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What a wonderful month February is! February is full of celebrations as well as the shortest month of the year! Here’s five reasons we celebrate! We celebrate Black History month where we remember and honor important men, women and historical events that changed our nation and the world. Ground Hog Day was February 2nd.

The 100th Day of School is celebrated in classrooms with fun activities and creative projects for students to enjoy. Valentine’s Day is the 14th. It’s the celebration of love, where we show our affection for friends and family with cards, candy and classroom parties. President’s Day is February 16th. Wow! That’s a lot of celebrations!

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Kids’ World News Annual Coloring Contest Rules

Please join us by participating in the coloring contest! The coloring contest rules are as follows: Enter the contest by coloring the picture provided on page 5 Coloring Corner page in this Kids’ World News paper. There will be a first place winner from each grade (from each county) - kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade and 6th grade. The winner will receive prizes provided by some of our sponsors including: A Kids’ World News certificate and tshirt!

The entries must be received by Kids’ World News no later than March 9, 2015 or picked up at your school office. They can also be mailed in to Kids’ World News, 2418 Mount Hope, Okemos, MI 48864. The winners will be announced on or before April 13, 2015 when the April edition comes out!

if you would like to see Kids’ World News at your school or if you would like to be one of our proud sponsors, please call 517-202-2365 (e-mail: rich@kidsworldnews.net). If you would like to submit an article from your school, e-mail: debi@kidsworldnews.net Kids’ World News is designed to give exposure to all area schools, recognition of students and staff members. We welcome imput from all our area schools. We do however, reserve the right to edit.

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Let’s Learn About Your Heart

Did you know that your heart is a muscle? It’s one of many you have in your body. The heart though, is a special muscle that performs almost like a pump. Your heart is located in the middle of your chest and a little to the left. It’s about the size of a fist.

The right side of your heart receives the blood from your body and pumps it to your lungs. The left side receives the blood from your lungs and pumps it out to your body. How does this pump work? Before each heart beat, your heart fills with blood. Then it has a muscle contraction (it squeezes) to shove the blood in the heart to its destination. The heart continually “beats” during your lifetime. Doctors listen to the heart beat with a stethoscope.

There are four different sections of your heart called chambers.

Two on the right side of your heart and two on the left side. Each side has one at the top and one on the bottom. The two top chambers are called the atria (the singular form is atrium). The atria chambers on the right and left fill with blood returning to the heart from the body and lungs. Down through the middle of your heart is a thick wall of muscle called the septum which separates the left side and the right side of the heart. Working together, the atria fill with blood, dump it into the ventricles (the bottom chambers), the ventricles contract (beats) and pumps the blood out of the heart.

Then the atria fills back up with blood.

Inside the heart are four valves. These valves let blood in and then close. Two of the heart valves, called mitral and tricuspid valves, let the blood flow from the atria to the ventricles. The other two are called aortic and pulmonary valves. They control the flow of blood as it leaves the heart. All these valves work to keep the blood flowing in the right direction. They open to let blood through and then quickly close to keep it from flowing the wrong way.

When the blood leaves your heart, it circulates. Circulation is the movement of blood through the heart and around the body. How does it do that? It leaves the heart through tubes called blood vessels. These blood vessels are called arteries which carry the blood away from the heart and veins that carry the blood back to the heart.

What does this blood do? Blood keeps your body working correctly. It carries oxygen and nutrients to all of the body’s cells. The left side of your heart sends the oxygen blood to all parts of your body. Your body takes the oxygen out of the blood and uses it in your cells. Then the cells make carbon dioxide and other stuff that gets carried away by the blood.

The blood returning in the veins enters the right side of the heart through the Vena Cava. The superior vena cava brings the blood into the heart from the chest, arms, neck and head. The inferior vena cava collects the blood from the parts of the body located below the heart. The right ventricle pumps that blood into the lungs for removal of the carbon dioxide. So when we breathe, we exhale the carbon dioxide. When we inhale, we bring fresh oxygen into our lungs and begin the blood process all over again returning the blood to the left side of the heart. It takes less than 60 seconds to pump blood to every cell in your body!

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Bucket Filling

"To kick off Catholic Schools Week, the 2nd Annual "Daddy's Dishin' Breakfast" was once again a hit. Each class was able to enjoy pancakes, sausage, fruit, and juice. Other activities during Catholic Schools Week are: Hat Day, Wacky Wednesday, Pajama Day, School Spirit Day, and a special assembly. Also, on the last day of CSW, the whole school is going down to see a movie at the local movie theater. We love our Catholic School!"

The developmental kindergartners and kindergartners at Greyhound Central Elementary have been learning what it means to be a bucket filler. All the students had the opportunity to practice different acts of kindness by participating in a variety of bucket filler activities.

We kicked-off the event by reading Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud. Students who were caught being kind received a “kind coupon.” Some acts of kindness that students received a coupon for were giving compliments, helping others, and smiling. All the coupons were then collected and placed on our gym wall. Our goal was to create a giant bucket out of all the “kind coupons.”

Furthermore, every morning our principal would make an announcement of a kind act that began with a new letter from A – Z. In the classrooms, students were learning the song, “Fill Your Bucket” by The Learning Station. We also had a chant, “Kindness counts and bucket filling’s cool, that’s what we expect at our school,” that students and teachers recited frequently throughout the week. The students at Greyhound Central are awesome bucket fillers.

Greyhound Early Learning Center was very busy this month! The children enjoyed playing in the snow when it was warm enough. The preschoolers made snowballs and painted the snow. When it was not warm enough toddlers and preschoolers enjoyed snow in the sensory table! We all learned about the artic and the wonderful animals that live there. With this theme we enjoyed many art and science projects like our very own penguins and magic snowflakes! Our favorite gym time activity this month was playing with the giant parachute. We cannot wait to keep learning and playing!

The students of St. Gerard School performed The Legend of the Christmas King during December to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Eighteen junior high students took part in acting out the play of how a young boy discovers the true meaning of Christmas and how to live like Jesus. Each grade level took part by singing a song. Students truly gave a Christmas gift to the community by performing this powerful story. Pictured is the cast of the play.

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Cookin’ Fun Valentine Crispy Treats 1/2 cup butter 10 cups Crispy Rice Cereal 9 cups Miniature Marshmallows 2 cups Candy Hearts (tiny red spice ones) Candy Hears (the ones with messages) 3/4 cups Miniature Chocolate Chips Red Food Coloring

Melt butter and marshmallows in a sauce pan over low heat and stir until smooth. In a large bowl, mix rice cereal, candy hearts (tiny red ones) and miniature chocolate chips together. To marshmallow mixture, blend in 2 drops of red food coloring. Add marshmallow mixture to cereal mixture and stir quickly to combine them. Spread out in a large buttered pan and smooth with buttered hands. While warm, press on the candy hearts with messages and space them about 2 inches apart. Refrigerate and cut into squares.

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Discover Art Through Cartooning!

When I was in 4th grade I enrolled in a Saturday morning art class. I was very worried that I would not be able to learn to draw. My teacher began my art lessons by teaching me to draw cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Goofy. I soon discovered that learning to drawing cartoon figures was fun and creative. As my confidence in drawing grew, I soon was drawing realistic things well too.

Cartoon figures don’t have to be perfect. Actually, they should not be drawn to look too real. Cartoon figures have silly faces or features that make us see our world in a fun way. The dictionary describes a cartoon as a “sketch or drawing, usually humorous” meaning, it’s not an exact copy of what something really looks like. As with learning anything in life, starting slowly helps us build skills to achieve larger things down the road. So get out your markers and pencils and start drawing!

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If yours looks a little different than the samples, that is great!

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Exercise Does More Than You Think!

Kids exercise all the time without even thinking about it. Just being active, like when you run around outside or play dodge ball at school is a kind of exercise. What else counts as exercise?

Playing sports, dancing, doing push-ups and even reaching down to touch your toes. When you exercise, you’re helping build a strong body that will be able to move around and do all the stuff you need it to do.

Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy You may already know that your heart is a muscle. It works hard, pumping blood every day of your life. You can help this important muscle get stronger by doing aerobic exercise!

What is aerobic? Aerobic means “with air” so aerobic exercise is a kind of activity that requires oxygen. When you breathe, you take in oxygen and if you’re doing aerobic exercise, you may notice you’re breathing faster than normal. Aerobic activity can get your heart pumping, make you sweaty, and quicken your breathing.

When you give your heart this kind of workout on a regular basis, your heart will get even better at its job - delivering oxygen (in the form of oxygen-carrying blood cells) to all parts of your body.

Aerobic exercises include swimming, basketball, ice or roller hockey, jogging (or walking quickly), in-line skating, soccer, crosscountry skiing, biking or rowing. And don’t forget that skipping, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities.

Exercise Strengthens Muscles Another kind of exercise can help make your muscles stronger.

Did you ever to a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at the playground? Those are exercises that can build strength. By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. Exercises and activities that build strong muscles are push-ups, pull-ups, running, in-line skating and bike riding.

Exercise Makes You Flexible Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without too much trouble. This kind of exercise often

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feels really good, like when you take a big stretch in the morning after waking up. Being flexible is having “full range or motion,” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain. It’s easy to find things to do for good flexibility such as tumbling, gymnastics, yoga, dancing (especially ballet) and martial arts. Simple stretches such as touching your toes or side stretches are good too!

Exercise Keeps The Balance Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy. Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around and do all the basic stuff.

But if you’re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy. If you’re not very active, your body won’t need as many calories. Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet the need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as excess fat.

Exercise Makes You Feel Good It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy - like running, jumping and playing with your friends. But you may not know that exercise can actually put you in a better mood.

When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical called endorphins which may make you feel happier. It’s just another reason why exercise is cool!

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The Ocelot

The ocelot lives in the South America, even though sometimes they can be found as far north as United States. They are known also as the dwarf leopard, because of their appearance. They look similar to a domestic cat, with beautiful fur that has made it vulnerable to poaching in the past.

The ocelot is relatively small. They are only 57 inches in length and can weigh up to 40 pounds. They have sleek and smooth fur like a jaguar. It can be reddish brown or tan with black spots. Their ears are rounded and their front paws are large. They have black, banded tails.

Ocelots are nocturnal and very territorial! They rest in trees during the day and are great climbers. It also is an animal that prefers to be alone in their own area. Ocelots prey on smaller animals, including rabbits and rodents. They hunt alone.

Mothers often only have one kitten per litter, but two or three kit-

tens can occur. The small litter size makes the ocelot vulnerable to population loss. Kittens grow very slowly and leave their mother after two years. Ocelots can live up to 20 years in captivity.

Usually the ocelot is found below sea level, but sometimes can be found residing in mountains. They are also strong swimmers, and are often seen in flooded forests and near human populations.

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• The Moche people of Peru worshipped animals and often depicted ocelots in artwork.

• They are very active, traveling anywhere from one to five miles a night.

• In history, the ocelot was often kept as a pet.

• Ocelots are mammals, just like us!

• The males are called Tom and females are called Queen. The collective name for a group is a clowder or clutter.

• They communicate between one another using soft meows which turn into loud yowls when looking for a mate.

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Republic Of El Salvador • El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. It is only about 8,100 square miles. It is the only Central American country that doesn’t have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea. El Salvador borders the Pacific Ocean on the south, and the countries of Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east.

• The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador.

• The population is over 6 million people!

• The currency of El Salvador is the U.S. dollar. El Salvador has the third-largest economy in South America and has been the most industrialized country in the region.

• The government is a republic.

• El Salvador has a tropical climate, with a dry and a wet season.

Hurricanes can occur, but not very often. More common natural disasters in El Salvador are droughts and heavy rainfall.

• El Salvador is known for it’s volcanoes! The country suffers from frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.

• The most commonly spoken and official language in El Salvador is Spanish.

• El Salvador gained independence from Spain in 1821 and again from the Central American Federation in 1939. September 15 is their national holiday.

• El Salvador is known for it’s beaches as well! Some of the beautiful beaches are home to international surfing competitions.

• The El Salvador flag has two colors and a crest in the middle.

The two colors are blue and white.

• The most popular sport in El Salvador is soccer.

• Many forests in El Salvador have been used for wood, planta-

tions, and homes. This means a lot of their wildlife is being threatened. High at the top of the Monte Cristo mountain, there is a cloud forest in a national preserve. The governments of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala are all working to protect this piece of nature.

• Although there is no official religion, Catholicism is the most commonly practiced religion.

• Major agricultural exports include coffee, sugar, corn, rice, shrimp, and beef.

• There is a lot of biodiversity in El Salvador! The ocelot is native to the country, as well as the torogoz, which is the national bird. Many organizations are working to protect the forests and wildlife.

• Their forests are growing! It is one of the only countries where reforestation is taking place.

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