Rol l i ng H i l l s E lementa ry Volume Volume Volume Volume 1111, Issue , Issue , Issue , Issue 3333 December 2012December 2012December 2012December 2012

Have A Merry

Christmas

Everyone! Inside:

• Surveys

• Hidden Pictures

• Comics

• Sports News

• New Contests

• Jokes

• Interviews

Quotes We Love

To change ones life: Start

immediately. Do it

flamboyantly.

All life is an experiment. The

more experiments you make the

better.

Life is a song - sing it.

Life is a game - play it.

Life is a challenge - meet it. Life

is a dream - realize it.

Life is a sacrifice - offer it.

Life is love - enjoy it.

Go confidently in the

direction of your dreams. Live

the life you have imagined.

Edited and Placed by: Ms. Hutchinson and Royce Guo

Past Event Review By: Zoey Waiz

SHOW YOUR SPIRIT!!!

Well, that was a big hit! Pajama Day was

November 16, 2012! 6th grader Jayna Lampa says, ”It was awesome! It’s a a day where kids can have fun in their jamies!” Mrs. Recce’s class had spirit, with 27 kids wearing P.J.’s ! Mr. Shoemakers class has 28 kids wearing P.J.’s! The most in first grade was Mrs. Forbes class with 22 stu-dents wearing P.J.’s. The most in second grade is Mr. Shoemakers class with 28 kids wearing pajamas. The most in third grade is Mrs. Rosenthal and Soldati with 27 students wearing pajamas. Congratulations to those classes!

For What Are You Grateful? By: Alexis Ascher

Jenny is grateful for her family.

Hannah is grateful for her big sister.

Lily is grateful for her sister.

Geety is grateful for her tablet.

Fisher is grateful for sports.

Bonny is grateful for his life.

Alyssa is grateful for her mom.

Caresse is grateful for her education.

Kenneth is grateful for Christmas.

Melissa is grateful for her family.

Hayley is grateful for her dog.

Brandon is grateful for his family.

The Redhawk Radar is proudly sponsored by...

A.R (As of November 27, 2012) By: Ahren Dosanjh

Words: 109,843,454 Books: 10,382

The Leading Classes For Their

Grade Level 1st grade: Mrs. Bryan: 195,774

2nd grade: Mrs. Reece: 1,616,981 3rd grade: Mrs. Ratterman: 3,415,167

4th grade: Mrs. Emig: 4,394,702 5th grade: Mrs. Morris: 7,383,751 6th grade: Mrs. Strong: 18,147,590

Top Ten Students in the

100 Grand Club 1) Alexia Williams 1,121,777 2) Caroline Kelleher 815,044 3) Ashlynn Phillips 697,261

4) Christopher Walker 621,379 5) Crystal Tamayo 606,481 6) Caden Dunbarr 538,483

7) Briant Catapusan 473,920 8) Jordan Thompson 426,940 9) Kaitlyn Mccorkle 401,118 10) Clara Bischoff 348,019

Top Ten Students in the

Million Word Club 1) Royce Guo 4,331,510

2) Julian Simlin 3,517,658 3) Colin Phillips 2,927,725

4) Misael Ocasio Rivera 2,439,824 5) Isabella Garcia 1,758,704 6) Hannah Basom 1,601,602 7) Joseph Kazzouh 1,507,076

Interview By: Jack Stanley

Q: Where were you born A: I’m from Italy. Q: Do you miss Italy? A: Yes, because I was born there and was raised there until the age of four. Q: Which country do you feel is more home to you? A: I love them both because I originated from Italy but the US is my home. Q: Are there any things about Italy that you miss? A: There were many religious parties, holidays, and celebrations. Q: What do you enjoy doing? A: I read and I love to walk!

News By: Royce Guo

Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic storm on record reached New York City on October 29th bringing floods to streets tunnels, and subway lines and power out-ages. Through October 22, 2012 and October 31, 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated and destroyed homes and people with severe flooding and high winds of 110 mph that af-fected 24 states in most of the eastern United States and seven countries. It was pro-jected to reach $50 billion dollars in damage, meaning it could be one of the most expen-sive natural disasters in U.S. history. After leaving a destructive path across the Caribbean, Hurricane Sandy caused damage along the East Coast. Hurricane Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey and brought travel disruption, major flooding, structural damage, and power outages. New York City was especially hard hit. The storm system was so large −-- nearly 1,000 miles wide at times -- it brought blizzard conditions to West Virginia and 20 foot waves to Lake Michigan. To date, the storm has claimed 131 lives. Flooding forced the closure of all three of the major airports in the area, LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty. In New York, a nearly 14-foot tide was recorded, smashing a record set by 1960's Hurricane Donna by more than 3 feet. The city had al-ready halted service on its bus and train lines, closing schools and ordering about 400,000 people out of their homes in low-lying areas of Manhattan and elsewhere. Wa-ter surged into subway stations in Lower Manhattan and into the tunnel connecting Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, while high winds damaged a crane perched atop a Midtown skyscraper under construction, forcing people to evacuate the surrounding area. Thankfully, many organizations have contributed to the hurricane relief effort to help those in need. ABC and Disney raised a total of $17 million on their television stations for the American Red Cross on a "Day of Giving" on Monday, November 5th. NBC raised $23 million during their Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together telethon and News Corpo-ration donated $1 million to relief efforts in the New York metropolitan area. You can help too! If you aren't able to personally provide shelter and supplies to those affected by Hurricane Sandy, it doesn't mean you can't help at all. There are many or-ganizations along the East Coast that are providing shelter, food and supplies to the vic-tims of Hurricane Sandy. The Salvation Army has dozens of mobile feeding units and shelters along the East Coast that are working to serve thousands in the most heavily hit areas. Visit www.salvationarmyusa.org to donate. Another way to help is by donating to the Red Cross. All donations will provide shelter, food, supplies, and other assistance to those affected by the hurricane. To donate please visit www.redcross.org, call 800-Red-Cross or text the word "Redcross" to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

Poems By: Alexis Ascher and Kayla Patel

This month, we’ve found some really good poems for you. Enjoy!

The Morning of Christmas Day

It'll be Christmas in the morning, it'll be Christmas

in the morning, Snow is on the ground, it'll still be there

when Christmas comes around, It'll be Christmas in the morning, it'll be Christmas

in the morning, Christmas is a wonderful time,

bright lights on the Christmas tree, I just love the way they shine-

It'll be Christmas in the morning, It'll be Christmas in the morning-

The snow is on the ground and I know its gonna stay, it'll still be there the morning of Christmas day.

What’s Christmas?

Christmas isn’t about toys Christmas isn’t about money

Christmas is about giving food to the needy Christmas is about loving your family

Christmas is to get time to spend with your family

What’s Christmas Christmas is about the holiday

Christmas is about loving what you get Christmas isn’t about sending cards

Christmas is about love

REACH Survey By: Kayla Patel

Sports By: Jack Stanley and Ruben Vera

Right now the big talk in sports are the MLB off season trades, signings, and free agents. Here is the news according to now. The Blue Jays are looking strong with the signing of Melky Cabrera for 2 years and $16,000,000. Other good news for Jays fans is the blockbuster trade with the Marlins that they made. The Jays got C John Buck, SS Jose Reyes, pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Bhuerle, and OF Emilio Bonifocio. The tigers signed OF Torri Hunter.

Jokes By: Austin Jasso-Nelson

1. What did the dentist say to the

snowman? 2. What did the elf tell Santa

Claus after he went to the beach?

3. Why did Ebenezer Scrooge have to go to the hospital?

4. Why does Jack Frost live in Antarctica?

5. Why doesn’t the Snow Miser ever eat hot food?

6. What’s the first thing learnt by elves in school?

7. What is said by one snowman to the other snowman?

1.Your teeth are white as snow! 2.“Hi Sandy Claus!” 3.He had the case of the Bah-

Humbugs! 4.He wanted to be cool! 5.It melts his lips! 6.The Elf-abet! 7.Smell carrot?

Interview with Colin Philips By: Austin Jasso- Nelson

Q: Which grade are you in? A: I am in sixth grade.

Q: What award did you recently receive? A: I recently received the Family Member of the Quarter Award.

Q: How did you get the Family Member of the Quarter Award?

A: I was helping around the Air Force base picking up trash, and helping clean up my dad’s squadron. Also, we started working on a break room for his troops, and I’ve helped every day that I could. One time my scout troop went on the base, and my friends were asking me if I could show them around, so I showed them everything I could, and that is mostly how I got the award.

Q: How did you feel when you received the award?

A: I felt kind of scared and nervous because I never received the award before.

Q: About how much times have you helped your dad?

A: I have helped him at least twenty- five times.

Contests By: Julian Murray and Devin Ward

Last month’s winners were … Melane Basilio and Sophia Ammons

This month, we’re having a…coloring

contest!

Directions: Simply color the latest coloring page or hidden images page. Write your name and teacher’s name on the back. Turn it in to your teacher by December 19th.

Have Fun Redhawks!

Book Review By: Alexis Ascher

Liar and Spy By-Rebecca Stead

Book level- 3.8 Points- 5 points Words- 38,293

Summary- When a seventh grader, Georges, moves to a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets a boy named Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee- drinking loner and spy. Georges is happy that he has Safer to hang out with, because lately things haven’t been so easy at home: his dad lost his job, and his mom has started working extra shifts at the hospital. Life is worse at school, where Georges is the new target of Dallas, who is always on the lookout for other kids’ weak spots (so he knows exactly where to hit them). Georges becomes Safer’s first spy recruit. You’re wondering what his assignment is? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, he finds out everything. Reflection- Overall, I would have to say I absolutely loved this book!! I would rate it 9 out of 10 stars because it was so entertaining. I read this book in 2 days, not setting the book down. Recommendation- I would recommend this book to 4th- 6th graders. It does consists of spies and bad guys with a blend of excitement and adventure. I hope you read this book, Liar and Spy.

Fun Facts By: Alexis Ascher

1. The most overdue library book was 288 years late. 2. Star Wars creators designed Yoda to look like Albert

Einstein. 3. In Japan, it’s possible to buy watermelons shaped like

cubes. 4. Peanut butter can be converted into a diamond. 5. A sneeze travels 100 miles and hour. 6. Some fish can walk on land. 7. The largest pumpkin pie weighed 2,020 pounds. 8. African elephants have ears shaped like the continent

of Africa. 9. A battery can be made out of a potato. 10.Your eyes move about 80 times a second. 11.Some humming-birds weigh less than a penny. 12.99% of people can’t lick their elbows. (But 90% of

people who read this will try.) 13.Humans can recognize about 10,000 different smells. 14.A baseball will travel farther in hot weather than in

cold weather. 15.Kids blink about five million times a year. 16.A person once hiccupped for 68 years nonstop. 17.A caterpillar has more muscles than a human. 18.Cold water weighs more than hot water. 19.Palm tress grew at the North Pole about 55 million

years ago. 20.If you eat to many carrots, your skin can turn orange.

Hidden Images By: Eli Rothas

It’s Christmas Eve and Santa Claus doesn’t know where any of his elves are. See if you can help him find 13 elves!

Games By: Noah Gadia

Christmas Word Scramble

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Upcoming Events By: Alexis Jones and Devin

Ward

No School Dec. 20th and 21st

Winter break Dec. 24–Jan. 4

Movie/Craft Night

Dec. 14th 5:30pm-7:00pm

Mad Science Assembly Dec. 12th

@ 8:30am and

9:00am

Comics

By: Eli Rothas

By: Katie Overby

Comics

By: Alexis Ascher

By: Jasper Zollinger