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Letter from the editor CONTENTS 2 2000s Trends See what was all the rage in the classroom and the playground back then.
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Memories
Getting out of trouble and into the snack line. Relive the best parts of grade school.
16 When I Grow Up... From an NCIS officer to an astronaut, check out what students wanted to be.
20 Principal’s School Pictures
Ah, elementary school. Those were the days, weren’t they? Things weren’t so hard then, and in high school we seem to yearn for these days again now more than ever. They were days of waking up with the sun and not before it. Days of coloring, times tables and watching TV after school without the looming stress of homework. Gone are times of lining up with your class for an assembly, creating codenames with your friends for all your crushes and chasing kids on the playground filled with mulch that always found its way into your light-up tennis shoes. Gone are times of browsing through the annual book fair catalog with your friends, circling which books you wanted. The next day, with a crisp 20 (or two) in hand, you would swarm into the library with your class to purchase those very books. Gone are times of faking being asleep during kindergarten nap time and exchanging whispers with those around you, hoping your teacher wouldn’t hear. These times may be gone, but our memories of them aren’t. It was in elementary school when we experienced our first friends, our first embarrassments, our first passions. We learned what we wanted to be, what the best thing to wear was, what cartoon would be the hot topic after each new episode was released.
Childhood holds fond memories for most of us, and though we are now busy with the duties of soon-to-be adults, the North Star hopes you can find time to reminisce with us in this special edition. Take a breather, kick back and relax and remember what it was like to be a kid. Remember the snacks you ate, the games you played, the kid you used to be. Those were the days, and this is the Elementary School Edition.
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A game of kickball takes place on Henderson Elementary’s playground. The yellow border surrounding the scene is inspired by childrens’ magazines like National Geographic Kids. (Cover by Rebekah Myers)
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CLASSIC SNACKS AND STYLES
Here are some foods and fashion choices that really remind people of their elementary school days
HUBBA BUBBA TAPE
LUNCH BOX FAVORITES
(Content by Sophie Schmidt)
GO-GURT
“How much bubble-tape can you fit in your mouth?” was the existential question kids asked after buying this with their weekly allowance when their parents stopped at the gas station. There are other flavors of Hubba Bubba Tape, like tangy Tropical, or Mystery, which were harder to find. It tasted just like how bubblegum is supposed to taste, and it was just fun to roll the whole thing out. Unfortunately, it was much harder to get it back in the pink plastic container.
A classic in any lunch box mom packed, Go-Gurts were a favorite of any kid. Coming in flavors like “Strawberry Splash” and “Blueberry Burst,” they fit in quite nicely with a red apple and a turkey and cheese sandwich. There are 13 flavors of Go-Gurt currently being sold, not to mention the special edition flavors like Bikini-Bottom Berry and Milkshake. After all- with a concept like tubed yogurt, it was a must to try and eat it as fast as possible by squeezing it.
PIZZA ROLLS
KOOL-AID BURSTS With the plastic bottle and rippable cap, Kool-Aid Bursts were perfect for drinking on the fly when riding to a friend’s house on a bike during the summer. The company actually started in 1927, with shipped glass bottles of concentrated juice. Sure, they were filled with mostly sugar and flavoring, but that never stopped kids from begging their parents for them at the store.
Any visit to the grocery store isn’t complete without a trip to the freezer aisle, and seeing these bad boys in the box just begging to be thrown in the microwave for a quick dinner before a sports practice. Pizza Rolls are a staple of childhood. Ask anyone, and it’s guaranteed they have tried all kinds of Pizza Rolls, like pepperoni, sausage or just plain cheese “I still eat pepperoni Pizza Rolls.” - Emily Butler, 11
“I specifically remember walking down to the gas station and buying all sorts of Kool-Aid and energy drinks because I thought it was the coolest thing at the time.” - Sarah Maye, 11
BABY BOTTLE POP The commercial that got stuck in heads during math class will never be forgotten. It was played repeatedly between morning cartoons as kids ate a bowl of cereal before their parent drove them to school. And, of course, the Jonas Brothers sang it. Classmates would dare others to try and eat the powder at the bottom without the bottle part, and it was always as sour as they remembered it to be the last time.
SECOND GRADE STYLES CROCS The charms and studs kids could buy for these shoes were the true appeal of Crocs. Anything from a flower to the Crocs crocodile itself, anything was cool to stick in the shoes’ holes. The more charms kids had to wear, the more they wore the shoes, and the more they wanted to buy. Though kids had to be careful- buying knock-off Crocs, or “Croc-offs”, was a terrible occurrence. Even though Crocs would constantly slip off, they were the ultimate cool shoes.
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SILLY BANDS During recess, kids would argue like lawyers in court in order to bargain for Silly Bands. There were so many different kinds, some knockoffs, some real- that they could never be sure if they were getting jipped or not. One thing’s for sure, though- if a kid had Silly Bands going all the way up to the middle of their arm, they were the coolest. “I remember kids used to get so upset over finding out they had fake Silly Bandz. It was a friendship-ender.” -Cassidy Dotson, 11
“I use to put feathers in the holes, for some reason.” -Cameron Coucher, 9
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MOOD RINGS
HAIR FEATHERS
Any souvenir shop a family shopped at while on a trip always had mood rings. Someone probably tried to explain to the youngest child that the colors changed based on temperature, due to crystals that change color with temperature, but it never dampened their excitement when finding the display for them. Showing all their friends their current mood was definitely the most fun thing to do during recess… for about a week.
They came in all sorts of colors, and it’s always difficult to choose which one to put in their hair. It just usually ended up being played with it during all of math class. Hair feathers are clamped in like a barrette, so they were easily made to fall out- but that doesn’t mean kids weren’t disappointed when they finally did.
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“They were very fun to put in, though they get tangled easily.” -Moe White, 11
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TOYS AND GAMES
A huge part of the elementary experience, these toys and games bring people back to another time
THE TOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN FURBIES
BAKUGAN
The animatronic owl-cat hybrids brought a smile to many faces until people realized how creepy they were. The toy would even respond and talk with a moving beak and flashing eyes. They were discontinued for a brief period of time, but are now back on the shelves with a more appealing and approachable design. (Source: Creative Commons goo.gl/Jq9CRX)
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The balls that folded out into monsters when kids rolled them on their designated magnetic cards, they had the same battle-it-out concept as Yu-Gi-Oh. Eventually, the magnetic cards would go missing and the toys would be thrown on anything magnetic, because anything could be a potential battleground. (Source: Creative Commons goo.gl/J52aK9)
RAZOR SCOOTERS
BEANIE BABIES
Many thought the Razor was just another scooter, but they were mistaken when they saw kids at the skate park do spins and kickoffs with it. Razor became popular from its freestyle riding because of the amount of speed and tricks that couldn’t be performed on a normal scooter.
The plushy friends with their own names and birthdays, each one was unique in shape and color. There were even people who took up collecting them and to this day there are babies that run up to $1,000 online because of the rarity. “I used to have a little beanie baby teddy bear that i
I always got cuts on my ankles while trying to look
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- Haley Peer, 11
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PAST PLAYERS
(Content by Riley Kampff)
GAME BOY The hand-held console exposed a generation to games like “Pokemon,” “Mario,” “Metroid” and a whole list of beloved Nintendo games. Anywhere people went, it could go as well. “Me and my dad each had one when I was growing up, we used to play Pokemon and Kirby for hours.” - Kyle Barber, 12
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NEOPETS This website consisted of fairies and magical creatures players were able to care for. Neopets had their individual personalities like regular pets. Players could even go to the store and shop for them to bond with the pets.
TAMAGOTCHI WEBKINZ
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Collecting the stuffed animal friends from a local store was only half the fun of Webkinz. Owning 10 or more pets online in one digital house and each animal having their own room was exhilarating for many kids. The players could participate in games to earn coins, buy food and dress up their pets.
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The mini virtual pet that was travel-friendly. It needed to be walked, played with and fed just like a normal pet. The only difference is that a lot of kids forgot about their digital pal for a long time. “The first, but not the last time I felt like a fully accomplished dad.” - Savannah Rose, 12
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reading the past
Taking a look back at some of the popular boooks from elementary school (Content by Sarah Zimmerman and Mackenzie Pugh)
The Magic Tree House By: Mary Pope Osborne The series consists of 55 books, the first being “Dinosaurs Before Dark.” In this series, sibblings Jack and Annie Smith, from the fictional town of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, go on many adventures and missions with their magical tree house.
“I remember that I liked ‘Junie B. Jones’ because my kindergarten teacher gave it to me when I was going into first grade because the book was about her going into first grade. I related.” - Katie Prinkey, 11
“‘The Magic Tree House’ was one of my favorite book series as a kid. My neighbors and I used to go into the woods behind our house and have pretend adventures, like Jack and Annie. I related to the characters a lot because they actually went on the adventures my neighbors and I imagined.” - Elise Stuertz, 12
Junie B. Jones By: Barbara Parks The series consists of 28 books, the first being “Stupid Smelly Bus,” in which Junie B. starts her first day of kindergarten. Throughout the series, Junie faces goofy troubles and the ups and downs of elementary school life.
“It was nothing I’ve really seen before. It was new in a way. I just liked it all. I felt pretty interested about them. I’ve seen most of the movies, and they made you want to read more and watch it more.” - Ryan Long, 9
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Harry Potter By: J. K. Rowling There are seven books in the series, focusing on the adventures of three witches and wizards, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The novels follow Harry Potter as he grows up at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry while he learns the truth about his family and faces the magical dangers in front of him.
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“Everyone was reading it, and I heard it was funny, so I read it, and I thought it was funny. It entertained me in my second grade childhood.” - Josh Tanner, 12
“The book I read was ‘Night of the Living Dummy.’ My favorite part about it was all the time when’s the main character was getting scared by the dummy and it was actually pretty cool.” - Suhas Andavolu, 10
Diary of a Wimpy Kid By: Jeff Kinney There are 16 books in the series, which follows the life of main character Greg Heffley. As the books are Greg’s personal diary, they are filled with handwritten notes and simple drawings of Greg’s daily adventures.
Goosebumps By: R. L. Stine There are 62 books in the first series. Each book features a different main character, setting and storyline. The author characterizes them as “scary books that are also funny,” as each book contains it’s own spooky story.
“The ‘Dear Dumb Diary’ books were very funny. The girl in the book always had so much drama going on and she always complained about it, and when I was a kid, I’d always laugh reading it. Also, there used to be hilarious pictures in the books.” - Aakruthi Pasuparthi, 10
Dear Dumb Diary By: Jim Benton “I really like the books because not only were they pretty interesting, with just the plot line and stuff, but I liked how I thought it was really funny, just like the whole book and all the characters. It also introduced me to all the Greek gods and myths and stuff and that was pretty interesting as well. When I was little, I was really into that stuff because of the books.” -Alli Vernon, 9
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There are 19 books in the series, which are the personal diaries of middle schooler Jamie Kelly. Jamie writes as she and her friends get themselves into wacky situations as they navigate Mackeral Middle School.
Percy Jackson By: Rick Riordan There are five books in the series, the first being “The Lightning Thief.” The series begins when 12-year-old Percy Jackson learns that he is the son of Poseidon, and he must go on a quest to retrieve Zeus’ stolen lightning bolt and return it to him.
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the Good Ol’ Days
Students share the most memorable moments from their elementary school years
(Content by Grace Bowman and Sophie Carite)
“I brought a trick pack of gum to school, like the ones that shock you, and the lunch ladies confiscated it because everyone was screaming. Then, I guess they shocked themselves with it because you could hear them screaming from the other side of the room.”
Alex Ortiz, 10 “Field day was a lot of fun. There was this water game. You dunked a sponge in water, put it over your head and hand it to another person. It was fun”
”One time, I pretended to throw a ponytail to the back of the bus, and a girl crawled underneath all of the seats to find it.”
Brooke Wright, 9
“When we went to JA BizTown, I was the mayor, but I got tired of doing it so I made other people forge my signature.”
Sam Key, 10
Noelle Lyons, 10
“In kindergarten, we found a Playboy magazine in a slide on the playground, so that was pretty weird.”
Alex Pintor, 11
“We used to be able to buy ice cream at lunch. Those were the good old days.”
Genesis Hudson, 12
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”I got a rock pebble stuck in my ear. I was playing in a sandbox and I decided to put a rock in my ear. I blamed it on someone else and I had to go to the doctor to get it out.”
Chris Yonts, 10
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”I did dance for my elementary school. One time, we were dancing to ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Singing in the Rain’ and I couldn’t get my umbrella open. It popped and hit this girl right in the back of the head.”
Ella Schindette, 10
”I spilled a huge jug of paint over a classmate in elementary school.”
Joe Hollis, 12
”In fifth grade, I got caught stealing candy. The teacher lined up all the kids and told us to empty our pockets and, of course, both of mine were completely filled with mints I didn’t even like. I told her that the lid of the container fell off, so I had to take all of them.”
Andrew Wahwai, 10
”One time, we were playing football, and I ran directly into a tree and broke my glasses.”
Bria Hamilton, 11
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”I always played tag at recess. That was the best part of elementary school.”
Nathan Vo, 9
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USHER, ALICIA KEYS - 2004
“My Boo” was a classic Hip Hop and R&B song that someone can easily remember. Alicia Keys gave Usher that spark to make a classic love song. “That is my sugar honey iced tea. I love this song.” -Marissa Hunt, 12th Grade
CRAZY IN LOVE BEYONCE - 2003
This was Beyonce’s time to shine as a solo artist. This song was a breakout from being in a girl group for half of her life. It is a statement that proves that Beyonce became a successful individual. “Beyonce is my all-time favorite and when she left the group she just gave us hits after hits.” -Kirsten Wilson, 9th Grade
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LEMONADE MOUTH - 2011
This movie was truly underrated to have so many songs unnoticed. “She So Gone” and “Turn Up The Music” also had everyone at home dancing along. “Their music was so much fun to dance to. I didn’t have to whip or nae nae every five seconds to throwbacks like this.” -Jenna Weber, 9th Grade
INDEPENDENT WOMEN
DESTINY’S CHILD - 2001
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Independent Women had every female knowing their worth. Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle also came out with bops like “Cater 2 You” and “Say My Name.” “When I used to play this song I would belt the lyrics every time I heard it on the radio.” -Kathryn Brooks, 11th grade
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Even for people who don’t like Taylor, this hit made many of them like her for a whole four minutes. It truly was a bop. “I would be jamming out in my room because it’s a great song and this was part of my favorite Taylor Swift era.” -Megan Miller, 9th Grade
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OUTKAST - 2003
This bop had everyone all over the U.S. dancing. The beat made anyone get rhythm, and the lyrics are clean. “This is a childhood classic and everyone should know this.”-Melanie Gilmore, 12th Grade
GOTTA GO MY OWN WAY HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - 2007
This song made females so sad listening to the movie soundtrack. This song is on everyone’s playlist, no matter how hype everyone is. “This song hits every high school student because we are all going our own way soon, so it kinda hits home.” -Shelby Hance, 12th Grade
WE BELONG TOGETHER MARIAH CAREY - 2005
Mariah gave the world many hits, but her best song in the early 2000s was “We Belong Together.” “It was a good song, and her vocals were amazing at that time. These lyrics meant a lot to me.” -ZyEricka Higgins, 11th Grade
INTRODUCING ME CAMP ROCK 2 - 2010
Nick Jonas is arguably the best Jonas brother by far, not only because of how well his album sells now but because of this song he gave us over seven years ago. “This song got stuck in my head quickly and made me fall in love with Nick Jonas’ voice.” -Angela Cuccio, 9th Grade
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This movie and soundtrack was the highlight of every girl’s childhood. It was fun, classy and energic to sing. Truly one of the best songs to sing karaoke to. “I love this song because they were the definition of fierce and I make sure if it’s a girls’ night this is automatically on my playlist.” -Jordan Chapple, 12th Grade
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TODAY’S HOTTEST KID TRENDS Here are some of the most popular toys and games in elementary schools now (Content by Sydney Wise)
FIDGET SPINNERS
Possibly one of the most talked-about toys of 2017, fidget spinners took over elementary schools everywhere. Kids collect them and play with them at school, whether it’s on the bus, at the playground or even in class.
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MINECRAFT “Minecraft” has been growing in popularity within the past few years, especially for young children. In fact, according to an article on Huffington Post, “Minecraft” is most popular in kids ages 5-15. (Source: minecraft.net)
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HATCHIMALS Hatchimals are a fairly popular toy among young kids today. Hatch the animal from an egg, then take care of it. Besides it hatching from an egg, it’s quite similar to a Tamagotchi, in the sense that one takes close care of it. (Source: hatchimals.com)
LOL SURPRISE DOLLS These dolls have been on the rise for the past year now. There are 50 different dolls to choose from. The way it works is they come in a ball and the customer has no idea what’s inside until they open it up (hence the name “LOL Surprise”).
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This game has risen in popularity among elementary schoolers after its release in 2011. It’s a 2D game that can be played on the Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Playstation 4 and online. The goal is to fight bad guys and save the princess. Play online with strangers or offline alone or with friends.
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE? That’s one of the biggest questions that resonates with students throughout their young lives. It motivates their actions, especially as they get older. When young kids are asked the question of what they want to do with their lives, their responses are typically very different from what they are when asked in high school. FHN students were asked what they wanted to be when they were little and what they want to be now. (Content by Heidi Hauptman)
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Alex Baker
Connor Gallagher
Peyton Hebert
Although there are some people that have had ideas for what they want to be when they are young, a lot of individuals might not have their sights set on something until they get to a later stage in their lives. Senior Alex Baker has just recently decided on focusing his future toward becoming a neurologist. “I haven’t really been thinking about it for that long,” Baker said. “You get to senior year and there’s the point where everyone is kind of pressuring you about what you want to do after high school. I wanted to have a job that was important, so I figured that being a doctor is one of those. I thought that if I could make it there I think it would be very unique to say that I’m a neurologist.” Even though Baker has recently decided on his plans for the future, he has already developed a strong passion for it. He is currently taking math and science classes in high school that will help him in the future. Currently, he plans on attending the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Baker plans on majoring in either neuroscience or biology in college. After college, he is planning to go to medical school. “I just find the brain and the nervous system very fascinating because if you think about the uniqueness of it and the possibilities that can come from it, it is just ridiculous,” Baker said. “I think having that job would be very impactful. I would be impacting people’s lives in ways that I couldn’t do by doing anything else.”
Ever since he was young, senior Connor Gallagher has known that he wants to be a professional football player. He started playing football in middle school and since then, Gallagher has played quarterback, runningback, h-back, kicker, wide receiver, tight end, cornerback, safety and linebacker: a total of nine positions. “I have always loved football,” Gallagher said. “It is something that I am passionate about and something that I have a talent in. I want to be able to continue my journey with the sport after high school.” Even though he now has a backup plan of studying exercise science and becoming a doctor, his dream of playing football professionally is still present in his life and his actions.
Junior Peyton Hebert moved to Missouri from Louisiana in 2010 when he was 10 years old. Even since before he moved here, Hebert has had the end goal of becoming an automotive technician. “I wanted to be an automotive technician since I was like 6 or 7 because I was always really interested in restoring cars,” Hebert said. “I want to work on professional cars like NASCAR or something like that.” Hebert is currently involved in the Lewis and Clark program at school. He goes in the morning to the automotive school to help gain knowledge about his passion. On Mondays and Wednesdays, they are in the classroom learning and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they are in the shop actually working. He plans to keep doing this through high school.
Kate Wiley
Maggie Cox
Seeing as how senior Kate Wiley’s current aspiration in life is to be an elementary school teacher, it might be hard to believe that when she was little she wanted to be a vet. “I don’t really know what draws me to do it,” Wiley said. “When I was little I wanted to do all kinds of things. None of it was very realistic. When I got older, I realized that I like helping kids and I thought that teaching would be a really awesome thing to do.” Even though Wiley doesn’t know exactly what she wants to teach when she gets older, she knows that she wants to be able to help kids. “I would be OK with teaching anything,” Wiley said. “When you are an elementary school teacher, you kind of teach everything anyways because the kids are so young that they need to learn everything.”
Most people either don’t know what they really want to do with their lives when they are young, or they have high aspirations that they forget by the time they grow up. Senior Maggie Cox has kept her dreams since she was young. “Some people are shocked when I say that I have known that I wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon since I was 4 years old,” Cox said. “Even though I didn’t have a ton of knowledge about it when I was younger, I always knew that it was something that I wanted to be. I was thinking about being a paramedic, forensic anthropologist, trauma surgeon or orthopedic surgeon when I was little. It is always a goal that I have had.” Cox plans to attend college after high school and gain her medical degree to practice orthopedics in her future.
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Now and Then Ben Jamison Grade: 12 Grace Lodes Grade: 12
Nicole Wineman Grade: 10
Before: Doctor Before: NCIS Officer
After: Artist
David Lopez Grade: 9
After: Stockbroker
When asked what students wanted to be when they were younger, most responses are different from what they want to be now (Illustrations by Rebekah Meyers)
Before: Teacher
After: Anesthesiologist
Chloe Horstman Grade: 9
Ben Ludwig Grade: 11
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After: Fashion Designer
After: Police Officer
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FAVORITE CHILDHOOD FIELD TRIPS Throughout elementary school, every class took a field trip. These trips allowed students to learn about not only the real world, but also about fun topics like nature and the bond between friends (Content by Sammie Herr)
JA BIZTOWN
WELDON SPRINGS
In fifth grade at Becky-David Elementary, students take a trip to JA Biztown. Welcome to a place where young students can become grownups for a day, and a place where students get to go to jobs and work just as adults do. “It was really fun to be in an area where you can be in a grown-up environment,” junior Mya Huddleston said. “It was a good presentation on how to start your career, manage your money and budget for your family.” The day starts off with an opening ceremony. From there, students get MasterCard credit cards, checking accounts and JA BizTown Cash. Around noon, they get both a break and a lunch. During break, students get to go around to each workplace and are given the opportunity to buy goods from the other student workers. The day ends with a closing ceremony. “One of my favorite parts during the field trip was when I went on break,” Huddleston said. “I went to the Children’s Hospital and adopted a fake baby. “
In fourth and fifth grade at Becky-David Elementary and Henderson Elementary, students take a field trip to Weldon Springs, a place where kids can learn about Missouri wildlife. “We got to look around the museum and learn about the area,” junior Maddi Sparks said. “I got to hang out with my friends and that’s always fun and, in my opinion, the main reason students enjoy field trips.” Weldon Springs has multiple programs to learn about Missouri’s nature. A few of the classes are Butterfly Life Cycles, Recycling Works!, Food Chains And Food Webs of the Howell Prairie and many more. There’s even a big nuclear waste pile. It’s essentially a big rock pile that the students get to climb with their class. It ranges to 1.48 million cubic yards of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl), mercury, asbestos, TNT, radioactive uranium and radium, and contaminated sludge and rubble. “I liked climbing that big rock pile,” Sparks said. “It was fun and it’s definitely a memorable experience.”
JEFFERSON CITY At Harvest Ridge and Henderson, the students travel to Jefferson City. While there, the class goes on three tours, and they have lunch in the Capitol Building. Then at the end of the day, the students stop by Central Dairy for some ice cream on their way home. “It was a two-hour drive, and I remember the bus being really nice. It was a really good experience,” junior Chanh Tran said. Some of the different places they tour are the State Capitol and the Missouri State Museum, where the students get to learn about Missouri’s culture and history. “I remember we went to the capitol building and took pictures everywhere,” Tran said. “I considered myself a nerd because I brought a sketch pad and wrote notes down and a camera my mom gave me to take pictures.”
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CAMP WYMAN
Every year at Henderson, the fifth grade class takes a trip to Camp Wyman. It is located in Eureka, so they stay and learn fun, outdoor activities for the day. After that, they go home at night. “We could interact with other classes and just get to know other people, which we usually didn’t get to outside of our classes,” senior Kira Stock said. There, they make hand soap from scratch, go fishing, make apple crisps over a bonfire and play sports together. The students also bond by singing songs together, especially around lunch time. “Going into it, I didn’t think I would like it because I’m not a very outdoors person,” Stock said. “I really missed it when we came back.”
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oldies but goodies FHN principals share their elementary school photos and favorite memories (Content by Hannah Wilson)
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“That year, I was looking forward to making new friends. I wanted to be able to relate to all the other school kids.” -Melanie Gilmore, 12
“I rode the bus, and when I got off, I was looking for my mom. I’m pretty sure I started crying when I couldn’t find her.” -Thomas Beye, 11
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“I lived in O’fallon and had to go to school in St. Louis so I was driven. I was very happy because I wanted to go. I was looking forward to meeting new people.” -Victor Escobar, 10
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“I was excited when the bus came. It was my first time riding the bus. It was all very exciting.” -Grace Sickendick, 10
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ARE YOU AS SMART AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLER? 1. What state is Mount Rushmore in?
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A. North Dakota
2. In what year did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue? A. 1562
B. Montana
B. 1768
C. Wisconsin
C. 1492
D. South Dakota
D. 1596
3. What is the square root of 196?
4. What shape has nine sides?
A. 14
A. Octagon
B. 16
B. Pentagon
C. 13
C. Nonagon
D. 12
D. Decagon
5. Who was the first person to walk on the moon in 1969? A. Buzz Aldrin
6. Who was the second president of the United States? A. George Washington
B. Lance Armstrong
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Buzz Lightyear
C. John Adams
D. Neil Armstrong
D. Thomas Jefferson
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First Grader
(10 or more wrong)
7. If x+2=12 and x+y=8, how much does y equal? A. 10
8. What planet is closest to the sun? A. Mercury
B. -2
B. Saturn
C. 8
C. Mars
D. -8
D. Jupiter
9. How many cups are in a gallon? A. 8
10. How many Senate members does each state get? A. Minimum of 2
B. 12
B. Only 1
C. 24
C. Depends on how populated it is
6. C
D. 16
D. Only 2
5. D
11. Who is next in line for the British throne? A. Prince Phillip
12. “Perfectly” is an example of what type of word? A. Adverb
2. C
Do you even know what 2 + 2 is? No more nap time for you.
B. Prince Charles
B. Adjective
C. Prince William
C. Noun
D. Prince George
D. Verb
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Third Grader
ANSWERS
1. D
3. A
4. C
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. D
11. B
12. A
(7-9 wrong)
Maybe you should be playing math games instead of playing tag at recess.
Fifth Grader (3-6 wrong)
So close. Go review those time tables and history flashcards and you’ll be there.
Smarter than an Elementary Schooler
(2 or less wrong) You are practically a genius. You might even be smarter than a middle schooler.
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