We decided to find out Marin’s favorite movie! It was a nice time to get to know our schoolmates a bit better! There was an assortment of movies and the result was that Mamma Mia was Marin’s favorite movie. Mamma Mia is a great film, but is recommended for 4th and 5th graders!

Ms. Makela’s class is raising money to buy a class pet. They are planning to buy a tortoise. Room 12 already has a class pet named Mike. Mike is also a tortoise, but he needs a friend because he is lonely. This is why Ms. Makela’s class is going to get him a friend. So far, they have raised about $160. They have only been raising money for two weeks! Ms. Makela now has just enough money to buy Mike a friend. Hopefully, they will like each other.

Did you ever wonder why you can’t play handball on the Room 14 handball courts? I interviewed many kids and found out that lots of students were upset with this rule. The adults doing yard duty also said they didn’t like the rule either! “To me, at lunch recess I would let them play handball there, but during kickball, it’s too crowded,” said Sophie.

I observed that kickball, which isn’t that crowded, is disrupted by mobs of 4th grade students playing tag. Kelly, the other yard duty, said “I think they should be able to play at lunch recess.”

But I also found out that some people say there is just not enough room. Many more people say they don’t like the rule and there are not enough handball courts to play on.

“If handball is too crowded, I would like to play on the other two courts near Room 14,” said Eric, a 5th grader I interviewed. When I talked with the other kids, they all agreed that they want to play handball there, too. In conclusion, kids were eager to play there and want to be allowed to do it.

Our opinion about rainy day recesses is that maybe instead of sitting in the lunchroom and watching movies that some of us have already seen, we could have a choice to either go to our classrooms, go to the Library or watch a movie. We also think that not getting to watch the whole movie is not very fun. We would at least like to finish the movie. If we do have to watch a movie, new releases would be our first choice because if they are old, most of us have already watched them. That is just our input, but other people might have different opinions.

by Quinn and Sam

On Monday, October 20, we interviewed Ms. Casdia. We asked about her life and her favorite things. Here is what we learned.

Ms. Casdia has two kids. They are both girls. One is 13 and the other is 18. She likes to be principal at Marin and her favorite place is Disneyland. She has a Honda Pilot and she loves Italian food.

Ms. Casdia was a principal at Tara Hills School before she came to Marin. She likes to do crafts and she likes that everyone at Marin has a positive attitude. She has two dogs and a cat. She is an interesting woman.

by Henry

Team Two Square is a cool sport. I think it is the coolest sport ever. It should be played more often, like every day, not just Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If you don’t play now you should sign up with four other people.

by Lily 

Team Two Square is a awesome sport. There is a league of Team Two Square here at Marin School. There are many different teams that play. I am on a team called the Red Gatoraid.  So is Henry, Ana, Boris and Jake. I think that everyone should try Team Two Square and be on a team.

Team Two Square Rules 

• You can’t use anything but your hands.
• You can only set the ball twice before you hit it.
• No “skins” or “babies”.
• You can’t use your fist.
• You can’t set to yourself.
• You have to let it bounce before you hit it.
• You can’t hit the ball sharply to the side.

by Cameron

On Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:20 to 12:50, Conor’s dad, Jeff, has started a basketball class for fourth and fifth grade only. Any fourth and fifth graders who want to come should come. Jeff is very nice and plenty strict. They work on a lot of fundamentals like dribbling, passing, offense, defense and many other cool drills. Don’t worry about getting hurt because Jeff will be there. Remember: play hard and you’ll be great.