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NO COST • West Central, Spokane, Washington, USA, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy • January 2022 • Issue No. 10
HOW KALE COLYAR BECAME A
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“Being a principal is like a roller coaster,” -Kale Colyar, Principal of Holmes Elementary School
Kale Colyar wanted to be a Principal because of his uncle. Colyar is the Principal of Holmes Elementary. He grew up in St. John where his uncle was a Principal. “He was really cool,” he said. In his school, there were 100 students from kindergarten to 6th grade. Once he became Principal, his favorite thing was hanging with kids and seeing what they like. But he didn’t like seeing kids go through hard times. “Being a principal is like a roller coaster,” he said. One of his favorite things to wear are kilts. He wears Welsh kilts because his dad’s family came from Wales. Principal Colyar has five children, his oldest was his wife’s student. His youngest is 3 years old. His favorite food is tater tot casserole. If he could go anywhere, he would go where his family is.
Photo of Kale Colyar on the far left side with Holmes Level Up students and volunteer Shawn Vestal taken by Spark Staff
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S C A RY S TO RY ROL AND Holmes Elementary On a dark Halloween night, you order pizza online. You take a shower and dry off to not have soggy pizza. You invite your friend and watch T.V. while you wait for pizza. Lightning cuts out the electricity and the t.v. turns off! Lightning cracks, thunder “BOOMS!”
You let in strangers and hide under tables. A skinny man breaks down the door. “Oh no!” you think, “he’s holding a SOGGY PIZZA-BOX!
PREDICTIONS FOR
2022! • • • • • •
COVID will get big again. The world will blow up. WWIII will begin. We will all get new shoes. Scientist will finally make real-life Dinosaurs by 2022. The world will see the return of the Giant Cyclops Chicken.
WE ASKED THE STUDENTS OF THE LEVEL UP AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THEIR 2022 PREDICTIONS! • • • • •
There will be a bunch of new memes. Vaccinations will be required to go to school. They will find a really good cure for COVID. Aliens will finally say, "Hi." Clocks are overrated.
SNOZ
RESPONDS
Q: How rich are you? A: Let’s put it this way: I can afford to adopt a giraffe or a rhino if I want But I don’t want to be tied down. Q: Do you want money, dude? A: Not really. All I want is lettuce, fruit and a nice view of the river. Q: Are you as old as Yoda? A: Can’t you tell? I don’t have all the wrinkles that he does. Q: Are you as wise as Yoda? A: I'll have you know that I won a zoo spelling bee.
Q: Does Snoz have plans to destroy the world at all? A: Nope. I come in peace. Momma taught me to be nice. Q: Does Snoz wear clothes? A: Only when I attend formal events at Spark or the zoo. Q: Can I visit Snoz for vacation? A: Depends. Do you like traveling to Africa?
Q: Does Snoz take showers? A: I swim in the river and I always take a bar of soap.
Q: What is Spark Central doing to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Delta Variant? A: Masks are a fashion statement at Spark Central. (Be hip. Get it?)
Q: What does Snoz do in his free time? A: I like to knit and put together puzzles. (OK, I’m teasing.)
Q: Where do you live? PS. I will find you. A: I spend half the year in Africa, my homeland. I’m here in Spokane the other six months.
Q: When will Snoz die? A: Sorry, but I don’t plan that far ahead.
Q: How many times did you go to the bathroom on 1/6/2019? A: How can I remember that? I barely remember if I went yesterday.
Q: When is Snoz’s birthday? A: I celebrate my birthday once a month. Try it. You’ll get more presents that way. Q: Where is Sir Hamish Snozzelwit II & I? A: Sadly, they are both in that zoo in the sky, right next to Heaven. Q: Is Snoz an evil villain? A: You know me better than that. But I can be very ornery.
Photo of Snoz's portrait. Photo credit Spark Staff
Snoz Bio Name: Sir Hamish Snozzelwit III (Snoz) Job: Assistant Editor for the West Central Express Species: Hippopotamus Amphibius Loves: Creative Writers
Questions for Snoz can be submitred either through email at snoz@spark-central.org, or at Spark Central in our Ask Snoz Question box!
H AV E A H O T T I P O R L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R ? W E WA N T T O H E A R F R O M Y O U ! Email our assistant editor, Snoz, at snoz@spark-central.org.
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P E N Z I L L A S H O RT S : P E N Z I L L A I N S H O RT S ! B Y M AV E R I C K Audubon Elementary One day a guy had a pen and was walking by some toxic waste factory and decided to check it out. But he accidentally hit into it and dropped his pen and a bucket of waste dropped on his pen that created Penzilla and he destroyed the factory. In this special episode, Penzilla wears shorts...in the winter time.
VINCENT Audubon Elementary
ROL AND Holmes Elementary
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BY ELEANOR Audubon Elementary
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