School News

The Spelling Bee at Temple Emanuel

by Hailey

On February 18, 2010 at 9:00 am, there was a 100 word long Spelling Bee at Temple Emanuel. Read the story »

Haiti Gets Hit by Massive 7.0 Earthquake

by Zach

On January 12, 2010 Haiti was hit by a massive 7.0 earthquake.

Around 230,000 to 250,000 people were killed and about 250,000 were injured with 2,000,000 left on the streets. The first country to send relief to Haiti was there neighboring country, the Dominican Republic. Several countries have made an effort to send search and rescue teams but the port was destroyed and only one airstrip was left functioning. Read the story »

SPELL-IT ARRIVING at LOWRY ELEMENTARY!

by Christian

New at Lowry Elementar, Spell-It has squeezed its way into a few fourth and fifth graders lives.

Spell-It is a very challenging vocabulary class; the words you learn are eighth grade words! The kids take home worksheets, which are the children’s spelling homework for the week. The sheets are the second place to find the words. During every unit of words the kids get a long list of words for that are divided by language of origin such as Greek, Spanish, Latin, etcetera. Read the story »

Science/Technology

H1N1 Facts

by Lou Lou

Flu season is worse than ever this year. H1N1, otherwise known as swine influnza (flu), is a disease that normally affects pigs but many human cases have occurred.

President Barak Obama declared H1N1 to be a national emergency in the US. However H1N1 is not the only virus that came from pigs, there is also H1N2 and H3N1.

If you do catch swine flu here are the symptoms: you will have a fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Most people think you can catch swine flu by eating pork, but swine flu viruses are not transmitted by food.

To prevent swine flu: wash your hands, cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough.

Food

Delicious Gluten-free Brownies

by Chloe

The Richards family has a special recipe for gluten-free brownies.

The reason why the Richards make gluten free brownies is because my mom, Mrs. Alison Richards, is allergic to gluten. Gluten is protein found in wheat. So my mom is allergic to wheat. My family and I rarely have regular brownies only at restaurants occasionally for dessert after dinner. Read the story »