orking with theSummerville JournalScene on the studentedition of “TurtleTimes” was anabsolutely amazingexperience.

This project is anexcellent way to teach writing and edit-ing skills using real world experiences.

I was able to see ideas go from abstractthoughts to well written ads, biographies,and interviews.

I saw studentstransform ideasinto print.

This experienceallowed the stu-dents to incorporatemany of the7Habits.

Students beganwith the end inmind (publishingthe student edition of “TurtleTimes”), synergized (planning andorganizing ideas for interview, adsand biographies), putting first thingsfirst, (plan questions for interviewsbefore going on interview - setting upinterview times) thinking win-win(incorporate everyone’s ideas) andsharpening the saw (having fun takingpictures, drawing, talking with class-mates).

I would definitely do this projectagain. Rock on, Chris Zoeller and theJournal Scene Staff! 5D students willalways remember creating their ownstudent published newspaper in 2013.

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A camellia blooms in the Dr. SiresLearning Garden at SummervilleElementary School.

Project anexcellent,amazingexperience

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BY CHRIS ZOELLER,NEWSPAPER PROJECTCOORDINATOR

Welcome to the fourthedition of The TurtleTimes, a NewspaperProject of theSummerville JournalScene. As part of theAdopt-A-Teacher part-nership at SummervilleElementary School, theJournal Scene partneredwith Kathy Green’s 5thgrade class. The goal ofThe Turtle Times is toeducate and engage stu-dents by offering aunique, hands-on experi-ence in publishing anewspaper.

The editorial team, ledby Executive Editor JudyWatts, kicks off the proj-ect by coaching studentson writing biographies ofeach other, enterprisingstory ideas, developinginterview techniques, and

composing their articles.Students fine-tune writ-ing skills by preparinginterview questions. Theyplan and organize theirapproach in telling thecomplete story and finishthe articles through care-ful editing.

Paul Zoeller, a photo-journalist mentors thestudents to plan photooptions to complementtheir articles. First theyventure on a photoassignment around theschool and take picturesof anything that catchestheir eye. Students learnto photograph momentsthat tell a story, take por-traits that capture emo-tion and write captions toexplain the photos.

The final phase of theproject is designingadvertisements for localbusinesses. With theguidance of the advertis-ing team, students design

creative ads based on thecustomer’s needs.

The Newspaper Project(The Turtle Times) is awin-win in so manyways. The students learnthrough real-world appli-cation while meeting

state writing standards.They also experience avariety of skills they cankeep for life and developa better appreciation ofthe newspaper business.The newspaper connectswith the community

through the talents ofyoung students. Butmostly, the NewspaperProjects provides anunforgettable experiencefor our staff, the students,and our community.

Students take over the Journal Scene

THE TURTLE TIMES STAFF 2013

PHOTOADVENTURES Fifth grade stu-

dent, HamptonSummerhill,hangs from theplayground whilefellow classmateslearn to take pho-tographs usingdifferent angles.Students fromKathy Green’s fifthgrade class makeup the 2013 TurtleTimes staff, aNewspaperProject of theSummervilleJournal Scene.

Photos by Callie Johnson, Joseph Jones & Hampton Summerhill

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STORY & PHOTO BY GRANT ALLISON, NICHOLASGRAZIANI, HANNA MCVICKER & LAILA PERRY

he cafeteriahas madechanges to themenu to makethe foodhealthier, butthe changesmake the

prices higher for students. According to Ms. Sandy, the

cafeteria manager, a bill inWashington was passed to makeschool lunches full of nutrients.The prices have skyrocketed.

Some other changes were thewhite-to-wheat, the fries, and the“need three sides” rules.

These changes have affected alot of people such as Tiffany Jones

and Thomas Girsh who are both inMrs. Wildman’s class. They eachnoticed the changes a little bit, butwhen it came to the prices it costmore for Tiffany than last year, butThomas didn’t notice.

Thomas gets more lunches thanlast year, which shows he likes thechanges as well as Tiffany. Thesechanges have everybody wonder-ing about prices and what goesinto their mouth.

From the head of this nation to aschool down in Summerville,these are all important things. Allthese changes had very differentoutcomes to very different people.The cafeteria workers are alsoworking even harder, because thenew foods take more hours to pre-pare.

These are changes that affecteveryone and they will likelynotice in the future.

Cafeteria Chaos

Annette Williams, cafeteria worker, adds potato wedges to the food line during lunch. One of the changes tothe cafeteria menu is healthier milk.

PHOTO & STORY BY DYLAN GESLING,AARON STANDRIDGE & LOGAN WRIGHT

Do you know the librari-ans at SummervilleElementary School?Tammy Bertram, MediaSpecialist, and TracyMiller, Media CenterAssistant, are the twoloving and caring librari-

ans who work together to keep track of the50,000 books in the library, also known asthe Media Center. The books are in two cat-egories – 30,000 regular books and 20,000leveled text books.

The two librarians are hardworking andboth say they love being librarians.

Mrs. Bertram and Mrs. Miller have a lot ofthings in common, like, taking vacations,shopping and reading – their favorite thingsto do. Mrs. Bertram’s favorite author is Dr.Seuss and Mrs. Miller’s favorite author is

Debbie Macomber.Both librarians also both have sons who

serve in the United States military.

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MEDIA CENTER BYTHE NUMBERS

• 50,000: Books in the library

• 1,414: Number of patrons this year

• 282: Books checked out in day

• 1,692: Books checked out this month

• 29,556: Books checked out this school year

• 40: Scheduled classes in the media center/week

Sea Turtle Librarians

Media Center Specialist, Tammy Bertram, reads to students in the library.

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STORY & PHOTO BY CALLIE JOHNSON,LEAH JONAS & LYDIA SCHULZ

here was a lot of pride andpep during LeadershipDay. Over 40 visitors cameto Newington,Summerville Elementary,and Rollings MiddleSchool.

“I came because I heard it has great ideas,”said visitor Mary Mashke.

Newington Elementary had different clubs,songs, and dances. This is their second year ofbeing a Leadership school. It was impressive tosee all of the kids synergize together to puttogether the celebration.

“The school has made a difference through thestudents’ leadership,” said Principal LoriDibble.

At Summerville Elementary there were a lotof singing groups. Third time’s a charm,because it’s the third year of a Leader in MeSchool at SES!

“Leadership is important in life,” said Dr.Kathy Sobolweski of Rollings Middle Schoolof the Arts. She noted Rollings first year as aLeadershiop has been a hit!

She added that there was action and excite-ment. Children’s talents were incorporated in

the day. “No wonder it’s an art school! Way togo Rollings!” she said.

All the schools have similarities and differ-ences. Newington, for example had their clubsexhibited in all different ways like trashcanbands, paintings, and Zumba Dancing.Rollings showed all their art talents like danc-ing, strings, and singing. SummervilleElementary students sang the 7 Habits. Allthese schools come together with leadership.

Leadership Day: Spirit In The Schools

SummervilleElementary all-girl classes perform a dance for the Leadership Day visitors on February 8.

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Newington Elementary students welcome Leadership Day visitors with a Lowcountry shagdance on February 8, 2013. More than 40 visitors attended Leadership Day at NewingtonElementary, Summerville Elementary and Rollings Middle School of the Arts.

Rollings Ringers leads Leadership Day guests to Rolling Middle School of the Arts.

LEADERSHIP DAY

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STORY & PHOTO BY JOE JONES,JONATHAN KALBACH,KENDALL MCCLARY,HAMPTON SUMMERHILL

itchen chem-istry is a funway to rein-force scienceskills ands t a n d a r d sthat studentslearn in ele-

mentary school by turning sim-ple science into complex experi-ments.

“It is something different thananything I’ve seen. You can putvinegar and baking soda in a testtube and watch it blow up into ashower of bubbles, into complexscience,” said student club

member Hunter Baily.“Our club is unique because we

are the only club that blows stuffup in the name of science,” saidElizabeth Crotty, KitchenChemistry teacher.

Some of the experiments thatMrs. Crotty’s chemistry kidshave performed include:

• Vinegar and baking soda bub-ble solutions

• Lava lamps out of water bot-tles, and

• Mentos and coke geysers.From this group of chemistry

kids we learned more about whatmight make something explodein the kitchen like CO2 whichcan be used for soda reactions orputting slime in the microwave.

But the most important thechemistry kids taught us is,“Always be safe in the kitchen.”

Explosive News

Students in the Kitchen Chemistry Club wait for their mixture of baking soda and vinegar to explode.

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STORY & PHOTO BY PARKERFULLAJTAR, PRICE LENOIR & ELLIOT MECHLING

o d e r nand vet-eran, newand sea-soned, orc u r r e n tand old-f a s h -

ioned -- either way, allteachers have madeSummerville Elementary agreat place to teach. Fifthgrade teacher KelleyWildman and second gradeteacher Cate Martin havebeen teaching for only oneyear and have totally differ-ent perspectives thankindergarten teacher, LindaLacey, who has been teach-ing here the longest at SES.

Mrs. Linda LaceyBY PRICE LENOIR

Mrs. Linda Lacey has been

teaching for 35 years atSummerville Elementary.Mrs. Lacey teaches kinder-garten and feels that kinder-garten is very exciting andyou learn something everyday.

Patience is one of her strate-gies for teaching her kids.She has learned to be pre-pared for anything and to beflexible in her schedule. Hermother inspired her to be ateacher and her favorite sub-ject to teach is EnglishLanguage Arts.

Outside of teaching, sheenjoys gardening.

Mrs. Lacey received herdegree from the College ofCharleston. Her favoritehabit is habit #1-Be proac-tive. She teaches her kids touse that habit by being a rolemodel.

Mrs. Lacey said that “Usingtime wisely and stayingorganized” are the hardestparts about teaching.

Mrs. Kelley WildmanBY ELLIOTT MECHLING

Mrs. Wildman is a newcom-er to teaching, and teaches atSummerville Elementary.She enjoys teaching fifthgrade. One strategy she has isdoing group work. Shebelieves all kids can learn.Mrs. Wildman enjoys kidsand watching them grow. Herfavorite subject is Scienceand her hobbies are readingand watching basketball.

Mrs. Williams went toIndiana University and theCollege of Charleston.

Her favorite habit is to syn-ergize.

She says the hardest part ofteaching is waking up at5a.m.

Mrs. Cate MartinBY PARKER FULLAJTAR

Mrs. Cate Martin is new toteaching at SummervilleElementary. She is currently

Modern and Veteran Teachers

Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Lacey helps Megan McClary with reading. Mrs. Lacey has beenteaching for 35 years.

teaching second grade. One strategy forteaching is to know her students better. Themost important lesson she’s learned whileteaching is to be a little more strict.

Mrs. Martin wanted to become a teacherbecause she loves kids. Her favorite subject toteach is math. Her hobbies outside of teaching

are tennis, kickboxing, and running. Mrs. Martin went to University of St.

Andrews College to get her degree.Her favorite strategy is to “Put First Things

First.” To her, the hardest part about teaching is that

something’s “wild in the air.”

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STORY & PHOTO BY ALLISON CALVERT, GRACE SIMPSON& AMANI JONES

id you know5,000 children dieevery day fromdirty water?

Well, that’s whythere’s an organi-zation called“Water Missions

International.” According to WMI,about 8,000 people die a year fromdirty water.

Thanks to second grade teacherKathy Jordan, SummervilleElementary third graders are trying toraise $1,500 to buy a filter for a coun-try in need of fresh water. These fil-ters can last from 50-90 years.

WMI donates filters to Africa, SouthAmerica, and Haiti, and now peoplein these countries can get 10,000 gal-

lons of fresh water out of these filters.Now there is a walk to help raisemoney for these special filters.“Thank you SES third graders!” saidMrs. Jordan.

The reactions of other people at theschool who have helped with WaterMissions have learned a lot from theirinvolvement.

“Third grade did this last year and itreally opens your eyes to see howmuch water is wasted,” said fourthgrade teacher Linda Jacobson.

“When my baby brother takes abath, my mom asks me to fill the tubhalfway, so we don’t waste water.Thanks to that, we save 5 gallons ofwater,” said Kimberly Olsen.

“My brother leaves the water run-ning, he doesn’t realize that 8,000people die of drinking dirty water, andthat gallon of fresh water he wastedcould save many lives,” said DakotaTaylor.

A Waste Of Water

Third grade students Dakota Taylor and Kimberly Olsen participate in the Water Missions service projectfor their grade.

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Sea Turtles to the Rescue

STORY & PHOTO BY KENYANNA ALSTON, REBECCA BAILEY & ADDISON PREZIMIRSKI

The Summerville Elementary kinder-garteners are helping and rescuing the seaturtles of the South Carolina Aquarium.

“Our mascot is the sea turtles so the chil-dren wanted to relate to that,” saidKindergarten teacher Sheree Young. Helpingthese sea turtles is very important to thembecause if the animals aren’t taken care of,

they can become extinct. They also needed money and supplies,so that’s what the Kindergarteners took to help.

The Field TripThe field trip to the S.C. Aquarium was a success because the

children got to see the animals that they were helping. They lovegoing there and have done it for the last three years, and plan ondoing it again next year. While they were there, they got to petsome turtles and other animals. Hopefully we can go back to theaquarium someday.

Kindergartener Tylasia Henderson reflected on the trip: “Iliked the trip because I got to pet turtles.”

Kindergarten students, from left, Makayla Stamey, Jacob Sessoms, Robin Gnegy and Mackenzie Emerson are apart ofthe Sea Turtle Rescue Program that raises money for the Sea Turtle Rescue Program.

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STORY & PHOTO BY EMILY COLLIER, KASSIDY CROMER & NINA SWIFT

eacher of the Year is animportant event atSummerville ElementarySchool.

Three finalists areselected by nominationsfrom fellow teachers.This year’s finalists

include Juanita Waring, Debbie Malinoski,and last but not least, Mary Ellen Foster.

The teacher of the year election just endedand the teacher of the year for 2012-2013 isMrs. Malinoski.

Instructional Technology Specialist, Mrs.Malinoski is a passionate teacher. In herfree time she reads a lot, likes to work inher garden, and likes to play on a computeror iPad. The reason she wanted to startteaching is because she had a teacher whomade an impression on her in the 7th grade,

and she wanted to be just like her 7th gradeteacher.

“I make sure that the students and teachershave all that they need,” said Mrs.Malinoski.

Third grade teacher Mrs. Waring is a mag-nanimous person. In her free time she helpsout at her church, reads and plays basket-ball. The reason she wanted to start teach-ing is because she likes learning and want-ed to see others learn and grow.

“I have a good relationship with kids andteachers help them get along,” said Mrs.Waring.

Read 180 teacher, Mrs. Foster, is a dedi-cated teacher. In her free time she likes totake care of four great kids, and if there’stime, she likes to read, run, and rollerblade.The reason Mrs. Foster wanted to startteaching is because in 4th grade, her teacherMrs. Sedal really cared a lot about her, andshe wanted to be just like her.

“I have a passion for my students,” shesaid.

Do You Really Know the Teacher of the Year?

From left, Debbie Malinoski, Mary Ellen Foster and Juantia Waring were selected as final-ists for Summerville Elementary School’s 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Malinowskiwas recently chosen as the Teacher of the Year.

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Turtle Times staff reporter,Leah Jonas, interviewsRollings Middle School of theArts Principal Dr. KathySobolewski during LeadershipDay on February 8.Interviewing and story writingare one of the many hands onlearning experiences of TheTurtle Times, a NewspaperProject of the SummervilleJournal Scene.Photo by Chris Zoeller

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