I think that is the best part about being a teacher."
Interviewer: "How long have you been a teacher?"
Miss Crum: "That’s a difficult question, when I was in college I was in a lot of kindergarten classes. I’ve only taught first and second grade levels. I enjoy teaching them all but second is my favorite."
Interviewer: "What grade do you like teaching the most, and why?"
Interviewer: "What grades have you taught?
Miss Crum: "This is my 12th year teaching."
Miss Crum: "Forest City is the only school I’ve ever taught at. I’ve been here for 12 years."
Interviewer: "Where was the first school you taught?
Miss Crum: "Like I said before when I was in college I did a lot of work in kindergarten classes, they call those internships. After college I’ve only taught first and second grade."
Miss Crum: "Well, first of all, I could never see myself working at an office job and doing the same thing every single day, so I knew I wouldn’t like that. My aunt was a teacher and I was taking a class in college and one of the things the class was about was finding a career... a career course. It was for students who didn’t know what they wanted to do and I fit into that category. One of the projects we had to do was going to go visit people in different careers. So I decided to go visit my aunt, the teacher. For the whole day I just sat and watched and I really thought it was something I could see myself doing. I really enjoy being around the students so I guess my aunt Tracy inspired me to be a teacher."
Interviewer: "What inspired you to be a teacher?"
Credits: Chloe, Elizabeth, and NaKayla
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PTA STORE
The PTA Store is open on Fridays from 8:05-8:45am. These are just some of the many treats for sale!
These yummy looking cookies are only 75¢. You can get them when you are purchasing your lunch.
The location of the Hootie Store is in the lunch room (the last double doors on the right) . The Hootie Store will be open for 2nd, 4th and 5th graders on February 19th and February 26th for K, 1st, and 3rd. The best part about the Hootie Store is that you don't have to spend any money! Just earn those Hooties and go shopping!
HOOTIE STORE
FCE RESTURANT
GREAT AMERICAN FUNDRAISER
Help raise money for our FCE PTA by participating in the fundraiser!
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Credits: Matthew, Chevenee, and Walter
Cartoons and Riddles
Beginner: When Moon runs away and Sun comes up?
Medium: What has roots that no one sees, it’s taller than trees.
Up up up it goes and yet it never grows?
Brainiac: All things it devours. Birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stones to meal. Withers plant, ruins town and beats high mountain down?
Answers are on FCE Food and Restaurant page!
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Brain Teasers
Credits: Anderson, Bruce, and Jordon