The Hope Valley Times
Issue #4 April 2015
Created by: Hope Valley Fourth Graders
Happy April vacation!!!
All about Mrs. Zonfrilli
By Abigail McAllister, Katelyn Mills, & Megan Tabraham
Did you know Mrs. Zonfrilli has been here for eighteen years? She has only been here one year more than Mr. Fanning! Mrs. Zonfrilli has six pets: her dog, Brody; her bird, Lilly; her rabbit, Willow; her bearded dragon, Titus; and two hamsters. She has three children. Joseph is thirty-three, Anthony is thirty, and Elisha is twenty-six. Her husband’s name is Al. He leaves at 4:30 each morning to drive a shuttle van for Rhode Island Hospital where he transports nurses and doctors between the different buildings and parking lots.
Mrs. Zonfrilli’s favorite subject is math. So if you like math you will admire her as a teacher! Her other job, besides being a teacher, is a seamstress. Some people call this job a dressmaker. She would cherish spending time outside of school with other teachers but she is too busy with sewing and schoolwork. Every year she is so excited and delighted to get new students. Watch out second graders, her first rule is “No Having Fun!”..... (just kidding)
Last year Mr. Gencarelli and Mrs. Foggo were interviewed. Mrs. Ricci was interviewed in December.
Super Bowl XLIX
By Jeannine Beever, Abigayle Fadgen, & Skyla Palumbo
The New England Patriots WON Super Bowl XLIX! The Super Bowl took place on February 1st on the University of Arizona’s field. In the beginning of the game the Seattle Seahawks were losing but came back to take the lead by 10 points in the second half. At the end of the game it looked like the Seahawks were going to win because the Seahawks had the ball and were close to scoring the go ahead touchdown. If they scored a touchdown they would win. The Seahawks attempted a pass at the 2-yard line but Patriot rookie, Malcum Butler, intercepted the pass on the goal line. The referee called, “Interception!” The Seahawks did not go down without a fight. They disagreed with the referee and Patriots but the referee’s call remained the same. The final score was 28-24 in favor of our team!
The Patriots leading rusher, Lagarret Blount, had a total of forty yards. The quarterback, Tom Brady, had a total of three hundred twenty-eight yards and four touchdowns. Finally, the top receiver, Julian Eldelman, had a total of one hundred nine yards receiving and one touchdown. Great stats! For more information, go to: www.nfl.com.
Joke Questions (Answers posted on page 5.)
By Annika Bestwick & Aidan Kohlman
1. Q. How do you catch a squirrel?
2. Q. Why did the cat go to Minnesota?
3. Q. Why do fish live in salt water?
4. Q. How do you get a pig to the hospital?
5. Q. Why didn’t the koala bear get the job?
6. Q. What’s an alien’s favorite candy?
7. Q. Why can’t you play games in the jungle?
8. Q. Why was the piano on the porch?
9. Q. Knock-knock
Who’s there?
Cows
Cows who?
Three More West Indian Manatee Adoptees
By Sydney Caswell & Zachary Lerner
Robin
Robin was first identified in 1980. His mother’s name is Wonder Woman. He enjoys sleeping in the deep waters of the rivers in Blue Spring State Park; the water has a temperature of seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit. He also enjoys the company of six other Blue Spring manatees named Phyllis, Floyd, Philip, Merlin, Brutus, and Lily. He is identified by a deep scar on his back. This deep gash was received from a boat strike when he was only three years old. These are only a few facts about Robin. To learn more go to www.adoptamanatee.org.
Squeaky
On June 13, 2011 a manatee named Amber gave birth to a manatee named Squeaky. Squeaky is the youngest manatee in the Save-the-Manatee-Club adoption program. She ignores her mother but otherwise Squeaky is very playful. Squeaky is so young that she does not have much of a biography at this time so this is all we know about her for now. To learn more about Squeaky go to www.savethemanatee.org.
Whiskers
Whiskers was first identified in 1996 at Blue Spring State Park. His mother’s name is Dana. In 2001 Whiskers was welcomed to the Save the Manatee Club’s Adopt-a-Manatee program. During his first couple of months of life Dana would bring Whiskers into the park every two weeks. He stayed close to her at first, but soon he was off playing with other manatees. Whiskers personality is very playful. His friends are Margarito, Lenny, and Lucille. Unfortunately his mother, Dana, was killed in a boat crash in 2012. For more information go to the two Web addresses mentioned above.
Mr. Gencarelli’s Fortieth Birthday
By Caroline Kendall & Tyler LaBelle
Mr. G’s Happy 40th was on February 8th, 2015. Hope Valley celebrated by posting his high school senior picture everywhere in the school. Mrs. Foggo even hung forty pictures in his office! Mrs. Ricci’s class made posters wishing him a happy birthday. They were hung throughout the school. Every class designed a huge birthday card too. We sang happy birthday to him during the Matty Hatty assembly. Mrs. Foggo’s class even took a class picture while they were all dressed up like Mr. G!
The Matty Hatty Assembly
By Caroline Kendall & Tyler LaBelle
The Matty Hatty Assembly was at Hope Valley School on February 11th, 2015. Mrs. Ward, our librarian, hosted our assembly. Mr. Bliven, our physical education teacher, taught kindergarten, grade one, grade two, grade three, and grade 4 classes a different dance and each grade level showed it off. Pre-K performed their own dance. The fourth grade chorus sang a song called “I’d Rather Be Happy.” The whole point of the assembly was to increase awareness and celebrate our accomplishment of raising money for children with epilepsy.
Weird but True Facts
By Leah Brocato, Kaitlyn Burns, & Ayden Petit
Girls have more taste buds than boys.
Popsicles were invented by an eleven year old.
A group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance.
There are more plastic flamingoes than real ones.
Some ants explode when attacked!
It is possible to smell scents in dreams.
The air around a lightning strike is five times hotter than the sun.
The year 2020 is the next time you can see a full moon on Halloween.
Hippo sweat is red!
African elephants have ears shaped like the continent of Africa.
Seeing the color red can make your heart beat faster.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
A line of all the Harry Potter books ever sold would circle the Earth twice.
Ladybugs squirt smelly liquid from their knees when scared.
The hearts of some hummingbirds can beat faster than one thousand times a minute.
In Japan it’s possible to buy watermelons shaped like pyramids.
Samuel Slater and Slater Mill
By Emily Stubbert
Do you know who Samuel Slater was? If not, he was the person who built the first cotton mill in America. The mill was called Slater Mill. This mill is located in Pawtucket, RI. Samuel Slater was born in Derbyshire, England on June 9, 1768. When he was fourteen he began a seven year apprenticeship in a factory that manufactured textile machines. At the age of twenty-one, in 1789, Samuel boarded a ship to New York. He began to work for a small textile mill in New York City which spun flax to make linen. Samuel heard of this cotton-spinning mill in Pawtucket. He wanted to spin cotton rather than linen. He sent a letter to Moses Brown and received a good offer so he moved to Rhode Island. Later on, Slater built a cotton mill of his own in Pawtucket and his business grew until he eventually owned thirteen mills in the area. Sadly, Slater died on April 21, 1835 in Webster, Massachusetts at the age of sixty-six.
Joke Answers
1. A. Climb a tree and act like a nut
2. A. To get a mini soda
3. A. Because pepper makes them sneeze
4. A. In a hambulance
5. A. Because he wasn’t koala-fied
6. A. Martian-mallows
7. A. Because there will always be a cheetah
8. A. Because he lost his keys
9. A. Cows go moo, not who Advisor: Mrs. Foggo
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