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North Ward Elementary North Ward Students Benefit From Registered Pet Therapy Dogs (Allegan) Did you know that pet therapy has been around since Ancient Greek times?

Researchers in the US found that reading to dogs helps children improve their fluency by up to 30%.

This year the students of North Ward Elementary are able to enjoy the benefits from not one, but two registered pet therapy dogs, Duke and Cooper. Students have the opportunity to read to a therapy dog twice a week. We are grateful to their owners, Elise Millmier and Jude Hardin for sharing their pet with the students at North Ward.

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Steeby Elementary Wayland City Police Came In To Read To Students (Wayland) –Wayland City Police read to students in various grades in the elementary buildings in the Wayland Union School district on a weekly basis throughout the school year. Thank you, Sgt. Mark Rookus who was here February 23rd to read to a classroom of students.

Dorr Elementary School Students Get A Hands On Lesson On The Anatomy Of The Eye (Wayland) –Third graders from Dorr Elementary School were given a hands-on lesson on the anatomy of the eye last week. The high school students from Lynn Gosson’s AP Biology class worked with the younger students in small groups to dissect a cow’s eye which most closely resembles a human eye.

They were able to identify the various parts of the eye and discuss their function.

Pictured: AP Biology student Rebecca Barnhard finds the different parts of the eye and talks about their function to third graders in Mrs. Alesia Licari’s classroom. (l-r) Olivia Lawrence, Rebecca Barnhard, Xander Brown, and Carson Hatkowski.

Dix Street Elementary A change drive to help change the lives of Flint families turned into more than rolled coins. Dollar bills were added in to raise more than $800 with a PTO match.

(Otsego) Dix Street Elementary wanted to do something extra along with the other donation drives taking place for Flint families in this current water crisis.

The school collected more than 30 cases of water and is also a drop-off location for the Fighting Lead with Literacy county initiative, but the student council thought families might need more.

"We wanted to do a money drive so that families could buy what they needed," explains Student Council Advisor Jen Evans. They sent a note home with kids with a bag asking them to throw in any extra change they might have at the house. But a lot more than change came back. They received lots of dollar bills along with their coins.

At the end of the week, the donation drive yielded $401.29. The Dix Street PTO pledged to match their donation, so more than $800 will be donated to the United Way of Genesee County.

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Brandon Elementary School Mrs. Anderson’s Kindergarten Class at Brandon Elementary Celebrated the 100th Day of School

(Martin) –If you were to look in Mrs. Anderson’s Kindergarten room at Brandon Elementary School on Wednesday February 17th, you would not see a typical day of learning. What you would see is kindergarteners learning in fun and unique ways. On this day, our little ones were doing hands on activities for the 100th Day of School. The whole day included activities that were centered around the number 100. The students did 100 exercises in gym class.

We had a blast popping 100 balloons, each with a sight word written on it. Each student read the word on their balloon(s) , then wrote it on a post it note and attached the post it note to a large 100 Day poster. We counted each popped balloon by ones and tens. Each student was given a fake $100 bill and wrote about what they would do with $100. We painted gumball machines with 100 gumballs in each. Each student was given a 100 Day Award for their day of learning. The day was a great celebration of learning and fun!!!!!!

Mrs. Jonker’s Kindergarten Class at Brandon Elementary Celebrated the 100th Day of School with a Fashion Show

(Martin) –Mrs. Jonker's kindergarten class celebrated the 100th day of school February 17. The day began with a fashion show where the students showed off shirts that they decorated with 100 objects. They also built with 100 Legos, stacked 100 cups, popped 100 balloons, and wrote about what they would buy with 100 dollars.

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Powerful Protein!

Did you know that your muscles, organs and immune system are made up mostly of protein? Your body uses protein you eat to make lots of specialized protein molecules that have special jobs. Protein is used to make hemoglobin which is the part of the red blood cells that carries oxygen to every part of your body!

Protein builds up, maintains and replaces tissues in your body. How do you get protein in your diet? The best sources are beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese), nuts (peanut butter), seeds (grains including bread and pasta), and legumes like black beans and lentils. When you eat foods with protein, the digestive juices in your stomach and intestine go to work. They break down the protein into basic units called amino acids. These can be reused to make the proteins your body needs to maintain your muscles, bones, blood and body organs.

The amino acids can join together to make thousands of different proteins. 22 of them are very important to human health. Your body can make 13 of them but the other nine you get by eating protein rich food. These are called essential amino acids.

Protein from animal sources like milk and meat are called complete because they carry all nine of the essential amino acids. Most vegetable protein is considered incomplete because it lacks one or more of the essentials. People who are vegetarians must get all their amino acids by eating a wide

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How much protein do you need daily? Kids need 0.5 grams of protein for every pound they weigh. To figure out your protein needs, take your weight and divide it by 2. If a person weighs 50 pounds of weight, they will need about 25 grams of protein every day. The good news is that you don't have to eat all the essential amino acids in every meal.

If you have a variety of protein sources throughout the day, your body will grab what it needs from each meal. As your body grows, so does your protein needs.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th President, 1953-1961 Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas.

He moved as an infant to Abilene, Kansas. He grew up there, attended local public schools and graduated in 1909. Eisenhower joined the military to get a free college education and went to West Point from 1911 to 1915. Stationed in Texas as a second lieutenant, he met Mamie G. Doud, who he married in 1916.

In his early Army career, Eisenhower excelled in staff assignments, serving under Generals John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, and Walter Krueger. After Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called Eisenhower to Washington for a war plans assignment. He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942, and on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France. In December 1944, he was made a five-star general.

After the war, Eisenhower became President of Columbia University, then took leave to assume supreme command over the new NATO forces being assembled in 1951.

Eisenhower was chosen to run for the presidency on the Republican ticket with Richard Nixon as his Vice President. He won two consecutive terms as president. His nickname was Ike and “I like Ike” was the popular slogan. Both times he won with over 55% of the popular vote.

Major Events While in Office • End of the Korean War (1953). Eisenhower traveled to Korea before he took office to help conclude the peace talks. By July 1953, an Armistice was signed that separated Korea into two countries with a demilitarized zone at the 38th parallel.

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954). The Supreme Court decided that schools should be desegretated. Eisenhower ordered Federal Troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to safeguard black students enrolling for the first time in a previously all white school and to enforce integration. This was an important step in the Civil Rights movement. He also ordered the complete desegregation of the Armed Forces. "There must be no second class citizens in this country," he wrote.

• Interstate Highway System Created (1956).

• In 1953, he established the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

• The Eisenhower Doctrine, created in 1957, Eisenhower as General of the Army. asserted that America had the right to aid any

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In August 1888 Carl Benz’s wife became the first person to drive a car over a long distance. Without telling her husband she drove one of their Benz-Patent-Motorwagens from Mannheim to Pforzheim in southern Germany to prove the automobile was a useful contraption that the general public could use.

country threatened by Communist aggression.

• Alaska and Hawaii were the last two states to enter the Union in 1959.

President Eisenhower retired after his second term on January 20, 1961. He moved to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and wrote his autobiography and memoirs. On March 28, 1969, he died of heart failure.

Fun Facts: • Eisenhower was the first president of all 50 states and he held no other political office. He was also the last president to be born in the 19th century.

• President Eisenhower was the first president to appear on color television.

• Eisenhower was the only president to serve in both World Wars.

• The President was a skilled chef. He was famous for his vegetable soup, steaks and cornmeal pancakes.

• He carried three coins in his pocket for luck.

• Eisenhower was the first president licensed to fly an airplane.

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Kick It Up With Soccer!

Did you know that soccer is the most popular sport in the world?

Boys and girls of all ages can play this fast paced game, and it’s relatively easy to learn. Soccer involves two teams of eleven players, each focusing on getting the ball to the opponent’s net or goal.

Teammates run down the field dribbling, and passing the ball to each other, using various parts of the body, except for the hands.

The intent is to get the ball into the goal to score a point for the team. Only the goalkeeper is allowed to use his or her hands, to block the ball or put it back into play if it goes out of bounds. Soccer has referees to control the game.

Soccer is one of the best team sports to play, and boys and girls rely on each other to be successful. Playing soccer is a great aerobic exercise; it develops coordination, endurance and muscle strength.

Most countries in the world call soccer “football”.

Back in 1863, The London Football Association was the first to set the rules of soccer. Soccer found its status and popularity as a chief sport in Scotland and England in 1872. Then soccer spread to Europe and soon there were professional teams and players hitting the field.

The only countries that call the game soccer are the United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa.

The World Cup is the biggest soccer tournament in the world. It’s held every four years in a different country. Billions of people watch the televised games as the world’s national teams fight it out for the top spot in soccer.

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