The Vale Gazette March 2026

WHY SUDOKU IS GREAT FOR YOUR BRAIN

Sudoku helps you with your problem solving skills and decision making.

-EyelashElbow

Daiso

Daiso is a Japanese store from 1977. You can get stationary, storage bins, food, drinks, notebooks, toys, etc. Hirotake founded Daiso as a street vending business, then it became a stand alone store. In 1991, many Daiso stores opened and continue to keep growing. In 2024, Hirotake Yano, the founder of Daiso, died.

-eyelashelbow

CHOOSE A NUMBER

(Goes in a loop)

1.You work hard (go to 3 )

2.You become lazy (go to 1)

3.Your company does well in stocks (go to 5)

4.Your company loses money (go to 6)

5. You become rich and wealthy (go to 7)

6.You shut down your company (go to 2)

7. You waste all your money and forget to invest (go to 4)

By Antidote of GERM-X-Sanitizers & Eagle-Eyed7

5th Graders Choosing their Electives for SMS

It's time to chose your electives, 5th grade! Middle school is coming up soon and here are some things you need to know!

You have to choose at least one of the fine arts as one of your electives! The fine arts are theater, band, art, and choir!

You can choose 3 electives, but one of them has to be your P.E. credit. You can choose Color Guard, which is when you spin the flags, Show Choir, it's similar to regular choir, but there's more dancing, regular P.E., or Pre-athletics.

The electives you can choose are theater, band, art, choir, Color Guard, girls choir, boys choir, show choir, P.E., or Pre-athletics!

Choose your electives wisely!

-Eyelashelbow

fun fact

Did you know that dead whales can explode? I knew that! Did you know that..?

-Eyelashelbow

UIL REWARD CEREMONY

On February 10 we had the UIL reward ceremony! Good job to all the people that were in UIL. The people who got first place in 3rd grade are:

Judah Cherian - Chess Puzzle

Olivia Forston - Music Memory

Laney Rachel - Storytelling

Nathan Alex - Spelling

Morghan Drummond - Writing

Good job 3rd grade!!

Now for our 4th graders:

Luke Cherian - Music Memory

Seraphien Alexander - Oral Reading - Spelling

Ava John - Art Smart

Adhyen Abraham - Art Smart

Abraham Koshy - Art Smart

Good job to 4th grade!!

Now on to 5th grade:

Jeremiah Thomas - Chess Puzzle

Joseph Nishu - Social Studies

Kristen Guleng - Music Memory

Reyhan Scaria - Art Smart

Tuleen Alhaj - Art Smart

Phoebe Manes - Art Smart

Adrian Kurian - Spelling

Good job 5th grade!!

Other placers in UIL:

Moksh Amipara - 2nd - Social Studies, - 4th - Spelling

Billy Ellis Jr. - 4th - Social Studies

Elisabeth Major - 2nd - Listening Skills

Sarina Thomas - 3rd - Listening Skills

Arpon Bapari - 6th - Listening Skills

Jack Arvo - 2nd - Chess Puzzle

Zachary Samuel - 2nd - Maps, Graphs, Charts

Avren Thomas - 4th - Maps, Graphs, Charts

Daneila Habashy - 2nd - Ready Writing

Micah Mathews - 2nd - Dictionary Skills

Leo Olivares - 5th - Dictionary Skills

Addy Simpson - 6th - Dictionary Skills

Aubree Matthews - 2nd - Number Sense, -3rd- Oral Reading

Jeremiah Thomas - 5th - Number Sense

Joseph Nishu - 6th - Number Sense

Lexie Fish - 5th - Oral Reading

Selah Baskin - 6th - Oral Reading

Joe Schulz - 3rd - Spelling

Adrian Kurian - 5th - Chess Puzzle

David Flores Reyes - 2nd - Music Memory

Avren Thomas - 3rd - Music Memory

Brooke Acree - 5th - Music Memory

Congratulations to all participants!!!

crazywaters528

March issue 2025-2026

Interview with an Honor Choir student, Cailyn Omowanile

(I stands for interviewer and C stands for Cailyn)

I: Cailyn, what is it like being in choir?

C: So basically, at the beginning of every choir practice, we do some vocal warm ups. We've been working to perform our Spring Fling and I think we're going to perform something during the school day.

I: What's the most fun thing to do in choir?

C: I like learning new songs and whenever we sing Cannon songs, it sounds pretty.

I: Thank you for your time.

-Eyelashelbow

The Bench mark

Today we are talking about the benchmarks. The benchmarks are all about growth. You should always try your best and work hard! If you are stressed you should try some coping skills, like bring small foam stress squishies. You can also talk to Mrs. Stancliffe!

By: Preppy girl!

Riddle TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Q: A ship crashed. Every single person died except 2 people survived. How did they survive?

A: I said every single person died the 2 people who survived were a couple Preppy girl!

What do you call a pig that does karate?

A PORK CHOP! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

By Antidote of GERM-X sanitizer

Spring break is coming

Spring break is when kids and families go on a vacation and have fun. They like to go to the beach, ski, hike and go on plane trips. Best of all, it is a break from school.

by cappybarracapscapper

Laufey

Laufey (pronounced lay-vay) is an icelandic-chinese singer and songwriter. She has 2 grammys, and is very popular because of her song, From the Start. From the Start was popular because of the remix. She has a twin sister, Junia. She is also popular because of her musical talents, too like Laufey. Some other popular songs made by her are, Let You Break My Heart Again and Lover Girl. She recently made a new song called "How I Get."

-Eyelashelbow

STAAR Tests are coming up

STAAR Tests are coming up and have you studied yet? If you're in 3rd grade and don't know what the STAAR Test is, it is a mandatory test that you must do for the state of Texas. STAAR stands for State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness. The STAAR Test is a really important test which you should take very seriously. If you do fail it doesn't mean you automatically get held back but there is a chance. Also the STAAR test will be replaced in 2027 or 2028 with a new test. This new test is supposed to be less stressful, shorter, and you would also get your test score much faster (about 48 hours/2 days). You can take the FULL day to finish the test, but also you must know not to take one hour on a question. Just mark it and move on. Always do your best.

-Eyelasheyebrow67

Candling

This is the time of year that chicks begin to hatch, you start hearing chirping all day long, it can be annoying, but it can also be a pretty background noise. But you know what is super cool, something that happens before the egg hatches, while it is still in the incubator.

CANDLING!

Sometimes your teachers might take you to a dark room. They hold an egg to a special light. You can sometimes see the veins, other times you don't. This is called candling, I bet if you have ever done this you probably thought it was super cool! I know it is cool!!

By: Creativecrayon

FFA Farmers Market

The FFA farmers market is on March 26th. We will be selling plants, eggs, salsa, and of course the chicks! All the money will go to Dr. Stovall to help get things for FFA. We would all love your support!

By Creativecrayon

All around the school, teachers have been hatching chickens. It is a very exciting time! Make sure you are very careful around the eggs, so we can have more chickens to sell at the FFA market.

Chicks take a lot of work to take care of so don't stress your teacher out about them.

Special thanks to all the teachers who took the time to take care of the chicks!

By: Creativecrayon & Crazywaters528

Dr. Stovalls Chicks

Thanks for letting us take the picture of your chicks!!

All of the chicks have been growing all of their feathers.

Hopefully they all hatch soon!!

Give all of the chicks very special names!!!

Should cybertrucks be called doorstops

Yes, Tesla Cybertron should be called doorstop because the lack of their shape which is a triangle on a rectangle with four wheels and a square window. Nobody buys it unless they want to buy a doorstop truck or a block of cheese. Who wants that? Also, what if your truck falls in water and you can't get out! It's electric may I remind you. Just my opinion, of course.

by: cappybarracapscapper

Fact of the day

Alyssa Liu is a figure skater in the olympics.

-Eyelashelbow

Brian Rohr came to SIS

Mr.Rohr came to Sunnyvale and taught us some VERY cool facts about his hot air balloon. He started working with hot air balloons when he was in 3rd grade. He helped his dad. He told us that he had one emergency landing because it was raining where he was headed and he couldn't see and when he finally landed he got stuck in the mud. It took a long time to get out of it and the worst part was it was Christmas Eve! He also took an 80 year old on a bucket list journey. He told us that he does a lot of hot air balloon rides. He even showed us a hot air balloon model which was so cool! Another cool fact, I bet you didn't know that hot air balloons were invented way before airplanes. Hot air balloons started in about the 1700's.

I am so excited as a 5th grader to get to ride on the tethered hot air balloon at SIS this spring.

By: Eyelasheyebrow67

How to trap a leprechaun

How to trap a leprechaun, huh? You want to know? Well, how you do it is by getting gold, a cage, candy, and a sunny day after a short rain. First, get the cage and tie it to rope. Then put the candy and the gold under it. A short rain provides a rainbow then you wait and BOOM there is your leprechaun!

By: cappybarracapscapper

THE END OF THE YEAR IS VERY SOON RAIDERS

St.Patrick Fact

St. Patrick was sold into slavery at the age of 16.

By: cappybarracapscappetr

The story of Gluario

You might be wondering who is Gluario.You might think he's Mario, but he's way different. He's really just made up. lol

By: anonymous

The Pot at the end of the Rainbow

It was a warm spring day and Ava looked outside and saw a rainbow and began to think what a beautiful rainbow. Then she looked at the date and it was St.Patrick's day! She knew she had to do something so she said she was going to the bathroom but instead she left to go to the end of the rainbow. She needed to leave school to see it, but how? She tried the vents, the office, and even a door but it was locked. Then she saw a window that was open! Ava thought and climbed out the window. She saw the rainbow and she ran to it but something stopped her. It was a Puca which is a shapeshifter which turns into a black dog that is both good and bad luck. Ava didn't know this so when he asked her for help, she said NO. The Puca decided to make it rain. This was very bad, but then when it stopped raining. The rainbow's colors were more vibrant than EVER! When she was walking by, she saw a grave yard out of nowhere. By the way she was in a large grassy plain (a large area of land). She stopped by to check out what it was. She saw a black cat with a white spot on its chest. It was called the cat slith (a cat slith is a cat that wonders a grave yard and it can transform into a witch). This cat did NOT like visitors and it even said at the front of the grave yard with big letters, BEWARE OF THE BLACK CAT, DOESN'T LIKE VISITORS! Ava didn't CARE. She went in but when she saw the cat it was HUGE! She left and ran away before the cat...ATE HER. She ran until her sores had sores and her bruises had bruises. She finally reached the end of the rainbow and there was not a pot of gold, nor a Leprechaun. She saw a green fat figure dancing in the distance singing ,"I'm a little Leprechaun, dressed in green, the tiniest man you have ever seen. If you catch me so it's told, I will give you a big pot of gold! I am a little leprechaun, imagine that. With my green boots, and my big green hat. At the end of the rainbow so it's told you will find my pot of GOLD!" Ava went up to this fat stubby leprechaun and asked him "WHERE IS MY POT OF GOLD?" This leprechaun was fat, had a gold tooth, and had a HUGE nose. Anyway his name was Malarky O'Malley. When Ava asked him he said to look for it. She searched far and wide until she saw a pot and when she took the next step she fell! It was a trap! What will she do? When she entered, there was a sign that said, "Marks Base". It was full of St. Patrick's day stuff. Then she found the POT OF GOLD! She danced and sang the song, "OHHHH, I found the POT of Gold so now it's told. IIIIIIIIIIIII am Rich, Rich, Rich! I will Switch, Switch, Switch to be Rich, Rich, RICH!!!" She was so happy. She went to Malarky O' Malley and started DANCING with him! Then she heard a ring in her ear. It got louder and louder until... SHE WOKE UP! She had fallen asleep at first period Math after the rain. She saw a rainbow and thought I wonder If there is a pot of Gold and a Leprechaun? THE END

eyelasheyebrow67

The hardest sport to play is..

Boxing because it requires extreme physical demands, high technical skill, and is life threatening. Some of our SIS students participate in competitive boxing.

By: Pretty pink

Birthday Raffle

If your birthday is on March 2, October 19, December 23, March 8, May 31, February 18, May 4, or July 1, go see Mrs.Watson for a prize!!!!!!!!!

-Eyelashelbow67

WHAT ARE STUDENTS FAVORITE GAMES TO PLAY AT RISE TIME

typing club- |||

reading games- |

math games- |

progress learnings- |

By: Eyelashelbow

f The most popular cartoon character in the world is...

Mickey Mouse

by pretty pink🩷

JOKE TIME!!!!!

Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.

by cappybarracapscapper

JOKE TIME!!!!!

Why did the frog take the bus to work? Because his car got toad.

by cappybarracapscapper

Affermations

Mistakes help me grow🌸

I am myself and myself ONLY 😀

I will do things at my own pace😊

by: pretty pink🩷

Interviewing Essex - State in PTA Reflections

Q: How do you feel about going to State for PTA Reflections?

A: I think it's pretty cool. If I win at State, I go to the Nationals and if I win Nationals, I go to D.C.

Q: What did you make and why is it important to you?

A: I made a videography video about my love of planes. I think there are really cool things to like about it and I travel a lot.

Q: Why are planes so important to you?

A: I think they're cool because they fly and have different designs

Q: What made you want to do PTA reflections?

A: I was really good at photography and making videos and if there is videography why not try it out!

Well, thanks Esssex and we all wish you luck at State!!!!

By: Eyelasheyebrow67

If you could change one school rule what would it be?

-Have gum -Go down the slide whenever

-Play dodgball

by pretty pink🩷

What is the most famous kids book as of 2026

The Lion Run🦁

By Pretty Pink🩷

Mr.Stout's chicken

Mr.Stout has one chicken named Lucky. You might wonder why her name is Lucky, well her name is Lucky because it is the only one that has hatched. He thinks his chicken is a Serama which grows pretty small. Well I hope that more hatch!

-eyelasheyebrow67