Congress was supposed to approve a budget for the fiscal year by October 1, 2013. A fiscal year is the monetary or business year for the United States. But unfortunately, Congress didn’t. So for two weeks the government had to shut down. Some people had to go to work without pay. Some people couldn’t go to....
Read MoreTech Prep hasn’t won a high school basketball game in 2 years. It was time for a change in culture. So we brought in former coach James Jenkins to do just that. With the season approaching, we asked him a few questions about his plan for this season.
Read MoreHis real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. But he is better known by his stage name Lil Wayne. He was born on September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is 29 years old. He wrote his first rap song at age eight. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the...
Read MoreMy experience on the trip to the ChesapeakeBay was good. I learned about the oysters' habitat called abenthic community, that lives on the bottom of the water. There are little species that are so tiny that you are not able to see one unless you are looking under a microscope. It becomes a...
Read MoreI did not go on the Chesapeake Bay trip because it was raining and I was scared that I was going to fall out the canoe. Since I didn't go I just had a regular day, just like I usually do, just no homework with it. I also didn't have as much fun because my favorite teacher Ms. Wesley wasn't...
Read MoreYesterday I went on the field trip to the Chesapeake Bay, and it was a good experience for me. I had fun canoeing, catching fish, learning about crabs and learning about the water. But I was kind of bummed that my shoes & pants got wet & dirty...
Read MoreIn the crabbing station we learned how to catch the crabs. In order to catch the crabs we had to use chicken. We had to put the chicken on a rope and drop it in the water. We also learned about the blue crab. Blue crabs are the most...
Read MoreThis is crazy, I thought I signed up for an adventure, a fun trip. Nope not this girl, there isn't a way in the world you'll get me to go on another canoe ride!
Read MoreMy class trip to the S.E.R.C. (Smithsonian EnvironmentalResearch Center) was fun. The part that I like the most was the canoeing. We went canoeing and we learned how to paddle the right way.
Read MoreSomething so small turned out to be so big. When I went to the plankton station during the trip to the Chesapeake Bay I thought that I would be bored, but once we started talking about plankton I became very interested in what was being said....
Read MoreThis was best trip I have ever been on. We got on the bus at 8:45 a.m. for an hour long drive. It was one of the best bus rides I have ever been on. I say that because I got to talk, yell, listen to music and make new friends that go to my...
Read MoreWhen we went on the trip to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center it was interesting, yet scary. First my group went canoeing. We were there to a canoe. My canoe group was Andrea and Ahkilah. I sat in the middle, Ahkilah...
Read MoreOn Tuesday September 20, 2011, Our seventh and eighth grade classes went on a field trip to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the Chesapeake Bay. It was fun. I loved it and it was very educational. It was fun because I went fishing...
Read MoreMy trip to The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the Chesapeake Bay was okay. I learned that crabs snap at you if they feel like they are in danger. I learned if they break a leg, it will grow back. I would like to know how long it takes their leg to grow back....
Read MoreBefore the trip, we talked about what we had to do. Then we had to put our gear on. We had to wear life jackets and ponchos. It was difficult getting into the canoes.
Read MoreWhen I visited the awesome Grand Canyon with my family, I saw a good sight from above it. It was so wonderful that I really wanted to dive into it. It has wide space in it. The Grand Canyon covers 1,218,375.54 miles and is 6,000 feet deep at its deepest point. On the day I went, I saw rocks with...
Read MoreOn March 26, 2011 The Egyptian Gazette News reported that a snake escaped the reptile exhibit at the New York, Bronx Zoo. They had to shut the zoo down until the snake was found. This is an Egyptian poisonous cobra. Scientists say...
Read MoreAre you being bullied? Are you being forced not to tell? Are you being called names? Are you feeling down because of bigger kids picking on you? This is a problem going on in most places of the world and in America. This problem is not controlled. Schools everywhere in America have bullies....
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