6th Grade SAS Naper
The Crusader Chronicle
LIFE & CULTURE
The Sixth Grade Garden Club
by Jack Havemann
In the garden, there are all sorts of plants like Basil, Parsley, Strawberries, Blackberries, Mint, Kale, Broccoli, Carrots, Flowers, Pond Plants that grow in the pond, and a strange lettuce that tastes like lemon and tomatoes mixed together. I personally do not like the Lemon-Tomato plant. Sometimes the Garden Club group will find baby elm trees or oak trees trying to grow in the beds. When they pull the Oak trees out, sometimes the acorn is still there.
Mrs. Sexton, the sixth grade science teacher and Garden Club leader, is retiring after seventeen years of teaching. Mrs. Sexton has taught one year of fifth grade science and sixteen years of sixth grade science and has been helping with the sixth grade garden. She also has taught Science Olympiad for two years and after she retires, she may still do Science Olympiad as a side thing.
The Sixth Grade Garden Club is a ton of fun. Although the group has to un-weed the garden and take out baby trees that would grow in the beds sometimes, but sometimes they get to go down to Shoal Creek and goof off there. They like to run around by the creek and look at the plants, trees, and bugs. One time they caught this strange, greenish-blueish shiny bee sort of thing. The members of the Garden Club are Stephen Andrulis, John Burrows, Louisa Clarkson, Nicholas DeBalko, Robert Botkin, and Jack Havemann.
Gardening Club is a lot of fun. If we have the option of picking more clubs, I would recommend this one if you aren’t already in it.
My favorite part is when we get to go play down in Shoal Creek. I know you can do that anytime, but it’s nice to have another recess break off-campus. When you are young, it is important to be outside a lot, and learning about all of these plants can really help you later in life. Plus, it is very fun. Based on what I know, I would highly recommend joining the gardening club.
The Lunch Change Will Make You Stick With SAGE!
by: Evelyn Berry and Helen Chapin Eiserloh
What do you eat for lunch? Do you bring lunch from home, or do you eat at school? Do you like what you are eating? These are all important questions you should be asking yourself about the food you are eating, not only this year, but next year too. In the coming year, the lunch situation will operate differently because we are changing lunch providers. Everyone will be expected to eat at school because the cost will be included in your tuition. Therefore, your parents will be paying for the lunch service. We are all looking forward to next year’s lunch.
According to Catherine Herter, Director of Development and Communications, next year the school strives for more variety. For example, there will be sandwiches, salad bars, pasta bars, and potato bars. To make sure the lines are shorter, there will be stations for each thing to cut down on the wait. The main meal will change every day while other things such as the sandwiches, salads, and pasta will not change. Plus, the company serving us will address all food allergies. Additionally, there will be snack items, but you won’t have to pay extra for them. SAGE is the dining program that will cater St. Andrew’s next year . SAGE is a national program that serves only independent schools. SAGE serves more than 175 clients throughout the United States. SAGE was founded in 1990 by Paco Rodriguez, Tina Rodriguez, and Ken Pensalfini. The goal was to deliver superior food service to customers and present an ethical, rewarding work environment for food service professionals.
According to Nina Jourdan, an SAS student, if students do not like the food in the cafeteria; they should be able to bring a lunch. “If kids do not like the food, they will not eat it, and that is not healthy.” Although Nina thinks that students should have a choice, she predicts that they food will be excellent next year.
Mrs. Sexton, an SAS teacher who has been at St. Andrews for seventeen years shared her opinion on the new lunch food. She is going to retire next year, so she will not be eating the new cafeteria food. She is concerned that some families might not be able to afford the $6.50 a day for the lunch costs. But, if a family is on Financial Aid they will get a discount.
Mrs. Harmon, the teacher who will take the place of Mrs. Sexton next year as the sixth grade science teacher, was excited that the company, SAGE gets most of their food from local sources. This is a good thing because we know where it comes from. I asked her if she was looking forward to next year’s food, and she said that it is always good to try new things and she was excited to try the new lunch food next year.
Mr. Harrison is new to SAS this year. He said that his school, Rumson Country Day School, had SAGE as the lunch provider. According to Mr. Harrison,the food was amazing, especially the desserts. His favorite desserts were the double chocolate cake and the blondie brownie. His favorite meals were a chicken pasta dish and Stromboli. He said that they had dessert at his school, but he wasn’t sure if there would be dessert at SAS. We are all keeping our fingers crossed. Overall, Mr. Harrison and many others are very excited about the new food.
Next year, we hope will be a great year for food at SAS’s cafeteria. Some important things to remember are that the price is included in your tuition, so it would be wise to eat at the school cafeteria, even though you can bring a lunch. On May 11 at 9:00 a.m, a representative from SAGE will come to the school to talk to parents. A formal letter will go out the week of April 13-17. We are all looking forward to SAGE coming to SAS!
Mrs. Ortman’s April Fools Prank
by Chase Brandt
How would you react if you were told you had to either write a 10-page paper or give up electronics for 10 days?
This year on April 1st, Mrs. Ortman decided to play a prank on the sixth grade class. She gave everyone a homework sheet that said they had a choice. They could give up all electronics for 10 days, or they had to write a 10 page paper about how electronics affect people in this day and age. Some people were so angry that they wouldn’t do it. Some people just accepted they would have to do it. Some posted a picture saying they would be off electronics for 10 days. Others just freaked out and didn’t know what to do.
Later, we learned that Mrs. Ortman’s homeroom was in on it. Our sources interviewed Luke, who knew about it the whole time. He was asked what he thought about the prank. He said it was obvious that it was fake and it didn’t work. They also interviewed Henry. Henry said that it was good, and it fooled a couple of people. Another source also interviewed people who weren't in on it. Charlie Thomas said he thought it was real. Bradley said that it tricked him too.
Mrs. Ortman did a very good job of keeping the prank realistic: she kept a straight face and seemed very serious. However, there were also a couple of things that made it seem kind of sketchy. For example, she said we would have to put our computers in a random spot so they would get taken away, and she also mentioned in class that we might fail a lot of our classes because we couldn't use our computers. She also said that we could get extra credit if we wrote it in Pig Latin, Latin, or Olde English. She didn't tell the sixth grade until the next day that it was a prank. Everyone was so relieved, though some people had actually started the 10-page essay!