Fresh Beat Band ConcertBy Natalie Morphis
Went to the Fresh Beat Band on Wednesday. And they were really them and they weren’t wearing wigs. And they sang, “We Got to Go Bananas” and everyone got bananas and they got some beach balls and threw them off the stage. I had a really fun time! Junior did it for us. There was little papers falling down. And it was so so so fun! We saw Kiki, Shout, Marina and Twist.
Plague At Sea Continued
By Emma Palmer
When they got home there mom hugged them and said “ Did you get the water?” “ Yes mother we did and um when we got there Lisa and I saw a dog and it belonged to the man and it touched Lisa on the leg and now she has the plague.” “NINA GO TO THE MAN AND FIND OUT HOW HE HAS SURVIVED.” So Nina and Lisa walked down to the water and to the man’s little hut. The hut was under the pier covered with moss. there was a mat at the front door that said “wipe your feet and you won’t get the plague.” On the right side of the hut there was a little boat and ore. Nina was scared but she wanted to know how to live with the plague so Lisa would live. She was Nina’s favorite sister and loved her so they walked up to the front door and knocked on the door. To be continued . . .
Scarlet's Revenge By Samuel Palmer
Scarlet went down the red path. There were foot prints that looked liked gun prints. So he followed the gun prints. And then he walked to the next platform and walls fell on both sides. Then there was a big robot monster that had many guns. Scarlet finally learned how to pull out his sword. He pushed it down then pulled it out. He fought the monster and after many cuts the monster blew up. The End
Is it Just My Nature?
By Professor Hunt
Throughout the centuries, even as far back as ancient Greece with Hypocrites, people have attempted to explain personalities and behaviors, from cheesy facebook tests that classify you with a crayon color to the more professional Myers-Briggs personality indicator. Energy therapist, Carol Tuttle, has taken it one step further. She claims that your energy type goes deeper than just your personality. It’s in the way you move, the way you think, the curves of your body, your facial features, and even a part of your DNA. She has created a program she calls energy profiling to help you discover your true nature and help you honor the person that you were designed to be. In her book, It’s Just My Nature, she says, “...quite often we judge the very gift nature has endowed us with to be a weakness.” She goes on to express that once we learn our true nature, embrace it and live it, we will discover that they are not weaknesses at all but our greatest strengths. Here is a quick glimpse of what it’s all about.
Carol Tuttle’s program uses the four elements that create all of nature: nitrogen/air, oxygen/water, hydrogen/fire, and carbon/earth. She says, “Energy profiling looks deeper than personality and behavior. With energy profiling, we can assess how the vibration and movement of each of the elements is expressing through all of nature and each of us.” According to Tuttle, when you are not thinking about it your dominant energy expresses itself most readily, for example, the way you doodle, the way you walk and talk, and even your smile.
Type 1 is nitrogen/air. Words to describe this type are upward, light, random, disconnected, buoyant, free, crisp, upbeat. These people are the movers of the world. They tend to have high energy levels, are outgoing, and always smiling. They are full of ideas, but aren’t always good at following through on their ideas. They are fast thinkers and exciting! They are like the geyser Old Faithful.
Type 2 is oxygen/water. Words to describe people that lead with type 2 energy are flowing, thoughtful, connected, comfortable, calming, sensitive. Type 2’s have an introverted expression. They think about the details and like to have a plan. They are quieter and sensitive to others. They take type 1’s ideas and ask, “what do we need to do to make it work.” Type 2’s in nature, the gently flowing Mississippi River.
Type 3 is hydrogen/fire. They are active, reactive, swift, asymmetrical, intense, fiery, substantial. They are always moving swiftly to accomplish their goals. They have a medium to medium high level of movement and like to get down to business. They are like Niagara Fallsl They take the ideas from the 1’s, the details from the 2’s and say, “Let’s get it done!”
Type 4 is carbon/earth. Constant, still, perfecting, straight lines, black and white, reflective, concise are all things that can describe a type 4. Keeping things structured and staying on track are important for type 4’s. They like to be in charge and feel they have the authority to do so. They are the noble fir trees. Type 4’s complete the cycle by perfecting the actions.
Carol Tuttle reminds us that it is important to remember that everyone has all four types as part of who they are, but we all lead with one dominant type. Will understanding who we are and who those around are help us to lead happier and more fulfilled lives? Well, that’s what Carol Tuttle believes and as for this professor, I like what I have seen so far! If you are interested and want to find out more you can go to myenergyprofile.com or thecarolblog.com.
Ravenclaw Challenge
Congratulations to Morphina De Delphi of Hufflepuff House and Robert Petersen of Gryffindor House for answering the Ravenclaw Challenge. The answer to Riddle One was watermelon. The answer to Riddle Two was footsteps.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Minerva Bronte (Bonus: open to everyone) I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery. Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite concealed The apparatus of the dark To ignorance revealed. - Emily Dickinson |
Riddle One (eight and over)
| My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe. |
Riddle Two (under eight)
What grows when you feed it, yet dies when you water it?
Musings
A Weekly Column by Damarco Montoya
Chocolate Animal
I’ve been called a Chocolate Animal before and I wondered what that meant. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE chocolate, and I suppose when I’m eating chocolate I could probably eat so much in one sitting it’s as though I’m living off of chocolate rather than using it as an occasional dessert or treat. Is that what a Chocolate Animal does? Do they eat nothing but chocolate and get it all over their face and hands when eating it (not that I do that of course. I’m sure I’m a perfectly proper eater when it comes to chocolate, don’t look at me!)? Wait, do such animals even exist?
If they exist they are probably the size of a small cat. I bet they have mouse-like round ears, and the nose and whiskers of a rabbit, the teeth of a- wait a Chocolate Animal wouldn’t need teeth, just strong lips and gums since everyone knows chocolate is best when eaten very slowly, or even sucked on until it disappears. So this creature is a bit smaller than a cat, with mouse ears, and also the tail of a possum so it can hang upside down, the claws of a sloth so it can hold on really well in any position to just about any material for long enough to enjoy the biggest blocks of chocolate. Of course these animals have to be dark chocolate brown in color and have almost no fur (don’t want to eat animal fur when enjoying delicious chocolate), and they smell like rich cacao or baking chocolate when they get wet. I think even their flatulent (a polite maybe scientific term for fart) would smell like chocolate since their diet consists entirely of chocolate.
Now that we know what these animals look and smell like, we can conclude that I’m not a Chocolate Animal. Maybe I have some similarities with these types of animals, such as our love for chocolate, but that’s about it. My ears, though bigger than average are not round like a mouse, and my mouth is nothing at all like that of a rabbit. I can be pretty good at climbing trees, and one thing’s for sure, I can certainly hold on to my chocolate (yours too if you let it out of your sight, or any chocolate at all that can be grasped). Is that enough? Do I qualify?
I wonder about that illusive animal of chocolates, that Chocolate Animal. I wonder if they live in this area, in this climate even. Perhaps they live closer to the equator since they have very little hair and still require warmth. I believe cacao plants mostly come from nearer the equator as well, and everyone knows where there is cacao there is chocolate (You knew that didn’t you?). I’m guessing these amazing creatures come from Costa Rica and maybe Peru (both are countries in South America).
Maybe these little guys are able to turn the cacao bean into a form of chocolate by some special sloshing process in their mouth. I bet they have two cheeks, and one of them has hundreds of small “masher” teeth (my own word for flattened teeth, the kind you have in the back of your mouth. Please don’t report me to the dentistry association). The “masher” teeth will grind the beans into a smooth texture, which will move into the next compartment in the animal’s mouth until it has completed its delicious chocolate process.
I guess with these guys around I would be sure to protect my chocolate, to keep it in a safe place. Actually, the Chocolate Animals aren’t around here since we know they mostly live near the equator and near cacao plants. The only thing you need to worry about now is me. Since I’m the closest thing to a real life Chocolate Animal, I would keep my chocolate as far from me as possible lest you find me hanging upside down in some tree with melting chocolate dripping from my hands and face.
Leaf Challenge
How many words associated with our beloved school can you find in the puzzle below? Honor and glory will go to the first person who can email the completed puzzle to the editor.
F Z Z D R N V Q O L D K W R H
C A U A O O T E L H Z P A F Z
H D E B D E D E R V U G L T J
A C L L G E W N I I Q M C N K
R E I D E I L V I U T D N A P
M Q I G L H I A E F N Y E I E
S R S L A E T R I A F J V L R
B G A P N M C L W D M Y A A C
E H G N Z U L G S I E J R V I
B X E Y S W H I T E O A K G V
O L E A E C I R P K W X H S A
R E L H F F U P E L F F U H L
L B Q O D H I D N W P K S R E
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I H P L E D E D O R E I L L Y
ADELAIDE
BRIDGET
CHARMS
DEDELPHI
GRYFFINDOR
HALLIWELL
HUFFLEPUFF
MAGIC
NOBLE
OREILLY
PERCIVAL
PRICE
QUERCUSALBA
RAVENCLAW
ROBE
THELEAF
VALIANT
VERITY
VIVIENNE
WAND
WHITEOAK
Elephant Toothpaste
By Robert Petersen
We made elephant toothpaste. We put hydrogen peroxide in a Gatorade bottle. Then we put soap inside. We put in yeast and water. I thought we would have to put more stuff in the potion but I was wrong. The elephant toothpaste got bigger and made a waterfall out of toothpaste. It was fun!
Eve of Destiny Mission 1 Episode 3: Inferno and Puzzles
By Bradley Palmer I knew the landing was gonna hurt but at this point I didn’t care. I was more concerned with keeping my life. I found a vine I could swing on but when I reached out to grab it I missed. I ended up l landing in a giant stack of straw. The landing wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be but it still hurt pretty bad. I got up, gathered my strength and started my decent.
The first thing I noticed was a stingray in pool. It wasn’t much. The next thing was a sunflower a little bigger than me. But it had a glass center. There was a lot of stuff that didn’t make sense.
I looked around for a while and saw a huge rolled up leaf. So I thought about this till my brain hurt. Then it hit me. Sun makes plants grow. So I ran over to the sunflower. I grabbed two of its petals and used it like a Magnifying glass burning ants. I aimed it at the leaf and it rolled open. I ran across it.
Next I saw the first signs of human life there was human life. There was a tribal village in the distance. There was no way to get there that I saw. And then one of them saw me and called the warrior. “Quick men, to arms!” he shouted. I was so afraid, I ran not knowing where I was going. I eventually out ran them but got lost.
At this point I was just looking for a path in general. When I finally found one and saw that spiraled down into the tree, I followed it. It got hotter and hotter the farther down I got. I started sweating like a pig. Eventually I got to a nice cool cave at the very bottom with nothing there. Inside was a note. It said:
Sorry I couldn’t meet you in person but I have business in Gerat.
Atrax.
Well you bet that I was really mad. My first mission was a failure. So I had to find a way out now. I saw a elevator hidden by some vines. Soon as got about ten feet from the door I was surrounded by tribal members. They said I was to be murdered for disturbing they’re home and not explain my purpose. Seems harsh right? So I pulled out my gunblade and got ready for battle.
I was pretty good and there was only four of them. I sliced one shot another. Then on the last two a swung at one and got him but then hit a coconut tree. after shot the last guy a coconut fell and hit my head from the force of the blow to the tree. I passed out for a bout for a bout an hour. Then I woke up in a moving elevator. I’d left Mansul and was moving on.
End of Mission 1
The Leaf wishes to congratulate Bradley Palmer, Emma Palmer and Robert Petersen for early submissions, house points have been awarded to Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor!
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