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There is so much to like about October! First of all, it’s one of the most color-ful months in Michigan. Just look outside to see the trees turning brilliant shadesof orange, red, purple, yellow and brown. It’s a great month to visit apple or-chards and pick your own apples, run through a corn maze or take a wagonride through a pumpkin patch. Did you know that a pumpkin with a carved faceand a candle or light inside is called a Jack-O-Lantern?That brings us to Halloween! The one night of the year kids can dress up andget free candy! Pretty cool! If you go trick or treating or to a Halloween Party,planning what you are going to wear for a costume is half of the fun! Is your cos-tume going to be funny, spooky, or surprising? Make sure you practice safety when you’re going out and that a responsible

adult is with you at all times with a cell phone. Be polite and say thank you foryour treat. Also have your parents check your candy BEFORE you eat it whenyou get home. Keep only the treats that are unopened with wrappers that aren’ttorn or have holes in them. Most of all - never go into a stranger’s home or getinto a stranger’s car. Carry a flashlight, or glow stick so you are more visible tocars. In other words, use caution and safety while your’re out having fun. Hal-loween can be a fun time for all!

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Why Do EvergreensStay Green All Year

Round?Evergreen trees - also known as conifers (because of the cones

that hold their seeds) include spruce, fir and pine trees. Unlike de-ciduous trees which loose all of their leaves at the same time, ever-greens do not. They are able to make new leaves before the oldones fall off. Some evergreens can keep their leaves a few yearsbefore they fall off!

Evergreens have adapted to live in climates where there maybe limited annual sunshine and/or available water. They thrive incold climates. Their leaves have adapted to make the most of this.The evergreen leaves look like needles. Botanists discovered that

the needles are actually reg-ular leaves that are rolled upvery tightly. This shape al-lows the evergreen to con-serve water. They also havea very waxy coating thathelps save water during thesummer and winter months.

The leaves on evergreentrees have the same functionas leaves of other trees.They make food for the treeby using photosynthesis. Theleaves are often dark greenindicating that a lot of sun-ab-sorbing chlorophyll is pres-ent. By having a lot of smallleaves that are packed withchlorophyll, the tree gathersas much energy as it can toprepare for the lack of sun-light during the winter months

as evergreens do photosynthesis all year around. The dark coloralso keeps the tree warm in its cold environment because thedarker leaves absorb more sunlight.

In cold climates where the evergreen lives, even with a largeamount of precipitation, the water is often frozen and unavailable tothe tree. When that happens, the evergreen will go dormant andrest until conditions are right for photosynthesis to start again. Thesmall surface area and the thick coating of wax on the needle likeleaves allows the tree to retain more water. There is less surfacearea available for evaporation. The small leaves also have small holes called stomata that are

used for gas exchange. These can be closed very tightly to stopwater loss. The small pointy leaves and the cone-like shape of thetree itself, sheds snow more easily than other trees so the ever-greens are not as likely to break under the weight of snow and ice.

Try This!Put two cups of water on a table in the sun. Leave one cup open

to the air. Cover the other cup with plastic wrap. Notice how thesun’s energy begins to evaporate the water? From which cup isthe water evaporating faster? The answer to this experiment willhelp you understand how the waxy coating on evergreen leaves orneedles helps conserve water for the tree.

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• Michigan includes:- 57,022 square miles of land area - 16,439 squaremiles in the Upper Peninsula- 1,194 square miles of inland waters- 38,575 square miles of Great Lake water area- 3,126 miles of Great Lakes shoreline - more freshwater coastline than any other state)- 19,000,000 acres of forest cover

• Michigan is the only state that touches four of thefive Great Lakes. 40 of Michigan’s 83 counties touchat least one of the Great Lakes. Anywhere in Michi-gan, you are within 85 miles of one of the GreatLakes.

• Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes andmore than 36,000 miles of streams. You are nevermore than six miles from one of them.

• As of 2013, Michigan’s population was 9,895,622people. It is the 9th most populous state in the UnitedStates after California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illi-nois, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

• Michigan’s major industries are car manufacturing,farming (corn soybeans, wheat), timber and fishing.

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Missionary Month

October is missionary month at Capitol City BaptistChurch and School. Our students will have the privilegeof hearing current missionaries and those who are rais-ing support so they can go out to the missionary field.What an opportunity for our students to get first hand in-formation on God’s leading and direction as well as de-tails of each country.

College Visit

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Capitol City Baptist School’sChapel Service for our students onSeptember 26, 2014. We alwaysappreciate their visits. These op-portunities give our students anoption to consider when seekingdirection after graduation.

The Catholic Bishops’ Theme for Catechists “God’sGift of Forgiveness,” ties in beautifully with our theme!For the past 3 years, St. Martha School has receivedgrants from the Sisters of Charity which supports the Ol-weus Bullying Prevention Program. We are excited toincorporate the study of virtues & forgiveness along withour work as we begin our fourth year. The studentshave monthly class meetings, use role-play, and discussbest dialogue, best practice, best habits & best actionsin any given sit-

uation. The students experience chances to forgive andto be forgiven if a misunderstanding or a mistake occurs.The incorporation of Jesus’ messages, the virtues, andspecific positive dialogue all help students handle emo-tional encounters effectively. We thank the Sisters ofCharity for their continued support of our commitment toteach students lifelong skills and Catholic values. Thegrowth in wisdom and understanding of our students isremarkable and we are proud of them!

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Powerful Prayer at the Flag PoleIf you would have driven past front of New Covenant Chris-

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Pole”, a movement to unite kids with one simple thing: prayer.They first began in 1990, and now, “SYATP is still about stu-dents humbling themselves, turning to God, and intercedingfor their generation.” Students from kindergarten all the way up through seniors in high school stood in the dew cov-ered grass and together, lifted up their school, government, friends, families, churches, andcommunities. “See you at the Pole” gives students an opportunity to simultaneously take own-ership of their generation and the world around them while also putting their trust and faith in aGod who is in control , which in turn gives everyone a hope for the future.

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Students at Dansville Elementary were given the “red carpet treatment” on their first day ofschool on September 2nd. Students of all ages enjoyed the opportunity to feel like a celebrityas they strut their stuff down the red carpet and into the school for the first day. A feeling of ex-citement and celebration was in the air! So many students commented on how happy theywere to be coming back to see their teachers and friends. As students entered their class-rooms upbeat music was being played to welcome them back for another year of learning.The school was decorated in school colors, balloons, and streamers to show our DansvilleAggie spirit from day one! Welcome back, Aggies!!

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Just when we thought it couldn’t get any more fun or busy atschool than it was in September -- as everyone settled into ourshiny new rooms, meeting new teachers and friends -- October ar-rived like a flurry of falling autumn leaves, offering even more ac-tivities and learning opportunities at Immaculate Heart of Mary-St.Casimir.October arrived with kids traveling everywhere! Many of our ele-

mentary-aged students were on the go, with the 4th graders makingthe annual trek to Camp Ebersole in Wayland, where they learn somuch about our environment -- and enjoy campfires, stories ands’mores! Our 5th graders made their annual camp pilgrimage to theHowell Nature Center, where they continued their outdoor environ-mental and sociological studies.Parents and teachers were treated to outstanding photos and many

fascinating stories by the 6th graders, after their return from Michigan’snewest jewel: Artprize, and an exciting overnight stay at the John Ball

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as music, band, technology, forensics, art, foreign languages and phys-ical education, many of our middle school students are spending moretime in rehearsals for the popular annual middle school play, which willbe held in early December. Additionally, our preschoolers, kindergart-ners and elementary school students are practicing their group per-formances for our bimonthly “Birthday Assembly,” held at the end ofthe October -- we are guessing that Halloween might just be a populartheme!

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Webberville Elementary School STARS are enjoyinga new playground structure, compliments of the Boost-ers organization. The Boosters have worked for twoyears sponsoring many different activities to raisemoney for this project. The most successful event wasa Penny Drive last spring that brought in close to a$1000! As you can see from the pictures, this is a greatnew addition to our elementary playground area en-joyed by students at every age! Thank you, Boosters!

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An allergy is your body’s immune system's reaction to certain plants,animals, foods, insect bites, or other things. Your immune system pro-tects you from diseases by fighting germs like bacteria and viruses.When you have allergies, it overreacts and tries to "fight" ordinary thingslike grass, pollen, or certain foods. This causes the sneezing, itching,and other reactions that you get with allergies.

Why Do Some Kids Get Allergies And Others Don’t?Many allergies are passed to kids in the genes they get from their par-

ents - so you have a better chance of having allergies if your mom ordad or other people in your family have them. People can develop aller-gies at any time in their life.Many kids outgrow food allergies. Other allergies can last your whole

lifetime, although they may be less severe or more severe at differenttimes in your life.Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between a cold and an al-

lergy because the symptoms can be similar. If your cold symptoms lastmore than 2 weeks, you probably have an allergy instead of a cold.There are other differences between colds and allergies you can look

for. With allergies, your nose and eyes itch. Colds don't itch. The mucus,the stuff that comes from your nose or that you cough up, is different too.With allergies, it's clear like water. With a cold, it's usually yellowish andthick.

If you sneeze and itch a lot,wheeze, or often get sick aftereating a certain food, yourdoctor may want to check youfor allergies. He or she will askyou a lot of questions aboutyour health, about the animalsand plants in your home, andabout the foods you eat. Youranswers will provide cluesabout what you might be aller-gic to, and your doctor mayask you to stay away from apet or stop eating a certainfood to see if your symptomsgo away.Your doctor may send you to

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What Is An Allergy?have allergies. An al-lergist may give you ascratch test to see if atiny bit of an allergenwill cause a reactionon your skin. You'll feela quick pinch when thedoctor makes thescratch or scratches. Ifyou're allergic, one ormore spots will be-come bumpy, itchy,and red - like a mos-quito bite.Your doctor will prob-

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taking medicines, an allergist might recommend allergy shots. Theseshots make your immune system less sensitive to the allergens and canmake your symptoms better.Most medicines don't help with food allergies. People with food allergies

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The hurdy-gurdy is the first stringed instrument to which the keyboardprinciple was applied. The French name, Viella a Roue (wheel fiddle),describes the method by which sound is produced. The bowing actionof the fiddle is replaced by a wheel cranked by a handle. The outer rimof the wooden wheel is coated with resin. When the crank is spun, thewheel turns and the gut strings vibrate.Just as the bag of the bagpipe acts as a reservoir of air for continuous

sound, so too the wheel makes possible continuous sound by avoidingchanges of bowing. Both bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy use drones, providedin the former by reed pipes, and in the latter by strings which sound fixedpitches. Other strings tuned in unison provide notes of the scale. Tan-gents activated by keys press these strings at the appropriate points toproduce different pitches.There is evidence of the hurdy-gurdy in Europe in the twelfth century.

By the end of this century, the instruments were highly regarded. Beforethe year 1300 the instrument (known then as the organistrum), was oftenlong enough to require two performers, one to crank, and one to pull thekeys upward. Because of the great force involved in moving the keys,only slow tunes were playable. The hurdy gurdy was then reduced insize and became single player instruments. The key mechanism thenrequired pushing rather than pulling so they could play more complextechniques. It was widely used

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Abraham Lincoln16th President of the United States 1861-1865

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"I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parentswere both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second fami-lies, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, wasof a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... moved from Kentuckyto ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bearsand other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of coursewhen I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read,write, and cipher ... but that was all."

Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while workingon a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illi-nois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in theIllinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years. His lawpartner said of him, "His ambition was a little engine that knew no rest."

He married Mary Todd, and they had four boys, only one of whomlived to maturity. Back in Springfield, he gradually began to prosper asa lawyer, often representing business interests, but his eloquently statedanti-slavery views gained him increasing attention. In 1858 Lincoln ranagainst Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in de-bating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him theRepublican nomination for President in 1860. Although he receivedonly 40% of the popular vote, due to a split in the Democratic Party, Lincoln won a majority of the Electoral College votes. Al-though he had stated his willingness to tolerate slavery where it currently existed, his election precipitated the secession ofSouthern states and the formation of the Confederacy.

In the years of civil war that followed, the inexperienced Lincoln proved to be one of the most extraordinary leaders, both po-litical and moral, the USA has ever seen. First defining the war as being fought over secession rather than slavery, he oversawthe creation of the Union army. When the political time was right he announced the Emancipation Proclamation (Sept. 1862),thereby interpreting the war as a crusade against slavery, and later oversaw the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment (1865)which legally ended slavery. With his immortal Gettysburg Address (Nov 1863), he stated most movingly: "that we here highlyresolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, underGod, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people,by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Lincoln won re-election in 1864, as Union military triumphs heralded an endto the war. In his planning for peace, the President was flexible and gener-ous, encouraging Southerners to lay down their arms and join speedily inreunion.

The spirit that guided him was clearly that of his Second Inaugural Ad-dress, now inscribed on one wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right,as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in;to bind up the nation's wounds.... "

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Football, before the 19th century, referred to any number of ballgames played on foot. Each game had different rules, some al-lowing the use of hands, running games and others - just kickinggames. One legend has it that the football game, rugby, (Ameri-can football’s ancestor) was invented by an Englishman namedWilliam Ebb Ellis, who grew tired of the no hands restriction, sohe picked the ball up and ran. To enforce the rules, the other play-ers tackled the fellow that ran. Whether or not this was true, foot-ball does have its beginnings with rugby.The first games that would become American football are foundin the 19th century, in the games played by students at eliteschools and universities of the United States. Walter Camp is widely considered the “father” of modern Amer-ican football. Between 1880 and 1883, this coach at Yale came upwith several major adjustments to the game.Walter camp was born April 17, 1859. He attended Yale from

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the general ath-letic director andhead advisoryfootball coach atYale Universityfrom 1888 to1914 and chair-man of the Yalefootball commit-tee. Campplayed footballwhile at Yale andhelped evolvethe rules of thegame away fromrugby and soc-cer rules into therules of Ameri-can Football aswe know themtoday.

The changes Walter Camp contributed to American Foot-ball were as follows:• One side retained undisputed possession of the ball until thatside gives up the ball as a result of its own violations.• The line of scrimmage.• 11 on a team instead of 15.• Created the quarterback and center positions.• Forward pass.• Standardized the scoring system, numerical scoring.• Created the safety, interference penalties and the neutral zone.• Tackling as low as the knee was permitted - 1888.• A touchdown increased in value to six points and field goals wentdown to three points - 1912.

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A HungryDinosaurThe dinosaur known as the Brontosaurus is now called

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eggs and may have lived long enough to celebrate100birthdays! This huge dinosaur was an herbivore whichmeans it ate only plants. The hungry Apatosaurus musthave spent his entire day munching and crunching onplants to maintain his massive body. This gigantic plant-eater measured about 80 feet long or

close to the length of two school buses. It stood about 30feet tall or the height of a 4 story building. It weighedroughly 30 tons; the weight of 10 cars! Apatosaurus hada very tiny brain in a small head which was less than 2feet long. The Apatosaurus had a long neck and a longtail. It had four massive column-like legs with the backlegs being longer than the front legs. We know all this be-cause people have found fossilized remains of the Ap-atosaurus in the Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, andWyoming and Canada. If you would like to look for dinosaurs bones when you

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dogs came from other wolves about 100,000 years ago,and dogs were domesticated from those wolf ancestorsabout 15,000 years ago. This date would make dogs thefirst species to be domesticated by humans. As humansmigrated around the planet, so did dogs.Dogs are valued for their intelligence. This intelligence

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Giraffes Are One OfThe World’s Tallest Mammals!

• Giraffes are one of the world's tallest mammals. They are wellknown for their long necks, long legs, and spotted patterns. Giraffeshave small "horns" or knobs on top of their heads that grow to beabout five inches long. These knobs are used to protect the head infights.• Male giraffes are larger than females. Males weigh between 2,400and 3,000 pounds and stand up to 19 feet tall! Female giraffes weighbetween 1,600 and 2,600 pounds and grow to be 16 feet tall.• Healthy giraffes live about 25 years in the wild.• Giraffes can be found in central, eastern and southern Africa.• Giraffes live in the savannas of Africa, where they roam freelyamong the tall trees, arid land, dense forests and open plains.

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• It is common to find 3 generations of a Chinese family living to-gether in the same house. Often the grandparents look after chil-dren when their parents work, and in exchange the grandparentsare taken care of as well. This was helpful when there wasn’t anynursing homes existing in China. Festivals are often a busy time aswell, and families that moved into the city for better careers returnback home to celebrate with their loved ones. Festivals are oftencolorful and many members of the community become involved. • Although there is no official religion in China, Buddhism and Tao-ism are two of the most popular. • Local markets are very popular in China. Much like farmer’s mar-kets, these stands sell a variety of goods and aren’t limited to justfood!• There are over 30,000 typesof plants and 4,400 types ofvertebrates in China! One ofthe most popular animals inChina is the Giant Panda, andthis animal is considered a na-tional treasure. The GiantPanda is found near theYangtze River. Unfortunately,human expansion and poaching has caused many species native toChina to become endangered, and the government has issued pro-tection laws to help keep them safe. • Another popular tradition in China is the Zodiac. Made up of twelveanimals, the zodiac supposedly can tell something about a persondepending on what year they were born in. If you were born in theyear of a certain animal, you reflect traits of that animal in your per-sonality.

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