The Hawk's Nest
December, 1998 - Volume I
Seawell School Newspaper
PTA Sponsored Publishing Center
 

This newspaper is an enrichment activity provided by the PTA as part of the Publishing Center. It will be published at least twice per year. The parent volunteer working with the children is Gloria Faley.

QUESTIONS: Any questions or comments should be addressed to Gloria Faley at 942-2939 or ncqueen@mindspring.com.

THANKS: Many thanks to all the entire staff (teachers and staff) for helping support this effort.

DISCLAIMER: Any errors in punctuation, spelling, or grammar has been made by Gloria

Editorial Staff Interviews Sports
Seawell Kids Making Seawell History Help Wanted Weather 
Articles Girlscouts Book Reviews
Newshound Ask Cosmo Letters to the Editor
Comix Puzzle Quotation

Editorial Staff

Jessie Schrubbe

Jane Hannon

Hugo Campos

Ryan Cooper

Parker Wiebe

Jacob Chitwood

Jeffrey Hertzburg

Luke Miller

Emily McAdams

Charlesse Brown

Travis Allen

Beau Long

Deryle Daniels, Jr.

Andrew Krawchyk

Anahid Behrouzi

Ellie Rubin

Mary La

Sarah Anscher

Conrad Zabovowski

Jessie Zaleon

Susanna Mage

 

 

Seawell Kids Making Seawell History

By Emily McAdams (Ms. Thomas)

Newspaper Editorial Staff

Seawell School has decided to start a newspaper. Instead of the adults doing it. This is the first newspaper Seawell has ever put out that was done completely by the kids. The year we will work hard to produce the news. The newspaper will report Seawell's happenings. It will be a Seawell paper for the kids! We have never done this before and we wanted to try it. We are working together to get it done. Anybody can write. Anyone from any grade. Fourth and fifth graders will be members of the newspaper's editorial staff. The editorial staff gathers those articles and organizes the paper.

The Seawell Newspaper includes everyoneís interests: Sports, Weather, Comics, letters to the editor, a gossip column, interviews, feature articles, and much more! The purpose of the paper is 1) to get kids to use their writing skills and 2) let the world know that kids have opinions and ideas. After we are done, writing should be fun and informative for everyone. We found that it is not easy to put a newspaper together. We did not all agree about the name of the newspaper. In fact, it was a huge controversy. After four votes, we still were not in complete agreement about the name. The two top names were "The Hawk's Nest" and "The Silly Chilly Seawell School News". Some of us felt that "The Silly Chilly Seawell School News" did not reflect our motto. Others of us thought "The Hawkís Nest" did not mention the news or the school. The reporter believes that we learn that this controversy is good. This discussion made us think more about what we stood for as a newspaper. Besides working out what our name would be, we have learned that we have to talk with one another to create a better news article. We have been reading one another articles and giving feedback about what we think about the article. We think this process makes our writing better.

This paper will always be ready to report the news. Our motto is "We take the news seriously, we report the news seriously, and we hope you read the news seriously." So come, read our newspaper, contribute news articles. We are depending on you to be the voice of Seawell. Enjoy our newspaper.

 

Articles

Big Fall Play Day is a Big Success

by Ellie Rubin and Mary La (Mrs. McCrystal)

On October 17, 1998, there was the biggest festival of the Seawell School year. It is called "Big Fall Playday". Seawell School holds this celebration to welcome the coming of fall. They also hold this festival to pay for playground equipment. At one time, Seawell had no playground to speak of. So, they decided to raise money to buy some equipment. They called that first fundraiser "Big Fall Playday". But now, since we have equipment the school no longer uses the money for that. It is used for countless other PTA sponsored programs. But, most of all we celebrate fall and the start of a new school year.

So, how was fall celebrated this year? Glad you asked. It was celebrated by having a carnival at the school; they played carnival games and music. The PTA sold carnival food like pizza, ice cream, and cookies. Most of the activities for the festival took place on the basketball court, in the cafeteria, and in front of the cafeteria. All of the students met with their friends and enjoyed a big holiday and a gathering of the school folks together.

With all the games, music, friends and fun, these two reporters had a great time. The two of us hope you had a good time too. We hope that Seawell School keeps up its lovely annual tradition.

 

 

HELP WANTED at the PTA Thrift Shop

by Deryle Daniels Jr. (Ms. Thomas)

Everyone at Seawell can be a part of earning more than $30,000.00 for Seawell Elementary's PTA budget! All you have to do is call the PTA Thrift Shop and ask how you can help. You could bring in paper bags or just give away old clothes. Parents, did you know that fourth and fifth graders could even work in the PTA Thrift Shop! But for safety and supervision, an adult must accompany student. The Thrift Shops are located at two different locations. One is in the Village Plaza on Elliot Road in Chapel Hill and the other is on Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro. The PTA Thrift Shop is a great way to help Seawell, whether youíre working in the store or just buying clothes.

This reporter talked with Mr. Deryle Daniels Sr., the Vice President of Seawell's PTA Board; about how the PTA Thrift Shops help the PTA. Mr. Daniels said, "The PTA Thrift Shop funds a large portion of the Seawell's PTA budget and contributes a great deal to our childrenís education."

Ms. Gloria Thomas, a 5th grader said "The PTA Thrift Shop gives more money to give to classrooms than any other organization. Last year I received many hours with the help of our parents. I would like every 5th grade student to try to put in at least two hours at the PTA Thrift Shop."

After a visit to the PTA Thrift Shop on Elliot Road, Mr. Jim Moore, the manager gave us more information. He said, "Our worldís greatest product are our children. The people who spend money hereÖ The profits go to help children in sixteen schools in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This year the two thrift shops gave $462,775.00 to the schools of Chapel Hill and Carrboro Schools.

This reporter stopped by the Thrift one afternoon and there was no one volunteering. Please start volunteering because without you the schools have money. Contact Mrs. Susan Frost who is our school PTA Thrift Shop Representative.

 

 

 
GIRL SCOUTS RULE!!!!!

By Sarah Anscher (Mrs. McCrystal)

I am a Girl Scout from troop 408. My troop leaders' names are Sherry Anscher, Emma McAdams, and Sarah Armentrout.

Here is some insight about our troop from my troop leaders. In our troop we have the most fun anyone could ever have. We go camping together, and believe us there's not snakes. We also make stupendous jewelry boxes. Another thing we do together is to sing songs. Playing games is fun when you have a lot of people. It is especially fun when you are playing contests. We play really fun games together.

After you work on a badge, you share it with the rest of the troop. Sometimes you work on badges together. Most of the time, the whole troop marches in the parade in Chapel Hill. You can take it from this, that marching in the parade is extremely wonderful.

 

 

SPORTS SECTION

Hugoís artistic interpretation of the excitement of that 62nd hit.

Mark McGuire Hits 62 Homeruns

By Ryan Cooper and Hugo Campos (Dr. Hill)

Mark McGuire hit 62 homeruns in September of 1998. This is a day in history. This is something that does not always happen. Why did he do it? He had a dream. How did he do it? He worked hard and practiced hard. What does he hope for? He likes kids and he hope kids try to follow their dreams too.

How do we know? We watched his interviews on television. If we were "big time" reporters, we would have interviewed him. But, still we think that Mark is a good role model for working hard at his goal. However, we did not like the fact that he stood up a lot of excited fans and that he took a steroid drug to help him play better. These two reporters think that Sammy Sosa is also a good role model and he didnít use steroid drugs. But we hope that both will keep playing baseball. It made an exciting baseball season.

WEATHER SECTION

Hurricanes Hit Hard This Year

By Conrad Zaborowski

1998 was a big hurricane season with George, Bonnie and Mitch. Winds over one hundred miles per hour burst through houses, stores, and shopping malls wreaking disaster. Over three hundred people died in Central America as a result of Mitch. George devastated the eastern Caribbean. Rebuilding sturctures will take years. Disease has been an outcome of contaminated water supplies. Flooding has ruined important crops and will cause financial problems for some time.

A hurricane develops when warm air mixes with cold air over water and the pressure builds into a tropical storm. Warm waters contribute to a hurricane's strength. Sometimes hurricane winds are less strong, but they can produce tornadoes.

At Seawell School, if a hurricane hit, students and teachers would go into a tornado drill. Everyone would go into a hallway, kneel on the floor by the wall and cover his or her head. In the years to come, more hurricanes are predicated. This reporter thinks that we should be prepared. Are you?
 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,

We think that you should change the name of the paper. We all think that the name should have SOMETHING to do with "Seawell", "Seahawks", or even "school". The editorial staff voted fair and square for the name of "The Silly Chilly Sea Hawks". But, then someone said that we should have a serious name rather than something that was so called "Silly". But, our Publishing Center parent volunteer said, "Okay, we will vote one last time." (The same thing that she had said before.) We had that last vote and it turn out that "Hawk's Nest" won. We said, "But, that's unfair!!". But, she didnít care. We said, "We can change it to "The Sea Hawk's Nest". Still she said, "Nope, that was the last vote".

So, this letter to the editor is our statement of belief that our newpaperís name is a poor choice for a name. If you agree that our newspaperís name sounds bad, then write to the editor and tell us why we should change it. Please put your letter inside the box marked "Letters to the Editor" that is in the Media Center. Please write so that we can change our name to something better. Reject the name of "The Hawk's Nest".

Sincerely

The editors of this newspaper that believe that "The Hawkís Nest" is a bad name for the newspaper.

 
Quotation for this issue

 

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what would be grasped at once.
 

Cyril Connolly (1903?74) British journalist. Enemies of Promise

 

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