By: Casey Hilb, Grade Seven
Middle School South
Here's some interesting facts that'll blow your mind, or just surprise you!
Did you know:
-If you chew gum while peeling onions will stop you form crying.
-The first ship to use the 'SOS' signal was the Titanic!
-Laughing boosts your immune system.
-Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's have the buttons on the left!
By: Abigail, Anonymous
Middle School South
Hey everyone, I'm Abigail! At Middle School South we've added something new: ASK ABIGAIL! There's two plastic containers in the school. One is in the library and the other is in the cafeteria. If you have a questions or need help with a sticky situation, just write it down on a piece of paper and drop in into one of the boxes! Everyone's questions will be answered. You can trust me with anything, and I promise that I won't share anything with others!
By Fayth Kim
Middle North
*It is during the Halloween festivity that about 99% of pumpkins that are marketed domestically, are utilized for the purpose of making Jack O'Lanterns for the Halloween party.
*In America, Halloween is celebrated on a large scale and about 86% of Americans get actively engrossed in the task of doing haunted house Halloween decorations.
*It is interesting to know that there is no word in the dictionary that is in rhyme with orange.
By Russell Blickhan, Grade 7
Middle North
Where the wind blows,
I will go.
Where the wind blow,;
No one knows.
By: Grace Gao, Grade 6
Middle North
Did you know that Halloween was really a European festival? It actually had origins among the ancient Celtic Festival [in Ireland]. The people believed the thirty-first of October was the boundary between the living and the dead, and the dead were often dangerous;damaging the crops and creating sicknesses. When the harvest season ended, people built a large bonfire and threw animal bones into the flames. They also wore masks and costumes in attempt to mimic evil spirits.
By Russell Blickhan, Grade 7
Middle School North
Ah yes, the IDs. The notoriously omnipresent plastic cards that people hate so much. I am not one of them. They may be rather annoying, but they aren't the worst thing ever. Sure, the plastic slips that are supposed to "protect" them are easily breakable (causing the IDs to fall out often), but this is a problem solved with the creative use of staples or tape.
By Ellen Stenstrom, Grade 6
Middle North
Today, world peace is wanted among all. Many have their own ideas of how to make that happen. Many, like Barack Obama, think that we can fix the United States by taking troups out of Iraq, and then blame everything on George Bush. But, who's fault really is it?
If you go back a little, I believe our problems were caused by the democrats themselves. Back when Bill Clinton was president, he started the snowball that has gone down hill ever since. You see, terrorists started harassing us; bombing our ships and threatening our safety long before September 11, 2001. The problem was that President Clinton ignored that, and did not do anything to stop the terrorists.
by: Victoria Hagan, grade 8
and Alissa Miller, grade 7
Middle North
Look around you. Have you noticed the sparkle of new bling, and smiling faces? Do you have any idea how many engagements, weddings, and births there have been in our building in the past year? Well the Hawthorn Herald Staff sure has noticed and, being reporters, we decided to investigate this a little further.
By.Brittany Maslov
Grade 7
Are you ever looking for a good book to read? Well I just finished a book called Tears of a Tiger. Now if you're like me and really into hard core kind of books, then this the book for you. Tears of a Tiger is by Sharon M. Draper. It's about a high school basketball team that's on top of the world, great team, wins, and amazing players. But when the team captain, Rob Washington is killed in a car accident his best friend, Andy Jackson, will never let it go, always thinking that it was all his fault.
By Brittany Maslov, Grade 7
Middle School North
This has been one of the winters we haven't seen in a long time, lots of snow and lots of cold weather, amd even ice! These past few days have been so cold. A few days ago it was -1 and down in the single digits. We have seen so much snow and ice. Yes there have been a few ice storms, a couple weeks ago, plus there was one day when we got an ice day.
