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Christmas parties and the movie will be on December 18th

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Christmas Break December 21—January 3

Construction on the outdoor classroom has begun.

On November 6, 2009,

Mrs. Mincher’s 6th hour

literature class read the

book then went to see

Christmas Carol at Cin-

ema 8 in Shawnee.

When they we’re leaving

Northwood, Mrs.

Mincher checked to see

if everybody was there.

She yelled, “Where is

Isaiah?” So the bus

came back to North-

wood. The pulled into

the Cinema 8 parking lot

with all students. They

went into the theater and

got their 3-D glasses,

popcorn, and drink.

Then the students went to

find their seats. As they

were watching the pre-

views some students

reached for the screen

because it looked like

you could grab it. Then

as they were watching

the movie it felt like you

we’re flying with the

characters. The students

said it was an awesome

movie. The students

loaded the bus to return

to Northwood. Mrs.

Mincher counted the stu-

dents again. They were

missing someone. Josh

Beauford yelled, “We’re

missing Adam”. The bus

turned around and we

saw Adam Choate wav-

ing his hands in the park-

ing lot. They got him

and the bus went back to

Northwood.

Our school recently

hosted a Geography Bee.

Students answered Social

Studies questions. Over

125 students participated

in the contest. There

were two winners in

each grade level. 4th

grade winners were

Frankie Duran and Des-

tiny Tiger, 5th grade win-

ners were Logan Stan-

berry and Zachary

Kelough, 6th grade win-

ners were Jesse Wood

and Ethan Pollard. Here

at Northwood, we are

all so proud of our par-

ticipants and our win-

ners. Let’s all cheer for

our school wide winner

who was Jesse Wood

and our runner up who

was Ethan Pollard. Jesse

Wood will take a

written test which will

be sent in to the state

level competition. Good

luck!

Special thanks to Mrs.

Nansel for being our

Moderator.

GEOGRAPHY BEE BY ROSLYNN FRIEND

BULLYING SK IT BY KARLI HAMMODN

On Mondays in the after-

noon, every couple of

weeks, there is a bully skit.

The reason we are having

the skit is because Mrs.

Craig thinks that bullying is

a big problem in a lot of

schools. There are girls

that do the skit and there is

going to be boys. The boys

names haven’t been re-

leased but the girls are Ja-

cey James, Madison

Withrow, Jacie Satawake,

Hannah Shumaker, and

Karli Hammond. The kids

all make the skit up as a

group. Mrs. Craig wants to

have them for the rest of

the year, so there will

probably be several more.

The skits are just going to

be about bullying. Mrs.

Willis and Mrs. Craig came

up with the idea of having

the skits. They are going

to expand size of the group

depending on the situation.

The skits are fun to watch.

We hope to have success-

fulness with them.

Inside this issue:

Nutrition Class 2

Canned Food Drive 2

Outdoor Classroom 2

Veteran’s Day Program 3

After School Tutoring 3

Talent Pool Field Trip 3

Northwood Elementary , Where We Grow Chi ldren

NORTHWOOD NEWS

NOVEMBER 13 , 2009

ISSUE #1

MOVIE TRIP

BY CORY PARSONS Gingerbread Houses

By Chlo’e White

Each of the gingerbread houses

are unique. Of the 110 houses,

not one wasn’t awesome. The

gingerbread houses are built year

after year because it is a North-

wood holiday tradition. The

house making is held for 5th

graders. Gingerbread houses

were made on November 23rd

and 24th. The Gingerbread

houses were made of graham

crackers, icing and candy for

decorations. They’re built on a

foam plate for a thick layer of

foundation icing. They are con-

structed by “cementing” the cor-

ners of the crackers together

until the shape of your house is

finished. When that is done, you

put graham in the center to sup-

port your roof. Then lay enough

crackers across the top of your

house. Next, shape your crack-

ers in the shape you want the

roof to be. Then add your whole

graham across your two shaped

grahams. Ice them together and

let dry. Finally, decorate your

house! To decorate, ice your

candy on one side and stick it on

your house. You can use marsh-

mallows and pretzels for snow-

men, ice cream cones and icing

for Christmas trees. And with

that, you can have an awesome

house!

In memory of Mrs. Sherry

Chambless, Northwood

has decided to build an

outdoor classroom. To

raise money, we had a

penny drive, sold beef

sticks, popcorn and ac-

cepted donations. The

construction started at

the end of November and

should be completed

sometime in 2010. The

purpose of the outdoor

classroom is to have a

place to learn outside. It

will be available to all

grades. Keith Shaw and

Mike Downey are helping

with the construction.

Hopefully, we will all be

able to use the classroom

in the spring of 2010.

Northwood student s ’

Christmas Break is from

December 21st to January

4th. It is two weeks long.

This Christmas Break means

students are half -way

through the school year.

There are only eighteen

weeks of school after

Christmas Break.

The Christmas parties and

movie “Princess and the

Frog” will be on December

18th, the last day of school.

The parties will be in the

grade hallways. The moms,

dads and teachers will do

the parties. So, have a good

Christmas Break! Have fun!

Be good! And hope you get

presents.

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

BY JACEY JAMES

CHRISTMAS BREAK AND PARTIES

BY JOSHUA BEAUFORD

4TH GRADE NUTRIT ION

CLASS BY KARL IE SNEED

Every month once a month,

the whole 4th grade has

nutrition class. The teacher,

Pam Megehee shows us in-

formation about nutrition

facts. For example, she once

showed the fourth grade

how to look for the white

box on items to see how

much sugar, how much calo-

ries and to show all the

things and how much are in

them. The time we usually

have the class is between

just a little of homeroom

and all of activity. Another

example is to show you how

your digestive system works.

We are really thankful for

her to come and tell us to

stay healthy.

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NORTHWOOD NEWS

School Fundraisers

By Ethan Pollard

Three fundraisers have

happened here at North-

wood. Chocolate bars,

popcorn and beef sticks

are the three fundraisers.

First the chocolate bar

fundraiser: Mrs. Willis

is in charge of this one.

It started on November

3. It is for educational

purposes. We have col-

lected a lot of money

from all the kids who

have sold them. Next,

there is the popcorn

fundraiser. This on is

still going on for the

whole year. This one

also has Mrs. Willis in

charge of it. All this

money is going to go to

the outdoor classroom

for Mrs. Chambless.

And finally, we have the

beef stick fundraiser.

This time Mrs. Winrow

is in charge of it. And

this is also happening

now, too, it’s going on

for the whole first se-

mester. And, as it has

gone before, the money

is going to special

Olympics. Again we

would like to thank eve-

ryone who has par-

ticipated, in

charge, and who

has bought these

fundraiser items.

The Christmas Pro-

gram

By Julianne Zehren

Northwood is prepar-

ing for the Christmas

Program. Ms. Niles

has been getting stu-

dents ready. One per-

son will be singing a

solo. Eight people

have speaking parts.

Everyone will be

singing together.

There are eight songs

plus a bonus song.

Students are really

trying to learn songs

and speaking parts.

Ms. Niles has picked

people that she thinks

are good to sit in

chairs. Being in a

chair is a privilege.

Northwood hopes for

this program to be

really good. Parents ,

teachers and students

are looking forward

to it! It will be De-

cember 17th at 1:30

p.m.

Below:

Talent Pool Field

Trip to the Zoo.

Canned Food Drive

By Kason Clark We just had our canned

food drive from November

1st to November 20th.

Mrs. Stuteville won out of

all the 4th, 5th, and 6th

grades by ending up with

568 cans in all. Her class

did an OU and OSU con-

test. They both brought a

lot of cans but OSU ended

up winning by 10 cans. In

5th grade Mrs. Temple-

man’s class won and in 6th

grade Mr. Rothrock’s class

won. Many kids partici-

pated in this community

service. We did a great job

because we got over 1,000

cans. This is also the most

we ever had here at North-

wood. These cans will

help many people. Every-

body did a great job. I’m

sure many people will be

thankful for what each on

of your kids did.

The veteran’s Day Pro-

gram took place on

November 11, 2009. It

was a huge success.

Ms. Niles was the in-

structor for the pro-

gram. The program took place in honor of

our Veterans who

served for our Nation.

Ms. Niles told us to try

to wear red, white and

blue colors and it

worked! 4th, 5th, and

6th grade participated.

There were a little over

100 parents and visitors

that attended the pro-

gram! WOW! Most

4th grade students liked

the song “American

Tears”. Roslynn Friend

and Mrs. Lloyd said their favorite part of

the program was when

Karlie Sneed sang her

solo. Good Job and

Congratulations to Mrs.

Niles and Northwood

students for doing such

a good job.

the class the students

loaded up and went

home after a good day.

They were able to go

because of an OKC

Zoofriends Grant.

On Wednesday Octo-

ber 28th Talent Pool

went to the Oklahoma

City Zoo. There they

saw animals of all kinds.

After looking and then

eating a sack-lunch they went into a building to

see a class. The class

was about advantages

and disadvantages of

animals. The class in-

cluded three live ani-

mals. The first was a

very small armadillo

that could curl up into a

ball. The second was a

long green boa python.

The last was an owl

that the zoo rescued

from a car wreck. At

the end of the class the

students were able to

touch a cheetah skin

and the python. After

THE VETERAN’S DAY PROGRAM BY ZOE HOWE, 4TH GRADE

TALENT POOL ZOO TRIP BY HANNAH SHUMAKER

6th Grade Basketball is in full swing. The Next game is here

on Monday, December 7th. They will also play on Thursday of this

week at the High School Gym. Good Luck!

Go Chielftains!!!!!!!!

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