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Boiling Springs SC 29316 |
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November 28, 2007 Volume 2 Issue 15 Our on-line
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Make plans to attend the BSIS Fine Arts Christmas Concert Thursday December 13th,
6:30 p.m. The performance will be held
at the Boiling Springs Jr. High Auditorium. The chorus, orchestra, and band students are
working hard to prepare a variety of favorite Christmas
songs for your enjoyment. I once heard McDonald’s
did a study that showed if you do something 17 times, it becomes a lifelong
habit. I’ll need to keep that in mind
the next time I start an exercise program!
Seriously, our Odyssey program is an excellent habit to instill in your child’s daily routine. The lessons are customized to each
student’s needs. What more could a
parent want than individualized instruction that kids actually enjoy
doing! Please let us know if you need
help getting started. All students
should know how to log in by this point in time. |
We are starting our first BSIS
Coffee House night of reading and writing with your children. Mark off Tuesday, Dec. 4 from 6:00 to 7:15
to relax with your child, a cup of coffee, light snacks and reading. Thanks, also to all who
dressed up for character dress-up day! Student council has begun to collect
Box Tops for Education. These can be found on many grocery items. Students
can turn them in to their homeroom representative. The homeroom which
collects the most box tops will receive a pizza party in December. |
Young People Losing the Love of By
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo |
Young People…con “People who read outside
of school or work volunteer at twice the rate of those who don’t, they are
three times more likely to participate in the arts, they earn higher wages,
they are twice as likely to exercise, they vote at one and a half times the
level of people who don’t read. Among people who read, there is not merely a
cultural transformation going on, the habit of reading does seem to awaken
something in the individual.” To read entire article, click
here. Ocean Wave Swaying back and forth Like there’s no
tomorrow, If you ever left me, I’d be left in sorrow. The seagulls sing your
song By the ocean bay, To tell everyone What you have to say. Karlie
Steadman |
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6th grade student council collected $2,083.90 for the |
Reminder: if your child is going to the “Bee Movie”
Dec. 3 or 6 (see note for pod dates), make sure money ($15.00) is turned in NO
LATER than Thursday, Nov. 29. |
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Tiger
Traits: What 10 people, places, things
and experiences am I most grateful for today? The
best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others. Spend
time with positive, energetic people.
You all contribute to a more loving universe! |
The
Puzzler # 1: The front wheels of a tractor have a diameter of 2 feet; the
back wheels have a diameter of 3 feet.
If the tractor travels 1 mile, how many more complete rotations will a
front wheel make than a back wheel? Puzzler
# 2: Carla used a total of 157 digits
as she wrote a list of consecutive integers.
If the last number she wrote was 140, what was the first number in her
list? Last
week’s winner: Kailey
Nodine found the first answer Puzzle
1: 51 students Puzzle
2: 5040 |
Upcoming
Events: Nov
29: “Bee Movie” money due Nov
30 – Dec 20: MAP computerized testing Dec
3 or 6: “Bee Movie” Dec
13 Christmas Concert Dec
22, 1:08 am – Winter arrives! |
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Kelsey Dukes also made the “A” honor roll first nine weeks!
The Puzzler #1: One snowy day the
principal sent home 1/3 of the students plus 6.
At 1:00 she counted the remaining students and sent home ¼ of them. At 2:00 she sent home the last 21 students. How many students were originally in school
that day? 51 students
Work backward!
The
Puzzler #2: What is the smallest counting number that is divisible by
the first ten composite numbers? The
first 10 composites are: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10,
12, 14, 15, 16, 18.
The smallest number divisible by all is 5040. This is
fairly easy if you prime factor all the numbers remember that you can find the
LCM by finding where you used each factor the most when you primed, then
multiplying.
Young People
Seen Losing Love of
By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo back to top
American
youths are reading less in their free time than a generation ago, a statistic
that bodes poorly for their academic performance, job prospects, civic
participation, and even social well-being, a report by the National Endowment
for the Arts says.
Increasing
use of electronic media is largely to blame for a decline in pleasure reading
among young people, says the report, released today. “The study shows that
reading is endangered at the moment in the
“This
functional approach to reading,” he said, “is not adequate to instill a
lifelong love of the subject.”
The
report, “To Read or Not to
Read: A Question of National Consequence,” analyzes data from
surveys—synthesizing information on the nation’s teenagers and adults ages 18
to 24.
The
report draws “three unsettling conclusions,” stating: “Americans are spending
less time reading”; “reading-comprehension skills are eroding”; and the
“declines have serious civic, social, cultural, and economic implications.”
A
Successful Habit
Fewer
than one-fourth of 17-year-olds, for example, read almost every day for fun,
and young people 15 to 24 read 10 minutes or less a day, on average, according
to various federal statistics. During their voluntary reading time—time spent reading
texts not required for school or work—middle and high school students regularly
watch television, listen to music, or use other media.
The
report notes that those shifts in voluntary reading have occurred at a time
when scores on national assessments have remained flat and large proportions of
secondary students have failed to demonstrate proficiency in the subject.
“People
who read outside of school or work volunteer at twice the rate of those who
don’t, they are three times more likely to participate in the arts, they earn
higher wages, they are twice as likely to exercise, they vote at one and a half
times the level of people who don’t read,” Mr. Gioia
said. “Among people who read, there is not merely a cultural transformation
going on,” he said, “the habit of reading does seem to awaken something in the
individual.”
The
findings repeat those found in the earlier survey by the endowment, which
looked primarily at how frequently young people read literature, but the new
report adds data on other genres.
Even so,
some observers say the study leaves an incomplete picture, because it does not
consider the kind of reading young people are asked to do in high school and
college.
Will
Fitzhugh, the founder and president of the Concord
Review, a scholarly journal that publishes exemplary
history-research papers by high school students, has been promoting the need to
assign more nonfiction reading to middle and high school students, particularly
history texts. Such reading is an indicator, he believes, of how well they are
prepared to do college-level work.