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Montessori Radmoor School Celebrates theBounty of the Harvest By Michelle R. Munson

Elementary students at Montessori Radmoor School inOkemos greeted cooler temperatures and falling leaves inthe most festive way possible in November - with the annualHarvest Festival.Children helped with the preparation of all the food, from

vegetable soup to chili to various breads and desserts. As istypical with Montessori education, older children assistedyounger ones, from helping to measure flour to chopping veg-etables for the soup, leading the way with good examples,under the watchful eye of adult volunteers. Food is alwaysmore delicious when you help to make it.Michael, a fifth grader, proclaimed “The pumpkin spice cake

at Harvest Festival was so good.”“Hey, I helped make that pumpkin spice cake,” added his classmate Adam. “But my favorite wasthe apple crisp. I wanted two desserts.” When asked to name his favorite part of the meal, Alexanswered, “All the food.”After the meal, the students adjourned to classrooms for other activities for the afternoon, in-

cluding art projects and games. The Upper Elementary students had decorated their classroom,partially covering one wall with an 8-foot yarn spider web, much to the delight of the first and sec-ond graders.Second grader Shelby said, “My favorite part was being able to do all the games, like the pine

cone toss and there was that huge spider web in the Upper Elementary class. It was awesomeand we got to make spiders.”Second grader Ava enjoyed “doing art and making turkeys with paint and paper.” She had con-

tributed to making apple crisp for the meal.Montessori Radmoor School educates more than 130 children from 18 months of age through

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The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable human-madesatellite that orbits Earth at an altitude of between 205 miles and270 miles. It comprises pressurized modules for astronauts to livein, external trusses for propulsion, solar arrays for power and manyother amazing features.The first part of the ISS sent to space was the module called

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Last month grades 5 – 8 spent the morning working ondissections. Under the helpful guidance of Dr. Stephan

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Have you ever heard your parent’s say, “Did you wash yourhands?” This is a very common question that most kids haveheard and it is an extremely important question to ask. Hand-washing is a great way to prevent infection and stop the spread ofgerms. It’s a simple habit to learn. Sometimes you do it withoutthinking and sometimes, we’re in such a hurry that it’s forgotten.Not good... Do you realize that if you wash your hand properly, ithelps you to avoid being sick? Let’s explore this a little further.

Throughout the day, everyone accumulates germs on theirhands from all types of surfaces like direct contact with people,contaminated surfaces, foods, animals, door knobs, telephones,toilets, and more. Everyone touches a lot of “things” everyday. Ifyou don’t wash your hands regularly, you can infect yourself withthese germs when you touch your eyes, mouth or nose.

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Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio on Oc-tober 4, 1822. His father died two months before his birth. He wasraised by his mother and her younger brother. Hayes ended upgraduating from Kenyon College as valedictorian of his class. Hethen graduated from Harvard Law School in 1845 and became asuccessful lawyer. His opposition to slavery drew him into the Re-publican Party.He married Lucy Ware Webb of Chillicothe in 1852. She was a

graduate of Cincinnati’s Wesleyan Women’s College. She was thefirst wife of a president to graduate from college. They eventuallybecame the parents of eight children.Hayes offered his services when the Civil War began to the Stateof Ohio. He saw a lot of action during the war and rose to the rankof Major General. He was wounded in action during the war.While still in the Army, Hayes was elected to Congress but didn’ttake his seat until the Union had won the war.Hayes was voted governor after his work in Congress. After

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utive order that barred all federal employees from taking part inpolitical activities.• President Hayes signed a bill that, for the first time, allowedwomen attorneys to be allowed to appear before the United StatesSupreme Court.

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5. Starting at the ends of the original straight line, draw two curved lines downward to begin cre-ating the dragon’s nose.6. The end of the dragon’s nose is created by drawing a large oval shape. Add two small ovalshapes for nostrils.7. Add a large shallow “U” shape under nose for the dragon’s chin. Make dragon teeth using “v”shapes. 8. Finish the top of the dragon’s head by adding an interesting shape over the forehead “V”shapes. Add details and fill with color. Red, golden yellow, black, and blue are great colors for aChinese dragon. Be creative!

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Full of fun and frolic,Thus they come and go.

Coasting down the hillside,Trudging through the snow.


• Lake Saimaa is the largest lake in Finland.• The Bronze Age burial site of Sammallah Denmnaki is a WorldHeritage site.• The sauna has been used in Finland for over two thousand years.• The kantele (similar to a zither) is Finland's oldest musical instru-ment. • Turku used to be the capital and is Finland's oldest city. In fact,Finland’s first university was founded in Turku in 1640.• Amethysts (purple precious stones) are mined in the Lappish vil-lage of Pelkosen-niem.• The Aurora Bore-alis are a light phe-nomena that light upthe sky in the north-ern polar regionsduring the darkesttimes of the year.The Northern Lightscan be yellowishgreen and red, butalso blue and violet,and they brighten up the night sky in the Finnish Lapland in winter-time with an amazing light show. The Northern Lights can movefrom east to west, they can appear as rays, or they can be fast-mov-ing, pulsing shapes. Their colors and shapes change rapidly, andthey can provide as much light as a full moon. Winter in this areais dark between the months of November and January where thesun does not rise above the horizon. This dark northern wintertimeis known as the Polar Night (the Finnish call it “kaamos”) and in thisdarkness, the Northern Lights look magical.

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Finland• Finland is the fifth largest country and themost sparsely populated country in Eu-rope.• Finland is three times the size of Ohioand shares its borders with Sweden, Nor-way and Russia. • Around two-thirds of Finland is covered inheavy forest and about a one-tenth bywater. • In the far north, the sun does not set foraround 10 weeks during the 'White Nights'of summer, while in winter it does not riseabove the horizon for nearly eight weeks.• Industries: metals and metal products,electronics, machinery and scientific in-struments, shipbuilding, pulp and paper,foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing.• Natural resources: timber, iron ore, cop-per, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, sil-ver, limestone.• The capital and largest city is Helsinki. It became Finland’s cap-ital in 1812. • Finland is a bilingual country, both Finnish and Swedish are theofficial languages.• The government is an Independent Democratic Republic since1917. Their president is elected for a six year term. They were thefirst country in Europe who allowed women to vote. The presi-dent of Finland is Sauli Niinistö since 2012.• The Finnish children believe that Father Christmas and MotherChristmas live on a mountain called Korvatunturi in Finnish Lap-land.

Kerimaki Church, built in 1849 is one of theworld’s largest wooden churches.

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