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Pioneer Weekly

About This Publication

5/2/22 Edition 3

The Pioneer Weekly is a school newspaper that a team of 4th graders thought up to share news in a paper format. We will try to keep you informed of what is happening at Pioneer Elementary School.
Always good to have news Pio-near you!

A "Perry" Good Podcast

A "Perry Podcast" is a podcast made to appreciate our teachers and staff for helping us and just being so nice and amazing!

From the Editor in Chief...

There has been a surge of Covid-19 and our school may most likely be next. People are not wearing masks outside, or inside which may make more cases of covid at our school. We don't want this to happen, so DJUSD highly recommends wearing masks.

This Week's Big Question

Why don't we help the Earth every day?
Not just on Earth Day?

By Tristan Yao

Why don't we help the Earth every day, not just on Earth Day? This way we can help the earth last a little longer than we thought. We all live on this Earth, and if we don't help it every day, the world will get hot and the oceans will drain. One of the reasons we should help the earth is because the trees give us oxygen. Without trees, we would not be able to breathe! By helping the Earth, you are helping us all!

Interviews

Ms. O’Neill is a fantastic 1st-grade teacher who wants the best for each and every student of hers. Though she absolutely loves 1st grade, if she had to teach a different grade, she would have taught 2nd or 3rd grade. I guess she likes to teach the younger grades!

Her favorite subjects are art, dance, and theater. She loves teaching here at Pioneer; she says it’s a lovely community and she feels right at home. Her favorite things to do with her students are reading with them and watching them grow as readers throughout the year. She also enjoys sending letters back and forth with her students and learning more about them . . . and eating lunch with them on Fridays!

Ms. O'Neill

Ms. Campbell

Her favorite hobbies are cooking, swing dancing, Lindy Hop, and painting. This is her first year teaching here at Pioneer. This is also her first year having a class of her own! She has worked a lot of jobs in her teens and twenties, and has a hard time deciding what to do! She didn’t decide to become a teacher until 27, and that’s when she went back to school to get her teaching credential and master’s degree. She chose to teach because it combined everything she loved: doing something meaningful with her time, being creative, being a part of a community, having something different to look forward to each day, and being able to spend time being silly with kids! And if she’s not teaching, you’d usually find her sleeping. She says that her students all wear her out! But sometimes when she replenished her energy on the weekends she would go hang out with Ms. Brodetsky, or go to a coffee shop and read, spend time cooking for herself, or just go swing dancing. She doesn’t have any pets right now but she wishes to adopt a dog in a year or two. Also, if she had to pick 1 or 2 places to go for her dream vacation, she’d go to Hokkaido, Japan, because her best friend lives there. Or she'd go to a cute little cottage on an English countryside. And if someone could grant her one wish, it would be to wish for all her student loans to be paid off. And last but not least, she would love to have the power to teleport so she can visit the people she loves whenever she wants without buying plane tickets! Thank you, Ms. O'Neill! We appreciate your hard work as you continue to make our school what it is today.

Ms. Campbell is a loving first grade teacher who we would like to know more about. She has been teaching for over 20 years and enjoys reading books. She chose to teach 1st grade because her passion for reading made her grow to love watching her students become readers. During her spare time, Ms. Campbell enjoys reading and traveling around the world. If she had to teach a different grade it would be kindergarten, because it's the only other grade she's taught.

Her favorite subject in school was Cognitive Development, which is the study of neuroscience (brain science) and psychology, mainly focusing on a child's thoughts or information processing. Her favorite thing to do with her students is actually having her past students come by her classroom and visit her. Ms. Campbell has no pets, and her favorite hobby is reading. She loves the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and as a child her favorite book was Fox in Socks. So a big thank you to Ms. Campbell for all her hard work and dedication to make Pioneer what it is today.

Writer

Interviews

Nesiah interviewed Ms.Keller and these are the questions she asked her.
How long have you been teaching for? She said 4 years.
Do you like teaching first grade? She said she loves it because she gets to see them read.
If you had to teach a different grade what would it be? She said she would like to teach third grade because they can do more stuff by themselves.
And the last question is what is your favorite subject? She said reading.

Ms. Viguie

I interviewed Ms. Vigiue and these are some questions I asked:

Ms. Keller

I asked Ms. Viguie, "What is your favorite animal?" She answered she likes all animals, in the wild to be specific. The second question was, "What is your least favorite animal?" Her answer was mosquitos. "Do you have any pets?" Ms. Viguie said she has a dog named Bella. She said she also has a couple other animals, but she says that they're not really her "pets". Ms. Viguie said she has chickens, horses, and a goat. She feeds them and gives them water but doesn't pet them. Her favorite desert is Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. Those are some facts about Ms. Viguie.

Interviews

Dana Sodegren

If you taught a different grade, what would it be? I would be happy to teach preschool, kindergarten, or 2nd grade if I didn’t teach 1st.
What is your favorite subject? I love reading and art the most.
How has covid 19 impacted you and your class? This year we have worn masks most of the time and washed our hands soooo many times. We also have learned to keep our desks and tables clean and sanitary. Now we are so glad to take our masks off, at least outside. My big surprise was some students looked different than I imagined when I saw their whole faces!
What was your favorite grade when you were a kid? I loved 1st grade a lot because of my teacher, Mrs. Comer.
What grades have you taught? I started out with 4th grade, then taught preschool, then 1st, then kindergarten, then 2nd, then 1st again.
What is your favorite food? My favorite food is cookies!!
If you had a different job, what would it be? Hard to say. I do like giving back change, so maybe I would have a store.
Out of 10 being the best and 0 the worst how do you rate being a teacher? 11!!!

I interviewed Ms. Powell. She is an awesome 2nd grade teacher. These are the questions I asked her. How long have you been working at Pioneer? 9 years. What is your favorite thing to do with your students? Laugh and watch them learn. What is your favorite hobby outside of school? She likes camping, skiing, fishing, and basically anything outside. What is your favorite subject? She said that when she was a student, science, but she likes teaching them all. Her favorite area in the class is the carpet. Her grade to teach (other than 2nd) is 4th.
Bonus question!! If she lived on a planet other than Earth, she would live on Neptune.

Kristy Powell

Interviews

MS.RAUSCH

By Nesiah Dunlap

I also interviewed Ms. Rausch, and these are the questions I asked her: How long have you been teaching for? She has been teaching since 1989, 31 years. I have only been a classroom teacher for 4 years, 2 years in first and 2 in 3rd Do you like teaching first grade? If you had to teach a different grade what would it be? What is your favorite subject? These are the answers. have been teaching since 1989, 31 years. I have only been a classroom teacher for 4 years, 2 years in first and 2 in 3rd. Most of my teaching has been as a Reading Specialist, where I helped kids learn to read/read better. First, I worked as the Reading Specialist at Birch Lane Elementary for 12 years and later in private practice from 2002-2016. I really love teaching kids how to read so both first and third grade were great ages to teach. I have to say my favorite grades are 1-3rd, but I enjoyed the 4/5th grade class I spent some time in too!

Due to communication errors, we will interview Ms. Yee and Ms. Fields in the next couple weeks.

Recess News

Snowball Dodgeball

The objective of Snowball Dodgeball is to get everybody on the opposing team down by hitting them with a "snowball" (a fluffy ball). One student said they loved the game because of the texture of the snowballs. The snowballs are soft, so, If you do get hit it won't hurt very much. Another student said they liked because it is fun.

Infinity Tag

Infinity Tag Is No More!!

Infinity tag has been shut down for everyone. There were too many complaints about people tagging too hard getting up when they were not supposed to, and sliding to get someone down. Also it was canceled because of too many complaints of people cheating. Ms. Mandy said she might allow people to play it again this week, though.

Events this month

Mothers Day May 8
Mother's Day is a celebration of mothers everywhere. Say thank you to all those mothers out there!

1st - Mother Goose / Save the Rhinos day
2nd - Baby day / Brother & Sister day
3rd - Teacher day
4th - Star Wars day
5th - Cartoonist day
6th - Space day / Nurses day
7th - Comic day / Babysitter day
9th - Lost sock day
10th - Clean your room day
11th - Eat what you want day / Nurse day
12th - Nurse day
13th - Blame someone else day / Friday the thirteenth / Leprechaun day
14th - Chicken dance day
15th - Police officer day / Chocolate chip day

16th - Love a tree day
17th - Pack rat day
18th - Museum day
19th - Boys club day
20th - Be a millionaire day / Endangered species day
21st - Armed forces day
22nd - Goth day
23rd - Penny day / Turtle day
24th - Tiara day
25th - Towel day / Otter day
26th - Sally day
27th - Friday day / Sunscreen day
28th - Jazz day / Hamburger day
29th - Learn about composting day
30th - Memorial day / Water a flower day
31st - Macaroon day

Events at Pioneer

Trees Removed!

Opinions about this:

I don't like how they removed the trees. I always liked them. They made the area shady and cool, but now it is hot, dry, and bright! I think they should put the trees back.
By Miles Haunreiter

I don't like how they took down the trees in the quad because the trees provided shade during the hot days and since we are going into summer it will be very hot. -Tristan Yao

Empty area

They cut down the trees in this pathway

I think they should be growing more trees because it was nice and shady but now it's very hot!!!!
By William Rose

I love It ! I think that it is better because there is more space. Sammy O.

Add more trees! The more we cut down, the less air that they will be producing! Plus, there will be less shade, and more heat during the few days of summer we have in school. Put the trees back!

By Liliana Calsbeek