New Instruments in the Music Room!

 

 By: Lilly Rowell

Even though the Digger Dash seems like a while back, your hard work is still paying off! Mrs. Petty, the music teacher, just received a new set of drums bought with the hard earned Digger Dash money! They are tunable, and come in various sizes for maximum comfort to people of all ages! I for one had a blast performing my canon with the new drums! They are a bit heavier than the original drums. Personally I think that makes it easier to play. It’s a tad more grounded and doesn’t move as easily. I hope you get the opportunity to enjoy these new drums as well. But wait, there’s more! Teachers and staff have been able to use the drums as well! On Friday, February 13, a teacher work day, many members of the Gold Rush staff got to try out the new drums with Mrs. Petty! They had a blast creating and performing music and I can almost guarantee you will have fun too! See you in the music room!

Greek Mythology in the Library

By: Michael McGinty and Joseph Armstrong

Do you like author Rick Riordan, famous for his Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Kane Chronicles series, and Heroes of Olympus series? Well those series are based off of Mythology. The GRE library has just added a new series of Mythology books, and if you liked Percy Jackson, Carter Kane, and Jason Grace, they’re in the 390 - 393 section. Go find your books! Some of the books you might like are the Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, and don’t forget the Norse Mythology.

Battle of the Books School Finalists

by Jackson Perez and Kira Zahniser

Congratulations to the Book Worm Ninjas who won the Battle against the Marvel Cheese Ninjas. They will be moving on to compete against other schools and hopefully make it to the very end of the battles, and bring home the winning trophy.The last two weeks the Book Worm Ninjas Lost to Mammoth Heights and Challenge 2 Excellence. They are battling Parker Core Knowledge tonight. We hope that everything turns around in The Battle of the Books

Congratulations to the Golden Retrievers for winning the inter-school battles. They will move on to battle other schools and hopefully win the finals. The inter-school battles lately have been exciting. Gold Rush beat Mammoth Heights 36-33.  The next week, Gold Rush beat Challenge 2 Excellence 44-36. This week we beat Parker Core Knowledge 59-35. It was truly amazing.

One Extraordinary Sock Hop

By Grady MacDougall and Myleigh Donohoe

A lot of kids (and some parents) got their socks on and hopped down to Gold Rush on February 6th for our school’s annual Sock Hop! They all enjoyed fun games like the Cake Walk and got their groove on, on our dance floor. They ate a filling dinner of pizza and free root beer floats. Some participated in contests like the Hula Hoop contest or dancing contests for prizes. They hung out with their friends until they couldn’t dance on the dance floor anymore. While the outside world turned pitch black, we hung out with Gold Rush’s one and only D.J. as he jammed the night away.  We all sure did have fun.

The Spelling Bee

by: Ava Nordgren and Tanner Cohrs

On Friday, January 9th at 2:30 pm the Gold Rush Elementary Spelling Bee took place. Everyone was excited to see who would win. In the Bee there were many good spellers from fourth graders to fifth graders, but Tanner Cohrs was the one who ended up winning. Everyone did a great job spelling challenging words in front of all the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. All of the spellers thought it was very nerve-wrecking, which also caused them to misspell words. Everybody’s teachers were proud to see their students compete in the bee.

On February 7th, Tanner Cohrs moved on to the district bee and got into the top 25. This means he is going to go the Colorado State Bee on March 14th.  At the state Bee, he will be competing against his older brother Dallas Cohrs, who won the bee at Cimarron Middle School.