Editor:

Mrs. Annie Mathews

April, 2014

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April Fool’s Day 2014

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Every year April Fool’s Day is one of those forgotten holiday gems that most people don’t really recognize. For me, it was always a good chance to bring humor into my classroom. I used to give a test during reading class that had all kinds of silly tasks, but at the end of the test in very small writing it said, don’t do any of this - April Fool’s! As a parent, it marks the eve of my oldest son, Matthew’s birthday. He was born on April 2nd and that is no joke! Hope your April is a little bit warmer and sun-nier. The real joke for us all will be when the snow final-ly melts. I’m hoping by June, but time will tell.

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. Sincerely, Mr. Blanchard

When I look outside during

SPRING…… When I look outside during spring I see birds chirping.

When I look outside during spring I see dogs barking.

When I look outside during spring I see children playing.

When I look outside during spring I see flowers blooming.

When I look outside during spring I see 6 colors in the sky it’s a

RAINBOW!

by Philip Chiaviello , grade 4

April fool’s Day is celebrated on April 1st, every year. It’s not a national holiday, but it is widely recognized in various countries all over the world. In Italy, France and Belgium, people tack paper fishes on each other's back as a trick and shout "April fish!" in their local lan-guages. In England, an April fool joke is revealed by yelling "April fool!" at the recipient, who becomes the "April fool". In Poland, April 1 is a day full of jokes that are prepared by people. Serious activities are usual-ly avoided there. This conviction was so strong that the anti-Turkish alliance signed on April 1, 1683, was backdated to March 31, 1683. In 1957, the BBC pulled a prank, known as the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest prank. They broadcasted a fake video of Swiss farmers picking freshly-grown spaghetti. The BBC were later flooded with requests to purchase a spaghetti plant, forcing them to declare the video as a prank on the news the next day. In Denmark, 1 May is known as "Maj-kat", meaning "May-cat", and is also a joking day.

Easter Is Coming !

By Nick Grochowski, grade 4

Easter is right around the corner. I’m excited to go on a egg hunt with my family. On Easter, I say bring me the jelly beans! We invite our grandmother to spend Easter with us. We watch movies and we go to a place called the Maywood Inn.

New York Mets Baseball

By Nick Grochowski, grade 4

I admit it, I’m a Mets fan. I have one word to describe the Yankees…. terrible. The Mets have always been my favorite team. My favorite player is David Wright. I am going to see the Mets on April 24th, 2014. Let’s go, Mets !

Union School,

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Editor:

Mrs. Annie Mathews

March, 2014

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MATH CHALLENGE : BEANIE BABIES Profit— or— Loss ? ?

Additional Challenges from previous issue : 1. Are any of the National Champion trees taller than a 15-story building? 2. How many people holding hands would it take to go around the giant sequoia?

Figure this ! Math challenges for families

Answers to Additional Challenges : (1.) Assuming that a typical story is 12 feet high, 15 stories would be about 180 feet high. Thus, the coast Douglas fir, the coast redwood, the giant sequoia, and the sugar pine would be taller than a 15-story building. The loblolly pine would be about the same height. (2.) Assuming that the arm span (with arms outstretched when holding hands) of a typical person is about 60 inches, it would take about 17 people to encircle the tree.

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Figure This! Imagine that you bought a Beanie Baby™ for $6, sold it for

$7, bought it back for $8, then sold it for $9. How much profit did you

make ?

Hint: Would it change your calculations if the second Beanie Baby™

were different than the first?

Calculations can often be done in several different ways. As long as the

reasoning is correct, the result will be the same. Calculating, predicting,

and reporting profit and loss are critical business skills.

Here Is A Joke/Riddle To Tell Your Friends

There was a person going from a flight from Newark, New Jersey to Boston. While landing, he gets excited and yells “BOSTON BOSTON”. The flight attendant says “be silent”! Then the person says “OSTON OSTON”. Why?

Answer: the person misunderstands the flight attendant saying b silent when it’s supposed to be, be silent.

By : Ari Kamat, 4th grade

Here Is A Math Trick To Amaze Your Friends

First, tell your friends to pick any number. After you have done that, tell them to multiply the number with 2. Then ask them to multiply their answer with 5. Ask them to give you their answer. After they have told you the answer they came up with, you just drop the last 0 from the right and that’s their original number.

Now let’s try it. For example, my friend picked the number 3. He multiplies the number 2 to it. The answer is 6. He multiples the answer with 5 which equals to 30. He gives me the answer 30. I just drop the last 0 from the right which equals 3. Now, isn’t that what my friend picked.

By : Ari Kamat, 4th Grade

Something To Think About By Abigail Schmitt, Grade 4

I always think about Easter in April. Every April, I look forward to the chocolate covered coconut eggs my family gets. They taste so good. Easter eggs, bunnies and all things Spring, fill my head! I love to see the bees on the small purple flowers when they pop up on my lawn! And oh, how excited I get on Easter eve night! Peter Cottontail coming down the bunny trail… hipitty, hopitty, Happy Easter Day ! So, here is something to think about.

Why does the Easter Bunny bring eggs ?

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Mrs. Annie Mathews

April, 2014

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UNION SCHOOL NEWS MAKERS UNION SCHOOL NEWS - April 2014

Union School Raised Over $2,300 For The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Thank You To All The Homerooms!

Congratulations

Grade 5 Mrs. Anne Collins

whose Homeroom came in

1st Place

with over $600.00 in donations.

Eighth Graders Lydia Shin and

Nathaniel Kim participated in this

year's Lions Club International

Peace Poster Contest, Our Future,

Our World. Both were awarded a

certificate of participation by the

Rutherford chapter, and Nathaniel

received a $50.00 gift card to

Barnes and Noble for his winning

poster.

Elizabeth Mathews - NJSFWC JM 4th and 5th grade State Spelling Champion 2014

Art Section

Eighth Graders designed and painted the football, which was sponsored by the teachers and staff of Union, and was auc-

tioned for over $2000.00 to bene-fit the Rutherford Food Pan-

try.

On Friday May 21st, Union School students grades 4th through 8th performed in the Annual

Talent Show. It was truly an awesome night that included comedy, all kinds of dancing,

cheering, piano, drums, the cello, and singing. It was a spectacular night to remember!

Union PTA is pleased to support all of these courageous and talented performers. Our

School has the best faculty and staff. They never said no when they were asked for help.

The parents of the performers completed tasks both large and small to make the evening

run smoothly.

Andy, Harmony, Kali, Madhav, Katie, Amelia, Patty Ann, Gianna, Deanna, Si-

dharth, Rebecca, Ariel, Nick, Sam, Kayleigh, Naisha, Aida, April, Hiral, Vanshita,

Andreia, Kyra, Sophia, Jordyn, Nate, Erza, Adea, Amanda, Sharon, Jimmy, Vinny,

Emma L., Alexis, Maddy, Meghan, Stefanie, Brianna, Alyssa, Emaan, Jessica,

Prerana, Sammy G., Sara, Emma M., Seung, Virginia, Mia, Kaya, Elizabeth, Faith,

Emma H., Desiree, Emily, Neviah, Kerry, Aly, Skylar, Saige, Sammy A., Nina,

Caroline…

You truly made us all HAPPY!

Congratulations,

Elizabeth for winning the

New Jersey Junior Wom-

en’s Club State Spelling

Bee 2014 for 4th and 5th

grade!

Union School staff, stu-

dents and the PTA are

proud of you.

Keep up the good work!!

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Mrs. Annie Mathews

April, 2014

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