Our First Monthly Story Contest Winner!
Hello again, Philomath community! It’s hard to believe, but we’re coming up on the final two weeks of the first quarter of the 2022–23 school year. We’ve got a lot of exciting things happening in our three core classes:
The 6th Grade students (and 4th Grade if they opted in) should be wrapping up their Science data collection for the seeds they have been growing during the last three weeks. Remember that we are studying the effects of the environment and genetics on how and how fast a plant or seed can grow. Students should be measuring and recording so they have data to communicate to their peers on Monday, the first day of our next Science unit. 4th Grade’s unit will be “Our Wonderful World” with a focus on the physical processes that shape our planet. 6th Graders will be focusing on the second half of their first unit (where we learned about adaptations, specialized structures, cells, and cell parts) and studying the flow of energy and factors that influence growth.
In both 4th Grade and 6th Grade, the students will be moving onto new topics next week. 4th Grade will be using what they know about multiplying 1-digit numbers by 2, 3, and 4-digit numbers to being learning how to multiply 2-digit by 2-digit numbers. In 6th Grade, the end of the first unit is approaching and it’s almost time to move on from Rates and Ratios. The only task left for the unit is the review!
In Social Studies, students completed and delivered a presentation about how humans move and interact with the environment in response to a changing landscape. For our next Social Studies unit, beginning October 24th, we’ll look at how and why ancient civilizations formed, grew, and perished.
ELA class has concluded a short reading project in which students read and responded to a biography about an important person from history. They’ll begin next week by sharing some of what they learned with the class, and they’ll also be starting a short research paper project that will be due on Friday, October 7th.
Just a reminder that our fall break is fast approaching, running from October 8th through October 16th. You’ll be receiving a progress report about your child’s educational journey shortly after the end of the first quarter. Tuition for the second quarter will be due no later than Monday, October 17th.
And last but certainly not least, here’s the winner of the first-ever Philomath Story Contest! This month students wrote short original works of fiction on the theme of learning, and they chose “Max and Rick” by fourth grader Nico Hennon as the winner. Nico’s work is a funny, creative story about the importance of friendship and a celebration of people’s ability to change for the better, and we’re thrilled to share her writing with the Philomath community. Congratulations, Nico!
Max And Rick
by Nico Hennon
Once upon a time there was…
“YO YO stop that bro I'm the bully of this story and we're not about to make this a fairy tale.”
“Woah calm down Max. Hi I am a nerd but my real name is Rick”.
“Can we have it like an introduction so every main character will say like um wut their name is and one thing they like to do” said the nerd.
“Sure I like that idea, '' said the bully.
“Hi, I am the bully. “My name is Max and I like to play ummm soccer”.
“Hi, I'm a nerd”. “My name is Rick and I like to do math”.
“I am Maxis' friend and I like to play soccer and bully kids, my name is Tg”.
”Hi I am the author and WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MAIN CHARACTERS i like to write ok story time”.
There was this bully named Max and he had a friend named TG and there was this one guy they liked to bully a lot. And they called him a nerd but his real name is Rick poor Rick. So Max and Tg would always track Rick down and they would bully him and call him a nerd and a weirdo and a loser. But one day a kid named Jack was a nerd too. And they bullied Jack a lot more than Rick and Rick felt bad for Jack so one day Rick saw Max and Tg bullying Jack so Rick said. “HEY LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!”
“what did you say to me NERD”.
“I told you to leave him alone”
“hey hey i'm over here come get me run Rick ''Jack said.
Jack and Rick ran as far as they could and they became best friends. They learned that standing up to your bully can make you have a real friend.
Ok ok i know what you mite be thinking but no the story is not done yet we still have a little to go ok. 5 months later Max had a really important test coming up and he needed a toter so he went to the only person he could think of… Rick. But he had bullied Rick so much Max was thinking that what if he said no and Max would fail the test. Max needed a plan so he was thinking and thinking and he came up with the best plan in the world or so he thot. So the next day he went to Rick's house and got down on his knees and begged that Rick would touter him but Rick just slammed the door. Max ringed agen and said,
“Rick i will do anything if you would turter me”
“ok i will do it on one condition you have to pay attention”
“ok i'll do it” said Max.
but the first lesson did not go so well. The bully would not concentrate so the nerd was nice and made math fun. The bully likes to play soccer. So Rick made a game where you have to hit a target and to win you hit that target you have to solve a problem. And to Max it was a lot of fun. two months later Max scored Really high on the test and he got into a really good college. And he was so grateful that the nerd did not give up on him.
