Kids World News, Wyoming Public Schools, January 2018

WYOMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS KIDS’ WORLD NEWS January 2018

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0LGGOH *URXQG STEM-skills open the world to you There are lots of fascinating and crucial roles that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) can prepare you for.

You can improve the world around you and even the future of the planet. Whatever career path you decide, you'll keep your options open by studying STEM-subjects that focus on the skill set of HOW to learn. Learn how to learn and you'll be capable of absorbing more information easily. This is the best chance for success in life! Doors will open to greater opportunity over your lifetime and the world will be yours.

Empower yourself to make good decisions in your private life with STEM skills - be it decisions about vaccinations, mobile phone masts or climate change. Adults who lack basic science and math skills risk being cheated and making bad decisions.

STEM education creates critical thinkers and enables innova-

tors – which leads to new products and improved processes.

Math is helpful for implementing logic, analytical reading of texts, arguing, validating and correcting an approach, organization, data management, running a business, and more.

Science and tech can help you with creativity, analytical research, and understanding our unpredictable, complex world.

You don't have to be a natural to pursue a degree in STEM. Finance, teaching, marketing, patent law, photography, art resWRUDWLRQ PHGLD DQG ÂżOP SURGXFWLRQ IRRG WHFKQRORJ\ SURIHVVLRQal hacking, ride engineers, gemology, and more all build on the skills gained from studying science and maths to some extent.

Examples of cool STEM-related jobs are all around us in our every day lives. Dream big and love what you do.

Who wakes you up? • Electronic Engineers • Sound Engineers • Recording Technologists

Who built your school & home? • Architects • Surveyors • Structural Engineers • Electricians • Plumbers • Carpenters

Who helps you travel? • Civil Engineers • Petrochemical Engineers • Automotive Electricians • Environmental Scientists • Mechanics • Pilots • Materials Scientists

Who helps you exercise? • Personal Athletic Trainers • Physiotherapists • Sports Psychologists

Explore more STEM-related jobs at www.stem-works.com/cool_jobs • Crime Scene Investigators • Extreme Weather • Medical Innovations • Robotics • Space • Animal Kingdom • Under the Sea • Video Games • Alternative Energy

Who provides your toiletries? • Cosmetic Scientists • Industrial Scientists • Green Chemists • Microbiologists • Perfumers Who makes your clothes? • Textile Designers • Fashion/Footwear Designers • Textile Dyers • Fashion Technologists

Who provides your meals? • Farmers • Food Scientists & Technologists • Nutritionists Who helps entertain you? • Game Developers • Music Technologists • Radio Producers • Sound & Lighting Technicians • Filmmakers • Digital Animators • Environmental Scanners • Music Data Journalists • Sports Technologists • Machine Learning Engineers • 3D Printing Materials Managers

Who keeps you healthy? • Doctors, Nurses • Dentists • Pharmacists • Biomedical Scientists

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Wyoming Public Schools Winter Clothing Reminder

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Wyoming Public Schools Alpha Wolf 11 Awards On December 7th, Wyoming High School recognized the fall semester Alpha Wolf 11 award winners. An Alpha Wolf 11 is the supreme pack leader who on a scale of 1 to 10 is an 11 in all that they do. The Alpha Wolf 11 focus is to recognize those being kind, compassionate and gracious.

Alpha Wolf Award Winners: Julyssa Barajas Gutierrez Erika Hernandez Rebecca Hanson Gabriela Martinez Bello Brooke Elizinga Adrian Ngo

Alpha Wolf Shout Outs: Kyle Ratliff Cienna Smith Rodrigo Luperico Carlos Falcon Martinez Jo’Vaun Jones Ashley Zwyghuizen

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Wyoming Public Schools 2017-18 WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULE

GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL DATE FEB 2 FEB 6 FEB 9 FEB 13 FEB 16 FEB 23 FEB 26

OPPONENT THORNAPPLE-KELLOGG FOREST HILLS EASTERN SOUTH CHRISTIAN WAYLAND UNION GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN EAST GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT

SITE HOME HOME AWAY AWAY HOME HOME KENTWOOD

TIME 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM TBA

BOYS’ & GIRLS’ VARSITY BOWLING DATE FEB 5 FEB 7 FEB 10 FEB 12 FEB 23

OPPONENT SOUTH CHRISTIAN UNITY CHRISTIAN MONA SHORES ZEELAND EAST REGIONALS

SITE HOME AWAY AWAY HOME TBA

TIME 3:30 PM 3:30 PM 9:00 AM 3:30 PM TBA

BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL DATE FEB 2 FEB 6 FEB 9 FEB 13 FEB 16 FEB 23 MAR 1 MAR 5

GIRLS’ JV BASKETBALL DATE FEB 1 FEB 6 FEB 8 FEB 13 FEB 15 FEB 22

OPPONENT THORNAPPLE-KELLOGG FOREST HILLS EASTERN SOUTH CHRISTIAN WAYLAND UNION GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN EAST GRAND RAPIDS

SITE AWAY HOME HOME AWAY AWAY AWAY

OPPONENT THORNAPPLE-KELLOGG FOREST HILLS EASTERN SOUTH CHRISTIAN WAYLAND UNION GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN EAST GRAND RAPIDS

SITE AWAY HOME HOME AWAY AWAY AWAY

SITE HOME AWAY AWAY HOME HOME HOME HOME CALEDONIA

TIME 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:15 PM TBA

SITE AWAY AWAY AWAY HOME AWAY AWAY HOME

TIME 7:00 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:45 PM

TIME 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM

BOYS’ VARSITY WRESTLING

GIRLS’ FRESHMAN BASKETBALL DATE FEB 1 FEB 6 FEB 8 FEB 13 FEB 15 FEB 22

OPPONENT THORNAPPLE-KELLOGG FOREST HILLS EASTERN SOUTH CHRISTIAN WAYLAND UNION GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN EAST GRAND RAPIDS BENTON HARBOR DISTRICT

TIME 7:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 4:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

DATE FEB 2 FEB 8 FEB 10 FEB 14 FEB 17 FEB 24 MAR 2

OPPONENT GOLD CONFERENCE MEET TEAM DISTRICTS INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS TEAM REGIONALS INDIVIDUAL REGIONALS TEAM FINALS INDIVIDUAL STATE

SITE TIME THRONAPPLE-KELLOGG5:00 PM TBA 5:00 PM GRAND HAVEN TBA TBA TBA AWAY

GIRLS’ VARSITY COMPETITIVE CHEER DATE FEB 3 FEB 7 FEB 10 FEB 12 FEB 14 FEB 17 FEB 24

OPPONENT KENOWA HILLS JAMBOREE TBA FOREST HILLS NORTHERN COMSTOCK PARK DISTRICTS REGIONALS

SITE TIME AWAY 10:00 AM ZEELAND WEST 6:00 PM DELTA PLEX 10:00 AM AWAY 6:00 PM AWAY 6:00 PM KENOWA HILLS 10:00 AM TBA TBA

GIRLS’ JV COMPETITIVE CHEER DATE FEB 3 FEB 7 FEB 13

OPPONENT KENOWA HILLS JAMBOREE JAMBOREE

SITE TIME AWAY 10:00 AM ZEELAND WEST 6:00 PM ZELEAND WEST 6:00 PM

BOYS’ JV BASKETBALL DATE FEB 1 FEB 6 FEB 8 FEB 13 FEB 15 FEB 22 MAR 1

OPPONENT THORNAPPLE-KELLOGG FOREST HILLS EASTERN SOUTH CHRISTIAN WAYLAND UNION GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN EAST GRAND RAPIDS BENTON HARBOR

BOYS’ FRESHMAN BASKETBALL DATE FEB 1 FEB 6 FEB 8 FEB 13 FEB 15 FEB 22 MAR 1

OPPONENT THORNAPPLE-KELLOGG FOREST HILLS EASTERN SOUTH CHRISTIAN WAYLAND UNION GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN EAST GRAND RAPIDS BENTON HARBOR

SITE AWAY AWAY AWAY HOME AWAY AWAY HOME

TIME 5:30 PM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 4:15 PM

ALL SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE, CONTACT THE SCHOOL FOR UPDATED INFORMATION

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WHEN: Saturday, January 27, 2018 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

CUANDO: Sábado, 27 de enero, 2018 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

WHERE: West Elementary 1840 38th Street SW Wyoming, MI 49519

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1840 38th Street SW Wyoming, MI 49519

Wyoming Jr. High 2125 Wrenwood SW Wyoming, MI 49519

Wyoming Jr. High 2125 Wrenwood SW Wyoming, MI 49519

WHAT: A collaboration of schools, businesses, government, churches, nonprofits and residents to transform the quality of life in our community!

Get out of the house and connect with your neighbors!

QUE ES: ¡Una colaboración de escuelas, empresas, gobierno, iglesias, organizaciones sin fines de lucro y residentes para mejorar la calidad de vida en nuestra comunidad! ¡Salga de la casa y conéctese con sus vecinos!

FAMILY FUN! • Games & Activities • Fun In The Snow (weather permitting) • Prizes • Food • Resources

DIVERSION FAMILIAR! • Juegos y Actividades • Diversión en la Nieve (Si el clima lo permite) • Premios • Alimentos • Recursos

For Additional Information Visit: www.WyomingPS.org www.OneWyoming.com

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Like & Follow On Social Media: @WolvesWPS @OneWyoming

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Get organized. Be aware of the deadlines and set reminders in your calendar. Typically fall semester scholarships are due between October and March. Note whether your application can be submitted online or must be mailed in.

Proofread. Having a well-written essay without misspelled, misplaced or missing words shows you are intelligent, thorough and detail-oriented. Spell check, print it out, read it out loud and have a friend review it.

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Winter Storms How do winter storms form? Winter storms get their energy from the clash of two air masses of different temperatures and moisture levels.

They usually form when an air mass of cold, dry, Canadian air moves south and interacts with a warm, moist air mass moving north from the Gulf of Mexico. The area where these two air masses meet is called a front. If cold air advances and pushes away the warm air, it forms a cold front. When the warm air advances and it rides up over the denser, cold air mass - it forms a warm front. If neither air mass advances, it forms a stationary front.

The following is the winter lingo we all need to know: • BLIZZARD - A blizzard is a long-lasting snowstorm with very strong winds and intense snowfall. There are three things you need to have a blizzard, cold air at the surface, lots of moisture and lift. Warm air must rise over the cold air.

• THUNDERSNOW - Thundersnow is when thunder and lightning occur during a snowstorm. This usually happens in the late winter or early spring. During thundersnow, heavy snowfall is to be expected sometimes 2 inches per hour is possible!

• SLEET - Sleet is rain drops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground. Sleet usually bounces when hitting a surface and does not stick to objects. However, it can accumulate like snow and cause a huge hazard to people driving.

• FREEZING RAIN - Freezing rain is rain that falls onto a surface with a temperature that’s below freezing. It freezes to surfaces such as trees, cars, roads, houses and forms a coating of ice. This can cause a huge hazard which is called an ICE STORM. This is a storm which results in an accumulation of at least .25” of ice on exposed surfaces.

• FROST - Frost is white ice crystals that form on a surface like the ground or leaves of plants. It’s created when the air temperature drops below freezing and water vapor in the air freezes into ice crystals.

• LAKE EFFECT SNOW - As the cold air flows over the warm lake water, the warm water heats the air’s bottom layer as lake moisture evaporates into the cold air. Since warm air is lighter than the cold air, it begins to cool. As the air cools, the moisture that evaporated into it condenses and forms clouds and snow begins falling from the cloud if the air is humid enough.

• WIND CHILL - Wind chill is the temperature your body feels when the air temperature is combined with the wind speed. The higher the wind speed, the faster exposed areas of your body lose heat and the colder you feel.

• FROSTBITE - Frostbite is damage to people’s skin due to prolonged exposure to cold temperatures, usually below 32 degrees F.

Try This Experiment! Make Dew And Frost!

(Have a responsible adult help you.)

Materials: 2 tin cans without a lid (soup cans work well, but peel the labels off) Rock salt or table salt Crushed ice Process: In one tin can put a mixture of crushed ice about half full and about 4 tablespoons of salt. Mix it well for about 30 seconds and then let sit.

In the other can, put only crushed ice and cool tap water. Fill the can about half way full of ice and then put just enough tap water in the can to cover the ice.

Note the frost forming on the outside of the can with the ice and salt mixture. Compare this with the liquid moisture on the outside of the can which contains ice only.

Explanation: What happens - The salt wants to absorb water to make a salt solution.

To do that, the salt has to melt the ice into water. The heat required to melt the ice comes from the ice itself. The strange effect is caused by the chemical reaction between the salt and the ice. Strange as it is, melting the ice actually makes the mixture cooler. The salt water mixture inside the can gets below freezing, so the moisture from the air that collects on the outside of the can will freeze. This is why frost froms!

On the other can, dew forms because the mixture of the melting ice and water is just at freezing and the temperature outside the can is warmer causing dew to form.

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Number the salaries of the following jobs in order from least to greatest.

Bus driver Lawyer Lifeguard Police officer NBA player U.S. President

Last year, Dr. Brush, a dentist, earned a salary of $157,300. Mr. Needle, a nurse, earned a salary of $65,430. How much more did Dr. Brush earn than Mr. Needle?

$35,000 $105,000 $20,000 $40,000 $5,150,000 $400,000

After numbering the salaries from least to greatest, complete the bar graph below. Two bars have been completed for you. (Do not include the NBA player. The bar for the NBA player would be more than 12 times as tall as the bar for the President.)

Mr. Quick hired Shelly to walk his turtle while he was on vacation. Shelly walked the turtle around the bathtub two hours each day for five days. If Mr. Quick paid Shelly $3 for each hour, how much did Shelly earn in total?

$450,000

M o n e y ! come in from the cold $400,000 $350,000

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Jeannie and Bunny put on a magic show for the kids in their neighborhood. They charged each kid 50¢ admission. If 12 kids came to their show, how much did Jeannie and Bunny earn?

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Morning sites: 9-11am

Afternoon Sites: 12-2pm

The Dock (Kelloggsville)

North Godwin Elementary

4669 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids 49548

161 34th St SW, Grand Rapids 49548

Carol Boverhof- cmboverhof@hotmail.com

Duane Bacchaus- duanebacchus@godwinschools.org

Wyoming Junior High

Godfrey Lee ECC

2125 Wrenwood St SW, Wyoming 49519 Christie Cook- cookc@wyomingps.org • Dr. Reeder- reedert@wyomingps.org

West Elementary (with Calvary Church)

1840 38th St SW, Wyoming 49519 John Quist- jquist@calvarywy.org • Rick South- pstrrds@gmail.com

Grace Bible College

1011 Aldon St SW, Wyoming 49509

Ryan Quanstrom- rmquanstrom@gmail.com Rick Pilieci- rpilieci@gbcol.edu • Michael Braden- mbraden@kcconline.org

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961 Joosten St SW, Wyoming 49509

Bianca Edwards- biancaedwards@kentssn.org Sydney Hanlon- sydneyhanlon@kentssn.org Bree Bode- bree.bode@rooseveltparkministries.org

Vanguard Charter

1620 52nd St SW, Wyoming 49519

Marcus Schmidt- MarcusS@cornerstonemi.org 1VOU -PZJOLY QÄZOLY'UOHZJOVVSZ JVT Angela Wilbur- awilbur@nhaschools.com

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