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Fourth-grade students at Spencer Elementary complete Hour of Code The students of the Fourth Grade Magnet Class at Spencer Elementary took part in an Hour of Code. Using websites, they created computer code to make many different snowflakes. They discussed why coding is important, who creates computer codes, and what you can create codes for.

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What a wonderful month February is! February is full of celebrations as wellas the shortest month of the year! Here’s five reasons we celebrate! Wecelebrate Black History month where we remember and honor importantmen, women and historical events that changed our nation and the world.Ground Hog Day was February 2nd. The 100th Day of School is celebratedin classrooms with fun activities and creative projects for students to enjoy.Valentine’s Day is the 14th. It’s the celebration of love, where we show ouraffection for friends and family with cards, candy and classroom parties.President’s Day is February 16th. Wow! That’s a lot of celebrations!

We would like to thank our wonderful sponsors who help us bring this paperto you each month and thank you for reading it! Have a happy February!

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The students were challenged to build intricate designs by selecting appropriate commands and sequencing them appropriately together. The students noticed how you have to create even the tiniest of commands, if you want a computer to respond. After the Hour of Code, the students earned certificates for their participation. The students now understand that the workings of computer programs are very intricate. They have extended this learning at home, and many students are coding on their free time!

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Did you know that your heart is a muscle? It’s one of many youhave in your body. The heart though, is a special muscle that per-forms almost like a pump. Your heart is located in the middle ofyour chest and a little to the left. It’s about the size of a fist.

The right side of your heart receives the blood from your bodyand pumps it to your lungs. The left side receives the blood fromyour lungs and pumps it out to your body. How does this pumpwork? Before each heart beat, your heart fills with blood. Then ithas a muscle contraction (it squeezes) to shove the blood in theheart to its destination. The heart continually “beats” during yourlifetime. Doctors listen to the heart beat with a stethoscope.

There are four different sections of your heart called chambers.Two on the right side of your heart and two on the left side. Eachside has one at the top and one on the bottom. The two top cham-bers are called the atria (the singular form is atrium). The atriachambers on the right and left fill with blood returning to the heartfrom the body and lungs. Down through the middle of your heart isa thick wall of muscle called the septum which separates the leftside and the right side of the heart. Working together, the atria fillwith blood, dump it into the ventricles (the bottom chambers), theventricles contract (beats) and pumps the blood out of the heart.Then the atria fills back up with blood.

Inside the heart are four valves. These valves let blood in andthen close. Two of the heart valves, called mitral and tricuspidvalves, let the blood flow from the atria to the ventricles. The othertwo are called aortic and pulmonary valves. They control the flowof blood as it leaves the heart. All these valves work to keep theblood flowing in the right direction. They open to let blood throughand then quickly close to keep it from flowing the wrong way.

When the blood leaves your heart, it circulates. Circulation is themovement of blood through the heart and around the body. Howdoes it do that? It leaves the heart through tubes called blood ves-sels. These blood vessels are called arteries which carry the bloodaway from the heart and veins that carry the blood back to theheart.

What does this blood do? Blood keeps your body working cor-rectly. It carries oxygen and nutrients to all of the body’s cells. Theleft side of your heart sends the oxygen blood to all parts of yourbody. Your body takes the oxygen out of the blood and uses it inyour cells. Then the cells make carbon dioxide and other stuff thatgets carried away by the blood.

The blood returning in the veins enters the right side of the heartthrough the Vena Cava. The superior vena cava brings the bloodinto the heart from the chest, arms, neck and head. The inferiorvena cava collects the blood from the parts of the body locatedbelow the heart. The right ventricle pumps that blood into the lungsfor removal of the carbon dioxide. So when we breathe, we exhalethe carbon dioxide. When we inhale, we bring fresh oxygen intoour lungs and begin the blood process all over again returning theblood to the left side of the heart. It takes less than 60 seconds topump blood to every cell in your body!

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Michigan has designated the Chlorastrolite or Isle Royale Green-stone as the official state gem by Michigan’s 76th Legislature (Act56, PA 1972) in 1973. It was introduced by Representative Rus-sell Hellman of Dollar Bay. It is a variety of the mineral pumpel-lyite. The chlorastrolite or greenstone is a bluish-green stone witha pattern of slender, star-like crystals which results in what iscalled a “turtle back” pattern.

The greenstone is found in the Keweenaw Peninsula in theUpper Peninsulaof Michigan andIsle Royale inLake Superior. Itis however, pro-hibited to searchfor these gem-stones on IsleRoyale.

They appear asdark green, smallround or almondshaped nodules inthe basaltic rock.In some casesthese noduleshave weatheredout of the volcanicrock and can befound along theshoreline. Unfor-tunately, only asmall percentage

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gem quality greenstones are very small, and it is rare to find onethat is larger than a half inch. The largest gem quality stone is inthe Smithsonian and measures 1.5 by 3 inches.

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Second Graders work and study hardStudents in Mrs. Lynn Robinson’s second grade class have been working hard this year to meet all of the bench marks for second grade. Students are provided extra help practicing their reading skills when parent volunteers come to listen to them read. “This is really beneficial to the children”, said Mrs. Robinson. “Sometimes that extra five or ten minutes spent with someone who not their own parent or teacher really makes all the difference in their reading skills.” As the second graders learn how to improve their reading skills, they learn how to form their own thoughts to put them down on paper using correct spelling.

Students in grades sixth through eighth at St. Mary Catholic School recently participated in the National Geography Bee. All students in these grades were part of a preliminary competition that involved students being given a series of oral questions. Students would then write their answers on a piece of paper. The results of this test provided the top ten finalists for the next round that would take place in the school gym in front of spectators. Those top ten students left to right were Jenna Joseph, Gabe Garbarz, Valen LeVasseur, Ben Wittrup,

Preschoolers help children from the Dominican RepublicThe preschool class at St. Mary Catholic School have been working with their parish missionary Mrs. Jessica Carlyle. Mrs. Carlyle is a former student of St. Mary School who grew up to become a missionary in the Dominican Republic working with small children in an orphanage. “After talking with Jessica to see what the children could use, she suggested coloring books”, said preschool teacher Mrs. Jenny Smyczynski. Mrs. Smyczynski worked with her own preschool about how it would be a wonderful thing to do for Jesus’ birthday. The children were very excited about helping other students and were able to collect thirty-nine books. Mrs. Carlyle will be taking them with her to the Dominican Republic when she returns in the middle of January.

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Farley Elementary third graders send cards, gifts to troops Mrs. Golin’s third grade class at Farley Elementary in Pinckney was thinking of our troops when they adopted a special forces platoon over the holidays. The class collected donated items and made cards for these men and women. Mrs. Lytle and Mrs. Kruk’s classes also made cards and posters for the troops to add to the boxes of goodies collected. They were able to fill seven boxes of much needed cheer for a platoon that was away from home during the holidays.


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On November 19, 1831, James Garfield was born in a log cabinin what is now Moreland Hills, Ohio. He was the last of the logcabin presidents. Fatherless at 17 months old, he was brought upby his mother Eliza Ballou, his sisters and his uncle. They had towork for everything starting at a young age. His education waslocal in Orange City Schools, then Eclectic Institute (later calledHiram College) and then transferring to Williams College in Mas-sachusetts. He graduated in 1856 as an outstanding student.

On November 11, 1858, he married Lucretia Randolph. Theyhad a large family of seven children.

He preached for a short time at Franklin Circle Christian Church.Then taught at Eclectic Institute as an instructor in classical lan-guages before he became the president of the institute from 1857to 1860. Garfield studied law privately and was admitted to theOhio bar in 1860.

He was elected as an Ohio State Senator in 1859. There, heworked at encouraging the Southern states back into the Union.With the start of the Civil War, Garfield was commissioned as alieutenant colonel in the 42nd Regiment of Ohio volunteers. In1862, he led a brigade at Middle Creek, Kentucky against the Con-

federate troopswhich was suc-cessful. The Con-federates had5,000 men and 12cannons, Garfieldhad only 1,100men. The battlewas one of themost importantminor battles ofthe war. At theage of 31, he be-came a BrigadierGeneral.

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James Abram GarfieldOur 20th President (1881)

elected to the Congress. At the urging of Lincoln, he resigned fromthe military and took his post. Garfield repeatedly won re-electionfor 18 years and became the leading Republican in the House. Hewas elected as a United States Senator (while still in the House ofRepresentatives) in 1880, but became president instead.

He was elected President by a margin of 10,000 popular votes.He was the first member of the House of Representatives to beelected President. As President, he took a stand against politicalcorruption. The growing strength of his administration and popu-larity continued to grow.

Garfield was shot in a Washington railroad station on July 2,1881, twice. One bullet grazed his arm and the other entered hisback and lodged itself somewhere in his body. He died Septem-ber 19, 1881, living only a few months after being shot. Garfieldbecame the second president to be assassinated - Abraham Lin-coln being the first. He also served the second shortest term asPresident of the United States.

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Kreeger students hold annual food drive Kreeger Elementary held its annual food drive in January for the Family Impact Center, a non-profit organization in Fowlerville that assists area families. The donated products will help stock the Family Impact Center’s food pantry. “The students and staff normally donate about two tons of goods each year,” said Pete Wedesky, the counselor at Kreeger Elmentary who organizes the drive. To help motivate students, a contest is held with the top two classrooms in each grade (third, fourth, and fifth) treated to a private sledding party, plus hot chocolate. These third graders took part in the drive. From left are Tyler Bergin, Olivia Ellens, Jenna Arbenowski, Gavin Mulligan, Isaiah Beach, Grant Kargel, and Brooke Hanna.

Kreeger students enjoy reading Kids’ World News each month The students in Mrs. Phillips’ and Mrs. Feig’s classrooms at Kreeger Elmentary in Fowlerville enjoy reading each edition of Kids’ World News, and look forward to the next one. “Thank you for creating a fantastic, fun newspaper for children,” they stated in a letter.

When ‘Every Penny Counts’… You can count on Hutchings February has a number of special events, not least of them being the ‘Every Penny Counts’ fundraising campaign put on by the American Red Cross of Livingston County. Last year marked the 18th consecutive year that participating schools have asked students, parents, staff, and others to drop their pennies and other spare change into the glass jars. During those 18 years, over $200,000 has been raised in support of Red Cross programs and services for disaster relief. The school that has collected the most money for seven of the past eight years is Hutchings Elementary in Howell. Last year the students and staff raised $1,699.51. The year before the school donated over $1,900. The effort at Hutchings is spearheaded by the student council. The sponsor of this group is Jason DeLand, a teacher. The winning school receives a traveling plaque, with their name engraved on it. But Hutchings also has its own trophy, with the amount collected each year listed on it. Shown here, holding that trophy, is Devin Douglas, left, a fifth grader and one of the three presidents of the student council, and Sarah Konsdorf, a fifth-grade class representative on the council.


Students enjoy plenty of ‘indoors’ fun during cold weather At Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran School, when the weather turns cold we bring our fun indoors! This past month our students have done craft projects, played sports, and worked hard at their lessons, all indoors. Shepherd of the Lakes invites the community to our welcoming school on Friday, February 13 for a free performance by Wild Swan Theater. This professional theater company will be doing a series of skits titled “Once

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With the help of some great volunteers, our second graders created a craft for their parents. Shepherd of the Lakes loves our volunteers!

A game of Uno among two sixth graders, Mitchell and Hunter, gets quite heated. A little friendly competition will help keep us warm.

Students in afternoon preschool brought the winter indoors. They learned about the letter ‘I’ and ice.

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First grade student Cameron constructs a gingerbread house.


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‘Great Glads’ at H.T. Smith ElementaryThe “Great Glad” Program at H.T. Smith Elementary School in Fowlerville is designed to encourage students to treat each other with respect and kindness. Another goal is to inspire students to make responsible decisions in life. Staff members within the building have been looking for students who perform random acts of kindness, behave in a responsible and safe manner. In order to recognize all of our “Great Glads,” teachers send the names of students to the office, where they are read on the morning announcements. Each student who is nominated to be a “Great Glad” will wear a very special shirt for that day. H.T. Smith Elementary is full of amazing students who are respectful, responsible, safe, healthy, and who encourage each other to be their best! Four students who were recently cited for being ‘Great Glads’ are, from left, Gabby Banko, Zack Petrovich, Preston Hartke, and Evan Schultz. Gabby, age 8, is a second grader. She is the daughter of Matthew and Sabrina, likes her gym class, and playing with friends. Zack, age 7, is a first grader. He is the son of Zack and Ashley, likes to read, and playing games with his sisters. Preston, age 6, is a first grader. He is the son of Peter and Heather. He likes going to school and having fun with his family. Evan, age 7, is a second grader. He is the son of David and

Alison. He likes writing and gym along with p l a y i n g Mind Craft.If you know of a student (K thru 6th grade) worthy of being recognized for Caughtcha Doing Something Great, who attends a public or private school in Livingston County or is a county resident being home schooled, submit their name and the reasons for your recommendation to: [email protected] or mail them to: Steve Horton, PO Box 937, Fowlerville MI 48836. Phone number is 517-223-8760.

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A new building for Holy Spirit Catholic School Saturday, January 10, was a truly glorious day for Holy Spirit Catholic Church and School. It was an awesome and historic event for the parish community. Bishop Earl Boyea of the Diocese of Lansing was present to celebrate Mass and bless the new school building. Fr. Steve Mattson, the DOL Superintendent of Catholic Schools, and Associate Superintendent Sean Costello were in attendance as well to mark the occasion. Our sign reads “Uncommon at Its Core” because at its core is Jesus. The goal of Catholic Education is to nurture and educate the body and mind and soul of the child. One cannot ignore the spirit of the child. The goal at Holy Spirit Catholic School is that each child will encounter Christ and the love of God so that wherever they go in life, they will know His presence and His love. To encounter Christ is a call to holiness. Whether HSCS alumni pursue a career as a CEO, construction worker, attorney, or a home-maker caring for children, they bring God’s love with them. There are many people to thank. That’s because the building has been a dream for the parish that has lasted for twelve years. And, in the course of those dozen years, countless people have been involved in making this dream come true. God has called some of them home. Some have left for other endeavors. But regardless of where they are, their efforts, financial resources, and prayers have made a difference. Their commitment and their faith are greatly appreciated. The dream is now a reality! Saint Philomena, pray for us! The students and staff are settling into their new surroundings and enjoying the fresh new look. According to the students, the most exciting feature of the new school is hearing announcements over the PA system! All are welcome to come to our upcoming open houses or to call and schedule a tour.

OPEN HOUSESFebruary 11, 2015 6:30 – 7:30 pm

March 3, 2015 9:30 – 11:00 amMarch 15, 2015 noon to 3 pmTour our new school building

9565 Musch Road, Brighton810-900-9050

Shown here are the students of Holy Spirit Catholic School at the blessing. Bishop Earl Boyea of the Diocese of Lansing, Fr. Steve Mattson, the

Superintendent of Catholic Schools, and Sean Costello, the Associate Superintendent, were in attendance


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Brighton District Library100 Library Dr., Brighton

810-229-6571www.brightonlibrary.info

Cromaine District Library3688 N. Hartland Rd., Hartland

810-632-5200www.cromaine.org

Crossroad Branch1788. No. Old US. 23

(Hartland Town Center)810-632-7480

Fowlerville District Library131 Mill St., Fowlerville

517-223-9089www.fowlervillelibrary.org

Hamburg Township Library10411 Merrill Rd., Hamburg

810-231-1771www.hamburglibrary.org

Howell Carnegie District Library314 W. Grand River Ave., Howell

517-546-0720www.howelllibrary.org

Pinckney Community Public Library350 Mower Rd., Pinckney

734-878-3888www.pinckneylibrary.org

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The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species of deer in the worldwith only the moose being larger. Plus - the elk is one of the largestmammals in North America.

Wild elk live in forest and forest edge habitats. They feed ongrasses, plants, leaves and bark. There are wild elk herds, butsome elk have been domesticated and are farm raised. They havebeen raised commercially on farms or ranches since before 1900.

Male elks, called “bulls” have large antlers which shed every year.The males bugle call is one of the most distinctive calls in nature.Their bugling can be heard miles away. Females are attracted tothe males that bugle more often and are the loudest. It is heardmost commonly in the morning and late in the day. Mature bullslive in a harem with approximately 20 females or “cows.” They arechallenged by other bulls and must defend their harem. They size

each otherup walkingback andfourth andthen theyengage ina n t l e rwres t l i ng .The maturebull weighs800 to 1100pounds!

Femaleshave noa n t l e r s .They weigh

from 550 to 600pounds. Babiesare called “heifercalves” (females)or “bull calves”(males). It is rarethat a female pro-duces twins. Theyare known to begood mothers.These babies re-main with theirmother for aboutone year. In cap-tivity, elk live about20 years or more. In the wild, that changes to 10 to 13 years.

They are farmed for many reasons which include meat produc-tion and velvet collection. The meat is a red meat and tastes gen-erally like a mix of beef and venison. It is higher in protein andlower in fat than either beef or chicken.

Their velvet is collected and sold to markets in east Asia whereit is used in medicine. The mature bull may produce 30 to 40pounds of velvet per year. The elk looses their antlers every yearin March and regrows new ones. Antlers can be used in art work,furniture and novelties. Their hides have been used for hundredsof years for tepee coverings, blankets, clothing and shoes.

Current estimates for numbers of elk farms and farmed elk total800 farms and 35,000 elk in Canada, and 1,200 farms and 70,000elk in the United States.

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