The Magnet Express

Magnet Express Volume 1/No.1 PULLING IN NEWS Fall/Winter 2009 Vol. 3/No.2 Spring 2012

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Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years

Big plans for Community Garden PAGE 6

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Scott played part in tornado recovery

By Markell Tucker Staff writer

Richard Scott decided to get into the field of being a meteorologist in elementary school. He’s always enjoyed learning more and more about weather, when he found out something called

meteorology, he knew right then that he wanted to be a meteorologist.

As young as 7 years old, people would ask him what is the weather going to be

today. “Every time I answer, whether I was wrong or right.

It’s hard to explain why I have such a fascination about weather, Richard Scott but its kind of like someone who

loves eating chocolate or loves fishing… It’s just something that is interesting to me,” he said.

Scott started his internship at age 19. He was 20 years old when

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Alberta librarian looks ahead to new library

By Kitzia Bunker Staff writer

Alberta’s librarian is Mrs. Mary Schellhammer. You might have seen her friendly face in the library reading to students or checking out books.

Her library in the Alberta school was destroyed on April 27, 2011 in the tornado.

She looks forward to getting a new library built after the tornado.

Her favorite food is pizza.

Her favorite color is blue.

Her favorite book is The Carrot Seed the book is by Ruth Krause.

After work she picks up her Photo by Kitzia Bunker daughter and goes to her other job, at the Tuscaloosa Public Mrs. Schellhammer reads to a class in the library.

Library.

UA partnerships continue

By Isabel Retsinas Staff writer

UA partnerships continued this year with a few new partnerships. One of those was knitting. Mariel Snetman the UA partnership knitting teacher, told us about her life and what she loves to do.

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Do you like knitting?

Yes! I love knitting. It is fun, relaxing, and I get to make fun things for friends and family.

in NYC in knitwear product development and got to work with yarn everyday. I realized I could still be knitting and working with yarn while having the career in fashion I really want.

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What is your favorite thing about knitting?

My favorite thing about knitting is sharing my work with others. I love to knit things for friends and family as gifts. It is always fun to see their reaction and to see them wearing or using my gift for years to come.

Do you like your knitting class?

I really like my knitting class. My class is very fun and full of fast learners!

What is your job?

Right now, I am just a student. I graduate from the University of Alabama this May and I am hoping to pursue a career in fashion product development in New York City.

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How did you get interested in what you do?

I actually got interested in fashion product development through knitting! I did an internship

Superhero secret identity is fun for all

By Merrill Fitts Staff writer I recently interviewed a 4th grader that goes here to the “magic” school.

Kennadi Steele-Williams who is in Mrs. Grayson’s class, told me about her favorite super hero.

The first question I asked her was “ If you where a superhero what power(s) would you want?”

“I would want to have

invisibility and the power to shoot fire,” she said.

I also asked “Who is your favorite superhero?

“My favorite superhero is Super Girl,” she said.

Then I asked her “what is your favorite superhero secret identity was.

“My favorite secret identity is Violet from The Incredibles,” she said.

Violet from The Incredibles

Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years

By Kitzia Bunker Staff writer

The Girl Scouts recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. I interviewed Isabel Retsinas, from our local Girl Scout troop, who is a Girl Scout in Troop 139.

I asked her why she wanted to be a Girl Scout.

“I wanted to meet new people and try more things,” she said.

Her troop went camping recently at Lake Lurleen State Park.

Isabel said they hiked, walked near a lagoon, told scary stories and ate s’mores around the campfire.

In their meetings they play games, have fun together, learn new skills like tying knots, do crafts, and learn the Girl Scout Promise.and Law.

Mike’s Madness helps children with diabetes

By Isabel Retsinas Staff writer Mr. Mike Bissell our technology teacher ran 100 miles in 24 hours to raise money for juvenile diabetes.

Mr. Bissell is trying to raise money for Camp Sugar Falls, a camp that is for kids with diabetes.

I decided to volunteer and check it out. I asked Mr. Bissell what the hardest thing about doing it was.

“The hardest thing was running really hard in one place,” he said.

The treadmills that he ran on were property of Planet Fitness.

They had good food and they were selling T-shirts and raffle tickets.

Then A.J McCarron came and signed autographs for kids. He even took a picture with us. It is really awesome that Mr. Bissell did that. Way to go Mr. Bissell!

Photo by Isabel Retsinas

Top: Mr. Bissell on the way to 100 miles. Right: Crimson Tide quarterback A.J. McCarron poses with Mike’s Madness volunteers. Bottom: Mike’s Madness T-shirt with a drawing of Mr. Bissell on it.

Photo by Isabel Retsinas

Beat the heat: Head to Summer Snow

By Isabel Retsinas Staff writer Summer Snow is a business that has been making people smile with their delicious snow cone for 25 years.

Their most popular flavor is ice cream. The owner is named Sammy Sanders.

“We are a family business and were proud of it,” Sanders said.

From what Sanders said, Summer Snow does not want to be a chain resturaunt because they are happy being a little shack on the side of the road.

Summer Snow is open Mon-Sat: 12-6 p.m. and is closed Sunday.

They are located on University Blvd.

Photos By Isabel Retsinas

Above: Patrons enjoy Summer Snow’s unique snow cone concoctions. Left: The flavor board at Summer Snow. The most popular flavor is ice cream, which tastes like vanilla ice cream.

TMSE to get more playground equipment

By Markell Tucker Staff writer

TMSE Principal Mrs. Jeanne Burkhalter sat down to talk about the new playground equipment, and what students can expect in the future on the playground.

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How long did it take to get everything done?

It took 2 years to get all the money.

How did the merry go round break?

The base of the ground wasn’t in all the way it was supposed to be 5ft but the manuel said 3ft.

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Who works on the playground?

The crew from Tuscaloosa Magnet School helped with the playground.

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Will there be more playground equipment?

There is another piece called the Mountain Climber that will be put up in the playground.

The new playground equipment came because of Alberta Elementary to help them feel more welcome and they can also play on the playground at their time of the day.

The author enjoys the new playground equipment.

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How to Draw a Dr. Seuss Monkey

By Kitzia Bunker

staff:

Kitzia Bunker Merrill Fitts Isabel Retsinas Emma Schaetzle Markell Tucker

Cub Scout Pack 6 recently visited WVUA-TV on the University of Alabama campus to learn about how the news is produced.

Bracey Snider learns how to operate a camera.

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That’s pretty young for most people. People are usually in the

Gus Weddle, Bracey Snider and Kieran Goodliff sit at the anchor desk of WVUA.

early to mid 20s when they go for the first time as a meteorologist.

The worst part of Scott’s job is when life-threatening severe weather happens. It breaks his heart when people lose their life or home. He lost his home on April 27th in the tornado, and he

understands the feeling when people lose everything. The best part about his job is talking about weather. He says it’s a dream come true to be able to tell the people the weather and what to expect. He really enjoys talking about it, so if they pay him to do that, he’s not complaining.

New Learning Garden plans in the works

By Emma Schaetzle Staff writer

The Commiunity Garden garden is a little small and middle school teacher Ms.Wagenheim would like to make it a bit bigger as a goal for the garden.

Plants at the Community Garden start at seeds in the green house.

When they grow into seedlings in a flower bed.

The middle schoolers plant things such as flowers, vegtables and herbs in the garden. Plans for the community garden are exciting.

A new garden called The Learning Garden is in formation and has already been approved by Photos by Emma Schaetzle Principal Jeanne Burkhalter and the The Community Garden at The Magnet School, and plans for The Learning Garden.

Tuscaloosa City School Board of Education.