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Smith Elementary students are talking like a scientist The students in Mrs. Woodward’s Kindergarten class explore many science activities that get them talking like scientist. The children go to Science Special on Fridays with Mrs. Burke. On Mondays the children learn another lesson that goes with the science they learned on Friday. During the week, at centers, the children can do their own experiments, or explore and record their findings just like scientist. While at the table the children have to talk like scientist. Our favorite activities so far include: “building ramps so the balls can go down them,” “blowing balls across the tables with a straw to see it go far and check with a ruler,” “washing rocks,” and “making our rock museum.”. Our favorite words include: force, earth materials, pebbles, motion, and soil. Some of our young scientists have been heard saying: “The small ball was fast, and the big golf ball was slow because it has mass.”

“I’m observing the land on the Earth so I can draw it.” “I was looking at the rock to see what it does and looks like.” “I found a tooth fossil!” “Mrs. Woodward, look! The rock was dirty. I washed off the dirt. Now its gold!” The students look forward to the new vocabulary in each science unit so they can talk like a scientist.

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What are oxen? An ox is a large and heavyset breed of cattlethat is trained as a draft animal. Draft animals are work animals.Usually they are steers of any larger breed of cattle that are at leastfour years old.

Oxen have horns that are very useful. Their horns grow as theirbodies grow and they help keep the yoke on their heads when theyback up or stop. They are used for plowing, transport, haulingcargo, grain-grinding by trampling or by powering machines, irri-gation (by powering pumps) and wagon drawing. They were andare in some areas still being commonly used to skid logs in foreststo help with logging. Oxen are mostly used in teams of two ormore.They are quiet, unassuming animals that are willing to work long

hours. Ourancestors val-ued these ani-mals. Theyfilled the pio-neer’s needsin severalways. Theypulled theheavy wag-ons, somegave milk,meat, leatherand plowedfields. On

wagon trains, the oxen were often used as they could live off theavailable vegetation as they pulled the wagons along. Plus theywere hearty animals and could go through mud and swim overstreams. The oxen were slower and only traveled about 15 milesper day, but they were less likely to run off. If they did, they areslow enough that they could be caught!

Oxen are trained beginning when they are young. They learn torespond to the teamster’s (ox trainer’s) signals. In North America,the commands are “get up, whoa, back up, gee” (turn right) and“haw” (turn left). A wooden yoke is fastened about the neck ofeach pair so that the work load is evenly distributed across theirshoulders. They can pull harder and longer than horses, espe-cially with almost unmovable loads. That is one of the reasonsthat they can drag logs from forests. Although they are not as fastas horses, they are more sure-footed and do not try to jerk theload.

In folk lore, there was a “blue” ox named Babe that worked withPaul Bunyan, the mythical American logger. President GeorgeWashington had 60 oxen that were used to remove stumps, haullogs, pull farm equipment and carts! Many oxen are still usedthroughout the world, especially in developing countries.

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Chester Alan Arthur was the oldest son of an Irish born Baptistminister and schoolteacher. He was born October 5, 1829 in Fair-field, Vermont. He was named after the doctor who delivered him- Chester Abell. His middle name came from his paternal grand-father. In 1844, he was admitted to Union College at the age of 15as a sophomore. After graduating from college at 18, he taughtschool, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in New York City.He gained a reputation as a supporter of civil rights for blacks andin 1855, won a case guaranteeing the rights of blacks to ride street-cars in New York City. He successfully represented Lizzie Jen-nings who was forcibly removed from a streetcar because of herskin color. The day after a jury awarded Jennings $225 in dam-ages (which was a lot of money then), the Third Avenue RailwayCompany had its streetcars desegregated.

In 1856, he formed his own law firm in the Wall Street district. Hebecame an active member of the Republican Party. In 1859, hemarried Ellen Lewis Herndon, who belonged to a very prominentsocial group. They had three children. His first son died suddenlywhen he was only three. His wife died of pneumonia the year be-fore he became president. Arthur honored her by having flowersplaced in front of her portrait at the White House every single day.

In 1860, he campaigned for Abraham Lincoln for president andfor Edwin Morgan as Governor of New York. When Morgan won,he was appointed Engineer in Chief of his military staff. At the out-break of the Civil War in 1861, he took over the duties of Quarter-master General in New York City. This involved supplyingbarracks, food, uniforms and equipment to troops who passedthrough the city. After, he became involved with U.S. SenatorRoscoe Conkling and his political machine. In 1871, PresidentGrant appointed him Collector of the Port of New York. In 1878, hewas ousted from this job by President Hayes.

In 1880, he was unexpectedly nominated as Vice President andGarfield as President. The Republican Party was then in turmoil.During this time, Arthur was firmly on the side of Conkling in hisstruggles against President Garfield. On July 2, 1881, President

Chester A. Arthur21st President of the United States (1881-1885)

Garfield wasshot and diedeleven weekslater. Arthurtook the oathof office onS e p t e m b e r20th at thishome in NewYork City. Henever had avice presidentduring his termas President.Many Ameri-can’s regardedhim as Con-kling’s puppet,but he was to prove himself to not be a part of the “political ma-chine.”

His inaugural address reassured the people. He was strong insupport of civil service reform and signed the first civil service lawcalled the Pendleton Act. This act set up the civil service commis-sion to conduct examinations for potential government positionsand protected employees against removal for political reasons.

He was called the Father of the American Navy. President Arthurtook an interest in modernizing the expanding it. In 1882, Con-gress approved money for the nation’s first all steel vessels. Thisstep made the United States a major force in naval power.

President Arthur suffered from an incurable kidney disease called“Bright’s” disease. He managed to keep it secret. He was hopingto be nominated for a second term but it didn’t happen. So, he re-turned to his law practice in New York City. He died in 1886.

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St. Mary celebrates National Catholic Schools Week January 25th through the 31st was National Catholic Schools Week. The theme this year was “Communities of Faith, Knowledge, and Service.” St. Mary Catholic School took this opportunity to celebrate with a different activity each day. On Monday, students invited guests to come and eat lunch with them. Students and their guests enjoyed a lunch of macaroni and cheese or a bowl of chili with brownies for dessert. Tuesday was a personal favorite for many as everyone came to school with their pajamas on and their favorite book to read. Math games developed by our sixth through eighth graders took place on Wednesday. Our Middle school students develop games that focused on particular math skills and then played them with the elementary children. “Students really enjoyed looking for

games they could put together and teach to the younger children”, said math teacher Mrs. Paula Dzombak. One student proclaimed, “Math is my new favorite subject!” Random fitness was led by the eighth graders on Thursday. At random times throughout the day the eighth graders would blow their whistles and go to each classroom to lead some fun exercises. Students listened for that whistle to blow because they knew that excitement was on the way. To end our week on Friday, students were treated to a personal cheese pizza, movie and popcorn. “This is a great week for students to shine as leaders while taking pride in their school”, said Principal Mrs. Veronica Kinsey.

Seventh graders prepare candles for Candlemas Day The seventh grade class at Saint Mary School prepared candles for Candlemas Day, observed on February 2. Each student designed and painted a candle with symbols representing Jesus and Mary. Saint Mary’s pastor, Father Bill Wegher, told the students about the custom of blessing candles on Candlemas Day, and then he blessed the students’ candles in a short ceremony. “It’s important for the students to learn about and keep alive the traditions of our faith,” said teacher Mrs. Paula Dzombak

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What IsMetamorphosis?

Metamorphosis is a Greek word that means transformation orchange in shape. Metamorphosis is the series of developmentalstages insects go through to become adults. Butterflies and mothshave four stages of life: the egg, the larva (the caterpillar stage), thepupa (the chrysalis phase) and the adult. They undergo a completemetamorphosis.

The first stage of the life cycle is the egg.The small butterfly eggs are laid on plants by the adult female but-

terfly. They are usually laid on the underside of leaves that are edibleby butterflies. These plants become the food for the hatching cater-pillars. They can be laid in the spring, summer or fall depending on thespecies of the butterfly. They lay a lot of eggs at once so that at leastsome of them will survive. Many types of insects, animals and birdseat the butterfly eggs. The eggs have a hard outer shell that protectsthe larva inside. Inside the egg it is lined with wax. This will keep theegg from drying out. The caterpillar emerges from the egg in approx-imately five days.

The second stage is the larva or caterpillar.Larve have three body parts - the head, thorax and abdomen. Cater-

pillars have six eyes - but it still cannot see very well. The antennaehelps to guide the larva. They breathe through holes in the side oftheir bodies. The job of the caterpillar is to eat. The caterpillar has toeat as much food as it possibly can. The caterpillar begins by eating

it’s own egg shell and then eats leaves. Thecaterpillar will grow several times it’s originalsize to around two inches. An example is theMonarch butterfly egg is about the size of a pin-head and the caterpillar that hatches from thisegg is not much larger. So, two inches is awhole lot of growth! Food that is ate at this timeis stored and used later as an adult. As theygrow, they molt. Molt means that they shed theirskin 5 to 6 times over several weeks and then itbegins to look for a place to start the next stageof becoming a butterfly.

The third stage is the pupa or chrysalis.When the caterpillar is full grown and stops eating, it becomes a

pupa or chrysalis. Depending on the type of butterfly, the pupa maybe suspended under a tree branch, hidden in leaves or buried under-ground. This stage lasts a few weeks, a month or even two years de-pending on the butterfly species. The outside of the chrysalis looks likea hard sac but the inside is a soft cocoon. Outside, it looks like noth-ing is going on but on the inside changes are happening. Special cellsthat were in the larva are now growing rapidly. These cells will be-come the legs, wings, eyes and other parts of the adult butterfly.The fourth stage begins as the adult butterfly emerges from the

chrysalis.The adult butterfly has three body parts - the head, the thorax and

abdomen. It has six long legs. It curls up the front ones so some-times it looks like they only have four! They have two sets of wingsthat are called hindwings and forewings. They eat nectar from flow-ers or minerals from shallow water by sucking with their long straw-liketongue - although some butterflies do not eat at all! They fly usingtheir large colorful wings. The only thing they can’t do is grow at thisstage. The main goal for the adult butterfly is to find a mate and layeggs. Most butterflies only have a lifespan of two weeks though somespecies hibernate during the winter and live several months!

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Rita, age 11, used to be confident...ready to take on the world. But after starting middle school, she seems like a different person: hesitant and unsure of herself.

Ryan’s mom, Becky, worries because Ryan is so easily wounded. Things said to him by the other kids at school hurt his feelings so easily. Ryan’s hypersensitivity is a constant source of stress for Becky.

The peace of the household is frequently disturbed. Everything is a battle: getting ready for school; dinner time; homework; even things that used to be enjoyable family activities are now potential battles. Screaming matches occur on a regular basis.

Paula is so concerned about being popular. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, worry that this will make her an easy target for negative peer pressure.

Tyler, age 4, does great when he gets it right the first time when learning something new. When he doesn’t get it on the first try, though, he becomes totally frustrated and says “I’ll never be able to do it!”

Mr. and Mrs. Hall are frustrated at the level of disrespect demonstrated by their children. The kids never used to talk like this before! The Halls think, “If I had talked like that when I was a kid - I would have gotten clobbered!”

Suzanne is constantly down on herself, often saying, “I’m not as pretty as Elizabeth”, or “I’ll never be popular like Marta”.

Scott used to be a nice, kind child. Lately, though, he has become increasingly aggressive. His parents, Vern and Becky, are concerned...and they’ve already had two calls from the school about Scott’s bullying of younger children.

The teachers say that Charlie can’t focus in school, and might need to be medicated. Nicole and Bryan, his parents, hate that idea. They feel that Charlie just needs to learn listening and focus skills. They are frustrated...how can they build the skills Charlie really needs?

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St. Joseph Catholic School holding open house on Thursday, March 5 St. Joseph Catholic School in Howell is holding an Open House this Thursday, March 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. Families can tour the school and meet the teachers. The school, located t 425 E. Washington St., serves students from pre-school through eighth grade. For further information,

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St. Joseph students learn about animal habitats for the Howell Nature Center The Howell Nature Center visited our preschool and first grade students. They covered habitats of the different animals as well as which animals hibernate. The kids had several questions. The Howell Nature Center provides great programs. We use them every year.

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and Food The Kindergarten students at St. Joseph C a t h o l i c School made v a l e n t i n e c o n t a i n e r s and valentine cards for their fellow classmates. They also c e l e b r a t e d the holiday with a party. They are d iscover ing that healthy food can be fun!


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Roller skating is a fun exercise, a great form of recreation and a sportthat the whole family can do together! It’s a workout that also helps youimprove your balance skills and burns calories at the same time! It is ben-eficial to improving muscle strength.

Roller skates were invented in the 1760’s in London, England by a mannamed John Merlin. Monsieur Petitbled was the first to patent a rollerskate in 1819 while in Paris, France. But James Plimpton invented a newtype of roller skate. It was a four-wheeled skate (also called the quadskate) that was capable of turning. He founded the New York Roller Skat-ing Association to promote the sport. The first public roller skating rinkwas opened in 1866.

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Holy Spirit holds open house & special activities during Catholic School Week At Holy Spirit Catholic School in Brighton, Catholic Schools Week 2015 kicked off on Sunday, January 25 with a special Mass and open house. Students wore their school uniforms and helped welcome visitors into our new school building, which is conveniently attached to the church building through a door in the activities center of the church. This is a welcome change for us, as we are used to donning our coats and boots and other winter gear to walk to the church for our daily prayers and Mass on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. This year our seventh and eighth grade class designed and led the activities throughout Catholic Schools Week. We began on Monday with the theme: Celebrating Our Community. Students were asked to bring in three canned good items to donate to our St. Vincent de Paul Society food collection efforts. After our morning prayer in the church, students gathered in the Activities Center and the seventh and eighth grade students led them in some fun activities to get them thinking about the importance of healthy foods and why we have a responsibility to help provide food for those who do not have enough. By Friday, we had celebrated our students,

nation, and our vocations through various creative and fun activities. On Friday, we celebrated our teachers, faculty, and staff. The seventh and eighth grade students visited each classroom in the building to lead the teacher and students in some games and special activities to have fun together. Each class celebrated their teacher in a unique way through an acrostic poem written by the students (with a little help from their hosts) which was presented to the teacher during this event. The Holy Spirit Catholic School faculty,

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Bienvenue à la classe de français! Welcome to French class at Holy Spirit Catholic School. Recently, students in grades one through eight celebrated Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) during each of their French classes. The students feasted on many delicious dishes and treats including Jambalaya, cream puffs, chocolate éclairs, and so much more. There was even a crêpe station where students could have a home-made hot crêpe right off the griddle. Students also enjoyed making crowns for “la fête des rois” (the celebration of the three kings), watching a Disney movie in French, and students in grades seven and eight made masks. This annual celebration is a fun time to which the students look forward each year. C’est magnifique!!

3rd and 4th grade tudents wearing the crowns that they made for Mardi Gras.

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3rd and 4th grade tudents wearing the crowns that they made for Mardi Gras.

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If you have a cold or a broken leg, you go to the doctor for somehelp to feel better. Well, sometimes people (kids and adults) havea problem that can’t be seen as easily. When people have prob-lems or trouble with emotions, sometimes they see a psycholo-gist. They are experts in the ways people think, feel and act.Psychologists help people understand feelings, take care of prob-lems and cope with difficult situations. Their job is to help peopledo better and feel better. Psychologists do their work mainly by lis-tening to and talking with people.

Psychology involves the study of the mind. Experts who spe-cialize in various forms of psychology are known as psychologists.Psychologists need to have patience, compassion, a good under-standing of people, good listening skills and excellent communi-cation skills.

I want to be aPsychologist!

Clinical andcounseling psy-chologists oftencome to mind whenthinking about psy-chologists but thereare many otherareas psycholo-gists can work in.Psychologists canspecialize in anumber of differentfields, resulting inpossible careers asa medical psychol-ogist, behavioralpsychologist, edu-cational psycholo-gist, health psychologist, forensic psychologist, social psychologistand more.

A job as a psychologist may involve observing patients, devel-oping treatments, counseling groups and individual sessions, ad-ministering psychological tests, planning educational programs,writing reports and conducting research.

Psychologists and psychiatrists have similar sounding namesand both work to relieve depression and mental stress but thereare important differences. Psychiatrists are medical doctors andcan prescribe medication as part of their treatments while psy-chologists primarily use counseling to aid their patients. They alsohave different training and educational backgrounds.

Important subjects related to psychology include English, chem-istry, biology, mathematics and statistics. Most roles as a psy-chologist require a masters or doctoral degree.


The second graders each brought in 100 pieces of snack. They combined the snacks to make a delicious, 100th day trail mix. (Left to right: Carlos, Ainsley, Zachary, and Eva enjoy the treat.

The students at Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran School are 100 days smarter! They celebrated the one hundredth day of school on Tuesday, February 10. Over the last 100 days they have studied math, science, English, social studies, the Bible, Spanish, technology, art, PE, and music. They have grown socially and spiritually. How much more will the accomplish before school is over?

The girls basketball team drib-bled at least 100 times. Sarah gets some air as she goes up for a lay up.

S t u d e n t s in third and fourth grade w o r k e d together on several math p r o j e c t s . Here Keagan and Sydney make a domino train with exactly 100 pips.

Gianna and the other second graders read hundreds of pages in their igloo.

The first graders wear their 100 day crowns, each with 100 pictures.

Second and third grad-ers did 100 kinetics on the 100th day. Bethany, Noelle, and Jacob stand on one foot.

The fourth graders created projects with

100 toothpicks.

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Something GREAT!Fourth graders at Navigator Upper Elementary start ‘Kindness Kounts’Liza Kapeller, Kayla Barkoff, and Emma Gendernalik, 4th grade students at Navigator Upper Elementary School in Pinckney, had the idea to create a school-wide program to promote kindness among students. They came up with the name “Kindness Kounts!” and created forms that students and staff can fill out about ways they show kindness to others or times they saw someone show kindness to someone else. Each week, these acts of kindness are read aloud over the morning announcements. Participation has been increasing over the school year, and it has been wonderful to hear all the different ways that people show kindness to others at Navigator! Liza KapellerParents: Michelle & Steve KapellerFavorite Subject: ScienceHobbies: Sewing, cooking, and basketballInspiration for Kindness Kounts: I always want people to show kindness to others because if everyone shows kindness, it will make our school, community, and world a better place. I want to thank Mrs. Darish and Ms. Howe for helping us with this project.Emma GendernalikParents: Mandy & Frank GendernalikFavorite Subject: MathHobbies: Soccer and gymnasticsInspiration for Kindness Kounts: I decided to do Kindness Kounts because I thought it would be fun and it’s very good

to show kindness toward others. Thank you Ms. Howe and Mrs. Darish for helping us to get started. Kayla BarkoffParents: Leah & Bryan BarkoffFavorite Subject: ReadingHobbies: Dancing, gymnastics, camping, and sewingInspiration for Kindness Kounts: I saw people getting bullied and wanted to help them. Kindness Kounts also gave me a chance to hang out with two great friends, Liza and Emma. I like when people show kindness and I think it makes school and the community a better place. I also like working with Mrs. Darish and Ms. Howe on the project.

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The GorillaThere are two different gorilla species (each with two sub-species).

The Western Gorilla has the sub-species: Western Lowland Gorillaand Cross River Gorilla; while the Eastern Gorilla has the sub-species:Mountain Gorilla and Eastern Lowland Gorilla. The two species live incentral Africa, separated by a vast swathe of rainforest.

Gorillas are considered the largest primate! The biggest species ofgorilla can weigh up to 450 pounds for males and 300 pounds for fe-males. They are about 5’5” when standing upright. Gorillas use all oftheir limbs while they walk, a technique called “knuckle-walking”.Western subspecies look mostly grey, while the Eastern subspecieshave a more black coat.

Gorillas are herbivores, which means they only eat plants! A ma-jority of the gorilla’s day is spent eating bamboo, leafy plants andsometimes small insects. It isn’t uncommon for a male gorilla to eatup to 40 pounds of food! Gorillas also can make and use tools to helpthem retrieve food.

Mothers often only have one baby at a time, but some cases of twinshave been documented. Mothers carry the baby gorilla against their

chest for thefirst fewmonths afterthey areborn, andthen carrytheir babieson theirbacks. Go-rillas areknown to besome of themost nurtur-ing animals,and the ba-bies typicallyare carriedwith themother for2.5 years.

Gorillas build nests in which to sleep, both on the ground and intrees, made of leaves and branches.

Gorillas face a lot of threats now. Only 700 mountain gorillas live inthe wild today, and all gorilla populations are shrinking because ofhabitat loss and poaching caused by human populations. Climatechange can also hurt mountain gorillas in their elevated habitat.

Did You Know?• Gorillas have unique noseprints, much like human fingerprints, whichcan be used to identify individuals.• Male gorillas are often called “silverbacks” because of their distinc-tive silver fur on their back. • Gorillas are considered very intelligent! A study conducted by a zooonce taught a gorilla named Koko how to speak sign language! An-other gorilla named Michael learned it as well. • Scientists have shown that gorillas display individual personalities.• Gorillas have been observed displaying emotions such as grief.• A gorilla can live up to 50 years!

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