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The Junior Bulldog

GPE’s Miracle

June , 2015 Edition 4

EOGs Before & After By: Grace & Alaysia 3

rd Grade Written from the

perspective of students who have never taken the EOGs.

Before: The EOGs are getting closer and closer! 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, are you ready? Right now some people are stressed like us. Some are excited and some are worried or nervous. Why would we be nervous? you ask. Well, we are nervous because if we fail we have to go to summer school. After: The EOGs were not as hard as we thought. Even though we felt we were prepared to take the tests, some of us felt so nervous. We even felt like we were going to throw up. The EOGs were too long. Since they were so long, I got bored and we missed 3 hours of our life that we will not get back, which is really not cool. Now that we’re getting our scores, some of us are nervous and some are excited. We’re full of emotions! We all hope we pass the big moment! So nervous.

The Baby Ducklings with a Miracle By: James 4th Grade

Outside the 4th grade hallway, there is a cage with baby ducklings. (and a chick named Miracle). There used to be baby chicks in the 4th grade hallway but they went back to a farm. The other chicks were being bullies to Miracle so Mrs. Hunt moved Miracle with the ducks, because she thought that the ducks would be nicer, and they were! Now you can see the little “duck exhibit” outside the 4th grade hall. Miracle was probably being bullied because she was smaller than the other chicks. That reminds me of bullies because sometimes kids get bullied by other kids because they are different. That's why Mrs. Hunt left Miracle with the ducks, because she thought they would be nicer. Turns out, they were. Miracle was dropped by a kid in Mrs. Hunt’s class. Miracle was actually born normally. Nothing happened to her except she was a lot smaller than the other chicks.

Look for 5th grade good-byes on pages 4-6

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Chromebook vs. Windows Laptop

If you’ve seen the new Chromebooks in 4th & 5th grades, you may have wondered about them. Are they better laptops? Are they difficult to learn?

76 students and staff were surveyed for their opinions. 80% preferred Chromebooks. 8% preferred the Windows laptop and 12% had no preference. Here are some comments.

No Preference 12%:

I like both because I can use it like as long as it works I’m good with what I use.

It is a laptop and I think it is the same thing as any old laptop. You can do the same thing on both laptops.

I really don't care about what we have because as long as we have computers its okay with me. At the school I went to before we didn't have computers or electronics at all.

Prefer Windows Laptop 8%:

I feel like they load faster. Look much better

As a teacher I prefer the windows because the chromebooks do not have the features that I like to use on the computer such as Word and PowerPoint. I prefer those because they are more accessible and easier to use.

Prefer Chromebooks 80%:

I like Chromebooks because they have faster internet speed. I also like them because they have more websites and it runs smoother.

I think we should use chromebooks because it saves your stuff that way you don’t have to save it yourself. Another thing is you can change your background. My last thing is I think the screen is bigger.

Continued next column…

I prefer Chromebooks because they are easier to use, because they are not as complex as most computers are.

I prefer Chromebooks cause it's better. It's faster than the windows laptops and it has more windows or files than the window laptops have. It's also better because this computer ain't old but the window laptops are very old.

Kindergartners are Moving-Up! Look at those smiles.

Hmmm….some

adults are Ks at

heart.

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Magic Show, Dunking Booth, Face Painting, Food, Oh my…

Paw-Palooza By: Carol 4

th Grade

Thank you so much Mrs. Hunt for the end-of-year Paw-Palooza! It was amazing! It was so fun no one stood around doing nothing. The lines were long at the bouncy houses, and the food was delicious. There were very good jugglers. If that was not your thing, you could mozy on down to Hawaii for volleyball. The magic show really hit it off. The magician was really good! One of the tricks was making 2 balls go through cups. Before and after each trick, he

kept saying, “During summer it’s important to stay hydrated.” Each time he filled a cup with liquid, it emptied again and he didn’t drink any. For another trick, he put balls in a container in order of green, yellow then red. They always came out in different order. “Mr. Fahnrich, can you swim?” That question was asked commonly throughout the day. The dunking booth was really fun. Other teachers and a police officer volunteered. So, if you didn’t go this year, aim for next year! Paw-Palooza YAY!

Officer Chavis Mr. Fahnrich

Ms. Balogun

painting

Heidi’s face

Magic Show Spider Man

alias Donavin

Madame Butterfly

alias Juliza

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Farewell to Grove Park Elementary Memories of 5th Graders

I am sad that I am leaving (I counted my tears, there were9000000000000000000000000000000000000+1 that just happened, okay this is going to be harder than I thought!) okay so, anyway I will miss all of you guys if you will excuse me, I have to go cry now. David

I will miss Grove Park Elementary. It was a fun school. This is my first time being at GPE. This school was welcoming. I thought I would never make any friends but guess what I was so wrong. Love, Janeeta

Goodbye Grove Park. I will miss elementary school. I will also miss my fourth grade teacher Ms. Thomas very bad.

There are so many things that I loved about being here like teachers some of my favorite teachers were Mrs. Rich, Mr. and Mrs. Fahnrich, and many more. I loved being here and I am going to miss everyone.

I am going to miss Grove Park because all the amazing teachers and friends. I really love it when we went to D.C. That was the best field trip ever .Besides all these things I am going to miss my wonderful teachers that help me throughout the year.

I am going to miss my friend's, my coach and the playground.

I'm gonna miss Mrs. Fahnrich, Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Jones, the whole staff because they all helped me learned something new. I’m gonna miss my friends, my favorite field trip to grandfather mountain 4th grade and Washington D.C. 5th grade. And of course recess.

I am going to miss all my friends at GPE and I will also miss this school I have been here for six years.

I have been here for 5 years and these are the things I am going to miss. I’m going to miss a good group of friends and how funny they are. I’m going to miss my teachers and how fun they were.

WHAT, so soon! Why math was fun no more outside. It was fun while it lasted why must it end like an enderdragon. Good bye GPE fun while it lasted. : )

I'm going to miss GPE because I’ve been here for 6 years now and I’ve had so many friends since Pre K and in middle school you might lose some of your friends next year. My favorite school field trip was when we went to Washington D.C

Grove Park is the best school ever. The adults here have always helped me through tough situations. Like Mrs. Puckett she was the best fourth grade teacher ever. Every time she sees me in the hallway she says hey Ray. I will still visit her no one can forget Mrs. P Sincerely Ericka

I am going to miss my 4th grade teacher Mrs. Denning because she has always been the best teacher I had. I'm really going to miss my little friends that are in 1st - 3rd they have been so sweet to me. I never will forget my teachers like Mrs. Jones and my friends. Mrs. Jones will always be the bomb cause she is the one who is going to help me pass the EOG.I want to be here forever but I have to grow up and go on with life.

I'll miss my group of friends and my favorite field trip was Washington D.C and my favorite teachers are Ms. Jones and Ms. Jernigan. So good bye

I'm going to miss Grove Park because I've been here since kindergarten. Bye Grove Park!

I will miss Grove Park when I go to middle school. I will miss Mrs. Puckett and Mrs. Woods There were good things, and there were bad things

that happened during this year, but I am still going to miss this school. Gabriel

I will miss GPE my favorite is Mrs, Huffman. My favorite field trip DC.

I think the things that I am going to miss are my teachers and friends :) I think I am really close to my friends and teacher. They were the best and I’m going to miss them so much. Beverly

I will miss all of you wonderful teachers that teach me this year thank you Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Booker. Thank y’all for showing me that school is the most important than playing video games and playing with others outside.

I am going to miss Grove Park. I will miss my teachers that help me go through tough situations like understanding what are they talking.

Bye-Bye Grove Park Elementary!!!! I've been here for 6 years and I can't believe I’m saying goodbye, but I’m growing up now. I'm going to miss this school.

Grove Park was been my school for 6 years I love Grove Park and I will miss it, and for you Grove Park you are in my heart forever.

This year was the best in GPE.I will miss this school.

I'm going to miss Grove Park so much! I'm also going to miss all my teachers! Sure they can be a little strict but there just trying to help you!

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I am going to miss all of my teachers and friends. I am especially going to miss Mrs. Rufe and her little bitty cute self awww lol but I love all y’all.

Robert goodbye forever. Angel goodbye.

The thing I like about Grove Park is that when I first came I was shy but I got over it but I had good memories of my teacher

I will miss all my friends and teachers. And my favorite teachers are Mrs. Rufe, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Ray and the specials teachers. And I really love DARE with Officer Boyles.

My favorite thing that happened in Grove Park that I liked was D.A.R.E it was fun. My favorite teacher is Mrs. Rufe she is fun.

My favorite teacher is Mr. Fahnrich. I enjoyed when we played volleyball. I will miss you

I liked the Pawpalooza we did last year. I don't think I will miss any teacher.

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Thomas. I really enjoyed DARE. And I will miss GPE.

My favorite thing about Grove Park is that I have so many good friends here, I’ve been here since kindergarten and I don’t want to leave. I will miss all of my teachers. Thank you guys for teaching me. You guys will always be a part of me. Goodbye

I’m going to say I need to miss Grove Park. I was really happy when I was in DARE. And my best teacher is Mrs. Rufe. And I was really happy when we go to PE. I really want to miss Ms. Glahn.

I will miss Grove Park because y’all have taught me so much and I thank you.

My favorite part about Grove Park is that all my teachers have been willing to help me get me through some tough times. I am going to miss my friends and all the people that have come-n-gone. My favorite teacher was Mrs. Rufe, Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Fahnrich. I enjoyed learning about animals and many different stuff from Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Rufe and many different teachers.

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Rufe. I enjoyed when we had a party and I was so happy and I liked art and P.E. My favorite food that we had is pizza.

I love Ms. Rufe and her class so I will miss her. I love D.A.R.E day in the park one of my most fun days ever.

My favorite teachers are Mrs. Glahn and Mrs. Rufe. I will miss GPE. I have been used to GPE.

I am going to miss all my teachers from all the years I have been in this school. I am also going to miss my friends.

I will miss GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY because I will miss my friends & teachers.

I going to miss Grove Park because of all my teachers and friends and all of the things like blue .

Good bye Grove Park Elementary. I’m going to miss yall. I’m going to miss Ms, Thomas, Ms, Denning, Ms, Jones, and Ms, Jernigan.

I will miss Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Rufe and the other teachers. Thank you everyone for what you have done for me. I wish you the best of luck next year.

Good bye GPE I loved this school the day I got here in 4th grade. My favorite teacher was Ms. Puckett. I had a lot of fun but I love all the teacher I had.

Goodbye Ms. Glahn you are the best! Mrs. Rufe you are the best cat lover.

I would like to take the time to say good bye to Mrs. Denning and I love you forever. I would also want to say good bye to my friends and my teachers. I would also want to say good bye to Mrs. Ray and I would like to tell you I love you forever too.

I just wanted to say goodbye to everyone at my favorite school it's been so fun through kindergarten all the way up to fifth grade. It's been an AWESOME 6 years. Thank you for helping and encouraging me. Jasmine

I want to say good bye to my favorite teachers their names are Mrs. Glahn, Mrs. Rufe, Mrs. Denning, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Fahnrich, and Mrs. Jones, and last of all Mrs. Jernigan. I will miss you all. Thank you for being my teachers I love you.

Good bye to Glahn and I like the science and the math. Bye

The thing I like about u is that you taught us how to type u are a good teacher and we love u

Good bye Grove Park I will Miss you. Good bye to all my friends, most the teacher Mrs. Kielty, Mrs. Thomas, Ms. Glahn, Mrs. Rufe. Kayla

I will miss you Ms. Glahn you taught me well. And I understand everything I learned thank you Glahn you are the best.

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My favorite field trip was going to Washington D.C. My favorite teacher was Mrs. Jones. 4th graders you will have a good year next year.

I’m going to miss Grove Park because I love this school’ I’ve been here since PRE k. My favorite teacher is Mrs. Puckett and Mrs. Fahnrich.

Thank you to all the teachers who have been there for me and helped me with everything! I have been here for 6 years and all the years have been awesome with the teachers! Goodbye Grove Park Elementary.

Good Bye Grove Park 5th grade will miss you so much. I miss all the cool Field trips and Field day all the cool stuff we did in math science and ELA. I will miss all the teachers like Mrs. Glahn, Mrs. Rufe, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Jernigan. Ariyon

Good bye Mrs. Denning I love and when I get a car I will come back and see you also Good bye Mrs. Barnhart. Tylek

I will miss Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Rufe and the other teachers. Thank you everyone for what you have done for me.

This year has been a very good, even though I am new here but (GPE) is the place to be. My favorite moment of the year is when I met this girl who rides my bus and when I met my new friends. But my favorite teacher is the one, the only Ms. Jernigan she is the best teacher ever.

Good bye Ms. Denning, Ms. Thomas and Mrs. Barnhart you three are my favorite teachers in this school I will miss you all the way to college. This may not be the best year but it's awesome to see you.

I want to say Good bye to all my teachers and I want to say thank you for helping me and I love you guys from Joiri.

Thank you for teaching me Grove Park Elementary. My two favorite teachers are Ms. Denning and Ms. Thomas from the 4th grade. I first came here in 2013,October 1st and I loved this school since

I will miss Grove Park because I love DARE day in the park. My favorite thing about Grove Park is the learning like math, reading and social studies. I like the food and riding on the buses. Trey

Good bye Grove Park I want to give a special thanks to all my teachers and friends who helped me for six years Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Puckett, Ms Glahn, Mrs. Rufe.

Good bye everyone I am sure all the 5th grade will miss you. All I want to say is bye Mrs. Puckett I hope you have a great year and i will miss you so much and thanks for a great 4th grade year and same to you Mrs. Fahnrich.

Goodbye Grove Park! The field trip to Washington D.C. was my favorite field trip.

l like my DC trip because that was my first. l love my teachers. l like doing math.

Good bye Ms. Glahn and Mrs. Rufe. I would miss u bye I hope I would see u when I get to middle school. Joseph

Good bye Grove Park even though I’ve been here for a couple of months have had a great time and learned a lot and its was the best school I have been to yet so bye Grove Park

Good bye Mrs. Barnhart and Ms. Glahn it was a great time at this school. I agree I wasn't the greatest child here but you were the best teachers. It was a pleasure to come to this school.

To all the Junior Bulldogs in 5th grade, we wish you goodbye and good luck. Remember your

GPE friends and all the fun times you had. Never forget the valuable lessons you have

learned, both positive and negative. Never forget the care of your teachers as they worked

diligently to make you a better person. We anxiously wait to see the wonderful things you

will accomplish in life. Take care and drop by to see us sometime.

Names omitted by student choice.