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DECEMBER 2011
THE OFFICIAL FIFTH GRADE NEWSPAPER OF PETAL UPPER ELEMENTARY
PETAL, MISSISSIPPI, USA
Anthony Alford: Past, Present, & Future Who is an A/B student, works excep- 2010. Since then, Anthony has been an Southern Miss, or Nebraska. tionally hard, and is the star quarter- exceptional student athlete. If he goes to college, he would like back for the Petal Panthers? Anthony is the star quarter- to major in Biology, but Anthony is so Anthony Alford. back for the Petal good at baseball he may just skip Anthony is a 17 year old senior Panthers. college and go straight to the at Petal High School and is the He led the minor leagues. See more Alford star quarterback for the Petal Panthers to a 7-4 That is how good he is photos on Pg 2 Panthers. record and a 5-1 in at baseball. In this article we will pick apart district play during Well that is why Anthony his past, present, and future. his senior season. Alford is not just a spectacular Anthony lived in Columbia By Landon Anthony was also invited quarterback, he is also a spectacular until eighth grade and he has DRAUGHN to play in the Army All person. played football since the fourth American Bowl Game that Now you see why Anthony has made grade. He was very close to his grand- will air on NBC on January 7, 2012. so many big decisions in his life and I mother, as she played an important role Anthony wants to play college ball think we will know that Anthony in his life. and has narrowed his choices down to Alford has a spectacular future ahead She sadly passed away in March of LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, of him.
Artwork by Mason Broom
Just say No! Red Ribbon Week reminds students to stay away from drugs and alcohol During Red Ribbon Week we learned about being drug free. We had a door competition, and Officer Kinsey spoke to our activity class. That week was about being drug free. Here are some things we did at PUES (Petal Upper Elementary School). We had a competition to see who had the best door or board. The 5th grade winner was Miss By Maggie Henderson, 6th grade winner was PEARCE Mr. Mooney, and Community Hall winner was Mrs. Steele. The doors were judged on cuteness, uniqueness, and creativeness. Officer Kinsey came to our activity classes. He talked to us about not doing drugs. He told us they were bad for our health. That`s how they can cause cancer and other diseases. “Don`t do drugs,” he said. “They will ruin your life.” During Red Ribbon Week at PUES, the students learned about the dangers of drugs. Everyone enjoyed the competition and the visit from Officer Kinsey. Everybody learned at PUES to just say no to drugs.
Steve Jobs: The man who changed the world.
teve Jobs was a very skilled In 1985, he bought Next Step and and important man to our 1986 he became Chief Executive for world. He was the co- Pixar Animations. Pixar Animations is founder of Apple. Apple is a a company that produces popular, technology company that computer animated movies. invents high tech products. In 1985 he was credited in the He changed the world with movie Toy Story as Executive his amazing inventions and talProducer. ents. He was also credited in other Steve Jobs was born on popular children’s movies such February 29, 1955, in San as Monster’s Inc. and Toy Story Francisco, California. He went 2. to Reed College in Portland, In 2000, Steve Jobs invented Oregon where he met Bill the iPod Touch, the iPad, and By Thomas the iPhone, which were all Gates and George Lucas. They all became good BUDRAITIS Apple inventions. friends. After one semester of With these amazing invencollege, he dropped out of school tions, one could play games, watch because he ran out of money. movies, text, and play music by downLater, he married Laurene Powell loading it from iTunes. and had four children. See JOBS, Page 2
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