tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044197506259284662024-02-19T06:47:44.276-08:00Black Butte School BlogJennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-11296658485309664312019-04-04T15:14:00.001-07:002019-04-04T15:14:24.665-07:00Voting at Age 16?<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Emily (grade 7)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Do you think people should be allowed to vote before they are legally an adult? Teenagers all over Oregon are in favor of the new bill to let citizens vote at the age of sixteen. They are curious as to why they can drive a car and pay taxes, but do not get a say in who is the next president. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"We need to be able to take our work to the ballot and protect the policies we’re working so hard to pass,” says a Salem High school student Maria Torres. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">“We’re experts of our own experiences,” said Connor Gabor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Audrie says, “I think its stupid because people under the age of eighteen usually are thinking of stuff different than it is said to be.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Scott says, “I think people should vote at age eighteen because their prefrontal cortex is more developed.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">“I think it’s good because more people would be able to vote,” says Lily. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">“It makes teenagers feel important,” Jojo adds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I don’t think its a bad idea. Maybe by allowing teenagers to vote we can have more opinions on politicians. A two year difference isn’t that much, and an eighteen year old is just as likely to believe what their parents believe. Teens might be more interested in politics if they get to participate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It could also end badly, though, if they didn’t have the right information about the candidates. We could end up electing someone with ill intentions on certain people or America. Even though there are potential risks, the bill would allow many more voters to express their opinions. It’s an interesting idea and it would be cool to see what happens if this bill is passed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Nugget News published an associated press article on this topic on April 3, 2019. <a href="https://www.apnews.com/1937d73e2d4b4d728ebc575eb397c557">Read it here</a>. </span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-28012334727677083222019-04-04T15:02:00.002-07:002019-04-04T15:02:59.763-07:00The Story of Suttle Lake Methodist Camp<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The start of the story of Suttle Lake Methodist Camp was in the winter of 1921, when there was a group of young people from Redmond, Madres and Prineville Methodist churches who wanted a new camp. All of them met in Redmond thinking about making a new youth methodist camp. Soon they were led to Suttle Lake. In 1922 the young campers camped along the creek, to decide if they want to make it a new youth camp. Then in 1923 they started to work with the US Forest Service. In the beginning, the camp leaders would camp up by the ridge with tents, along with the campers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the 1940s they </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">built</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a kitchen and a dining room with some beds below. The building's name is Pioneer Loge. Later, in 1947 the camp built cabins around Pioneer Lodge.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Since those events that have built many more cabins, and some shower houses in the area. They also made a challenge course near the ridge. Thy made a house for the directors and a welcome center. The present directors are Jane and Daniel Petke. They have been the directors for more than 12 years now. They are one of the longest directors to be working there. Pretty recently they have been on a low on staff, with only about five staff, who work to feed and house at most about one hundred and fifty people! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The directors do not just help at the camp they also volunteer for Black Butte School! Daniel volunteers as the the Board Chair of the School Board and Jane volunteers for the Parent Teacher Organization. Black Butte School kids visit for a field trip at the beginning of the year. Some years they have done archery and now the tradition is do to team building activities on the challenge course This has been a fun tradition for about ten years. If you want to visit the camp or one of the others you can go to </span><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>https://suttlelake.gocamping.org/</u></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I hope I see you there! </span></span></span></div>
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-75130980379799555752019-04-04T14:51:00.000-07:002019-04-04T14:51:14.024-07:00Laird Superfood<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The owner is named Laird Hamilton. He is famous for high-wave surfing in Hawaii. He started a company because wanted to have healthier coffee and coffee creamer. So he started the company in 2015 for healthier more energetic filled cup of coffee. Since then, Laird Superfood has been doing great and has decided to expand even farther in Sisters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The growth of Laird Superfood is going to have a HUGE impact on Sisters. The little town could soon be a really large town, </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">maybe</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> even the size of Bend or Redmond! Schools will be bigger, there will be more houses, and there will definitely be a lot more people for the well-paying jobs. Jojo said “I think it will make Sisters a more populated town.”</span></span></span></div>
Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-52178168750532769862019-04-04T14:45:00.007-07:002019-04-04T14:45:58.037-07:00Falconry & Hawking in Oregon<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Scott (grade 7)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Falconry is old and it is often referred to as the sport of kings. In my article, you will see why. Falconry is hunting with a trained bird of prey on your fist or in the air. In the past, there were certain birds that people hunted with. Here is the list of birds. The emperor would get an eagle, the king would get a gerfalcon, a prince will get a tercal male, a duke got a loch falcon, Earl gets a Peregrin, Barron gets a buzzard, knight gets a sacer and a secret, esquire gets a laner, lady gets a marlin, young man gets a hobby, yeoman gets a goshawk, poor man gets a jercal, a priest gets a sparrowhawk, the holy water clerk gets a musket, knave or servant gets a kestrel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There's obviously some birds that are used more often than others. The first commonly used bird is the Red Tailed Hawk, which is native to the area that we live in. The Red Tail is a bird that most people use when they are getting into falconry. You can catch a wide variety of quarry (or prey) with them. The next most common bird is the Harris Hawk. These birds are very social and can be used in a cast, which means two or more people can fly them together. The last is a Peregrine Gry hybrid. Gry are very good flyers and peregrines are native to where we live, so they make a very good falcon for hunting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are two types of birds for beginners: the Red Tailed Hawk and the American Kestrel. Like I have already explained, the Red Tailed Hawk is a very good falconry bird. the Kestrel is very small, at only 3.5 ounces. It is very easy to over feed and that could hurt it. They don't hunt a lot of animals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When you are a falconer you need a lot of equipment to keep your bird healthy. The house that you keep a bird in is called a mew. Mews have lots of room for the bird to do move around. The mews are usually 10 feet by 8 feet. Then they have a room to work with the bird which is also that same size directly outside of the door to the bird. Before you can become a falconer you have to have enough food until you and your bird can go hunt for food. You also need a lot of other equipment like bells to keep track of the bird when it makes a kill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When you get started, you have to take a exam to make sure you know what you are doing. But you can't just walk in to take the test you have to set up a time to take your test. If you pass your test with more than 80 percent to actually become a falconer. You have to have your hunting license and falconry license. After you have to find a master falconer and be their apprentice for two years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are certain stages that you have to go through to get to the point where you and your hawk can hunt together. The first stage is manning, which is when you get your bird acclimated to people, mostly yourself. This is very important because otherwise the hawk will be scared of people and will fly away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The second stage is training your hawk to come to the fist and get it to eat out of your hand. This means that it trusts you. Then you slowly move farther back to a step then to a jump, then to a short glide then farther and farther away until about 200 feet. Then you can free flight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can get your bird fit in many ways like training and cutting down until you find your birds best performance weight. Once you get your bird to that weight, make sure you are keeping it at that weight by flying it. You can keep a Red Tail in that weight by going on walks with it. You train Red Tails to follow you from tree to tree. With falcons, you can fly them at the lure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Unless you have had your bird since it was a baby you don’t need to teach it to hunt. With a Red Tail Hawk you hunt many different types of game. But with falcons and short wing hawks, you really only hunt birds even though they can also hunt other animals as well. Despite the differences between short wing hawks, falcons, eagles, and buzzards they are all in the same family, so most of the Raptor family can be used for falconry. Thank you for reading my article now you know more about falconry and I hope you use it to your knowledge in the future. </span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-3260282075428865182019-04-04T14:17:00.004-07:002019-04-04T14:18:08.648-07:00The Local Herd of Rocky Mountain Elk<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Imagine you're driving in the misty morning and a giant creature wanderers across the road and then disappears into the mist. What was that creature? That creature might have been a Rocky Mountain Elk. Rocky Mountain Elk are hanging around Camp Sherman and Sisters and are moving all the time in a giant herd of about 100+ elk. What are they doing here? They are migrating through Oregon and are trying to find food wherever they go. Then during the Spring, hunting season opens and they split up and go there own ways. That's why it is so hard to hunt these creatures because they are always moving to new places while they are looking for food.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Why are elk so hard to hunt? This herd is really hard to hunt because there are very few bulls and they are a lot smarter than other younger bulls. Some of them have been around a lot longer and they are adapted to the environment and its surroundings. Another thing is these elk are really scared of humans so they stay out of recreational areas and they are always moving to a different location. So it is very hard to get them in one spot to hunt them. The elk usually go where there is food so they will graze in open fields and grassy pastures as well as lush green areas and may be found roaming through the forest. Overall these majestic creatures are one of a kind and are roaming freely today.</span></span></div>
Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-67211243147453476032019-04-04T14:07:00.001-07:002019-04-04T14:07:10.127-07:002019 Ski & Ride Program Was a Success!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">How would you like to spend the whole day at a snowy mountain and snowboard or ski? The Black Butte School District does the Ski & Ride program every year and I think it is a fun experience to be at the slopes. It is a special opportunity because most schools don’t get to do this. It is a unique way to learn and have fun at the same time. It taught us to be able to ski and snowboard and to be able to do it in the future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year, we had two snowboard instructors and four ski instructors. The snowboard instructors are Amy & Micah. The ski instructors are Cheryl, Ronda, Donna, and Lorna. All the instructors teach different levels of skiing and snowboarding ranging from "never done it before" to experienced riders. The instructors were happy to be able to do the program with us and to be able to teach all the kids to snowboard and ski. There were eight snowboarders and 20 skiers this year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Most days up at Hoodoo were a blast. On the 15th, there was a lot of powder and it wasn't raining or snowing hard in our face. The </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">top was clear, and I thought that it was the best day of the season. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The only bad day was when it rained but then overnight it froze. When we got out it was slick as could be. Also on the 15th the </span></div>
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-58004434158309512662019-01-23T13:17:00.002-08:002019-01-23T13:17:59.530-08:00New Years Resolutions<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">By Audrie (grade 6)</span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-6297251573116273702019-01-23T13:12:00.001-08:002019-01-23T13:12:11.992-08:00High Desert Museum<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Rope (grade 7)</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbKs37J8CW1wgo8aLfEKCmgqUHr4NlNJnQ4Gcgccfx_PeaB9d4ofpV_06FgRs4p5fCdZ7Hre0RpJdxvyjUhnDiUxw5ozeJUcmf10jqj1pmwyEU_8g-Y1yD1PFN_6HsQYx9jhJQY8kRSkw/s1600/DSC_0035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbKs37J8CW1wgo8aLfEKCmgqUHr4NlNJnQ4Gcgccfx_PeaB9d4ofpV_06FgRs4p5fCdZ7Hre0RpJdxvyjUhnDiUxw5ozeJUcmf10jqj1pmwyEU_8g-Y1yD1PFN_6HsQYx9jhJQY8kRSkw/s320/DSC_0035.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The High Desert Museum is a awesome place to see all the desert animals that we might see here in the high desert of Oregon. Every time I go to the museum I have a blast. It is a great place to learn about reptiles, spiders, birds, otters, fish, and eels.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrlwjs-xrFOsDbIXoJpR-aI3gv2an2b4Wq-TPWXnwqOtTmdU1abrdxo9mXbULNMlnSUZZWD9zmtJfU_kpFChWl5RPZZ284Cni01QGXicQGSVVDmtOUzwZi5BdID8-ObV1Ampw5bWW1vfy/s1600/DSC_0055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrlwjs-xrFOsDbIXoJpR-aI3gv2an2b4Wq-TPWXnwqOtTmdU1abrdxo9mXbULNMlnSUZZWD9zmtJfU_kpFChWl5RPZZ284Cni01QGXicQGSVVDmtOUzwZi5BdID8-ObV1Ampw5bWW1vfy/s320/DSC_0055.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At the High Desert Museum you can learn about all sorts of animals. When we went we got to see three otters and most of the kids liked the otters the best. There also was a huge room that had a whole bunch of reptiles and a few spiders. One kid liked the spiders the best. There are a lot of birds and there was a really cool eel that stayed by the glass the whole time. It was a awesome thing to look at. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-9y8PfmK3CP-Ojv5r1k53ENpLQDNX69hdUq64IjvRq58TaoZC_RWZQbEPMd4aA3jUR79QKwdMUE1rrLjrsHY2v_UNwC4LQl7klDrYJyS_VsqHrohsFysXnIZrEQ8bR-vpYfCsG6P_HHJ/s1600/DSC_0047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-9y8PfmK3CP-Ojv5r1k53ENpLQDNX69hdUq64IjvRq58TaoZC_RWZQbEPMd4aA3jUR79QKwdMUE1rrLjrsHY2v_UNwC4LQl7klDrYJyS_VsqHrohsFysXnIZrEQ8bR-vpYfCsG6P_HHJ/s320/DSC_0047.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">On the way back to school a lot of the kids were tired and the bus was quieter than normal. The teacher Mr. Sharp said, “I love the High Desert Museum. It was one of my favorite trips of the year and I liked how the kids had a good experience.” The High Desert Museum is a good place to go if you need to get a refresher or learn about some desert animals and as Joseph says, “It was very educational”.</span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-40133079281451636602018-10-31T13:47:00.001-07:002018-10-31T13:47:57.211-07:00Martial Arts in Sisters<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Talon (grade 5)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The types of martial arts classes we do are kickboxing, belt testing, boxing, sparball, MMA, and BJJ. We practice a lot of kicking such as slide kicks, single kicks double kicks, triple kicks and spinning back kicks. </span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-42806649355572424402018-10-31T13:34:00.003-07:002018-10-31T13:34:59.080-07:00Reptiles All Over<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Scott (grade 7)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Most people don’t know what reptiles do in the winter and I would like to tell you in this article. A lot of people don't know what a reptile is or they have made up some crazy idea of what they are. Let me tell you what they really are. Reptiles are cold blooded animals. That means their body temperature regulates depending on the temperature around them. Hibernation is something a reptile does so they do not die in the winter and to get them ready to mate in the spring. They get ready for hibernation by eating as much as they can and then they go into a deep sleep for the winter like bears. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Reptiles hibernate so they can mate. Reptiles mate in the spring and to get ready to mate they have to hibernate. They hibernate by hiding in a very deep hole and sleeping until spring comes. When they hibernate you can often find several snakes in the same hole. They cannot hibernate if the hole is not deep enough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Snakes can hibernate anywhere it doesn't matter as long as the hole that they choose to hibernate is deep enough. When snakes hibernate they go into a very deep sleep. If they do not hibernate they will die because it is too cold for their bodies. They need a certain temperature to stay alive and healthy. Now you now what reptiles are doing this time of year. </span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-56835419139635180062018-10-31T13:29:00.001-07:002018-10-31T13:29:37.789-07:00The Wonders of Dance<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Maddie (grade 4)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This fall/winter season there are a lot of BBS students doing dance at the <a href="http://danceinsisters.com/">Sisters Dance Academy</a>. There are tons of different dances like jazz, hip hop, Irish, contemporary, and ballet. This season the theme for the show is Christmas Stories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">All the classes are doing Christmas songs from stories. You get to play games and have fun with friends and you can make new friends also. The teachers are really nice. Their names are Lonnie, Shannon, McKenna, Tiffany, and Kayla. These teachers will help you learn dance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At the recital tons of people are watching you do the dance that you learned. You will have a rehearsal before the recital to practice your final moves and learn the stage. For the recital you will have to wear a costume, at the end there is a finale. The finale is when all the classes get together and do a group dance. This year our recital is December 15th. </span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-57900470291067492122018-10-31T13:25:00.002-07:002018-10-31T13:25:23.666-07:00Recess!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8voQJq_BclfY97ZJsJWHiocSVfN8EpF-QqpMpWdbmVnlqF4xIRV9pMMSuNQv2z2m1Nm6X26q5EAQfNqEokYebAmMKEpXKmf1GvG4T134GcaPV5vJ1z3apeDxN4T3G0TlLGbMxa1QIEJYT/s1600/IMG_0555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8voQJq_BclfY97ZJsJWHiocSVfN8EpF-QqpMpWdbmVnlqF4xIRV9pMMSuNQv2z2m1Nm6X26q5EAQfNqEokYebAmMKEpXKmf1GvG4T134GcaPV5vJ1z3apeDxN4T3G0TlLGbMxa1QIEJYT/s320/IMG_0555.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year at Black Butte School we got up our tetherball up which has been down for a long time. The way you serve is you hold the ball and throw it up. The way to hit it without getting hurt, you hit the ball with your forearm. You can have fun without getting hurt. A lot of kids have fun playing it at recess and have competitions. Scott said, “It is very fun!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ones we see in Camp Sherman are Canadian geese. As the name suggests, they migrate from Canada and head down south for the winter. They do this to get more food, because the cold weather kills all their food. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geese are one of my favorite birds, I have always liked them. People still hunt them and I think it's sad that they get shot. However, sometimes it’s good, because we need food. We all know about geese, but someday I hope to learn even more. </span>Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-907099815961970642018-10-31T13:13:00.002-07:002018-10-31T13:15:29.610-07:00Squirrels in the Fall<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by Daniel (grade 7)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Squirrels hunt for food during the fall. They harvest pine seeds, and other foods that have lots of fat, so they have food during winter. They can eat most seeds. They can also eat insects. They hibernate during winter. They sleep for one or two weeks. Then they eat some of the food they stored and go back to sleep. They can go for weeks without food. They are a very adaptable animal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">They are an amazing animal and can do a lot of different things. One of the many things is climbing. They are great climbers and can run up trees super fast. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 48px; white-space: pre-wrap;">They can even jump more than ten feet. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">They are also known for there speed and agility. They are one of the most interesting animals on earth, and we can learn a lot about them. Even if it's hard to live with them in your hair.</span>Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-83248836380146468682018-10-31T12:59:00.002-07:002018-10-31T12:59:29.498-07:00Fall Sports<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Audrie (grade 6)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fall is here! So that means we are bringing on the fall sports. Some of the sports kids in the area are playing are soccer, volleyball, and cross country. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have some kids at BBS who play these sports. The people who play soccer are Clover and Zion. Clover says “I just like the thrill and the exhilaration of kicking the ball, and scoring goals, it’s just super fun!" </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soccer is a very popular sport. Some people may refer to soccer as football. Soccer has been around for a long time since about the 18th century. Sisters has some really good soccer teams. Just a few years ago the took first place in the state championships. </span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-80120720642387280572018-10-31T12:54:00.001-07:002018-10-31T12:54:18.946-07:00Phoenix Ries: Child Development Specialist<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-25725614136615945422018-10-31T12:42:00.001-07:002018-10-31T12:42:35.645-07:00Black Butte Hike<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">By Rope (grade 7),</span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-18498020246536595672018-05-29T13:48:00.001-07:002018-05-29T13:51:42.079-07:00A Story of Mrs. M<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">By Addison (grade 4)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Mrs. M (Caroline Molesworth) just began at BBS as a student teacher and I think we all love her. She started going to college about 15 long years ago. She started out wanting to be a preschool teacher but then decided to be a elementary teacher. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">She says, “I want to be a teacher because I value education's role in improving outcomes for individuals and society. Receiving a quality education from a young age can help people stay out of trouble and attain good jobs, which boosts the economy and saves money on things like rehabilitation and incarceration costs. Teachers can be interventionists, who get children the help they need to grow their potential and develop a growth-mindset for future success. I generally enjoy working with kids too!” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">She has three children, one 7 year old, an (almost) 2 year old, and and a 19 year old stepson. Her favorite food is pasta with red sauce. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">She says to make a good student the child must “have the mindset and willingness to learn, engage, and try.” I will tell you Mrs. M is great to me and I bet everyone loves her to. </span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-67167241720164366202018-05-29T10:41:00.001-07:002018-05-29T10:41:12.126-07:00Youth Fishing Pond in Camp Sherman<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Ace (grade 4)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This year we’re helping build a fishing pond at the old fish hatchery in Camp Sherman! Kids will be coming from all around the state of Oregon to fish at the youth fishing pond here in Camp Sherman! There will be salmon and trout in the youth fishing pond. Some activities there will be fishing for kids, signs to look at plants to see, and in the summer, lots of butterflies on the milkweed. We have been making signs for the old fish hatchery pond. It will tell the plants names, types of fish, and ecology of the youth fishing pond. We also planted aspen trees, milkweed, rushes and sedges in the area around the pond to restore it. When is it going to open? We do not know yet, but we are thinking summer. That’s why we are helping the youth fishing pond. The youth fishing pond will be a good place for kids to fish and learn about the environment. </span><br />
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<br />Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-52748150821254421572018-03-13T15:18:00.003-07:002018-03-13T15:18:57.035-07:00Hoodoo's Winter Carnival<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Addison (grade 4)</span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-36603146580355878252018-03-13T15:10:00.001-07:002018-03-13T15:10:48.282-07:00Science & Art (SciArt)<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Athan (grade 5)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We can enter at the most of two pictures/sculpture, drawing, or painting. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The winners of the contest get cash prizes of $75, $50, and $25. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">First place gets $75 second place gets $50 and third place gets $25. </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In SciArt we have to take pictures, sculpt, draw, or paint something to do with science and art. Like taking pictures, sculpt, draw, or paint something of the forest like some plant or animal. Below is one entry from a BBS student. I hope it wins!</span></div>
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-45884395689471685782018-03-13T15:04:00.002-07:002018-03-13T15:04:35.560-07:00Climate Change<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Audrie (grade 5)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally we had enough snow to sled by the end of February!</td></tr>
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-60918092707809394242018-03-13T14:56:00.003-07:002018-03-13T14:56:24.738-07:00Snowboarding with BBS!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Scott (grade 6)</span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first name given to snowboarding was snurfing. A surfing freak named Sherman Poppen invented it. It was a toy for his two daughters. He made it by </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">fastening</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> two skis together and adding rope to it to help steer. It became so </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">famous</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that other people wanted to do it as well. Soon it became so popular that other peopole made their own versions. Snowboarding is a lot like skateboarding since you steer by shifting your weight. You stay in control by making turns and going as fast as you like and being able to slow down. The conditions at Hoodoo are pretty good and there is enough snow that we can go the whole 8 weeks we planned. We are all glad to be able to do this and do what we want. We hope to see you on the hill!</span></span></span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-48370011309137503792018-03-13T14:49:00.002-07:002018-03-13T14:49:44.982-07:00Lower Grade Math Geniuses <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by Talon (grade 4)</span><br />
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Jennie Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550369473299583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204419750625928466.post-66370577601890644932018-03-13T14:47:00.002-07:002018-03-13T14:47:21.863-07:002018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This year the Winter Olympics have been held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Before we get into the details let's talk about the history of the olympics. The first olympics was held in Ancient Greece. During the olympics the cities would stop all wars and go into the Olympics. Then in 1924 people had the idea of creating a separate olympic games in the winter. This made people who were good at winter sports work to get better and have something to show how good they were.</span></span></div>
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