By Alaina and Alanna grade 3 Happy Birthday Erickson! By: Ashley grade 4 Welcome it’s Erickson’s 15th Birthday! I’ve been at Erickson for five years. Erickson is a fun place to learn. I like Erickson’s special events, people and crafts. Erickson is a great school for kids. Get your passport out and learn about some other countries during Interna- tional Month, one special event we have here at Erickson. We do other events as well, like the Feast and Field Day. On Field Day, we do tug-a-war with our class. Also at the Feast we celebrate Thanksgiv- ing with good food. Special events are the best times or days of Erickson School. Every year I have different kinds of cool teachers and friends! The teachers I have are all cool, awesome and also nice. The friends always play with me and are nice. The aids help me like my teacher and my friends. There are a lot of nice people in the Erickson building. Cutting, writing and pasting is what we do for crafts. We did the butter- fly, Haiku poem and the flower. For the butterfly, I used tissue paper for the holes. For the Haiku poem, I had to do the sylla- bles 5, 7, 5. Also I got to teach origami because a Haiku poem is a Japanese poem. The flower was the thing I liked in school. Doing crafts helps me learn. Things I Like About Erickson I’ll miss learning at Erickson when I am in th By: Alicia grade 4 6 grade. I’ll miss the special events, the people I know and the crafts. I can’t be- Hey! Do you want to know what my favorite days of lieve next year will be my last year at school are? They are Wacky Wednesday, Field Day and field Erickson. trips. These are very special events to me. Grab your water and start pulling for tug-a-war! It’s so cool on wacky days because you get to wear crazy stuff! You have so much fun on Field Day and I love playing the games. Yum! Yum! Thanksgiving is on its way. I think the Teachers are funny food is great at the Feast. Oh it’s so exciting! We have a ton One can be knowledgeable of fun! It’s so happy because you get a lot of exercise. Lovely performance Field trips are fun. The animals are so fun at the zoo. The zoo is so fun. You get to see a lot of animals and feel the animals. Going to Robert Crown was great. We learned the rights! When we go to band concerts they are awesome. They must practice hard and try hard! It’s so hot and warm outside. Drink a cold bottle of water. Go Erickson Go! Come here there are a lot of events. By Jasper and Austin Grade 3 My favorite memory of Erickson is Field Day of 2007 because I liked the tug-of-war. We almost won, but we did a good job. Field Day was fun because I got to exercise outside and spend time with my friends. I hope we win this year. By Joaquin grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson was the 2007 Field Day. I liked the tug-of-war because you can see who is the strongest class. I also liked that we got to play cool games and hang out with my friends. Field Day is the great- est event of the year. By Trace grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson was the band playing from Westfield Middle School. They played many differ- ent instruments. They even told us what they were called and how they sounded. They did a great job coming to Erickson Elementary School for a very great performance. By Hannah grade 2 By Mateusz, Ethan, Diana, Curtis Grade 3 My favorite memory was of Erickson’s Feast in second grade because I ate a lot of food and had fun. I sat by my friends. My favorite food was corn, ham, and potatoes. I also saw some parents that I knew too. The Thanksgiving Feast was a lot of fun. By Alec grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson was when we won Field Day in first grade because my mom and my grandma were there to watch me. Another great memory was the tug-of-war. My favorite event was the tug-of-war because I’m very strong. If you win you can keep playing and win again. I can’t wait for Field Day in second grade! By Dominic grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson was Field Day in first grade. There were a lot of games and it was fun. My favor- ite game was fun. My favorite game was Jump the River. It is very fun. Also, we get to pick our class name. Our class name for second grade Field Day is Mitchell’s Panthers. I can’t wait until Field Day in second grade. By Anthony grade 2 My favorite memory pf Erickson was the 100th day of school. We got to make hats. It was Rebecca’s birthday so we got cookies. We had a parade around the school. We went from room to room. It was so much fun. By Sophia grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson was when we last had field day in first grade. We played many different games. The last game we played was tug-of-war and we won, but then Mrs. Volkman beat us. We had a fun time last field day! By Malik grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson was when I got to sing to classes at the Thanksgiving Feast. We sang, “Albuquerque Turkey,” “Everybody’s Welcome,” and “Over the River.” It was fun. The food was great. That is one of my best memories at Erickson! By Chloe grade 2 By Michael , Antoinette, Jason, & Nicky Grade 3 Well this school has a lot in its history. This is Erickson’s mascot, Eric Eagle, speaking. I have been here since this place was built. I have seen students come and go to middle school. Principals have been replaced too. Through the good times and bad, the school went through it all. After fifteen years this school is still standing strong. Happy 15th birthday Erickson! Your truly are, learning at its finest! By Chris grade 5 Yay! I am making a cake for the Erickson Eagle. It is fun. The cake is for Erickson’s 15th birthday party. Erickson has been here for 15 years. It is another year older. The cake is big and it says Happy 15th Birthday Erickson. The letters are in red and yellow and taste like vanilla. It is good. The cake is as big as a whale. The teachers and the students are going to eat the awe- some chocolate cake. Yum! It has blue icing because blue is one of the school colors. Erickson has been through fifteen years of teaching children. This cake is special because of that. This has been the best birthday ever. By DaQuan grade 5 Erickson Elementary Different teachers 6 grades Educational assemblies Many changes Assistant Principal Gym Teacher Fun Parties Many Activities International Month Writers’ Fair DARE lessons New Knowledge Many accomplishments Let’s Celebrate 15 Years By Vivian grade 5 By Farah, Athena, & Shivani Grade 3 My favorite memory of Erickson is Field Day in first grade. My favorite part was when we won the tug-of-war. Our class won all of our games. I came in second in Jump the River. I came in first on Jump Rope. Field Day was fun. By Jack grade 2 My favorite memory is when I went to AR Night Out. I liked when we got to go around the school and find out the answers to the questions we got about books. There were teachers in the hall. If we weren’t doing the rules then we had to sing a song or something else! The rules were hard. We had to hold hands the whole time unless we wanted a drink of water. The other rule was we had to smile the whole time. We also got to go bowling and we got to get a book. AR Night Out was awesome! By Emily grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson is when we had the EAGLE Awards. We got to sing two songs. “In the Pages of a Book” was one of them. The assem- bly showed us what books we voted for in each grade. That was my favorite memory. By Anthony, Dawid, & Ammara Grade 3 By Bianca grade 2 These are some of my favorite memories of Erickson. Field Day in first grade because my class and everyone did a good job at Field Day. The Westfield Band concert was very good and so was my sister on the trumpet. The field trips were all good. The best field trip was the Wizard of Oz play. Also the book that we read on Halloween in second grade, the girl’s name was Halloween spelled backward. I remember I really liked the trickery! By Lauren grade 2 My favorite memory of Erickson is when the Westfield band played for us. They were fantastic. They showed us different instruments like the brass, woodwind, and others. Then they got into groups and played different music pieces. I liked the part when the man played the piccolo trumpet and a trumpet. I think Erickson is the best and I hope it has a good birthday.