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Page 1: Kids World News, Allegan County, March 2016

Just For Kids!

Edition

March 2016

Edition

March 2016 FRE EFRE

Kids’ World News www.kidsworldnews.net March 2016

MIDWESTMOTORSMIDWAY CHEVROLET

PLAINWELL

COMMUNITY

Phone (269) 694-9431 • 117 N. Farmer - P.O. Box 168 - Otsego, MI 49078 • Fax (269) 694-9145

www.communityshoppersguide.netShoppers GuideShoppers Guideemail: [email protected]

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North Ward ElementaryNorth Ward Students Benefit From Registered Pet Therapy Dogs

(Allegan) Did you know that pet therapy has been around since Ancient Greek times?Researchers in the US found that reading to dogs helps children improve their fluency byup to 30%.

This year the students of North Ward Elementary are able to enjoy thebenefits from not one, but two registered pet therapy dogs, Duke andCooper. Students have the opportunity to read to a therapy dog twicea week. We are grateful to their owners, Elise Millmier and Jude Hardinfor sharing their pet with the students at North Ward.

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(Wayland) –Wayland City Police read to students in various grades in theelementary buildings in the Wayland Union School district on a weekly basisthroughout the school year. Thank you, Sgt. Mark Rookus who was here February23rd to read to a classroom of students.

Steeby ElementaryWayland City Police Came In ToRead To Students

Dorr Elementary School

(Wayland) –Third graders from Dorr Elementary School were given a hands-onlesson on the anatomy of the eye last week. The high school students fromLynn Gosson’s AP Biology class worked with the younger students in smallgroups to dissect a cow’s eye which most closely resembles a human eye.They were able to identify the various parts of the eye and discuss theirfunction.

Students Get A Hands OnLesson On The Anatomy OfThe Eye

Pictured: AP Biology student Rebecca Barnhard finds the different parts of the eye and talks about their function to third gradersin Mrs. Alesia Licari’s classroom. (l-r) Olivia Lawrence, Rebecca Barnhard, Xander Brown, and Carson Hatkowski.

Dix Street ElementaryA change drive to help change the lives of Flintfamilies turned into more than rolled coins. Dollarbills were added in to raise more than $800 with aPTO match.

(Otsego) Dix Street Elementary wanted to do

something extra along with the other donation drives

taking place for Flint families in this current water crisis.The school collected more than 30 cases of water andis also a drop-off location for the Fighting Lead with

Literacy county initiative, but the student council

thought families might need more.

"We wanted to do a money drive so that families couldbuy what they needed," explains Student Council

Advisor Jen Evans. They sent a note home with kids

with a bag asking them to throw in any extra changethey might have at the house. But a lot more thanchange came back. They received lots of dollar bills

along with their coins.

At the end of the week, the donation drive yielded$401.29. The Dix Street PTO pledged to match their

donation, so more than $800 will be donated to theUnited Way of Genesee County.

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Brandon Elementary School

(Martin) –If you were to look in Mrs. Anderson’s Kindergarten room at Brandon Elementary School on Wednesday February 17th, you would not see atypical day of learning. What you would see is kindergarteners learning in fun and unique ways. On this day, our little ones were doing hands on activitiesfor the 100th Day of School. The whole day included activities that were centered around the number 100. The students did 100 exercises in gym class.We had a blast popping 100 balloons, each with a sight word written on it. Each student read the word on their balloon(s) , then wrote it on a post it noteand attached the post it note to a large 100 Day poster. We counted each popped balloon by ones and tens. Each student was given a fake $100 bill andwrote about what they would do with $100. We painted gumball machines with 100 gumballs in each. Each student was given a 100 Day Award for theirday of learning. The day was a great celebration of learning and fun!!!!!!

Mrs. Anderson’s Kindergarten Class at Brandon ElementaryCelebrated the 100th Day of School

Mrs. Jonker’s Kindergarten Class at Brandon ElementaryCelebrated the 100th Day of School with a Fashion Show

(Martin) –Mrs. Jonker's kindergarten class celebrated the 100th day of school February 17. The day began with a fashion show wherethe students showed off shirts that they decorated with 100 objects. They also built with 100 Legos, stacked 100 cups, popped 100balloons, and wrote about what they would buy with 100 dollars.

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• Psychological Testing • Group Therapy

• Individual Play & Art Therapy for Children & Adolescents• ADHD Testing for All Ages

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Powerful Protein!Did you know that your muscles, organs and immune system

are made up mostly of protein? Your body uses protein youeat to make lots of specialized protein molecules that havespecial jobs. Protein is used to make hemoglobin which is thepart of the red blood cells that carries oxygen to every part ofyour body!

Protein builds up, maintains and replaces tissues in yourbody. How do you get protein in your diet? The best sourcesare beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products (milk, yogurt,cheese), nuts (peanut butter), seeds (grains including breadand pasta), and legumes like black beans and lentils. Whenyou eat foods with protein, the digestive juices in your stom-ach and intestine go to work. They break down the proteininto basic units called amino acids. These can be reused tomake the proteins your body needs to maintain your muscles,bones, blood and body organs.

The amino acids can join together to make thousands of dif-ferent proteins. 22 of them are very important to humanhealth. Your body can make 13 of them but the other nineyou get by eating protein rich food. These are called essen-tial amino acids.

Protein from animal sources like milk and meat are calledcomplete because they carry all nine of the essential aminoacids. Most vegetable protein is considered incomplete be-cause it lacks one or more of the essentials. People who arevegetarians must get all their amino acids by eating a wide

variety of protein rich vegetable foods.How much protein do you need daily? Kids need 0.5 grams of pro-

tein for every pound they weigh. To figure out your protein needs, takeyour weight and divide it by 2. If a person weighs 50 pounds of weight,they will need about 25 grams of protein every day. The good news isthat you don't have to eat all the essential amino acids in every meal.If you have a variety of protein sources throughout the day, your bodywill grab what it needs from each meal. As your body grows, so doesyour protein needs.

Here Are Some OfThe Best Sources

For Protein!

Beef

Legumes

SeedsDairy Products

EggsFish

Poultry

Nuts

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In August 1888 Carl Benz’s wife became the first person to drivea car over a long distance. Without telling her husband she drove one of their Benz-Patent-Motorwagensfrom Mannheim to Pforzheim in southern Germany to prove the automobile was a useful contraption that the general public could use.

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Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas.He moved as an infant to Abilene, Kansas. He grew up there, attended localpublic schools and graduated in 1909. Eisenhower joined the military to get afree college education and went to West Point from 1911 to 1915. Stationed inTexas as a second lieutenant, he met Mamie G. Doud, who he married in 1916.

In his early Army career, Eisenhower excelled in staff assignments, servingunder Generals John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, and Walter Krueger. AfterPearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called Eisenhower to Washington fora war plans assignment. He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africain November 1942, and on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of thetroops invading France. In December 1944, he was made a five-star general.

After the war, Eisenhower became President of Columbia University, then tookleave to assume supreme command over the new NATO forces being assem-bled in 1951.

Eisenhower was chosen to run for the presidency on the Republican ticketwith Richard Nixon as his Vice President. He won two consecutive terms aspresident. His nickname was Ike and “I like Ike” was the popular slogan. Bothtimes he won with over 55% of the popular vote.

Major Events While in Office• End of the Korean War (1953). Eisenhower traveled to Korea before he tookoffice to help conclude the peace talks. By July 1953, an Armistice was signed

that separated Korea into two countries with ademilitarized zone at the 38th parallel.• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka(1954). The Supreme Court decided thatschools should be desegretated. Eisenhowerordered Federal Troops to Little Rock,Arkansas to safeguard black students en-rolling for the first time in a previously all whiteschool and to enforce integration. This wasan important step in the Civil Rights move-ment. He also ordered the complete deseg-regation of the Armed Forces. "There must beno second class citizens in this country," hewrote.• Interstate Highway System Created (1956).• In 1953, he established the Department ofHealth, Education and Welfare.• The Eisenhower Doctrine, created in 1957,asserted that America had the right to aid any

Dwight D. Eisenhower34th President, 1953-1961

country threatened by Communist aggression. • Alaska and Hawaii were the last two states to enter the Union in1959.

President Eisenhower retired after his second term on January20, 1961. He moved to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and wrote hisautobiography and memoirs. On March 28, 1969, he died of heartfailure.

Fun Facts:• Eisenhower was the first president of all 50 states and he held noother political office. He was also the last president to be born inthe 19th century.• President Eisenhower was the first president to appear on colortelevision.• Eisenhower was the only president to serve in both World Wars.• The President was a skilled chef. He was famous for his veg-etable soup, steaks and cornmeal pancakes.• He carried three coins in his pocket for luck.• Eisenhower was the first president licensed to fly an airplane.Eisenhower as General of the Army.

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Did you know that soccer is the most popular sport in the world?Boys and girls of all ages can play this fast paced game, and it’srelatively easy to learn. Soccer involves two teams of eleven play-ers, each focusing on getting the ball to the opponent’s net or goal.Teammates run down the field dribbling, and passing the ball toeach other, using various parts of the body, except for the hands.The intent is to get the ball into the goal to score a point for theteam. Only the goalkeeper is allowed to use his or her hands, toblock the ball or put it back into play if it goes out of bounds. Soc-cer has referees to control the game.

Soccer is one of the best team sports to play, and boys and girlsrely on each other to be successful. Playing soccer is a great aer-obic exercise; it develops coordination, endurance and musclestrength.

Kick It Up WithSoccer!

Most countries in the world call soccer “football”.Back in 1863, The London Football Association was thefirst to set the rules of soccer. Soccer found its statusand popularity as a chief sport in Scotland and Englandin 1872. Then soccer spread to Europe and soon therewere professional teams and players hitting the field.The only countries that call the game soccer are theUnited States, Canada, Australia and South Africa.

The World Cup is the biggest soccer tournament inthe world. It’s held every four years in a different coun-try. Billions of people watch the televised games as theworld’s national teams fight it out for the top spot in soc-cer.