O.F.I.S. Bulldog News

1 O.F.I.S. Bulldog News Q uar ter O ne The Inside Scoop Cassidy F. and Megan G. Do you remember the first day of 4th or 5 th grade? Everyone was excited about seeing the new school. Have you ever wondered what the staff or teachers thought of OFIS? Well now s your chance to find out! Advice from Teachers and Staff Be careful with your books and don t shove them in your book bag.- Mrs. Tatro and Mrs. Lackey Treat the new school like it is your house.-mr. Tabar Wash your hands a lot and cover your cough.- Mrs. Tescar Take pride in your school, you take pride in it by picking things up.- Mrs. Magnone Make sure they remember to be respectful.- Miss Bement Be responsible and be organized, if you are responsible and organized your chances of losing things are dropped.- Mr. Judson They should realize that they are lucky and they need to be role models. - Mrs. Ambrosia As long as you respect your school, it will last forever. Mrs. Eckert Favorite Things Everything is much cleaner. It is in good working order and everything matches. Mr. Moore My room because I have a flat screen tv, it s like a smart board without pens. Ms. Bement I can do power points. It is a lot easier for the students. Ms. Bement It s big and very modern. Everything is so pretty. Mrs Tescar My new art room. Mrs. Magnone I love how much sunlight comes in and you can see a beautiful view of the sky. Mrs. Morris We love all the big windows. Mrs. Tatro and Mrs. Lackey The students that come to school and the teachers that work here. Mr. Svec There is a space for everything. Mrs. Klan and Mrs. Meledy There is more space for everything. Mrs. Morris The digital clocks on the wall. Mr. Judson. I love my furniture and my drawers that actually work. Mrs. Ambrosia The sizes of the classrooms. Mrs. Eckert Things the Staff Inside this Issue Halloween Interviews Surveys Creative Writing Comics Bowling Would Change I would move my room next to Mrs. Judson s room. Mr. Judson I would make moveable walls. Mrs.Ambrosia I would make the bleachers come down and not cover half of the court. Mr. Tabar Meet an Author! Storyteller After School Gym

2 Page 2 O.F.I.S. Bulldog News Halloween By: Nick R. THIS YEAR S HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION WAS AMAZING! THERE WERE SUCH COOL COS- TUMES. PLUS, WE NOW HAVE A HUGE SCHOOL SO THE PARADE WAS THE BEST ONE THE HIS- TORY OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE HAS EVER SEEN! ANOTHER THING THAT WAS GREAT WERE THE PARTIES (FIFTH GRADERS BETTER HAVE ENJOYED THEIR PARTIES BE- CAUSE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DOESN T HAVE THEM!) What s Your Favorite Halloween Costume? By: Jacob L. Halloween By: Hailey Adams It s Halloween it s Halloween and kids are coming to our door. It s Halloween it s Halloween they look for candies that galore. I put on my Halloween clothes and then I take off on my feet. It Halloween it s Halloween and it is the best day ever. What s Your Favorite Candy? By: Caleb P. Other 42% What's Your Favorite Candy? Candycorn 12% Reeses 34% M&Ms 12% Reeses M&Ms Candycorn Other It s Halloween it s Halloween and this will be a night to remember. I go home aching in my belly but I say that is the fun of Halloween and I ve got candy jelly. It s Halloween it s Halloween I love this day It s Halloween it s Halloween I say. It s Halloween it s Halloween.

3 Fitch Bulldog News Page 3 I was lucky enough to interview the best school custodian in the world, Mr. Workman!!!!! Mr. Workman is a very interesting man. His favorite color is blue. The worst job Mr. Workman has ever done was clean a sewage plant! He has been a custodian for 25 years, and he is a really nice 51- year-old man. Mr. Workman came Meet Mr. Workman! By: Natalie to OFIS because he likes the kids. Mr. Workman has played some classic pranks on kids this year and he is a genius! OFIS is lucky to have Mr. Workman. Mr. Workman has a COOL family. His family is great! Mr. Workman has 4 kids and 2 dogs, fore, Mr. Workman is an interesting man! I interviewed Mrs. Schuler because my brother had her as a teacher. She teaches language arts and social studies. Her favorite subject is social studies because she gets to teach about our nation s history. When I asked her how long she has been teaching, she told me under 50 years. She has Meet Mrs. Schuler! By: Alex taught 4 th, 5 th, 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th grade. She enjoys 5 th grade the most because the kids are friendly, fun, fantastic, and fine! Mrs. Schuler loves music, she actually plays the piano and violin! Mrs. Schuler told me her favorite food is steak because it goes well with red skin potatoes, green beans, and a nice, garden, tossed Booser and Spanky. Like I said besalad. Thanks to Mrs. Schuler for letting us get to know her! Meet Mrs. Caso! By: Julia M. I had the chance to interview Mrs.Caso. Here are the questions I asked her. What is your favorite food? Deep dish Lou Malnati s spinach pizza What is your favorite color? Sky blue Where are two places you have always wanted to go? I ve always wanted to go to Alaska and Hawaii. How did you become interested in teaching? I had a wonderful 3 rd grade teacher, Mrs.Diamond. She inspired me to teach because she had a way to motivate all her students to love school. I love working with the students here in Olmsted falls! What is your favorite hobby? I love reading! I actually read a lot of books for 4 th and 5 th graders. I am reading the 39 clues right now! What is your favorite book? I will never forget reading Marley and Me by John Grogan. I cried and cried! I have a chocolate lad named Freddy, so I made a lot of connections while reading! What was your favorite vacation? This summer my husband and I took our son, Ryan, to Great Wolf Lodge. It was close to home but Ryan had an absolute blast! Those waterslides were a lot of fun!

4 Q uar ter One Bowling! By: Caleb P. Creative Writing Corner Lydia K. School Buds Bowling is a fun and easy sport to play. OFIS lets kids that attend school here have the opportunity to bowl at Buckeye Lanes! Here are some facts about Buckeye Lanes. It has a snack bar with cheeseburgers, pizza, soft drinks, and more but it s not big. There is a desk where you can get shoes and information. There are games that your allowed to play like Pinball and Pac Man. There are rules when you re at the bowling alley like no food in the bowling area. It s a lot of fun to bowl with friends! The School Buds were born with firm, juicy brains. Their weakness was not having the brain juice, called Brain Waves. They all had a specialty for one subject. Megan and Manny did math, Sid and Samantha did science, Raven and Ron did reading and spelling, and Katy and Amy did social studies. They were great at what they did. The buds did have a few bullies, though. Veronica and Brent hated math, science, reading and social studies. They were always lazy and getting into trouble. The ten kids were all in 1 homeroom, and they were all in 4 th Grade. The buds tried to do the best they could at what they didn t work at, but all they would get was B s and C s. They were good sports, anyway. The Buds were a team. They were the school brainiacs. They were always very smart. The kids only watched a little TV, so all those firm, juicy brains wouldn t turn to mush. Unfortunately, bad things would happen. What do you think will happen? K r a z y K o m i k s b y A d a m Greetings! I am here to grant you one wish. Awesome! I wish for a giant sundae with a... You should have wished for it In..

5 Meet Mrs. Barylski! By: Hope B. Storyteller Donald Davis Visits Olmsted Falls Intermediate School By: Nick R. I interviewed Mrs. Barylski, a fourth grade teacher here at OFIS. Mrs.Barylski likes science, she likes to do the experiments. She especially likes to teach about the physical and chemical changes. She has always taught in Olmsted Falls. Fourth grade is the only grade she has ever taught. Mrs.Barylski s favorite book is The Gift by Danielle Steele. Her favorite movie is Grease. She said she likes musicals. She also said her favorite color is green. Her favorite animal is a dog especially chocolate labs and golden retrievers. Finally her favorite sport is cheerleading. Mrs.Barylski wanted to be a teacher because she likes working with kids and watching them learn. She went to college at Ohio University. When she is not teaching, she likes to watch movies, read, go out to dinner, play with her two sons, and spend time with her husband and friends. Thanks Mrs. Barylski for sharing some fun facts about you! After School Gym By Makayla C. ON NOVEMBER 5, 2009 OLM- STED FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE VIS- ITED BY STORYTELLER DONALD DAVIS! FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS LOVE HIS AMAZING AND HILARIOUS STORIES WHICH IS WHY DONALD HAS ALREADY VISITED US 3 OTHER TIMES! HIS STORIE S ARE WHAT INSPIRED THE FOURTH GRADE TROUBLE STORIES. PLEASE GIVE OUR PTA A BIG THANK YOU FOR PAYING FOR DONALD S VISIT AND FOR ANY FUTURE VISITS! What s Your Favorite Thing About OFIS? By: Kayla F. I asked some 4th and 5th graders what their favorite thing about OFIS is. Here are the results! Friends 49% Staff 3% Specials 13% Lunches 3% Playgrou nd 32% Hey you 4 th graders! If you did not join after school gym this year you should join next year. First, the teachers are amazing. The teachers are Mr. Moore for the boys and Mrs. Schuler for the girls. Some of the activities we did were play kickball, play on the playground, hula hoop contests, and a fun sock game! It s a great way to get exercise and play with your friends! What s Your Favorite Color? ORANGE 9% By: Makayla C. PINK 6% AQU. 13% PURPLE 9% GREEN 19% BLUE 35% RED 9%

6 Follow Your Dreams By: Kayla F. Do you have a dream? Well seven year old Kayla Falcone did. She wanted to publish a book. But how could a seven year old get a book into the world? She writes, that s how. Do you want to see the ending to My Name Is? It is available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. It is also available from Kayla and her illustrator, Lori Falcone! (Also her mom.) Just send an E-mail to: lori@falcone.com Kayla Falcone woke up one day and decided to write a poem. This is what she wrote: My name is Suzy Buttercup, I like to drink from my sippy cup, My brother is always right side up, My name is Suzy Buttercup. This is only a small portion of what she wrote that morning. She wrote four paragraphs. When her mother woke up, she told Kayla to add on. Kayla wrote all morning and in the end, she had 20 pages including pictures. Then, with all of the dedications, copyrights, and other pages; Kayla had enough pages to make a published book!!!!!! Kayla has always had a dream. So do you, as I assume. But some people don t follow their dreams. I mean, look how far Kayla has gotten! She has even had book signings (May 17, 2009) and assemblies (October 28, 2009). If you follow your dreams, this could be you. More Halloween Fun! Halloween is Fun! By: Elisabeth H. Once Halloween is here. Everyone gets up and cheers. Now do you know why they do that? Because they just saw a swarm of fruit bats!