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Cold, snowy weather, jingle bells, twinkling lights and candy canes are all signs that December has arrived! It’s the last month of this year and there is certainly a feeling of anticipation in the air. People are busy making plans and preparing for the holidays, also known as the “hustle and bustle” of the holiday season! Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are all holidays celebrated in December, where songs, decorations, candles and giving gifts are part of their beautiful traditions. Kids and teachers are especially excited to have time off from school this month. What are you going to do over your break? Our Sports and Fitness page talks about two fun winter activities you can try - skiing and snowboarding. Also, with enough snow, you can always find a hill to go sledding with your friends. Kids’ World News wishes you the happiest of holidays this December and a wonderful time sharing the joy of the season with your family and friends! Happy Holidays to all! Pat, Debi and Rich
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St. Mary Elementary News
Honoring Veterans at St. Mary School
St. Mary School students were blessed with the presence of many veterans at our school on Friday November 14th. As a special tribute to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, the 5th grade students at St. Mary School lead the way for a week long prayer for these veterans. Miniature flags with veteran’s names and branch of service were placed around the school grounds. Students spent time in the presence of God giving thanks and praise for these fine men and women. At the end of the week, veterans were invited to Mass and later for coffee and donuts. All tables were decorated with placemats designed especially for the veterans by the students. We wish to thank all our veterans for giving so much to us and our country.
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What Is A Rafflesia?
Rafflesia is a five petaled parasitic flowering plant! What does that mean? It means that they have no true roots, stems, or leaves of their own. They also lack chlorophyll so they are incapable of photosynthesis. They live off a plant in the grapevine family. Rafflesia grow entirely embedded within the host plant they parasitize. So, they are only visible when they erupt from the host plant as a flower bud. These flowers only last a few days before they decompose. There has been discussion over which family these gigantic plants belong to and Harvard professors, using DNA, have found that these plants are in the same family as poinsettias and castor beans. That was surprising as poinsettias have small flowers and the rafflesia arnoldii has HUGE flowers. In fact, one flower can weigh up to 22 pounds! They are also over 39 inches in diame-
ter! They were discovered in the Indonesian rain forest by Dr. Arnold’s guide in 1818. They were named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who was in charge of the expedition. They can be found in Southeastern Asia on the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines. In the tropical rainforests where they grow, the climate is continuously warm and humid. Rafflesias smell HORRIBLE! They smell like rotting flesh. That is how they got their nickname of the “corpse flower.” The rafflesia attracts insects such as flies and carrion beetles who transport pollen from make to female flowers. Because the rafflesias are so rare, they benefit the places they grow with tourism. Thousands of people go just to try and find them!
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Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Cream butter in large bowl. Add the sugar, cream until light. Stir in vanilla. Sift the flour and salt - mix it in. Stir in nuts. Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar straight out of the oven. Remember - they will be hot and you need to have a parent’s help. Roll again when they are cool.
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Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Place chocolate chips and butter in a microwave safe container. Heat on 50% power for one minute. Stir and repeat if necessary until chocolate is melted. Add chow mein noodles to chocolate mixture and stir until well covered. Spoon tablespoons full of the mixture onto prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate one hour until firm.
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Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Set it aside. Melt the semisweet chips in a microwave safe container. Heat on 50% power for one minute. Stir and repeat if necessary until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Pour the chocolate onto the cookie sheet and spread it to about a 1/4 inch thickness with the back of a spoon. Using the same method, melt the white chocolate chips with the oil. Add the peppermint extract and food coloring. Stir it well. Pour the mixture over the chocolate layer and spread to about 1/8 inch thickness with the back of a spoon. Draw the tip of a butter knife through the layers to create swirls. Refrigerate until firm - about 30 minutes. Remove the bark from the pan. Peel off the waxed paper. Set the bark on a cutting board and cut it into 2 dozen bars. Your parent will have to help with this part. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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The 3rd grade students at Waldron Elementary put into practice their problem solving skills. Groups were given the task of creating a structure that would hold up their math books using only a single piece of paper and tape. There was a lot of discussion going on as students tried to analyze where their structure was the weakest and how they could improve on it to make it stronger. After much perseverance, we had a couple of groups successfully complete the challenge! Each group was then able to explain to the class just how they were able to do this. We may have some future engineers on our hands!
Recently, emergency room nurses Samantha Weber and Angie Hufnagel came to Waldron School to demonstrate CPR techniques as well as educate our 5th & 7th grade students on how to use an AED defibrillator in case of emergency. Not only is this information useful for our student in our Health class (taught by Ms. Seymour), but it is something everyone could benefit from knowing!
Waldron Staff Gets Silly Stringed!
This fall, Waldron School held a color run to raise money for our school. As an incentive, students who raised the most money won a chance to “silly string” the staff member of their choice! A big thank you to all who supported our fundraiser and to our Waldron staff for being such good sports!
Thanksgiving Feast!
The Kindergarten students from Mrs. Glowacki's and Mrs. Schmitz's classes gathered for a Thanksgiving feast dressed as Pilgrims and Native Americans. They prayed, thanking God for their many blessings, and then enjoyed a snack of turkey roll-ups, corn muffins, cranberrysauce and pumpkin bars.
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Cranberry Farming!
Cranberries are traditionally a dish used at Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are however, a major crop in the United States! The states that are most known for their cranberry crops are Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. They are harvested generally to be made into sauce, juice, sweetened dried or sold as fresh fruit. Cranberries have high nutritional content and antioxidant qualities. Cranberries are low, creeping shrubs or vines that grow up to 8 inches in height. The flowers are dark pink and are pollinated by domestic honey bees. The fruit is a berry that is initially white but turns a deep red when fully ripe. Cranberries grow in beds which are surrounded by ditches, dikes and roads. They are not grown under water. But they are irrigated regularly to maintain soil moisture. The beds are flooded in the autumn to facilitate harvest and again during the winter to protect against the low temperatures. Harvesting generally takes place in late September or early October. To harvest cranberries, the beds are flooded with six to eight inches of water above the vines. There is a machine called a water reel harvester that is used to dislodge the berries from the vines by vibrating. The ripe berries break loose from the vines and then they float on the water. The berries are then corralled into a corner of the bed and conveyed from the bed for transport. They are then taken to receiving stations where they are cleaned, sorted and stored prior to packaging or processing. Dry picked cranberries take up to only 10% of the U.S. crop. They are mostly sold as fresh fruit
and done with a walk-behind harvester that is small enough to go over the beds without damaging the vines.
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Heat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray an 8 inch pie place with non-stick spray. Put the cranberries in the pie plate. Sprinkle with the 1/3 cup of sugar and nuts. Beat the egg well, adding the 1/2 cup of sugar gradually. Beat until it’s foamy. Add the flour and melted butter. Beat until thoroughly blended. Pour over the cranberries. Bake for 45 minutes. Crust should be golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream or frozen yogurt.
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Ulysses S. Grant 18th President of the United States 1869-1877
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822. He was raised in Georgetown, Ohio on a farm. He was the sun of a tanner and merchant. Grant was schooled locally, then attended the Presbyterian Academy before he was appointed to West Point. When he graduated from West Point in 1843, he was placed in the infantry and was stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. On August 22, 1848, he married the love of his life, Julia Dent. They had 4 children. He was a devoted father and husband. President Grant loved horses and was probably one of the greatest equestian in U.S. history. He was a fearless rider with phenomenal endurance and speed. He was also an accomplished painter and was known to pay attention to detail. MILITARY CAREER: • 1846-1847 - fought under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War. • 1861-1865 - fought in the American Civil War. In 1862, he captured Fort Donelson, Tennessee which was the first major Union victory. • 1863 - named Major General in the U.S. Army. Victories included Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. • 1865 - accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, Virginia. • 1867-1868 - served as Secretary of War. • 1869-1877 - President of the United States. He was a Republican. SOME MAJOR EVENTS WHILE IN OFFICE • Reconstruction was one of the largest issues of his presidency. He continued having federal troops occupy the South. His administration fought hard against the states who denied blacks the right to vote. The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in 1870, which provided that no one could be denied the right to vote based on race. • The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. • Black Friday Scandal involving James Fisk and Jay Gould (September 24, 1869). These two speculators tried to buy up enough gold to corner the market. They were driving the price of gold up very quickly. When President Grant realized their scheme to corner the market, he authorized the Secretary of the Treasure to sell enough gold into the market to wreck their plans and bring down the price of gold - but many businesses and investors were ruined because of this scheme. • President Grant settled claims against Britain in 1872 for damage done during the Civil War by British-built Confederate warships. • The Panic of 1873 was an economic depression that happened and
lasted for five years. Many businesses failed and there were large amounts of unemployed persons. • The Whiskey Ring Scandal - 1875. Many distillers and federal agents were keeping money that was being paid as liquor taxes. Grand called for their punishment but protected his own personal secretary. After he retired from the Presidency, he and his wife traveled throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. In 1881, Grant bought a home in New York City. At the advice from his son, he invested money as a silent partner in an investment banking partnership with a man named Ferdinand Ward. Ward swindled Grant and others investors. They lost all their money and were forced to go bankrupt. Ward fled (later jailed) and President Grant lost all his money. Grant had forfeited his military pension when he assumed the office of President. So, he wrote his memoirs in a book for money to help his wife out financially as he had found out he had cancer. He finished his book July 19, 1885 just a few days before he died. His memoirs became a best seller. His body lies in New York City’s Riverside Park beside that of his wife in what is known as Grant’s Tomb.
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Here are a few special gifts you can make for the holidays! Snowman Soup
Assemble in a small zipper food storage bag the following ingredients: • 1 individual pack hot chocolate mix • 3 chocolate kisses • 10-15 mini-marshmallows • 1 small candy cane
Print the poem below. Cut it out and staple the tag to the top of the Snowman Soup baggie. Another idea you can do is to fit the baggie into a mug to add to this gift. Snowman Soup Was told you’ve been real good this year, always glad to hear it! With freezing weather drawing near, you’ll need to warm the spirit. So here’s a little Snowman Soup, complete with stirring stick. Add hot water, sip it slow, it’s sure to do the trick!
Gingerbread Cookies In A Jar
This is a great gift you can make for the holidays! Get a clear wide mouth canning jar and make sure it’s clean! It must have a lid with a ring around it. Cut a ribbon and tie it directly under the lid when you close it and if you want - tie a gingerbread cookie cutter onto the jar with a ribbon and your message! Ingredients you will need: • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 2 cup packed brown sugar • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 teaspoons ground ginger • 1 teaspoon ground cloves • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
Instructions: Mix 2 cups of the flour with the baking soda and baking powder. Mix the remaining 1/1/2 cups of flour with the spices. In a one quart, wide-mouth canning jar layer the ingredients starting with the flour/baking powder mixture, then the brown sugar and finally the flour and spice mixture. Close the jar tightly. Attach a card to the jar with the following directions: 1. Empty the contents of this jar into a large mixing bowl. Blend together thoroughly. 2. Add 1/2 cup softened butter or margarine, 3/4 cup of molasses and 1 slightly beaten egg. Mix until completely blended. Dough will be very stiff, so you may need to use your clean hands. Cover and refrigerate for one hour. 3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 4. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut into shape with a gingerbread cookie cutter. 5. Place cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. 6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. 7. Decorate as desired.
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I Love To Play The Piano!
The piano is a very important part of music. Many musical notes do not seem possible without it and many notes sound better on the piano. The piano can play all types of music from classical to rock and roll. It can also be played solo or with other instruments, so it is very versatile. There is some disagreement on when the first modern style piano was built. Most say the modern style piano (or piano et forte, meaning soft and loud) was probably built by the Italian, Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1709. It was described as a harpsichord with both soft and loud! The difference between the harpsichord (that came before) and the piano, was the way the strings were sounded.
Inside the piano the strings are tightened into tune. A grand piano, for instance, looks like a harp when on it’s side. Modern style pianos use hammers to pluck the string. So when you touch the keyboard, the hammer hits the string which affects the sound of the note. If you stroke the key gently, the sound will be soft. If you use a heavy touch on the key, the sound will be much louder!
PIANO FACTS: • The average medium sized piano has about 230 strings. Each string has about 165 pounds of tension. With the combined pull of all the strings, that equals approximately eighteen tons! • There are over 10 million pianos in American homes, businesses and institutions. • Yamaha, established in 1887, was the first piano manufacturer in Japan. • The world’s largest piano is a Challen Concert Grand Piano. This piano is eleven feet long and has a total string tension of over 30 tons. This piano weighs more than a ton! • The working section of the piano is called the action. There are about 7500 parts in there. They all play a role in sending the hammers against the strings when the keys are struck.
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Did You Know The Hippopotamus Is Related To The Whale?
• The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), from the Greek word hippopotamos, (hippos - meaning “horse” and potamos meaning “river”), is often shortened to “hippo”. It is one of the two species in existence in the family Hippopotamidae - the other species being the Pygmy Hippopotamus. • The hippopotamus is semi aquatic, living in rivers and lakes in sub-Saharan Africa in large groups of up to 40. During the day, they remain cool by staying in the water or mud. They emerge at dusk to graze on grass. While hippos rest near each other in territories in the water, grazing is an alone activity. • Despite their physical resemblance to pigs - whales and porpoises are their closest living relatives. The earliest known hippopotamus fossils belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around 16 million years ago. • Hippo childbirth occurs in water and as soon as the infants are born, they must come up for air. • The hippopotamus is known for its barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size. Only elephants are consistently larger. Despite its stocky shape and short legs, they can easily outrun a human. Hippos have been clocked at 30 miles per hour while running short distances. • Very popular in zoos and portrayed at times as lazy, the hippopotamus is among the most dangerous and aggressive of all animals. Because of their enormous size, hippos are difficult to weigh
in the wild. The average weight for adult males is between 3,300 - 7,000 pounds. Females are smaller than males with average weight measuring between 2,900 - 3,300 pounds! • Hippos average 11 feet long and 5 feet tall at the shoulder. Their lifespan is typically 40 to 50 years. The eyes, ears and nostrils of hippos are placed high on the roof of the skull. This allows them to be in the water with COLOR most of their body subME! merged. They stay in the water and mud of tropical rivers to stay cool and prevent sunburn. • Have you ever wondered why hippos are always covered in brown stuff that looks like mud? For additional protection from the sun, their skin secretes or “sweats” a natural sunscreen substance which is red-colored and turns brown!
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Lets Visit Switzerland! Switzerland is multilingual and has four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh!
• Switzerland is a landlocked country of 7.5 million people in Western Europe with an area of 15,940 sq mi. • Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called cantons. Berne is the seat of the federal government and de facto capital, while the country's economic centers are its two global cities, Geneva and especially Zürich. • Switzerland is bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. • Switzerland has a long history of neutrality – it has not been at war since 1815 – and hosts many international organizations, including the Red Cross, the WTO and one of the U.N.'s two European offices. • Switzerland comprises three basic topographical areas: the Swiss Alps, the Swiss plateau or "middleland", and the Jura mountains along the northThe Matterhorn! western border with France. The Alps are a high mountain range running across the central-south of Switzerland’s Most the country. Among the high peaks of the Swiss Alps, the highest of which is the Dufourspitze at 15,203 ft. The most famous mountain is the Matterhorn (4,478 m) in Valais and Pennine Alps bordering Italy. Famous Mountain The highest mountain, the Dufourspitze (4,634 m) or Monte Rosa, is close to the Matterhorn. • The more populous northern part of the country is called the Middle Land. It has greater open and hilly landscapes, partly forested, partly open meadow, usually with grazing herds, or vegetables and fruits growing, but it can still be somewhat mountainous. • Banking, tourism, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals are important industries in Switzerland. The manufacture of precision instruments for engineering is important, as is watch-making, and the biological sciences industries as well, enjoy a high place in the Swiss economy. • Electricity generated in Switzerland is 42% from nuclear and 53% from hydroelectricity with 5% of the electricity generated from conventional power sources (thermal etc.) resulting in a nearly CO2-free electricity-generating network. • Switzerland is heavily active in recycling and anti-littering regulations and is one of the top recyclers in the world with 66% to 96% of the different recyclable materials being recycled.
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