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coughing, and sneezing and other times throughout the day. And to 6th grade: Lauren Chaney, Sophia conclude all of this I would like to say that it would be best if Steelman-Teach, Sam Golwitzer, you just stay home if you feel Phillip Koerner, Logan Harrington, Chloe like you may have the flu. The Kuk, Rachieal Matthews, Colin Weaver reason why is because people have been getting sick like crazy over 7th grade: Carter Dupuis, Noah Garrett, it, and they’re coming to school to stay caught up but at the same Kara Delaleurs, Tyler Best, Khadejia time they are getting others sick. Sawyers, Faith Dahn, Hayley Faulkner, Brittany Worsech, Hannah Chaney 8th grade: Pacey Hazzard, Cailyn Dumas, Laura Welch, Matt Piggush, Dakota Anderson, Kenzie Chalifoux, Kaylyn Dubois, Hannah Kegg, Madeline Ellexson, and Maura Orvis Who Knew…? By:Brittany Worsech

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated? 2. There are 293 ways to make change for a By Lauren Chaney dollar? DECEMBER 3. There are more chickens than people in the world? • 12-2 Brittny Spears 4. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge? • 12-3 Ozzy Osbourne & Jack Austin 5. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours? • 12-5 Walt Disney • 12-8 Nicki Manaj 6. A goldfish has a memory span of three • 12-10 Raven Symone seconds? • 12-13 Taylor Swift 7. The average person falls asleep in seven • 12-14 Vanessa Hudgens minutes? • 12-16 Flo Rida 8. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes • 12-22 Jordin Sparks open? * 12-24 Ryan Seacrest I got these facts from .....http:// madco nomist.com/35-weird-facts-you-never- heard-of

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The 2012 US Presidential Election Results School By Phillip Koerner Election It's official! The winner of the 2012 Results presidential election is.....Barack Obama! That's right. The president has been re-elected for another 4 years in office. He beat Mitt Romney 332 to 206 votes. I 6th grade – don't know about you but I like to find out the full Obama 90 results. If you would like to find out the full results, here they are: Electoral votes=EV Alabama-Mitt Romney- Romney 65 9 EV, Alaska-Mitt Romney- 3 EV, Arizona-Mitt Romney-11 EV, Arkansas-Mitt Romney-6 EV, California-Barack Obama-55 EV, 7th grade – Colorado-Barack Obama-9 EV, Connecticutt-Barack Obama-7 EV, Obama 102 Delaware-Barack Obama-3 EV, Florida-Barack Obama-29 EV, Georgia-Mitt Romney-16 EV, Hawaii, Barack Obama-4 EV, Idaho- Romney 37 Mitt Romney-4 EV, Illinois-Barack Obama-20 EV, Indiana-Mitt Romney-11 EV, Iowa-Barack Obama-6 EV, Kansas-Mitt Romney-6 8th grade- EV, Kentucky-Mitt Romney-8 EV, Louisiana-Mitt Romney-8 EV, Obama 93 Maine-Barack Obama-4 EV, Maryland-Barack, Obama-10 EV, Romney 58 Massachusetts-Barack Obama-11 EV, Michigan-Barack Obama-16 EV, Minnesota-Barack Obama-10 EV, Mississippi-Mitt Romney-6 EV, Missiouri-Mitt Romney-10 EV, Montana-Mitt Romney-3 EV, Nebraska-Mitt Romney-5 EV, Nevada-Barack Obama-6 EV, New Hampshire-Barack Obama-4 EV, New Jersey-Barack Obama-14 EV, New Mexico-Barack Obama-5 EV, New York-Barack Obama-29 EV, North Carolina-Mitt Romney-15 EV, North Dakota-Mitt Romney-3 EV, Ohio-Barack Obama-18 EV, Oklahoma-Mitt Romney-7 EV, Oregon-Barack Obama-7 EV, Pennslyvania-Barack Obama-20 EV, Rhode Island-Barack Obama-4 EV, South Carolina-Mitt Romney-9 EV, South Dakota-Mitt Romney-3 EV, Tennesee-Mitt Romney-11 EV, Texas-Mitt Romney-38 EV, Utah-Mitt Romney-6 EV, Vermont- Barack Obama-3 EV, Virginia-Barack Obama-13 EV, Washington D.C.-Barack Obama-3 EV, Washington State-Barack Obama-12 EV, West Virginia-Mitt Romney-5 EV, Wisconsin-Barack Obama-10 EV, Wyoming-Mitt Romney-3 EV

*BONUS*-Did you know that Kankakee County voted for Mitt Romney? He won Kankakee County against President Obama 23,115 to 21,574 popular votes.

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Book Fair Grandparents Breakfast By Hannah Chaney By Logan Harrington This Fall’s book fair was put on by November 13, 2012 was the grandparents’ Mrs. Tibbits. Some books that were breakfast. The knight choir and the concert choir sang. available to buy were; Caught, Diary Of A The knight choir sang four songs and the concert choir Wimpy Kid The Third Wheel, Between sang 3 songs. There were many grandparents and Shades Of Gray, Endangered, Invisible students there. At the grandparents breakfast, there World, and The Mark Of Athena. The were raffles, donuts, milk, and coffee. The grandparents money that the school made from the book had a great time and all enjoyed their grandchildren’s fair was exactly $1717.91! I interviewed classrooms. some kids to see what they bought at the book fair and to see what they thought Veteran’s Day about them. Sam Golwitzer bought How By Carter Dupuis To Survive Middle School and Framed On November ninth, Bradley Central hosted and he said, “ I liked it because it is a great a Veterans’ Day Concert featuring the 7th-8th series.” Payton Chaplinski bought grade symphonic band and the chorus. The band Between Shades Of Gray and a bookmark played America the Beautiful, Elegy for the U.S.S. and she said, “ The book fair was cool, Arizona, The Star Spangled Banner, and Gallant there was a good selection of books and a Marines March. The chorus sang Lady of the lot to pick from.” That was our Fall Book Harbor and Thank You Soldiers. Mr.Kohl then Fair in 2012. introduced First Lieutenant Nathan LaLone who spoke of the history of Veteran’s Day. Those vets who were there were asked to stand and several Can You Spot the Space Station stood. Thanks for protecting our freedom veterans! By Noah Garrett

If you have ever seen a point of light going across the sky quickly, then you may have seen the ISS. For all the people who don’t know, but you should, in simple words, it’s an acronym for the International Space Station. It circles the Earth about 200 miles above the planet. If you know where to look in the sky you can see it. Thanks to NASA’s new program called Spot the Station, the workers at NASA have let the public people be able to see the station. If you go to www.spotthestation.nasa.gov, you can sign up and register your location on the website, and a few hours before the space station is above your house, you will receive notification from NASA telling you when the ISS will be above your house. It depends on if your house is high enough in the sky, and if it will be long enough. If also can occur from once a week, to once a month. So if you want to see the ISS in the sky flying above your house go to the website, fill out your information, and sign up to get a glimpse of the Space Station.

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Chicago Sports Disney Buys Star Wars By Madhav Gampala By Samuel Golwitzer

In Chicago sports right now there is a lot of buzz Just recently Disney bought Star going around, so I am going to fill you in on it. But first I Wars from George Lucas for…. Guess am going to inform you about the Bears. As you how much money? $4,000,000,000! It has probably know Urlacher is been ten years since Lucas announced the injured, so he is saying that he is Star Wars saga was over, but Disney, now hurting right now, BUT that he that they own Star Wars, has announced will come back by the pre- that they are making a Star Wars 7, 8, and season, but coach Lovie Smith says, that he thinks that Urlacher 9! Can you believe it? And that it all will be back in the postseason. The Bears have struggles happened in one night? at the offensive line, but right when we thought it was stable, Lance Louis, gets injured, so he is out for the Pony For Christmas season. And then comes Chris Spencer who, got injured By Samuel Golwitzer against the Vikings two weeks ago. But this week, it looks that he will make a return pretty soon. Jaiden Hill wants a pony for Now we head over to the Bulls where hopes look Christmas and she might get one. Her promising. The Bulls are doing pretty well without their parents, Cindy and Mark Hill, won half of star Derrick Rose. But the Chicago the largest jackpot in history! They spent Bulls are getting a Christmas present $10 on Powerball tickets and won $136.5 as their star D_Rose is only a couple million. Cindy Hill says, “I called my of weeks away from practicing. Rose was seen shooting around on the court husband and told him, ‘I think I am before the game against the Cavaliers having a heart attack, I think we just won so the Bulls are all smiles right now. the lottery!’” Mark Hill quit his job, which Now off we go to the MLB where the White Sox had been a mechanic. are making some buzz right NOW. As the White Sox have decided not to bring back Youkilis they brought in No More Dolphins veteran outfielder Jeff Keppinger who has played all the positions in the infield, except for pitcher. While they are By Samuel Golwitzer still fighting to get Pierzynski back, Dolphins that track down mines they have Tyler Flowers, their backup for the navy are losing their jobs…to catcher, warming up as a starter. And robots! Some dolphins will be replaced they signed Angel Sanchez, a utility with a 12 foot high vehicle with a torpedo outfielder as well, bringing their active roster up to 49. Well that was shape. However, the dolphins will be Chicago sports with Madhav assigned a new job with sea lions as port Gampala, so see you all next time. security “officers”. Some of the retired dolphins will go to places like Sea World or other animal parks.

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Mrs. Gassman By Khadejia Sawyers

Mrs. Gassman fills SCIENCE with fun and imagination, By Lauren Chaney but why did she pick science? Well Mrs. Gassman said "BECAUSE SCIENCE ROCKS!!!! Her favorite subject when The Mystery she was a kid was SCIENCE (of course) and math. Mrs. Teacher’s favorite color is Gassman loves MEXICAN food!!! She went to Olivet red. He/She is a 6th grade Nazarene University which is in town by Dairy Queen. If you teacher. The Mystery Teacher’s favorite where stranded on an island what would you take? 1. A dog actress is Anne for hunting and to keep warm 2. A lighter to start a fire 3. A Hathaway. His/Her boat to not be trapped on the island!!! Good thinking! A favorite actor is Joseph perfect day to Mrs. Gassman in the summer is in Michigan on Gordon Levitt. And the her boat hanging with her family. Favorite activity or hobby mystery teacher’s favorite pop is Dr.Pepper. is running which she runs basically every day!!! Bring your guess to Mrs. Mrs. Gassman's favorite fruit is grapes!!! Her Allen in Room 203. favorite book is the Hunger Games Trilogy and The Divergent Trilogy. Movie wise is Grease!!! By Hayley Faulkner Favorite baseball team is the CUBS!!!!! If this This teacher is teacher could live anywhere besides IL, it exciting and fun! He/She would be Colorado for the mountain view. has been zip lining. He/She had a pet But outside of the U.S.A it would be Tarantula when growing Europe. Mrs. Gassman loves to hang out with up. His/Her favorite color her family all the time, but if she isn't is orange. His/Her favorite home it is her lovely 4th hour class (not holiday is a tie between meaning to brag)!!! A rhino is the favorite Christmas and Fourth of July. And finally, this wild animal of hers and she has 2 dogs, person has run the Daisy, a labrador/pointer mix, and a pug Chicago Marathon. If you name Santo (after Santo on the CUBS know who it could be, team). Her favorite plant is a daisy for bring your answer to Mrs. which her dog is named after. Allen in Room 203.

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By: Hannah Kegg

By Chloee Kuk When you walk into the library, isn’t the first thing you do when you pick up the book is look on the back? Well, I’m the back of the book Calling All The Girls you haven’t picked up yet. Ghost Town, by Rachel Caine, is the ninth book in the Morganville Vampires series. The main character, Claire It’s the holiday Danvers, works with a vampire, Myrnin. They are trying to fix the town season, and most of us are security system, and Claire finally figured it out! But Myrnin rearranges stuck on Christmas stuff to the machine to his liking and causes a problem, it’s erasing the past three wear without looking like a years of the town residents. But Myrnin loses his memory and prevents three year old. We don’t Claire from getting to the machine to fix it. Can she get through him to want to wear that sweater save the town, or will she lose her memory and fail to save everyone that grandma knitted for us, else? Your first step to finding out is at the Bradley Public Library! we just want to impress our peers. We don’t want to Website Spotlight wear a Santa hat every day. My advice to you is to wear By Sophia Steelman-Teach jeans and a green or red shirt or sweater. Qoutev is an entertaining website for your teens. There are Maybe some many things on qoutev that you can do. There are exciting quizzes boots will make on qoutev, from your destined eye color to how random you are. you look like Are you a directioner? There are many 1D quizzes too. What’s our you stepped One Direction Imagine? Can One Direction make you laugh? out of the “Old Would Niall Horan like you will never know unless you take the Navy” quiz. There are many great stories on qoutev too. It has so many Commercial. One Direction stories, it would take days for me to count! One of Hair is also a the One Direction fan fics is The Daughter. In The Daughter, Harry problem in this season. Styles has a kid names Hailey Ruth Styles. Journey through her Wearing a ponytail when it’s life as Harry Styles Daughter in, The Daughter. Another story is -7 degrees makes your ears Some king of beautiful. In it, Louis Tomlinson turns bad and wants cold, so just leave it down. nothing to do with the band. If you want to know more about Maybe you could twist your these stories, go to qoutev.com. If you are not into One Direction, braid, pull your bangs back, there are more stories. Since we are creeping into Christmas time, and put a holiday headband I have seen some Jack Frost stories. Some examples are Why Me? or clip in your hair. The and Jack Frost Love Story. To see more, visit Qoutev.com. If you season is brighter when you would like to make up a story or a quiz, visit qoutev.com and sign dress festive. up today.

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Chess Hand Chimes Club By Madeline Ellexson When you press a key on a piano you hear one note. When you play By Cailyn a chime you also hear one note. When you play a series of notes on chimes or a piano you hear a chord. Chimes are just like a piano with the Dumas exception of chimes being hand held and rung. Chimes are, as some If you like people say, the little brother to hand bells. Hand chimes are exactly like chess, using your hand bells except that they don't have the outer brass bell that hand brain, or coming up bells do. Some chimes are black. The difference between the black and with strategies, then white chimes are that black chimes are sharp or flat notes. Sharp notes chess club is for you! are half a step higher then any note they are on. Flat notes are exactly Chess club is run by the opposite. They are half a step lower. Every note has a sharp and a Miss Menser. In flat. There are always two notes on each black chime. When you see a chess club we play piano all the black keys are in between the white keys. That's why some either regular chess notes are the same such as Ab and G#. You don't have to read music to where you play with play hand chimes, at least not in the Bradley hand chime ensemble. We one other person or highlight our music. The only way you might not be able to be in chimes is team chess, which is if you are color blind. When you play a chime all it takes is a flick of the when you play with wrist. If you have ever heard a chime you know that it doesn't just stop three other people. ringing when you want it to. If you haven't heard a chime just think of a Chess is all about bell. It doesn't stop immediately. To stop a chime you damp it. Damping strategy. You have to is when you gently touch the top of the chime to your shirt. know your opponent’s moves. Members of the chimes ensemble recently went to Bickford At the end of chess house, a nursing home, and performed some Christmas songs. Those are season, we have a mostly the only songs we play since we start in early November and end tournament. The best in late December. There are 15 members of the group and they are . . . strategy wins. So if 6th grade: Chloee Kuk, Ella Orvis, Sarah Geraci, Rachiel you love chess or if Matthews, and Morgan Whalen any of this sounds th interesting, join 7 Grade: Hannah Chaney, Faith Dahn,& chess club. Meetings Bryan McGarey for chess club 8th Grade : Maura Orvis, Sam Skala, Natalie usually are Thursdays. Just talk McClure, Amber Howard, Madeline Ellexson, to Miss Menser if Kayla Davis and Kayla Koontz you want to join. Finally, our Director is Mrs Schneider. We all thank you so much for teaching us everything we know!

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By Kara DeLaleurs By Samuel Golwitzer Skylanders: Kingdom Hearts 2 Spyros As the Kingdom Hearts story continues, Sora, Donald, and Goofy have been in suspended Adventure animation (slowing down life without destroying Skylanders is a game anything) for the past year to regain their memories that uses toys. You would have a lost in the side game Chain of Memories. character toy, like Gill Grunt, and Meanwhile, Sora’s nobody, Roxas, has been trapped a “Portal of power.” You would in a simulation of Twilight Town, created by a put the toy on the portal and you person named Diz, who is trying to merge Roxas play with that character in the with his original self to resotore Sora’s full power. game. The story is… The This is also part of Diz’s revenge on Organization Skylanders have been banished XIII (13). Diz’s plans are starting to become to Earth by KAOS and Eon needs threatened when a nobody that works for the the Skylanders help. The humans Organization, Axel, Roxas’ ex friend in the (you) have to bring the Organization breaks into Twilight Town but Roxas Skylanders to Skylands to rebuild is able to repel the hostiles and merges with Sora. the core of light that KAOS has destroyed. Because the core is Now, Sora, Donald, and Goofy wake up in Twilight destroyed darkness is spreading Twon and meet King Mickey and Yen Sid who send across Skylands. Can you defeat them on another journey. Their new goal is to find KAOS and his dark Skylanders Riku and stop the upcoming plans of Organization before the darkness takes over? XIII, who control nobies, which are the heartless shell left over when a person with a strong heart is turned into a heartless. Will Sora and his friends find Riku or Kirie? Will they stop Organization XIII’s plans? Find out in Kingdom Hearts 2!

Movie Review By Tyler Best Rise of the Guardians has like marvel characters but in a child’s perspective. It is a good movie for kids with no foul language and a role model like movie. But in the movie there is a villain that is turning kids dreams into nightmares! If interested you can see the movie, which started November 21, 2012.

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By Faith Dahn If you can have anything from Santa. What would it be?

Mr.Bright -a suitcase full of money or an all expenses paid trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Mr.Postma -a new blue car Mr.Spacht -a trip to Disney Land Christy Fritz- a new softball bat Darnell Stewart- an Iphone4 Olivia Bushman- an Ipod Tyler Best-a new Xbox 360 Phoebe Jenson-1 Direction Hannah Chaney- a new computer Kayla Koontz-to meet my favorite band Natalie McLure- to get an Iphone Jacob Suich- a new Xbox controller Well you heard it from me and Santa will be coming soon. Merry Christmas and to all a good night!

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