Native American Assembly

By Mia Malin and Stefan Toi

One day in the last week of October, the fifth graders had an assembly as the introduction to the Native American project. A woman named Maddie Cheers came in and talked about the Eastern Woodland tribes.

She showed the students clothes made of deer skin, bear skin coats, and a chief’s headdress. There were many other things that she talked about such as the game of lacrosse. It was a game that was played for bravery and strength. There were no rules. Tribes would compete with each other to see which tribe was better and stronger.

Maddie then took the fifth grade classes outside to play some Native American games that required accuracy and skill. The first one the students played was the spear throw. Maddie rolled a giant dream catcher and students had to throw long sticks to try to get it through one of the holes.

The second and last game students played was designed to prepare Native Americans for hunting. The students had to run around each cone one time and race back to the starting line.

The students not only learned about the Eastern Woodland Natives, but had fun doing it too.

Pet Day

By Marissa Bobkowski and Taylor Boles

Mrs Miller’s Pet Day sounded like a blast! The students brought their pets to school for one day in the first week of October. Mrs Miller has done this activity before. She started the activity by reading literature about pets with the students. Everyone then brought their pets in.

Morgan, a member of the class, said that she brought in her pet dog. Almost all of the students said they liked having the pets in the classroom. The students learned a lot about animals through reading books and by bringing in their pets.

Stock Market At Middle Gate School

By Chris Parker and Dan DeLaVega

Run by Mr Sullivan, a fourth grade teacher, the stock market game has enticed 38 students from 4th and 5th grade. Mr Sullivan started the stock market game so that he would have a chance to work with former students, and those he has never worked with before. He also wanted to participate in the after school activities. The stock market game is a chance for kids to compete against groups in class and in other divisions. Each team starts out with $100,000 in “virtual money.”

Mr Sullivan believes what makes the stock market a game is “risk and unpredictability.” Mr Sullivan was very happy that two teams from Middle Gate placed first and second last week. The stock market game is held Wednesdays until the second week into December. A total of nine weeks.