Staff Profile
Kristina Roksvold –– News Editor
Hi, my name is Kristina Roksvold. I am 10 years old, and I’m a staff reporter on the Colonial School Times. I enjoy being a part of the newspaper because it is a lot of fun to write stories and interview other people. In my free time, I like to play softball. My favorite foods are bananas and bacon.
Year in review: New teachers enjoy first year at Colonial
By Lindsay McNamara and Kristina Roksvold, Kristina Roksvold, and Lindsay McNamara
June 20, 2012
Filed under Student Life
COLONIAL CLASSROOMS — This year many new teachers joined Colonial School. They included Ms Sophia Shkreli, Mrs. Jennifer Delaney, Ms Piera Hattar and Mrs. Mary Goldszer. MRS. GOLDSZER Mrs. Goldszer teaches fifth grade and study skills. “I love working with students,” she said. “It’s fun... Read more »
Year in review: Fifth graders try sports seasons in P.E.
By Kristina Roksvold and Alexandra Broege, Alexandra Broege, and Kristina Roksvold
June 12, 2012
Filed under Sports
COLONIAL GYM — Mrs. Sara Bagwell taught the fifth graders about several different sports during physical education class this school year. Mrs. Bagwell said she likes to organize the sports so the classes are doing “a little of everything.” This school year, the fifth graders played five sports:... Read more »
Fifth grade goes to Jacob Burns Film Center to learn to make memoir movies
By Colonial Times team coverage, Lindsay McNamara, Kristina Roksvold, Claudia Dodge, Peyton Rees, and Francesca Di Cristofano
May 3, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories
PLEASANTVILLE -- The Colonial fifth grade went to Jacob Burns Film Center to learn about film and media making. The fifth graders are studying filmmaking because they will be creating films based on their memoirs. On the field trip, they went to two different buildings. One place to learn about movies,... Read more »
Mrs. Howey tells newspaper about weird, true tales coming from National Geographic
By Kristina Roksvold, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2012
Filed under A&E, Top Stories
COLONIAL LIBRARY — Mrs. Linda Howey talked to the newspaper staff about her job at National Geographic. She is head of sales for National Geographic Books, which has some weird but true stories coming out. Mrs. Howey is also the mother of Addie (5GL) and Gracie (2H). “I think my favorite part... Read more »
Coach comes to Colonial to show how flag rugby is played
By Kristina Roksvold and Patrick Zahradnik, Kristina Roksvold, and Patrick Zahradnik
February 14, 2012
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
COLONIAL GYM — Rugby player and coach Anthony Lenos came in to Colonial School on Feb. 1 to teach some of the PE classes how to play flag rugby. Coach Lenos has played rugby for five years. “I was too small to play football or wrestle in college, so rugby sounded fun to me,” he said. Some... Read more »
Mrs. McNamara talks to fifth graders about heart, shows how to do CPR
By Kristina Roksvold, Staff Reporter
January 27, 2012
Filed under Student Life
FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS — Mrs. Holly McNamara came to talk to the fifth graders about the heart. Mrs. Meryeme Gashi has been teaching all the fifth graders about the heart. Mrs. McNamara showed the students how to do CPR with practice dummies. All the fifth graders got a chance to try performing... Read more »
Halloween parade changes because of snow storm, danger from tree branches
By Kristina Roksvold, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2011
Filed under Student Life
COLONIAL PLAYGROUND -- This Halloween, the school changed the parade. Instead of walking around the block and into the playground, students walked out the back door, took a lap around the blacktop, and walked back into school. The reason the parade changed was because of the October snow storm and... Read more »
China in the City
By Kristina Roksvold
July 1, 2011
Filed under Fourth Grade Non-Fiction Project
People in NY do not get to go to China a lot. From the plane ride to the money and the time it will take you. But if you go to NYC’s Chinatown you will forget you’re in NY. I gave a survey to all the fourth graders. It said have you ever been to Chinatown? What is your favorite part about Chinatown?... Read more »
Mrs. Cavalli talks about humor, why she picked teaching
By Tess Darrow and Kristina Roksvold, Tess Darrow, and Kristina Roksvold
June 9, 2011
Filed under News
COLONIAL SCHOOL -- Mrs. Cavalli, one of the second grade teachers, tells lots of jokes and comes up with them off the top of her head. She also remembers them from her childhood. “I like teaching kids how to read and teaching them independence,” said Mrs. Cavalli. The new library is Mrs. Cavalli’s... Read more »
Pelham Patch editor talks about interviewing passionate people
By Lindsay McNamara and Kristina Roksvold, Lindsay McNamara, and Kristina Roksvold
May 17, 2011
Filed under Student Life
COLONIAL SCHOOL LIBRARY -- Eleanor Goldberg is the editor of Pelham Patch, and she visited the Colonial Times staff on April 14 to talk about how she does journalism. She said she finds good stories for Pelham Patch by going around Pelham interviewing people about important events. It almost... Read more »
Cathy Taylor tells Colonial Times about writing career
By Kristina Roksvold and Peyton Rees, Kristina Roksvold, and Peyton Rees
May 11, 2011
Filed under Student Life
COLONIAL SCHOOL LIBRARY -- Ms Cathy Taylor visited the Colonial Times to talk about her career working as a writer since 1989. Ms Taylor, whose daughter Irina Farrell is in 1H, worked for her college and high school newspapers and now has a column for the Pelham Patch. She also writes about media... Read more »