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APRIL Contents Pg. 4 Spring Fun Pg. 6 Did You Know — Spiders Pg. 7 Funny Days in April Pg. 8 Allergies and Bees Pg. 10 Real Party — Olaf Inspired Pg. 11 Cloud Parfaits Pg. 12 Day Trip —Timberland Regional Libraries Pg. 14 Sleepytime Pg. 17 Color Pages Pg. 18 Birthday Smiles Pg. 20 Slimy Science Pg. 22 Teacher Feature — Pete Kendall Pg. 26 Yikes, Lice Pg. 27 Autism Awareness Pg. 28 Celebrate Earth Day Pg. 29 Sweet Faces

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April 16 Washington state Fair

April 11 April Pools Day

12 p.m., Thorbeckes, Centralia A free community event with activities, water safety training, games and a fun coloring contest. For more information, please call (360) 736-1683.

2 p.m., Washington State Fair Events Center, Puyallup Washington State Spring Fair welcomes spring with baby animal exhibits, yummy fair treats, racing pigs, leaping DockDogs, free music and Slamfest Demolition Derby and Monster Truck shows and rides. Kids are free Thursday, April 16 and the fair runs through April 19. For more information, please visit thefair.com.

SWW Kidsignment

9 a.m., St. Joseph School, Chehalis Shop for like-new clothing, toys, books shoes and more. The event will also be held Sunday, April 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information email swwkidsignment@ stjoeschehalis.org, or call (360) 345-1446.

Spring Arts, Crafts and Gift Show

9 a.m., SWW Fairgrounds, Chehalis Have a family day out and enjoy arts and crafts and get some gift ideas.

Adults, $1; kids 12 years and under are free. Early birds can enter at 8 a.m. for $5. For more information, please visit southwestwashingtonfair.net.

Civil War Event

10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Museum, Chehalis Come see displays of Civil War artifacts of the Union and Confederates and demonstrations by living historians. A sandwich lunch will be served at noon for $2.50 per person. For more information, please call (360) 740-8875.

Bowl For Kids’ Sake

1 p.m., Fairway Lanes, Centralia Join in on this fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters to support kids in our community who face adversity. Form a team, collect pledges and join in for an afternoon of bowling, pizza and prizes (all for free and a celebration of your fundraising efforts). For more information, please visit swwabigs.org/bowlforkidssake.

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April 17 Golden West Winds in Concert

6 p.m., Roxy Theater, Morton The Golden West Winds, a part of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West from Travis Air Force Base, California will perform. The band includes flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn and bassoon and supports a wide variety of musical events. Admission is by donation. For more information, please visit mortonroxy.com.

Family Fun Fest

10 a.m., Centralia College Health and Wellness Center Healthy snacks, fun activities and more.

The focus will be on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and this year’s theme is Moving on Up! For more information, please call (360) 7369391 ext. 465.

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April 18 Soroptimist-Kiwanis 2015 Youth Talent Show 6 p.m., Historic Fox Theatre, Centralia Soroptimist and Kiwanis are partnering to showcase talent of Lewis County youth. The show will consist of three age groups. For more information and ticket locations/prices, please visit centraliachehaliskiwanis.com.

4th Annual Rain Festival 4 p.m., Roxy Theater, Morton Enjoy musical performances, sing-alongs and a fashion show — all about rain! Enter to win prizes and enjoy a family-oriented movie and other fun activities and snacks.

Admission is by donation. For more information, please visit mortonroxy.com.

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April 1 Easter EGGstravaganza 6 p.m., Toledo New Life, Toledo Toddlers and children (up to grade 5) can participate in the community Easter egg hunt. The hunt will be in age groups. For more information, please call (360) 864-4366.

April 25 Spring Festival and Craft Fair 9 a.m., 2330 Howard Ave., Centralia Meet local producers and farmers and enjoy crafts, preserves, vegetables and herbs and more. For more information, please visit seedpodfarm.com.

Lions Club Fishing Derby 8 a.m., Fort Borst Park, Centralia A day for families and friends. Children up to age 14 can reel in their own fish. Enter a drawing when you register for a chance to win fun prizes at noon. Free hot dogs and milk available for registered participates.

The event is free and all you need is a fishing pole. For more information, please call (360) 736-8766. (Adults must register child and remain present.)

Let’s Go Bowling 11 a.m., Fairway Lanes, Centralia Event is put on by Centralia-Chehalis Optimist Club. Create a bowling team, collect sponsor donations to help raise money for childhood cancer research, scholarships and youth events. The cost is $5 and covers two games, shoes, pizza and soda. For more information, please call (360) 623-1311 or visit facebook.com/ ChehalisCentraliaOptimistClub.

April 4 Annual Easter Egg Hunt 11 a.m., Bailey’s IGA, Rochester Hot dog give away. Find the golden egg for prizes for each age group (newborn to 6 years and 7 years to 12 years). For more information, please call (360) 273-7330.

Spring Fling 12 p.m., downtown Chehalis Have a fun at a free Easter egg hunt that includes photos with the Easter bunny.

For more information, please visit ci.chehalis.wa.us.

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• Spiders are arachnids — not insects. Insects have 3 body parts and 6 legs but spiders have 2 body parts and 8 legs.

• Spiders are found on every continent of the world except Antarctica.

• Webs get dirty and torn, so lots of spiders make a new one every day. They don’t waste the old one, though, they roll it up into a ball and eat it!

• An abnormal • Spiders do not have fear of spiders a skeleton inside their is called • There are around bodies. They have a ‘arachnophobia’. 40,000 different species hard outer shell called of spiders. an ‘exoskeleton’.

• Daddy Long Legs (also called harvestmen) are NOT spiders.

• The largest spider is the Giant Bird Eating Spider.

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2015 Find some of your How long can you favorite books and go without watching read them to a TV? How many younger child. books could you read if you gave up TV for a few days?

Turn Off TV and Read Month Have fun counting eggs today!

Beverley Cleary was born on this day in 1916. Can you find the names of the books she has written?

Who were the first people to reach the North Pole on this day in 1898?

Learn all the words to one of your parents’ favorite songs.

Have a family sing along tonight!

Have you or your friend mastered Draw a map of the cartwheel yet? your route to Don’t give up! school. Include Practice is great landmarks along exercise. the way.

Learn about the Nature Explore club to gain a better appreciation of Watch a movie made before 1950. Then nature. talk about things you noticed that are different from modern movies.

Do something to improve your Do you have books health today. Go you’ve outgrown? for a long walk, Contact your library make a nutritious and see if you can meal and get a donate them. good night’s sleep.

Discuss the meaning of the word meditate.

Close your eyes and sit completely still. Be calm and meditate for five minutes today.

The Titanic sank on this day in 1912. What caused the disaster?

Clip coupons from The hr C onicle. Set nt aside the amouu yo ey on of m ra save to use fo r fo t ea tr special the family.

Do something nice for a brother or sister today.

Put on gloves and go for a walk and pick up trash in your neighborhood or join a park clean-up project.

Explore different career choices today. Learn a little of what it takes to achieve these careers.

Can you do a cartwheel? If so, teach a friend how to do one. If not, work with a friend that knows how.

Plan a visit to a tree nursery.

Look up at the sky for 15 minutes tonight.

How many aircrafts can you spot in that amount of time?

How many foods starting with the letter B have you eaten this week?

This day is the anniversary of the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

Create a comic strip.

Use two characters to tell knock-knock jokes or riddles.

Arbor Day

With a friend, On this day, you Calling all poets! create a secret code. can ask a question Write down ten and the person pairs of words that Write messages to rhyme. Now write each other using the answering must code. Then see if give an honest down a poem answer. using those words. other friends can “break” the code National Poetry and figure out what Month you wrote.

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Surviving Spring Allergies

by Robin Wulff, RN, Asthma Educator at Northwest Pediatric Center Spring is coming upon us, and for many that means allergy season is coming. Seasonal allergies, sometime referred to as “hay fever,” normally come around the same time of year each year, and is a time when mold spores are released and plants, grass, weeds and trees release pollen particles into the air to fertilize plants. In this area the peak pollen allergy season is generally from the end of May through the beginning of July.

Symptoms that may indicate allergies include: Sneezing, itchy nose or throat, nasal congestion, clear runny nose, and itchy and/or watery eyes. Some people have trouble deciding, “Is this allergies or a cold?” This question can be answered, most of the time, by looking at some basic information.

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Symptoms often appear one at a time: first sneezing, then a runny nose, then congestion

Symptoms occur all at once

Generally last from seven to 10 days

Mucous

Continue as long as a person is exposed to the allergy-causing agent (allergen)

Often a yellowish nasal discharge, due to an infection

Generally a clear, thin, watery discharge

Less common than with allergies

More common than with colds, especially when sneezing occurs two or three times in a row

Most common during the winter

More common in spring through fall

May be accompanied by fever

Not usually associated with fever

Sneezing Time of Year Fever

Treatment of allergies can start simply with including local honey in your diet to help with pollen allergies over time. Also, using a saline nasal irrigation (or neti pot) with nasal symptoms or after you have been outside for long periods may help. If symptoms are persisting beyond these measures an over-the-counter antihistamine (allergy pill/liquid) will be beneficial, such as Claritin (loratadine), Zyrtec (cetirizine), or Allegra (fexofenadine).

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Along with allergies in spring, bees are also appearing when warmer weather starts to come around. So while outside the best thing to do is to try and avoid bees. Most of the time if you leave them alone they will leave you alone.

In the event that you happen to get a bee sting, make sure there is no stinger left in the site. It is normal for bee sting sites to get red, warm and swollen in the local area.

After removing the stinger as soon as possible, wash the area with soap and water. A cold compress or ice can be used to help with swelling.

For some people that may be all the treatment that is necessary. For reactions that are a little more bothersome you can use hydrocortisone or calamine lotion to ease discomfort and swelling. If itchiness and swelling continue to be bothersome you can take an oral antihistamine like diphenhydramine (Benadryl). For severe reactions and any trouble breathing, medical attention should be sought immediately.

Dividing Up the New Testament Someone might ask the origin of the term RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF GOD, that forms the title to the previous newspaper articles we have published. Further it might be asked if we should divide God’s word at all.

The phrase comes from 2 Timothy 2:15: Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

The American Standard Version has it: HANDLING ARIGHT THE WORD OF TRUTH. The idea is clearly to study God’s word (word of truth) so you can become good Bible student and be able to use the Bible effectively. And so that you can use it effectively to guide your own life.

Also, it is certain that rightly dividing means recognizing the difference in the Old Testament and the New Testament, between books of history and books of prophecy, between promises and commands in the Bible. You cannot obey a promise God has made to us, but look forward to its fulfillment. But a command you can and must obey, if you are to be well pleasing to God. Some people do not recognize the difference but this is what is meant by RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH or WORD OF GOD.

To remove a bee stinger there are a few methods that can be tried: Pinching It Out

Pinching it out if it is visible can be done with your fingers or tweezers.

Scraping

To scrape the stinger out you can use a credit card and start behind the stinger and gently brush it along the skin past the stinger and the card will catch the stinger and it will be pulled out.

Using Something Sticky

Some people use tape or hair wax remover over the sting, then pull it off to remove the stinger from the skin.

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Cloud Parfait Spring weather is so wonderful with flowers, birds chirping, and sunny blue skies with puffy white clouds. Enjoy this cloud inspired treat!

What you will need: 2 packages of blue Jell-O 2 cups of whipping cream ¼ cup sugar 2 cups of ice 2 large bowls Parfait glasses or any clear containers that you can see through

- Place whipping cream in large bowl and beat on high until it starts to thicken.

- Continue to whip the cream and slowly pour in the sugar.

Whip until it forms stiff peaks.

Keep in fridge until needed.

- Pour two cups boiling water into a second large bowl and add both boxes of blue Jell-O powder and stir until all of the sugar has dissolved.

- Add the ice to the Jell-O to set up the Jell-O quickly.

- Stir the ice around the bowl for about five minutes and remove any leftover ice that didn't melt. The Jell-O will not be super thick, but it should be jelled enough to scoop into a mound in

a blob-like form.

- Place a few spoonfuls of Jell-O in the bottom of your glass.

- Take whipped cream from the fridge and drop in a spoonful or two and press it against the side of the glass. This is going to form your cloud in the sky.

- Continue layering the Jell-O and whipped cream alternating where you place your cream clouds so that you get a nice staggered effect. Place in fridge until Jell-O is firm and enjoy!

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The Importance of

Age Newborns

16-18 hours a day

Preschool-aged children

11-12 hours a day

School-aged children

for Your Child

by Misty Henning of Centralia I’m sure you have vivid memories of those precious early days with your babies. Nighttime feedings, early morning play while you serenely sip your coffee and enjoy the sun streaming through the window. Um…. yea… me either.

While those moments may be etched in our hearts, our brains are a different story and memories are often seen through hazy sleep-deprived goggles. From day one, one of our main objectives after feeding and sheltering our children becomes getting them to sleep (and not just for our own sanity). Our world becomes consumed with when they should sleep, how long they should sleep, how to get them to sleep and — please, oh please! — stay asleep.

Keeping up with the ebb and flow of changing sleep patterns can be a challenge. As soon as it seems one stage is mastered our kids move on to the next. There are a number of theories on the best way to help your child go to sleep, but whether you sleep train your children, co-sleep, or just go with the flow, experts agree

that what is most important is whether or not your child is getting adequate sleep.

Dr. Lisa Neff, a physician with Washington Park Direct Care in Centralia, references a helpful tool, found on uptodate.com to gauge the proper amount of sleep your child should be getting, based on age.

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Keep in mind, that the recommended sleep amounts are based on a study tracking the average duration of sleep that participants were getting in a 24-hour period and do not necessarily guarantee this is the optimum amount of sleep for your child.

My 7-year-old still functions better with 11 hours of sleep and thrives with 12 to 13 hours when he can get it, while my 3-year-old pops out of bed, ready to go, after 10. For this reason it can be helpful to observe your child for signs of sleep deficiency and, if needed, make the 14 • April 2015 • Southwest Washington Family

Recommended Amount of Sleep

At least 10 hours a day

Teens

9-10 hours a day

Adults (including elderly)

7-8 hours a day

appropriate changes to get back on track. “Twenty to 30 percent of children have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep,” says Dr. Neff. The lack of sleep can manifest itself in moodiness or trouble focusing and in more extreme and long-term cases can be perceived as signs of Attention Deficit Disorder.

We all anticipate sleepless nights with our newborns, but developmental and/or environmental changes can bring back those early nights all too easily. A baby who can now stand while protesting, a toddler going through separation anxiety, a preschooler who is suddenly afraid of the dark, or a school-age child having bad dreams; all of these stages can disrupt a formerly smooth nighttime pattern and leave parent and child struggling through the day. “The parent has to learn to establish appropriate boundaries that balance love and discipline,” Dr. Neff advises.

Just as you assisted your newborn baby through the trials of learning to sleep, the proper patterns may need to be reestablished periodically. “The most important step is to establish a regular bedtime routine that helps the child settle down physically and emotionally,” recommends Dr. Neff. Quiet your house when bedtime approaches.

Avoid stimulations like rowdy play, sugar or caffeine, and television. Instead, opt for a relaxing and consistent routine that allows your child to prepare for what’s coming. “They are more likely to follow the plan if they know what to expect,” says Neff. “It looks different in every family, but having lights out at a consistent time will help the child fall asleep easily.”

If your child continues to battle bedtime, or get up frequently at night, you may need to reevaluate nap time or possibly consider changing bedtime. Keep in mind that your child may fight sleepiness with hyperactivity and an earlier bedtime can actually benefit someone who seems to struggle with settling down. Alternatively, at a certain age, a better solution may be accepting a later bedtime and allowing your teen to sleep later, if possible. Dr. Neff warns, “Adolescents tend to have a shift in their circadian rhythm that affects their sleep pattern, but it is also an age with a high prevalence of anxiety and depression which could manifest as a sleep disorder.” In August of 2014, The American Academy of Pediatrics released a new policy statement recommending a later start time for middle and high schools. They report “getting enough sleep each night

can be hard for teens whose natural sleep cycles make it difficult for them to fall asleep before 11 p.m.”

“The signs and symptoms of inadequate sleep in children can vary based on age and personality,” warns Neff. “Most parents will recognize the irritability and oppositional behaviors of a young child who misses their nap. In other cases, children become hyperactive and have difficulty paying attention.”

Because the sleep patterns for each child vary greatly a lot comes down to the judgment of the parents. Be aware of your child’s needs and his physical reaction to low sleep and make sure your child is given the time they need to recharge.

Children usually drop naps between the ages of 3- and 5-years-old. Watch for these signs that your toddler may be nearing the end of nap time: • They were formerly compliant at naptime but now they are battling it.

• They take more time to fall to sleep than they actually sleep.

• They consistently do not bounce back well after waking from the nap.

• They are wide awake at bedtime and/or begin waking more at night.

• They are able to skip naps occasionally without it impacting his/her mood.

If your child is exhibiting two or more of the following signs, brace yourself, you may be nearing the end of daily naps.

SWWF Misty graduated from Adna High School and Eastern Washington University with degrees in journalism and communications.

She enjoys combining her passion for writing with her love for her family.

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Parker G. turns 5 on April 22!

Karlee V. turns 10 on April 1!

Allie M. turns 11 on April 16!

Ella H. turns 2 on April 4!

Makynlee H. turns 7 on April 7!

Kaylee K. turns 13 on Natalia H. turns 8 on April 19!

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McKenzie M. turns 8 on April 18!

Robert M. turns 8 on April 18!

Sadie S. turns 2 on April 27!

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Dawson S. turns 6 on Enrique G. turns 6 on Hudson C. turns 7 on April 3!

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Jennalyn J. turned 9 Hunter W. turned 9 on on March 1!

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Carter H. turned 8 on March 8!

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Mason M. turned 7 on March 11!

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Morgan R. turned 7 on March 6!

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Jack J. turns 7 on April 29!

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Skyla D. turned 7 on March 27!

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Ethan R. turned 7 on March 16!

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Snails don’t live just in gardens. They can also be found in ponds and even in the ocean. They are related to oysters, clams and even octopuses. They are part of the group of animals with soft bodies known as mollusks.

Snails hatch from eggs as teeny, tiny snails. As they grow, the shell grows, too.

If the weather turns very cold or very dry, a snail pulls into its shell and waits for the cool, damp weather it loves. It fills up the opening of its shell with a mucus-like slime, that hardens into a snug door.

How many snails can you find on this page?

A snail’s eyes are at the end of its long tentacles. The short tentacles are for smelling.

Snails slide along the flat part of their body, called the “foot.” Snails make a trail of silvery slime. This helps them to slide up walls and even crawl upside down.

Snails breathe through a hole near their shell.

The snail has a latin name that means “a belly-footed animal.” Use the code to find out what this name is.

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You can make a comfy motel and invite some snails for a visit. Look for snail visitors under rocks and leaves.

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1. Partially fill a large jar with moist soil.

2. Add a piece of chalk, some leaves, grass, and chunks of bark.

3. Give the snails lettuce and cabbage leaves to eat.

4. Keep the jar covered with a piece of nylon stocking or window screen.

5. Keep the Snail Motel in a shady place.

6. Twice a week replace the old soil and food.

Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple-step written directions.

SNAILS TENTACLE OCEAN WINDOW SLIME CHALK WEATHER SMASH SHELL LETTUCE MOIST TRAIL MOTEL SCREEN CHUNKS

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

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Draw a circle on a large piece of paper. Draw a small circle inside the 17 + 6 + 9 large circle.

Put two snails or more in the small circle and watch to see which one slides out to the large circle first.

Do the math to see which snail will win the race. Highest number wins!

28 - 6 + 12

Standards Link: Math: Compute sums and differences.

42 - 11 + 5

9+9+9

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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING? I am halfway through my fifth year of teaching. My job at Centralia High School is my first teaching job. I did my student teaching with English Language Learners (ELLs) at Oakland Bay Junior High School in Shelton in 2009-2010. I started at Centralia in September of 2010, and teach photography, videography and newspaper production (journalism).

WHAT INSPIRES YOU THE MOST/WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF TEACHING? I am inspired by the vision of my students gaining many of the skills they’ll need to transform their present-day dreams into tomorrow’s reality. It took me a couple of years to truly appreciate the influence that building positive relationships with students can have on their academic and personal journeys, but the proof is indisputable.

Although my days are filled with every kind of challenge you could imagine in the public school setting, they’re now also filled with hugs, high-fives, compliments and conversations that are relevant and meaningful to my students. Once I’ve established myself as a teacher who cares about their personal well-being and academic growth, and I get them to see my classroom as a safe place where they are and encouraged to dream, set goals, and work hard toward achieving them, a great number of classroom management problems vanish, and we’re well on our way toward success.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM? Times together with my wife and two young sons, whether it’s hiking the trails, playing “walkie-talkie” hide-and-seek in the woods, creating homemade gluten-free pizza, or enjoying a good Star Trek episode next 22 • April 2015 • Southwest Washington Family

“Mr. Kendall really gets teenagers, he understand us and treats us with respect.

He treats us as nice as he treats his own kids.” ~ Nominator, Josh K.

to the wood stove, are always cherished experiences. When the weather is sunny and warm, I can be found kicking field goals at a local football field. It’s something I started doing since I was in high school, and I just can’t seem to “kick” the habit! I also love everything about radio and broadcasting, and would someday love to bring a radio broadcasting program to the school. I’m a licensed amateur radio or “ham” operator, so my fascination with microphones, audio processing gear and homemade wire antennas will likely seem odd, but that’s just me. You can’t stop me from studying the heavens on a starry night. Astronomy is no less thrilling for me than it was when I was in grade school staring at the nighttime sky with a map of the constellations. Although I can now capture nice photos of the moon, my images of the Andromeda Galaxy still require some practice — and a powerful telescope with a motorized mount for tracking deep space objects with long exposures! Oh, and once again we return to photography… I’m truly lucky to be teaching many of the very things that are dear to my heart.

WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? The excitement and romance of journalism caught my full attention when I was in my teenage years. I joined the staff of my school newspapers in middle and high school, eventually working my way up to become editor of each. Back then my best friends had 35mm cameras, and I sure felt left out for having only a Polaroid. Once I received my first 35mm camera, photography became my passion, and these two loves were combined in college as photo-journalism proved to be my inspiration and career of choice. I earned a degree in journalism from Western Washington University, and worked at newspapers across the country as a staff photographer for daily newspapers for 17 years.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO BECOME A TEACHER? The reason I teach is because I love to share things I find of importance and interest, and I hope to discover ways to connect my lessons to my students in ways that they can identify with. Sharing my personal experiences and promoting roleplaying activities in the classroom are effective in getting the day’s lesson to sink in. Although I realize I have a lot to share with my students, the process works both ways; my students always find creative ways to provide me with insights that enrich my learning, too.

DO YOU HAVE A MANTRA OR QUOTE YOU ARE ALWAYS TELLING YOUR STUDENTS? The Latin phrase “carpe diem” is a saying my students are exposed to at the beginning of each semester. It’s important for each student to explore ways to “seize the day” for the achievement of their personal and academic goals. And it’s a message that should remain in their hearts and minds long after they forget the quadratic equation, water cycle or the difference between a zoom lens and a lens cap. It’s just that profound.

WHAT IS A FAVORITE TEACHING MEMORY? During my very first year of teaching, my journalism students, upon realizing I didn’t have my own copy of the yearbook, decided to create a wonderful little autograph booklet for me, complete with their messages of appreciation and encouragement. The gesture was so thoughtful and completely unexpected. My bucket was really overflowing that day!

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Lice do not jump, hop or fly. But they do get around!

Here’s how the kids in Room 12 got lice.

Zack’s head itched, but he didn’t know he had lice. He grabbed his new hat and ran out the door to catch the school bus ...

Zack didn’t know some lice had crawled onto his hat for a look around.

A tiny gray-white egg that the adult louse “glues” to a strand of hair close to the scalp.

A baby louse freshly hatched from the nit. It feeds on a person’s blood.

The lice on the hat crawled onto Eric’s head and Ashley’s, too. Soon all of his friends wanted to try on Zack’s hat.

A few days later ...

Brian wore Zack’s hat at recess one day.

Lives about 30 days. Females can lay up to 100 nits.

They can’t fly, jump or hop, but they can crawl.

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know there are sequential stages of life-cycles for different animals.

Ashley shared her brush with Amy and Abby.

Eric and Andrew, head to head, waited for a lizard to crawl out from under a rock.

After just a few days, how many kids in Room 12 could have lice? What could the children have done to protect themselves from getting lice?

Ask a school nurse, teacher, parent or adult friend to look for lice and nits in your hair. If they don’t see any the first time and your head continues to itch, have your hair looked at again.

If you do have lice, your school nurse or family doctor can help find the best way to get rid of them.

Don’t share hats, helmets, combs, pillows or anything that has touched your head.

Don’t panic. You can get rid of lice.

Standards Link: Health: Students understand responsibility of their role in the prevention and treatment of personal health problems.

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Rich kids, poor kids, city kids, country kids, even kids with chicken pox. Getting lice is as common as the common cold.

Only people get head lice. Other mammals and birds get their own kind of lice. Use the code to find out which animals never get lice.

Standards Link: Health: Students understand behaviors that contribute to the spread of communicable health problems.

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April is

To highlight the need for awareness of autism, the Autism Society has been celebrating National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s.

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For more information, and to find out how to become involved, please visit autism-society.org.

The 8th annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2 Every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events.

How will you celebrate?

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— Autism is prevalent worldwide.

— The diagnosis is made by observation of behaviors.

— Many with autism are highly sensitive to sensory input, such as sound, sight, taste, and touch.

— Many diagnosed individuals are also gifted in the arts and sciences.

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Local School Helping Out On Friday, January 30, the fifth through seventh grade students at St. Joseph School helped to revitalize Discovery Trail in conjunction with the last day of Catholic Schools’ Week. That Friday, which was Community Day, St. Joseph School students aided the Chehalis Land Trust’s and Americorp sponsored project by planting over 80 trees and bushes. Student efforts are a part of the community involvement team which is adding and maintaining plants to support the growing riparian zone around the Chehalis River to provide a suitable habitat for plants and animals and for preventative measures in the event of seasonal flooding.

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