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At Kids’ WorldWhat a wonderful month February is! February is full of celebrations as well as the

shortest month of the year! Here’s five reasons we celebrate! We celebrate BlackHistory month where we remember and honor important men, women and historicalevents that changed our nation and the world. Ground Hog Day was February 2nd.The 100th Day of School is celebrated in classrooms with fun activities and creativeprojects for students to enjoy. Valentine’s Day is the 14th. It’s the celebration of love,where we show our affection for friends and family with cards, candy and classroomparties. President’s Day is February 16th. Wow! That’s a lot of celebrations!We would like to thank our wonderful sponsors who help us bring this paper to you

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Please join us by participating in the coloringcontest! The coloring contest rules are as follows:Enter the contest by coloring the picture providedon page 5 Coloring Corner page in this Kids’World News paper. There will be a first place win-ner from each grade (from each county) - kinder-garten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4thgrade, 5th grade and 6th grade. The winner willreceive prizes provided by some of our sponsorsincluding: A Kids’ World News certificate and t-shirt! The entries must be received by Kids’ World

News no later than March 9, 2015 or picked upat your school office. They can also be mailedin to Kids’ World News, 2418 Mount Hope, Oke-mos, MI 48864. The winners will be announcedon or before April 13, 2015 when the April editioncomes out!

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Let’s Learn AboutYour Heart

Did you know that your heart is a muscle? It’s one of many youhave in your body. The heart though, is a special muscle that per-forms almost like a pump. Your heart is located in the middle ofyour chest and a little to the left. It’s about the size of a fist.The right side of your heart receives the blood from your body

and pumps it to your lungs. The left side receives the blood fromyour lungs and pumps it out to your body. How does this pumpwork? Before each heart beat, your heart fills with blood. Then ithas a muscle contraction (it squeezes) to shove the blood in theheart to its destination. The heart continually “beats” during yourlifetime. Doctors listen to the heart beat with a stethoscope.There are four different sections of your heart called chambers.

Two on the right side of your heart and two on the left side. Eachside has one at the top and one on the bottom. The two top cham-bers are called the atria (the singular form is atrium). The atriachambers on the right and left fill with blood returning to the heartfrom the body and lungs. Down through the middle of your heart isa thick wall of muscle called the septum which separates the leftside and the right side of the heart. Working together, the atria fillwith blood, dump it into the ventricles (the bottom chambers), theventricles contract (beats) and pumps the blood out of the heart.Then the atria fills back up with blood.Inside the heart are four valves. These valves let blood in and

then close. Two of the heart valves, called mitral and tricuspidvalves, let the blood flow from the atria to the ventricles. The othertwo are called aortic and pulmonary valves. They control the flowof blood as it leaves the heart. All these valves work to keep theblood flowing in the right direction. They open to let blood throughand then quickly close to keep it from flowing the wrong way.When the blood leaves your heart, it circulates. Circulation is the

movement of blood through the heart and around the body. Howdoes it do that? It leaves the heart through tubes called blood ves-sels. These blood vessels are called arteries which carry the bloodaway from the heart and veins that carry the blood back to theheart.

What does this blood do? Blood keeps your body working cor-rectly. It carries oxygen and nutrients to all of the body’s cells. Theleft side of your heart sends the oxygen blood to all parts of yourbody. Your body takes the oxygen out of the blood and uses it inyour cells. Then the cells make carbon dioxide and other stuff thatgets carried away by the blood.The blood returning in the veins enters the right side of the heart

through the Vena Cava. The superior vena cava brings the bloodinto the heart from the chest, arms, neck and head. The inferiorvena cava collects the blood from the parts of the body locatedbelow the heart. The right ventricle pumps that blood into the lungsfor removal of the carbon dioxide. So when we breathe, we exhalethe carbon dioxide. When we inhale, we bring fresh oxygen intoour lungs and begin the blood process all over again returning theblood to the left side of the heart. It takes less than 60 seconds topump blood to every cell in your body!

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The students ofSt. Gerard Schoolperformed TheLegend of theChristmas Kingduring Decemberto celebrate thebirth of Jesus.Eighteen juniorhigh students tookpart in acting outthe play of how ayoung boy discov-

ers the true meaning of Christmas and how to live like Jesus. Eachgrade level took part by singing a song. Students truly gave a Christ-mas gift to the community by performing this powerful story. Pic-tured is the cast of the play.

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gartners and kindergartners atGreyhound Central Elemen-tary have been learning what itmeans to be a bucket filler. Allthe students had the opportu-nity to practice different acts ofkindness by participating in avariety of bucket filler activities.We kicked-off the event byreading Have You Filled aBucket Today? by Carol McCloud. Students who were caught beingkind received a “kind coupon.” Some acts of kindness that students

received a coupon for were givingcompliments, helping others, andsmiling. All the coupons were thencollected and placed on our gymwall. Our goal was to create a giantbucket out of all the “kind coupons.”Furthermore, every morning ourprincipal would make an announce-ment of a kind act that began with anew letter from A – Z. In the class-rooms, students were learning the

song, “Fill Your Bucket” by The Learning Station. We also had achant, “Kindness counts and bucket filling’s cool, that’s what we ex-pect at our school,” that students and teachers recited frequentlythroughout the week. The students at Greyhound Central are awe-some bucket fillers.

Greyhound Early Learning Center wasvery busy this month! The children en-joyed playing in the snow when it waswarm enough. The preschoolers madesnowballs and painted the snow. When itwas not warm enough toddlers and

preschoolersenjoyed snowin the sensorytable! We all learned about the artic andthe wonderful animals that live there. Withthis theme we enjoyed many art and sci-ence projects like our very own penguinsand magic snowflakes! Our favorite gymtime activity this month was playing withthe giant parachute. We cannot wait tokeep learning and playing!

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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.

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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 exercise

is 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 roller

hockey, 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

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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.When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical called en-

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The OcelotThe ocelot lives in the South America, even though sometimesthey 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.

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• El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. It is onlyabout 8,100 square miles. It is the only Central American countrythat doesn’t have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea. El Salvadorborders the Pacific Ocean on the south, and the countries ofGuatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east.• The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador. • The population is over 6 million people!• The currency of El Salvador is the U.S. dollar. El Salvador hasthe third-largest economy in South America and has been themost industrialized country in the region. • The government is a republic.• El Salvador has a tropical climate, with a dry and a wet season.Hurricanes can occur, but not very often. More common naturaldisasters in El Salvador are droughts and heavy rainfall. • El Salvador is known for it’s volcanoes! The country suffers fromfrequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. • The most commonly spoken and official language in El Salvadoris Spanish. • El Salvador gained independence from Spain in 1821 and againfrom the Central American Federation in 1939. September 15 istheir national holiday. • El Salvador is known for it’s beaches as well! Some of the beau-tiful beaches are home to international surfing competitions. • The El Salvador flag has two colors and a crest in the middle.The two colors are blue and white.• The most popular sport in El Salvador is soccer.• Many forests in El Salvador have been used for wood, planta-

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