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Mizzun who came to visit the third grade students of Hawkins Elementary School. Students have been spending their third grade year learning about Michigan and what makes our state and community great. The kids had prepared questions for the mayor to help them better understand his role in our local government. He shared that he was interested in becoming involved in politics after being encouraged by his neighbor. He also shared that he has role models, just like they do. He shared that he seeks out advise from former Mayors of the city of Brighton to help him get perspective, and also, one of his role models is his Mother.

The Mayor works long hours as a public servant and is very proud of one of the first projects that he helped to see come to Brighton, the Imagination Station. The kids were thrilled to be meeting one of the persons who helped see one of their favorite places come to be and erupted with excitement and stories of their favorite times playing on the structure.

Mr. Muzzin explained to the kids, in third grade terms, how the structure of our local government works. He explained to them how groups bring ideas to the council that he works with and how these ideas come to be many of the street fairs and activities that the kids know and experience in their downtown.

He also shared many of his Michigan favorites with the kids and encouraged them to get out and explore their city. Before leaving, he made time to read a story to the third graders and even signed a few autographs. Thanks Mr. Muzzin for bringing local government into our classes.

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Coloring Contest Winners

Kids World NewsColoring Contest

Winners

CECILIA SCHMANSKI Kindergarten Creekside Elementary Hartland

MAKAYLA FAIX 3rd Grade Round Elementary Hartland

MAKALA PAPLEXIS 1st Grade Hartland Lake Elementary

RYAN BRATT 1st Grade Hilton Elementary Brighton

MADDY KULPA 4th Grade Hawkins Elementary Brighton

SCARLETT KEEDER 3rd Grade Horning ElementaryBrighton

SIENNA STRAUSS Kindergarten Farley Hill Elementary Pinkney

COLTEN BARON 5th Grade St. Joseph Elementary Howell

ISABELLA PAPALEXIS 2nd Grade Hartland Lake Elementary

CLAIRE MALONEY 5th Grade St. Joseph Elementary Howell

KAYCI FORMELLA 2nd Grade H.T. Smith Elementary Fowlerville

Caughtcha Doing Something GREAT! Congratulation to these girls and boys who won the first-ever Coloring Contest in the Livingston County edition of Kids World News. You accomplished two important things, besides winning: --First, you decided to participate. The fact of the matter is you can’t achieve anything if you don’t try. --Second, you showed that you are willing to take the time and make the effort to create something to the best of your ability. Trying

to do your “best” makes you a winner no matter what. We also want to congratulate “everyone else” who took part in the contest. You also participated and tried your best, and that makes you a winner too.

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Ducks are birds called “water fowl” because they are normallyfound in places with water - like ponds, streams, rivers and lakes.They have short necks, wings and a stout body. They also havewebbed feet that act like paddles in the water. Their feet can’t feelcold water because they contain no nerves or blood vessels. Theduck waddles instead of walks because of their webbed feet. Theduck’s outer feathers are water-proof. They have a special glandwhich produces an oil near the duck’s tail and spreads to cover theouter coat of the duck’s feathers. Beneath those water-proof feath-ers, their coat has fluffy and soft feathers to keep the duck warm.These are called “down.” Ducks of different species look different.The males, or drakes, are brightly colored. The females are usu-ally dull colored and brown. The females use this coloring to hideand camouflage from their enemies when they are in their nests.

Ducks keep clean by preening themselves, which they do often.They do this by putting their heads in fully positions and puttingtheir beaks into their body.

Ducks have a special sound - they quack. But, not all ducksquack. The Wood Duck squeals instead. The duck’s mouth iscalled a “bill.” Normally, it is broad and flat. It has rows of finenotches along the edge called lamellae. This helps the duck togrip its food.

Some species of ducks migrate or travel long distances everyyear to breed. Usually they travel to warmer areas where the water

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When females build their nests with grass orreeds, the males will guard their territory bychasing away other couples. Once the femalelays 5 to 12 eggs, she will sit on her eggs tokeep them warm, so they will hatch into duck-lings. The males, however, will be with other

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Kindergarteners send Valentine wishes St. Mary Catholic School’s Kindergarten class did something extra special this year for Valentine’s Day. St. Mary teacher, Ms. Jordan Giordano, got together with twenty-six other kindergarten classes around the country for a Valentine Exchange. Homemade Valentines were created by each class with the students writing a letter about information of where they lived. Cards and letters went to places like Hawaii, Alaska, and even Australia! Ms. Giordano marked a map with each Valentine they received with students getting a lesson about the state or country the Valentine came from. “The students had great time learning about various places and seeing all of the different Valentines created by Kindergarteners like them”, said teacher Ms. Giordano. “I would definitely do this again.”

March Madness hits St. Mary Catholic School March Madness has hit St. Mary Catholic School but not how you may think! March is also reading month where students are encouraged to read. The school decided to combine the idea of March Madness and reading to hold a different kind of game. As leaders of the school, the eighth grade class picked sixteen of their favorite picture books throughout their elementary school career. Ms. Jamie Meldrum, sixth grade homeroom teacher, put together the “brackets”. Students voted on their favorite picture book by placing loose change in the container of the book they want to win. As books advance to the next level, change containers are emptied and the voting starts again for the remaining books. Rainbow Fish and The Giving Tree are among the books in round three. All the money raised will be donated to St. Mary Parish food bank to assist those in need.

St. Mary Middle School Math Competition On February 17, the Middle School students from St. Mary Catholic School took part in the 2014-2015 Michigan Mathematics League Contest. Students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades were given a grade-level timed math test. The five highest scores in each grade were then combined and submitted to the Math League as our school’s team scores. Additionally, the student with the highest score in each grade received a certificate of merit from the Math League. Due to ties in the sixth grade contest, seven students achieved the five highest scores. They were: Kendall Bonifer, Rileigh Garbarz, Aiden Hall, Dillon Haynes, Jake Janowski, Boston Meisner, and Michael Tarske. Rileigh and Boston received certificates of merit for tying for the highest sixth grade score. There was also a tie in the seventh grade contest. They were: Luke deBeauclair, Adam Falinski, Stephanie Hall, Devin Jones, Nick Malcolm, Grant Wing, and Ben Wittrup. Ben received the certificate of merit for having the highest score in the seventh grade. In the eighth grade contest, the students with the five highest scores were: Alyssa Domen, Gabe Garbarz, Scott McGlade, Meghan Schultz, and Zach Westerberg. Zach received the certificate of merit for earning the highest eighth grade score. Congratulations to these top performers and all of the Middle School students for doing their very best.

Kindergarten and Preschool Snowman Collaboration The Kindergarteners and Preschoolers have spent the last few weeks studying snow and snowmen. The Kindergarteners read Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright and discussed how they would warm up a snowman, while the preschoolers examined snow and what would happen if it was brought inside. As an extension of the unit, the two classes got together and watched The Snowman based on the book by Raymond Briggs. The Snowman is a wordless picture book which allows the reader to use their imagination and create their own dialogue. The culminating activity was to create sock snowmen using various craft materials. The children worked together to fill socks with rice and personalized their snowman by choosing various attributes for their snowman. “This was a great project for the children to work on together. What child doesn’t love snow and building a snowman”, said Kindergarten teacher Ms. Jordan Giordano.

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Here is the key: We are all products of our life experiences! And right now your child’s biggest life experience is coming from school! They spend 7 hours a day, 5 days a week there! Every single decision and act they do at school develops their attitudes and most of all their HABITS!I am running out of space, but here are 3 tips our parents use:1. “Open the envelope” - You need to open the letter containing

their report card and know their grade in every single class. Better yet, go online and know their grades all the time and let them know that you do!

2. “Never, ever miss a parent-teacher conference” - Parents will skip the conference because they know their kids are doing “okay” or they have more important things to do. Never, ever miss one. Ever!

3. “Make grades important to you” - Grades must be important to you. Both #1 and #2 do this but you need to take one step further. Don’t nag your child but talk about school and grades all the time.

Grades are important to us! We talk about school and grades all the time. We require every student to turn their report cards in to us.If you need any more tips or help with your child’s performance in school give me a call or email. You do not need to be a student at our karate school. We just want to help every child in our community. It makes all of us better!

Students celebrate the Arts and America The students at Holy Spirit Catholic School have had a very busy March. One of the highlights of the month was going on a field trip to the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Concert at Hill Auditorium. The kindergarten through 8th grade students have the opportunity to attend this field trip every March, and they look forward to it each year. This year’s theme for the concert was “Red, White, and Flute.” The students were able to hear many patriotic songs written by famous American composers, as well as sympho-nies that were composed to honor America. The best part of the field trip was singing “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” along with the Orchestra. Now they can all say that they have per-formed at Hill Auditorium! Another exciting part of the trip was being able to ride the Father Gabriel Richard High School busses! Normally parent volunteer drivers provide transportation for our field trips but we were very blessed to be awarded an Arts & Culture Trek grant to cover the cost for busses for this outing. We send our thanks to Michigan Youth Arts and the Michigan Council of Arts and Culture Affairs for sponsoring the grant and also to our Michigan legislators who support MCACA!


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JellyfishJellyfish are also known as jellies! The English term, jellyfish,

was first used in 1796, Even though they are called jellyfish, theyare not fish! Jellyfish lives in the ocean all over the world. Somealso live in fresh water. Some of the jellyfish are deadly, but mostof the time they don’t want to harm humans! But they have beenknown to sting humans and even cause death.

Jellyfish don’t exactly have brains. Instead they have somethingcalled a “nerve net”! A nerve net is a collection of neurons that actlike a brain, by sensing changes in the water and the environment.Jellyfish can also tell if they have passed an animal or if they arefacing up or down thanks to their nerve net.

The underside of the dome-shaped or bell-shaped body of the jel-lyfish is the mouth that is surrounded by the tentacles. They haveno blood or nervous system!

Jellyfish come in all different colors, shapes, and sizes! They canbe transparent (see-through). All jellyfish are in the classification

called Cnidaria, which contains over 10,000 species! Some jellyfishare bigger than a human and others are as small as a pinhead.Their tentacles are much longer.

Jellyfish go through different phases. The most recognizablephase is the medusa. A medusa is an adult jellyfish. The jellyfishgo through a larva phase first, then develop into a form called apolyp, before finally becoming a medusa. It’s a long journey overtheir lives, ranging from just a few hours to a few months. Theirlifespan is approximately six months.

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Fifth graders hold Trade FairThis year the 5th graders from St. Jo-seph Catholic School participated in a Trade Fair. The trade fair was de-signed to simulate trading and barter-ing of early Native Americans and col-onists. Each student created an item to trade with other classmates. Stu-dents needed to use advertisement techniques to make their goods ap-peal to their classmates. Throughout the fair students developed a deeper understanding for supply and demand and applied it to how people survived in early American times.

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Middle School ScienceStudents in 6th grade observe and measure the effect of acid rain on rocks. After soaking the rocks in vinegar for several days, students determined the change in mass due to the acid weathering the rocks.

The Girls Varsity took 1st place in the annual tournament. Their final winning record was 11-1.

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Students enjoy “Fun” adventures Students in preschool through first grade had an adventure as they tried several instruments as part of The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Instrument Petting Zoo.

Jonah laughs as Devyn tries the trombone.

Stephanie might be a future cello player.

Students learn math skillsStudents in kindergarten through eighth grade may at-tend our bi-weekly math club. They play games to reinforce math skills. Students some-times have to be adventurous and think in new ways to win!

Our middle school students had an adventure at the Detroit Institute of Art. This field trip brought together topics from Spanish class, social studies, and art. They especially studied Detroit Industry, a mural of Diego Rivera.

Middle Schoolers visit Detroit Institute of Art.Caitie studies Matisse’s The Window. Students compared this work to a goldfish paint-ing they studied in art class.

Students compared and contrasted Islamic and Asian art as part of the social studies curriculum.


Spencer Elementary Special Interest Day 2015On Friday, January 30th Spencer Elementary staff and students celebrated the school’s annual Special Interest Day. Special Interest Day is a unique PTO-sponsored day of enrichment programming that combines fun, engaging and creative activities to help kids build character life skills and model high standards of citizenship. Each year, a group of dedicated parents step up to organize, coordinate and run this day in partnership with Spencer School teachers and staff because they believe in helping young students achieve their best potential. This year’s theme was “Mission Possible: Be Spencer Strong”. Being Spencer Strong means to be strong in body, mind, character, teamwork and community. We want to teach our kids that they can make good choices and put forth their best effort in their schoolwork and in anything else they are doing because doing so matters. The bottom line is that they are a special part of something bigger than themselves and they can make the world a better place when they strive to be their best, to be “Spencer Strong.”

Paper Chain Streches Around SchoolIn the month of January, leading up to Special Interest Day, the staff, teachers and students were challenged to make a Spencer Strong Paper Chain that would be long enough to stretch around the school. For two weeks, everyone had the opportunity to write on chain links highlighting acts of kindness or service that they had either personally done or noticed someone else doing. The chain grew in length very quickly. With every passing day, the Spencer community was paying attention to the small things that everyone can do to be their best and to be kind to others. The Spencer Strong Chain was a huge success! Also in January, kindergarten through fourth grade students designed magnifying glasses showing a unique way that they are striving to be Spencer Strong. The individual projects were turned into colorful patchworks and displayed around the school to show how everyone is an important part of the larger school community. This also built excitement for the quickly approaching big day.

Finally, the big day arrived and the students started their action-packed day at an all-school assembly featuring three special guests: a Spencer teacher, student and parent who shared their inspiring life experiences about what it means to be Spencer Strong. Students then spent the day visiting stations in five areas to better learn about and apply the idea of being Spencer Strong in real life. They learned about being Strong in Body and Mind through participating in a kid-friendly Boot Camp. Students also worked together achieving challenging goals in fun team building activities to be Strong in Teamwork. In another station, the kids participated in a “Superhero Training” workshop, with the Superhero Training Academy from Ann Arbor, Michigan to learn what it means to be Strong in Character. To stay strong and ready to go, they fueled up with a snack and made personal

shields to display what special qualities they use to help others or what makes them Spencer Strong. Finally, our amazing Spencer students showed their dedication to being Strong in Community by making blankets, valentines and thank you cards. Because of all their hard work, Spencer has donated 18 blankets to Mott Children’s Hospital, provided valentines to local senior citizens, the Brighton Police Department and Brighton Firefighters, as well as, sent five large care packages to our military troops overseas and here at home!

At the end of the busy day, students once again assembled for a closing student assembly — this time to hear from the Stand Strength Team from Rochester, Michigan. This team of motivational speakers use their amazing feats of physical strength to talk about what true character strength is, or in our lingo, what Spencer Strength is. GO ROADRUNNERS! WE ARE SPENCER STRONG! Closing Assembly with the Stand Strength Team

Special Interest Day - Opening Assembly

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Spencer Elementary “Passion Projects” All first through fourth grade magnet students at Spencer Elementary in Brigh-ton Area Schools presented their Passion Projects this month. The students first brainstormed ideas that they were pas-sionate about. They then came up with focus questions they researched. Finally they took this research and created edu-cational websites. The magnet students used many technology skills to create their websites. They took pictures and uploaded them and copied images to create slideshows. They inserted hyperlinks and electronically created logos. Finally, the students presented their websites to peers, staff and parents. They all are extremely proud and looking to make more websites!

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on Saturday, June 27thSwimming • Games • Fun Activities

Kids World News Day at Waldenwoods

Family Resort in Hartland

on Saturday, June 27thSwimming • Games • Fun Activities

Kids World News Day at the Fowlerville

Family Fairon Saturday, July 31st

Singing Contest • Games • Fun Activities

Kids World News Day at the Fowlerville

Family Fairon Saturday, July 31st

Singing Contest • Games • Fun ActivitiesKids’ World News www.kidsworldnews.net April 2015, Page

Do You Know TheseFacts About The

Sun?The Sun is the source of energy for the Solar System, which

makes life possible on Earth. All the objects in the Solar System re-volve around it. The Sun is actually a star found at the center of theSolar System. It is estimated to be about 4 1/2 billion years old.The Romans called the Sun Sol, which in English means sun. Inancient Greece, the Sun was called Helios.• The Sun is over 300,000 times larger than the Earth. At around865,000 miles wide, the Sun’s diameter is about 110 times widerthan the earths.• Around 74% of the Sun’s mass is made up of hydrogen. Heliummakes up around 24%. Heavier elements such as oxygen, carbon,

iron and neon make up theremaining 2%.• Light from the Sunreaches the Earth in around8 minutes. The Sun ap-pears small to us on earthbecause it is 93 millionmiles away! • The Sun’s surface temper-ature is around 9,941 de-grees Fahrenheit. TheSun’s core is around24,480,032 degreesFahrenheit!• The Sun generates HUGEamounts of energy by com-bining hydrogen nuclei intohelium. This process iscalled nuclear fusion.• Without the Sun’s warmth,life on Earth would not exist.

Everything would be frozen.• There are 100 billion stars in our galaxy. From the Earth, onlyabout 6,000 of these stars can be seen by the naked eye, and theSun is one of them. • Unlike the planets, the Sun is great big sphere of hydrogen gas.Because of this, different parts of the Sun rotate at different speeds.You can see how fast the surface is rotating by tracking the move-ment of sunspots across the surface. Regions at the equator take25 days to complete one rotation, while features at the poles cantake 36 days. And the inside of the Sun seems to take about 27days.• The Sun produces a solar wind which contains charged particlessuch as electrons and protons. Planets with strong magnetic fieldssuch as the Earth manage to deflect most of these charged parti-cles as they approach. The solar wind can have a wide range of ef-fects on the Earth, such as power line surges, radio interference,and the beautiful aurora borealis. The solar wind also has large ef-fects on the tails of comets and the trajectories of spacecraft. • A solar eclipse happens when the Moon is between the Sun andthe Earth.• Many early cultures saw the Sun as a deity or god. For example,ancient Egyptians had a Sun God named Ra and the Aztecs had aSun God named Tonatiuh.

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Do you like to climb trees? If climbing trees and taking care ofthe largest plants on earth sounds like fun, then a career in ar-boriculture is perfect for you!

Arborists are specialists who focus on the planting, care andmaintenance of individual trees in order to improve tree health,growth and asthenics. They know about the needs of a large va-riety of tree species and are trained with the proper techniques totake care of them.

Here’s some of the jobs they do:• Identify trees.• Prune trees and shrubs to maintain health, appearance and ad-dress safety concerns.• Remove trees when necessary as a result of pests, disease, orother safety issues where saving the tree is not possible.• Plant trees that are specific to the location’s geography, geology,topography and climate.• Preform pest and disease management to help the trees survive.• Perform emergency tree care after natural disasters, such aslimbs that have broken or trees are uprooted as a result of strongstorms.• Modify, fertilize, and aerate soils to provide better tree growth.• Handle and maintain vehicles and equipment.• Secure the area and operate equipment for climbers.• Inform people of proper tree care techniques.

Arborists may work by themselves, for a private organization orwith a natural resources related government agency. Employersmay include - landscape businesses, tree care companies, utilitycompanies, forestry consulting firms, and parks and recreation de-partments to name a few.

Arborists will need a bachelors (college) degree in forestry, ecol-ogy, horticulture, landscape architecture or a similar field. Manyarborists seek certification from the International Society of Ar-

I want to be anArborist!

boriculture. Certified arborists must complete a certain amount oftraining and pass an extensive exam to demonstrate their knowl-edge of the field. Certification is voluntary, but it does represent agreater commitment and understanding of the profession.

When your certified, you can also choose to become certifiedwithin a specialized area such as: utility specialist, municipal spe-cialist, tree worker climber specialist, tree worker aerial lift spe-cialist or master arborist.

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