The Owl

We all have friends, but what makes a goodone?It’s a question we all wrestle with, but stu-

dents at Irwin Academic Center follow a basicrule: To be a good friend, be considerate andhelpful. Chances are, friends will return the sen-timent. Here’s what students had to say:

• Cassidy Gant: “What makes a good friend iswhen you have a friend who will always bethere for you and will stick with you no matterwhat, even when the times get tough. • Mia Delaney: “What makes a good friend is

you should always make sure you care aboutthem and when they’re down you should goover and help them and make sure they’re feel-ing OK.”

• Anushka Pramanik: “Something that makesa good friend is treating them with respect be-cause if you treat them with respect, they’lltreat you back with the same respect. “If you’re nice to them, they’ll be nice to you.

Just be nice to them, and you’ll earn it back.”Herbert L. White is editor in chief at The Char-

lotte Post and advisor to IAC’s newspaper club.

Irwin Academic Center May 27, 2017

What makes a good friend?By Herbert L. White

On April 19, Irwin Academic Center hosted itsannual fourth-grade Math Fair. Students were required to present projects

that focused on how Math applies to everydaylife. There were tons of projects such how geo-metric figures are used for everyday traffic sig-nals, how math applies to astronomy, and howmath applies to cooking. Each student pre-

sented their ideas with charts and 3D models.Fourteen finalists were chosen. There were win-ners from every fourth-grade classroom. Thewinner in Mrs. Reeves’ class was TamaraWilliams, in Mr. Baker’s class it was Mahip Som-pura; in Mrs.Surrett’s class it was Ryan Ramzi,in Ms. Brooks’ and Ms. Smith’s class it was Jer-emiah Stith. The reason for the math fair is that they

wanted to know what the kids have learned, andwhat was there progress for the year. All of theproject ideas were very good and it looked likethey put a lot of time into their projects. Thestudent had to sit underneath the tables waitingfor the judges to come around to them. All classes had other students earn honorable

mention to show how they worked very hard ontheir projects.

Adding it all up at Irwin Academic’s math fair By Mia Delaney and Cassidy Gant

2 May 27, 2017

Lifting voices at spring concertOn May 11, fourth and fifth grade are having

a spring concert. The theme is 80s and 90ssongs. Mrs.Reeves and Mr.Bakers class is singing“Waterfalls” by TLC. Mrs. Surrett and Ms.Spauld-ing’s classes are singing “Man in the Mirror” by

Michael Jackson. Last for fourth grade is Mrs.Brooks and Ms. Smith’s class is doing a poem byMaya Angelou. The whole fourth grade issinging “Never Too Much” by Luther Vandross. The whole fifth grade is singing the greatest.

Ms. Courtright and Mrs. Pagdent classes aresinging “Jump,” “Freefalling,” “Black or White,”

and “Everyday People.” Mrs. Hindes and Mrs. Hemphill’s classes are

doing “We Will Rock You” and “We Are TheChampions.” The spring concert was put to-gether by Mr. Cameron with the help of Mrs.Brown for the art.

IAC classes pay a visit to Camp KanugaOn May 1, second-, third, and fifth-graders

went on an educational trip with their friendsfor three days.

A few of belongings students took included aflashlight, toothbrush, jacket, and 2 pairs ofshoes. Here’s what one students thought:

“Camp Kanuga is super cool, and even thoughthey have spiders, I still want to go,” AnushkaPramanik said.

By Mia Delaney and Cassidy Gant