Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Smart Shopper's Guide To Spending Spare Bobcash!

By Angie LaFave


Great Brook School Breaking News – Teachers at Great Brook School have began giving kids Paw Prints for good behavior. These are little red cutouts of a bobcat's paw. You can earn them by showing that you are respectful, responsible, and safe.
Paw Prints turn into what's known as Bobcash once you turn them in to the office and get them stamped for approval. Then they are returned to you so you can spend them on whatever you want.

Lots of teachers have not yet decided what they want to put up for sale. Ms. Bando, the art teacher, said, “I should have people buy art supplies from me.” Ms. Bell, an eighth grade advisor and math teacher, is thinking about letting her advisory buy pencils, free time (instead of advisory time), or a seat in the special comfy chair.

Ms. Blair, the CFS teacher, has popcorn for sale. For two Paw Prints, you get a snack size. For four Paws, you can get a regular size.

Ms. Cullinan, the ELP teacher, has popcorn too, along with many other special treats. You can ask her personally for access to a “treasure box.” This contains items with prices from one Paw Print to four Paw Prints. For one Paw Print, you can either have a pencil or a pencil top eraser. You can also have Ms. Cullinan do a somersault just for you for one Paw also. For members of ELP, you can pay one Paw for the opportunity to bring in a school-appropriate CD for your ELP class to listen to while they work. ELP class can also spend three Paws (from one person or from several people combined) to buy the popcorn mentioned above – for the whole class! Or, if you aren't in ELP, you can buy them popcorn out of the goodness of your heart. Last but not least for ELP prizes is the chance to have lunch and tea with Ms. Cullinan and three friends in her room.

There are raffles and auctions to put Paw Prints toward as well!

Are you in Ms. Shea's fifth grade class? Lucky you! People in this class get to put their Paws together for class pizza parties and extra recess! For sixty Paw Prints, your whole class gets to go outside. For one hundred, the class gets a fun pizza party. Yum! Or, if you want to keep your Paws to yourself, you can get a homework pass of your very own.

Ms. Sittig can offer a water bottle for seven Paw Prints. Imagine, never getting thirsty again! At least until the water runs out. Or, if you'd rather be a fashion guru, you can buy a fancy dog tag for five Paws. What a deal!

Ms. Rice lets her sixth grade class buy VIP access to the very front of the line for a meager price of one Paw Print! That could really help out in the lunch rush. Speaking of lunch, she also lets you eat outside for two Paws. One Paw gets you time on the computer. It's like a GBS Wal-Mart!

Ms. Kebler is the health teacher here at GBS. She has some really great deals on exotic items you've never heard of such as...

iPod-shaped erasers! Going for five Paw Prints! They look really cool.
Crayons! Need an extra one to complete your crayon box? They cost three Paws.
Bouncy balls for three paw prints as well.
You could also get a little eraser or a pencil for one Paw. No more borrowing pencils!
A slinky, the object of wonder since a very long time ago. They climb down stairs.
That's it for Ms. Kebler's room! Check again every now and again for updates!

Still don't see anything you like? Don't worry! There are plenty more opportunities to blow your money in other classrooms. Just look around! Some teachers haven't thought of a good selection of merchandise yet, but will have items up for sale soon. Happy shopping!

1 comment:

  1. This is my first ever article and I think it came out great! I had to re-type it in a short time but it's pretty cool.

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