Volume 5, Issue 3 PWCS March 25, 2011 T I G E R T I M E S Dance Til You Drop By Courtney Petko INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Robotics Anyone? 2 It’s me again coming to you, Courtney Petko, the Feature Editor for the Tiger Times news- Strobe Lights 2 paper. This time I will interview Star Tedder who participates in the Dance, Dance, Dance Club Tiger Track Team 3 which is held after school twice a month on Thursdays. Incredible Markus 3 Q. Who is the teacher? A. Mrs. Kratz. The Real Mrs. Hardin 4 Q. Is the teacher nice? A. Yes. Word Search 4 Q. Will you perform in front of the school? A. Yes, on May 5, at the After School Club Showcase. Q. Do you think you will do well? Dance, Dance, Dance, Club A. Yes, we’ll blow them out. With Sponsor Mrs. Kratz Tiger Times Staff Q. How did you learn to dance? A. Mrs. Kratz shows us the Q. Does Dance, Dance, Dance play music? Mrs. Wagner moves and we copy them. A. Yes, we dance to the beat of the music. Editor in Chief Q. What is your favorite song? Mrs. Carney Q. Are any of your friends in A. Dynamite Assistant Editor Dance, Dance, Dance? A. Yes, Katherine. Q. Do you like Dance, Dance, Dance? Mr. Loughery A. Yes, I love it. Assistant Editor Q. Is dancing considered a Star is a kind, pretty student with a good fashion sense. It was sport? Kimberly Mena great fun interviewing her and watching her class dance. They A. No, but it’s just as competitive. Art Director were very good, and May 5 can’t come soon enough. Sydney Crosby Advice Columnist Never Say Never - Justin Bieber By Samantha Mendez Cristian Argueta Justin Bieber is a cute 16 year old with a Feature Editor talent. At Madison Square Garden, Justin Samantha Mendez performed “U SMILE” and ” On Bended Knee” Feature Editor with his idols, Boyz II Men. Sean Kingston performed his set and then came back to join Courtney Petko Justin Bieber on stage for “Eenie Meenie.” In Feature Editor Feb. 2010, the CD Singing in a Paris Mall was cancelled due to crowd control reasons. Elijah Brill News Editor Justin Bieber was born on March 14, 1994, in Canada. Justin is an only child .His favor- Julie Gazzoli ite colors are blue and purple. Justin ‘s first News Editor single was “One Time.” He plays four instru- ments. His manager is Usher. Justin has two Madison Holloway best friends—Chaz and Ryan. Justin’s worst His new songs are “Pray, “ “Dr. Bieber,” “Ride,” “Stuck in the Moment, “ ”Up,” “First Dance,” “That Sports Editor habit is eating too much candy . His favorite should be me, “ and “Favorite girl.” He also has a movie is The Notebook . He loves Beyonce’. new movie, Never Say Never . Justin also performed “Down to Earth” for his mother. Page 2 Volume 5, Issue 3 Robotics, Anyone? By Cristian Argueta I am Cristian Argueta, the Feature Editor of the Tiger Times . I am interviewing the Technology Club sponsor, Mr. Weaver. Q: How did you get interested in technology? A: It all started when I started playing Atari, (that was before Nintendo) and we got our first IBM-compatible computer with the big floppy disks. Of course, you kids don’t know what a floppy disk is. Q: Why did you start a technology club here? A: The County offered us the robotics kits, and Mrs. Crowe-Miller and I thought it was a good idea. Q: How long have you been teaching technology? A: I have been in technology for 2 years, but I have been using technology since I was your age. Q: How many members are in the club? A: We have only 6 members now, but I have a few students in mind that may be joining us. Q: What kind of robots do you build? A: We build Lego robots using NXT programming software. Q: What can they do? A: The robots do whatever we program them to do, read black and white lines, see walls, and make things move. Q: How many competitions do you have in the year? A: We do 2 competitions each school year. One is a Lego competition and the other on May 14, is a county competition. Q: How many competitions have you won? A: We have not won any, but we have attended only one. Q: Do you have a lot of technology at home? What does it do? Q: How do you celebrate after a competition? A: I have technology at home, including a few computers A: We have fun with the robots. and gaming systems. The coolest thing I can do at home Q: What are your plans for the club in the future? is control my TV with my phone. A: To place higher in the competitions by learning how to program our robots to do more missions. Strobe Lights By Elijah Brill Hi, I am Ely Brill, and I am back to talk about lights. Strobe lights come in all shapes and sizes. They also come in different colors. Some are expensive and some are LED (light emitting diodes). These are important because work trucks, like a Verizon cherrypicker truck, uses them. The lights are secured by different sizes of magnets. Strobes are used in industrial and scientific applications. Also, they are used in dance clubs to make everything seem to be in slow motion. If the strobe is in proper timing, it can appear to freeze the motion. I could use a battery operated strobe (like AA batteries) that is weather You might ask how I, a student at Dale City proof. It must be good for indoor and outdoor use. Then people could Elementary School, could use a strobe light? see me when I am riding my bike night or day. Tiger Times Page 3 Tiger Track Team By Kimberly Mena My name is Kimberly Mena, and I’m interviewing Mrs. Crostic about the Tiger Track Team. This is the third year for the Tiger Track Team. This group is exclusive to Dale City Elementary School. Q: Was it fun teaching the Tiger Track Team? A: Yes, I really enjoyed it. Q: What is Tiger Track Team all about? A: Inspiring girls to make good life-long decisions. Q: Was there anybody else teaching? A: Yes, Mrs. Johnson, our guidance counselor. Q: What did you do if it was raining? A: We would exercise inside and run the hall- Q: How many people can be in it? ways. We had practice after school so it was not A: 20 crowded. Q: Are you going to let boys in? Q: Did you do warm up? A: No, it’s just for girls right now. A: We do circuit training. Q: Do you run races? Q: When are you starting again? A: Yes, I love to run. A: We will start again next fall. Running is a great form of exercise. Incredible Markus By Madison Holloway Hi, school. It’s me, Madison, the sports editor for Tiger Times news- paper. I’m here with Markus to inter- view him. He is in fourth grade. He is usually good in class, but he has been begging me to put him in the newspaper. So I’m going to ask him a few questions. You guys may be interested so listen up. Q: What’s your favorite sport? A: My favorite sport is soccer. Q: Are you in sports club? A: Yes, I am in sports club. Q: Have you wanted to be on the newspaper staff? A: Yes, I have wished to be on the newspaper staff, but I could choose only one club. Q: How does it feel to be in the newspaper? A: It feels kind of odd. Q: Do you play sports at home? A: Yes, I do play sports at home. Q: Do you like sports? A: Yes. That’s why I’m in sports club. Q: If you’re in sports club, do you play soccer or basketball? Working together not only during the day, but in sports A: I play both sports. makes for very good team work. Q: Who is your school teacher? A: Mrs. Hardin is my school teacher. Page 4 Volume 5, Issue 3 Tiger Times is The Real Mrs. Hardin published by the Newspaper Club at By Sydney Crosby Dale City Elementary School. I am Sydney Crosby, the Advice Columnist for Tiger Times. For Editorial and production this issue, I am going to tell you offices are located at: about the real Mrs. Hardin. She 14450 Brook Drive also is a sponsor for drama club. Woodbridge, VA 22193 Phone: 703-670-2208 Fax: 703-670-8425 Q: How long have you been a http://www.pwcs.edu/DaleCity/ teacher? A: I have been teaching for 10 years. Q: How long have you been teaching here at Dale City Elementary. 4th A: I have been teaching here for five years. Grade A: I like to read and spend time with my family. Q: Why did you want to be a Anyone? teacher? Q: Do you love animals? A: I love helping people and I love A: YES!! children. Q: What’s your favorite color? Q: Before becoming a teacher A: Black. what did you want to be? A: I wanted to be on T.V. Q: What’s your favorite animal? A: A black lab. Q: What’s your hobby outside of school? That’s the real Mrs.