On Tuesday, October

30th students and parents

carved their pumpkins. I

carved my pumpkin as

stuffy from Doc

Mcstuffins. I also

interviewed some people

in Mrs. Carr's class about

what they carved and

why they carved it like

that. Their names are

Taylor, Emily, and

Celine. Taylor said that

she carved a smiley face

because she likes smiles.

Emily said that she

carved her pumpkin as a

princess castle because

she likes princesses. And

Celine said that she

carved her pumpkin as a

spider because she likes

how

the

spider

went

up

the

water

spout.

November issue Volume 2 Issue 2

Inside this issue:

Go Pink! 2

Pajama Day 2

Mix it Up! 2

Read A Thon 3

Book Review–

Because of Mr.

Terupt

3

Book Review-The

Homework Machine

4

Pumpkin Walk

Pajama Day

Book Fair

Wow! There were a lot

of amazing costumes at this

year’s pumpkin walk. We

had Candy Corn Witches,

Zombie Prom Queens, and

Vietnam Soldiers. We even

had a few teachers dressed

up. Ms. Leos was Princess

Bubblegum and

Mrs. Dodson was dressed up

as a witch. There were many

familiar characters roaming

around the pumpkin walk

like Katniss from the

Hunger Games, Dorothy

from the Wizard of Oz, and

a few cowboys and

cowgirls. Even our own

Mrs. Winkelmann was

dressed in her best

western wear. Another great

pumpkin walk in the books!

October was National Breast

Cancer Awareness Month. If you

saw athletes on television wearing

pink, or stores selling items that

were pink, it was because of this

special month. Breast cancer can

affect women, and sometimes men

of different ages, and we need to

find a cure. Each year the Susan G.

Komen foundation holds races all

over the country to help find a cure

for breast cancer. There are already

many cures available for some

people, but they do not always work

for everyone.

This year I

participated in the

race in downtown

Phoenix. There were

thousands of people

who: chose to walk

or ran 1 mile or run

A 5K.

There were vendors

passing out free

stuff to help support

the cause. This race

was fun for people of all ages.

Day can really be any day. It is

always good to say hi to a per-

son standing alone, sit

next to a new student

or offer to play a game

with someone standing

by themselves.

October 30th marked an important

day for making new friends. Mix It

Up Day was a day to go outside of

your normal friendship circles. One

way we “mixed it up” was sitting in

different seats in the cafeteria. This

was a fun way to spend our lunch

time and meet someone new.

Students were also encouraged to

“mix it up” on the playground and

play with a new friend. Mix It Up

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had a lot of school spirit.

We got to do pajama day

because we had 30 peace

days! Our next goal is 45

peace days.

Everybody can't

wait till our next

celebration!

P.J. Day!

One of are peace

celebrations were to wear

P.J.'s! Everybody had a fun

day that day. Some people

even got to go on

announcements because

their pajamas were

awesome and because they

At Brisas we do a read-a-thon as a

fundraiser. Students read a lot of

books and earn money from family

and friends. The more money you

raise the more prizes you get. Some

of the prizes you can get are… a

Brisas pen, coupon for a free slice of

pizza, and a Brisas water bottle (and

other things too)! If you raised $75.00

you got to go to the D.J. glow party!

On November 2 141 students got to go

to the D.J. glow party. There was mu-

sic and there was even a disco! We

also got to get a glow stick. It was fun.

But that’s not the grand prize, the

grand prize is to go on a limo with

the principals to get ice cream! The

people that went on the limo were

very lucky. There were 57 students

that got to ride in a limo! I was one

of them. It was fun. Everybody got

to talk with the principals and play a

little bit of video games at

McDonalds. And the ice cream

was really good. The limo was re-

ally big. It was kind of like a party

because there were lights and we

got to listen to music. Everybody

was happy. What a fun thing!

Because of Mr. Terupt is an awesome

book. It is written by Mr. Rob Buyea.

The storyline for this book is about a

teacher, Mr. Terupt, who changes

the lives of seven (7) children. They

are: Alexia, the bully; Anna, the

outcast; Danielle, one who never

stands up for herself; Jessica, the

new kid, who has a hard time fitting

in; Jeffrey, who hates school; Luke,

the smart guy and finally Peter the

troublemaker. The way how each of

their lives are changed for the better

by the influence of this one teacher

is the main story. You have to read

this book to really understand its

uniqueness.

Everybody who reads this book can

relate to this book. Because there is

a Mr. Terupt in all our lives.

Everybody I have spoken to has loved

this book. According to me, everyone

of us should read this book. Hope all

of you get a chance to do so. There

are three copies of this book in our

library. Have a good time reading.

Hi all. Our

school had a

book fair from

29th of

October to the

2nd of

November.

There were lots

of books on sale

there. A lot of

the folks browsed through the fair.

One of the books there caught my

attention. It was " Because of Mr.

Terupt".

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and Sink’s Dad had passed

away. All of the D squad were

blaming themselves.

Is this really the end of the

homework machine? Read it

for your self to see what

happens.

In The Homework Machine

by Dan Gutman a group of kids

called the D squad uses a

Machine that does their

homework for them.

One of the kids named Breton

made the machine.

They keep it a secret and gave it

the code named Belch. Then

one day in April Breton told

about Belch. Police try to find

out who used Belch. They go to

Breton`s house. In early June

Police chief Rebecca Fish had

meeting with the D squad and

their teacher. Frist Kelsey said it

was her fault because

Benton and Judy were smart

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