Poll Queston: Favorite Book

Based on a recent poll question, 42% of voters chose Goosebumps by R.L. Stine as their favorite book!  The series was featured a our recent Scholastic Book Fair and was a top seller!

Goosebumps a series of children's horror fiction novels written by American author R.L. Stine.  It is a collection of stories with fictional children being involved in scary situations.  Themes in the series include horror, humor and the supernatural. 

Click here to go to the author's website and click here to go to the official Goosebumps website!

Poll Question Results: Great African-Americans

Last week, in the blog's weekly poll question, readers were asked which great African-American they most admired. The choices were Michael Jackson, Rosa Parks, Duke Ellington and Muhammad Ali. The results were a tie between Michael Jackson and Rosa Parks with 35% of the votes for each. Duke Ellington and Muhammad Ali came in third and fourth, respectively, with 15% and 10% of the votes.

Members view poll question results.

Ms. Thomas with Debate Team president.

Each week, the Debate Team will assist blog editors in creating a new poll question based on a topic they are discussing.  For more information on the Debate Team, contact Ms. Thomas.   For more information about Duke Ellington, click here and to learn more about Muhammad Ali, click here!

Poll Results Are In!

Students at PS4 have voted and decided that "a good attitude" is the most important thing to have in school. According to our poll results, 60% of the readers felt that a good attitude is more important that completing homework, having an emergency phone number or wearing a school uniform. According to Ms. Lennon having a good attitude, "will help you in all aspects of education." Despite the results of the poll, students should still come to school with their homework completed, in their school uniform and make sure that their emergency contact card is filled out.

To vote on our new poll question please go to the top left hand corner of the page.

State Your Opinion

Recently, Ms. White (principal of PS4) spoke to students about the importance of having an opinion.  This year, students in all grades are expected to write research reports that involve information from newspapers, websites, books and articles.  Students must also state their opinion about the topics that they write about.  One example of a topic that we all have an opinion about is 'the effects of video games on children'. Some boys and girls thought that video games were violent and had a negative effect on children.

What do you think? Do you think that video games are too violent?  Let us know. Place a comment in the section box below and vote in our newest poll question in the upper left-hand corner.