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The Wrangler Times
“All the news that’s had a fit to print....” The Newsletter of the Roscoe Wilson P.T.A. • October 2011
ROSCOE WILSON
INVADED BY ALIENS!
Lubbock, TX. New pictures released
by our intrepid WS staff photographers
show mysterious alien
creatures climbing the roof of Roscoe
Wilson Elementary School.
Ms. Paula Finney, Principal
at the award-winning magnet
school, informed the WT staff that
while alien sightings have been reported
in the neighborhood, “the
halls of Roscoe Wilson are safe for
our children“.
“It was probably just the
Wrangler Times editor”, claimed
RW Teacher Miriam Lockhart.
When questioned about
Cloud or alien? Picture of suspected alien on RW roof.
concerns over possible alien abductions,
Ms. Finney indicated that no
abductions have occurred. “Our
children would never abduct an
alien. We teach respectful boys and
girls who would not want to raise
undue worry on the part of alien
mothers and fathers concerned over
like men from Mars.
the PTA. If we fine ‘em, we’ll be sure
“We will investigate claims to call the local authorities and have
that aliens have indeed infiltrated those aliens vaporized!”
FINNEY’S FEARS FOR FALL
FESTIVAL UNFOUNDED
their alien children’s well-being.” Lubbock, TX. Toby Klameth, direc- unfounded. We know for a fact that
Ms. Finney added, “besides, tor of the 2011 Fall Festival, assures the only aliens at Roscoe Wilson
with all of the wonderful activities the WT that the Fall Festival will go are those crazy dad’s taking charge
coming up in October, we welcome on without a hitch on 22 October. of the PTA!” Ms. Klameth also not-
alien participation.” However, Ms. Despite mass hysteria in the halls of ed that she has the best volunteers
Finney declined to confirm or deny Roscoe Wilson and aliens running money can’t buy who will help make
that aliens have infiltrated the PTA. amok, Ms. Klameth has revealed sure “the Fall Festival runs like hot
Since male PTA members that she has a secret weapon to make maple syrup on some sizzlin’ pan-
took control of various aspects of sure Fall Festival runs smoothly, orcakes!” the PTA in a coup d’ etat, first reganized, and fun.
Speaking of pancakes, this
ported in the RW Times last month, “Don’t worry,” said Ms. years’ Fall Festival will feature hot
persistent rumors have surfaced im- Klameth, “the rumors regarding dogs, apple chips, chicken fajitas,
plicating PTA President Eddy Mor- aliens taking over Fall Festival are fruit kabobs, pickles and popcorn.
lock and other PTA dads of acting
un

Roscoe Wilson People, Mirrors, Food
Mirror, Mirror on the
Wall...
Art Class, Roscoe Wilson, Lubbock
TX (AP) It’s time for the 2011–2012
PTA “Reflections” Program: Entries
are due 10/24!!
“Reflections” is a PTA sponsored
program that encourages the
fine arts. Students create art in their
choice of 6 categories that correspond
with the current year’s theme,
and are grouped according to age
(Primary: pre-K through 2nd, and
Intermediate: 3rd through 5th
grade).
Entries are due 10/24!!
This year’s theme is “Diversity
Means”. We are looking forward
to seeing all the entries our Wranglers
create! Winners will be chosen
from our entries and taken to the
district-wide PTA contest.
Here are the categories available:
Entries are due 10/24!!
Photography
Visual Arts
Dance Choreography
Film Production
Literature
Musica Competition (one of our
Wranglers recently went to the
State competition in this category!)
Entries are due 10/24!!
For more information,
please contact Melissa Crawford at
548-0385 or crawfordradiator@
gmail.com. By-the-way, Entries are
due 10/24!!
WRANGLER SPOTLIGHT:
Carienne Caldwell
Carienne Caldwell is the guidance
counselor at RW. Her husband,
Brandon, is a Lubbock firefighter,
and their daughter, Grace, is a 1st
grader at RW. She also has two stepdaughters,
Jaylee (14) and Kennedy
(11). Mrs. Caldwell joined the RW
team in January, but this is not her
first rodeo. After graduating from
New Mexico State University she
worked as a case worker for at-risk
teen girls and later at Alderson Elementary
School. She joined us
after returning to school for her
Master’s in Education and Counseling
at Wayland Baptist University.
She has made quite an impact
in her time at RW. You may have
heard that she is meeting weekly
with K-2nd grade classrooms.
During these guidance sessions
she is helping them learn to better
solve their own problems and to
The Wrangler staff is AWESOME! Please email michelle.cohen@sbcglobal.net or
drop a note in the PTA mailbox attn: Michelle Cohen, telling her what faculty or staff
member you have caught “wearing their Wrangler CHAPS” and serving RW beyond
the call of duty. Maybe they will be highlighted in the Wrangler Staff Spotlight!
Kitchen, Roscoe Wilson, Lubbock
TX (AP) The WT has uncovered a
covert operation by the 5th graders
to attempt to sell baked goods to the
public to raise funds for their endof-year
graduation banquet and festivities.
However, our intrepid WT
reporters have discerned that the
5th graders have not had any of their
deux
use their “big voices”. She also helps
with the lunch buddy program for
3rd-5th grade, which allows small
groups of students to have lunch
with their teachers. Most recently,
she was responsible for College and
Career Readiness Week and created
the wonderful map that displayed
where RW teachers attended college.
That week she also arranged
for students to get a glimpse of various
careers. K-2nd graders talked
with a doctor, veterinarian, DPS officer,
and firefighter. 3rd-5th graders
met with a news anchor (Karen
McKay), architect/engineer, medical
student, and agriculture expert/auctioneer.
All grades enjoyed a visit
from a DPS helicopter! What an exciting
week she created!! Thank you
Mrs. Caldwell for helping our RW
Wranglers saddle up for success in
so many important ways!!
COVERT 5TH GRADE
BAKE SALE UNCOVERED
baked goods taste tested for quality
assurance. The WT will spare
no expense (or hunger pains) on
making sure every cupcake, cookie,
and cake meets the highest culinary
standards.
You may drop all baked
goods at the RW office, Friday, October
21st. Contact Karen Carruth
for more info, 252-4949 or karen@
carruths.com.

Hidden Location, Deep in the
Heart of Texas. (AP) RW PTA
President Eddy Morelock continues
to defy the odds with his outstanding
presidency. Yet, despite his overwhelming
support with popularity
polls reaching an all-time high,
President Morelock continues to
work from an undisclosed location.
According to President Morelock,
“September was a great month with
the 1st PTA meeting in which the
5th graders performed. The bike
rally was a success thanks to Tommy
Barker (a PTA Dad) and his
(Just don’t call the whole thing off!)
Herodotus, TX (AP) How might
one “make” history, you ask? Easy!
Take a picture and send it to the
WT Historian. Unless you can take
pictures of the future, your pictures
are of the past, and therefore,
they’re history! Our Pulitzer Prize
winning photographers need your
help! Submit your photos for the
school scrapbook. These might be
for Family Engagement Month, or
the Race for the Cure, or The RW
Bike Rodeo! Anything RW-related.
You may place jpegs on a CD and
Society • History • Comics
PTA PRESIDENT
ADDRESSES PTA;
SEARCHING FOR A
LARGE MAIL BOX
crew (lots of PTA Dads and some
PTA Moms). October will be another
great month with Skate Night
and an awesome Fall Festival that is
being organized by Toby Klameth.”
Pres. Morelock went on to quell
the fears about aliens at RW. “Yes,
there are rumors. No, they are not
true.”
“More importantly,” stated
Pres. Morelock, “the PTA membership
is over 340 with awards earned
for a 10% increase over last years
membership, including the MARS
Award (Men Are Really Special)
HISTORY, HERSTORY,
YOURSTORY, MYSTORY
leave them in the PTA box in the office.
Images may also be emailed to
Dionne Merriott (dionnemerriott@
gmail.com). If you know the grade
level of the photos, please include
that as well. Ms. Finney will be sure
that all pictures are appropriate for
public release.
Did you see the scrapbooks
from the early year’s at Roscoe Wilson
at the PTA Meeting? If not, be
sure to stop by the library and take
a look at some of the history from
way back then!
trois
>50 Dads joining, Early Bird Gets
The Worm Achievement Award for
achieving 75% of membership by
September 30th (yum, I’m hungry!),
and the Golden Apple (no worm
included) Award for having 100%
of full-time school faculty join the
PTA. A big thanks to Tracee Brown
and her membership crew!” President
Morelock concluded his clandestine
address by stating that, “Our
next goal is 500 by 10/15/11.” Now, if
we could only get him some stamps
and large mailbox.
To join the RW PTA, please
contact Tracee Brown at hoffmant@
jazzkitchen.com or Eddy Morelock
at emorelock@gmail.com.
THAT’LL BE THE
DAY...
10/20 PTA MEETING #2,
6:30 PM at RW, then, head on over to...
10/20 Spirit Night
...Chick-fil-a, where dads ask, “Where’s the
beef?”
10/21
5th Grade Bake Sale items due!
(see accompanying article)
10/22
um... is anything happening on this day?
Uh.. I don’t think so... um, not that I can...
oh, wait...
...FALL FESTIVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(d’uh!)
10/24
PTA “Reflections” Art Projects Due (see accompanying
article)
10/25
6-8 PM Skate Night at the Skate Ranch!

Fall Festival 2011
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The Wrangler Times
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is brought to you monthly by a space
alien. Yes, a space alien. I admit it! It’s
true! Ha Ha, the WT is mine! Mine
all mine! (well, actually, as long as Eddy and Ms.
Finney say it’s mine...) And, there’s nothing
you can do about it because this job
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ha ha ha ha (that’s Alienese for an
evil laugh!). If you would like to contribute
to the WT, send smoke signals
to the editor, Aaron Yoshinobu. Alternatively,
you may send him an email:
aaron_yoshinobu@yahoo.com or a
text message: 806-773-9333. Submission
deadline is the 20th of each
month for publication in the next
months’ WT.
The Back Pages
The Roscoe Wilson Writing Wranglers: Investigative
Journalism at the Cutting Edge
Doesn’t anyone read the newsletter?!?!?!
(sob, sob, sob...) (sniffle,
sniffle, sniffle...) The Wrangler
Times staff is still looking for a few
boys and girls to roam the halls and
submit news pieces to the Times. If
you’re a RW Writing Wrangler (RW 3
- that’s “RW-cubed” for short), consider
writing a short piece on a news
worthy happening in the RW Halls.
What’s news-worthy, you ask?
Class projects, interviews with
teachers (or Ms. Finney!), reports
on athletic events, or other items
that parents/teachers/students of
RW “need to know”. Articles may be
no longer than 100 words. Submissions
may also include comics.
Ask your parents to help you submit
the article, including a title, to
the Wrangler Times editor, Aaron
Yoshinobu
(aaron_yoshinobu@yahoo.com).
Articles must be received by the
20th of each month for inclusion in
the next months’ newsletter.
The WT, and Ms. Finney, reserve
the right to select and edit any submission.
Please don’t make this poor
old underpaid, overworked space
alien... oops, I mean, news editor
have to beg and steal for news items.
Or, worse yet, make them up out of
his own imagination! Submit something!
Who knows, you might get
published! Fame! A resume builder,
maybe even a Pulitzer!!
ADOPT-A-CLASSROOM
We still have 5 classes that need adopted
for $100.00 each. This money
goes to help the teachers equip their
room with items for the classroom
they need to further educate our children.
Find a friend and go in 50/50
or find 3 friends. For more information,
contact Kirsten Robinson,
kirsten.robinson@suddenlink.net.
Last, but not least...
Volunteering at Roscoe Wilson? Be sure to complete the mandatory volunteer
background check found here:
https://teams.lubbockisd.org/volunteer/
Websites of Interest:
www.pta.org
www.txpta.org
www.rwilson.lubbockisd.org,
www.lubbockisd.org
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JAM THE JUG
No, we’re not talking about preserves
and vessels made to contain
spirits, Dads. We ARE talking about
helping out in our community!
Roscoe Wilson students and
parents, we are having a money drive
to help support the United Way and
the community organizations they
support in Lubbock. There will be
a large water “jug” in the office until
the end of October that we are trying
to fill to the top. Any money,
even coins, you would like to give,
just stop by the office and drop it in
the jug. Roscoe Wilson is trying to
raise $2500 to do our part. So help
us help others and JAM THE JUG!!
If you would like more information
on the United Way you may find it at
www.liveunitedlubbock.org. Please
leave your preserves on your toast.
The RW Book Fair
Needs You!
The Book Fair needs volunteers!
Email Billie Flowers for more information:
billieflowers@gmail.com
www.rwilson.lubbockisd.org
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