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wildcat pride rhes reaching high expecting success magazine volu me 3 i s s ue 3 no v /d e c 20 11

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page 2 snowflakes by alyssa burton i like snowflakes because they come in thousands of patterns and sizes do you know the saying no two snowflakes look alike well some snowflakes do look alike did you know that snowflakes are made of ice crystals and ice crystals are so small that you need a microscope to see one snowflakes also have names like people do like fernlike stellar dendrites 12 sided snowflakes and rimed crystals snowflake patterns are also formed by how high or low the clouds are i think snowflakes are wonderful the first thanksgiving thanksgiving is a day when americans get together with their family for an afternoon of food and football thanksgiving took place in plymouth massachusetts in 1621 more than 200 years later president abraham lincoln declared the fourth thursday in november as a national holiday of thanksgiving congress finally made the holiday thanksgiving an official national holiday in 1924 in 2001 the u.s postal service issued a commemorative thanksgiving stamp the first thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 by jackson martin days of thanksgiving were celebrated after the plymouth colony had harvested their food the first thanksgiving wasn t a true holiday it was simply a gathering to give thanks for the harvest forty-two pilgrims got very sick and died during the time of the pilgrims thanksgiving came more than once a year cookie monster day cookie monster day is on november 2 he was created by jim henson for a general foods commercial he appeared in a frito-lay potato chip ad and was named arnold the by abby graham favorite is chocolate chip he always says me want cookie he has googley eyes did you know his real name is sid he even has his own theme song it goes like this c is for cookie he also loves donuts flowers and salt and pepper shakers munching monster cookie monster is a muppet and he is one of the main characters on sesame street you probably know cookie monster loves cookies but did you know his wildcat pride

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volume 3 issue 3 page 3 december crossword puzzle answers on page 5 by sean mostyn who is santa did you know that santa is known as st nick i did he is also known as father christmas and kris kringel i just happen to know for a fact that he is very hungry when he gets to your house and wants a little by rhiannon jacobson ta known today father christmas had a long rich history so until next time be good santa knows if your mean or if your nice snack such as 1-4 cookies and a glass of milk if you want to know what he looks like he looks like a fat man with a red suit and beard did you know that st nick was the biggest influence on the san-

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page 4 international tongue twister day by jeremy smith november 7 is international tongue twister day a tongue twister is a word or group of words that are difficult to say quickly because each word begins with the same letter the most difficult tongue twister in the guinness world record book is the sixth sick sheikh s sixth sheep sick the tongue twister peter pepper is about a french pirate named pierre povir a school in seattle had an international tongue twister day they had tongue twister activities for everyone one of the activities was a tongue twister story time wildcat pride

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volume 3 issue 3 page 5 december crossword puzzle by sean mostyn answers from page 3 december jokes 1 what s white and goes up 2 what do you sing at a snowman s birthday 3 what goes now you see me now you don t now you see me now you don t 4 what goes ho-ho whoosh ho-ho whoosh by zion sims 9 why is it always cold on christmas 10 what do you have in december that s not in any other month answers on page 6 5 what goes oh oh oh 6 why does santa have three gardens 7 when does christmas come before thanksgiving 8 what s the difference between the christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet dear santa letters how would you start a letter to santa i start off my santa letters like dear santa this year for christmas i would like a hoola hoop a toy car a leprechaun 4 baskets of gold and a $100 dollars when by taylor boram might give you what you wanted but you have to be good to get your christmas presents or else he will give you a sack of coal so be good for goodness sake you are finished with your santa letter you can put it in an envelope put the address for the north pole and take it to the post office they will mail it to santa claus when santa gets your wish list he

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page 6 december jokes answers by zion sims 1 a confused snowflake 2 freeze a jolly good fellow 3 a snowman on a zebra crossing 4 santa caught in a revolving door 5 santa walking backwards 6 so he can ho ho ho 7 in a dictionary 8 the christmas one has no l noel 9 because it s in decemberrrrrr 10 the letter d november word search by ethan bradley answers on page 9 the boston tea party do you know when the boston tea party started it started on thursday december 7th 1773 that was a very long time ago did you know that it took three hours to throw the tea wildcat pride by jason gillespie 100 pounds one hundred sixteen people cooperated in the tea party do you know why did they do it they threw the tea into the harbor because england made the taxes too expensive for the people to pay into the atlantic ocean they threw 90,000 pounds 45 tons of tea in 342 containers overboard guess how many pounds were in each box was there were

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volume 3 issue 3 page 7 the university of alabama by jason gillespie the university of alabama is a very good school to go to they have a very good football team my favorite players for the school are mark ingram julio jones and marcell dareus did you know that the alabama coach also coached for lsu their college coach s name is nick saben trent richardson is their best player right now because mark ingram julio jones and marcell dareus went to the nfl julio jones went to the atlanta falcons mark ingram went to the new orleans saints and marcell dareus went to the buffalo bills christmas lights do you know how christmas lights are lit up they are lit up because they have little candles inside of them or they can be lit up by batteries the creator by myah mccottry started to put christmas lights on christmas trees the lights were candles some people put the lights on the tree with wax others taped them of christmas lights is thomas edison first he invented light bulb and expanded it into christmas lights back in the middle of the 17th century people

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page 8 safe toy and gift month by ben clark christmas is just a couple of weeks away make sure we get safe gifts december is safe toys and gifts month the reason we need safe toys is because the number of kids getting hurt with toys has been increasing in 2008 173,000 kids got hurt with toys also in 2009 186,000 injuries were reported in the emergency room make sure no babies have something small that they can swallow it make sure the age is suitable watch young children play or you may be sorry so try to have a safe christmas tsunamis these killer waves are like no other tsunamis also known as tidal waves are waves as tall as 100 feet or more they are caused by underwater earthquakes when the sea floor goes up or down by sterling guess the water is out of place and shoots the killer waves known as tsunamis they go as fast as 500 miles per hour when they hit land they are weapons of mass destruction if a tsunami is predicted follow evacuation orders with their headquarters in hawaii the t.p.t.w.s the pacific tsunami warning system warns people in the pacific when a tsunami is coming if a tsunami is at large seek shelter or move to higher ground christmas vacation christmas vacation starts on the 19thof december and it ends on the 3rd of january christmas vacation is when you travel to celebrate christmas and have no school christmas is when you celebrate a holiday with your family wildcat pride by sienna harrold ing to see her aunt for christmas and maggie baker is going to stay home mrs agnello is going to see her family and ms stagemyer is going to see her family in atlanta also mrs cantele is going to sleep and mrs kathryn is going to mississippi i am going to indiana christmas eve is on the 24thof december and christmas day is on the 25thof december i also found out what people around the school are going to do on christmas vacation and this is what i found kaitlyn tate is go-

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volume 3 issue 3 page 9 november word search by ethan bradley answers from page 6 electric scooters varoooooom have you ever thought about buying an electric scooter you have to have two 12v batteries so you can ride them they can take up to 4 to 12 hours to charge they have forty minutes by isabella melton you would love it it is for ages 8 and up of use or riding time electric scooters can go up to 15 to 25 m.p.h you can get a scooter in any color like pink green red or blue electric scooters cost about $109.00 i think if you get an electric scooter all about christmas christmas is all about spending time with your family christmas eve is on december twenty-fourth and christmas is on de by chloe enoch house make sure you remember to up your christmas tree and merry christmas cember 25th it is also on jesus birthday sometimes on christmas if you are very quiet you can hear santa coming into your

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page 10 dear santa letters by rhes 2nd grade students dear santa i would like everyone to have a safe christmas i wish that the soldiers would come home from war and be able to see ther family i want others to have a joyful christmas my brother deves a gift because he had been asom brother he really wants his own dsixl my mom wants a cookbook my dad wants a saw that s about all i would like a new nintendo ds american girl doll a new scooter with chalk at the end your good friend daphne all santa letters have been typed as is by the wildcat pride writing staff we hope you enjoy them dear santa really make the toys if they do are they speciali know you are busy right ly trained in making vidnow getting ready for eo games and it not christmas and all but i where do you get all the just wanted to say a few money i mean it s not things first off i d like to like there s a bank in the ask a question i saw a north pole in which you movie showing elves just walk up to get monmaking toys do elves ey and the second but last i only have a few things on my mind for christmas sonic generations tm for wiij tm super mario 3d land tm mario kart 7 tm and for everyone to be happy sincerely jon allen christmas list but i have been on the nice don t give my little brother presents belist i have been very cause he s on the nice to people i also naughty list and if made new friends in you toke me to the second grade also i north pole could i see already wrote my wildcat pride dear santa claus rudolph and if you have a kitchen do you have some french fries for me love brionna

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volume 3 issue 3 page 11 dear santa this is jordyn i am going to make a list of things that i would like for christmas and here they are i would like to be a little girl elf i would like a little santa hat boogie board just dance for kids two new webkinz and can it be a dragan and those are the things i would like for christmas this year please santa clause love jordyn b dear santa claus your awsome i thiong you doing a hard work can you do angry birds toy knoch out wood soviy to dis lovb you merry crimas sincerly vitor dear santa how are you doing i am 8 this christmas if you could give me one thing i would love william want a laptop i you can get it to me by christmas that would be great.

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page 12 dear santa letters by rhes 2nd grade students dear santa claus how are the reindeer asole rudolf oh and can i please have a spy woch and have i bin a good girl oh and will i relly git a spy woch love kaya dear santa pleas have a grate christmas giving all the nice kids presents with rudolph my favorite riandeer in the world i wolb like to have a grate christmas with my famaly and frends together and you have a grate christmas to love shelsey all santa letters have been typed as is by the wildcat pride writing staff we hope you enjoy them dear sata clause these are some things i want 1 coin from every contrey the wii game unerverse cars 2 x box 360 when you come to my house i ll leave you some cookies and milk sincerely cade huffin dear santa claus i hope your reindeer are redy to cary that full sleigh but eny whae i would relly like a brown full case of domonoes a skin bord ll pieces of wood a reall saw and a reall pocket knif and same with the other sincerely lee dear santa can you make toys for all of the chilldren at richmond hill elementaruy school.i want a game that is called dicney unerverse that is for a ps3.iwant lots of legos love dequavien wright dear santa i want a big dolb house that comem with three floos a rell door bell a i pot and a dsi love alaiyah wildcat pride

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volume 3 issue 3 page 13 dear santa can you get me some toys for christmas i would like a ipod that has lots of christmas music the toy rudolph a big toy dog jewls lots of webkinz spongebob movies a new bike lip stick lots of yummy candy a little fake christmas tree a little toy elf that moves around and the spirit of christmas i also hope you and the elves work hard love julia dear santa i want a dsi for christmas and a game called skribl enots i also want a big big bear as tall as you santa and i want it to be pink and realy fluffy .i also want a mini smart phone i want it to be pink with hellokitty made out diamonds on the back of it i also want a real dolmation puppy love allison rapp dear santa claus i hope your reindeer are redy to cary that full sleigh but eny whae i would relly like a brown full case of domonoes a skin bord 11 pieces of wood a reall saw and a reall pocket knif and same with the other list sincerely lee dear santa i would like a new bike and i would realy like some snow i would like one new video game super mario galixsy and tell the elvs i said hi love rylan dear santa i wantan xbox 3d a play station 3 starwars legos hedbans game boy dsi my familly and a real girl dog thankyou santa and a happy new year love garrett dear santa for christmas i would like a real kitten the wii game wipeout and a american girl i have been a good girl this year and would like these things for presents this year and i almost forgot i would like it to snow love gabrielle

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page 14 dear santa letters by rhes 2nd grade students dear santa i wode like if you code get a nrafre gan ra blak eye blue sky 3 hellecopteres alereike goccrate all thes staff i wont o and i wont one more thang a bare love cameron rouse dear santa can i have moster high stuff only just please don t get the moster ipad beacas my mom said to get it so i have a ren you have a vary vary big job i understand i beaeav in you i know your bussy so i will leav you alone i am vary good love alexis mays all santa letters have been typed as is by the wildcat pride writing staff we hope you enjoy them dear santa i hope i have a great christmas i wish that i have a great holiday and a great christmas morning and i wish that i get to see you on christmas i cannot wait to get some presents and i cannot wait to see you i hope you have a great christmas love cadence smith dear santa i want a poptqpicamen ber ship cards a ds 3d marey or 3d land.a i tab t.a computer password that is i love dogey.a bob it to.a new pair of running shours hop you get all of this love david p.s have i ben noutey dear santa for christmas can i get an american girl doll and some stuff for her ,a 3ds ,a pokémon black and white a lachric scooter littlest pet shop tensy spleasa and that s everything love lauren dear santa christmas is coming are you and your elf making toys how is dasher panzer and rudolf doing i want a donut maker i want a cookie maker i want a jello maker i want a chocolate maker i want a crepcrolor factory love ethan wildcat pride

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fred 2 night of the living fred by madeline morrow do you like adventures do you like comedy or horror if you like any of those choices fred 2 night of the living fred is the movie for you just keep in mind that it is rated pg which means you should have a parent watch it with you it came out on october 22 2011 lucas cruikshank plays fred and derf fred s advice giver he was also the creator of fred and let s not forget kevin the dreamtaker or bully he is played by jake weary don t you think his acts are tough for him he sure isn t a bully in real life have you ever heard of the show modern family ariel winter who plays talia is in that show john cena is one of the best actors in the fred movie i really liked him as fred s dad mr devlin played by seth morris is fred s music teacher he teaches his students about his favorite instrument the piano i can prove that he is a vampire by the end because you could not see his reflection in the end of the movie hope you can catch the movie next time it airs on nickelodeon volume 3 issue 3 page 15 hanukkah by reilly white celebration known as hanukkah or chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century b.c of the second temple in jerusalem in the temple according to legend jews had risen up against their greek syrian oppressor in the maccabean revolt a candle is lit on the menorah for each day people also spin the dreidel and eat fried foods hanukkah is a jewish holiday celebrated for 8 days and nights in hebrew the word hanukkah means dedication the 8 day jewish thanksgiving foods mmmmmmmmmmmmm i love thanksgiving foods the mashed potatoes are my favorite i like the mashed potatoes because i like it mashed do you like mashed potatoes my second favorite is the turkey my third favorite is the cream corn by abigail irby thanksgiving dessert is apple pie mrs hagan s favorite thanksgiving food is creamed spinach denise s favorite thanksgiving food is squash casserole finally my least favorite is the green bean casserole i like thanksgiving do you like thanksgiving mrs bill s favorite thanksgiving food is macaroni and cheese mrs stagemyer s favorite thanksgiving food is sweet potato casserole jason s favorite

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