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There was a little turtle.He lived in a box.He swam in a puddle.He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.He snapped at a flea.He snapped at a minnow.He snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.He caught the flea.He caught the minnow.But... he didn’t catch me!

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Historically Speaking - Students at East Martin Christian School recently participated in a school-wide Biography Parade. Every student,K-8th grade, chose a historically important person to represent at the parade. Each student put in many hours of hard work, learning abouttheir person he/she chose, as well as gathering clothing items for their costumes.When the day finally arrived, all of their hard work shown through as students lined the halls, in full costume, ready to tell visitors all about

“their” lives and accomplishments. The halls were lined with the likes of Albert Einstein, Pocahontas, Clara Barton, George Washington,Francis Scott Key, Sacajawea, Amelia Earhart and many, many more!The day rounded out with a school-wide performance of the musical “The American Dream.” This musical took the audience back in time,

walking through the history of how we, as a nation, came to be here in this moment in history. From the Spanish explorers, to the Civil War,viewers were transported through time, watching the history of our great nation unfold before their very eyes.It was a grand day filled with adventure, history and even a little bit of “time-travel!”

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EasterIsland

• Easter Island is one of the world’s most isolated inhabited islands. Itis located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean approximately 2200 milesoff the coast of Chile. Its closest neighbor that’s inhabited is PitcaimIsland, which is 1,289 miles to the west with fewer than one hundredinhabitants. • Easter Island is also called Rapa Nui, or it’s official Spanish name isIsla de Pascua which also means “Easter Island”. The name “EasterIsland” was given by the island’s first recorded European visitor, theDutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sun-day, April 5, 1722. • The island is approximately 15 miles long and 7.6 miles at its widestpoint. It has an area of only a little over 63 square miles.• Easter Island has three extinct volcanoes, the tallest rising to 1674feet. The island is hilly, almost treeless and is mainly covered withgrasses and shrubs.• The capital is Hanga Roa.• Easter Island has mild winters with cool temperatures year roundand abundant precipitation. • Official languages are Spanish and Rapa Nui.• Easter Island is a special territory of Chile. They have a ProvincialGovernor and a Mayor. The treaty was signed on September 9, 1888.• There are three freshwater crater lakes called Rano Kau, Rano

Raraku and Rano Aroi.There are no permanentstreams or rivers.• Easter Island is famous forits over 800 monumentalstatues, called moai thatwere created by the earlyRapa Nui people. Thesepeople are considered theoriginal inhabitants who arethought to have arrived from

Polynesia at around 400 AD. The average moai statue is 14 feet, 6inches tall and weigh 14 tons. Some are as large as 33 feet andweigh more than 80 tons.  Some stood on massive stone platformscalled ahu and were spaced approximately one half mile apart to cre-ate an almost unbroken line around the perimeter of the island. Themoai are believed to represent status symbols of the different EasterIsland tribes. Because of its ability to help scientists study earlyhuman societies, Easter Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Siteand much of the land belongs to the Rapa Nui National Park.• Only one airline flies to Easter Island. It is the LanChile out of San-tiago. Flights only come in and go out every few days.• The written language of the Rapa Nui has yet to be deciphered.• Easter Island's only festival is the Tapati Rapa Nui in February,which celebrates traditional Rapa Nui culture. • Easter Islanders farm small plots today and maize (corn) is nowthe major crop. Chilean cuisine has replaced the native diet. Sincethe introduction of sheepranching, sheep and cat-tle on the island havebeen the primary sourcesof meat. Most materialgoods are now obtainedfrom the store on the is-land and from the Chileangovernment. In addition tofarming and fishing,Easter Islanders nowwork for the government,in a few small businesses,and in the tourist industry.• The population of EasterIsland is approximately4,888.

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Many centuries ago, European and Asian peoples enjoyed eat-ing cherries. They are believed to have come from China around4000 B.C. Cherries were brought to America by early settlers inthe 1600s. Cherry trees, in fact, were part of the gardens ofFrench settlers when they established Detroit.

In Michigan, Peter Dougherty, a Presbyterian missionary,planted the first cherry orchard in 1852 in the Grand Traverse Bayarea on Old Mission Peninsula. These trees produced well andsoon other orchards were planted all over Northern Michigan.Grand Traverse area possesses the conditions that cherries needto grow to their full potential. Orchards there are usually plantedon rolling hills and sandy soil where there is water drainage andair flow. The first cherry processing facility was built just south of Tra-

verse City called the Traverse City Canning Company. Soon cher-ries were being shipped all over the country. Today, Traverse Cityis known nationally as the “Cherry Capital of the World”. In fact,the National Cherry Festival is held there each year which beganin 1924. This year it’s July 2nd thru 9th when the sweet and tartcherries begin to ripen.The five counties around Traverse City produce 40% of the an-

Michigan’s Cherries!

nual tart cherry crop in the United States. Cherries used to bepicked by hand, but now a mechanical shaker which looks like anupside down umbrella is used. Today most sweet cherries are stillpicked by hand.• The major variety of tart cherry grown in the United States is theMontmorency. It has been cultivated in the United States for morethan a century because the fruit is excellent for pies, preserves, jel-lies, juice and other products. • Tart cherries have high levels of antioxidants when compared toother fruits. Some studies show that eating about 20 cherries aday could reduce inflammatory pain and headache pain amongmany other uses.• The United States produces more than 650 million pounds of tartand sweet cherries. Michigan grows about 75 percent of the U.S.crop of tart cherries and about 20 percent of the U.S. crop of sweetcherries.• It takes about 250 cherries to make a cherry pie.• The most famous sweet cherry variety is the Bing cherry. How-ever, there are more than 1,000 varieties of sweet cherries. Bingcherries are a dark red/burgundy color. There also are light sweetcherry varieties, such as Rainier and Queen Anne.

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Benjamin Harri-son was born onAugust 20, 1833 inNorth Bend, Ohio.He was the secondof 8 children. Hewas also thegrandson of Presi-dent William HenryHarrison and thegreat grandson ofr e v o l u t i o n a r yleader and formerVirginia governorBenjamin Harrison. His early school-

ing took place in aone room school-

house near his home. After graduating from Miami University inOxford, Ohio, he took up the study of law in the Cincinnati law of-fice of Storer and Gwynne. Before completing his law studies, hemarried Caroline Lavinia Scott, who was the daughter of a Pres-byterian minister in 1853. During their married life, they had twochildren, Russell and Mary (known as Mamie). He was admittedto the bar and began practicing law.He joined the Republican Party shortly after it’s formation in

1856. He supported Abraham Lincoln for President. In 1862, hejoined the Seventeenth Regiment of the Indiana Volunteers dur-ing the Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General.After the war, he ran for Governor of Indiana. He lost that race buthe became influential with the new Republican party. In 1880, hewas named to the United States Senate by the Indiana State Leg-islature. Note: Senators were not elected by popular vote until1913. During this time he championed pensions for Civil War Vet-erans, high protective tariffs, a modernized Navy and conserva-

Benjamin Harrison23rd President of the United States

1889 - 1893tion of Western lands. Harrison won the 1888 Presidential election by carrying the Elec-

toral College. Harrison advocated the conservation of forest re-serves and he embarked on an adventurous foreign policy thatincluded U.S. expansion in the Pacific and the building of a canalacross Central America. He also supported the landmark Sher-man Antitrust Act, the first bill ever to attempt to limit the power ofAmerica’s giant corporations. In the area of Civil Rights for AfricanAmericans, Harrison endorsed two bills designed to prevent South-ern states from denying African Americans the vote, and he ap-pointed the great and eloquent former slave Frederick Douglassas minister to Haiti.On the international front, he convened the first Pan-American

Conference in 1889. He negotiated an American protectorate overthe Samoan Islands, attempted to annex Hawaii and continued thework of modernizing and expanding the United States Navy. Mostimportantly, he saw trade as an essential part of the nation’s foreignpolicy and negotiated a number of important reciprocal tradeagreements that set the pattern for American trade policy.In 1892, he lost his bid for re-election for President and during this

time, his wife Carolinehad passed away. Hereturned home to Indi-anapolis after leavingthe White House in1893. After someyears, he marriedagain. Her name wasMary Lord. Together,they had a daughter,Elizabeth. He re-mained active in publiclife until his death frompneumonia in 1901. The Harrison’s home in

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Pine Trails ElementaryArbor Day - Students from Mrs. Herlein’s 5th grade class at Pine Trails Elementaryobserved Arbor Day, along with officials from the City of Allegan at a presentation atJaycee Park on May 1. Students learned about trees and all their benefits from JustinBurchett, program manager at the Allegan Conservation District. Then they helped toplant a Colorado Blue Spruce near the police station. Every student also received asugar maple seedling from Smoky the Bear to take home and plant. 5th grader AlexisNeff was honored as the Arbor Day poster contest winner.

Dawson Elementary

Pine Trails Outstanding Citizens - Two newstudents were added to the plaques on“Citizenship Lane” at Pine Trails Elementary. 5thgraders Gabriel Harlan and Kaylie Dickersonwere recognized at a Board of Education meet-ing in May, for their outstanding academics andexemplary citizenship!

Mr. James is Retiring - Mr. Joseph P. James will be retiring from his position as principal at Dawson Elementary at the close of this schoolyear. He has served a total of 37 years at Allegan Public Schools, 18 of those as principal at Dawson (before that, he was a teacher at NorthWard Elementary for 19 years). The students and staff of past and present will dearly miss Mr. James—from his easy but firm leadershipstyle, to his willingness to participate in silly antics such as the dunk tank at the annual school carnival or dressing up as favorite charactersfor holidays and parades!

Happy Retirement

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Is your family moving this summer or do you know someone thatis moving? It’s normal to be scared, excited or even angry aboutmoving to a different location. Moving is also not easy for adults.Whether you, a friend, classmate or neighbor is moving, it’s im-portant to understand how that makes you feel.People move for many reasons. Some of these reasons include

buying a larger home for a growing family, job transfers, or want-ing to live in a different city. Worries such as “will I make anyfriends or find my way in a new school” are not uncommon. It’s im-portant to talk about these feelings with your parents. You will feelmuch better and they will be happy you shared your feelings withthem.Moving can also be an adventure. Maybe you will have your

own room and new places to explore. It helps if you find out aboutthe new place you’re moving to. Is it a house or an apartment?Maybe you can look at it before you move there so you can seeyour bedroom. If you see kids around where you will live, say hito them and introduce yourself. They could be future friends.Check out your new school. Mom and Dad can usually arrange

a visit to get you acquainted with it. That way, on the first day ofschool next fall, you will be able to find your way around. If youenjoy sports or band, find out what is offered at your new schooland how to join in.Packing up is a chore. A good idea would be to ask for a spe-

cial box that will be labeled with your name. You can put your fa-vorite things in it. It may be a good plan to put in your toothbrush,pajamas, sheets and pillow for your first night at the new house.You’ll find that box easily because it will have your name on it.When you are packed up, it’s time to say goodby to friends and

neighbors. If you’re moving to another city, grab an address bookor paper so you can write down names, addresses and e-mails.Then you can keep in touch after you move. If you have a cam-era, take a picture of your friends, school and neighborhood. After

“I’m Stressed OutAbout Moving!”

unpacking at yournew house, you canmake a scrapbookout of these or dec-orate a bulletinboard.When the moving

day finally arrives,it’s okay to feel a lit-tle sad, especially ifyou are moving to adifferent city. Par-ents feel sad too.Again, talk aboutyour feelings withthem. When youarrive at your newhome, remember tograb your box of fa-vorite things and start unpacking. It’s great to keep busy. Oncethat’s done and your familiar things are around the house, you willbegin to feel at home. Little by little you will start making newfriends in the neighborhood.When you first go to your new school, you may feel a little scared,

but you will meet new friends every day. Get involved with yournew schoolmates by joining clubs, sports or after school programsand activities. If you are having trouble doing this, talk to your par-ents and ask them for suggestions. It’s normal to feel a littlestressed out about moving somewhere, but give it time. Soon youwill begin to feel comfortable in your new surroundings. If you no-tice that there is a new boy or girl that has moved into your neigh-borhood or is new at school, be a good friend and make them feelwelcome.

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North Ward Elementary

Allegan Area Fire Departments allow students Hannah Corbett, Cole Milbocker, andCarter Wagner to try on their fire-fighting gear.

Students get a closer look at a yellow British Morris Minor, with informationfrom Barry Lucas, owner and mechanic of the car.

Representatives from Wishbone Pet Rescue were a hit with the students!

Elaine Dykstra from Seminole Canyon Farms taught the students a littleabout horsemanship. Students Annastasia Martin and Ally Brown areeager to learn.

Career Fair at North Ward Elementary – North WardElementary recently held a Career Fair so students could getan idea what different jobs would be like. After a brief keynotespeech by Superintendent Kevin Harness, students went fromroom to room enjoying presentations from lots of differentcareers, including: mechanics, firefighters and police officers,hair stylists, and many more! Kudos to Mrs. Winderbanks-Lucas, Mrs. Lemons, Mr. Evans, and Mrs. Cabrera for organ-izing this year’s event.

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Now that the weather is warmer, we’re outside more! Thatmeans you can enjoy the companionship of many friends or makenew ones. Plus you can get plenty of exercise when your out run-ning around! The following are some group games you can play.

Catch One, Catch All!Catch One, Catch All is usually played in a large field or yard

with at least 10 participants. One person in the group is “it”. Thefirst person he or she tags is also “it”. Now, the two “its” chase theothers who when tagged are “its” also and so on. This goes onuntil the last person is caught. The last person caught is “it” forthe next round of play. There is no real winners, just the pride inbeing the last one caught.

Simon SaysOne person is chosen to be “Simon” and the rest stand in a

straight line. The “Simon” begins by calling out an action for therest to follow. It can be anything like “Simon says to touch yourtoes” or “Simon says to jump 10 times on 1 foot.” Everyone mustfollow that instruction. But when “Simon” simply says the action by

itself - such as “Touch your ears”or “Clap your hands” then who-ever does that action - is out andhas to sit down. You can use dif-ferent actions according to theage group of children you areplaying with. The last personwho is standing can then be thenext “Simon”.

Red Rover, Red RoverThis game is when the kids

form two opposing lines and at-tempt to “break through” the op-posing team’s line. At first, two

Outside Games!

teams are chosen of equal size, and they form two lines, facingeach other and holding hands. One side starts by picking a per-son on the opposing team and saying “Red Rover, Red Rover,send (Tom) right over!” Tom then lets go of his teammate’s handsand begins a headlong rush for the other line. His goal is to breakthrough the line by overpowering the kid’s hold on eachother. IfTom breaks through, he chooses one person from that opposingteam to join his original team. They both then go back and join intheir line. If he fails to break through, Tom becomes part of theother team. Each team alternates calling people over until oneteam has all the people and is pronounced the winner. The bestpart is, since all the players are on the winning team at the end,there are not losers in this game.

Freeze TagThis is another version of the game Tag. One person is still “it”,

but when they touch someone, that person is “frozen” in place.They cannot move and must stand with their feet apart. The onlyway they can become unfrozen is if a person crawls under theirlegs. Play continues until all the players are frozen. Then the lastperson to be frozen is “it” for the next game.

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Otsego Christian Academy

Several 8th grade students entered essays in a contest sponsored byFarm Bureau Insurance. The contest topic was “My Personal MichiganHero.” One of our students, Abby Hutchens, wrote a piece which advancedto state level competition. Three of our students were awarded a certificatefor eloquently honoring the heroes in our Michigan communities.

West Ward Elementary

Rainbow Fish Ballet - West Ward studentswere treated to a special performance based onthe book “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister.Dancers from the studio Discovery Dance inFennville, Michigan, performed the original chil-dren’s story ballet for students, who enjoyed thestory and the colorful costumes! Thank you toWest Ward librarian Trish Parker for arrangingthe performance, to Claudette Lee of DiscoveryDance Studio, and to Angie Gooding for sharingof photographs!

West Ward Outstanding Students - 5th graders Makayla Rogers and ConradEichbauer were honored as this year's Outstanding Students of the Year at WestWard Elementary! They were recognized at the April Board of Education meet-ing for their academic abilities, as well as their willingness to assist other studentsand work cooperatively with others.

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That TastesSoooooGood!!

Everyone has their favorite food they LOVE to eat! Have youever wondered how you can taste your favorite food? Tastingyour food has everything to do with your taste buds!Taste buds are sensory organs found on your tongue. These or-

gans allow you to taste the four basic tastes which are sweet,salty, sour and bitter.If you stick out your tongue and look into the mirror, you will see

bumps on it. They are called papillae. Most of these contain tastebuds which have a very sensitive microscopic hair called microvilliin them. These tiny hairs send messages to the brain about whatyou are tasting, so you will know if it is sweet, salty, sour, or bitter.

The average person has around 10,000 taste buds in theirmouth. They are replaced every two weeks or so. There are twothings that reduce the number of taste buds in your mouth. Thefirst one is smoking. Smoking can reduce the amount of tastebuds you have. The second reason is age. An older person hasreduced working taste buds. As a result, younger people have astronger sense of taste.Your nose plays an important part in this also. In the upper part

of your nose, there are Olfactory Receptors that have special cellswhich help you smell. These receptors send messages to thebrain too. While you’re chewing food, the food releases chemicalsthat travel up into your nose, triggering the receptors. Togetherwith the taste buds, they send a message to your brain. In thisway, you learn the true flavor of the food you are eating. Whenyou have a cold and your nose is stuffy, you will notice that yourfood doesn’t have much taste because your Olfactory Receptorscan’t receive the chemicals from the food!

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In each bowl, add 1/4 cup of water. In the first bowl, mix in thesugar. In the second bowl, mix in the salt. In the third bowl, mix inthe lemon juice and in the fourth bowl, mix in the vinegar.Close your eyes and pinch your nose while having an adult put

a small amount of solution in your mouth. See if you can guesswhat it is. Then unplug your nose and guess again. Rinse out yourmouth and repeat this process with the rest of the solutions!

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