is a Relay for Life member. This
is what she had to say about
Relay for Life, “I am happy to
help Relay because my father
died of cancer and I want to
make sure there are smaller
amounts of cancer related
deaths.”
So as you can tell Relay for Life
is an important event.
Do you want to hear live bands
for free? Do you want to get
cool stuff? Do you want to walk?
Do you want to help cancer?
Then come to the Hewitt Truss-
ville High School stadium to help
Relay for Life on April 29th. If
you’re a cancer survivor, come
to the Trussville Senior Center
on April 28th for a free dinner at
6:30 provided by Legends
Smokehouse. (No reservation
required)
What is Relay for Life? It’s a
charity started by Dr. Gordon
Klatt (From Tacoma Washing-
ton) in 1985 to help raise money
to find a cure for cancer. Dr.
Klatt raised $33,000 (and walked
83 miles) in 24 hours by having
friends pay $25 to walk half an
hour with him at Baker Stadium
in Tacoma, Washington. Now
relays are held at colleges and
communities in over 21 coun-
tries.
At a Relay for Life there are
always at least these three
events: the survivors lap, the
luminary ceremony and the fight
back ceremony. The survivor lap
is where cancer survivors can
run or walk a lap around the
track to celebrate a victory over
cancer. The luminary ceremony
is where candles are lit inside
bags. Each luminary bag has the
name of a person who cancer has
affected. The fight back ceremo-
ny is where you make a personal
commitment that can help keep
you from getting cancer. For
example, some people make a
commitment to stop smoking.
I interviewed my mother. She
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Relay for Life by: Caleb W.
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
The White
House
2
The Largest
Dinosaur
3
Our Principal 4
Team Sports 5
Reader’s
Corner
6
Saber-Tooth
Tiger
7
Glogster by: Caroline H.
P A I N E I N T E R M E D I A T E
S C H O O L
The Husky Herald A P R I L 1 5 , 2 0 1 1 V O L U M E : 1 I S S U E 2
S P E C I A L
D A T E S O F
I N T E R E S T :
April 26:
Recorder
Concert
April 27-28:
4th Graders
take ARMT
pilot
May 5:
2nd Grade
Parent Night
May 20:
5th Grade
Extravaganza
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P A G E 2
The Gateway Arch
The White House
The Gateway Arch by: Carson S.
Washington Monument by: Steven S.
The White House by: Michael R.
For 200 years the White
House has stood as a symbol
of the presidency, the U.S.A.
government, and the American
people. Pierre L’Enfant chose
where to build the White
House but James Hoban built
it. There are 132 rooms, 35
bathrooms, and 6 levels in the
Residence. There are also 412
doors, 147 windows, 28 fire-
places, 8 staircases, and 3 ele-
vators. President Theodore
Roosevelt officially gave the
White House its current name
in 1901.With five full-time
chefs, the White House kitch-
en is able to serve dinner to as
many as 140 guests and hors
d'oeuvres to more than 1,000.
For recreation, the White
House has a variety of facilities
available to its residents, in-
cluding a tennis court, jogging
track, swimming pool, Movie
Theater, and bowling lane. As
you can see the White house
has many things and I hoped
you enjoyed reading about it.
posed to be a statue of George
Washington but it didn’t hap-
pen. Money was tight and the
Civil War made building this
even harder and longer.
George Washington died in
1799 when he was 67 years
old. A monument for him had
still not been built. A Wash-
ington Monument committee
was formed. They hired Rob-
ert Mills, who was an architect,
to design the monument.
The Washington Monu-
ment is a historical land-
mark that is a reminder of
the military success of
George Washington during
the Revolutionary War.
George Washington’s lead-
ership in battle helped us
become the United States
of America.
The Washington Monu-
ment wasn’t supposed to
happen. There was sup-
Construction of the Washing-
ton Monument finally started
on July 4, 1848 and was fin-
ished on December 6, 1884. It
was officially opened to the
public on October 9, 1888.
It cost $1,187,710 to build
the Washington Monument. It
is 555 feet and 5 1/8 inch tall
and 55 feet and ½ inch wide. It
weighs 90,854 tons. About
500,00 people visit this monu-
ment each year.
was Eero Saarinen. Eero Saari-
nen won the contest with his
sleek arch. He was American.
The Arch is 630 feet wide and
630 feet tall. It weighs 43,000
tons. The Arch was built to
stand up to fast winds and
earthquakes. Construction of
the arch began on February 12,
1963; they finished building it
on October 28, 1965. It took
about $13 million to build.
The Gateway Arch opened to
the public on July 24, 1967.
The Arch’s nickname is The
Gateway to the West. It is
located on the banks of the
Mississippi River in St. Louis,
Missouri. Over 300,000 peo-
ple visit each year. You can go
inside the arch. There is a 5
person elevator to take people
to the top. There are windows
at the top to look out from.
The St. Louis Gateway Arch is
an elegant monument to west-
ward expansion in the USA.
The monument reflects St.
Louis role in the westward
expansion of the United States
in the 19th Century. They
chose an arch design because it
was very strong. There was a
competition to find the best
design for the Arch from 1947-
1948. The architect that won
The
Washington
Monument
The Birds Are Falling by: Mattie Kat H.
P A G E 3
Have you heard about birds
falling from the sky? Well they
have been in Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Kentucky, and even in Swe-
den! In Kentucky they called it a
“Kentucky Meat Shower!” It
started on New
Year’s Eve. When
a farmer went
outside and saw
lots of dead birds
falling from the
sky! No one
knows why this has happened.
But not just birds anymore lots
of other animals like fish. Some
scientists think that it was from
a cause in weather or disease.
Others think it is a sigh of some
type. We are hoping to find out
what all this means. So for now
we just need to take care of
our environment and hope to
find out what is wrong.
From the reporter who only
writes the truth. I’m Mattie Kat
with all your news.
and plants. It was thought to weigh
about 100 tons! An elephant
weighs about 5 tons. Argentino-
saurus was measured to be 120
feet from head to tail. A football
field is 160 feet across from sideline
to sideline. Argentinosaurus could
have comfortably fit across a foot-
ball field from one team’s bench to
the other team’s bench.
Dinosaurs lived millions of years
ago. No person alive has ever seen
a dinosaur. Scientists who study
dinosaur fossils have been able to
put dinosaur bones together to give
us a pretty good idea of what they
may have looked like a long time
ago.
The largest dinosaur ever to live
was Argentinosaurus. It ate leaves
will find that their ancestors were
bigger and used as sled dogs.
Did you know that Pomeranians
have a nick-name? Their nick-name
is Pom-Pom. They are black, white,
brown, and orange. They are very
nice and loyal dogs.
Did you know that Pomeranians
are the most popular dogs in
America? When full grown they can
weigh 5-7 pounds and measure 7 to
8 inches long. They are a small
dog.
A lot of people have loved them
ever since they were found. They
were found by a royal family in the
19th century. If you trace the Pom-
eranians back further than that, you
Dead birds
on a
highway in
Arkansas.
Pomeranians by: Anna S. and Morgan G.
The Largest Dinosaur by: Logan
Argentinosaurus
P A G E 4
Mrs. Bruno,
Principal of Paine
Intermediate School
Our Principal, Mrs. Bruno by: Dalyn D.
Mrs. Summers is a fifth-
grade teacher who is well-
loved by students and facul-
ty. Students say she encour-
ages them in A.R. by meeting
with them each week and
discussing goals, points, and
progress. Students also say
that she comes up with fun
and exciting projects. She
doesn’t do that alone she
meets up weekly and some-
times daily with other fifth
grade teachers. Sometimes
her students inspire her to
come up with fun and exciting
ideas.
Mrs. Summers doesn’t
just teach. She has 2 children,
Jack who started kindergarten
this year and Jake who is 2
years of age. She loves playing
with them and their dog, Fred.
Mrs. Summers also enjoys
reading, cooking, shopping,
and watching movies. Mrs.
Summers got her undergradu-
ate degree from Auburn Uni-
versity and her master’s degree
from U.A.B.
This will be Mrs. Summers’
13th year teaching. Since she
was a child she wanted to be a
teacher. She has always loved
working with younger students
and watching them learn and
grow.
tend that she was Trixie
Belden sometimes when she
was not at school. As an adult,
Mrs. Bruno enjoyed reading
Gone With The Wind.
Mrs. Bruno has been a prin-
cipal for 12 years. She has
been a principal at Leeds Ele-
mentary School and Paine
Intermediate School, and an
assistant principal at Hewitt
Trussville Middle School and
Hewitt Elementary. Each day
at school is different for a
principal, because she has
many things that she needs to
do. But Mrs. Bruno tries to
visit as many classrooms as
possible each day. She talks
with teachers, students, and
parents; reads reports and
professional literature; meets
with teachers; and plans or
participates in professional
learning.
Have you ever wondered
about our principal Mrs. Bru-
no? Mrs. Bruno grew up in
Greensboro, Alabama, a small
town south of Tuscaloosa.
When she was a child, she
enjoyed throwing the ball with
her dad and reading. When
she was little she loved to read
a series of books called the
Trixie Belden Mysteries. In
fact, Mrs. Bruno would pre-
N E W S L E T T E R T I T L E
Meet Mrs. Summers by: Rachel R.
Mrs. Summers
5th Grade Teacher
Our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Akin by Brooke M. & Alex T.
We are going to tell you a
few interesting things about
our Vice Principal Mrs.
Akin! She has been a Vice
Principle for 4 years. Be-
fore she was Vice Principal
she taught special education
here at Paine Intermediate
and at Hoover High School.
Mrs. Akin said she has a big
dog named “Big Ears!”
When we ask Mrs. Akin if
she was an Alabama or Au-
burn Fan she replied
”Alabama! Roll Tide!”
Have you heard the great
news? Mrs. Akin is having
a baby! She recently found
out that she is having a boy!
He is due this summer Au-
gust 2nd.
So there you have it!
And you know a little more
about Mrs. Akin than you
did before?
Mrs. Akin,
Assistant Principal of Paine
Intermediate School
Team Sports by: Calista J. and Hailey H.
P A G E 5
Club Day is something new at Paine
Intermediate. Students choose a
club that interests them. The clubs
are Choir, Newspaper, Art, Library,
Reporter, SWAT, Computer, Dra-
ma 1 or 2, Husky Helpers and
Team Sports. Clubs meet twice
each month on Wednesdays.
The Team Sports club is directed
by Coach Chrisenberry and Coach
Minor. They said that Team Sports
gives students an opportunity to
learn and play different team sports.
The coaches hope that students will
play these sports at home and in
the community when they are not
at school.
The Team Sports club has had
guest speakers about nutrition and
field trips such as walking the trails
in the woods at the Trussville
Sports Complex.
use. With a long board you do not
have to paddle as fast, because the
board is longer and will pick up the
waves better. Long boards are
better for big waves, like a 40-foot
wave.
Short boarding is a lot harder
than long boarding. Short boards
are round on one end. Short
boarding requires paddling much
Surfing became popular in the
1950s. Some people surf for fun,
and some people are more serious
about it. People started to have
contests in surfing.
There are two types of surfing
short boarding and long boarding.
The long board has a point on one
end. First time surfers use long
boards. These are a little easier to
harder. On a short board you can
turn better. Good surfers can do
360`s and stuff like that on short
boards. Short boards are better
for small waves.
Whether with a short board
or a long board, surfing is fun
but also hard!!
There are estimates between 30-
40 different kinds of dolphin spe-
cies. Each dolphin has its own
whistle to identify itself. Scientists
believe there is more than 1 species
of Bottle-Nosed Dolphin. A Bottle-
Nosed Dolphin can live between 40
-50 years.. A Bottle Nosed Dolphin
can live between 40-50 years. Dol-
phins eat mostly fish and squid.
Dolphins eat up to 30 pounds of
food a day. They have 2 stomachs,
1 is for storing food and the other
is for digesting.
Dolphins are a very exciting spe-
cies.
Have you ever swum with a dol-
phin? I am going this summer. Dol-
phins are cute. They love to inter-
act with humans. They are smart
and friendly. Dolphins are very
playful.
Dolphins cannot go into a full
deep sleep. Dolphins sleep by rest-
ing half of their brain. When they
are awake, dolphins can see very
well.
Dolphins by: Joely and Olivia
Surfing by:MeganM.
“Promise me you
will always
remember – You
are braver than
you believe,
stronger than you
seem and smarter
than you think”
Christopher
Robin to Pooh
5th graders members of the
Team Sports Club
Our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Akin by Brooke M. & Alex T.
enough platelets to make a good scab.
They would bleed and bleed and
bleed. People who have ITP have to
get their blood taken once a week so
the doctors can know their counts.
One of the only cures for ITP it is a
bone marrow transplant. The process
of getting a bone marrow transplant
can They take up to 6 months. You
and you lose your hair because you
have to get chemotherapy.
CASEY’S CAUSE raises awareness
of ITP because the founder Stacey
Grant had a daughter who died of
this sickness. Casey Grant went to
Paine Primary and was in second
grade when she passed away from
ITP. She had brown eyes with freckles
sprinkled across her nose. Casey died
from ITP when she was in second
CASEY’S CAUSE is an organization
created to raise ITP awareness for
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura. It is abbreviated ITP.
This basically means low platelet
counts and a ton of bruising. Platelets
are blood cells that clog your blood
when you get a cut and help to make
a scab. Platelets are a type of blood
cell. They clog your cuts so you don’t
bleed too much.
ITP doesn’t affect you much or
make you feel sick, but it can give you
internal bleeding if your platelets get
too to low and you hurt yourself. For
example, an average person’s platelet
count is about 300,000. People with
ITP have 1000 platelets, a much lower
count than the average person! So if
a person with ITP skins their knee or
something, their body would not have
grade. Her mother said she was a true gift from God
and a sport all-star.
CASEY’S CAUSE has an annual fun run and 5k
each year in May to raise money for research so that
one day ITP can be cured. This year the fun run and
the 5k run will be May seventh it will start at the
Trussville mall at 8:00 a.m. There will be water and
breakfast before the run begins. First there will be
the 5k and then the 1 mile fun run.
To learn more about CASEY’S CAUSE go to
http://www.caseyscause.org/.
Lemony Snicket wrote these books called the Series of Unfortunate
Events. They’re about three children named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny
Baudelaire. Their life just changed a whole lot, because in the first book
they found out that their parents just died in a house fire. They were
trying to cook a special dinner for them, but it turned into a tragedy.
They now had to live with a family member named Count Olaf. You may
think he is a nice man at first, but he is a greedy man that wants to kill
the children and steal their family fortune that is left for Violet when she
gets older.
The children are going through a journey to get away from Count Olaf.
If you just go to our school library, the Trussville City Library, or Books-
A-Million you will find these GREAT books and learn
more about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire and
their amazing experiences.
There are 13 books to this series.
Have Fun and Enjoy!
CASEY’S CAUSE by: Helena Steen
Reader’s Corner by: Kaitlyn R.
The gods are not real they are just made up they are
mythical creatures. The gods I’m going to tell you
about are Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades.
The first god I am going to tell you about is Zeus. He
is the lord of the sky. He has a lightning bolt which is
a piece of powerful lightning that controls all the
lightning strikes in a storm. Zeus lives at Olympus.
The second god I’m going to tell you about is Posei-
don. He is lord of the sea. He can control the oceans
with his hands he can make big waves happen or any-
thing happen with the water. He has a trident. A
trident is like a big fork. And he was responsible for
most drowning and shipwrecks. Poseidon lives in the
seas. For my last god I’m going to tell you about is
Hades. He is lording of the underworld he is ruler of
the dead he barely even leaving the underworld.
Hades lives in the underworld. Zeus, Hades, and
Poseidon are the
three gods of
mythology.
The Gods by: Jacob O.
PAGE 6
Soccer is called football in every country except the
United States and Canada. Every four years soccer play-
ers participate in the World Cup. The country that wins
the World Cup is the best Soccer playing country in the
world. There are millions of Soccer players all over the
world. In some countries, Soccer is the only sport they
know. There are many important positions in Soccer.
The most important position is the goalie. The goalie
stands in front of the goal and blocks shots from the oth-
er team. Another important position in soccer is the
midfielder. The midfielder shoots at the goal and tries to
get a point. There are many more positions in Soccer.
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
The Husky Herald was
written by 5th grade stu-
dents who are in Newspa-
per Club. This online
newspaper has been a
work in progress during
the spring semester.
Students were responsible for determining and
researching their own topics.
We hope that you enjoy this edition of our
school newspaper
Soccer by: Evan O.
Saber Tooth by: Anna S.
The Saber Tooth Tiger became extinct 10,000 years ago. It
looks just like a tiger except it has long fangs. Like a tiger
some of them have stripes, but most of them are just tan
colored. Their fangs are 4-5 centimeters long. They can
grow up to 50cm long and 2.1 meters tall. Their fangs were
used to hunt and kill animals.
PAGE 7
This is an exciting time of the year with lots of beautiful weather, and
fun events going on, but the counselors at Paine Intermediate want
to encourage all of our students to make sure you are being respon-
sible and respectful towards one another. It can be very easy to join
the crowd in teasing or picking on someone at recess or on the bus,
but it shows the highest level of character when you make the right
choice not to say or do things that would hurt someone’s feel-
ings. Another issue that we are seeing is kids getting left out of clubs
that other students are starting. It can be a lot of fun to start a club
for you and your friends, but make sure you aren’t excluding class-
mates from joining your club, and please don’t give a test that some-
one has to pass to join. This will also cause someone’s feelings to get
hurt. This time of year is a lot of fun, but in order for
everyone to enjoy our last two months together we
need to work on being kind and respectful!
Counselor’s Corner