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P9 Walter Reed News

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April 21, 2016

Natural Recycling at P9 Main

Principal:
Robert S. Wojnarowski

Composting is natures way of recycling organic

materials into rich soil known as compost. Compost
energizes the soil and helps plants to grow. At P9 all
students help to compost.
Vincent Parks
of Class V14
collects broccoli
for compost
from Dorvens
Nacelus of
Class V09.

Assistant Principals:
Lynda Dobrin
John Gonzalez,
Janet Brozyna-Lee
Donna Addison

Vincent Park
and Melvin
Howard of
Class V14
empty container
into compost
tumbler
The tumbler was purchased with a grant from the
Pollination Project. The compost will be used in 5
gallon buckets that will be used to grow vegetables.
These "portable gardens" which have been donated
from Fairway and Stop and Shop will be donated to
local nursing homes free of charge for their residents
to experience home grown vegetables.

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March Spelling Bee Has Everyone Buzzing!

Sites PS 9@882, PS 9@209 and

PS 9@182 came together to
showcase our best spellers in a
friendly Spelling Bee
competition, held at PS 9@882.
Our students were as busy as
bees studying for weeks leading
up to the event. Crowds were
buzzing as our ambitious
students stood on stage and
confidently spelled challenging
words. Each grade had
participants who made our school shine. Some rounds went on for
a while because our competitors could not be stumped. Our
participants showed courage, intelligence and sportsmanship.
Parents, staff and students beamed with pride in the audience as
our participants put a spell on us. We could not be more proud
of every student on that stage!

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Studying Van Gough at IS5

Maurice Webster

Raasikh Sobhan

Faith Goldstein

Antoinette Clarke

Aniya Blackman

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Our Thanksgiving
Ms. Rocks class X20, invited class V30 to our Thanksgiving Feast.
Class X20 learned about the Indians and how they came together
with the Pilgrims to create what we know and celebrate as
Thanksgiving Day. Ms. Guerreros class learned about the role the
Pilgrims played on that day and joined us for our Thanksgiving
Feast.
We began with painting and
coloring the Mayflower. All
hands were on deck. We were
getting anxious to see the
outcome.

When we were all done

with the Mayflower,
everyone was excited
about their work. The
Mayflower was hung up
and looked great.

To get ready for our feast

we did many other
activities.
We made Indian dolls.

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Our Thanksgiving (cont)

We made Indian
bracelets.

We made Indian
necklaces.

Some even made

bows and arrows.

We also made
baskets, and
dream catchers.
We even had our
faces painted.

The Indians and

Pilgrims were ready to
feast out! Ms. Rocks
class would like to
thank everyone
involved in making this
feast a special time for
the students at
P009@182.

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Dr. Seusss Birthday Bash at PS 9@882

Our literacy teacher, Ms. Alvarez, collaborated with all our
classroom teachers to pay tribute to the legendary, Dr.
Seuss. The month of March our staff and students read
Seusss stories, studied his life, career and
accomplishments.

Each class chose a Dr. Seuss book and created a project that
depicted their favorite part. Students created dioramas and posters
to illustrate that part they loved. They worked hard on their
projects to honor our favorite author.
On March 31, Ms. Alvarez threw
a birthday party for Dr. Seuss.
She decorated the cafeteria and
displayed all the students
projects. Everyone at 882 came
to celebrate. Before playing the
movie, Dr. Seusss The Cat In
The Hat, we sang the happy
birthday song for our favorite
author and cut a custom made
cake, just for him!

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Pi Day Poems by Class V65 @IS5

Pi is a never-ending number, which shows the ratio of a circles
circumference to its diameter. March 14th is called Pi Day
because the date 3/14 is the first three numbers of Pi.

Math Haiku
By Adrian Acevedo
No one is helpful!
Why is this problem so
hard?
Why write a haiku?

My Math Haiku poem

By Sameer Shamsuddin
Multiplication is
a hard mathematical
concept
that deals with numbers

Haiku on Pi
By Vincent Suraty
Circumference on Pi.
Pi is in Mathematics.
Pi is in Science.

Limerick on Pi
Vincent Suraty
Albert Einstein was
smart.
He probably didnt do
art.
He knew the
circumference of Pi.
Einstein was a smart
guy.
He also had a good heart.

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100!
The students of class V20 from P9@268 celebrated the 100th
day of school in February. First, the students counted out 100
Fruit Loops and sorted them into groups of 10. Then, they
strung the 100 pieces of cereal onto a necklace. When students
were finished counting and lacing the Fruit Loops they had
fun tasting it and talking about their favorite colors/flavors!

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100! (Continued)

Class X25 @182 celebrated the 100th day of school by

counting 100 pennies. We counted in groups of 10s,
1s, and 5s. As well as dividing large sums that were
derived from 100. As a class, we learned all about
The Wonderful Penny!

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Dance, Dance, Dance

The students of class V20 from P9@268 participated in the
District 75 Dance for
Wellness on March
24th. They spent weeks
learning the dance
moves to the Kidz Bop
song Cheerleader and
did a wonderful job
performing on stage.

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My Super Alter Ego

Class V43 @ 209, created superhero alter egos. Using a
list of positive character traits generated as a class, they
used their superhero name to write an acrostic poem.
Ariel Peykar is Captain Patience

Jesus Martinez-Gonzales is Flash

Courageous
Alert
Playful
Trustworthy
Awesome
Ideal
Neat

Focused
Loving
Awesome
Sincere
Happy

Patient
Alright
Truthful
Interesting
Energetic
Never mean
Calm
Easy going

Delightful
Enthusiastic
Forgiving
Exciting
Nice
Daredevil
Energetic
Responsible

Ethan Rivera is Mr. Smart

Matias Amaya Vivar is Mr. Honesty

Motivated
Reliant
Sincere
Masterful
Awesome
Respectful
Trustworthy

Motivated
Responsible
Happy
Organized
Nice
Energetic
Smart
Talented
Young

Sean Sattaur is Defender

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Jose Pena is Mr. Awesome

Danae Jones is Super Smarty Pants

Marvelous
Responsible

Super
Upbeat
Powerful
Excited
Responsible

Awesome
Winner
Energetic
Strong
Original
Motivated
Enthusiastic

Peter Garcia is Mr. Guts

Motivated
Rebel
Great
United
Tough
Super

Smart
Manners
Active
Respectful
Talented
Young
Peaceful
Awesome
Nice
Trustworthy
Smart
Kevin Dixon is Pencil Power
Powerful
Energetic
Neat
Cool
Invincible
Learning
Powerful
Organized
Winged
Electrical
Radiant

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Stephen Atanasio is The Powerful Kung Fu Drawing Boy

Terrific
Happy
Epic
Powerful
Over the top
Well respected
Energetic
Responsible
Focused
Useful
Loyal
Kind
Ultimate
Nervy
Grateful
Fantastic
Understanding
Defend
Respectful
Alert
Wise
Incredible
Neat
Generous
Bold
Organized
Youthful

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Time for Tea

The Speech Department from P9@PS58 participated in the
Citywide Speech Services Film Festival by having the
students participate in a tea party. The children worked
most of the year learning about all aspects of a tea party:
what you need for a tea party, proper etiquette, going
shopping, writing shopping lists, what to wear to a tea
party, writing and responding to invitations, setting the
table, and preparing the food. The Tea Party took place on
March 30, 2016. The children enjoyed the whole process!
A good time was had by all.