R o l l i n g H i l l s E l e m e n ta r yR o l l i n g H i l l s E l e m e n ta r yR o l l i n g H i l l s E l e m e n ta r yR o l l i n g H i l l s E l e m e n ta r y Volume 2, Issue 1Volume 2, Issue 1Volume 2, Issue 1Volume 2, Issue 1

November 2013

Inside: • AR • Comics • Spelling Bee • Contests • Poetry • Facts • Jokes • Interviews With…

Alyssa Balomadres Briant Catapusan

Haley Evans Mrs. Morris Mrs. Latona

Mrs. Chancellor Mrs. Irene

Quotes of the Month

If you want to change the world, start with yourself.

Amazing people do not just

happen.

When given the choice between being right or

being kind, choose kind. An arrow can only be shot by pulling

it backwards. So when life is drag-ging you back with difficulties, it

means it's going to launch you into something great.

Fun is good.

Believe there is good in the world.

Created by: The 2013-2014 Redhawk Radar Newspaper Crew

Happy

Thanksgiving!

Submitted by: Ethan Hiser

Upcoming Events By: Alaina Freeman

No School

November 8th

Veteran’s Day November 11th

Movie Night

November 15th

Minimum Days November 18th-22nd

Sports Day

November 20th

Dine and Donate November 20th

Thanksgiving Break

November 25th-29th

Gratitude By: Rou Bettencourt, Athena Junio,

and Lydia Rothas What are you grateful for? We asked some of our students here at Rolling Hills this question. Here’s what they said: I’m grateful for my house because I have

all that I need to survive. By: Bryce Houston

I’m grateful for Samantha, from the Nuer Foundation, because she is helping Heidi

and adopting a little girl from there. By: Violet Dias

I’m grateful for my family because they’re nice and they care about me.

By: Caroline Kelleher

I’m grateful that I’m moving to Hawaii because Hawaii is awesome.

By: Dillon Alvarez

I’m grateful for my family because I love them.

By: Aaliyana Perez

I’m grateful for my dog, Snickers, be-cause my dad got him for my sisters and I.

By: Leo Solanso

I am grateful for my mom because she is nice.

By: Triston Smith

I am grateful for playing. By AmayaJade Brown

Interview with Alyssa Balomadres By: Katriel Pacheco

Q: Who’s your teacher? A: My teacher is Mr. Bozzini and he’s an awesome teacher. I really like him. Q: What’s your AR goal and how are you planning to reach it? A: I am going to read plenty of books, but I am still thinking on my AR goal. Q: Did you run the SOFIT Race? A: Yes, I ran the 5K and the Family Fun Mile. Q: Are you in Student Council? If so, why do you like it? A: Yes, it keeps me updated on what happens in the school. Q: What would you like to be when you grow up? A: When I grow up, I would like to be a pilot. Q: Are you being the change? A: Yes, I am the change. Q: What do you want people to do to Be the Change? A: I want people to work harder and do anything to help the community. Q: Who is your favorite teacher? A: I don't have a favorite teacher. I like all of them. Q: What's your favorite part of REACH? A: My favorite part of REACH is happiness because I'm always happy and never sad.

Interview with Mrs. Chancellor By: Christian Soto

A: My favorite element of REACH is resilience. Resilience is so important because there are many obstacles and challenges in life.

The most memorable moment I have was giving a speech at a convention to about 2,000 people on my 25th birthday. It was a pretty amazing experience.

I had two favorite subjects in school - music and science. I enjoyed science because it explains why things happen. In high school and college, the experiments were highly valuable because I got to see the results, not just read about it. I have always enjoyed music. I remember singing in the primary grades and then starting flute lessons in third grade. Studying music theory and playing music with a group is fasci-nating and makes me happy. I still play and study music to this day with the local sym-phony.

Q: What is your favorite subject to teach and why? love teaching science because science rules! What other subject allows you to study bugs, micro-organisms, earthquakes, volcanoes, electricity, storms, and space?

My favorite book is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This book is full of action, ad-venture, and reslilience.

Q. What is your favorite element of REACH?

Q: What is the most memorable moment you have ever had?

Q: What was your favorite subject in school and why?

Q: What made you want to teach? I grew up in a family of teachers. Both of my parents were teachers, one of my grandmothers was a teacher, and several aunts were teachers. I guess it was my destiny.

Q: What is your favorite book and why?

Q: What is your favorite T.V show and why? My favorite TV show is Dr. Who. Why? Because bow ties are cool. Seriously, there is action, adventure, (again) reslience, creativity, and a whole lot of fun.

A Conversation with Mrs. Johnson

By: Devin Ward

Q: Why did you want to become a teacher? A: I wanted to become a teacher because I love sharing knowledge with others. Q: How are your students in class? A: My students are good students, perfect all the time. Q: What do you do on your free time out of school? A: What I like to do on my free time is read, bowl, and ride motorcycles. Q: What’s your favorite subject to teach and why? A: Math is my favorite subject because numbers are fun! Q: What do you like the most about Rolling Hills? A: The like the staff and students. They are all friendly and excited to be here. Q: What was your favorite grade to teach? A: I have taught 1st & 4th, but I like them all.

Interview with Mrs. Latona By: Jordan Jackson

Q: How do you like Rolling Hills so far? A: I love the school, including students and teachers. Q: What subject do you most incorporate? A: I incorporate English language arts and writing. Q: What do you like to do after school? A: I like to be with my husband and watch movies. Q: How do you like the staff? A: The staff are awesome because they are very good listeners and help out. Also, they love the students. Q: How do you like the students? A: The students are very creative, energetic, and love to learn.

Interview with Haley Evans By: Hannah Kildow

Q: Who is your favorite teacher? A: My teacher is Ms. Titus. I love her! Q: Do you have any siblings? If so, how

many? A: I have three, one sister and two brothers. Q: What do you do to support REACH and

Be the Change at school? A: I am kind. Q: What is your favorite thing to do outside

of school? A: I like to play with my friends. Q: Who is your #1 best friend and why? A:You are because I hang out with you a lot. Q: What is your favorite subject? A: I love writing.

Interview with Briant Catapusan

By: Macy Wilson

Q: What is your favorite REACH element? A: My favorite REACH element would probably be effort. Q: Why is it your favorite REACH ele-ment? A: It is my favorite REACH element because it makes me get good grades and does not get me into trouble. Q: How do you show your favorite effort, like what do you do? A: I write my best and show my work. Q: If other people could do something better what would you like it to be? A: Maybe kids should pay more attention in class. Q: What is your greatest strength in school? A: Math is probably my greatest strength. Q: What is your greatest weakness? A: Math can sometimes be my greatest weakness.

Interview with Mrs. Irene By: Dylan Bertani

Q: Do you like being a yard duty? Why? A: I like being a yard duty because I like to make kids’ days better if they are having a bad one. Q: What is your favorite thing about being a yard duty? A: I enjoy getting to know the kids. Q: What’s your least favorite thing about being a yard duty? A: My least favorite thing in when kids do not try something that I ask them to try. Q: What do you want to see from the students? A: I want to see students have more respect for adults. Q: What would you want to change at this school? A: I would like to change the way people park when they pick up their kids.

Interview with Mrs. Morris By: Hannah Kildow

Q: Why did you want to be a teacher? A: I didn’t really want to be a teacher, I kind of fell in to it and I think that’s what makes me a good teacher.

Q: Why did you come to Rolling Hills and where did you work before? A: I used to work at Oakbrook. I came here because the city was moving people around and they put me here at Rolling Hills. I also had lots of teacher friends here.

Q: Which year was your favorite class of students? A: I could never choose because each year I get classes with such wonderful students. Q: Would you rather have an educational chat with a student or a work chat with a teacher? A: To be a good teacher, I think you need to do both.

Q: What is your favorite subject to teach? A: I have a passion for grammar! (Specifically, ad-verbs!)

Q: If you hadn't decided on being a teacher, what would you have been instead? A: A rock star!

Q: What is your favorite grade to teach or what grade do you wish you could teach? A: I have taught all elementary grades and I love them all and I would like to try Middle School.

Q: What is a motto or quote that you say in your class and why do you say it and what does it mean? A: Don't panic. We say it all the time because there is always a solution to a problem

Interview with Ambrose Pubillones By: Macy Wilson

Q: What is your favorite subject? A: I like math. Q: Why do you like math? A: I like math because it is easy and fun. Q: What are you looking forward to this school year? A: I am looking forward to celebrating my birthday with the class. Q: What has been your favorite thing to do this year? A: My favorite thing this year has been making a new friend named Elijah. Q: What is the hardest thing to do this year? A: The hardest thing is homework. Q: What is easiest thing to do this year? A: The easiest thing is, of course, math.

Sports By: Myron Amey

NFL: Week 5 The Denver Broncos had the closet game of the year, playing against the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys also made Peyton Man-ning throw his first interception. If Tony Romo hadn’t thrown that interception at the end the game, the Cowboys would have proba-bly won. Broncos won by three points. The score was 51-48. Peyton Manning threw 4 touchdowns, with 414 yards and 1 interception. Knowshon Moreno ran 19 rushes with 93 yards. Another Week 5 game was the New York Jets vs the Atlanta Fal-cons. At the beginning of the 3rd quarter, the Falcons were down 17-7. They came back and took the lead 28-27. Then, at the last min-ute, the Jets were catching passes getting yards from running the ball and making good passes. The quarterback, Geno Smith, for the Jets was doing well getting his team up as a rookie quarterback. The Jets won by two points. Geno Smith threw 3 touchdowns with 199 yards. Bilal Powell rushed for no touchdowns with 38 yards. Baltimore Ravens vs the Miami Dolphins was another close game. The Ravens won by three points against the Dolphins. Joe Flacco threw no touchdowns with 269 yards and also threw 1 intercep-tion. Ray Rice rushed for 2 touchdowns with 74 yards. The top 4 League Leaders in rushing touchdowns is 1st Adrian Pe-terson with 5 touchdowns already in the season. It is a tie for sec-ond and its between Fred Jackson from Buffalo Bills and Know-shon Moreno from Denver Broncos, with 4 touchdowns. For third place, there is an 8-way tie. There is Joique Bell from Detroit Lions, Jamal Charles, Matt Forte, Frank Gore , BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Marshawn Lynch, LeSean McCoy, Ray Rice, and finally Le’veon Bell. This is the Week 5 NFL news.

Sports By: Myron Amey

NFL: Week 6

On Week 6, Monday night, the San Diego Chargers beat the Colts to make it there first lost. The score was 19-9. Phillip Rivers threw 1 touchdown with 237 yards. Ryan Mathews rushed for no touchdowns with 102 yards. A close game in Week 6 was the New Orleans Saints vs the New England Patriots. The Patriots got the game winning touchdown at the last seconds of the game. Patriots beat the Saints 30-27.Tom Brady threw 1 touchdown with 269 yards. Stevan Ridley rushed for 2 touchdowns with 96 yards. The 49ers pulled off the win against the Arizona Cardinals. 49ers won 32-20. Colin Kaepernick threw 2 touchdowns with 252 yards. Vernon Davis caught 2 touchdowns with 180 yards. The top 5 players in receiving yards are... 1st Jimmy Graham with 593 yards. In 2nd is DeSean Jackson with 589 yards. In 3rd is Julio Jones with 580 yards. In 4th Torrey Smith with 568 yards. Last but not least, in 5th is Victor Cruz with 541 yards. Those are the top 5 League Leaders for receiving yards and this is NFL Week 6 News.

Sports By: Dylan Bertani

It’s not the beginning of baseball, but it the playoffs! So far, the first team to go to the NLCS were the LA Dodgers with a win over the Atlanta Braves. The Cardinals and the Pirates still face-off, but St. Louis has the edge. Mean-while, the Red Sox and Rays still fighting for the spot with the Red Sox up a game. The other two teams, the A’s and the Tigers fighting for the other spot, but the A’s up by a game. Other than the playoffs, the are leaders in the league. The homerun leader is Chris Davis on the Orioles with Miguel Cabrera on the Tiger right behind him. The RBI leader is also Chris Davis with Miguel Cabrera tracking him. And stolen bases is Jocby Elssberry with 2 stolen. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this. I am Dylan Bertani and I will see you next time!!

Fall Haikus By: Josh Eccles, Reece Davis, and

Kyle Vanisko

The leaves are falling The leaf piles are forming I think it is fall

Fall is here again Golden leaf piles around Time to carve pumpkins

Pumpkins on porches Time to put my costume on Trick or treating fun

Interesting Facts By: Emmalea O’Rear

1.Dolphins sleep with one half of their brain at a time, and one eye closed. 2.Anatideaphobia is a fear some-where in the world a duck is watching them. 3.Banging your head against the wall uses 150 calories an hour. 4.In most advertisements, including newspaper, the time on the watch is 10:10. 5.Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as medicine. 6.It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 7.Camels have three eyelids. 8.TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made by using only one row of the keyboard.

Student Work Compiled by: Lydia Rothas, Athena Junio, and Rou Bettencourt

Student Work

Student Work

Maze By: Josh Eccles

Comics

By: Rodney Speight

By: Reece Davis, Christian Soto, Kyle Vanisko, and Joshua Eccles