The Purple Paw Volume 1, Issue 10
April 7, 2015
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Jiggers, sub-Saharan sand fleas, burrow into skin of humans and animals which causes large amounts of pain, damage to tissue, and infections. This causes many problems for children in Uganda who don't have shoes to protect their feet.
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What are your favorite pastimes?
What are your favorite pastimes?
Working out after school.
Being outside with family.
What is your most memorable moments this year?
What is your most memorable moments this year?
The first track meet we went to.
Playing football.
How long have you been at River Road? From my very first day in school.
For the past week and a half Miss Williamson’s Teen Leadership classes have been working on a project called Sole Hope. This organization makes shoes for kids in Africa who need them to protect their feet from jiggers.
The organization takes material, cut out from old pairs of jeans, and sends it to Uganda where the residents of villages sew the material together and make shoes! The classes also made cards to send to kids and have cut out the material for 63 pairs of shoes! They will be selling pencils and stickers in the cafeteria to make donations and help cover shipping costs. Great job Leadership classes!
How long have you been at River Road? Two years so far.
Quote and Word of the Week
April Birthdays 1st-30th 5th Delia Flores
Quote: “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” -Og Mandino
6th Avery Giles 11th Collin Coppock 17th Garrett Scardino
Dendrochronology
20th Shelby Phillips
1. The science dealing with the study of the annual rings of trees in determining the dates and chronological order of past events.
23rd Alexis Melton
22nd Jacob Flores 24th Ethan Matthews 29th James Betts, Azian Vasquez
How to make Rock Candy Clip the wooden skewer into the clothespin so that it hangs down inside the glass and is about 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the bottom of the glass. (as shown) Remove the skewer and clothespin and put them aside for now. Get a helpful adult! Pour the water into a pan and bring it to boil. Pour about 1/4 cup of sugar into the boiling water, stirring until it dissolves. Keep adding more and more sugar, each time stirring it until it dissolves, until no more will dissolve. This will take time and patience and it will take longer for the sugar to dissolve each time. Be sure you don't give up too soon. Once no more sugar will dissolve, remove it from heat and allow it to cool for at least 20 minutes. NOTE: While it is cooling, some people like to dip half of the skewer in the sugar solution and then roll it in some sugar to help jump start the crystal growth. If you do this, be sure to let the skewer cool completely so that sugar crystals do not fall off when you place it back in the glass. Have your friendly ADULT carefully pour the sugar solution into the jar almost to the top. Then submerge the skewer back into the glass making sure that it is hanging straight down the middle without touching the sides. Allow the jar to fully cool and put it someplace where it will not be disturbed. Now just wait. The sugar crystals will grow over the next 3-7 days. Want colored rock candy? Add food coloring to your sugar water and make sure that it is pretty dark in color for the best result.
With Science!
Materials
A wooden skewer
(you can also use a clean wooden chopstick)
A clothespin
1 cup of water
2-3 cups of sugar
A tall narrow glass or jar
How Does it Work? When you mixed the water and sugar you made a SUPER SATURATED SOLUTION. This means that the water could only hold the sugar if both were very hot. As the water cools the sugar "comes out" of the solution back into sugar crystals on your skewer. The skewer (and sometimes the glass itself) act as a "seed" that the sugar crystals start to grow on. With some luck and patience you will have a tasty scientific treat! Enjoy! Source– www.sciencebob.com
Career Corner: Law Enforcement Law enforcement agents protect life and property, and uphold the law within a jurisdiction. Many of the job requirements are not based on education, but on one's physical and mental characteristics. To become a law enforcement agent, individuals need to complete agency training programs, such as police academy. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), some agencies may require applicants to hold college degrees or have completed some postsecondary coursework, but this varies by agency. Almost all agencies require applicants to be legal U.S. citizens, 21 years of age or older, and able to pass several physical fitness tests. Psychological exams are often administered as well.
Idioms
Mystery Photo????!!!! Can you guess the object in this photo??? Once you think you’ve got it, report to Miss Williamson and give her your best guess. The picture from last week was of a pencil sharpener, and the winners were Ethan Hawley, and Logan Hayes.
“Show Your True Colors” Meaning: to reveal what you are really like Example Sentence: “We thought . Carl was a great guy until he showed his true colors by kicking his dog.” Origin: For centuries ships have flown colorful flags to identify themselves. Sometimes a ship could fool an enemy by flying a false flag that looked friendly. That was called sailing “under false colors.” Then if a deceitful ship “showed its true colors,” it hoisted its real flags and showed the enemy who it really was.
App Of The Week Jelly Jump Little jellies need you more than ever before! They keep drowning over and over again. Only you can keep them safe... Jump higher, survive longer and never give up! Collect little jelly blobs and craft new jellies out of them. Challenge your friends in this ambitious game!
J O K E S
Q: What is a bubble’s least favorite drink? A: Soda POP Q: What stays on the ground but never gets dirty? A: Shadow. Q: Name a city where no one goes. A: Electricity Q: What four letters will frighten a burglar? A: O I C U
Comic Strip of the Week
Comic Strip: Cyanide and Happiness Made by: Kris Wilson Rob DenBleyker Matt Melvin Dave McElfatrick
Date: December 9, 2004 to current day.
Math Square
Positive Picture of the Week
This dogs name is Chia and currently holds the world record for standing 8 burgers.
Try to fill in the missing numbers. Use the numbers 1-9 to complete the equations. Each number is only used once.
How many can YOU stand on? (Do not try this at home; this stunt was preformed by a professional)
Each row is a math equation. Each column is a math equation. Remember that multiplication and division are performed before addition and subtraction.
April Calendar Sunday
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1. April Fools
2. Career Day
3. Good Friday 4.
Altered Schedule
Out of School
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21. 7th Math 8th Social Studies
22. 7th Reading 8th Science
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30. Fine Arts night 5-8 at the High School Design by Austin Thrash