WES Buzz, Special Holiday Edition

Contents Elf on the Shelf: The Good, The Bad, The Sneaky! ................................................................................ 1

Guest Columnist: Santa 2018! .............................................................................................................. 3

WES Craft Night ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Walsh: Lion King Review ....................................................................................................................... 6

Fourth and Fifth Grade Geography Bee ................................................................................................ 9

Kindness is Cool: How You Can Help, Too ........................................................................................... 10

Book Review: The Menagerie Series ................................................................................................... 12

Elf on the Shelf: The Good, The Bad, The Sneaky!

By Mia Lista

1. The foot bath

Does your elf look uptight and need relaxation? Then I recommend this foot bath, and you will see the

difference!

2. The Adventure

These elf buddies are off on a journey across the sky! Try to find them on Christmas Eve night!

3. The Greedy Elf?

This elf seems to be mooching off of his seeker! The question is really, are elves REALLY all that good?!

4. The Lazy Elf!?

These Elves are so lazy!!!! They are probably relaxing though.

Guest Columnist: Santa 2018!

By Santa Claus

Special to the WES Buzz

Ho hello ho!! Kids, I hope you have been good this year.

I have heard from my little helpers that some children have no elves in their house, like Leah Zhang

who is in 4th grade Mrs. Crowe’s class and Danby Morrison in Mrs. Barnes' class.

I think they should go out and get themselves an elf (you can find them at Target).

But some of my elves have been a little wacky lately. For example:

These elves are crazy!

But, they have a point. They don’t want you to play too much PS4 or XBOX. They think you should do

your homework. They have been to school, and they know it's important!

SEE! If you are on the naughty list, you better watch

out! I have been looking (when I haven't been eating more cookies --don’t tell Mrs. Claus).

I'm fun but don’t get in trouble kids. Remember I still have the list out.

I was on Instagram the other day taking pictures and posting away, and I got in trouble with Mrs.

Claus. She said that I need to finish my delivery plans! Same goes for video games, Facebook, Snapchat!

So have a fun Christmas! Have a holly jolly Christmas! See you on Christmas eve! PS: Watch out for

those elves!

WES Craft Night

By Ben Rickmond👨💻

One of our wildly popular WES events is: Craft Night!

Craft night this year is on Dec. 12th at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Craft Night is a PTO event. All WES students

may come. You can buy tickets at the door. This event is in the little theater and cafeteria. There is a

huge variety of awesome holiday crafts to choose from! Perfect for easy winter holiday giving.

My favorite crafts are the super popular cookie mix, the decorate your own bag, and the make your own

ornament!

I was interested in learning more about craft night. Mrs. Mackenzie and Mrs. Richter are the co-chairs

for craft night. Mrs. Mackenzie was very nice to answer some questions for me, I hope that you have

fun learning more about craft night.

Q. What is the busiest table?

A. “Cookie mix, without a doubt.”

Q. How long has Craft Night been a tradition at WES?

A. “No one knew for sure, but a teacher who’s been at WES for many years guessed that the first Craft

Night was in 2003. If that’s true, it’s our 15th anniversary!”

Q. How many crafts are there?

A. “This year there are ten crafts. Some old favorites and some that are brand new! The Community

Outreach Committee has a table and so does the Multicultural Committee, who will be making Spanish

windmills since Spain is the country WES is studying this school year.”

Q. Where do you get the supplies for craft night?

A. “The great thing about Craft Night is that it is a group effort! As Craft Night Chairs, Jess Richter and I

found ten Table Leaders. A few Table Leaders were assigned crafts and a few others chose crafts they’ve

done before. It is up to the Table Leaders to get all the supplies needed to complete about 200 crafts.”

Q. How many volunteers do you need for the Craft Night?

A. “We suggest 2-3 volunteers at each table at all times. Sometimes volunteers will work the entire hour

and a half, sometimes they will take shifts. The Table Leaders staff their own tables. We also have

volunteers who sell tickets and volunteers who patrol the hallways. Some Table Leaders are relying on

older siblings to help out! I would guess we will use approximately 40 volunteers by the end of the

night.”

I hope you enjoyed learning about craft night. Bye for now!

Walsh: Lion King Review

By Connor Walsh

This Thanksgiving break, I was lucky enough to see the Lion King on Broadway. The musical was held at

Minskoff Theater in New York City. The theater was packed with people!

The Lion King is about a young lion named Simba that will eventually become King of the Pride Lands.

Simba faces a lot of challenges before he becomes King. Before the Lion King was on Broadway, it was

an animated Disney movie. The Lion King’s opening night was on November 13, 1997. That was 24 years

ago!

Once everyone was seated the theater went dark and quiet. Then Rafiki, the monkey appeared singing

on stage. Then animals started walking down the aisles to Pride Rock on stage. I thought it was amazing

how detailed and realistic the elephant, giraffe, and warthog looked. Some of the animals even moved

liked real animals especially the baboons and hyenas. I loved the act when young Simba was singing, “I

can’t wait to be king.” That act was very loud and exciting.

One of my favorite scenes was the charge of the wildebeest stampede. I thought the special effects

were so cool! If I had a choice to see the Lion King on Broadway or at the movie theater I would rather

see it on Broadway. That’s why I recommend you go see the Lion King on Broadway.

Five Fun Christmas Carols

By Lilah Kenny

Ho ho ho Merry Christmas! Are you ready for Christmas? My family has our whole house decorated

(except the tree). One of our favorite things to do is listen or sing Christmas carols! Here are a top 5 of

our favorites! (by the way they are random).

Number 5

Let it snow let it snow let it snow was written by Sammy Cahn. It was written in

Hollywood, California. However, LET IT SNOW has been played in June, July and August. I remember

when I was little my brother and I would dance around the kitchen to this song a night before a snow

storm hoping that it would snow.

Number 4

Winter wonderland just gives you the Christmas cheer. With all the

lyrics (which is written by Richard B. Smith), you can picture the winter wonderland in your mind. When

I was little, I thought there really was a winter wonderland. The song makes you think of Christmas!

Number 3

Happy Holiday is a song by Andy Williams. And it is also one of my

favorites. I have listened to it so many times I have memorized every word. I can’t get that song out of

my head! It a song great for kids because of the lyrics that tell the listeners about Santa (which every kid

loves) and candy canes and Christmas trees. A true Christmas song.

Number 2

“Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock”! This song has been sung by many people, that’s why it’s a big

hit! This song is new and old. Many singers have made other versions. I have made up dances and I have

remembered it by heart. You can have some real Christmas fun with this song. Dance around your

kitchen, put on performances with your family. Go have some fun and dance to Jingle Bell Rock

Number 1

Santa Claus is coming to town. You better be good Santa's coming. Don’t you want toys? I do! It’s the

holiday season and Santa's coming to eat cookies and give you presents. I remember when I was little, I

danced to this song on Christmas Eve waiting for him to come when I wake up in the morning. This song

was a childhood favorite with all the jingle bells in Christmas!

Here are some Christmas carols facts to learn

1. Christmas carols were very popular in Poland

2. There was a tradition of singing Christmas carols until till February 2th

3. And Christmas music started on December 1st on radio stations

Well I hope you have a Merry Christmas and go start dancing to Christmas carols! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Fourth and Fifth Grade Geography Bee

By Zeke Williams

In November, fourth and fifth grade teachers announced to their classes that we would be doing a

geography bee. For my class we had it at Social Studies time and each student was given five questions,

including on states and continents.

Our teacher asked the questions while we sat on the carpet.

Some of the questions were easy and some were hard! An example of an easy question was “What

continent is Australia on?” Most people knew Australia is the continent!

An example of a hard question was “What is the smallest of the Great Lakes?” Do you know? It’s

actually Lake Ontario.

Whoever got the most out of the five questions won. If two kids got the same, highest number, they

would compete in a tie-breaker the next day. The winner of the tie-breaker goes on to compete against

the winners from other classes in the grade. The winner for fourth grade competes against the fifth

grade winner for the championship.

It was fun for most people. When you didn’t know the answer, though, it was frustrating to lose.

Editor's Note: Radnor participates in the official National Geographic Society Geographic Bee. Students

in grades 4-8 are eligible. This year is the first year 4th and 5th graders were able to take part. RMS also

takes part. In 2012, an RMS student won the state championship! To learn more about the Geographic

bee, see https://www.nationalgeographic.org/bee

Kindness is Cool: How You Can Help, Too

By Ben Rickmond 👨💻

Before Thanksgiving, my family went to a high school cafeteria in Downingtown to help a charity called

“The Lords Pantry.” We went around a set of tables picking a certain amount of Thanksgiving foods and

putting them into baskets and delivering them to families in need. We made baskets for about 250

families. My Dad’s work supported this charity by giving some money because there were 10 people

from that company who volunteered.

Do you want to give kindness? Here are some ways to give back:

Donate to the Ronald McDonald house. My Favorite charity!

Go to:

https://www.philarmh.org

Radnor Township is collecting for Toys for Tots:

Want to help on MLK Day of Service at the high school on 1/21/19?

Click this link:

https://www.rtsd.org/Page/21262

You can donate clothes and toys and other things to Cradles to Crayons visit this site.

https://www.cradlestocrayons.org

You can give food to a food drive at Wayne United Methodist Church visit this site to learn more

http://wayneumc.org/food-pantry/

Help Alex’s Lemonade by setting up lemonade stands (in the spring) or donate!

Visit this site

https://www.alexslemonade.org

Book Review: The Menagerie Series

By Julia Silverman

The Menagerie is a great book series for people that like mythical animals and fantasy books. It follows

Logan and Zoe through Xanadu, Wyoming, as they try to save the Menagerie. The Menagerie is a hidden

place full of magical animals.

The first book is called The Menagerie. In this book, Logan and Zoe need to find six escaped griffin cubs,

or the Menagerie will be shut down.

The second book is Dragon on Trial. The Menagerie’s golden goose is missing, and Logan and Zoe must

investigate to find out what happened.

The last book is named Krakens and Lies. Logan and Zoe must work together to stop the Menagerie and

its creatures from being exposed.

I definitely recommend these books. They are exciting and funny. The books are by Tui and Kari

Sutherland. Tui Sutherland is also the author of the Wings of Fire series. All the books can be found at

the WES library.