May 24

Top Shows to Binge This Summer!

 

  • Stranger Things- Nosebleeds and Eggo Waffles. The Netflix original series has taken the internet by surprise. It stars a group of kids, Mike(Finn Wolfhard), Lucas(Caleb McLaughlin), Dustin(Gaten Matarazzo), and Will(Noah Schnapp), along with Will’s family, Joyce (Winona Ryder), and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton). Will disappear and his family goes on  The boys find a little girl, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), who is a mysterious and doesn’t talk much. I can’t really tell anything else without spoiling anything, but it’s really worth a watch.
  • Merlin (BBC)- This the original story of the knights of the round table, with Colin Morgan as Merlin and Bradley James as Arthur. Merlin is a young man who has to help his prince, Arthur Pendragon survive the dangers of a world where witches, wizards, and warlocks want him dead. Uther Pendragon, the king, will kill anyone practicing magic. The twist is Merlin has magic and he has to keep it to himself with the help of his uncle the court physician, Gaius. This has already had it’s finally and is also on Netflix. Go watch it!
  • Supernatural- This is like one of my all time favorite modern TV shows. It follows two brothers and their hunts. What do they hunt? Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, demons, and many other things. Dean (Jensen Ackles), the older brother, and Sam (Jared Padalecki) save people from these monsters with the help of their angel, Castiel (Misha Collins), and the king of Hell, Crowley (Mark Sheppard). The entire show is twelve seasons long, with thirteen coming out this Fall. Here is a challenge, get through all of the seasons before season thirteen comes out.

 

Thank you all for a great year! This is Faith signing off for the last time, Bye-Bye!  

May 24

Native American Mascots

Should teams use Native American Mascots

Do you know the percentage of  Native American tribes that agree with Native American mascots? Nearly 90% of Native Americans are not offended by Native American mascots according to George Will of  NewsMax.Teams should be able to keep the mascot if they have permission, not considered racist, and don’t discriminate against players or staff of color.

  

Teams should be allowed to use Native American Mascots if they get permission from the tribe they are named after. For example the Central Michigan Chippewas have gotten permission and the tribe agrees the name is not racist. The Florida State Seminoles have also gotten permission from the Seminole tribe they feel the team honors their people and their ancestors.Those tribes have given those teams permission to use their names so they should not be changed.

Teams that don’t have racist names should be allowed to use the mascot they have . For example the Golden State Warriors are not a racist name. Most Native American tribes consider the Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland Indians not to be racist.Native American tribes do however consider Redskin and other names to be racist according to espn.

If a team is racist to their players they shouldn’t be able to use Native American  mascots. 

 

May 24

My Top Three Favorite Music Artist

Hey guys, it’s Liv here from JCrew news. This is a list of my top three favorite musicians. No hate in the comments or anything like that, please. Music is a huge source of happiness for me and I’m very passionate about it. Thank you. Pictures of the bands down below.

  1. Panic! At The Disco– Guess that song! *I chime in with a haven’t you people ever heard of closing a _______ door* If you said I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic! At The Disco, then you’re correct!  Panic! is my number one favorite band of all time. The band just recently came to Louisville, KY on the Death of A Bachelor tour. I went to the concert. It. Was. AMAZING. Brendon Urie, age 30, lead singer, is the only original member of the band when it was formed in 2004. As I previously stated, they are my number one favorite band of all time.
  2. My Chemical Romance– Guess that song! *When I was a young boy my father took me into the city to see a marching band* If you said Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance, then you’re correct! I love this band, even though they broke up 4 years ago. Their most popular album is probably The Black Parade. That album contains the emo anthem, Welcome to the Black Parade. Yes, I did just say that.
  3. Melanie Martinez– Guess that song! *You seem to replace your brain with your heart, you take thing so hard and then you fall apart* If you said Crybaby by Melanie Martinez, then you’re correct! I actually did a blog on Melanie a little while ago so go and check that out for information about her.

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Thanks for reading! BYEEEEEEEEEE!

~Liv Uribe

 

May 24

Things I am Doing This Summer

Hello, and thank you for reading my last blog of the school year.  For this blog I will be talking all about some thing I will be doing over the summer.  We have a two-month summer break this year, so there is plenty of time to do all of the things that we enjoy.

One thing that I will be doing over the summer is practicing the violin a lot.  I plan to practice about four hours a day, but only for about a month.  During that month I will also be having violin lessons two times a week.  For the other month, I will only be practicing for one hour and have lessons once a week. I will have three pieces to work on this summer, and plan on improving a lot.

During the summer I will also be taking more walks in the woods and spending more time with our animals.  I feel like I need to get out into nature and interact with our animals more.  I also think that it is good to take walks because it is good to get some fresh air and a little exercise.

I will also be doing other things over the summer, like redoing my room and going swimming a lot.  I think that my summer will be a lot of fun and I hope yours is too.  Have a good end of the school year and  great summer!

May 23

Maximum Ride

Hey guys it’s Kamiryn here with my final blog. In this blog I will be talking about the book Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. This book is about 6 kids. 3 of them are 14, one is 12, one is 7, and one is 6. This is a book series of 8 books. Im reading the 7th book right now ever sense i read the 1st book I have been obsessed with these books.

The 6 kids in these books are hybrid meaning they are part bird and part human. They are 98% human and 2% bird. They are built to be tall and skinny and their bones are thinner and lightweight. They end up getting chased by other hybrids called Erasers that are part wolf and part human. The Erasers kidnap The youngest bird kid Angel and the 3 oldest bird kids Max, Fang, and Iggy go on a mission to rescue her.

During the first book they come across a couple other problems/struggles. I hate reading and i’m gonna finish this series over summer so if i’m reading something for fun it’s probably a good book/series. For more information and to find out if they save Angel read this book. Thanks for reading bye!

 

May 23

Weird Fruits

Hey guys, it’s Bianca here with another blog! There is 4 days of school left, so it’s sad to say this is my last blog for y’all. So, today I will be talking to you about fruits you may have never heard of. This may be a weird topic, but it’s cool to look into new things to try and explore with.

The first fruit is the Jackfruit. This is like a cross between a mango, banana, pineapple, and a hedgehog. The second fruit is the Ackee. This is the national fruit of Jamaica and also part of its national dish, ackee and codfish. It is to be eaten cooked, as the unripe raw form contains hypoglycin, which is a poison. The third fruit is the Snake Fruit. The white flesh has the consistency of peeled garlic cloves, with a sweet and acidic taste. It also looks creepy.

Those were three fruits you may have never heard of. Thank you for reading about these fruits! Have a great summer y’all!!

Adios Amigos

Bianca<3

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May 22

Cincinnati Zoo Giraffes

For the second time in less than two months giraffes at the cincinnati zoo welcomed a new member to the animal family. Jombo a 5 year old giraffe delivered a baby at 1:45 am. Jambo has been on 24 hour baby watch since August 22nd. The reporters decided to stay until the baby was in the world, so after they could get full footage of the birth.

Giraffes are one of the tallest animals in the world, being 13-15 feet tall. 6 feet of that is just there necks! The giraffes has 2 new babies there names are Cora and Zoe. Giraffes only eat veggies, they don’t eat meat. The exhibit at the zoo is 27,000 square feet.

At the zoo they have times where you can feed them giraffes, Have you ever done it?? Because i have, and it is so much fun you should try it sometime!  

-zoe

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May 22

The most endangered animal in 2017

Hi guys! I am back with another blog. Today I am going to be talking  about the most endangered animal in 2017. It is the Dodo bird.

The Dodo bird is also known by several other names, including the tooth-billed pigeon. This bird is native to Samoa and is rather small, measuring just 12 inches in length. It is a relative to the big Dodo bird.  There are just a few hundred remaining on the Earth today.

I hope you learned a lot about the Dodo bird.

BYE!

 

May 19

Pole Vaulting

Hey guys it’s Kylie this week’s blog is about pole vaulting. In track & field there are a lot of events, one of the many is pole vaulting. Vaulting has been around for awhile, it was known to the ancient Greeks, Cretans and Celts. The equipment used for pole vaulting is a long flexible pole made out of either fiberglass or carbon fiber.

For an eighth grade middle school pole vaulter the pole is most likely around the height of eleven foot six feet.For girls middle school pole vaulting usually starts at round five feet. Once a certain height is cleared the bar moves up six inches at a time, once that height is cleared the bar moves up another six inches, and so on.

Pole vaulting is an all around awesome sport to get into and can really build your body muscles. It takes time and practice to get into the sport but is definitely worth it at the end.     

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May 19

Hello, Im Logan and today we are going to be talking about the NBA Playoffs. I am going to be to give a quick update about it. I am going to be talking about all of the results in the playoffs leading up to the conference semifinals. I will go in depth about what I think will happen in the semi-finals and also the one game left in the quarterfinals. To start of my predictions I think that the wizards are gonna come back from the 3- 2 deficit. So I have the Eastern Conference Finals as the Cavaliers vs. the Wizards. On the other side of the bracket I have the Warriors vs. the Spurs.

To start of this section I would like to talk about the Western Conference Finals and I think will ultimately end up going to the Finals. I have the Warriors winning because their teamx is just too good to lose. The only way that I could see the spurs winning is since they have a lot more veteran experience. I have the Warriors winning in six. The other series on the other side would be the Cavaliers vs. the Wizards. I have the Cavaliers in six since no one can match Lebron in the Playoffs. In conclusion, I the FInals I think that the Warriors will win in five games since no one can match them when they have all four of their best players on the floor.

In conclusion, I think that the Warriors are too much to handle. Their core four players are Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and the newest member Kevin Durant. Not many teams can guard their small ball since they can stand outside the three point line and not miss many of their shots. One other thing that is very important is that the Warriors will have homecourt advantage and they are the best team at home. That is all that I have to say so have a good day and goodbye.