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Wizard of Oz Is a Triumph! by ZOE GONZALEZ Now What’S the Fifth Grade Show?- Choosing the Parts SPRING 2020 Wizard of Oz is a Triumph! BY ZOE GONZALEZ Now what’s the Fifth Grade show?- choosing the parts. then everybody Flash! Rainbow lights! Whoo! So, every year in spring, the Fourth starts working REALLY hard to put Loud cheering! Ohhh. wait….you Graders all come together, and with it together. don’t know what this is, do you? But Ms. Golub, Ms. Sarah, and Ms. you should know! I mean it IS the Wurman choose a show they think Then comes the show! According Fifth Grade show! And in this case, suits the students. When everybody to Ms. Sarah, at first, it was really it’s the Wizard of Oz! comes back in the Fall, they start hard to choose who should be who, but then it was kind of obvious who should be what characters. They knew what they were doing because the show was really good. Wait...it was not good. It was...GREAT! Also according to Ms. Sarah, re- hearsals were not that hard, consid- ering that every Fifth Grader was dedicated to the show. And when I say “dedicated,” I mean four days a week, for five months—all of it af- ter-school practice! Incredible! And Ms. Sarah also said that she had nev- er seen Fifth Graders be so amazing at their show. And in case you’re wondering, for any aspiring actor or actress, here’s some advice from Ms. Sarah: “As an actor or actress, you need to be good at acting, dancing and sing- ing—or at least try hard to be good at them.” In summary, we at PS11 Post want to congratulate everyone who was in the show and everyone who worked PHOTO BY PS11 POST TEAM hard to put it together. 1 SPRING 2020 Behind the Scenes at the Wizard of Oz BY GIANNA PIREZ-READER To get a better idea of what ac- tually goes on behind the scenes, Have you ever wondered what I did an interview with my friend happens backstage during PS11 Scarlett R., a Fourth Grader. She shows? It takes tons of hard-work- was also one of the people that got ing people! Every year, Ms. Golub, picked to work backstage, working Ms. Sarah, and Ms. Wurman gather in makeup. I wanted to know what all Fifth Graders and decide which happened in makeup because I was of them can take part in the show. not working with her to see what happened. So I decided to interview Often the show is based on a her for the PS11 Post so I could find movie or musical. This year was out what was happening and share the Wizard of Oz. But Ms. Golub, with readers. Ms. Sarah, and Ms. Wurman aren’t done picking people yet…….they PS11 Post: What was the hardest have to also pick people to work thing in makeup? backstage. They don’t pick Fifth Graders to work backstage, they Scarlett: Putting primer on and pick Fourth Graders to work back- then the glitter on the eyes. The glit- stage! And in fact I was one of the ter would go everywhere and the PHOTO BY PS11 POST TEAM people that worked backstage in primer was hard to put on. Scarlett: Yes. Because their the Wizard of Oz, and I am going scenes were happening while put- to tell you the secrets and mistakes PS11 Post: Did you have to rush be- ting on makeup. that happened backstage. tween scenes? continued on page 4 Our Beloved Chickens BY HARRY LUCAS also teaches cooking at the PS11 afterschool. She was kind Live chickens are not something enough to answer some ques- you typically see on a New York City tions for me. street. This is yet another reason that makes PS11 unique: the chicken coop PS11 Post: What are your favour- in the yard! But what do you really ite things about chickens? know about our chickens? You might think the chickens in the PS11 yard Ms. Debbie: I like that they like are just there to look at, but they are me! Also, they make my life easier more than that! They give us food— by providing me with fresh eggs. eggs to be exact. PS11 Post: What kinds of things (Fun fact: they lay 6 eggs a day, so have you done to improve the coop? that means 2-3 dozen eggs a week. Bet you didn’t know that!) Ms. Debbie: We put in a new roof, got new nesting boxes and in- Ms. Debbie is the person who stalled a better watering system takes care of the chickens; she continued on page 11 PHOTO BY PS11 POST TEAM 2 SPRING 2020 in the school (rare) or other relatives read a book to the class from behind a We Love the Library! curtain, and the kids try to guess who it is by asking yes or no questions. Unfortunately we often don’t get to book-shop after, but we still have fun. In a survey of 56 students from dif- ferent grades, 19 people said Mystery Reader was their favorite activity and the other 37 chose borrowing books as their favorite. I also asked some kids across grades, “On a rating from 1 to 10, how would you rate the library?” There were many positive responses. Elena, in Third Grade, said, “10 out of 10 be- cause it is the only time that kids keep quiet.” Raphael, a kindergartner, also gave it a ten “because it is really nice and I get to read very quietly,” as did Second Grader Ahren “because I like all the books.” Fourth Grader Grey gave the library a more conservative score of 7/10 but did note “there are PHOTO BY BRENDAN LI BY BRENDAN LI lots of good books.” big large windows. When you walk Have you ever stopped a minute by, there is almost always a class Some people don’t always have a to really think about the library? in there. There’s always something great time in the library. A First Grad- There it is, filled with books and ta- going on! er named Ever gave it a 5 “because bles. Personally I think the library I can’t find books that I like.” Fifth is a very fun place if you love read- Now, you might wonder: how did Grader Alikhan gave it a 7 because he ing. But I began to wonder what those books get there in the first place? loves books, doesn’t always find what other adults and students at PS11 The library gets its books in two ways: he wants, and can only visit the library think about the library. It seems buying them and receiving donations once a week. Others agree that the li- that some people are totally satis- from people. Here’s another fun fact: brary time is too short and they don’t fied with it while others have some the library for this school has been have time to pick a book. As you can observations about it. To get to the around for such a long time that some see, there is a lot more to the library bottom of this question I asked li- of the librarians don’t even know when than you might think: lots of opinions brarians, students and teachers it was started! and experiences. Personally, I’d give from the school questions and got the library a 9—only missing a full some answers and very interesting Now onto a topic that is a favorite 10 because sometimes I can’t find my perspectives on the library. for some, and not so great for others. favorite books. Drumroll please … I’m talking about You might wonder how the teach- Just in case you don’t know, here the “Mystery Reader”!! For those of ers view the library. I asked a Fourth are some basic facts about the li- you not familiar with this activity, Grade teacher, Ms. Reichelt about brary: it is located on the fourth Mystery Reader happens when a class what changes she would make to the floor—room 408— and has yellow returns 100 books. On the next library library, and she said, “I would like walls, wooden chairs, tables and visit, parents (usually), older siblings continued on next page 3 SPRING 2020 We Love the Library continued The PS11 Post and How It Works to see more diverse selections of books, especially non-fiction. Also, BY MARC SLOANE ing a couple of years ago and said we could have student recommenda- Do you know what you are “Is there any parent out there who tions. I think we can recognize books holding (or reading)? It’s the PS11 could take this on? If we can’t find that many people don’t know about Post, a newspaper about PS11 and someone it will have to close!” So by having a section for those books what’s happening in the neighbor- I stuck up my hand. on a shelf.” hood! Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes Eli K., a student journalist who I also asked Ms. Reichelt how at the PS11 Post? Because in this has worked on two editions told many times she would want to go to article, you will find out! me “Once I got into the flow of the library with the class in one week. doing it was fine”. Maya K., a vol- She said, “One time is sufficient. But I got an interview with several unteer parent who has also worked they should have open library times people—kids and grown-ups— on the last two editions (as a vol- where you can sign up and go if you involved with the newspaper.
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