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House Competitions

By: Zaven & Julian

House competitions are something you get to do in 5th grade. You get put in a “house”, the names are Wajibu, Pantera, Allievo and Vineet.  Then you play games and if you get first you get the most points, all classes will all go to each class. The games are like guessing games, word games/spelling games. 

4th Grade Strong Activities

By: Nori

Every month, fourth grade does a challenge to learn to work together. For the month of November, they got into teams to stack cups… Without their hands. This grade got into groups of four to five. Teachers gave them six cups, and a rubber band with five strings tied on.

The goal was to pull the string to pick a cup up, and put it back down. Sounds easy, right? Not at all. Maybe in the first round, but it gets harder each time you finish stacking the cups. First, everyone has their eyes open and can speak. Next, one person can't open their eyes. Third, someone cant speak and another person can not see.

Fourth, two people cannot see and one person still can't speak. Fifth, two for both. That's the farthest a team got. This challenge was tough!

Fall Sports: Cross Country & Volleyball

By: Mason & Jack

Lots of people in Parkwood this year signed up for cross country. The first race was at Remington/ Vago Park. The Parkwood boys raced first. Jack in 5th grade got 1st place in the boys with a time of 6:03/mile. The girls did very well too. With lots of girls competing for the top spot. The next races were at Tiemeyer park, BMAC, Are very own Parkwood, and last at Remington. Overall cross country was a hit this year.

We have a green team and a white team for Parkwood’s volleyball. The white has lost two and won one. On the other hand the green team has been undefeated, winning three games in a row. Parkwood's wonderful coaches are Mr. Harrison and Mrs.Worsham. We practice and play at our beloved Parkwood gym.

Basketball

By: Mason & Zaven

At Parkwood we have two basketball teams-the girls team & the boys basketball team. We have two games for each team and we have 6 practices for both teams. I feel like we have some wonderful coaches that could possibly lead us to victory. On Friday February 9 the girls will play the staff during the day and there will be a video on zoom.  The boys will play the staff after school and there will be a video on zoom. 

100th Day of School

By: Jack & Adrian

January 30th was the 100th day of the school year. And also it was the 1000th day of school for 5th grade classrooms. If you have stayed in all of the grades in school in 5th grade on the 100th day would be the 1000th day of school. We all had a fun day of activities like, extra recess, 100 second activities, like how many times we could sing happy birthday in 100 seconds. Overall the 100 and 1000th day of school was a blast.

4th Grade Biomes & Showcase Night

By: Nori & Avery

Recently 4M² and 4GS did their annual biome project for their plants and animals. In 4Ma the Tundra was created. Many of the students drew animals from the snowy Tundra to set around. They stood up igloos and put white paper on the walls to make it seem icy. 4Ma also turned up the AC to make it cooler. In 4Mc was the rainforest. There was a giant tree and waterfall. In 4GS there was the Aquatic and Savannah Biomes. 4th graders showed off their biomes on showcase night! Lots of other art projects and pe activities were apart of showcase night too. 4Mc was the rainforest. It was awesome!

March Music Madness

By: Carter, Malakai, & Ellie

We voted on a bunch of songs. It was a tournament for songs. You vote on the best songs in your opinion. It was Lil Boo Thang vs Bye Bye Bye for the final two. Ding ding ding- Lil Boo Thang was the winner!