Issue 1 February 2013

THE RISING STAR

Sinclair Elementary

Need to know:

Please remember that

after-school tutorial dismissal is time 4:15 p.m. Students

must be picked up on time.

Looking for a lost item? Maybe you are missing a

backpack, sweater, jacket, lunch kit or other item. Check the lost and found

closet near the cafeteria.

Sinclair’s annual Go Texan

Day is February 22. You can wear your cowboy and cow-girl outfits, and look forward to a day full of western-style

activities.

Sinclair Elementary School

Fun Day at Rice University is at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2. Enjoy a basketball game and

performance by the Sinclair dancers. Tickets are only $7. Order tickets by 8:30 a.m.

February 28. Free transporta-tion will be provided to the first 120 people to sign up.

Riders should be at the school by 12 p.m. Buses will depart at 12:15 p.m. and

return after the game. Ticket holders do not have to ride the bus, they make take their

own cars to the game.

Students visit Rice 1

Editorial: Uniforms 2

Superstar Speller 3

Basketball Champs 4

Spirit Night 4

Honor Roll 5

Activity Pages 6-7

Inside this issue:

By Krishna Desai

Fourth grade took a

field trip to Rice Uni-

versity on January 25.

Sinclair is hoping that

the fourth graders

will continue their

education after they

graduate high school,

and attend college.

This is a new field

trip for the fourth

grade. Other schools

go there, and Sinclair

wants to be part of

the schools who show

their students what

Universities look

like. The teachers are

hoping that Sinclair

Superstars will be-

come more educated

as they grow up.

This is the “First An-

nual” tour of Rice,

and Mr. Mashburn

said that they will see

if they like the trip,

and upon that will

decide if future fourth

graders will go to

Rice again.

Several Rice students

said the campus is

great, and they think

Rice is a very good

college.

All the fourth grade

teachers want their

students to go to

Rice. The students

think that Rice is

really interesting. Al-

most every one of

them wants to go to

Rice! Mr. Augustine

said that Rice has a

small campus, but the

students disagree.

“How do the teachers

say this is small? This

is so BIG!”said Anjni

Patel.

Fourth-graders visit Rice U

Photo by Yolanda Mata

Sinclair Elementary fourth graders visited the Rice University campus on January 25.

Fourth grad-ers Anjni Patel, Chanelle Castro and Katelyn Munoz on their way to Rice. Photo by Yolanda Mata

Uniforms. Are they bad or are

they good? Well, in my opinion,

they can be both. There are two

answers for each in my opinion.

These are the reasons that prove

that uniforms are good.

The first reason is that they help

you get ready faster in the morn-

ing. “How?” Some people might

ask. The reason is because you

don’t have as many clothes to

look through in the

morning.

For instance, if your

school didn’t have

uniforms, and you

were picking out

clothes that didn’t

match, then you

might have to waste a lot of time

to find clothes that do match.

And that’s time that you usually

use for brushing your teeth or

eating breakfast.

The second reason was because

if someone didn’t like your style,

they might make fun of you.

With uniforms that won’t occur.

Now, we are going to talk about

the reasons against uniforms.

The first thing that we’re going

to discuss is related to the second

reason that goes with uniforms,

which is personality.

People feel that they should ex-

press their style, but that might

come with consequences. If peo-

ple tease you, either stand up to

the bully, or just ignore him/her.

The second reason is confidence.

When people get to wear what-

ever they want, they feel free and

feel better about their school

work.

Uniforms: The Good vs. The Bad

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Emily Wilks, Editor

Newspaper staff

Editor: Emily Wilks Assistant Editor: Nayeli Flores-Patton Photo editor: Cindy Gallais Online/multimedia Editor and De-sign Editor: Kenyon White Puzzle & Entertainment Editor: Paul Rivera

Sports Reporter: Tyler DeVries Reporters: Miranda Avalos, Megan Tran Reporter Interns: Natalie Alaniz, Krishna Desai, Katherine Linares, Marie Salazar, Brianna Vega Copy Editor Intern: Amanda DeLeon

Photographers: Madison Jacoby, Yolanda Mata, Donovan Nobles, Arianna Orosco, Juliana Rangel Photography Interns: Chelsea Greer, Nevaeh Johnson, Desiree Lima, Stefany Melo, Jayla Mitchell Principal: Abigail Taylor Magnet Coordinator: Lee Mashburn Adviser: Nyree Doucette

Fourth-graders Joseph Abdo and Angel Diaz, left, show off a little of their personality on Free Dress Friday.

Below, Jazlyn Rodriguez, a third-grader in Mr. Quentin’s class models a perfect exam-ple of Sinclair’s uniform pol-icy.

Photos by: Desiree Lima

Letters to the Editor

Have a comment or idea for the newspaper?

Contact us.

Write us a letter and bring it to Ms. Doucette in Room 207.

We’d love to hear from you.

By Megan Tran

Stephanie Birkelbach worked

really hard to prepare for the

Sinclair Spelling Bee.

Her mom would help her with

the spelling, and every other

day she would learn five words.

The next day, she would reveal

all the words she already

learned.

It was easy for her to remember

them because she already

learned them and knew how

to say them.

Stephanie practiced from the

day she got her paper to the

day before the spelling bee.

Stephanie was not always a

good speller. She was really

surprised when she won.

The night before the Spelling

Bee Stephanie was crying be-

cause she was scared she

would not win.

Sinclair Elementary has it’s very own Flag Patrol

Sinclair’s Super Speller

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Photo by Arianna Orosco

Fifth-graders Juliana Rangel, Cindy Gallais and Kate Alon prepare to fly the flag out-side Sinclair Elementary.

Compiled by Rising Star Staff

Each day members of the

flag patrol raise the flag in

the mornings and lower the

flag in the afternoons.

Flag patrol members are

fifth-graders, and they must

have good conduct and good

grades. Flag Patrol members

are:

Kate Alon

Miranda Avalos

Everett Brice

Cindy Gallais

Madison Jacoby

Brandon Nolasco

Juliana Rangel

Stephanie Birkelbach

By Tyler DeVries

The first grade basketball team

and coach were interviewed.

Here’s what he had to say.

“The team is like my dream

team. There are no bad sports-

men,” he said. “After the game

they get in a line and shake the

defeated teams’ hands.”

At the end of the season, the 1st

and 2nd grade team remained

undefeated. They received

|trophies and will be able to

keep their uniforms.

Photos by Rising Star Staff

Kindergarten students Ayori Hess and Arianna Hess, above, at Spirit Night at Chik-Fil-A on January 30. Second grader Roberto Mazzoni and kindergarten student Marco Mazzoni, right, at Spirit Night. A percentage of orders from Sinclair supporters helps our school. A big thanks to all those who came out to support Sinclair.

Sinclair Superstars remain undefeated

Spirit Night helps our school

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Vincent Rincon, Shain Virani Francisco Hernandez, Laith Al-Bahish, Cameron James, Sean Guynn , Avin French, Coach Wilkerson, Isaiah Steen, Roman Ramirez, Marie Salazar and Nevaeh Johnson

Photo by Donovan Nobles

Jason Magana, Vincent Granado, Amirah Jackson, Daniel Rodriguez, Coach Wilkerson, David Trevino, Adam Granado, Angel Belman, Trey Guevara and Daniel Osores

Photo by Donovan Nobles

All A’s Ariana Abdo Karen Aramburo Josiah Aranda Samuel Bazan Stephanie Birkelbach Everett Brice Benjamin Cannell Tyler Chatman Jacob Cortez Nicholas Cortinas Amanda Deleon Krishna Desai Kaylen Esprit Alyssa Fernandez Anarossi Figueroa Grant Fitch Jonathan Fleming Nayeli Flores-Patton Tegann Franco Avin French Ivan Galvan Milagros Garza David Gonzalez Sean Guynn Hayden Harlan Julia Hasbrouck Jose Hernandez Mason Hernandez Madison Jacoby Meredith Jacoby Cecillia Jimenez Aubrey Jonns Anosha Khan Miles Kilfoyle Cameron Lee Kyra Leech Jake Lemeshko Hope Matteson Brenda Martinon Katelyn Munoz Seth Nitzsche

Taylor Ohnheiser Carrie Olsen Joshua Ovalle-Mendizabal Kristin Railsback Selena Ramos Samuel Richardson Tyteanna Sinegal David Spaeth Di'Anna Young Karissa Young Remy Yu Elena Zhang Anika Vasquez Isabella Vasquez Shain Virani

All A’s One B

Ibis Almeida Mirella Avalos Ernest Bridges Julian Cervantes Emily Chacon Laila Elham Bethzayra Escobedo James Evans Trina Gerngross Taylor Goss Merrick-Oluwatobi Harris Matthew Holmes Donovan Janish Rena Johnson Marlen Juarez Jenifer Marquez Reyes Estefani Martinon Jayla Mitchell Zoe Moody Joseph Moser Darrel Najera Kate Najera Jordan Olivares Anaya Ortega Roman Ramirez

Jazlyn Rodriguez Marie Salazar Gabriel Soliz Amaris Smith Cameron Spriggs Justin Tran Megan Tran Nhil Ken Vertulfo Emily Wilks Avabella Windham Alissa Zenero

All A’s Two B’s Laith Al-Bahish Nhil Kate Alon Nomar Alvarado Emilia Carbajal Carlie Ethridge Alana Garza Gerald Grant Bianca Guevara Frederick Guevara Jacob Hillyer Alejandra Lopez Karime Marquez Macias Braeden McNamee Priscilla Perales Zane Ramirez Noah Recio Marieanna Reyes Jayla Schnaufer Nia Sykes Samantha Talamantes Brianna Vega Ray Vega

Congratulations to all

Honor Roll Students

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Activity Page

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Activity Page

A look around our school

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Third-graders Daymond Gonzales and Chelsea Greer receive help from Mr. Quentin during an after-school tutorial session.

Photo by Desiree Lima

Photo by Rising StarrStaff

Allyson Capuchino works on Istation.

Photo by Rising Star Staff

Anelisa Coronado, Selena Ramos, Angel Ramos and Jayla Schnaufer display quiet hallway readiness.

Photo by Rising Star Staff

Dancers practice dancing in the cafeteria after school. Photo by Chelsea Greer

Above, third-graders Daymond Gonzales and Jonathan DeLeon work on laptops during class. Angelina

Mendoza and Natalie Garcia par-ticipate in the Book Club after school.

Photo by Chelsea Greer

Photo by Desiree Lima

Nehemiah Harris and Jazlyn Rodriguez during recess.

Students hear a presentation about the Space X program.

Photo by Madison Jacoby