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It’s A Great Day At Kids’ World News! Happy New Year to you! It’s always fun to begin another year! Now that your back from your holiday vacation it’s back in the routine of eating healthy, getting plenty of rest and being prepared for school the next day. Do you know what a resolution is? A New Year's resolution is a promise that you make to yourself. Resolutions many people make have to do with eating healthy, exercise, saving money, improving grades, reading more books, helping others, making new friends and a whole lot more! You can actually make a resolution at any time of the year. It doesn’t just have to be on New Years. The practice of resolutions at the beginning of the year started a very long time ago. The ancient Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year. The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus - That’s the god that January is named after! At Kids’ World News, our resolution is to write a great paper for you to read every month that you’ll enjoy! Have a GREAT January! Pat, Debi and Rich
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Christmas Musical
The students at St. Joseph School in St. Johns recently performed their annual Christmas Musical at the church. The students' moms and dads, grandmas and grandpas, brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles enjoyed the telling of the story about Jesus's birthday. A popular part of the performance is when a baby from one of the parish's families is given by the angel actor to the actors playing Mary and Joseph.St. Joseph School has two musicals each year - a Christmas musical and a spring musical. This Christmas musical was the 50th musical directed by Mrs. Poff. Her co-director, Mrs. Page-Hunter, has directed more than 50 musicals. The audience gave them a very nice applause to thank them for all of the wonderful musicals they have directed!
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Coasting Down the Hill
Frosty is the morning; But the sun is bright, Flooding all the landscape With its golden light. Hark the sounds of laughter And the voices shrill! See the happy children Coasting down the hill. There are Tom and Charley, And their sister Nell; There are John and Willie, Kate and Isabel Eyes with pleasure beaming, Cheeks with health aglow; Bless the merry children, Trudging through the snow! Now I hear them shouting, "Ready! Clear the track!" Down the slope they're rushing, Now they're trotting back. Full of fun and frolic, Thus they come and go. Coasting down the hillside, Trudging through the snow.
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Mrs. Tarleton’s 3rd and 4th grade students completed a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Challenge featuring catapults. They first discussed the history and modern day uses of catapults. The class divided into small groups and began sketching their catapult. The students constructed a working catapult using small and large craft sticks, small cups and rubber bands. They had to perform three tasks which included longest distance, accuracy and launching to fly at a specific height. The 3rd and 4th graders were given lab sheets where they could keep track of their data. They used this information to analyze their success or lack of success for their catapults. The students learned a lot and had fun with this lab!
The MHT students and staff along with Father Dennis celebrated Las Posadas. Las Posadas is a Mexican Christmas celebration. The celebration observes Mary and Joseph’s difficult journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a warm place to stay the night. The students walked classroom to classroom singing songs and looking for a place to “stay”. They ended in the cafeteria where they kept singing and the festivities began. Father Dennis treated the students and guests to tacos and other goodies. The students took turns trying to break the three large star shaped piñatas which were filled with candy. The students and guests had lots of fun!! Pictured is Nolan Datema trying to break a piñata.
This year marked the 14th Annual Veterans Celebration hosted by MHT School on November 21, 2014. Almost two hundred veterans, their spouses, and auxiliary members from Fowler and surrounding areas were in attendance. The event began with Mass and was followed by a breakfast prepared by volunteer parents and staff and then served by the 8th grade students. After breakfast, a flag ceremony was conducted followed by student entertainment. This year each class either sang a patriotic song or performed a skit. As an additional token of appreciation for their many sacrifices, every year the students work hard on a small keepsake for the Veterans to take home. God Bless our Veterans and thank you for your many years of service!
Congratulations to the November St. Joseph School of Pewamo Student of the Month, Fifth Grader, Brooke Kramer. Brooke's parents are Nick and Kim Kramer. Brooke received a certificate, $10 and a pizza lunch.
Congratulations to St. Joseph School of Pewamo's Honor Roll Students. HIGH HONORS:
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7th Grade-Isabelle Droste, Aubrey George, Cailey George, Paige Hengesbach, Ryan Kramer, Nathen Martin, Anna Schafer, Zoie Schafer, Cameron Schmitz, Ethan Smith, Kyle Stump, Keegan Smith 8th Grade-Grace Huhn, Turner Pline, Madison Simon, Evan Thelen, Kylie Thelen HONORS: 6th Grade-Zachary Simon, Claudia Smith
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Thanks to everyone at St. Joseph School in Pewamo who made a family in need have a very Merry Christmas! Including the fundraiser which took place on December 11th, along with donations, over $1,000 was raised towards the purchasing of clothes, gifts, food, and SCRIP to Meijer. The teachers of St. Joseph School took on the responsibility of purchasing the items and wrapping them. They were delivered this past week to a very grateful family.
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Congratulations to the November St. Joseph School of Pewamo Citizens of the Month, (front) 3rd grader, Collin Schneider, 1st grader, Maria Klein, 2nd grader, Cory Reddin, (back) 4th grader, Luke Smith, 7th grader, Ethan Smith, 8th grader, Evan Thelen, 5th grader, Drew Greer.
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The International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable human-made satellite that orbits Earth at an altitude of between 205 miles and 270 miles. It comprises pressurized modules for astronauts to live in, external trusses for propulsion, solar arrays for power and many other amazing features. The first part of the ISS sent to space was the module called Zarya. It was launched into space on a Russian Proton rocket on November 20th, 1998. Zarya provided propulsion, attitude control, communications and electrical power. Two weeks later, NASA launched a module called Unity aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, successfully attaching it to the Zarya module. The Unity module was equipped with all the requirements for long-term human living. The ISS is now the largest artificial body in orbit. It is 357 feet in length, making the space station's area span about the size of an American football field. The space station weighs nearly 925,000 pounds! It has 2 bathrooms, a gym and more room than a six bedroom house! The ISS was built to be a space environment research laboratory and observatory, where crew members could conduct experiments in many scientific fields including: biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, and meteorology. The station also provides valuable opportunities to test spacecraft systems and equipment and act as a staging base for possible missions to the Moon or Mars. The first ISS crew mission called 'Expedition 1' launched on a Russian Soyuz, October 31, 2000. The three Russian cosmonauts docked and entered the ISS on November 2nd, 2000. The space station has been continuously occupied since, making it the longest continuous human presence in space.
The ISS has been visited by astronauts and cosmonauts from 15 different nations. On average the ISS travels at 17,227 miles per hour. The space station completes 15.5 orbits per day which means that the crew members on board the station experience a sunrise or sunset every 92 minutes! The ISS program is a joint project that involves 5 space agencies. NASA of the USA, Roskosmos of Russia, JAXA of Japan, CSA of Canada and ESA made up of agencies from France, Brazil, Malaysia, South Korea and Italy. With the naked eye, the ISS can be seen from nearly every area of Earth at some point in time, it appears as a slow moving bright white dot in the night sky. You can look for the space station in the sky at night by looking up and giving your location to: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings
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On November 5, 2014 Chinook Salmon Eggs Arrived at the Herbison Woods Library Aquarium!
Sixth Grade Science teachers Kari Roy and Mary Crowley are participants in the DNR “Salmon in the Classroom” program. Both teachers attended training at the DNR Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, Michigan on November 5th and drove 200 salmon eggs back to school. The eggs began hatching around Thanksgiving. We currently have approximately 183 hatched salmon in the "sac fry" stage. The "sac fry" stage is where the salmon feed off of their yolk sac and are beginning to swim forward and backward. Recently Steve Oberg from Preuss’ Pets in Lansing came to Herbison Woods to teach teachers, students, custodians and parents about how to care for our aquarium. He instructed us on how to test the water quality for pH, nitrites, nitrates and ammonia. He also taught us how to change the water and maintain healthy water for a suitable environment for our salmon. The next stage we are looking forward to is the "parr stage". The students at Herbison Woods are really enjoying learning about the life cycle of the salmon, feeding and caring for the salmon as well as maintaining a healthy environment for the fish. For more information about Salmon in the Classroom please go to: www.michigan.gov/sic.
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Recently the Fowler High School Marching Band paid a visit to Waldron School to treat our students to an awesome light show! The band sounded great and the lights were amazing!
Waldron School Holds Holiday Music Program!
Students in grades KD-5th performed their annual holiday program on Monday, December 8th. The program had a snow flake theme and featured a skit along with several catchy jingles sung by students in grades KD4th. As an added bonus, the 5th grade beginning band students also performed their first ever band concert (which featured several familiar holiday tunes) in front of a full house! Thank you to Mrs. Barclay for arranging this night and thank you to all the parents, friends and family who came out in support our kids and our music program! Happy Holidays!
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Waldron Staff Gets Silly Stringed!
This fall, Waldron School held a color run to raise money for our Waldron 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!
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Rutherford B. Hayes Our 19th President (1877- 1881)
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio on October 4, 1822. His father died two months before his birth. He was raised by his mother and her younger brother. Hayes ended up graduating from Kenyon College as valedictorian of his class. He then graduated from Harvard Law School in 1845 and became a successful lawyer. His opposition to slavery drew him into the Republican Party. He married Lucy Ware Webb of Chillicothe in 1852. She was a graduate of Cincinnati’s Wesleyan Women’s College. She was the first wife of a president to graduate from college. They eventually became the parents of eight children. Hayes offered his services when the Civil War began to the State of Ohio. He saw a lot of action during the war and rose to the rank of Major General. He was wounded in action during the war. While still in the Army, Hayes was elected to Congress but didn’t take his seat until the Union had won the war. Hayes was voted governor after his work in Congress. After being elected to a third term, the Republican Party chose him as its’ presidential candidate. He won the election only after a special commission had to decide on disputed electoral votes. He won by one vote. Since his election was so tension filled, he secretly took the oath of office on a Saturday, March 3, 1877 at the White House. Known for his honesty and fairness, he renewed the respect for the presidency. After one term as president, he retired to his home called Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio. From there he gave his time to help veterans receive their pensions, improved conditions in prisons and promoted education for all children. He died at the age of 70 in 1893.
Some of his key events while in office: • Reconstruction of the South ended in 1877. He withdrew Federal troops from the South. This was as a result of the compromise that came about from the deadlocked presidential election of 1876. • Resumption of the Specie Act. This act enforced the redemption of U.S. dollars tendered after January 1, 1879 with gold. • Civil Service Reform. In 1877, President Hayes issued an execFamily Sampler January Special! 16”14” two item pizza,
utive order that barred all federal employees from taking part in political activities. • President Hayes signed a bill that, for the first time, allowed women attorneys to be allowed to appear before the United States Supreme Court.
Interesting Facts: • Of the five presidents who served in the Civil War, Hayes was the only one to be wounded. • Arriving in San Francisco on September 8, 1880, Hayes became the first president to visit the West Coast while in office. • Hayes was the first president to graduate from law school. • Mrs. Hayes was known as “Lemonade Lucy” because she refused to serve alcohol in the White House. • The first White House telephone was installed by Alexander Graham Bell himself during the Hayes administration! • The first Easter egg roll on the White House lawn was conducted by Hayes and his wife.
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The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, A Michigan Built Freighter
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter. She was built by Great Lakes Engineering in River Rouge, Michigan. When she was launched on June 8, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America’s Great Lakes at that time and she remains the largest to have sunk there. For seventeen years, the Fitzgerald carried taconite iron ore from mines near Duluth, Minnesota to iron works in Detroit, Toledo and other Great Lakes ports. She set seasonal haul records six times. One of her captains, Peter Pulcer was known for playing music day or night over the ship’s intercom system while passing through the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers (between Lakes Huron and Erie). He also entertained spectators at the Soo Locks with a commentary about the ship! The Fitzgerald was 729 feet in overall length. She could carry 25,400 tons of cargo and go at 14 knots or about 16 miles per hour. She had a crew of 29. Carrying a full cargo of ore pellets with Captain Ernest M. McSorley in command, the Fitzgerald embarked from Superior, Wisconsin, near Duluth on the afternoon of November 9, 1975. She was going to a steel mill in Detroit. Joining a second freighter, the SS Arthur M. Anderson, the two were caught in the midst of a severe winter storm on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. The wind was hurricane-force and the waves were up to 35 feet high. Shortly after 7 p.m., the Fitzgerald suddenly sank in Canadian waters 530 feet deep. They were approximately 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Even though the Fitzgerald had reported
being in trouble earlier, no distress signals were sent before she sank. The last message Captain McSorley sent to the SS Arthur M. Anderson was “We are holding our own.” All of the crew perished. The Fitzgerald is among the best-known vessels lost on the Great Lakes but she is not alone on the Lake Superior seabed in that area. In the years between 1816, when the Invincible was lost, to the sinking of the Fitzgerald in 1975, the Whitefish Point area has claimed at least 240 ships. Gordon Lightfoot (a song writer) made it the subject of his 1976 song called “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
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At Clarksville Elementary, students are earning the answer to an often-asked question, “Why do we have to learn math?” November 25th was Career Day!
Mrs. Kotch is a Biochemist from Carbon Green. Biochemists at Carbon Green look for ways to improve agricultural products and crops by measuring different quantities of ingredients together in labs. Carbon Green produces an alternative fuel called Ethanol that is made with corn!
School Nutritionist, Mrs. Grant, uses math to calculate the number of calories per meal and grams of protein, fat and sodium per serving. When planning meals she also must total up how much of each ingredient is needed and figure out what the cost will be to serve meals for hundreds of children every school day.
Mrs. Gillott is a Continuous Improvement Specialist from Cargrill. One of her jobs is to double check the temperature of the eggs they cook and package for food service programs all around the state. Cooking eggs until set destroys harmful bacteria. The yolk of an egg will set when heated to between 149 and 158° Fahrenheit.
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Our own 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Raymond, used math when she drove motor coach tours in Alaska. It is important to be able to figure out the distance you will travel, how many gallons of gas that distance will take traveling at what rate of speed and how much that gas is going to cost. Once you know that you can solve the problem of how much to charge tourists in addition to your own wages to make a profit! Fire Chief Cronk and his team discuss how math is used to put out fires. Firefighters calculate how much water will be needed to put out a house fire by estimating the circumference of the house. They know that most fire trucks can hold 400 to 500 gallons of water. These two figures determine how many trucks might be called to put out the fire.
SMS Christmas Spirit
The Christmas Spirit is alive here at St. Mary’s School. It started with the St. Mary students saying prayers for all during the Season of Advent, an Out-of-Dress Code Food Drive, the Christmas Giving Tree and continued right on through the decorating of the church Christmas trees. With the help of St. Mary’s students & parish, we were able to present food, beautiful cards, prayers & gifts to many in need. Besides our home bound & nursing home recipients, we were also able to serve Toys for Tots Organization, Austin's House, Clinton County Capital Area Community Services and to the Wedgwood Christian Youth & Family Services. Inspired by their teachers, the creative students of St. Mary School used the following Christmas themes to adorn the trees in the church: Kindergarten~Wreaths, 1st Grade~Shepherds & Sheep, 2nd Grade~Traditional St. Nick with filled wooden shoes, 3rd Grade~Christmas Mice, 4th Grade~The Nativity Story, 5th Grade~Frosted Ornaments, and 6th Grade~Stars of the East. Thanks to all who helped celebrate God’s goodness and praise Him for the opportunity of sharing the love of Jesus Christ with many young people and families. Your love and generosity is greatly appreciated!
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Play The Cello!
The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or 'cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in "cheese"), is a bowed stringed instrument and the lowest-sounding member of the violin family. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is popular in many capacities: as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and also as a foundation of the modern orchestral sound. The cello is larger than the violin or the viola but smaller than the double bass. Like the other members of the violin family, the cello has four strings. It is played in an upright position, held by the knees of a seated musician, resting on a spike called the endpin. The player draws the bow horizontally across the strings, making them vibrate and producing sound. The cello developed from the bass violin, first used by Monteverdi. The invention of wire-wound strings around 1660 in Bologna, allowed for a finer bass sound. Bolognese makers used this new technolCOLOR ogy to create the cello, a somewhat ME! smaller instrument than the bass violin and suitable for solos due to the timbre of the instrument and the fact that the smaller size made it easier to play virtuosic passages. Around 1700, Italian players popularized the cello in northern Europe, although the bass violin continued to be used for another two decades in France and England. The cello is actually part of the viola da braccio family, meaning viol of the arm, which includes, among others, the violin and viola. There are actually paintings of people playing the cello on the shoulder, like a giant violin!
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The Cheetah
The cheetah is one of the world’s well-known cats! They are known for their speed, which can be up to 75 mph! This large cat is great at running and catching it’s prey. It’s slim body helps it gain speed quickly, and the cheetah easily makes it on the list of awesome land animals! The cheetah is a big cat. They can be up to four feet tall and weigh anywhere from 70 to 140 pounds. They are great at hiding too! Cheetahs have sandy fur that helps them blend into their grassland environment. On their fur, they have black spots to help conceal their bodies while they hunt. Cheetahs stay in generally the same area. Females tend to range over a large area, while males mark their own territory in between the female ranges. Cubs stay with their mothers when they learn to hunt at four to six weeks. Cheetahs hunt either alone or in groups. Cheetahs
use exceptionally keen eyesight to scan their grassland environment for signs of prey. This big cat is a daylight hunter. Their usual prey varies by region, but a few examples are the Thompson’s gazelle, the impala, antelope, hares, and even wild sheep! Regions include parts of Iran and most of Africa. The cheetah is currently labeled as vulnerable. Due to their fragile reproduction, cheetahs don’t produce many cubs in captivity. This makes it hard to raise the population when it becomes low. In 1900, there were over 100,000 cheetahs across their historic range. Today, an estimated 9,000 to 12,000 cheetahs remain in the wild in Africa. In Iran, there are around 200 cheetahs living in small isolated populations. Did You Know? -In Ancient Egypt, cheetahs were a symbol for royalty! -The cheetah is the only big cat that cannot roar. -Cheetahs hunt for food during the day, unlike lions. -Cheetahs cannot climb trees! -Cheetahs only need to drink once every two or three days.-
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Republic Of Finland
• Finland is the fifth largest country and the most sparsely populated country in Europe. • Finland is three times the size of Ohio and shares its borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia. • Around two-thirds of Finland is covered in heavy forest and about a one-tenth by water. • In the far north, the sun does not set for around 10 weeks during the 'White Nights' Finland of summer, while in winter it does not rise above the horizon for nearly eight weeks. • Industries: metals and metal products, electronics, machinery and scientific instruments, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing. • Natural resources: timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone. • The capital and largest city is Helsinki. It became Finland’s capital in 1812. • Finland is a bilingual country, both Finnish and Swedish are the official languages. • The government is an Independent Democratic Republic since 1917. Their president is elected for a six year term. They were the first country in Europe who allowed women to vote. The president of Finland is Sauli Niinistö since 2012. • The Finnish children believe that Father Christmas and Mother Christmas live on a mountain called Korvatunturi in Finnish Lapland.
Kerimaki Church, built in 1849 is one of the world’s largest wooden churches. • Lake Saimaa is the largest lake in Finland. • The Bronze Age burial site of Sammallah Denmnaki is a World Heritage site. • The sauna has been used in Finland for over two thousand years. • The kantele (similar to a zither) is Finland's oldest musical instrument. • Turku used to be the capital and is Finland's oldest city. In fact, Finland’s first university was founded in Turku in 1640. • Amethysts (purple precious stones) are mined in the Lappish village of Pelkosenniem. • The Aurora Borealis are a light phenomena that light up the sky in the northern polar regions during the darkest times of the year. The Northern Lights can be yellowish green and red, but also blue and violet, and they brighten up the night sky in the Finnish Lapland in wintertime with an amazing light show. The Northern Lights can move from east to west, they can appear as rays, or they can be fast-moving, pulsing shapes. Their colors and shapes change rapidly, and they can provide as much light as a full moon. Winter in this area is dark between the months of November and January where the sun does not rise above the horizon. This dark northern wintertime is known as the Polar Night (the Finnish call it “kaamos”) and in this darkness, the Northern Lights look magical.
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