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Writing the bo()k
bam," "Mr. Orca's great Avenger," and "The
Puppy Ellie," about a puppy who lives right
next to the Ring of Fire.
While they sound playful, and are, these
Stories also contain serious information
about themes in their science class, includ-
ing volcanoes, tectonic plates the biosphere
and many more.
The students in Conover's class said that
the project was hard, but said that the end
product was worth all the stress.
"It was worth it," Molly Mackintosh said.
"It was hard during crunch time, but it was
worth it."
The students also said they also got a
lesson on procrastination. They had two
months to work on the project, but some
said they waited until the very last minute.
"But we're not encouraging that are we?"
Oakland Bay Junior Conoverstudents. said, causing laughter from his
Students also learned a lot from teaching
High students pen their younger peers, and enjoyed teaching
their own natural
science books
By NATALIE JOHNSON
What if junior high school students wrote
their own textbooks?
The student's in Roy Conover's natural
resources science classes at Oakland Bay
Junior High school, totaling about 120 stu-
dents, have come close, recently writing
their own books, filled with stories creative-
ly explaining themes they learn about in
class, and definitions of science vocabulary
words.
Last Friday, every student in the class
walked to Mountain View Elementary
school and sat down with a few fourth grad-
ers to read their stories.
"They used to have a to do a research pa-
per ... but I ended up flunking a lot of kids,"
Conover said. "The new philosophy is ... you
take what you know and you incorporate
them into a story."
Conover's classes have written their own
books before, he said, but this is the first
year they've been published.
Students also illustrated and had the
books bound by a professional publisher.
Many of the stories were well written,
and some very funny, Conover said. Some
of his personal favorites included "The Not-
So-Great Adventures of Chichi and Bam-
them.
"They were asking a lot of questions,"
Brianne Dusharme said.
Another student commented on her time
with the fourth graders.
"It's great knowing that the kids knew
the definitions afterwards," Caitlyn Borys
said.
The students were surprised how inter-
ested the fourth graders were, and liked the
experience of teaching them, much to their
own teacher's delight.
It was very impressive to see these guys
sitting on the floor, reading their books and
talking about plate tectonics and subduction
zones," C0nover said. "It was very touching
for me because they were doing the motions
of teaching like I have done with them."
The students are going to upload their
stories to a computer and use video editing
software to turn them into mini-movies.
Courtesy photos
Pictured above is Megan Ranney
reading to Wyatt Pratt and Eryn Ben-
nington. Right, Nic Verson and Kim
Toothaker reading to Noah Benson
Courtesy photos
The wildkatz junior cheerleaders performed at the Relay for Life
kickoff event.
Relay kicks off
By NATALIE JOHNSON
Relay for Life of Shelton held their fi-
nal kickoff event for 2011 Tuesday eve-
ning, adding eight teams to this year's
relay.
Tuesday was the last chance for teams
to save 50 percent on the relay entry fee.
"It is an event to get people going for
the upcoming year's relay so it's kind of
like a ralley," Vickie Gonzales, a team
development volunteer for Relay for Life
Shelton. "We always do it, usually six
months before the relay actually starts."
The event took place at the Olympic
Middle School commons Tuesday night,
from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m.
"It's a celebration, it's not a meeting."
Gonzales said.
Teams who attended were entertained
by junior cheerleaders and a showing of
the Wizard of Oz, to go along with their
movie theme this year.
Volunteers also helped teams com-
plete their online sign-up on Tuesday
as well, so they could get started fund-
raising as soon as possible.
All past participants, team.captains
and survivors were invited to the event,
Gonzales said.
"We have survivior/caregivers speak
as to why they relay, just to give people
an idea of... how much they appreciate
what everybody does to earn money to
help them," she said.
Last year, Relay for Life Shelton
raised $112,161 $12,450 of which came
from sponsorships, and included 41
teams and 159 survivors, Gonzales said.
This year's Relay for Life will take
place on June 24 and 25 at the Shelton
High School track. The relay has a goal
of raising $116,000 with $13,000 .from
sponsors with 45 teams and 175 survi-
vors this year.
While pre-registration is ideal, there
is no cutoff day for team registration,
Gonzales said. Teams can sign up until
the very last minute.
Team captain meetings start in Feb-
ruary, Gonzales said, and continue on
the third Thursday of every month.
"Anybody on the team can come but
its information mostly for the captains,"
she said.
Teams can either sign up by going
online at www.relayforlifeofshelton.org,
or by contacting organizers of the event.
The entry fee is $100 without a sponsor,
and with a sponsorship, entry is free.
For more information, call Dave and
Toni Hauge, Relay for Life co-chairs at
360-490-9490 or inothauge@yahoo.com,
Judy Foster, team development at 360-
426-1601 ext. 3150 or jfoster@pcfu.org,
or Vickie Gonzales at 360-426-1601 ext.
3142 or vgonzales@pcfu.org.
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