Siberian Tiger

This animal is related to our furry cute pet cats, but bigger and scarier also wild. It's two million years old. Six types of tigers are endangered and three are extinct. Out of the ones that are left there are 1,200 left in the wild. There's a story I read about a Siberian tiger that broke out of a zoo in California and killed a man that was taunting him throughout the day. Everybody thinks that tigers are man eaters but that is not true. They eat antelope, buffalo, peafowl, monkeys, porcupines, fish, frogs, crabs, lizards, pythons, grass, and fruit.  
by: Jacoby Silk

100 Things We Wanna Do Before We Die, Part I

By The Whole 8th Grade Class + Ms. Woolum

1)Take over the world
2)Hang on a chandelier
3)Make a taco
4)Make a song
5)Train 500 cats to be Ninja
6)Become an official Ninja
7) Travel to all the fifty states
8)Master the art of magic
9)Climb up the tallest volcano
10)Meet Tim Burton
11)make a movie
12)Destroy McDonald's
13)Skydive
14)Ride a cow
15)Slide across a bar counter
16)Crowd Surf
17)Find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
18)Go surfing
19)get in a huge food fight
20)Walk on the moon
21)Speak French
22)Get in a football fight
23)Prank call Marlin Manson
24)Travel the world
25)swim with dolphins
26)Jump in a big thing of Jello
27)Knock over a huge wedding cake and run
28) Ride a motorcycle
29)Slap Mr.Swaim and run
30)Make a perfect grilled cheese sandwich
31)Miniature golf with Obama
32)Find a money tree
33)Smash a computer
34)Play in a NFL football game and be INVINCIBLE
35)put someone on Scare Tactics
36)Bungee Jumping
37)run a marathon(and don't die)
38)Become president and QUIT!!!
39) Be teacher for the day and make the rules
40)discover flying monkeys!!!

LionHead Rabbits

Meow......This is not a cat just a extremly fluffy rabbit. I am doing a class project on them and I have been informed that they look like cats. These rabbits are speedy so be careful. They come in all colors, besides purple, sorry. My own 2 rabbits nicknames thanks to a friend are called Kitty 1 and Kitty 2. If you want a rabbit and are okay with cleaning up after it and giving it food and water every day go ahead and get one. (as long as a little kid can't squeeze it to death.)

-Izzy Grillone

Native American Poetry

April is National Poetry Month. In honor that the month here are some Native American poems from the book The Trees Stands Still.

You, whose day it is,
Make it beautiful.
Get out your rainbow colors.
So it will be beautiful.
Nootka

I wonder if everyone is up.
It is morning.
We are live, so thanks be.
Rise up! Look about!
Go see the horses!

Nez Perce

Time Out for Seventh Grade Craziness

We took time out to say "Hi" to Austin.

Wolf Story

The night was cold and silent. Everything was calm when a loud howl split the air, the packs hunt was. The pack surrounded a weak elk, it tried to run but struggled. A wolf attacked and it dead. The alpha wolf ate first, when his hunger died away, he left the remains and the rest of the pack stepped forward to eat. The pack was not big but not small. Five wolves followed the lead alpha wolf through the trees, they broke in a run, then slowed down as they reached their dens. Their gray fur shone silver in the light of the full moon. The she alpha wolf stepped out of a den with two pups following her. She and the pups went over to the of the elk, which the pack had brought back. Life was good for the wolves until the hunters came. The hunters were close when the wolves heard them, they howled loudly meaning danger. The pack followed the alpha wolves as they raced into the trees. One older wolf fell back as it was hit in the leg by a bullet. The rest of the pack ran on and on for many miles. After checking for danger they stopped and rested. The suns rays started peeking up over the mountains. The wolf pack stayed hidden for a day and night scared that the hunters would come back, but nothing  happened. That night the hunt was on again, this time they found a moose wandering away from the rest of the herd. The male once again let out a howl and they attacked. The days grew colder and colder until snow fell on the ground, winter was approaching, and fast. Hunting became harder because their paws sank into the snow. For many days they were very hungry. A few wolves did not make it, but as it seemed hopeless the snow started to melt away and disappear. More prey was out for the wolves and the pack grew again. Life for the wolves was easy again and life continued as usual.
anonymous author

In Honor of Dillon: Purple Day

Today at our school everyone was encouraged to wear purple to honor Dillon's Simpson's birthday. Purple was his favorite color. He is deeply missed by friends, family, extended family,and staff. Above are the 8th graders in purple. Here is the Dillon Simpson Memorial page on Facebook.

Author Visit:Lois Lowry

A group of students from our middle school had the privilege of hearing Lois Lowry speak in Republic on Tuesday. Lowry earned a Newbery Award for Number the Stars and The Giver.  About six hundred people packed into the gym and learned about where her ideas come from, how she was inspired to be a writer, and where the idea of the memories in The Giver came from.

Charlie got her autograph for one of the books from the classroom.

I Am Roger: Roger Finley

I am Roger
I live at Twin Lakes,
I go horn hunting
in the change of winter to spring,
I eat Indian Tacos,
I listen to the pow wow drum,
I like the buffalo.

Roger Finley