ISSUE NO. 3
COYOTE CALL
The Importance of Sleep By: Jordan Brooks A couple of years ago, in my freshman year, I was putting too much stress on my body. I was cutting out my sleep to do homework and likely watch TV. I was catching colds and not giving my body ample time to heal. I was putting my health second. My health spun out of control, as did my grades. While a 3.43 GPA for my first semester of school may not seem like a big deal to some, it has been an unfortunate disadvantage to my overall GPA. Due to my asthma and poor immune system I developed a chronic cough that lasted six months. I missed a ton of school and had to put myself before my homework and others, which I hated. Of course there was a shuffle of medications, but a big thing my doctor insisted that I do was sleep more. She told me that getting the proper amount of sleep is essential to staying healthy and also for doing well in school. All my life I’ve thought that all I needed was eight hours of sleep per night. I thought I knew that it didn’t matter what time I went to bed, as long as I got eight hours. I also thought that if I got six or seven hours of sleep, I could survive through the day. I was wrong. And outwardly, we may appear as if we do okay on eight hours of sleep or less per night. But even if our body can’t tell you, eight hours of sleep is not enough
While our schedules may be crazy and there are tons of tempting distractions, the amount of sleep we get needs to be a priority. A teenager needs 9 1/4 hours of sleep per night. And ages 5-12 need 10-11 hours of sleep per night. Somewhere between ages, 11 and 14 our internal clock experiences a biological shift. Puberty causes our internal clock to jump 2 hours. So while a teen who had previously been able to fall asleep at 9:00 now may not be able to fall asleep until 11:00. While sleeping, the body releases the proper hormones necessary for growth. Not sleeping can stunt your growth. Not only is getting too little sleep bad for the body and its growth, but it also has negative effects on the way the body functions. Inadequate sleep can cause irritability, crankiness, or frustration. Too little sleep will cause problems with attention, memory, decision making, reaction time, and creativity. Driving without proper sleep can put someone at the same risk for causing an accident as driving with a .08% blood-alcohol content. Not surprisingly, drowsy driving results in 100,000 car accidents each year. For some, getting more sleep at night may be hard, but we have to try. Whether you are aware of it or not, you give your body signals about when you are about to go to sleep. Doing the same thing every night, getting into a routine, will
help your body recognize that it’s time for bed. These things could include a shower/bath, drinking a cup of tea, et cetera. There are a lot of relaxing things that can prepare your body for sleep. During the night, you should make your bedroom a “sleep haven” by keeping your room as dark as possible, keeping the temperature of the room cool, and blocking out as many noises as possible from the outside world. Television, video games, and smartphones are all things that will distract from getting adequate sleep. When it gets dark outside the body releases melatonin into the bloodstream preparing you for bedtime. Exposure to bright artificial light can disrupt this process, confusing the body as to whether it was time for bed or not. Your body has an internal clock that repeats every twenty-four hours. It tells you when it’s time for sleep and when it’s time to wake up. It releases the proper hormones into the bloodstream at necessary times. This will all work perfectly as long as you get the same amount of sleep per night. There will be time for fun things, but if there’s a decision between what's most important... sleep should come first. You need sleep and you have a duty to get good grades. Do yourself a favor and don’t cut out sleep.
Coding: It’s Time to Learn according to the National Association of Colleges and Senior Employers, it seems insane that ••• almost no one knows how to do it -especially when coding is relatively Everyone knows there's an easy to learn. Anyone who knows education disparity between basic math and English can learn a America and the rest of the world. programming language. It’s that We’ve fallen embarrassingly behind simple and anyone can do it. the standard in math, science, and Computers are the future of the literacy, but there is one gap that generation and of the world. seems to be overlooked time and Practically everyone owns and uses time again when it is glaringly in a computer these days, and need of attention. A new everyone should at least learn the educational plan, Common Core, basics of how these machines work, has been implemented; math the same way that everyone who workshops, science camps, and drives a car should know how to reading programs have sprung up change a flat. nationwide -- all to strengthen students’ knowledge in the central While there are online topics of math, English, history and organizations dedicated to coding, science. But... who’s teaching such as code.org, they haven’t made computer programming? A skill much lasting impact. No one is that is the gateway to some of the particularly interested in coding -most lucrative jobs available has they don’t see its importance. For been largely ignored. And for what coding to become a widespread reason? interest for America’s students, it
by Kaitlyn Brooks
needs to be available from the very beginning of their educations. Programming and coding should be taught from elementary school onwards with just as much focus Jobs having to do with being placed on it as on math, learning programming are growing science, and English, if not more at twice the rate of other jobs on so. Not only do students need to the market, yet there are not learn the basics, but they need to enough programmers to meet understand its history, why it demand. While students who know matters, and how it can change the how to code are far more likely to world. get a job out of college, only 10% of our schools actually offer coding. With a knowledge of In fact, only 2% of students in coding, devices have been America study programming at all. engineered to help the blind see It’s time for a change. It’s time for coding to get the attention it deserves.
With jobs that have an average starting salary of $62,000
and the deaf hear. Bionic hands and legs for amputees have been designed. A plethora of apps have
been developed with focus ranging from entertainment, to news, to education, and to medicine. Programmers have already achieved fast, enhanced, global communication with websites like Twitter, Facebook and Skype. Computer software (programming) is behind everything you see on a computer/phone screen, down to the very last pixel. Every click, word, movement, swipe, pop-up, graphic, video and website is there because of code. There is no limit to what a programmer can do, and the beauty of it is that if you have an idea, you can make it a reality. Not only is coding the cornerstone of technology, but it’s become an essential tool for our way of life as well. Where would we be without the Internet? Netflix? YouTube? Texting? How would we share information or get entertainment? Computer engineering has changed the way we live our lives that would be difficult to give up. If students were taught how to code from a very young age, by the time they graduated it would be second nature. They would have more options for colleges, better chances at scholarships, and better job opportunities. There is a whole list of benefits that learning to code offers, the largest being the ability to create whatever you want. The digital age is upon us. It’s time for us to catch up to the rest of the world by having coding be an available course in schools everywhere.
Ice Skating! Cross-County Skiing!
Winter Sports! By: Kylea Tucker
Snowboarding! Snowshoe Thompson!
Ice Skating The Dutch were the earliest pioneers of skating. They began using canals to maintain communication by skating from village to village as far back as the 13th century. Skating eventually spread across the channel to England. Soon the first clubs and artificial rinks began to form. Passionate skaters, including several kings of England, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon III, and German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, all began skating. Two Americans are responsible for the major developments in the history of the sport. In 1850, Edward Bushnell of Philadelphia revolutionized skating when he introduced steel-bladed skates, allowing complex maneuvers and turns. Jackson Haines, a ballet master living in Vienna in the 1860s, added elements of ballet and dance to give the sport its grace. Figure skating is the oldest sport on the Olympic Winter Games program. It was contested at the 1908 London Games and again in 1920 in Antwerp. Mens, womens, and pairs were the three events contested until 1972. Since 1976, ice dancing has been the fourth event in the program, proving a great success. Sonja Henie made her Olympic debut in Chamonix in 1924. She was just 11 and was so nervous she had to ask her coach what to do midway through her routines. However, she won gold in the next three Olympic games and developed a huge legion of fans. She later moved into films, where she greatly increased the popularity of her sport.
The Skates and the Rink The oldest known pair of skates date back to about 3000 B.C., and were found at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. The skates were made from the leg bones of large animals. Around the 14th Century, the Dutch started using wooden platform skates with flat iron bottom runners. In 1848, E. V. Bushnell of Philadelphia, PA, invented the first all steel clamp for skates. In 1865, Jackson Haines, a famous American skater, developed the two plates all metal blade. The blade was attached directly to Haines' boots. The skater became famous for his new dance moves, jumps and spins. Haines added the first toe pick to skates in the 1870's, making toe pick jumps possible. John Forbes invented the steel ice skate in 1867. In 1914, John E. Strauss, a blade maker from St. Paul, Minnesota, invented the first closed toe blade made from one piece of steel, making skates lighter and stronger. The largest outdoor ice rink is the Fujikyu Highland Promenade Rink in Japan, built in 1967 and boasts an ice area of 165,750 square feet, equal to 3.8 acres. The first artificial ice rink (mechanically-refrigerated) was built in 1876, at Chelsea, London, England and was named the Glaciarium. It was built near the King's Road in London by John Gamgee.
Snowboarding
Snowboarding was developed in the United States in the 1960s and became a Winter Olympics Sport in 1998. The evidence of snowboarding dates back to around 1910 when people would tie their feet to a plank of wood using fishing string and horse hair then go down hills. A Vermont native, who had enjoyed surfing since the age of 14, impressed the crowd at a Michigan surfing competition with bindings he had designed to secure his feet to the board. The parts of snowboarding are the board and the special boots that hook onto the board. Snowboards are made up of gluing carpet to the top of a piece of wood and attaching aluminum sheeting to the bottom.
Cross Country Skiing The word ski comes from the Old Norse word "skíð" which means stick of wood or ski. Skiers use to use only one pole but in 1741 people started using two poles instead of just one. In alpine skiing, a skier generally takes a chairlift to the top of a steep run and skis down it -- both the toe and heel of the ski boot are bound to the ski. But in cross-country skiing, the heel of the boot isn't attached to the ski, allowing the skier to raise his or her heel with each step to approximate a normal walking motion. This enables skiers to travel across a variety of terrains without downward momentum, meaning they can move uphill as well. Cross-country skiing usually takes place in the wilderness or on a well-worn track. In fact, part of the sport's appeal lies in its ability to let skiers commune with nature and escape into a meditative state instead of facing hoards of skiers at an over-crowded resort.
Snowshoe Thompson Snowshoe Thompson was a mailman in the Sierra Nevadas. His name is Jon Tostensen, but he went by Snowshoe Thompson because he skied everywhere to deliver the mail. Born in Norway, April 30th 1827, his family and he immigrated to the American Midwest in 1837. He then, in 1851, ran off to California for gold. He later moved near Placerville, about 30 miles east of Sacramento. The newspaper said that it was dangerous to deliver mail in the mountains during the winter. In 1855 Thompson saw an ad published in the Sacramento Union, entitled “People Lost to the World.” After seeing the ad in the newspaper he said he wanted to take the challenge and deliver mail in the mountains. Web style snowshoes were common in the West. Only a few Scandinavian gold miners slid over soft deep snow on long wooden boards (the modern ski). These crude contraptions were then called snowshoes in the 19th century mining camps. At least twice a month for 20 years Snowshoe Thompson carried the heavy mail though the mountains rain or shine. Over the years Snowshoe tried charging one dollar but people just demanded him to give them their mail and did not pay him. Snowshoe was a good Samaritan so he kept doing his job, money or not. Thompson passed away on May 15th 1876 at the age of 49 years old. Monuments are found in places along his route such as Boreal Ski Resort on Donner Pass, at Genoa, Nevada, in Squaw Valley, and on Highway 88. If anyone is interested in any of the three sports I just mentioned, you can go to Skatetown in Roseville for ice skating or you can go to Tahoe, Truckee, and Donner to do cross-country skiing or snowboarding. Skatetown does cost. It is $3.50 for skate rentals, $9.00 for general admission, $8.00 for youth (11 and under), $3.50 for 4 and younger with an adult who pay full admission, and $8.00 for seniors 55 and over. If you would like to read more on Snowshoe Thompson, just type in “Snowshoe Thompson” into Google. I got my information from Mic Mac Publishing.
POETRY AND MORE -Winter solitudein a world of one color the sound of wind.
By Bethany Corey
-Matsuo Basho
C.O.R.E @ The Camptonville Academy
Any poem, no matter how simple, has the power to stir joy and overthrow pompousness.
You Can Have a Dog for a Friend
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” -Carl Sandburg
by Sean Ruiz (grade 1)
I’ve always wanted a dog for a friend, but I could never get one. First, I had to pay rent if I wanted to keep one. Then, I asked my grandma, but she wouldn’t let me. And then, I found a way to get one. I put it on my Christmas list and I hope Santa will give me a dog. /
Winter -by Walter De La MareClouded with snow The cold winds blow, And shrill on leafless bough The robin with its burning breast Alone sings now. The rayless sun, Day's journey done, Sheds its last ebbing light On fields in leagues of beauty spread Unearthly white. Thick draws the dark, And spark by spark, The frost-fires kindle, and soon Over that sea of frozen foam Floats the white moon.
You can speak your mind through words, but using poetry, you can sing your emotions through rhythm.
A poet is a vessel through which the essence of art speaks.
The Dream BY EUGENE FIELD
Two dreams came down to earth one night From the realm of mist and dew; One was a dream of the old, old days, And one was a dream of the new.
And 't was a dream of the busy world Where valorous deeds are done; Of battles fought in the cause of right, And of victories nobly won.
One was a dream of a shady lane That led to the pickerel pond Where the willows and rushes bowed themselves To the brown old hills beyond.
It breathed no breath of the dear old home And the quiet joys of youth; It gave no glimpse of the good old friends Or the old-time faith and truth.
And the people that peopled the old-time dream Were pleasant and fair to see, And the dreamer he walked with them again As often of old walked he.
But 't was a dream of youthful hopes, And fast and free it ran, And it told to a little sleeping child Of a boy become a man!
Oh, cool was the wind in the shady lane That tangled his curly hair! Oh, sweet was the music the robins made To the springtime everywhere!
These were the dreams that came one night To earth from yonder sky; These were the dreams two dreamers dreamed-My little boy and I.
Was it the dew the dream had brought From yonder midnight skies, Or was it tears from the dear, dead years That lay in the dreamer's eyes?
And in our hearts my boy and I Were glad that it was so; He loved to dream of days to come, And I of long ago.
The other dream ran fast and free, As the moon benignly shed Her golden grace on the smiling face In the little trundle-bed.
So from our dreams my boy and I Unwillingly awoke, But neither of his precious dream Unto the other spoke.
For 't was a dream of times to come-Of the glorious noon of day-Of the summer that follows the careless spring When the child is done with play.
Yet of the love we bore those dreams Gave each his tender sign; For there was triumph in his eyes-And there were tears in mine!
Struggle and Happiness are Kindred Spirits By Bethany Corey
What is true to be beautiful, may not be as true as it seems. The gleam of dusk caught in one’s eye, lifting higher and higher into the sky: a gift that no light of land or can give. What is true to be painful, may not be as true as it seems. Tears and sweat and cries of struggle, lead to triumph after the hustle. A battle left un-fought; a brick wall left abreast.... this; the shadow of leisure and calm. What is true to be happiness, may not be as true as it seems. The joys and festive clamor and all, can reveal a monster when they fall. Time and moments and precious things, not considered as the sewing does reap. Let there be struggle and sweat and pain, but also the joys; so they can remain. Without the work of willing hands, the happiness of life can fly like the sands. Whatever you think, may not be so. Whatever you have is sure to go. Don’t be afraid in this short life, for all your riches are paid through your strife.
Proud and Beautiful CARL SANDBURG AFTER you have spent all the money modistes and manicures and mannikins will take for fixing you over into a thing the people on the streets call proud and beautiful, After the shops and fingers have worn out all they have and know and can hope to have and know for the sake of making you what the people on the streets call proud and beautiful, After there is absolutely nothing more to be done for the sake of staging you as a great enigmatic bird of paradise and they must all declare you to be proud and beautiful, After you have become the last word in good looks, insofar as good looks may be fixed and formulated, then, why then, there is nothing more to it then, it is then you listen and see how voices and eyes declare you to be proud and beautiful.
The City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe Lo! Death has reared himself a throne
There open fanes and gaping graves
Far down within the dim West,
But not the riches there that lie
In a strange city lying alone
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best
Have gone to their eternal rest.
There shrines and palaces and towers
(Time-eaten towers that tremble not!) Resemble nothing that is ours.
Around, by lifting winds forgot, Resignedly beneath the sky The melancholy waters lie.
Yawn level with the luminous waves; In each idol's diamond eye -Not the gaily-jeweled dead
Tempt the waters from their bed; For no ripples curl, alas!
Along that wilderness of glass --
No swellings tell that winds may be Upon some far-off happier sea --
No heavings hint that winds have been On seas less hideously serene.
No rays from the holy heaven come down
But lo, a stir is in the air!
But light from out the lurid sea
As if the towers had thrust aside,
On the long night-time of that town; Streams up the turrets silently --
Gleams up the pinnacles far and free --
Up domes -- up spires -- up kingly halls Up fanes -- up Babylon-like walls -Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers
Of sculptured ivy and stone flowers --
Up many and many a marvelous shrine Whose wreathed friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine.
So blend the turrets and shadows there That all seem pendulous in air,
While from a proud tower in the town Death looks gigantically down.
The wave -- there is a movement there! In slightly sinking, the dull tide -As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven.
The waves have now a redder glow --
The hours are breathing faint and low -And when, amid no earthly moans,
Down, down that town shall settle hence, Hell, rising from a thousand thrones, Shall do it reverence.