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Vicksburg SchoolsMs. Houghton’s

Caring Club is busy creating new ways to spread kindness around Indian Lake Elementary. The second grade proudly made play dough for Bulldog Beginnings and ECSE classrooms. The third grade group had a wonderful idea for making “kind” posters to hang in the hallways for students to write down

their acts of kindness. These are great reminders to be proactive and find something good in each day. The fourth graders are now shouting out kind reminders on the bus ramp while sporting their new reflective safety patrol vests, reminding all students to walk on the bus ramp, and direct everyone to the right bus.

The Caring Club presents Mrs. Spanhak with homemade molding clay

Indian Lake Elementary Sunset Lake Elementary Sunset’s motto, “Enter to Learn,

Depart to Contribute,” is not just a set of words. Students and staff continually seek and carry out ways to show compassion and good citizenship.

For example second grade students are practicing random acts of kindness both at school and at home. They are writing their good deeds down on hearts and creating a hallway display with them. Their caring gestures have included writing bucket-filling messages to classmates, donating needed school supplies, sending letters overseas to servicemen and making cards for neighbors.

In first grade, students are making blankets for Adam’s Kids, an organization that meets the needs of toddlers and babies. Teachers buy polar fleece, which parents cut into strips and students tie together. The first graders are excited about working together to create a warm, fuzzy blanket to keep someone warm.

Mrs. Bailey’s first graders work together to create a warm, fuzzy

blanket for Adam’s Kids.

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Cross your fingers as March is the month that could bring warmer weather! “March is the month of expectation. The things we do not know,” said American Poet Emily Dickinson. March was named after Mars, the Roman god of war. This is probably because the Roman battle season began in the spring. In March, the color green is also associated with life. It is abundant in nature, is a sign of growth, and the environment. With spring just around the corner, we’ll see a lot more of that color very soon!

Green is also the national color of Ireland! St. Patrick’s Day tradition in the United States encourages everyone to wear green on that day. It is also considered lucky if you find a shamrock (a four leaf clover) on that day. Legends say that each leaf of the clover means something. Here’s one legend: The first leaf is for hope, the second leaf is for faith, the third leaf is for love and the fourth leaf is for luck!

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What a wonderful month February is! February is full of celebrations as wellas the shortest month of the year! Here’s five reasons we celebrate! Wecelebrate Black History month where we remember and honor importantmen, women and historical events that changed our nation and the world.Ground Hog Day was February 2nd. The 100th Day of School is celebratedin classrooms with fun activities and creative projects for students to enjoy.Valentine’s Day is the 14th. It’s the celebration of love, where we show ouraffection for friends and family with cards, candy and classroom parties.President’s Day is February 16th. Wow! That’s a lot of celebrations!

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The OcelotThe ocelot lives in the South America, even though sometimes

they can be found as far north as United States. They are knownalso as the dwarf leopard, because of their appearance. They looksimilar to a domestic cat, with beautiful fur that has made it vulner-able to poaching in the past.

The ocelot is relatively small. They are only 57 inches in lengthand can weigh up to 40 pounds. They have sleek and smooth furlike a jaguar. It can be reddish brown or tan with black spots. Theirears are rounded and their front paws are large. They have black,banded tails.

Ocelots are nocturnal and very territorial! They rest in trees dur-ing the day and are great climbers. It also is an animal that prefersto be alone in their own area. Ocelots prey on smaller animals, in-cluding rabbits and rodents. They hunt alone.

Mothers often only have one kitten per litter, but two or three kit-

tens can occur. The small litter size makes the ocelot vulnerable topopulation loss. Kittens grow very slowly and leave their motherafter two years. Ocelots can live up to 20 years in captivity.

Usually the ocelot is found below sea level, but sometimes canbe found residing in mountains. They are also strong swimmers,and are often seen in flooded forests and near human populations.

Did You Know?• Ocelots have night vision!• The Moche people of Peru worshipped animals and often de-picted ocelots in artwork. • They are very active, traveling anywhere from one to five miles anight.• In history, the ocelot was often kept as a pet.• Ocelots are mammals, just like us!• The males are called Tom and females are called Queen. Thecollective name for a group is a clowder or clutter.• They communicate between one another using soft meows whichturn into loud yowls when looking for a mate.• Without teeth for chewing, ocelots tear their food to pieces andswallow it whole.

The ocelot lives in South America, even through sometimes they can be found as far north as the United States. They are known

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Ahoy, Matey!Want to hoist a pirate flag or

learn to tie knots?Want to touch pirates’

treasure that’s over 300 years old?

Then don’t miss the exhibit “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship” featured at the Grand Rapids Public Museum through April 19th. Real Pirates is a touring exhibition organized by National Geographic and Premier Exhibitions Inc.

You will be able to see and touch weaponry, everyday objects, personal items and authentic coins that make up the 150 artifacts in the exhibit. You will also learn the stories of four members of the Whydah crew — people who ended up on the same pirate ship for very different reasons — including John King, who was believed to be younger than 11 years

old at the time of the shipwreck. Young John was traveling on the ship with his mother when it was captured by Captain Bellamy. John joined the pirate crew even though his mother didn’t want him to.

Exhibition highlights: • After looting more than 50 ships, the Whydah, a slave ship that had

been captured by pirate Sam Bellamy, sank off the coast of Cape Cod in a violent storm nearly 300 years ago, scattering her enormous bounty over a 4-mile length of coast.

• Exhibit includes authentic treasure chests of coins, jewelry, cannons, pistols, swords, clothing and a replica of the actual ship that visitors can board.

• You’ll learn what it was like to live in the early 18th Century.

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Little Lizard’s New Shoes by Melinda Melton Crow. This is a series of Little Lizard books directed at the first stage readers. Follow this interesting character through his adventures. Each book has 80 to 100 words and a short glossary of new

words listed in the back. These are part of the larger series of Stone Arch Readers. Level 1 reading.

Today I Will Fly! By Mo Willems. This series is set for preschool beginning readers and teaches immersion techniques by combining sounds, phonetics and punctuation. Meet Gerald and Piggy and see where the stories take you. Great for parents

to read in two part with their child.

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley. This series of stories is targeted for children in 4th to 6th grade. These characters discover they are descendants

of the Brothers Grimm and become detectives solving mysteries.

Let’s Read! Book ReviewsBook reviews provided by James & Gloria Tiller, Kazoo Books

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Xylophone!The xylophone is a member of the percussion family.

Unlike most percussion instruments, it produces a pitchwhen struck. The percussion family includes the timpani,snare drum, bass drum, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes,gong, cymbals and many smaller percussion instruments.

The earliest xylophone originated in 2000 BC, docu-mented by temple carvings of musicians playing sus-pended wooden bars. Xylophones were seen in Asia bythe 9th century and later in Africa. By the 16th century,they had reached the European continent. Zylophoneshad grown quite popular by the 19th century due in part

to the ex-t e n s i v etours ofR u s s i a nxylophonev i r t u o s oM i c h a e lJ o s e fGusikov.

To makea soundon the xy-lophone,the playerm u s tstrike abar with

the mallet. When the bar is struck, it produces a bright and sharp sound.When the xylophonist strikes a bar with a soft mallet, a more muted soundis produced.

The bars are made from rosewood or more commonly now, Kalon whichis a durable fiberglass. After the material is selected, the bars are cut andshaped in various lengths. Larger bars play low notes while the shorter barsplay high notes. A cord isstrung through the holes inboth ends of each bar thatholds them in place and al-lows them to vibrate freely.Resonator tubes are thenfabricated and placedbelow each bar to amplifythe sound. Concert xylo-phones have 42 to 48 barsthat are arranged like apiano keyboard.

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Rules For The Kitchen!1. Always ask an adult if you can use the kitchen.2. Have all the ingredients before you start.3. Wash your hands before you touch food.4. Wear an apron or towel to keep your clothes clean.5. Always clean up when you are finished.

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softened1/3 cup sugar1 eggDash of salt1 - 6 ounce package of semi-sweet chocolate chips

First, mix the cake mix according to the directions on the box.Place paper baking cups in muffin pans and fill 2/3 full of cake mix.Set aside. Mix the cream cheese with the sugar - beat in the eggand salt. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop one rounded teaspoon-ful of cheese mixture into each cupcake. Bake according to thecake package directions. Last, frost with your favorite icing.

Irish Soda Bread

2 cups all purpose flour1 cup whole wheat flour2 teaspoons baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup white sugar1 1/2 cups buttermilk or plain yogurt3/4 cup raisins2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mixeggs and buttermilk. Add to the dry ingredients. Add the raisins and mix up. Pourdough onto lightly floured cutting board and knead 10 times. Shape into a round loaf,adding flour if necessary. Place in a lightly greased pan. Bake for one hour or untilthe bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

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The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species of deer in the worldwith only the moose being larger. Plus - the elk is one of the largestmammals in North America.

Wild elk live in forest and forest edge habitats. They feed ongrasses, plants, leaves and bark. There are wild elk herds, butsome elk have been domesticated and are farm raised. They havebeen raised commercially on farms or ranches since before 1900.

Male elks, called “bulls” have large antlers which shed every year.The males bugle call is one of the most distinctive calls in nature.Their bugling can be heard miles away. Females are attracted tothe males that bugle more often and are the loudest. It is heardmost commonly in the morning and late in the day. Mature bullslive in a harem with approximately 20 females or “cows.” They arechallenged by other bulls and must defend their harem. They size

each otherup walkingback andfourth andthen theyengage ina n t l e rwres t l i ng .The maturebull weighs800 to 1100pounds!

Femaleshave noa n t l e r s .They weigh

from 550 to 600pounds. Babiesare called “heifercalves” (females)or “bull calves”(males). It is rarethat a female pro-duces twins. Theyare known to begood mothers.These babies re-main with theirmother for aboutone year. In cap-tivity, elk live about20 years or more. In the wild, that changes to 10 to 13 years.

They are farmed for many reasons which include meat produc-tion and velvet collection. The meat is a red meat and tastes gen-erally like a mix of beef and venison. It is higher in protein andlower in fat than either beef or chicken.

Their velvet is collected and sold to markets in east Asia whereit is used in medicine. The mature bull may produce 30 to 40pounds of velvet per year. The elk looses their antlers every yearin March and regrows new ones. Antlers can be used in art work,furniture and novelties. Their hides have been used for hundredsof years for tepee coverings, blankets, clothing and shoes.

Current estimates for numbers of elk farms and farmed elk total800 farms and 35,000 elk in Canada, and 1,200 farms and 70,000elk in the United States.

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Kids exercise all the time without even thinking about it. Justbeing active, like when you run around outside or play dodge ballat school is a kind of exercise. What else counts as exercise?Playing sports, dancing, doing push-ups and even reaching downto touch your toes. When you exercise, you’re helping build astrong body that will be able to move around and do all the stuffyou need it to do.

Exercise Makes Your Heart HappyYou may already know that your heart is a muscle. It works hard,

pumping blood every day of your life. You can help this importantmuscle get stronger by doing aerobic exercise!

What is aerobic? Aerobic means “with air” so aerobic exerciseis a kind of activity that requires oxygen. When you breathe, youtake in oxygen and if you’re doing aerobic exercise, you may no-tice you’re breathing faster than normal. Aerobic activity can getyour heart pumping, make you sweaty, and quicken your breath-ing.

When you give your heart this kind of workout on a regular basis,your heart will get even better at its job - delivering oxygen (in theform of oxygen-carrying blood cells) to all parts of your body.

Aerobic exercises include swimming, basketball, ice or rollerhockey, jogging (or walking quickly), in-line skating, soccer, cross-country skiing, biking or rowing. And don’t forget that skipping,jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities.

Exercise Strengthens MusclesAnother kind of exercise can help make your muscles stronger.

Did you ever to a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at theplayground? Those are exercises that can build strength. Byusing your muscles to do powerful things, you can make themstronger. Exercises and activities that build strong muscles arepush-ups, pull-ups, running, in-line skating and bike riding.

Exercise Makes You FlexibleCan you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids

are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretchtheir bodies without too much trouble. This kind of exercise often

Exercise Does MoreThan You Think!

feels really good, like when you take a big stretch in the morningafter waking up. Being flexible is having “full range or motion,”which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feel-ing tightness or pain. It’s easy to find things to do for good flexibilitysuch as tumbling, gymnastics, yoga, dancing (especially ballet)and martial arts. Simple stretches such as touching your toes orside stretches are good too!

Exercise Keeps The BalanceFood gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a

kind of energy. Your body needs a certain amount of calories everyday just to function, breathe, walk around and do all the basic stuff.But if you’re active, your body needs an extra measure of caloriesor energy. If you’re not very active, your body won’t need as manycalories. Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meetthe need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eatmore calories than your body needs, it may be stored as excessfat.

Exercise Makes You Feel GoodIt feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the ac-

tivities you enjoy - like running, jumping and playing with yourfriends. But you may not know that exercise can actually put youin a better mood.

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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.

To get started, you need the right equipment. You need roller skates orroller blades that fit you properly so you don’t get blisters. Also a properfit can help you perform your best and avoid injury. Other equipment

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When I was in 4th gradeI enrolled in a Saturdaymorning art class. I wasvery worried that I wouldnot be able to learn todraw. My teacher beganmy art lessons by teachingme to draw cartoon char-acters such as MickeyMouse and Goofy. I soondiscovered that learning todrawing cartoon figureswas fun and creative. Asmy confidence in drawinggrew, I soon was drawingrealistic things well too.

Cartoon figures don’thave to be perfect. Actually, they should not be drawn to look too real. Cartoonfigures have silly faces or features that make us see our world in a fun way. Thedictionary describes a cartoon as a “sketch or drawing, usually humorous”meaning, it’s not an exact copy of what something really looks like. As withlearning anything in life, starting slowly helps us build skills to achieve largerthings down the road. So get out your markers and pencils and start drawing!

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12 Zachary Taylor13 Millard Fillmore 14 Franklin Pierce 15 James Buchanan 16 Abraham Lincoln 17 Andrew Johnson18 Ulysses Simpson Grant 19 Rutherford Birchard Hayes 20 James Abram Garfield 21 Chester Alan Arthur 22 Grover Cleveland

23 Benjamin Harrison24 Grover Cleveland 25 William McKinley 26 Theodore Roosevelt 27 William Howard Taft 28 Woodrow Wilson 29 Warren Gamaliel Harding30 Calvin Coolidge31 Herbert Clark Hoover 32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 33 Harry S Truman

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On November 19, 1831, James Garfield was born in a log cabinin what is now Moreland Hills, Ohio. He was the last of the logcabin presidents. Fatherless at 17 months old, he was brought upby his mother Eliza Ballou, his sisters and his uncle. They had towork for everything starting at a young age. His education waslocal in Orange City Schools, then Eclectic Institute (later calledHiram College) and then transferring to Williams College in Mas-sachusetts. He graduated in 1856 as an outstanding student.

On November 11, 1858, he married Lucretia Randolph. Theyhad a large family of seven children.

He preached for a short time at Franklin Circle Christian Church.Then taught at Eclectic Institute as an instructor in classical lan-guages before he became the president of the institute from 1857to 1860. Garfield studied law privately and was admitted to theOhio bar in 1860.

He was elected as an Ohio State Senator in 1859. There, heworked at encouraging the Southern states back into the Union.With the start of the Civil War, Garfield was commissioned as alieutenant colonel in the 42nd Regiment of Ohio volunteers. In1862, he led a brigade at Middle Creek, Kentucky against the Con-

federate troopswhich was suc-cessful. The Con-federates had5,000 men and 12cannons, Garfieldhad only 1,100men. The battlewas one of themost importantminor battles ofthe war. At theage of 31, he be-came a BrigadierGeneral.

In 1862, he was

James Abram GarfieldOur 20th President (1881)

elected to the Congress. At the urging of Lincoln, he resigned fromthe military and took his post. Garfield repeatedly won re-electionfor 18 years and became the leading Republican in the House. Hewas elected as a United States Senator (while still in the House ofRepresentatives) in 1880, but became president instead.

He was elected President by a margin of 10,000 popular votes.He was the first member of the House of Representatives to beelected President. As President, he took a stand against politicalcorruption. The growing strength of his administration and popu-larity continued to grow.

Garfield was shot in a Washington railroad station on July 2,1881, twice. One bullet grazed his arm and the other entered hisback and lodged itself somewhere in his body. He died Septem-ber 19, 1881, living only a few months after being shot. Garfieldbecame the second president to be assassinated - Abraham Lin-coln being the first. He also served the second shortest term asPresident of the United States.

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BLOOD DRIVE:Michigan Blood invites guests at the 2015 Women’s Expo to stop by and save lives! As the non-profit blood bank serving Borgess and Bronson Hospitals, Michigan Blood relies on the generosity of voluntary blood donors to help maintain the community’s blood supply.

BORGESS FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS• Healthy Heart – check your HDL/LDL cholesterol, blood sugar, triglycerides • Memory Screens – Borgess Research Institute• Sleep Apnea – Borgess Sleep Center• Ask the Medical Staff (269) 488-9780

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