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Memorial Day: Remembering Heroes
May 2, 2022 - The school year is winding down with summer fun just around the corner. Swimming, surfing, biking, playing and hiking are just a few of the activities to enjoy as the weather warms. But also take time now to plan for Memorial Day on Monday, May 30, a day to honor the fallen heroes of the country.  Word of the Dayimagine: verb;think of; try to create a scene or feeling in your head that could be real or not Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of May 16 animosity: noun; extreme anger, tension, stress, bad feelings (animus)All things green can cure pandemic blues completion: noun; end; something, such as a project, that is finished Will Hurricane Ida be Katrina 2.0? irrigation: noun; mechanical process of watering crops; Drought conditions assessed weekly shorebirds: noun; birds that live by the shore or at the edge of a body of water; Support for songbirds and shorebirds announced Today In HistoryMay 22 1802: Library of Congress: the first of first ladies, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died of a severe fever. When she married George Washington in January 1759, she was twenty-seven years old and a widowed mother of two. She was also one of the wealthiest women in Virginia, having inherited some 15,000 acres of farmland from her deceased husband, Daniel Parke Custis. A prosperous farmer himself, George Washington ably took over the Custis estate, but moved Martha and his newly-adopted stepchildren Martha ("Patsy") and John Parke ("Jacky") to his own home, Mount Vernon, outside Alexandria, Virginia. There, the couple delighted in raising their children (though Patsy died of an epileptic seizure in 1773 at the age of seventeen, while Jacky died of camp fever during the Revolution in 1781) and entertaining Virginia society. It is estimated that between 1768 and 1775 over 2,000 guests visited the Washingtons, some staying for extended periods.More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareOver 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyThe story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceGlassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News March: Women's History MonthMarch 3, 2022 - March is Women's History Month. Read and learn about Cornelia Fort (1919-1943).  February: Learn more about Presidents Lincoln and WashingtonJan. 31, 2022 - Take time to learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in February.  Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Jan. 12, 2022 - On Monday, Jan. 17, the nation will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the father of the civil rights movement.  Cornelia Fort (1919-1943): Pilot and PatriotDec. 7, 2021 - Early on Dec. 7, 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Cornelia Fort, 22, was doing what she loved to do.   |
