The Paw

You may have seen eighth graders yesterday wearing colorful out of uniform shirts. That was because yesterday, Wednesday May 20th, St. Luke’s Episcopal School honored the graduating eighth grade class of 2009 with another Signing Day. Signing Day was when it was officially announced where the eighth graders are going to high school. They are going to various schools such as TMI, Alamo Heights, St. Mary’s Hall, Antonian, Churchill, NESA, DATA, Jefferson, Incarnate Word, ISA, and Health Careers.

-CATHERINA =) =) =)

This is an interview that I Natalie =D had with an 8th grader.

Q. What is your first and middle name?

A. Catherine Oren… its a family name

Q. What nicknames do you have?

A. None that I use really.

Q. If you were a toy what would you be.

A. I dont really think about those kinds of things.

Q. What is the best advice you have ever been given?

A. Umm. i dont know… the glass half full one.

Q. What are your future plans?

A. Well, go to High School, go to College, get a job and die someday.

Q. If you could, what would you change your name to?

A. I wouldn’t really change it.

Q. Do you like dancing?

A. Um, yeah, kindof.

Q. Christmas or Easter?

A. Where are you getting these questions!? Um christmas

Q. Hugs or Kisses?

A. It depends who it is.

Q. What is the color of your favorite pair of pajamas?

A. Purple

Q. What is the first thing you want to do when you go to an amusement park?

A. A rollercoaster I guess… what else can you do?

Q. Day or Night?

A. Both kindof

Q. Summer or Winter?

A. umm… summer.

Q. How do you feel about leaving St. Luke’s next year?

A. It’s sad but…yeah…kind of unavoibable.

That’s all folks! Thanks for reading The Paw!

  Natalie 

Today the 8th grade had a lab during science.

The lab was performed in order to show different chemical reactions and which reactions they are.

There were 6 different stations that had different chemical reactions.

The different reactions were:

1. Copper Sulfate and Aluminum
2. Zinc and Hydrochloric acid
3. Zinc and Iodine (We only watched a video. Apparently it creates a toxic gas, which would be a problem)
4. Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Carbonate
5. Oxidation of Iron (Iron in saltwater)
6. Hydrogen Peroxide and Manganese Dioxide

The experiment went without any accidents and no one spilled acid on themselves, so it was a success.

-Rachel

Hello I’m Henry Koontz and I am running for vice president of Student Voice. I am qualified for this position because I make good grades and I’m in the National Junior Honor Society. I am also in the Latin Honor Society. I am responsible because my trade fair group and I delivered marshmallow shooters on time to everyone who ordered one from our booth. As vice president I would do every thing in my power to make St. Lukes a better place. Also, if you vote for me your wildest dreams will come true.

Are you ready for field day? Honestly it does not matter because it is coming anyways. Field day is next week, Friday May 22, so make sure that you have your outfits ready. You may wear clothing that is the color of your team and tennis shoes. If you do not know what team your on its okay! DON’T PANIC!!!!!!!!!! Take a deep breath, walk over to your teachers desk and politely ask is you can see the list of teams. Its that simple. Oh did I mention that school gets early on the day of field day? Hope you have an amazing field day and if you don’t thats okay too!

It was a quiet afternoon in the cafeteria today. Empty tables loomed as the eighth graders entered the room. People were running around, scared to death! One gasped as they suddenly realized what was wrong. It was quiet. It was too quiet. The seventh graders were gone! Did they die of the swine flu? Suddenly kidnapped? Was it poisoning? Abducted by Aliens?!!! Then when all hope was about to be lost, on young girl said “Don’t worry! The seventh graders will be back tomorrow. They’re visiting the Bob Bullock Museum today on a field trip.” Then everyone breathed a sigh of relief and returned to normal activities. This has been another mystery solved by Shirley Holmes. CASE CLOSED

The dress code for Mrs. Berdicio’s Sock Hop tomorrow is the following.

Girls can wear either poodle skirts or cuffed jeans with a white shirt.

Guys can also wear cuffed jeans but not a poodle skirt.

See you all in the gym 2:40- 3:30 tomorrow in the gym!

-Rachel

Hey Tigers!
If you are in the 7th grade you already know this but we 7th graders are going to Austin this Thursday. We are going to go to the Texas History Museum and to a 4D movie and a IMAX! The IMAX is basically a big, long commercial for Texas. I don’t know what the 4D movie is about but it will be fun!

=D Natalie =D

Today, Lucy S, Brynn T, Maggie B, Hanne S, Anjali K, Andye F, Paige N, Brynn M, and students from third through eighth grade starred in the annual spring concert. The theme was Disney princesses, including Gisele from Enchanted, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Jasmine, Belle, Pocahontas, and Snow White. The show was a huge success, and had the audience laughing and smiling until the closing sequence “Ever After”. Some of the hit songs from the show were “A Happy Working Song”, “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes”, “Part of Your World”, “Be Our Guest”, and “Someday My Prince Will Come”. Mrs. Ritchey and the others worked very hard to make the show possible, so they are glad everyone enjoyed it! Here is the cast of princes and princesses:

~CAST~

ENCHANTED: Gisele-Lucy S

CINDERELLA: Cinderella-Brynn T, Prince-Steele S

SLEEPING BEAUTY: Aurora-Maggie B, Prince Phillip-David V

THE LITTLE MERMAID: Ariel-Hanne S, Prince Eric-Drew F

ALADDIN: Jasmine-Anjali K, Aladdin-Ezra A

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Belle-Andye F, Beast-Rusty K

POCAHONTAS: Pocahantas-Paige N, Captain John Smith-Zack S

SNOW WHITE: Snow White-Brynn M, Prince-Enrique C

ARTICLE BY: CATHERINE

This Friday is Mrs. Berdicio’s going-away party.

It is held in the gym from 2:40 pm to3:30 pm.

It has a 1950’s sock hop theme, which is, if you don’t know what that is, a dance where you would dance without shoes, in your socks.

Girls would wear poodle skirts and blouses, guys would wear suits with skinny ties.

-Rachel