The Dolphin Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Connor Caudill

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. When he was 15, he skipped two grades and entered college. Isn’t that awesome? He became a doctor of philosophy. In 1955 he support-ed Rosa Parks when she refused to give

up her seat on a bus for a white person. He said to not use violence, but to boy-cott using the buses. This is called non -violent resistance. Dr. King believed this was the way to get things to change. In 1963 King led a march in Washington

D. C. to get jobs for people of all races. This is when he gave his famous “I Have a Dream’’ speech. Once again, he said to be peaceful and be for change. Dr. King was killed in 1968. He was a very good man who helped all people and that is why we honor him still today.

So, did you know that Lake Street is a Four

Star School?!?!?!

Well we have been a Four Star School since 2010. That means we have been a Four Star School for two whole entire years!!!!

Now, the only way we can keep our record of being a Four Star School is to keep up a 97% attendance rate and get great ISTEP scores. So try your best but don’t rush at all!!!! Also try to be here every

day and on time. Also don’t forget when it is time for the ISTEP, ROCK THE TEST!!!!!!!!!!!! So keep all of the thoughts I told you in your head about being a Four Star School!

Inside this issue:

Power of Poetry Project

2

Chinese New Year

2

Did You Know? 3

NEW FEATURE! A Day in the Life of a Dolphin!

3

Who is that with Mrs. Ciochina?

4

Raise Your Voice!

5

Poem and Riddles

6

See two great movie reviews on pages 5 and 9!

Which teachers have a birthday this month? Find out on page 6!

Lake Street CONNECTS for the success of all students!

Look at what happened in

January!

January 30, 2011

Volume 2, Issue 3

Four Star School! By: Melanie Derwinski

Do you know about P.O.P.P.?

If you don’t, I’m here to tell you more about it. You should have gotten a pamphlet telling you a little bit about P.O.P.P. and what it is. The pamphlet also had an important permission slip attached to it. To enter your poem or art you had to fill out some important information and have your parent/ guardian sign it. After that you should

first know that P.O.P.P. stands for Power of Poetry Project. You should also know it’s basically a poetry pro-ject where you write a poem, type it on the computer, print it out, and then send it into P.O.P.P.. You can also pub-lish your art along with your poem once you send you poem and or art to the people from P.O.P.P., they will look over the poems and art and then de-cide the winners. Once they have the

winners there will be a Lyceum in the spring time. Make sure if you’re a win-ner or just want to go and see who wins come to Lake Street. The date has not yet been announced, but listen for it on announcements or look for it in the newsletter. For each grade level you can win at 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, and honorable mention. You will receive rewards for all those win-ning spots!

Chinese New Year is a time to celebrate life and all the good things. It gives people a chance to get rid of all the bad things that happened the year before. In the Chinese Zodiac, the Dragon is in the fifth and strongest position. The Dragon is this year’s Zodiac sign. People who are born un-der the sign of the Dragon are bound to be passionate, brave, and are confident in themselves.

With fireworks, family reun-ions, and feasts, Chinese

New Year is the longest and most important celebration for millions of people around the world.

Children’s parents throw dumpling making parties, stuff red envelopes with money, and decorate the front doors of their homes.

They clean their homes at the start of this 15 day cel-ebration and hang red lan-terns at the finish. In 2012, Chinese New Year began on January 23.

Others keep it simple and spend this holiday with friends at a restaurant or watching the dragons dance around their city or town.

Chinese New Year is a fun and important holiday that is cele-brated all around the world.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Chinese New Year By Grace Kuhlman

P.O.P.P. *Power of Poetry Project By Hannah Narjes

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Do you want to know more about spiders?

If you do read THIS!

Did you know that the black wid-ow spider is the most poisonous spider in North America? Did you know that the black wid-ow spider can lay up to 400 eggs at a time?!

Did you know there are around 700 kinds of tarantulas?

Did you know that spider silk is actually stronger and tougher than steel? Did you know that jumping spi-ders have the best eye sight of any spiders?

Did you know that spiders taste on their feet?

Those are some interesting about spiders.

Keep on learning about

spiders

To learn more go to spider facts .com

Book Review By Bailey Brumbaugh

Do you want a great book to read? If you do, then get Fran-ny K. Stein: The Fran With Four Brains. The book is about a girl named Franny. She has a dog named Igor. Franny built

three robots. They all have a power. One can make good food with a food ray. Another can kick hard. The last one can play the band pipe. Franny made the robots because Mom was mak-

ing her do too much activites. Franny is a mad scientist. If you would like to read this great book you can check it out from our Lake Street library or the Crown Point library.

Did You Know By: Gavin Tabor

Hey! Do you know Becca Onofrio?! Well a couple of days ago I interveiwed her. I

asked her what was her most special day. She said it was when she had a birthday sleep over with her friends . It was her best day ever be-

cause she got to see all her friends. She al-so liked her party be-cause she felt special . That was Becca’s best day ever . What was yours?!

A Day in the Life of a Dolphin By Grace Gonsiorowski

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Football Update By: Wade Foster

AFC- The Patriots beat the Bron-cos and the Ravens beat the Texans. In the Conference Championship Game, the Pa-triots won and will go to the Super Bowl.

NFC- The 49ers beat the Saints and the Giants beat the Packers. In the Conference Championship Game, the Gi-ants beat the 49ers and will go to the Super Bowl.

Super Bowl 2012- The New England Patriots will face the New York Gi-ants in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday, February 5, 2012. One team will become the 2012 NFL Champion!

Mrs. Ciochina doesn’t look too happy with her twin sister, Nellie Sweet-water!

Nellie caused quite a stir during the Awards Ceremony on Wednes-day!

She rode her horse, Penny, right into the Lake Street Gym while Mrs. Ciochina was busy dashing about the hallways looking for her and trying to keep her out

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of mischief!

Thanks for the visit, Nel-lie! We hope to see you (and maybe even Penny) around Lake Street again soon!

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We have asked 1 person from each grade level to tell us 1 thing they got for Christmas. In kindergarten we asked Reese Jones and she said she got a water doll. In 1st grade we asked Kloe Wentz and she said she got an electric scoot-er. In 2nd grade we asked Gianna Witte and she said she

got an iPod Touch. In 3rd grade we asked Emily Karamacoski and she said she got Someday Perfume by Jus-tin Bieber. In 4th grade we asked Emily Darlington and she said she said she got an iPod Touch. In 5th grade we asked

Mallory McMahon and she said she got a computer. These are only a few of the awesome gifts that the kids in our school re-ceived!!!!!!!!!!!

Movie Review: Soul Surfer By: Elise Hochbaum

Hey,! Have you ever seen the movie Soul Surfer? Well if not read this! Soul Surfer is a movie about a girl named Betha-ny Hamilton. She loved surfing so she went surf-ing with her friend. They went really far out of the water. Then suddenly a shark bit her arm off! Her friend’s brother called the hospital. Bethany’s dad was already at the hospital for surgery. When the doctor told

Bethany’s dad that Betha-ny had the shark attack he freaked out and tried to leave. But the doctor wouldn’t let him leave until he was finished with his surgery. When Bethany was in the hospital she was flipping through the channels on T.V. and all the channels were talking about her in the shark at-tack. Then her friend best friend walked in and said the shark attack is almost on every channel. When

Bethany got out of the hospital she decided to surf again. Then she en-tered in a surfing compe-tition and at the very last wave she was almost out of time! If you think that Soul Surfer is good so far, you will have to watch and find out what happens next!

Raise Your Voice! By Alyssa McMahon and Gillian Alberto

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Do you want to taste a deli-cious dessert? If you do, read this!

Three Layer Strawberry Pretzel Salad

For the bottom layer, you will need 1 and 1/2 cups of crushed pretzels, 1/2 cup of sugar, and 1/2 cup melted but-ter. Mix these together and press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 de-

grees for 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool. For the middle layer, you will need 1 cup of sugar, 8 ounces of soft cream cheese, and 9 ounces of Cool Whip. Mix all these together with a mixer and spread on top of the pret-zel crust. For the top layer, you will need a 6 ounce box of straw-berry Jell-O, 2 cups of boiling water, and two 10 ounce

packages of frozen strawber-ries. Mix the Jell-O in the wa-ter then add strawberries. Put in the refrigerator unitl it just starts to harden. Spread it on top on the other layers. Put it back in the refrigerator until it sets up and is ready to eat. I hope you make this delicious dessert at your house!

Teacher Birthdays! By Jack Targett

Have a Splashing Birthday at Lake Street Elementary!

January Birthdays

6-Mrs. Judy Johnson

6-Mrs. Selena Lucas

20-Ms. Krystin Blimm

February Birthdays

6-Mrs. Amy Hochbaum

23-Mrs. Kathie Rosdil

Make sure these outstanding teachers have a wonderful

birthday!

Mango Strawberry Banana Smoothie

By: Logan Crawford Bottom Layer: 1 mango ½ cup orange juice 1 tablespoon lime juice 2 tablespoons honey 3 medium ice cubes Top Layer 1 banana chopped 10 strawberries cut in half 1 six ounce vanilla yogurt 1 tablespoon lime juice 3 medium ice cubes

In a blender, puree “bottom layer” ingredients. Divide into two glasses and set aside.

Rinse blender, then puree “top lay-er” ingredients. Gently pour into glasses while trying to maintain a line separating the layers.

Add straw and any fruit you would like for decoration...Enjoy!

Chef’s Corner By: Madison Young

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For more great smoothie recipes like this one, check out

www. smothieweb.com

Rainbows By Annika Baker

Riddles By Jack and Sarah Lewis

Rainbows aRe Red

Red likes fRed

Yellow likes shallow

Black likes slack

Rainbows aRe all coloRs

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Another whole nother story IntervIewed: PaIge hoogland

This story is about the Cheeseman family and Jibby’s crews of misfits. They go on a journey to the seventeenth century. They need to return the white gold chalice because it was putting a curse on the Cheeseman family. You should read the first book which is called Another Whole Nother Story. If you want to find out what happens, read these books.

Book Bites

By Alexis Hernandez

Where is the biggest ant? Antarctica

Where is the biggest washing machine? Washington

Where is the biggest tennis racket? Tennessee

Where is the biggest flooring? Florida

Where is the biggest pencil? Pennsylvania

Where is the smallest soda? Minnesota

The more of me the less you see...what am I? Darkness

I’m an instrument played by the heart…what am I? Organ

I am so precious that I am only broken when someone talks...what am I? Silence

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The Dolphin Pledge

Every day in every way we will be

RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, and SAFE!

L eave hands and feet to self. A lways work for my personal best. K indly fill buckets for everyone. E ngage, CONNECT, and pay a en on. S hhh-Silent in the halls. T reat others as you would like to be treated. R emember to walk everywhere. E njoy keeping our building clean and bright. E ncourage safety in all we do. T hank you, please, and May I are our magic words.

More Book Bites By Alexis Hernandez

I asked a couple Lake Street Dolphins “What’s your most favorite book? Can you tell me a little bit about it?” Madison Kennedy “My favorite book is 11 Birth-days . This book is about this one girl named Amanda and this one boy nemed Leo. An old lady cast a spell on them so that they would have to spend every birthday together. Eventually, they did not spend their 11th birthday together. They have to keep repeating the eleventh birthday over and over and over again. Would they ever get out of their 11th birthday? Read the book and find out! Chloe Gomez The Popularity Papers is my favorite book series. The books are about two girls named Lydia and Julie. The girls make a plan to gain popu-larity by doing things other girls do. They face adventures along the way. I wonder if they ever gain “popularity”?

Looking Forward to Spring…

Alarmed Easter Bunny By: Michael Adams

A movie review By arianna kros

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The movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is so awesome! It is about the Chipmunks, the Chipettes, and their guardian, Dave. They went on a cacation on a boat. Alvin causes lots of trouble! One day, they were palying shuffleboard and Alvin decided to fly a kite. Alvin was rid-ing the kite and he started to fly away. So the Chipmunks and the Chipettes tried to hold on but they all flew away! A couple of hours lat-er they ended up on an island. But, that’s all I’m going to tell you! To find out the rest, see Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked at the movies!