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To D.C for Darfur Nichole Butters “Drum roll, please!” yelled Adeena Lago, GHS Dance Company’s teacher. As all of the lancer dancers “drum rolled” the floor, we all wondered who was going to be chosen for a trip to Washington D.C. “These are the people who were chosen: Laurie Carlson, Nichole Butters, and Sha’neka Daniels!” As many of you remember, we had a Tents of Hope assembly and night forum to raise funds for the people of Darfur. Many of you donated money for this cause. Granger, Cyprus, and Kearns made over $10,000 all together. The trip to Washington D.C. was to raise national attention for this cause, and to raise money to ship our tents that we made over to Darfur. On the trip, there were 13 students and 5 chaperones. At the airport, we were able to meet the people who we would be traveling with for the next 5 days. “It was so fun to meet new people and meet people with different personalities. I loved making friendships that will last a lifetime.” said Laurie Carlson, (12). Here is a breakdown of what we were able to do in Washington!
One of the many tents being sent to Darfur.
memorial, World War 2 memorial, rode on the Metro many times, shopped at the Pentagon City Mall, toured the Holocaust Museum, and many others. It was definitely a learning ex p e r i e n c e for us. “I loved going to all of the monuments! It was so cool because I had only seen them in movies, so it was cool to see them up close and The Capitol building in Wahsington D.C personal. For First of all, we were my favorite monument, I able to see and experience many think it’s a toss up between wonders of Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial and We toured the Capitol Building, the Washington Memorial the Washington Memorial, saw because they honestly were the White House, the Vietnam so inspirational and amazing
Inside!
to see so up close.” said Laurie Carlson. We also were able to set up our large tent along with the hundreds of other tents for the people of Darfur. We attended a conference where we listened to speakers and presentations about what we can do to help Darfur,
and also what we had done for them already. We had the opportunity to go see the Arlington Cemetery, where President Kennedy is buried, and also the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We learned all about our country and the sacrifice that so many had to go through.
Sha’neka Daniels, Nichole Butters, and Laurie Carlson, the Granger High respresentatives in Washington
Revieew of School Musical on Pg. 3
Scholarships and the Granger students still renisance program on pg. 2 trick-or-treating? on pg.4 Colleges are looking at your myspace! pg.5
November 2008
Play Sudoku on pg.8
Swim Team on pg.6
“Because of our ancestors, we are able to be friends. If it weren’t for those who fought for our freedom and our rights, I would be hated and persecuted for even talking to you. I am forever grateful for what they did for us.” Said Sha’neka Daniels, (12) While we were there, our chaperone Josh Adams gave each of us a paper. On it was a letter from soldiers who were lost in the war and gave us sections of their very last letter that they had ever written to their family. He had read each of them beforehand, and gave us the one that fit us the most. My letter was from a General who died in the war, in his last letter to his wife. It was one sentence long, which read “Love has gotten us through, and it will do so again.” “One of the funny stories about this trip is when me and Nichole surfed on the metro and also on the tram in Colorado. It was so fun, but so hard to keep your balance!” Overall, this trip was definitely something that we will never forget and had experiences that will last a life time.
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