The Owlet
Online Student Newspaper for and by Oakview Students!
Oakview Elementary School-Home of the Owls (and the Owlet!)
All students and teachers may submit appropriate photos, poems, short stories, essays, graphic designs, etc. to theoakviewowlet@gmail.com. Items may also be submitted in person in the media center. The newspaper advisers and club members reserve the right to edit any content due to brevity, clarity, grammar, or other circumstances provided that it will maintain the original intent of the author. The newspaper advisers and club also reserve the right not to publish work deemed inappropriate for the target audience, which is elementary school students and families.
Email: theoakviewowlet@gmail.com
Website: http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/oakview/
Location: 515 Godfrey Road, Simpsonville, SC, United States
Phone: 864-355-7100
All about Mrs. Hoefel by Emma Bertrand
The 100th Day Celebration by Allison Kim
The grade joins in the cafeteria. Oakview's principal, Dr. Reavis, becomes a magician and turns 100 pennies into a 1 dollar bill with the students counting the pennies. They hear a book about 100 bones for a dog read by Mrs. Riddle. Mrs. Wheeler-Hawkins, Mrs. Sexton, and Mr. Tony Alvarado, one of the custodians, dress up as the number 100. Mr. Tony is the "1", while Mrs. Wheeler-Hawkins and Mrs. Sexton are the "0"s. They all say their place value.
The 100th Day Celebration is a big moment for first grade to learn about math using 100. I hope you will enjoy the 100th day celebration!
The Science Fair by Anaiah Bruckner
As an important event of our school year, I couldn't help wanting to write about the science fair. I interviewed Ms. Angelo, one of our 3rd grade teachers, about this event. I asked her if she had only 1 sentence to describe the science fair, what would it be. She states that "The science fair is a chance for students to explore and investigate things they want to know." She calls it an opportunity for students to work together or alone, and answer what they have been wondering about. Ms. Angelo is very experienced in this, for she has been on the committee for 10 years. Many people wonder, where do the winners go after our science fair? Well, the 4th and 5th grade teams and 5th grade winner go to the district fair to compete with other kids in the district. When I asked her how they plan the Oakview fair, she said it depends on the date of the district fair, because all fairs must be done before then. The science fair is usually held on math-science-technology night. The teachers and staff from Oakview that serve on the committee are Mrs. Bolt, Ms. Teeple, Ms. Rewis, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Curry, Mrs. DeMerritt, and Mrs. Sexton. Who judges the science fair? Surprisingling, it isn't any staff from our school. A science teacher is picked from the district to come ot our school. Ms. Angelo said that if she could change one thing about the science fair, kindergarten through second grade could participate too. She also would change the perspective of the science fair being too hard.
I myself have done a science fair project in 3rd grade. I did mine by myself, and I did it on crystals. I must admit that it is fun to see my project standing up there with other ones. It is also fun doing the experiment and going through the steps. You get a giant poster board to put your experiment on, and you get to design it all by yourself. It is a totally fun experience, and you get to learn new things. I recommend doing the science fair!
Student Submissions
Foldielocks and the Three Bears
By Keira
Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Foldielocks. Foldilocks’s big sister was Goldielocks, so she knew she couldn’t go into the woods, but…
One day, Foldielocks was coming home from school. She saw a dirt road path in the woods, and she went deep into the woods. Each step she took she got deeper, until she found a little house. As she stepped on the porch, it creaked and the door slid open. She looked inside, and clothes were scattered everywhere, and dumped everywhere on the floor.
Of course, she decided what could go wrong, and folded all the clothes until she came across 3 cute pairs of clothes and decided to try them on. The first one was too big, the second one was too wrinkly, and the third one fit just right. She decided to keep all of the small clothes, shrink all of the big clothes, and iron all of the wrinkly clothes. Once she was done, she took a nap upstairs.
Soon, someone came in and said with a bold voice, “Why are my clothes so small?” Another voice said, “Why are my clothes all straight?” And the smallest voice said, “Why are my clothes all gone?” They went upstairs to find Foldielocks. She ran and ran, and never went back into the woods without being supervised. The moral to the story is never fold bears’ clothes!