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extreme danger hazards. If you know

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how to get off the monkey bars you

will be fine in one of these situations.
On the other hand, littler kids might
not know how to get down and panic.
If they try to get off in the wrong way
or just fall off, the child could get
seriously injured. So its up to you.
Are monkey bars safe?
By: Rowan Hillhouse, Sara Martin, and
Jaclyn Varga

MOVIE UPDATE

ARE MONKEY BARS

SAFE?

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Some movies at Park Hill are a little

overrated for the bigger kids.
However, I do agree that movies have
to still be appropriate for younger kids.
The newspaper crew interviewed the

Monkey Bars

school Principal, Dr. Tonda Potts, to see

Every year about one person gets hurt

what are available for all age groups

on the monkey bars at every school.

and what DPS will allow. Dr. Potts said

Image this, millions of schools across

the school district will allow G rated

the country. Every year AT LEAST one

movies, and educational movies. We

person gets hurt on the monkey bars

narrowed down three choices of

at all of those schools. Some kids

educational movies and G rated

hang upside down on monkey bars.

movies. Then, we asked students all

Some kids go on top of the monkey

around the school what they would

bars. Both of these things can be

prefer, Magic School Bus, which got 12

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votes, Animal Planet, which got 24
votes, and Shawn the Sheep, which
got 19 votes. Over all, the most
preferred movie to be watched at
inside recess is Animal Planet.
By: Amelia Manley, Rowan Hillhouse,
Jaclyn Varga and Olivia Ellis

ART
BASKETBALL

All day at school you follow the rules.

No running in the hallway, no talking

Most kids dont play basketball even

in class. There are even rules for

though, in my opinion, it is amazing.

recess! Then again, theres art. In art

Park Hill encourages all kids to try new

class you have the ability to use your

activities. A new activity for students

imagination as much as you like. In

to try is basketball. Basketball is fun

art class you are free to dream. Mrs.

and I know you wont regret playing it.

Ganser, the head art teacher, says

By: Jaclyn Varga, Olivia Ellis and

Rowan Hillhouse

that nowhere else in life you will be

able to imagine all the time. She says
when we cant imagine anymore, we
will wish we were back in Mrs.
Gansers art class.
By: Rowan Hillhouse and Olivia Ellis

Look forward to another newsletter

in the New Year!

Happy Holiday Panthers!

Art Room

NEWSLETTER STAFF (Volume

2):
Editor-In-Chief: Rowan
Hillhouse
Assistant Editor: Jaclyn Varga
Assistant Interviewer: Amelia
Manley

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