Advice for High School

ADVICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL

                               

           My parents gave me a bit of advice for next year at High School. The three main things they said were: get in student council, get involved with activities, and have a blast. They really encouraged me to do student council. They said that if I were to get in student council then I could meet a lot of upperclassmen and become acquainted with them. They also said that being in student council is a lot of fun and very enjoyable. On top of all this you get to be a leader at your school and you get to represent your grade. I think that this would be a lot of fun to be in student council at the High School.

           Another thing that my parents told me to do was to get involved with sports, clubs, or activities. They said that in each of these there are people who have similar interests as you and they can become a friend to you. This is a good way to get in with a friend group while having fun. These sports, clubs, and activities are what some of the things that you're only going to get to do in High School. Not every person gets the chance to play college or professional sports so enjoy them while they last. Try a new sport, band, or the robotic team. You might meet some people who you can become very good friends with.

           The main piece of advice that my parents gave to me as I am going into High school is to have as much fun as you possibly can. There is nothing else like High School. The four years that you are at the High School may be the last four years that you get to go out and be a kid. Once you get your High School Diploma you have to start being independent which can be hard. You have to go to college, live in an apartment, buy grocery's, and many other things. Enjoy the four years at the High School were my parents words of advice. My mom said that after you get out of High School you are going to miss it, so don't complain about going to school. It may be some of the most fun years of our life.

"School in a Perfect World"

                                                                              "School in a Perfect World"
                       School in a perfect world would be something very special. Right now our school is doing an okay job at doing what I think would be a school in a perfect world. In my world school should be a place where we learn, but have a fun time learning. I am not saying that homework shouldn't be at school, but I am saying that homework could be made in a fun way. For example you could make up some sort of game to do instead of a math assignment. Right now computers is a very fun class because we get to do a lot of creative stuff on computers. This makes the class easier to engage in than some other classes. I think that there are a few ways that our school can improve on things that I think need to be changed. 

                     I personally think that students should have a little bit longer lunch break. During lunch it should be a social event not a scarf your food down your throat in two minutes get back to class sort of deal. When students get school lunch here at the school it can take a while to get through the line which can eat up a good portion of our lunch break. Not only is lunch supposed to be fun, but it is also supposed to be a good break from school for a little to get out of the books and get outside to play. Another thing that I think our school could improve on is making learning more fun. Students engage in teacher's lessons longer when they are interesting or fun. I personally have a hard time listening when the lesson is something that isn't very interesting. I personally love school and want to learn as much as I can while having fun.

                     The one other thing that I think would be nice to have in school is more comfortable chairs. Students sit in chairs most of the school day. When we sit in these uncomfortable chairs we can get sore backs. This could easily be solved by buying either new chairs or cushions. School in a Perfect World would also consist of students who want to be at school. We are only in school for the beginning part of our lives. I wish that all students had the desire to come to school, learn, and participate. When people are at school simply because they have to they don't get anything out of it. You have to go to school until you are done with High School so you might as well make the most of it. Education is free for your first eighteen years of your life so make the most of it.

I Believe I......

      I Believe I am going to Love High School.....       

               I believe that I am going to love high school. I am super excited to be with the older kids and be able to take a variety of classes. Up to this point in our school career we have taken the normal science, math, social studies, P.E., Language Arts, Literature, Health, and some sort of elective. In high school we can take different kinds of sciences, health, and other classes. I am excited to take more exotic classes like biology, calculus, and health occupations. I believe that these new classes will give us more things to learn and enjoy. I think that these new classes will help us to me more interested in what we want to learn.
              I believe that I am going to have blast next year doing sports at the high school. Next year I am going to play soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter, and tennis in the spring. I am excited to join the teams because I have a lot of friends joining them with me too. Hopefully next year the boys soccer team can do as well as they did last year. Last year they won state so next year it is going to be hard to follow up. I am hoping that there are going to be enough boys next year that we will have a JV soccer team. If there aren't enough boys then they will either make a co-ed JV team or they will simply have a very large varsity team. If you have any interest in coming out for soccer next year go for it. Soccer is a great sport and all of the kids on the team currently are very nice.
               I believe that I am going to love all of the spirit days, assemblies, and people at the high school. I am ready for new spirit days. Here at the middle school we have the same spirit days almost every single year. Next year at the high school during homecoming week there a bunch of fun spirit days. I am also super pumped about the mess assemblies next year. At the mess assemblies they do crazy weird stuff. It is basically a whole assembly with Mr. Panico doing weird things. Most of the stuff they do in the assembly is gross, but it is hilarious to watch. I am thrilled that we are going to high school next year. I believe I am going to love high school next year.

Link to Another Post Assignment

On Wednesday April 24 James  posted a very technical piece of artwork that is quite amazing of a skeleton, but on Monday April 22 Jeremy posted a very interesting and abstract piece of artwork.

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is a brain disorder that can cause many problems in people. These problems could be not being able to relax your muscles, lack of balance, or fluttering your legs at random times. There are three types of Cerebral Palsy. They are Spastic, Athetoid, and Ataxic. The most common of the three types is Spastic. Spastic CP makes it so the patient can not relax their muscles. There muscles are always stiff. Athetoid CP causes people to not be able to control their muscles. People with this type at any time could move their legs or arms. Ataxic CP causes people to be shaky with their balance and coordination. Cerebral Palsy can affect a persons ability to walk, talk, eat, or move the way that other people do. CP can be mild or severe like most diseases. Depending on how much of the brain is affected rates the severeness. In most cases doctors do not know the cause of Cerebral Palsy. Doctors do know that the damage to the brain is caused when a baby is very young. Diagnosis is usually very early in life. CP doesn't progress, but how it affects a person can change as a person grows older and lives on their own. Usually the best way to manage CP is a combination of parents, teachers, doctors, and therapists. If you know someone that has CP the best thing that you can do for them is to treat that person like you would anyone else. If they need a little extra help then give it to them, but don't make a big deal about it. Also try and include them in on things that you are doing. There is no cure for CP so being there for those who have it is the best way to give them support.

These are the types of CP and what they affect and what part of the brain that they affect.

Santa's Wish List(Dessert Dance Themes)

Santa's Wish List

1. American Girl dolls

2. Army Men
3. Barbie
4. Barney Talking Doll
5. Beanie Babies
6. Betsy Wetsy doll
7. Big Wheel
8. Bubbles and wand
9. Cabbage Patch Kids
10. Care Bears
11. Charlie’s Angels dolls
12. Chatter Telephone
13. Chatty Cathy
14. Toy Boat
15. Disc shooter guns
16. Doll House (various)
17. Easy Bake Oven
18. RC CAR
19. Etch-A-Sketch
20. Fisher-Price Corn Popper
21. Frisbee
22. Furby
23. G.I. Joe
24. Glo-worm
25. Gumby
26. He-Man
27. Heelys
28. Holly Hobbie
29. Hopity Hop
30. Hula Hoop
31. Inchworm
32. Johnny Reb Cannon
33. Jump rope
34. Kewpie dolls
35. Lawn Darts
36. Legos
37. Lincoln Logs
38. Lionel Trains
39. Lite Brite
40. Magic 8 Ball
41. Marvel/DC action figures
42. Matchbox/Hot Wheels
43. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
44. Mr. Potato Head
45. Muppet dolls
46. My Little Pony
47. Nerf Balls
48. Play-Doh
49. Pogo
50. Pogo Stick
51. Pokemon
52. Pound Puppies
53. Radio Flyer Wagon
54. Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls
55. Rainbow Brite
56. Razor Scooter
57. Remote controlled vehicles (various)
58. Rock’em Sock’em Robots
59. Roller skates
60. Rubber Ducky
61. Sesame Street dolls/figures
62. Silly Putty
63. Sit N’ Spin
64. Six Million Dollar Man action figure
65. Skateboards
66. Slime
67. Slinky
68. Slot Car race sets
69. Smurfs
70. Snoopy Sno Cone Machine
71. Unicorn
72. Spongebob Squarepants doll
73. Star Wars action figures
74. Strawberry Shortcake
75. Stretch Armstrong
76. Super Ball
77. Super Soaker
78. Tamagotchi
79. Tea set (various)
80. Teddy bears/stuffed animals (various)
81. Teddy Ruxpin doll
82. Teletubbies
83. The Farmer Says
84. Thomas the Tank Engine
85. Thumbalina
86. Tickle Me Elmo
87. Tinker Toys
88. Tonka Trucks
89. Transformers
90. Troll dolls
91. View Master
92. Walkie Talkies

93.My Little ponies

94. Snowboard

95. Phone

96.Piano

97. Head of Lettuce

98. Cantaloupe

99.  Pet

100. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THE: PHILOMATH MIDDLE SCHOOL'S DESSERT DANCE THEME SHOULD BE GLOW IN THE DARK. IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR THIS YOU WILL GET COAL IN YOUR STOCKING FOR SURE , AND I MEAN IT.

Don't let this be your stocking next year or you'll be sorry.
Lots Of Love(LOL) Santa

Glow In the Dark Easter Bunny

Dear Nate Haslam,

It's me the Easter Bunny. I just wanted to write a letter to you to make sure that your school makes the right choice for the dessert dance theme. Glow in the dark is the obvious choice. I think that over the years delivering eggs to you I have found that your class of students tends to like very strangely colored eggs. I think that this will directly translate into your personality.

P.S. I painted myself glow in the dark to support the campaign.

Love,

          The Easter Bunny