Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 3, 2011

SUMMER FUN

9

BACK TO 
SCHOOL AND 

BEING BULLIED

Question: Elsje, I’ve been dreading 
this day since the first day of summer 
vacation. I don’t want to go back 
to school and back to being bullied. 
What do I do? Maria

Answer: Maria, Don’t let bullies stop 
you from your future. Plan on having 
a great year at school! This is the day 
you are no longer a victim. Stand tall. 
At the first incidence, notify your parents 
and counselor at school. If you 
get no relief, it is time to call the police. 
Do not hesitate. You have a right 
to a safe education. 

Try to avoid the bullies by always being 
in groups and well lit areas. Plan 
your day and destinations. If you are 
having trouble getting from class to 
class or from home to school, let your 
school counselor know the first time 
it happens. Repeat EVERY time this 
happens. This is not an easy position 
for you to be in, but it is a step you can 
and must take. You have the ability to 
take their power away. 

Find a group of friends to hang out 
with. Join a new club or sport. Busy 
yourself with your homework and 
your dreams. Pick up a new hobby. 
Help someone else. 

There are so many ways for you to be 
productive. This can raise your self-
esteem and give you strength. These 
choices will make you happy! Good 
luck with school and make it a great 
year!

Elsje is the founder of Tolerant Acts 
of Peace and Service, (T.A.P.S.) www.
TAPSedu.com an organization that 
addresses the multi-faceted problems 
and solutions to bullying in the 
school, workplace, and home through 
education and awareness. Email comments 
or questions to NBZ@mytaps.
org

THE NØ BULLYING ZONE 

by Elsje

Miss Palmer’s 3rd Grade Class, 31 talented and creative students, 
have published a book! It is called, “Miss Palmer’s Third Grade: 
Once Upon A Wayside” and it includes the work of each of the students 
in her class. We will publish the book in its’ entirety this 
summer, with 3-4 stories each week. The stories will not be edited, 
well maybe a few spelling corrections. They are all entertaining 
and original!

 Inspired by the book series they read in class, The Wayside School 
Series by Louis Sachar, the children created their own episodes of life 
at Wayside. (Hint: Louis Sachar’s Wayside School was supposed to 
be 30 classrooms, one story high; but by mistake it was built straight 
up 30 stories. That should give you some insight into the kind of 
stories you will read from Ms. Palmer’s 3rd Grade Class!)

 A teacher for six years, Ms. Palmer has been at Sierra Madre Elementary 
for two years. She was born and reared in Sierra Madre, 
played on the SM Girls Softball Team and was a Sierra Madre Rose 
Princess in 2000.

 This is the last of the series of stories that will enlighten, inspire 
and keep you laughing all summer long! 

 If you want to read the previous week’s stories, go to: www.mtnviewsnews.
com. S. Henderson/MVNews


CHILLIN’ 
WITH 
DINOSAURS

by Aaden Corona

One Monday afternoon, 
Stephen and 
Myron excused themselves 
to use the restroom. 
On their way 
there, they noticed 
that the custodian’s 
closet door was barely 
open. They peeked 
inside and saw a huge, 
shiny, metal machine. 
The machine had a big 
red button that said, 
“Start time travel.”

 “What the heck is that?”, asked Myron.

 “I don’t know!”, replied Stephen.

 Stephen pushed the red button and said, “Start 
time travel?”

 Stephen and Myron saw a blue light appear and got 
sucked in. They disappeared in a split second. Soon, 
they found themselves sitting in the sand. They got 
up, dusted themselves off and saw that they were 
next to a jungle.

 “WAZZ UP!!!”, said a deep, unpleasant voice.

 “What was that?”, asked Stephen.

 They turned around and saw a huge, grey, talking 
T-Rex.

 “Ahhhh!!!!”, screamed Myron and ran.

 “What’s his problem?”, asked the T-Rex.

 “I don’t know...just ignore him.” said Stephen.

 “Myron!!! Get over here, the T-Rex is friendly.” said 
Stephen.

 “Fine!!”, shouted Myron.

 Myron walked toward the dinosaur and said, “This 
dinosaur is dumb.” 

 “You put the D in dumb,” said the T-Rex.

 “OOO!!! A pile of sand”, said Myron.

 He jumped on it. Then it started to sink into 
the ground. The blue appeared again and Stephen 
jumped in it and they appeared back in Wayside 
School. They returned to class and never spoke to 
anyone of their trip. THE END

ERIK OVEN CAN’T TALK!

by Nolan Blakely

 One day in Wayside School, Erik Oven was playing 
basketball with Erik Fry and Erik Bacon. Three

 

people wanted to play basketball. Erik Oven said, 
“Sure.” The three people lost the game and Erik Fry, 
Erik Oven and Erik Bacon won the game.

 After the game, Erik Oven was walking. He saw a 
purple glowing rock. He picked up that rock and he 
tried to say, “Wow, look at this purple glowing rock,” 
but all that came out was “abaprieplvima.” The bell 

rang and the class ran to Mrs. Jewels on the 30th 
story. Todd was scratching his bottom when Mrs. 
Jewels said to Erik Oven, “What is 5 x 5?” Erik Oven 
said, “Goadocqxzxr.” The class laughed. Mrs. Jewels 
said, “correct.” Then someone said, “How are you 
doing?” Erik Oven said, “gocdoocsoryorw.” The class 
laughed again. Erik Oven ran out of Mrs. Jewel’s 
room, went down the stairs and into the basement! 

 Then he saw Erik Fry in the basement looking for 
something. Erik Oven ran to Erik Fry then wrote, “I 
can’t talk and what are you looking for?”

 Erik Fry said, “I don’t care that you can’t talk and 
I’m looking for my lunch bag.”

 Erik wrote, “Is that it?”, he pointed to his lunch 
bag. Erik Fry said, “Thank you”.

 

 Erik Fry went out of the basement. Then Erik Oven 
saw a man. The man said, “I can help you.” Erik Oven 
wrote, “I can’t talk and how can you help me?”

 The man said, “My name is Limeomlie God and I can 
help you so you can talk again.”

 Limeomlie God gave Erik Oven a red and blue flower 
and said, “Eat this flower.”

 Erik Oven ate the flower. Lemeomline God said, 
“Can you talk?”

 Erik Oven said, “Yes and thank you”, and returned 
to class.

 Mrs. Jewels said, “Stop talking to yourself” and Mrs. 
Jewels wrote Erik Oven’s name on the blackboard.

MRS. ZARVES’ CLASS 

by Sameh Duplessis

During the day at Wayside School, Mrs. Jewels 
asked her students, “Do you guys have anything to 
do?” Paul didn’t have anything to do so he decided to 
go to the playground.

 Paul asked Allison, Joy and Jason if they wanted to 
go outside for a little bit, but he was very quiet so 
Mrs. Jewels couldn’t hear him. Then, they all asked 
if they could go to the bathroom, but instead they 
went outside.

 Outside they saw a dog who started chasing them. 
They all climbed up the outside of the building and 
guess what class they ended up in? The 19th Story! 
When they got on the 19th story they were all 
worried they would be stuck there forever. They 
thought they were going to die because they couldn’t 
drink or eat, not even water.

 But they didn’t die. The first couple of days were 
good but when they heard they weren’t going to have 
recess or a break, they decided to leave. They created 
an escape plan.

 They jumped out of the window, and ran back up 
to the 30th story. When they got there Paul said, 
“Mrs. Jewels, Mrs. Jewels, we got stuck on the 19th 
story.” Everybody laughed and DeeDee asked, “How 
can you get stuck on the 19th Story if there isn’t a 
19th Story?

 “It’s tru,” Paul, Allison, Jay and Jason all said. Calvin 
agreed with them because he had gotten stuck 
on the 19th Story before. In fact, they had all been 
stuck on the 19th Story before. But, for some reason, 
nobody remembered.

 The next day Paul asked the class why they didn’t 
remember.

 Everybody was quiet.